Kyle Kendrick
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Nick Blackburn
As already explained by Gleeman earlier, today’s matchup is going to involve a lot of balls in play.
2012 Game 60: Philadelphia Phillies at Minnesota TwinsKyle Kendrick As already explained by Gleeman earlier, today’s matchup is going to involve a lot of balls in play. 176 LTEs written in response to 2012 Game 60: Philadelphia Phillies at Minnesota Twins |
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HEEEEEEEEEEEEY YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYS!!!
Way to pitch to impact, Blackie!
Blackie not off to the best start ever. Who walks Pierre?!
Alright! Know he just has to strike out JI JIM.
BLACKBURN IS WORLD CHAMP!!!
Yay, a scoreless inning for Blackbum!!!
SPAN!~!!!
WTF!!!!
SPANGASM!!!
Now, that’s how you pitch to impact!
Twins have a 1.000 BABIP so far this game.
Ok, now .500. Still pretty solid.
Span pulled a Thome.
Better than pulling a hammy!
Hey, first inning lead! I’ll leave now before the give-back runs show up.
BlaGBurn.
That’s two, two scoreless innings.
PLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUFFE!
Wow.
Plouff-da!!!!!!
Hey, guys! Remember about a month ago whan I said that Trevor Plouffe was going to have to prove to me that he can hit major league pitching? I think I was really able to get through to the kid….
I’m loving his bat right now. Danny who?
I am also developing a small crush on him.
Also, that poor wall.
He’s really found a spot he likes, hasn’t he?
It’s the only thing he’s consistently hit all year.
Time for you to get to work on Butters!
There’s a difference between healing the sick and raising the dead.
Where’s nibbish? He knows how to raise the dead.
Plouffe is the anti-Samson, he cuts his hair and regains his power.
I’m liking this Twins offense that gets hits and scores runs.
Remember what I said at 7:45? I should mention that again.
It’s a hit parade.
Where’s Rhu to say, “SEND HIM!”?
boooooooooooo
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
So this is what a ‘hit parade’ looks like.
BOOOOOOOOOOOO
To add to what GH has said:
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Edit: grumble, grumble, auto correct, grumble
LOL. I thought there was some inside joke I had missed.
I guess the joke is that cheaptoy sucks at typing with his phone.
Not phone, iPad. I’m new to this touch screen bs.
Ahh. How you likin’ the iPad?
It is a handy device, I’ll admit. I’m generally resistant to apple products, so that’s saying quite a bit.
iPad? Hey, everyone, don’t borrow the dude’s iPad
Needed: foldable iPads so women don’t notice stuff like that (Pocket-concealed iPhones are much more discreet).
Alternate need: giant iPad-sized pockets.
I had a Morny flashback there. Glad he didn’t have to slide.
stop hitting it to Mike Fontenot
That was just unlucky. Fortunately, we’re already up 5.
Make Total Destroy!
Don’t act like you’re not excited.
That MN Lotto commercial with Bert and the puppets is pretty catchy.
Thome ball.
Dude’s got natural speed.
Oh, drat there goes Blakbum’s shutout.
It happened so much later than usual that we might as well consider it one.
If he keeps this up he’ll force Gardy to take him out of the game before he earns his “W”.
this inning has turned into a pumpkin
The key to the inning was Thome’s hustle.
I would step into this game when Blackburn’s just starting to give up all kinds of hits, wouldn’t I?
Yeah, that sounds like something you’d do.
I don’t like Blackburn, but I swear I’m not doing it on purpose.
To be fair, it’s generally pretty easy to walk in on a game to see Blackburn giving up a bunch of hits.
It’s Blackburn. You don’t have to do anything to make him fall apart.
Damn giveback runs.
Whoopsingham
He did the hard part, but Delmon’d the easy part.
Yeah, if you’re going to be able to run that down, you should probably have the talent to actually catch the ball. I was actually too amused to be angry.
The look on his face made it look like he realized, ‘Yeah I’m a power hitter, not a fielder, what the Delmon am I doing?’
is Blackburn doing a Jack Morris and pitching to the score?
Duelling hit parades.
PULL HIM!!!
Don’t worry guys. We’re getting at least 8 runs this inning.
Phillies pheed has a phormer player as color guy. I’m not sure who it is.
“Okay, now you’ve scored some runs, and as Roger Clemens always stressed to us, now you’ve got to go out and shut them down in the next inning. I never forgot that.”
Seriously, what is it about baseball players that makes them so dumb that they have to actually be told that a shutout inning is a positive thing?
That’s why they’re on TV. The smart ones get jobs that require them to do things.
I suppose I should be annoyed by the insinuation here, but hey, I’m a writer too.
But I’m sure they get paid well. I’m wondering who the smart ones really are.
stupid tall wall
BOOOOO
Pauer!
Ach! I had spookied something there. So close.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The hit parade this inning lacked something… Oh yeah, seven more runs.
My predictive powers seem to be a bit off this season. Maybe I should try a new prediction.
BOOOOOOOOOO
What did we say about hitting it to Fontenot?
I think everyone who was following the Twins closely back in the Rick Reed days remember all too well Thome’s ownage of Reed .444/.500/1.481/1.981. 9 HRs in 27 ABs
I loves me a lead!
Evening, folks
Meat!
I mean…
Rhu Ru!
I like that I’m present even when I’m not actually present.
“Triple”.
Almost an inside-the-park-doumer.
Revere could have circled the bases twice on that (mis)play.
I haven’t seen a Hunter misplay a ball and give extra bases like that since…
…too soon?
I missed the first (well, all) of them, so it was nice to see a replay.
TOO SOON!
These aren’t exactly your slightly older brother’s Phillies.
This Plouffe kid really wants to make me eat my words. I like that in a player.
Touchdown!
Two point conversion!
Eight runs! Close enough.
Better late than never!
That’s my boyfriend!
Carroll with the placement!
There are only two people here who are going to enjoy the significance of the fact that the Twins knocked around Mr. Stephenie LaGrossa tonight, and will get to knock around Mr. Heidi Strobel tomorrow.
Wait, what?! Okay, there’s a couple of Survivors that have parlayed non-wins into big money.
Seriously?
Yeah, no lie.
Odd that they both end up with pitchers from the same team.
Stephenie had to try again to achieve that.
There are many more people here who recognize the obscure names I referenced than I realized.
Google helped. I recognized Steph but didn’t remember Heidi, except for her adventure with Jenna.
This inning could be going better.
Is that John Mayberry’s (Royals) kid?
yes it is
THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY
Let’s take care of this before JI JIM THOME gets to bat.
Bases loaded for…ugh.
Is the strike zone as teensy tiny as gamecast says it is?
Yeah, seems pretty damn small.
Oh, for the love.
I did NOT say “SEND HIM!!”
Balk!
I’m guessing Willingham didn’t pick his walk-up music by The Outfield.
Eight more runs this inning!
Willing!--awww…
yeah!
oh. mygosh.
Was that Nate Dahmann with the catch?
Nope, couldn’t beat out Burton for the catch.
NOT FOUL!
Willing-hammer!!!!
Small strike zone + pitch to impact = 16 runs in 6 innings.
And the makings of a four hour game.
I see Gardy is gonna empty the bullpen tonight.
Plouffe is just showing off now with the twirls.
That’s the last bloop hit they get. They’ve exhausted their supply for the game.
Exhale.
jeeze, Trevor Plouffe is locked in at the plate.
Dozier has gotten really good at striking out.
way to go old man!
Who else likes the sound of All-Star Trevor Plouffe?
Shut your face.
Sweet Carrolline!
dah dah dah
rbi’s feel so good
dah dah dah
Using bats made of wood
Bert, I think it’s important for any hitter to score three times. Or every hitter with how the Twins are going so far.
Span has a HR and 3 walks, 3 runs scored this game.
I dont want to trade him.
But just think! We could have Storen!
If he did something noteable the fans could yell DREWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. As the laws of baseball demand.
Is this game still going? I thought we won it back in the fifth inning.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
A home run right here would really hit the spot.
I guess they had one more bloop hit left.
I believe that counts as an automatic out.
Perkins has become so solid that anytime he has a bad outing I immediately suspect hangover.
Phillies feed recapping the fact that the Gentleman Masher has hit five of the eight longest homers in TF history. (The others are Kubel, Nelson Cruz and Josh Hamilton)
and in a few seconds, Mountie.
That ground out traveled an estimated 528′.
Those outfield walls are taking a pounding tonight.
Doublit!
Only a triple away from the cycle!
I kind of miss ragging on Capps, but he hasn’t given me much to carp about lately. At least we still have his weight to make fun of.
That was a pretty sweet play by Mountie.
It was. I don’t like watching him take risks like that, but you can’t play in fear.
Puppies!!!
Awww
I will never get tired of this picture.
I am drinking the Plouffe Kool-Aid. I’m buying into the ubeltheory of Cuddyer-Lite. Except…if he can truly hack it as a third baseman, then perhaps he could be The-Cuddyer-That-Was-Promised.
Maybe Cuddyer’s problem was he was moved from shortstop to soon.
Still on track for 127-35!
maybe the Twins should petition to switch leagues!
why? won’t 127-35 make it to the post season in the AL?
The East is looking pretty strong again.
And everyone laughed at my Nationals prediction.
Oh, wrong East. Never mind.