Game Thread: Twins vs. Rangers, 8/22/22 @ 6:40pm CT

[mrtwinsfan]

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[SwainZag]

6 runs in 4 home games against Texas.  Brutal.

[LVTwinsfan]

I wonder if the Astro fans will boo Correa

[IndyTwinsFan]

14 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Twins +3.50

They'll likely need a lot more than that.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, SwainZag said:

6 runs in 4 home games against Texas.  Brutal.

4 in the last 35 innings.

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, IndyTwinsFan said:

They'll likely need a lot more than that.

That’s money line, not runs

[Peter]

Let’s hope for sweep by Houston-no way they win!!! Last time we played Astros it was massacre losing all 3 out scored 21-3 Yankees will finish twins off with 4 game sweep and games with Cleveland won’t matter. Heads need to roll this off season-as well blow this team up!!!! No heart/intensity-Rocco is to soft as is team. What a joke!!!! We deserve better the this. Honestly I’d rather see twins of old losing all the time then this shitshow

Edited August 23, 2022 by Peter
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[RpR]

Well going back to the triple play, it was only good fortune that the throw to second did not go into center field, not a good game in any way.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, USAFChief said:

4 in the last 35 innings.

And at least 2 of those were bona fide gifts from Texas. 

[Battle ur tail off]

Ugly. 6 runs in four games. Come on girls get your heads out. Get swept in Houston and it’s likely done it real close to it IMO. How sad 

[USAFChief]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

That’s money line, not runs

Did you mean +350?

[SwainZag]

Just now, Peter said:

Let’s hope for sweep by Houston-no way they win!!! Last time we played Astros it was massacre losing all 3 out scored 21-3 Yankees will finish twins off with 4 game sweep and games with Cleveland won’t matter. 

Well.....it might happen, but I certainly won't be hoping for it.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

That’s money line, not runs

I understand, but I'd need a lot more than that before I'd bite.

[RpR]

Yep, I remember last year when so many would lament - we need more than solo home runs, small ball wins games - well, they quite hitting home runs.

[Aggies7]

We must have the lowest winning percentage when turning triple plays in mlb history 

[h2oface]

The most sickening thing is that our shoddy pitching was real good during this series, and the rest of the team just wasted the good starts. When they don't need more runs, no problem. But when they do.... they don't show up. I used to be a wise man but being a Twins fan made me a chump.

 

 

[IndyTwinsFan]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

Yep, I remember last year when so many would lament - we need more than solo home runs, small ball wins games - well, they quite hitting home runs.

And still no small ball to speak of. 

[LVTwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Did you mean +350?

It’s the same thing. If you bet $100 you win  $350, if you bet $1 you win $3.50.

Old school uses the decimal.

[USAFChief]

5 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

We must have the lowest winning percentage when turning triple plays in mlb history 

So bad we can turn TWO triple plays in THE SAME GAME and lose.

 

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

It’s the same thing. If you bet $100 you win  $350, if you bet $1 you win $3.50.

Old school uses the decimal.

Must be REALLY old school. 

Never seen it.

 

Also you were joking correct? Nobody is really offering +350 are they?

[nicksaviking]

The veteran bats are almost all laying an egg this year. The team needs to start making an example of them with some benchings, regardless if the back ups are any good.
 

There’s really nothing left to lose except playing time for younger, hungrier players.

[SwainZag]

16 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

The veteran bats are almost all laying an egg this year. The team needs to start making an example of them with some benchings, regardless if the back ups are any good.
 

There’s really nothing left to lose except playing time for younger, hungrier players.

I mean.....if those players were here, then sure but

[LVTwinsfan]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

Must be REALLY old school. 

Never seen it.

 

Also you were joking correct? Nobody is really offering +350 are they?

Yeah, it’s a pessimistic guess, no line yet

[launchingthrees]

3 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

I can only assume as a child Kepler was disciplined if he hit to the opposite field

Or alternatively it could be that he signed a semi lucrative extension when many players are working really really hard to improve their weaknesses so they can cash in?

[solomon1930]

4 hours ago, mrtwinsfan said:

$$$$$$ Odds tomm. ??  Verlander against, either Smeltzzer or Sands

Aaron Sanchez

[RickOShea]

I think we've kissed good bye  having Correia even think about coming back.  Regardless of his own performance he's fed up with the way this team plays.  He possibly has a  few gems of wisdom he would like to impart on Baldelli.

So next year, Correia will be gone, and Buxton will be going through his aches and pains, which forces him out of action.  The young guys like Miranda, gordon, and such will find the going tough, as teams will be making adjustments.  We'll see how good these young  players really are.