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Just now, ashbury said:

I went to mlb.tv but there seems to be only a radio feed, and the Rays' broadcast team at that.  Am I overlooking anything?

No, that's what I'm listening to as well.

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4 minutes ago, joefish said:

Sloppy outfield play. Sac fly cost us a run. Poor mechanics. Poor throw.

Thanks, wsnydes

You're welcome.  Spring training is a lot less organized.  They're easier to find during the regular season.

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17 minutes ago, joefish said:

Sloppy outfield play. Sac fly cost us a run. Poor mechanics. Poor throw.

Thanks, wsnydes

The Rays' broadcast team have no information whatsoever about the Twins on the field.  Plays described as going to the "left fielder" etc, with no elaboration.

Not a very good offensive showing for the Twins today.  Nice to hear Noah Miller gets a base hit in the late going.

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1 minute ago, ashbury said:

The Rays' broadcast team have no information whatsoever about the Twins on the field.  Plays described as going to the "left fielder" etc, with no elaboration.

Not a very good offensive showing for the Twins today.  Nice to hear Noah Miller gets a base hit in the late going.

Ha!  I noticed that too.  It's almost like an unlicensed video game with no player names!

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... and now a "home run for Minnesota" with no clue as to who the batter is, if you go by the on-air "talent."  They can identify positions on the field and which side the batter is on, but it takes them forever to look up our guys' names.

/ edit - which turns out to not be a homer after all.

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1 minute ago, ashbury said:

... and now a "home run for Minnesota" with no clue as to who the batter is, if you go by the on-air "talent."  They can identify positions on the field and which side the batter is on, but it takes them forever to look up our guys' names.

/ edit - which turns out to not be a homer after all.

At least they know that "Minnesota" is the opponent.  So, there's that!

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2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Stolen base for Sabato?

Quite an adventure for Sabato. Walked, stole second on a full-count pitch, advanced on a wild pitch that caromed off the backstop directly to the catcher and scoring when the ball tricked past the third baseman on the throw to third. 

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1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Quite an adventure for Sabato. Walked, stole second on a full-count pitch, advanced on a wild pitch that caromed off the backstop directly to the catcher and scoring when the ball tricked past the third baseman on the throw to third. 

A run is a run!  It all looks same in the box score...

...no it doesn't...

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Just now, wsnydes said:

I'd like to thank all of my friends that joined the game thread today!  It's a long and distinguished list!  It includes the likes of @joefish, @ashbury and @stringer bell and....and....and I guess that's it!  

Enjoy the rest of your Thursday!

 

Long and extinguished, more like. :)

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13 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I'd like to thank all of my friends that joined the game thread today!  It's a long and distinguished list!  It includes the likes of @joefish, @ashbury and @stringer bell and....and....and I guess that's it!  

Enjoy the rest of your Thursday!

 

I followed, just didn’t participate. Thinking up adventures to take my rental car on.

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2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

I followed, just didn’t participate. Thinking up adventures to take my rental car on.

I bet that you can find some sweet jumps to take it on!

Drive it like it ain't yours!

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Didn't realize that was a thread going on. Pretty boring game until  the 9th. I was thinking the lack of stolen bases that Twins have failed to take advantage of. Then Miller got a hit stole 2nd then 3rd. People who believe stealing bases is a waste of time, you have to take into consideration how it rattles the pitcher. Gross served up a nice meatball to Keirsey. Keirsey stole 3rd & scored on errant throw. Meanwhile Gross walked Sabato, Sabato stole 2nd (who'd have known), Sabato advanced on a WP & scored on another errant throw.

W/o the base running antics advancing & shaking the pitching & team we'd have lost the game. For a game that doesn't count, it serve to be very valuable if management took note. 

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4 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

Didn't realize that was a thread going on. Pretty boring game until  the 9th. I was thinking the lack of stolen bases that Twins have failed to take advantage of. Then Miller got a hit stole 2nd then 3rd. People who believe stealing bases is a waste of time, you have to take into consideration how it rattles the pitcher. Gross served up a nice meatball to Keirsey. Keirsey stole 3rd & scored on errant throw. Meanwhile Gross walked Sabato, Sabato stole 2nd (who'd have known), Sabato advanced on a WP & scored on another errant throw.

W/o the base running antics advancing & shaking the pitching & team we'd have lost the game 

Clearly, I did(n't)!

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7 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

Thanks wsnydes for starting the thread. I wasn't criticizing only that I missed it until right after the game

No worries, I didn't take it as criticism.  Spring training games aren't as obvious or advertised.

My reply to you was about the bolded bit.  That's all.

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