Blake

Admit it, you waited until 2 minutes before you had to leave and she was thrilled you'd finally gotten around to getting dressed.

Am I alone in my loathing of the Gillette sensitive fireman commercial?

boy, do I feel bad for your clothing...

Ummmm..no.

Yes, but I supplied a sixth inning perspective.

Really really late to this thread, but, "Trade Odorizzi for a bucket of balls. He gave up a run."

Not many people can work a reference to ABBA and Sherlock Holmes in a baseball intro.

Whoever the Twins get, I'd like to see at least one more year of team control so the Twins get a chance to keep him around for a while.

TwinsNorth has a radio show?

Gee whiz, this TBD guy hasn't even pitched yet and you're already down on him.

Heh. Oops, I tried to actually copy what they had on MLB.com and, misread what they had up. No means to correct, either. On the up side, it means people actually read what I wrote.

Dsiclaimer: Thread contain feeble attempts at math, in violation of the "no math" rules of the site. You have been warned. -Thank you for your cooperation. Not Albert Einstein.

The Twins leave Cleveland, eking 1 win out of a three game series. However, this also means the Twins are currently 4 and 3 on this road trip. Which leads me to a "fun with numbers" edition of game thread openers. If a team were to go 4 and 3 every 7 games, the math says the team will, in the course of a season, wind up with a record of 92.56 wins and 69.98 losses. Adding in another bit of math, if a team goes 6 and 5 every 11 games, the team will end the season with 88.32 wins and 73.60 losses. Currently, the Twins sit at 41 wins and 20 losses, which, according to real math, done by someone who actually has mathematical ability, gives the Twins a 10.5 game lead in the Central and a .672 winning percentage and projects out to the Twins winning 108.864 games this year. Now, on to the Detroit Kittens, lead by the Twins once and past leader, Ron Gardenhire. The Kittens sit at 23 and 26, with a winning percentage of .390 and a projected win total of 63.18 games. And what do all these numbers mean? Not much, other than it gives me something to write about and opens the door for people to point out I tried to divide by zero or forgot to include the imaginary number function. Pro tip: never let someone who can barely balance a checkbook near baseball stats and a calculator. GIGO And now for some thoughts that may or may not have something to do with the game today: 1. Fun calculation 1: Where do the Twins end up if they go 6 and 5 every 11 games the rest of the season? 2. Fun calculation 2: Where do the Twins end up if they go 4 and 3 every 7 games the rest of the season? 3. Fun calculation 3: Considering the quality of umpiring recently, how many ejections of Ron Gardenhire may we expect this next series? 4. Fun calculation 4: If Max Kepler can go 4 for 4 with three home runs in Cleveland, how many home runs will Mr. Rosario hit in Detroit? Pitching for the Twins: TBD (this TBD guy must be new. Never heard of him) Pitching for Detroit: Matthew Boyd 5. Play ball!

The look on Bauer's face after Max goes deep the third time is priceless.

I think Pressly is a classic example of the "change of scenery" scenario of baseball.

Telling you what to do seems a lot like complaining about the food that someone else prepared. As long as I'm not cooking, I'm good. Keep up the great work!

That Rodgers kid is something else.

Here, just use this.

Yes.

Much as this loss grinds on me, there were a few things working against the Twins: 1. Hits that found holes and bled through. 2. Perez seeming to have forgotten everything that got him where he currently is. 3. Shaky fielding. Sano's error cost the Twins in a big way. 4. Ump getting an attitude. The Twins do have some arms, but, those arms need to step up and get the job done. I never really thought Parker was much more than a stop-gap, much as I approve of the name, until someone currently in the organization got their act together May obviously has the fastball and if he can get his curve ball working, should be good to go. Fernando Romero has the stuff, but, does he have the confidence needed to anchor the bullpen? Then, Hildenburger fell apart for whatever reason. Hopefully, some answers will appear over the next few weeks and they will come from within rather than spending a ton of money on an FA acquisition. I say this as a fan who's not a numbers guy like a lot of you scary big brains on this site.

Cleveland has received a big assist from the Sano throwing error.

Eh. I have a support octopus, so, I'm good.

This is just sad. Have Cleveland on the ropes and let them up off the mat. Maybe time to rethink shifting Cleveland for the balance of this game?

The Twins win one game of this series, they're 4 and 3 on this road trip, heading into a series against the Tigers. I'll take that.