Game Thread: Twins of Minnesota @ Guardians of Ohio, 6/29/22, 6:10PM CDT (4:10PM PDT)

[Mill1634]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

They would have lost had they challenged. Don’t know how you penalize a runner for a slide right on the base

Probably, but you never know with the replay officials. Jose clearly made contact with Arraez when he was in the process of the throw.

[bighat]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

They would have lost had they challenged. Don’t know how you penalize a runner for a slide right on the base

Yeah I can't recall ever seeing a team penalized for that action. I can't imagine New York would give the Twins 2 runs back on a judgement call like that.

[PDX Twin]

3 minutes ago, BH67 said:

Per the Hano book: no baseball game should ever feature a home run hit 200 feet shorter than another ball caught for an out.  But such happened in Game 1 of the '54 Series.

I don't disagree, but that's what happens when baseball is played in places not created for that purpose. The Pre-Twins played in Griffith Stadium in DC, which also had bizarre dimensions. 

[Linus]

More sloppy baseball. This is getting damn frustrating. If I’m Rocco guys are gonna start to sit if they can’t quit making mistakes

[mnfireman]

Limited the damage to only the one extra run, maybe a good sign....

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

what? that was a really nice play by Polo. If Arraez makes the right play and eats the ball, Polo is getting a ton of praise.

And Polo did fine, Rather see cc4  at s.s.

[Mill1634]

AK continues to mash.

 

The best left handed hitter on the team not named Luis

[Aggies7]

Kiriloff being abl to stay healthy would be massive

[Mill1634]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

And Polo did fine, Rather see cc4  at s.s.

of course, we all would, but Correa doesn't exactly have a clean bill of health and you knew he would get an off day with so many games in a row

[bighat]

Horrific result from Urshela there. Such a weak stick.

[Mill1634]

Urshella goes from taking some of the best ABs one game to unwatchable ABs the next.

 

Just zero approach out of Gio

[Aggies7]

sigh. Needed to score there. Poor situational hitting 

[Squirrel]

38 minutes ago, a-wan said:

Better to rip the band-aid off quickly than slowly? They're getting their days off now matter what, now it is one game without them than two games without one each?

I just enjoy watching each of them play, especially in the same game ?

[UpstateNewYorker]

23 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

.The book my avatar image comes from.

A couple of fairly recent baseball-related books I really enjoyed:

https://www.amazon.com/Wax-Pack-Search-Baseballs-Afterlife/dp/1496218744

https://www.amazon.com/Mint-Condition-Baseball-American-Obsession/dp/0802145329/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HKSTE305YOK0&keywords=mint+condition&qid=1656546043&s=books&sprefix=mint+condition%2Cstripbooks%2C72&sr=1-1

[Shaitan]

Who is the worst "first inning pitcher" in memory?

For me, I always worried on Radke's starts. When he was off, he was really off.

[Aggies7]

We simply cannot get this guy out

[Aggies7]

Just no chance to throw out baserunners.

[MMMordabito]

How bad is it? About to tune in.

[MMMordabito]

Double post 

... Sorry

[Dave The Dastardly]

The Prospect        (An Unabashed Plug)

https://www.amazon.com/Prospect-Dave-Gehrke-ebook/dp/B09YS7GG7N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RDPMWHQOEGS6&keywords=the+prospect+dave+gehrke&qid=1656547722&sprefix=the+prospect+dave+gehrke%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-1

[bighat]

Clearly a "giveaway" game by Rocco, he even gave Gordon the night off against a righty.

Overall I support Rocco for the most part, but the play-for-tomorrow strategy has never sat well with me.

[Mill1634]

honestly bundy hasn't even pitched that poorly.

 

The lineup is just inept (as predicted by who's in it, or more importantly not in it)

[bighat]

Jeffers drops back below the Mendoza line with that backwards K.

[Aggies7]

not looking like our night, ladies and germs (anti jinx)

[mrtwinsfan]

3rd base coach,  gotta do better

[Mill1634]

Celestino has to get to third on that, and (potentially) left a run on the board as he would've scored on Arraez ground out

[Aggies7]

Seems like if we don’t score in the first inning, it’s generally a big struggle going forward

[CRF]

The shut out buzzards are circling. 

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Celestino has to get to third on that, and (potentially) left a run on the board as he would've scored on Arraez ground out

watching replay looked like Celestino was looking for his base coach all the way, even Perkins said watkins was way down the line > he has to be close to the base for the runner to key in on

[bighat]

So Kwan is basically Cleveland's Arraez?