bighat

That's a great point about the 3 minutes of uninterrupted ads. Soccer players (EPL, La Liga, etc) have worn ads for a long time, but they don't have any stoppages of play. No commercials at all for 90 minutes of non-stop action. In theory, baseball shouldn't need this. But then again, it's a free money cash grab so it's impossible to expect them to turn it down.

According to Dick these Twins hitters are "right on it" as they constantly miss cookies right down the heart of the plate.

Meanwhile back to the game, getting shut out by a guy who came in with a 10.45 ERA.

Still waiting on any meaningful contribution from Correa.....

A weak-hitting backup catcher hitting 8th.....as the DH! Very on-brand.

Nice little ducksnort there from Sano.

Wow, that was a terrible top of the 2nd there. 4 pitches?

Unforgiveable loss. Should have scored way more runs, the Twins ran themselves out of at least 2 runs early in the game, and were also unlucky hitting everything into the wind. Overall this was a team loss - the type of loss that bad teams give away. A good team wins that game 7-4, should have never even been that close. Twins have now had both Sano and Sanchez called out at home with less than 2 outs this year. Maybe the 3rd base coach should stop sending our big men home? I don't mind being aggressive, but maybe pick your spots. Bad move taking out Gordon for Garlick. I think I saw Gordon on the bench when that move was made and he was looking rather disgusted about that. Guy hits a triple and gets pulled the next inning? It was Amir Garret on the mound, not Randy Johnson. Duffey's been below average for a while now. I think the guy's just cooked. I don't blame Rocco for going to him, the only way you find out guys are bad is to play them. Both Duffey and Jax are very hittable and are just bullpen fodder at this point. Overall just a terrible loss to open the series, Twins find themselves against the wall already in KC.

Grim start to the 5th here. Yeeps.

I question this PH - Taking out Gordon this early, with a slim lead, after he just hit a triple....

Attaboy Correa.

Think Merrifield wants to go home yet?

Wow HOW does that not go out!?!?

Urshela's been a nice pickup.

Should have even made 3rd on that Arraez single, it almost died out there on the grass. Awful baserunning all around this inning, just horrific. Double-single-single and no runs scored and don't even have a guy on 3rd base!

Wait....is Jeffers NOT on 2nd?!?!?!

Darn, he's out. Aggressive baserunning not working out too well for the Twins so far this year.

That was one helluva moment.

Jeffers dropped strike 3 there.

Baez is on the IL, hurt his thumb celebrating a Tigers win in a scrum at home plate with his teammates.

Yeah, who knew. Frankly I like to see some emotion from guys when they get out of an inning like that...

Ugly start so far for Archer.....

The bottom third of the order sticks out: Larnach, Sanchez and Jeffers. If they go 0-12 with 6 strikeouts, the Twins will lose this game. On the other hand, if they can get on base a couple times we might just have ourselves a chance. The Twins are trying to hide Kepler in the middle of the lineup but you can't hide 'em all.

You can't sit a guy and expect him to get hot. You don't get both.

Ummmm....disagree. Both could improve, but right now Sano is superior to both of them combined, especially when he starts hitting. Because he will, and that's a guarantee. The other two don't come with guarantees. Larnach and Kirilloff aren't rookies. They are 2nd year players who failed their first tryouts - one couldn't hit, the other couldn't stay healthy. Nothing has changed in either scenario so far this year. If this audition doesn't go well for Larnach, he may be sent down to AAA purgatory and may never make it back to the bigs after this year. Kirilloff's career might be in jeopardy if he can't get over this chronic wrist issue. And you think they are both better than Miguel Sano, a guy who will hit 30 HR this year and who has done so many times in the past? I know hating on Sano is the cool thing to do, and it's low-hanging fruit, but c'mon. You have to be realistic.