after all that discussion last night about bad defensive lineups, the Twins trot out Willingham, Ramirez, Parmelee
Gardy must have looked at the cybermetrics and found out that Diamond induces a lot of ground balls.
Dick now on a first name basis with Ryan.
Comcast totally deked me out tonight. They have the Wild on later on their regular FSN channel, so I went to FSN+, their alternate channel, right at 6:00 pm. Only they were showing Storage Wars or some such reality TV crapola at the time. They didn't switch over until several minutes after the hour. I think somebody in master control was asleep at the wheel.
yeah saw a lot of that on the twitter. amateur move.
I get Comcast and last week they decided to break down and devote an entire channel to FSN+.
I want the Boston Announcers to say shin guard about a million time. Its Gold Jerry, Gold!
Question from some viewer asks Coomer about his favorite parks to hit in. At the end, Citizen Bank Park is included despite Coomer not hitting there. Notably missing is possibly the greatest hitters park ever, Coors. And Coomer has 17 PAs there!
I generally like Coom Dog in the announcers booth, but he must have received lessons from Roy Smalley because they both talk way to much.
I don't blame Coomer much for this, but it is a notable omission.
Who the hell is David Ross.
Must be because I don't have $LTR
that should have been a triple play.
I sense a rally inning is coming for the Twins.
If any team can get a runner to third with no outs and not score, it's the Twins.
With 133 games left to play, it has to happen eventually.
on the board!
See, that's why Gardy has Doumit & Ramirez starting in the outfield. Sheer managerial genius.
Yahtzee
No complaints from me about the ump telling them to speed up the game. Last night's game took way, way too long.
In contrast, last night's NBA game between GS and SA did NOT take way too long. That was awesome.
The Twins-Red Sox game was 11 innings, or 22% longer than a regulation game. The Warriors-Spurs game was 58 minutes (I can't imagine playing 57:56 of that), or 21% longer than a regulation game, and it was a playoff game. The former took 4:44 and the latter 3:12. The baseball game was at least an hour over long.
Like I mentioned, I went all the way to a concert downtown (with two bands each playing for an hour) and back home in the span of just six innings yesterday.
Red Sox fans doing the wave
As their pitcher was getting ready to pitch. It's like a reverse free throw distraction. Genius.
Dinner's on: Romaine salad, beef kabobs, steamed rice, Grain Belt Premium.
Tacos made with textured vegetable protein (TVP), taco seasoning, black beans, shredded lettuce, vegan sour cream. Mmmm.
NESN benefit tonite: get to see the inning close with the Biscuit arguing with the ump on the strike zone.
DOOM
DOHmit baby!
Dough Mitt!
Nice catch by bean-fan.
It's a donger, Blue.
NESN showing video clip of Blue Jay Happ getting line driven - god I hope he's OK.
In Little League I was playing 2B (must have been 13 or 14 at the time) and caught a line drive that broke through the webbing and hit me right in the mouth. Cut the inside of my bottom lip on my teeth. It was pretty cool spitting blood for the next inning or so.
I was pitching a pick up game with the neighbors and took a drive to the forehead; broke my glasses right in two.
Yeah, at shortstop I took a grounder with a bad hop into the lower jaw - that ended my fledgling baseball career.
one of my bro's took a bad hop just under the nose and ended up with an upper lip that looked more in place on Lionel Richie's face
I took a liner to the head in a backyard game when I was around 10-11. I have long wondered now if the concussion was responsible for the depression I suffered in high school.
No line drives, but I did catch an aluminum softball bat just below the eye when I was 9.
I played one-on-one pitch-to-yourself baseball with the neighbor kid but we lost our ball so we used one from his croquet set.
Of course I got a line drive into the mouth.
Now that I'm a parent, having your child crying and bleeding from the mouth and you didn't see the accident is not a lot of fun to sort out.
Every summer evening from 1989 to 1991 ended with my being beaned in the head by my father.
But, also... I once got hit by a baseball so hard that it gave me second degree burns.
I was warming up for a game in our Babe Ruth league, kid throws the ball when I'm not looking and it hit me in the head. It knocked me unconscious. I woke up in the port-a-potty, barfing my guts out. Then I woke up on the bench, moaning. Then my parents showed up to watch the game and instead took me to the hospital. I threw up every time I moved. Cat scan. Concussion confirmed. Go home and rest they said. Eat easy foods, like popsicles and soup. Go home and my dad puts on some soup for me. It boils over. He puts it in a bowl to cool, but my sister decides to be nice and bring it to me right away, not realizing how hot it is. In the transfer, it dumps into my lap. I'm still wearing my paper-thin baseball pants. Scalding. Second degree burns. Sat in a tub of ice water for almost 12 hours straight to deal with the pain. Concussion didn't bother me so much after that.
I guess he was bleeding from his ear (ears?), but was talking to the EMTs while on the stretcher
Bleeding in the head is dangerous business - no where for the blood to go - pressure on the brain, etc.
They just showed the play, reminded me of Blackburn taking it in the face off of Abreu.
Doumit doing his best to jack Dempster's ERA above Diamond's, I see.
Diamond throwing a real gem tonight. Hope the bullpen can hold this one.
Not impressed with Bo-Sox infielders.
Time to send a thank you note to the Red Sox infield.
Breslow. The one that got away.
He's not getting away with anything tonight!
Tru' dat.
Joe Mauer doesnt know how to get RBIs
The Chairman delivers.
Mo Riot!
Mauer = The Man
oooh, that looked like a fair ball off Willinghams bat
It sure did. Not a great camera angle but it clearly hit fair before going over the base.
Bean-Sox defense is asploding.
not asking for a HR here, but it would be nice if Morneau get a hit into the OF
OK, so I'll share this tomorrow in the CoC, but the HOF put out a whole bunch of scouting reports from players in the past. I love this report from the '87 Twins with a specific focus on Butters's father:
Fringe - backup receiver is his only role. No interest
I must have watched 100 Twins games in '87, and Sal didn't leave even the faintest outline of an impression on me.
Hoo Hah!!
One Canadian Stands Alone!
oh my
Craptastic!
Sox shooting themselves in the feet out in the field tonight.
Caught the ball, ran all the way to the shortstop and flipped it from his glove, and then ran all the way back out, making everyone wait.
Had to be faster than the unassisted double play that Desmond Jennings had at first place. That did end the inning, but it was a slow jog to first.
Was the missed cutoff man the play where Mauer got the phantom tag down for the out at home?
well, Florimon relayed that, so I don't think so
yep. Dozier was the first cutoff man and Hicks airmailed him.
I thought so- one of the announcers mentioned it during the MLB highlight of that play.
I'd make him sing a medley from Showboat in the clubhouse after the game.
Come on, he's a rookie! Brigadoon, maybe.
Harry Beaton.
Nobody should be subjected to Brigadoon.
Can't we earn at least ONE shutout? huh??
Yeah, I really wanted that. I never considered it might happen when I saw Roenicke was out there, though.
Roenicke has pitched in eight games prior to this and given up no runs in six of those outings.
My sister from Pueblo gave me this scouting report on Roenicke at the start of the season: "You can have him, and good riddance."
Sweet DP.
NESN cats not liking that call.
Super slo-mo is in their favor, actually.
Nice start of the double play by Morneau.
Finally Papi seals the deal.
winner!
Twins win! Puppy time!
Re: Dempster balk - I thot he looked weird all nite.
I just caught snippets of the game on the radio tonight...
Anyone know why Gladden was talking about getting into a fight with Lombardozzi back when?
What was the talk about Gardy "giving him a long leash" but the "players usually take care of it themselves"? Unknown who that referred to... related to the Gladden/Lombardozzi bout?
something petty that Dazzle took upon himself to handle, and Lombo thought it was the manager's place to deal with and not Dazzle's. Didn't get all the details, but had enough of his GOML Old School How It's Done speech so I wasn't exactly listening.
It's been an open secret* for awhile that Dazzle when to Lombo's house and had a fistfight in the front yard at some point late in the 1987 season. It was also the impetus for making the trade for Tommy Herr (to get Lombo out of the lineup) early the following year.
*seriously
Ok, so I missed some of the facts (wrong year, wrong front yard), but got the general story correct. Story here.
``They settled it like men,`` Kelly said.
Uh, no. That's not how men settle things.
So tempted to work blue here...
Yup, that was the story. I was more curious about the impetus for Gladden telling it tonight...?
I heard him briefly complaining about rumors that baseball is looking to eliminate home plate collisions. Could that have been the spark?
Perhaps. Like I said, there were only snippets. But he seemed to be coming back around to it or something later in the game. Oh well, it's Gladden. I won't put too much stock into it either way.
I think it was in re: Hicks' lapse(s). Players should do the policing and let the manager manage games.
At some point, Dazzle said something like "I've never told this story on the air before and I'm really not sure why I'm telling it now." I have noticed, though, that Dazzle seems to be doing more story-telling this year. I don't know if someone suggested that, if he decided to do it on his own, or if it's just small sample size.
I actually kind of enjoy it. I don't care for the GOML stuff, but I enjoy hearing old ballplayers spinning yarns, even if the facts aren't always quite as they remember them.
Scott Diamond seems to have found the secret to winning games--don't let the other team score any runs. Now, if he'll just pass that secret along to the rest of the Twins' pitchers, we should have no trouble staying on track for 147-15!
after all that discussion last night about bad defensive lineups, the Twins trot out Willingham, Ramirez, Parmelee
Gardy must have looked at the cybermetrics and found out that Diamond induces a lot of ground balls.
Dick now on a first name basis with Ryan.
Comcast totally deked me out tonight. They have the Wild on later on their regular FSN channel, so I went to FSN+, their alternate channel, right at 6:00 pm. Only they were showing Storage Wars or some such reality TV crapola at the time. They didn't switch over until several minutes after the hour. I think somebody in master control was asleep at the wheel.
yeah saw a lot of that on the twitter. amateur move.
I get Comcast and last week they decided to break down and devote an entire channel to FSN+.
I want the Boston Announcers to say shin guard about a million time. Its Gold Jerry, Gold!
Question from some viewer asks Coomer about his favorite parks to hit in. At the end, Citizen Bank Park is included despite Coomer not hitting there. Notably missing is possibly the greatest hitters park ever, Coors. And Coomer has 17 PAs there!
I generally like Coom Dog in the announcers booth, but he must have received lessons from Roy Smalley because they both talk way to much.
I don't blame Coomer much for this, but it is a notable omission.
Who the hell is David Ross.
Must be because I don't have $LTR
that should have been a triple play.
I sense a rally inning is coming for the Twins.
If any team can get a runner to third with no outs and not score, it's the Twins.
With 133 games left to play, it has to happen eventually.
on the board!
See, that's why Gardy has Doumit & Ramirez starting in the outfield. Sheer managerial genius.
Yahtzee
No complaints from me about the ump telling them to speed up the game. Last night's game took way, way too long.
In contrast, last night's NBA game between GS and SA did NOT take way too long. That was awesome.
The Twins-Red Sox game was 11 innings, or 22% longer than a regulation game. The Warriors-Spurs game was 58 minutes (I can't imagine playing 57:56 of that), or 21% longer than a regulation game, and it was a playoff game. The former took 4:44 and the latter 3:12. The baseball game was at least an hour over long.
Like I mentioned, I went all the way to a concert downtown (with two bands each playing for an hour) and back home in the span of just six innings yesterday.
Red Sox fans doing the wave
As their pitcher was getting ready to pitch. It's like a reverse free throw distraction. Genius.
Dinner's on: Romaine salad, beef kabobs, steamed rice, Grain Belt Premium.
Tacos made with textured vegetable protein (TVP), taco seasoning, black beans, shredded lettuce, vegan sour cream. Mmmm.
NESN benefit tonite: get to see the inning close with the Biscuit arguing with the ump on the strike zone.
DOOM
DOHmit baby!
Dough Mitt!
Nice catch by bean-fan.
It's a donger, Blue.
NESN showing video clip of Blue Jay Happ getting line driven - god I hope he's OK.
In Little League I was playing 2B (must have been 13 or 14 at the time) and caught a line drive that broke through the webbing and hit me right in the mouth. Cut the inside of my bottom lip on my teeth. It was pretty cool spitting blood for the next inning or so.
I was pitching a pick up game with the neighbors and took a drive to the forehead; broke my glasses right in two.
Yeah, at shortstop I took a grounder with a bad hop into the lower jaw - that ended my fledgling baseball career.
one of my bro's took a bad hop just under the nose and ended up with an upper lip that looked more in place on Lionel Richie's face
I took a liner to the head in a backyard game when I was around 10-11. I have long wondered now if the concussion was responsible for the depression I suffered in high school.
No line drives, but I did catch an aluminum softball bat just below the eye when I was 9.
I played one-on-one pitch-to-yourself baseball with the neighbor kid but we lost our ball so we used one from his croquet set.
Of course I got a line drive into the mouth.
Now that I'm a parent, having your child crying and bleeding from the mouth and you didn't see the accident is not a lot of fun to sort out.
Every summer evening from 1989 to 1991 ended with my being beaned in the head by my father.
But, also... I once got hit by a baseball so hard that it gave me second degree burns.
I was warming up for a game in our Babe Ruth league, kid throws the ball when I'm not looking and it hit me in the head. It knocked me unconscious. I woke up in the port-a-potty, barfing my guts out. Then I woke up on the bench, moaning. Then my parents showed up to watch the game and instead took me to the hospital. I threw up every time I moved. Cat scan. Concussion confirmed. Go home and rest they said. Eat easy foods, like popsicles and soup. Go home and my dad puts on some soup for me. It boils over. He puts it in a bowl to cool, but my sister decides to be nice and bring it to me right away, not realizing how hot it is. In the transfer, it dumps into my lap. I'm still wearing my paper-thin baseball pants. Scalding. Second degree burns. Sat in a tub of ice water for almost 12 hours straight to deal with the pain. Concussion didn't bother me so much after that.
I guess he was bleeding from his ear (ears?), but was talking to the EMTs while on the stretcher
Bleeding in the head is dangerous business - no where for the blood to go - pressure on the brain, etc.
They just showed the play, reminded me of Blackburn taking it in the face off of Abreu.
Doumit doing his best to jack Dempster's ERA above Diamond's, I see.
Diamond throwing a real gem tonight. Hope the bullpen can hold this one.
Not impressed with Bo-Sox infielders.
Time to send a thank you note to the Red Sox infield.
Breslow. The one that got away.
He's not getting away with anything tonight!
Tru' dat.
Joe Mauer doesnt know how to get RBIs
The Chairman delivers.
Mo Riot!
Mauer = The Man
oooh, that looked like a fair ball off Willinghams bat
It sure did. Not a great camera angle but it clearly hit fair before going over the base.
Bean-Sox defense is asploding.
not asking for a HR here, but it would be nice if Morneau get a hit into the OF
OK, so I'll share this tomorrow in the CoC, but the HOF put out a whole bunch of scouting reports from players in the past. I love this report from the '87 Twins with a specific focus on Butters's father:
I must have watched 100 Twins games in '87, and Sal didn't leave even the faintest outline of an impression on me.
Hoo Hah!!
One Canadian Stands Alone!
oh my
Craptastic!
Sox shooting themselves in the feet out in the field tonight.
This is enjoyable.
At least this guy's jacket fits him. Francona...
RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! RALLY!
yes, toss the backup catcher. please
Just give him the fucking boot already, Blue.
Can't believe that didn't happen. Must be that dopamine Rx they have been giving the umps.
ROBO-UMPS NOW!
I wonder if the Robo-Umps union contract would include dopamine inducers? Would they even have a union? A steward?
Farrell: "This game sucks. Time to look for an opportunity to get tossed."
player: "There you go, coach -- your 'Get Out of Jail' card."
Gardy not happy with Hicks
watching hicks run back to the dugout before the break, all i could think was, "ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"
and after the break it looked like mauer was saying, "aww, take it easy on the poor kid."
For lining out to the shortstop?
no. Hicks caught a ball and flipped it out of his glove to the SS.
He started today on the bench because Gardy was not happy about missing a cutoff man yesterday
Caught the ball, ran all the way to the shortstop and flipped it from his glove, and then ran all the way back out, making everyone wait.
Had to be faster than the unassisted double play that Desmond Jennings had at first place. That did end the inning, but it was a slow jog to first.
Was the missed cutoff man the play where Mauer got the phantom tag down for the out at home?
well, Florimon relayed that, so I don't think so
yep. Dozier was the first cutoff man and Hicks airmailed him.
I thought so- one of the announcers mentioned it during the MLB highlight of that play.
I'd make him sing a medley from Showboat in the clubhouse after the game.
Come on, he's a rookie! Brigadoon, maybe.
Harry Beaton.
Nobody should be subjected to Brigadoon.
Can't we earn at least ONE shutout? huh??
Yeah, I really wanted that. I never considered it might happen when I saw Roenicke was out there, though.
Roenicke has pitched in eight games prior to this and given up no runs in six of those outings.
My sister from Pueblo gave me this scouting report on Roenicke at the start of the season: "You can have him, and good riddance."
Sweet DP.
NESN cats not liking that call.
Super slo-mo is in their favor, actually.
Nice start of the double play by Morneau.
Finally Papi seals the deal.
winner!
Twins win! Puppy time!
Re: Dempster balk - I thot he looked weird all nite.
I just caught snippets of the game on the radio tonight...
Anyone know why Gladden was talking about getting into a fight with Lombardozzi back when?
What was the talk about Gardy "giving him a long leash" but the "players usually take care of it themselves"? Unknown who that referred to... related to the Gladden/Lombardozzi bout?
something petty that Dazzle took upon himself to handle, and Lombo thought it was the manager's place to deal with and not Dazzle's. Didn't get all the details, but had enough of his GOML Old School How It's Done speech so I wasn't exactly listening.
It's been an open secret* for awhile that Dazzle when to Lombo's house and had a fistfight in the front yard at some point late in the 1987 season. It was also the impetus for making the trade for Tommy Herr (to get Lombo out of the lineup) early the following year.
*seriously
Ok, so I missed some of the facts (wrong year, wrong front yard), but got the general story correct. Story here.
Uh, no. That's not how men settle things.
So tempted to work blue here...
Yup, that was the story. I was more curious about the impetus for Gladden telling it tonight...?
I heard him briefly complaining about rumors that baseball is looking to eliminate home plate collisions. Could that have been the spark?
Perhaps. Like I said, there were only snippets. But he seemed to be coming back around to it or something later in the game. Oh well, it's Gladden. I won't put too much stock into it either way.
I think it was in re: Hicks' lapse(s). Players should do the policing and let the manager manage games.
At some point, Dazzle said something like "I've never told this story on the air before and I'm really not sure why I'm telling it now." I have noticed, though, that Dazzle seems to be doing more story-telling this year. I don't know if someone suggested that, if he decided to do it on his own, or if it's just small sample size.
I actually kind of enjoy it. I don't care for the GOML stuff, but I enjoy hearing old ballplayers spinning yarns, even if the facts aren't always quite as they remember them.
Scott Diamond seems to have found the secret to winning games--don't let the other team score any runs. Now, if he'll just pass that secret along to the rest of the Twins' pitchers, we should have no trouble staying on track for 147-15!
I'm going to take credit for this win.