Game Thread Twins vs. Royals 9/20/22 7:10 PM CDT (Center of Depressed Twinsfans)

[Dave The Dastardly]

End of Season Truths and Consequences

Pictures Worth A Thousand Cuss Words

 

Rocco, time to get your head out of…

 

Learn to protect your players against weird injuries.

 

When it comes to conditioning, cut back on the weight-lifting, it’s hard on the joints.

 

Instead, go for suppleness and flexibility.

 

But what the hey, keep doing things the way you want. It's your funeral.

 

Today's Pitchers In A Lost Cause

Twins: Dylan Bundy  8-7  4.68 ERA   87 SO (4 innings followed by 6 relievers)

Royals: Zack Grienke  4-9  4.67 ERA   67 SO

 

Line-Ups

Twins: Unknown at this time but sure to defy all baseball logic.

KC: TBD (Who knew TBD could also bat?)

[CRF]

Great game thread! Who cares about the lineups!

[ashbury]

Meanwhile in the front office and manager's patio annex, it's just another day at the office.

[insagt1]

Gotta find humor is all of this I guess. Well, I thought Cleveland would allow us 1 token win this weekend...and thats what we got. It is completely unrealistic to think this team, right now, could compete for anything. The lineup is totally gutted and the number of injuries is ludicrous.  For the most part, the 4 four losses were pretty ugly, but expected.

I won't pin this on the FO, because you never know how a trade will go, but perhaps the hugest disappointment recently has been Lopez..maybe because of what was expected of him. He has been Pagan-lite. And it hasn't just been his pitching performances..it has also been his mental approach to games. He usually looks like he knows he's about to be shelled. While we can't crawl into his head, he definitely does not look like he has the smallest iota of confidence out there. Pretty disappointing.

So what suits our fancy now? Do we want to play spoiler against Chicago. Or would we rather see them win the division over Cleveland? Or in reality will it matter because we probably can't play them any better than we played Cleveland. If Twins were getting pushed around with their full healthy lineup, I'd be real angry. But we can't expect to win when more than half the lineup is under .200...in some cases WAY under ,200.

Play for pride.

[PDX Twin]

Hey, the Twins have clinched a tie for third and can make the spot their own with a win tonight. Not what we hoped. but it's something...

[SanoMustGo]

1 hour ago, PDX Twin said:

Hey, the Twins have clinched a tie for third and can make the spot their own with a win tonight. Not what we hoped. but it's something...

I say they start Lopez and have a bullpen game for s***s and giggles.

Edited September 20, 2022 by Hosken Bombo Disco
Profanity (yeah yeah it’s 2022 but think of the children)

[Winston Smith]

My only hope for tonight is Dick and his partner please please no injuries talk for half the game. After 140+ games we all know about them. There is no need to talk about them every game. 

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Someone in the front office is trying to figure out how this season went sideways 

 

 

[Parfigliano]

3 hours ago, insagt1 said:

Gotta find humor is all of this I guess. Well, I thought Cleveland would allow us 1 token win this weekend...and thats what we got. It is completely unrealistic to think this team, right now, could compete for anything. The lineup is totally gutted and the number of injuries is ludicrous.  For the most part, the 4 four losses were pretty ugly, but expected.

I won't pin this on the FO, because you never know how a trade will go, but perhaps the hugest disappointment recently has been Lopez..maybe because of what was expected of him. He has been Pagan-lite. And it hasn't just been his pitching performances..it has also been his mental approach to games. He usually looks like he knows he's about to be shelled. While we can't crawl into his head, he definitely does not look like he has the smallest iota of confidence out there. Pretty disappointing.

So what suits our fancy now? Do we want to play spoiler against Chicago. Or would we rather see them win the division over Cleveland? Or in reality will it matter because we probably can't play them any better than we played Cleveland. If Twins were getting pushed around with their full healthy lineup, I'd be real angry. But we can't expect to win when more than half the lineup is under .200...in some cases WAY under ,200.

Play for pride.

Thought someone in here said he has a really sick child.  That could be distracting.  He has been less then hoped for.

[Parfigliano]

25 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

My only hope for tonight is Dick and his partner please please no injuries talk for half the game. After 140+ games we all know about them. There is no need to talk about them every game. 

 

Im going to watch opponents broadcast.  Im Bremer-ed out

[tony&rodney]

Dick is tired, needs to retire.

[tony&rodney]

I'm hoping to see some good baseball still. Let us remember that we had a full lineup plenty of times in June and July and they didn't do much more than the guys suiting up now. One of these days Baldelli should loosen up and stick Wallner in the leadoff spot. Go Twins.

Plus after watching Kershaw last night we get Greinke tonight, even if he is mostly on fumes these days. The Twins have always been a tough start for Greinke though.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

12 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

The Twins have always been a tough start for Greinke though.

One of the last games I have attended at Target Field was in the 2013-2016 era when Grienke was with Arizona and good, Arizona came to Minnesota, and yeah the Twins knocked him out early that day too. 

Edit: It was Aug 19, 2017  
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201708190.shtml

[Parfigliano]

1st thing KC TV guys talk about...Twins injuries

[notoriousgod71]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

One of the last games I have attended at Target Field was in the 2013-2016 era when Grienke was with Arizona and good, Arizona came to Minnesota, and yeah the Twins knocked him out early that day too. 

I went to a game in KC in 2010 where Valencia hit a grand slam in the first batting ninth and we scored 19 runs. Anthony slama made his debut that evening.

[Parfigliano]

Wallner!!!

[RpR]

Another base running blunder.

[mrtwinsfan]

Celestino, AGAIN  w.t.f.

[Nashvilletwin]

Little league…..sheesh 

[CRF]

More genius base running. WTF was Celestino doing?

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Another base running blunder.

Plus if Celestino scores on it.  Sac fly for Arraez and not an at bat

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, CRF said:

More genius base running. WTF was Celestino doing?

Can recall at least 3 times he has forgotten how many outs,  Sorry but the only reason he is here is Mainly cause he is r.h. batter, and a okay fielder,  replacing Buxton

[mrtwinsfan]

Hey we can still win  88 Games ?

[Winston Smith]

 Grienke had a very nice run but he's toasted crispy. Needs to retire.

[USAFChief]

No exaggeration, I believe Celestino is the worst baserunner I've ever seen in MLB.

Inconceivable. 

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Hey we can still win  88 Games ?

Can?  Will.

[solomon1930]

45 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

I'm hoping to see some good baseball still. Let us remember that we had a full lineup plenty of times in June and July and they didn't do much more than the guys suiting up now. One of these days Baldelli should loosen up and stick Wallner in the leadoff spot. Go Twins.

Plus after watching Kershaw last night we get Greinke tonight, even if he is mostly on fumes these days. The Twins have always been a tough start for Greinke though.

How many did we lose back than because of the BP?  

[PDX Twin]

5 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Hey we can still win  88 Games ?

Chicken is still in the egg!

[Parfigliano]

Fun fact via KC tv people...with that hit Gordon now 6 for 10 off Grienke

[Winston Smith]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

No exaggeration, I believe Celestino is the worst baserunner I've ever seen in MLB.

Inconceivable. 

On this team that's saying a lot.