Game Thread: 8/10/22, Twins @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10pm ET

[IndyTwinsFan]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:49 AM, cHawk said:

Gee, I hope we can double off the worst hitter in baseball

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Nope!

[Aggies7]

Stolen base flub costs another run 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

When that throw bounced away, Lux trotted down to third base like time was called, lol.

someone somewhere wasn’t hustling or in the right position 

[USAFChief]

Just hand them a run.

[Mortimerkenny21]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:47 AM, USAFChief said:

Is that better or worse than getting Munson'd?

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Right now it feels worse than getting Munson'd. But it's debatable.

[RpR]

This is the second day in a row, where the catcher tries stop a base stealer and Polanco instead of making sure he catches the ball , even if it will not stop the runner kets it go by.

He might as well close his eyes, maybe he does.

[ashbury]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:44 AM, Aggies7 said:

I’d sooner get munci’ed out here in the middle of nowhere 

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Mad props to any movie character that utters the words, "I wanna go to Reno," with conviction.

[Aggies7]

I like the article on the front page of TD today: “can the twins have TOO MUCH starting pitching?”….as if to say we have any 

[Winston Smith]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:51 AM, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

When that throw bounced away, Lux trotted down to third base like time was called, lol.

someone somewhere wasn’t hustling or in the right position 

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LF was sleeping.

[Aggies7]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:52 AM, ashbury said:

Mad props to any movie character that utters the words, "I wanna go to Reno."

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“Oh I can’t drink coffee, it’s a stimulant,”

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Only wasted a leadoff single last inning, better than the wasted leadoff double in the first. This inning I’m hoping we only waste a leadoff out, and the next inning after that…

and pretty soon we might be able to scratch out a run at some point 

[tony&rodney]

Ok, I get that the Twins want to hit home runs but does anyone think it is at all possible for the Twins to bunt a runner over to third base with nobody out once a week as a trial run?

[cHawk]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:52 AM, Aggies7 said:

I like the article on the front page of TD today: “can the twins have TOO MUCH starting pitching?”….as if to say we have any 

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That is depressing as hell

[ashbury]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:47 AM, Aggies7 said:

Listen, I couldn’t explain all the various new age stats, but I find it difficult to understand how a number like that could be NEGATIVE. Even with a SSS

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Leading off innings by grounding into triple plays time after time will do that to your super advanced stats like that'un.

[wabene]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:42 AM, Aggies7 said:

Max muncy looks like he’s on roids. Late 90s looking body 

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More like Rolaids from too many pizzas

[cHawk]

This team needs to get their offense going

[Aggies7]

So buxton hurt his knee on THAT play in San Diego two weeks ago?

are his muscles and ligaments made out of butterfly wings?

[USAFChief]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:53 AM, Winston Smith said:

LF was sleeping.

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To be fair, throws to 2nd from the catcher aren't supposed to need backup from the left fielder.

[cHawk]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:57 AM, Aggies7 said:

So buxton hurt his knee on THAT play in San Diego two weeks ago?

are his muscles and ligaments made out of butterfly wings?

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No, they’re made out of thin air

[Winston Smith]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:58 AM, USAFChief said:

To be fair, throws to 2nd from the catcher aren't supposed to need backup from the left fielder.

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Life isn't fair!

[ashbury]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:46 AM, IndyTwinsFan said:

My thinking exactly. 

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Yeah, and I noticed your essentially similar take just above, but I felt like saying what I had come to say and I went and said it anyhow. 

[ashbury]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:46 AM, Danchat said:

People also thought he had trade value for... some reason. 

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Those were good times.  Simpler times.  Good, simpler times.

[cHawk]

I would love to see Correa hit a 450-foot moonshot.

[Old time Twinkie47]

Ushella at third Miranda at first Arraez Dh.  How difficult is that to recognize that Beckham  should not be in there.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

  On 8/11/2022 at 2:58 AM, USAFChief said:

To be fair, throws to 2nd from the catcher aren't supposed to need backup from the left fielder.

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Sure, but it’s not like the runner got right up and sprinted for third. He stood up and practically brushed himself off looking for where the ball went, then jogged to third.  

[tony&rodney]

 To go with with earlier question ...

I guess bunting isn't allowed.

[USAFChief]

Correa .

Sigh...

[Aggies7]

The underwhelming Carlos Correa with two unproductive at bats with RISP 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

  On 8/11/2022 at 3:00 AM, cHawk said:

I would love to see Correa hit a 450-foot moonshot.

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How about a 150-foot moonshot into foul territory 

[cHawk]

Of course we continue to do jack **** with RISP.