1 hour ago, Platoon said:

No, this isn’t the crap that is ruining baseball. This was a "courtesy" extended to all teams, by all other teams over the decades. And I doubt there is any rational debate that today’s game is better than the eras that preceded this one. Every team, in every season has games like last night, and will often close it out with a position player. That swing wasn’t about winning or losing, it was simply about being a jerk. Again, hitting the HR wasn’t the problem. Swinging on the 3-0 was. It’s the same reason teams in basketball don’t shoot in their last possession which a solid lead, and football teams don’t kick field goals with the game in the bag! 

Your comparison doesn’t work because the pitcher might throw ball 4, and the hitter may ground into an out. Unlike the other sports you mentioned, baseball does not have a determined length. Why should Mercedes wait until a 3-1 or 3-2 count to swing? That could potentially make the game go longer. I do agree that this isn’t ruining baseball, but it makes no sense to me. If you throw a cookie to a hitter at any point in any game, he should be allowed to clobber it. 

If the twins don’t come back, they will fall to 0-3 in games started by lance lynn and Kyle gibson

4 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Another half inning down.

 

We have 12 outs to their 9.

 

They have 4 runs to our 1.

 

Let's change that.

Now it's 10 outs to their 9.  Your wish fulfilled.

Just now, Aggies7 said:

If the twins don’t come back, they will fall to 0-3 in games started by lance lynn and Kyle gibson

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Well, how did we get here?

Let it Sano!!!

Don’t let sano get hot

MIGGY

SANO!!!! ^2

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Well, how did we get here?

Well, if it's the 2021 Twins, it's by taking the...

I’m liking Larnach

Just now, Cap'n Piranha said:

Well, if it's the 2021 Twins, it's by taking the...

and we all know the only solution to this mess 

I've seen enough Garlick vs RHP. not starting Refsnyder after 4 hits is odd

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

and we all know the only solution to this mess 

And hope that for Twins fans, this season is only

What is this absolute horse****

Get tossed Rocco, ya softie

Gardy would have throw a base or a rosin bag

Rocco decides to get himself thrown out of a ballgame.

Baseball theater, performed by a wooden actor. But I'll take it.

“No one knows if it was in purpose or not”

 

come on, Roy

At least the team is showing some fight? Fwiw, I have zero issues with the homer, and I also have zero issues with throwing at a guy. Flame me. 

That ump really wanted his TV time.

Colome should immediately throw at Mercedes head and turn him into a Yugo.

Kinda lame to throw at a guy and miss him, and then get tossed

4 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

And hope that for Twins fans, this season is only

Now we have a near beanball. Starting to feel a bit like 

Not only are the Twins losers, now, they are babies and poor sports. 

Just now, Aggies7 said:

“No one knows if it was in purpose or not”

 

come on, Ron.

If that was purposeful, that's an extremely odd decision.  Why wait until the 7th to do that?  Why bring Duffey in to do it?  That had to have been Duffey going rogue, or it was an honest mistake.

We're mad at Mercedes for doing his job, now? Why wait until the 7th if they were so offended by his horrible action? Whatever, I guess the fans will dig it since Rocco "showed fire". Not that it'll help this travesty of a team.

Mildly irritating that we decide to plunk a guy, down by two runs, when we can’t score worth a ****. Begging for a crooked number 

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Now we have a near beanball. Starting to feel a bit like 

Or maybe Duffey is just a 

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

If that was purposeful, that's an extremely odd decision.  Why wait until the 7th to do that?  Why bring Duffey in to do it?  That had to have been Duffey going rogue, or it was an honest mistake.

I mean, throwing behind a guy is intentional 99.9% of the time