1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

This is the first I've ever thought of it, but I'm shocked more people haven't changed their last name to Vader.  A quick google search shows less than 1 in 500,000 people in the world have the last name Vader, with 77% of them living in, of all places, Asia.

Why?

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

This is the first I've ever thought of it, but I'm shocked more people haven't changed their last name to Vader.  A quick google search shows less than 1 in 500,000 people in the world have the last name Vader, with 77% of them living in, of all places, Asia.

 

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

What would an "own goal" look like in baseball?

Remember that Javy Baez play from a few weeks ago, the one where he let the first baseman chase him all the way down the line?  Like that, except that the first baseman got the ball back, and then chased Baez all around the bases refusing to throw the ball to any other player.

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

This is the first I've ever thought of it, but I'm shocked more people haven't changed their last name to Vader.  A quick google search shows less than 1 in 500,000 people in the world have the last name Vader, with 77% of them living in, of all places, Asia.

I know In Vader. Turns up in the oddest places.

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

This is the first I've ever thought of it, but I'm shocked more people haven't changed their last name to Vader.  A quick google search shows less than 1 in 500,000 people in the world have the last name Vader, with 77% of them living in, of all places, Asia.

Just now, RickOShea said:

Why?

 

Oh, just lots happening in my life lately, I suppose.

3 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Remember that Javy Baez play from a few weeks ago, the one where he let the first baseman chase him all the way down the line?  Like that, except that the first baseman got the ball back, and then chased Baez all around the bases refusing to throw the ball to any other player.

I was thinking more along the lines of...

 I see this umpire has a very wide strike zone.

Typical Twins scenario:  Runner on first, no one out.  Batter hits a fly ball  out to left field.   Something wrong with this picture?

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Typical Twins scenario:  Runner on first, no one out.  Batter hits a fly ball  out to left field.   Something wrong with this picture?

Yeah, contact was actually made.

Right where they want us!

If donaldson had run to Ace hardware , bought a wheelbarrow, brought it to Busch, put Astudillo in it, he would have had a better chance to score, than Astudillo running on his own.

6 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

If donaldson had run to Ace hardware , bought a wheelbarrow, brought it to Busch, put Astudillo in it, he would have had a better chance to score, than Astudillo running on his own.

At first I thought you meant Donaldson was bringing a wheelbarrow full of Busch

When Jax can locate the slider down & away seems to be a pretty good pitch. 

3 minutes ago, Tibs said:

At first I thought you meant Donaldson was bringing a wheelbarrow full of Busch

The chances may have been better under those circumstances too!

WHAT WERE WE SAYING ABOUT THE TURTLE'S SPEED??

Too many like to trash Astudillo while ignoring Rooker and Larnach, as of now look like rookies.

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Too many like to trash Astudillo while ignoring Rooker and Larnach, as of now look like rookies.

Are not they rookies?

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Are not they rookies?

But they have been here for weeks; if this is what they do next year, it will be a long, long year.

Why did Astudillo get sent down and not one of them?

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

But they have been here for weeks; if this is what they do next year, it will be a long, long year.

Why did Astudillo get sent down and not one of them?

You're gonna have to contact the Twins FO on that.  I could speculate, but it would be treated like a troll.

Well Jax did pretty good.

I'm never going to get used to pulling the pitcher after only five innings and a low pitch count.

4 minutes ago, RpR said:

But they have been here for weeks; if this is what they do next year, it will be a long, long year.

Why did Astudillo get sent down and not one of them?

Those two are the potential future cornerstones of the franchise and Astudillo is a borderline major leaguer.  It makes far more sense to give everyday at bats to those guys and not Astudillo.

They are supposed learn and show their stuff in the minors, not be low average batters in the big show.

 

I am interested to see how the bullpen is used without Rogers and Robles... with Duffey getting used now, that leaves Colome and Thielbar for the late innings. Maybe Columbe gets a chance? Or even Gant?

1 minute ago, RpR said:

They are supposed learn and show their stuff in the minors, not be low average batters in the big show.

 

They did, hence their call up.  They've got to learn at the major league level at some point.

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

They did, hence their call up.  They've got to learn at the major league level at some point.

Then the Twins should have picked up another veteran today as they are not ready for the big league unless more Sano style batting style is what the Twins want.

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Then the Twins should have picked up another veteran today as they are not ready for the big league unless more Sano style batting style is what the Twins want.

They've got nothing left to prove in the minors.  Expecting rookies to not have growing pains is unrealistic.  They've got to learn at this level, just like everyone else.

Wonder what we could get in trade for Duffey.

Duffy has been downright bad this year.  What the heck happened?  Did the league just catch up to him?  Is he hurt?

15 minutes ago, gunnarthor said:

I'm never going to get used to pulling the pitcher after only five innings and a low pitch count.

NL rules.....almost necessitated it.....