GAME THREAD: 7/12/22, Twins vs Brewers, 6:40 PM CT

[MN_ExPat]

Watching the Twins, Wichita and Kernals games as right now.  Lots of offense going on down on the farm (in a good way ).

Povich and Varland are shoving tonight as.

CES just hammered a double in to the LF corner earlier as well.  Really nice swing on that one.

Edited July 13, 2022 by MN_ExPat

[stringer bell]

Why do they shift AK?

[Mill1634]

GORDON!

[IndianaTwin]

1 hour ago, LVTwinsfan said:

No cellphone use allowed in the sports book

Speaking of cell phones, as I was watching a game the other day, this came to mind. If the technology is close to giving us robot umps, why do dugout phones still have a cord? 

[MN_ExPat]

Nice swing by Gordan there, and good heads up baserunning  

[LVTwinsfan]

[Mill1634]

god hates urshella

[MN_ExPat]

Povich - up to 9 or 10 Ks through 5 so far. Really hitting his spots, velo looks really good too.

[mnfireman]

Gio Urshella = Bringer of Rain....

[mrtwinsfan]

7 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Buxton looks like Sano, minus 70 pounds

 

Speaking Kano, he is batting 3rd in st paul tonight,, The Twins should demand that Sano be at least Equel to what Alex K. did after being sent there to Re-hab,   Hope so anyway ,   How many chances ??

[MN_ExPat]

Stoopid rain ?

[Tlaker]

34 minutes ago, CRF said:

Just looked at the radar. There's a couple more cells heading toward Mpls. Could be another delay in about 30-40 minutes.

Nostradamus lives!

[Nine of twelve]

2 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Gio Urshella = Bringer of Rain....

Yeah, it went from no rain to a downpour in 3 seconds.

[IndianaTwin]

During the innings when Gladden is doing play-by-play, it's really helpful to have Provus available to go back after the play and describe what actually happened.

Gladden doing that Gordon single was a typical disaster. I'd quote it, but I still can't figure out what he said.

I so can't wait for the Gladden-to-English translation app I've been pining for to become available. 

[stringer bell]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Speaking Kano, he is batting 3rd in st paul tonight,, The Twins should demand that Sano be at least Equel to what Alex K. did after being sent there to Re-hab,   Hope so anyway ,   How many chances ??

He's a major league veteran who can't be optioned. There is a maximum of 20 days in his rehab. Not the same as Kirilloff. 

[Mill1634]

sigh

[Mill1634]

cannot walk the speedster light hitting 2nd basemen

[stringer bell]

Kind of a cheap run, but he walked the guy who set it up.

[RickOShea]

Is there another teams that can't hold a lead or gives up a run after scoring a run, than the Twins.  Definitely, a lack of intestinal fortitude (guts).

[Brock Beauchamp]

18 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Speaking of cell phones, as I was watching a game the other day, this came to mind. If the technology is close to giving us robot umps, why do dugout phones still have a cord? 

Why not? A cord is close to 100% reliable and it’s not as if the manager needs to stand in left field and make a call. 

[stringer bell]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Is there another teams that can't hold a lead or gives up a run after scoring a run, than the Twins.  Definitely, a lack of intestinal fortitude (guts).

So, it is about character not talent? I disagree totally.

[IndianaTwin]

Okay, I've just been ripping on Gladden for how he does play-by-play, but it was a total lack of class on his part to have just been joking about taking the keys to the scooter that a person with a physical disability uses. 

[mnfireman]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Is there another teams that can't hold a lead or gives up a run after scoring a run, than the Twins.  Definitely, a lack of intestinal fortitude (guts).

Pretty much see it nightly across MLB....

[Mill1634]

welp. gonna be tough to win this one with the brewers pen. split was always the likely outcome, but always better to win game 1.

[stringer bell]

Oopsie!

[Danchat]

Ugh. Our entire rotation is imploding...

[Mill1634]

 

 

 

[stringer bell]

Two two-run jobs. There weren't many base runners for Winder, but the ones who got on scored.

[lukeduke1980]

3rd time through the order

[RickOShea]

Just now, stringer bell said:

So, it is about character not talent? I disagree totally.

I don't think talented is pooled amongst a few teams.  Why do teams win one year and stink the next, even with similar rosters.

 I believe the mental approach can many times make the difference.  We're not comparing talent between a high school team and the majors.