54 thoughts on “Game 2 of 2: Disinterest vs. Even more Disinterest”
Valencia only got a Sac Fly with the bases loaded. Im disappointed
Dinkelman with a double. Butera with a triple. I predict a Ben Revere homer next.
I dont believe what I just saw! Drew Butera with a hit! and rbi hit! a triple!!!
Drew Butera tripled? Were the Indians using a six-man infield or something?
I wouldn't even expect that with a no-man anywherefield.
for crying out loud Bert. Verlander gets to pitch longer because he's awesome. I bet Blackburn would love to go 8 innings and leave with a lead as well.
Wow. An offensive extravaganza!
Who cares if the Indians are "giving him" the bunt?
Twins rookie record for RBIs?
Uhhhhhhh. Hrbek?
Hrby had 92. Tony O had 94.
Rich Rollins had 96 in 1962, but he must not have been classified a rookie despite having appeared in only 13 games prior to that season (all in 1961).
Scott Stahoviak
Awesome
Happy Birthday to me: the Milkmaid got me tickets to the first Diamondbacks home game of the NLDS. Either game one of a Braves series, or game three of a Phillies series.
the Gophers are down 2 touchdowns to NDSU at the half after an amazing int return by the Bison. rock bottom
Is that a criticism of NDSU? 😉
Like the Gophers haven't lost to NDSU before. Losing to South Dakota State last year was way worse. Losing to New Mexico earlier this year was probably worse.
Whoops, that was South Dakota and New Mexico State. Much worse in both cases.
Yeah, if they'd lost to UNM things would have been so bad that the U of M would have to reinvest the football money into academics.
Butera with more rbi!
You can't stop Butters, you can only hope to contain him.
So, I'm looking at the ROY voting for 1962, wondering why Rollins didn't qualify. I come across this gem: in the NL only two players got votes. The winner, Ken Hubbs, got 19 of the 20 votes. He hit 260/299/346 with a league-leading 129 Ks, 35 BBs, and a league-leading 20 GIDP, good for -1.2 rWAR.
This guy was a near-unanimous ROY??? He ALSO won the fielding Grammy at 2b that year (with a dWAR of -0.6, fwiw). Seriously?
granted, it was his age-20 season. But still.
to add to the intrigue, he played only one more season, 1963 (hitting 235/285/322 with 93:39 K:BB), before dying in a plane crash prior to the 1964 season.
the last time the Twins scored 7 or more runs in a game was Sept 2 when they score 13. Heck the last time they scored 6 was Friday the 16th
Ok, how the frack did Rich Rollins NOT get any votes for ROY in 1962? He was indeed the answer on the trivia question. Tom Tresh won the award with 13 of the 20 votes. He hit 286/359/441 with 20 HRs and 93 RBI for the Yankmes, good for a very healthy 4.7 rWAR.
Rollins hit 298/374/428 with 16 and 96, 4.2 rWAR and he made the A-S game as a 3b and got MVP votes. Tresh played SS and also made the A-S game, but finished behind Rollins in the MVP voting.
east coast bias
I suppose that's possible. The Twins finished second, 5 games back of the Yanquis, in the pre-divisional era.
Except that Bernie Allen also got a vote. Bernie hit 269/338/403 (2.4 rWAR) as the 2b for the Twins. So I'm gonna claim that Rollins must have had too much service time in 1961 to qualify as a rookie.
Rollins debuted on June 16, 1961. He played 3 games in June, 6 in July and 4 in September. He also played 39 games in the Minors that year, with Sally League Charlotte and International League Syracuse.
Atteberry describes the night in Cleveland as 'inky black'. I dont think I have heard the sky described like that before
Wow, this game has really slowed down...
It has taken a Twins like turn.
remember when it was 6-0?
How can it be an "underappreciated skill" for pitchers to bounce back after a bad inning? Bert stresses the importance of this literally over 100 times a year.
Under appreciated? It's basic probability that the next inning will be better.
Tomei vs. Neck Fat. I smell a walk.
Or that. Huh.
Sweet. Matt Crapps on to end this thing.
Matt Capps coming in. the Tribe will hit a homer in 3 pitches
Oh boy, here comes the Crapps!
everyone saw that coming
Wilson Ramos.
Oh, now that's just not fair.
Is there really any reason to not DFA Capps right now? I mean, like before this inning is over?
Classic Capps™
Done and done.
I wonder if Matt Capps' mom is a White Sox fan or something. I don't know how else to explain this season.
He's not that good and the Twin's FO grossly over-inflated (pun intended) his talent?
Gameday keeps telling me I can earn a badge if Jim Thome hits a home run for the Twins. Huh.
The "Rip Your Heart Out" Badge.
We don't need no stinkin' badges!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGyQIgvSV0
well played /barf.
During commercials that mention that the Twins store has Twins jerseys and Officially Licensed Caps I keep imagining the off-season hen the Twins are actually trying to sell Matt Capps.
Well, hey, the Rays gained a game!
I had meat's pork adovada tonight with pinto beans. WINNING!!!
Oh, yeah? I'm making some pork shoulder roast tomorrow. I'm so crazy I don't know what's in it. Post at 11.
Valencia only got a Sac Fly with the bases loaded. Im disappointed
Dinkelman with a double. Butera with a triple. I predict a Ben Revere homer next.
I dont believe what I just saw! Drew Butera with a hit! and rbi hit! a triple!!!
Drew Butera tripled? Were the Indians using a six-man infield or something?
I wouldn't even expect that with a no-man anywherefield.
for crying out loud Bert. Verlander gets to pitch longer because he's awesome. I bet Blackburn would love to go 8 innings and leave with a lead as well.
Wow. An offensive extravaganza!
Who cares if the Indians are "giving him" the bunt?
Twins rookie record for RBIs?
Uhhhhhhh. Hrbek?
Hrby had 92. Tony O had 94.
Rich Rollins had 96 in 1962, but he must not have been classified a rookie despite having appeared in only 13 games prior to that season (all in 1961).
Scott Stahoviak
Awesome
Happy Birthday to me: the Milkmaid got me tickets to the first Diamondbacks home game of the NLDS. Either game one of a Braves series, or game three of a Phillies series.
the Gophers are down 2 touchdowns to NDSU at the half after an amazing int return by the Bison. rock bottom
Is that a criticism of NDSU? 😉
Like the Gophers haven't lost to NDSU before. Losing to South Dakota State last year was way worse. Losing to New Mexico earlier this year was probably worse.
Whoops, that was South Dakota and New Mexico State. Much worse in both cases.
Yeah, if they'd lost to UNM things would have been so bad that the U of M would have to reinvest the football money into academics.
Butera with more rbi!
You can't stop Butters, you can only hope to contain him.
So, I'm looking at the ROY voting for 1962, wondering why Rollins didn't qualify. I come across this gem: in the NL only two players got votes. The winner, Ken Hubbs, got 19 of the 20 votes. He hit 260/299/346 with a league-leading 129 Ks, 35 BBs, and a league-leading 20 GIDP, good for -1.2 rWAR.
This guy was a near-unanimous ROY??? He ALSO won the fielding Grammy at 2b that year (with a dWAR of -0.6, fwiw). Seriously?
granted, it was his age-20 season. But still.
to add to the intrigue, he played only one more season, 1963 (hitting 235/285/322 with 93:39 K:BB), before dying in a plane crash prior to the 1964 season.
the last time the Twins scored 7 or more runs in a game was Sept 2 when they score 13. Heck the last time they scored 6 was Friday the 16th
Ok, how the frack did Rich Rollins NOT get any votes for ROY in 1962? He was indeed the answer on the trivia question. Tom Tresh won the award with 13 of the 20 votes. He hit 286/359/441 with 20 HRs and 93 RBI for the Yankmes, good for a very healthy 4.7 rWAR.
Rollins hit 298/374/428 with 16 and 96, 4.2 rWAR and he made the A-S game as a 3b and got MVP votes. Tresh played SS and also made the A-S game, but finished behind Rollins in the MVP voting.
east coast bias
I suppose that's possible. The Twins finished second, 5 games back of the Yanquis, in the pre-divisional era.
Except that Bernie Allen also got a vote. Bernie hit 269/338/403 (2.4 rWAR) as the 2b for the Twins. So I'm gonna claim that Rollins must have had too much service time in 1961 to qualify as a rookie.
Rollins debuted on June 16, 1961. He played 3 games in June, 6 in July and 4 in September. He also played 39 games in the Minors that year, with Sally League Charlotte and International League Syracuse.
Atteberry describes the night in Cleveland as 'inky black'. I dont think I have heard the sky described like that before
Wow, this game has really slowed down...
It has taken a Twins like turn.
remember when it was 6-0?
How can it be an "underappreciated skill" for pitchers to bounce back after a bad inning? Bert stresses the importance of this literally over 100 times a year.
Under appreciated? It's basic probability that the next inning will be better.
Tomei vs. Neck Fat. I smell a walk.
Or that. Huh.
Sweet. Matt Crapps on to end this thing.
Matt Capps coming in. the Tribe will hit a homer in 3 pitches
Oh boy, here comes the Crapps!
everyone saw that coming
Wilson Ramos.
Oh, now that's just not fair.
Is there really any reason to not DFA Capps right now? I mean, like before this inning is over?
Classic Capps™
Done and done.
I wonder if Matt Capps' mom is a White Sox fan or something. I don't know how else to explain this season.
He's not that good and the Twin's FO grossly over-inflated (pun intended) his talent?
Gameday keeps telling me I can earn a badge if Jim Thome hits a home run for the Twins. Huh.
The "Rip Your Heart Out" Badge.
We don't need no stinkin' badges!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGyQIgvSV0
well played /barf.
During commercials that mention that the Twins store has Twins jerseys and Officially Licensed Caps I keep imagining the off-season hen the Twins are actually trying to sell Matt Capps.
Well, hey, the Rays gained a game!
I had meat's pork adovada tonight with pinto beans. WINNING!!!
Oh, yeah? I'm making some pork shoulder roast tomorrow. I'm so crazy I don't know what's in it. Post at 11.