Mike Berardino @MikeBerardino
"It was a simple moment, really," Gardy said. "(Hicks) listened and I talked. And I threw seeds. I saw that on the Internet too."
oooh, the gifs are precious.
this game is on ESPN tonight.
on the board!
Mounties, present.
DOOOOOOM
See, I told you not to start worrying yet.
you called it!
Nice tater, there.
Arcia looks kind of goofy when he sprints.
Venezuelan Delmon?
Perhaps so.
I read that as Venezuelan Demon, and preferred it that way.
its going to be one of these games. :/
Ah-yup.
Holy crap - went outside to do 1 more bag of mulch (Project Yard Mulch 2013) and came back to this bag of mulch (a metaphor).
Not so much mulch as organic fertilizer.
Oy, nine runs scored already? That must have been some first inning.
I'm calling the final score to be Red Sox 40, Twins 36.
I'll take the over.
Pythagoras wants $100 on the over, too.
Complete with walk-off grand slam. Seems fitting.
Florimania!
Florimoney!
oh my
Flower Power.
OK, Pedro- this game is officially crazy now.
Yeah, this game isn't going to finish in four hours.
Not with a strike zone you can fit on the head of a pin, with room left over for a million angels.
Nice Pulp there, pally!
Gomes deeked me good there.
same here
Joe Wallbanger.
MauerMauer
Jamey Carroll is going to hit a HR this game.
Miguel Sano might end up hitting a home run in this game.
It's raining RBIs!
Farrell calls the fight
When did Blackburn change his name and get traded to Boston?
This game is insane.
Also, Fenway park is like a cheerleader who you invite over, and you can't believe it when she accepts. She comes over to your house wearing a impossibly sexy mini-skirt, only to start setting all your furniture on fire. All of which is a long winded way of saying that Fenway Park is beautiful, but crazy.
Does she have a sister?
Best. Follow-up. Question. Evah.
Yeah her name is Wrigley field and she's a skank.
Best follow up answer evah.
Theyboth have disgusting plumbing.
Relatedly, you could catch a lot of diseases in either one.
She may be a skank, but she really knows how to grill a sausage.
ROFL- I'm dying over here, guys. Nicely played, all of you.
Conundrum fellas. I just tuned into the game on Gameday to see Mountie's sac fly. I know that if I leave work to watch the game, I won't make money and the onslaught may well cease. If I stay, they'll probably score 20 runs. Thoughts?
Anyone?
Safe to leave now.
I'm digging teh Google cover today - Saul Bass & Dave Brubeck. Sweet.
Oh, [redacted]. Somebody scheduled two recordings for the DVR at 7:00, and you can't watch a third channel with two recordings going. Guess I have to move to the bedroom to watch the game.
Internet Hero Ball
AHicks clicks.
4-run lead is back!
Florimon has 6 total bases this inning
Hoo-hah!
Good gravy
Hey, where's GH for this?
When I saw the "7" on the box score, that was my first thought as well.
I turned on the TV tonight in anticipation of tonight's Sounders-SKC game, which starts in 15 minutes or so. I noticed that the Twins were on ESPN. When I saw that the score was 9-5, and it was dark (while it is still quite light outside my window), I figured it was more like the second-to-last inning rather than the second inning.
Heh, from MLB Gameday Scout:
That was pitch number 15 for Felix Doubront; his effectiveness may start slipping, as he holds opposing hitters to a .214 average in the first 15 pitches but they hit .266 off him after that.
Indeed, Scout, indeed.
Half inning too late, but close enough.
No worries, Pedro's pitching to the score.
first player to put a hole into the wall wins.
I'd be more comfortable with another 11 insurance runs.
Listened to the top of the first on the radio. Took the baby for a walk. Then turned it on, just missing Florimon's homer. So, when I've paid attention, the Twins have outscored the Sox 10-1.
Also, how the hell did Pedro Martinez put up a WHIP of .737 pitching half of his games in this park?
In the midst of an offensive era.
one of the best hitters years ever
That happened in 2000. The average was 5.3 runs/game, the sixth highest in AL history.
spitball and emery boards
And hair gel
He was that good.
I don't know that I've ever seen an MLB game where both starters were out of the game by the top of the third inning (barring injury, I guess). My 36-40 final score prediction is still looking possible!
Doumit smotes another one.
Jason Marquis is 4-2 this year and pitched 8 innings of shutout ball tonight. It was against Miami, but still.
Carlton Fisk conveniently available to ask questions about catching.
triple play please.
Did this game start at 6:10? It's been going on for two hours already?
You mean only two hours?
thats what happens when there is 17 runs scored before 9 outs are made.
Pressly showing clear disdain for strikes.
The ump would call them balls, anyways.
Coaching visit to mound.
I'd be curious what the stats are with this - does it help or hurt?
Joe 'Doubles Machine' Mauer.
Aye. He has a thing for the double.
Joe has a career .944 OPS at Fenway, compared to a career .871. But he has hit better at Tropicana, US Cellular, Kaufmann, and Yankee stadium.
Just two more doubles for Mauer to pass Hunter for sixth in Twins history.
It seems like this should've already happened. Pussy singles hitter.
And four runs from passing Tovar and Gaetti for ninth. Two more after that to pass Allison.
He might do that before the night's over the way this game is going.
Plouffey.
I like the way Arcia hits the ball.
four opposite field hits. Someone's been watching Mauer
Where's Oswaldo?
On base again!
Tonight's field fare was grilled Asian chicken (soy, ginger, garlic, honey marinade), rice, broccoli with cheese sauce, and iced tea. Younger daughter is making chocolate chip cookies as I type, and there's blueberry pie, too. As they say in the military - Large, living.
Last night I baked chicky chicky parm parm. Chik breasts slathered with mixture of plain yogurt, parmesan cheez, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pretty good.
Leeks and potato soup w/ oyster crackers.
Where's Oswaldo? 444! Serious doink off the scoreboard there.
It appears that he might be a better hitter than even Aaron Hicks.
Hicks was so bad in his first 13 games that his season numbers are unlikely to recover, but he's hit .214/.292/.381 in his last 14 games, which isn't too far off from what might have reasonably been expected of him. He'll probably up his average some with a little less power, over the balance of the season putting up something similar to what Torii Hunter did in '99.
I will be disappointed if someone doesn't get a three inning save here.
Do we have a pompador lined up for Pressly Ks?
Seriously, is Saltiamachio really sportin' a ton of gerry curl? What is he a Rick James groupie?
That is a super freaky hairstyle.
httpv://youtu.be/gT65GFEMQ2s
Not a big fan of the magenta T-Mobile ads on Gameday. There has to be a less obnoxious color for them to use.
Pepto bismal.
Nicely turned.
1-2-3? They can do that?
Who knew?
Pressly at 55+ pitches- Gardy decided to stretch him out tonight, huh? I do like that Gardy has been using long relievers for multiple innings more often this season- probably helps that the long relievers are actually effective, I guess.
last year and through Spring Training, I kept on hearing Terry Ryan say he wants relievers in the minors to pitch multiple innings. I thought it was an interesting comment in the era of specialized bullpens.
Dustin Morse @Twins_morsecode
The last #MNTwins rookie with:
4 hits - Joe Benson 9/16/11
5 hits - Tim Teufel 9/16/83
With 4 hits tonight, Arcia has a chance...
Morse is in error, he has no chance to get 4 or 5 hits on September 16th tonight.
Maybe he's implying with four hits tonight, he has a (better) chance at being in the lineup on September 16th?
With no baseball I can watch, I've got some sort of indoor soccer played inside a cage that is about 20 feet long with, I think 3 or 4 guys on each side. Unfortunately, the roof is a net instead of something that a ball can bounce off of, which would be more fun.
Doumit's mugshot is my favorite on the Twins. Those black eyes are creeping me out, man.
that was weird
oooh, OF dude bobbled it and it hit the wall
Keystone Kops running the bases.
I left for choir after the first, and I'm pleasantly surprised that I get home to an eight run lead past the third inning.
Well, nuts to that.
Willingham was the one at fault there. Instead of at least ending up on third, he went back to second.
I don't think he (or anyone else) knew what the call was for Ellsbury's fielding play.
Yeah, he was looking at the play instead of the third base ump. I wonder why that isn't the second base ump's call.
For those of us without either radio or television to clarify...would either of you care to elaborate on this:
Ryan Doumit singles on a fly ball to center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury. Double play, first baseman Mike Napoli to shortstop Stephen Drew to second baseman Dustin Pedroia to first baseman Mike Napoli. Trevor Plouffe out at 3rd. Ryan Doumit out at 2nd.
Doumit hit into a fielder's choice, not a single.
Ahhh...clarity.
Serious version:
Doumit "singled" to Ellsbury. Ellsbury, when fielding the ball on the fly, had the ball roll out of his glove and bounce off the wall before quickly recovering and catching the ricochet. No one had any idea if it was a catch or not. Willingham retreated to second and Plouffe halfway to first, causing Doumit to pass him (for the second out and the fielder's choice???). Napoli then tagged out Plouffe (still confused and stuck between first and second) for the third out and Willingham as he walked off the field just in case.
Hmm...I would not have inferred that from what Gameday said. Thanks.
Only Angel Hernandez could screw up a home run review.
so much for my spoiler
Oooh, ump makes a bad HR call in the Oakland game. Guess who?
Oh, it wasn't just the home run, which may in some ways is forgivable.
It was the frickin' review. He can't see what is perfectly visible on replay.
I just watched the video. Only Angel Hernandez could toss physics out of a game.
*tears shed for Papi's streak*
They took away Doumit's hit? I would protest that decision.
That's bizarre. I don't know how else you could classify that. An error for Ellsbury?
They're saying fielder's choice.
it would be like if you hit a rocket to the right fielder and he threw out a slow-running player at second for a force?
I dunno
And after the batter rounded first.
yeah, I dont get that decision either
but that whole play was a hot circle of garbage.
Gotta be a fielder's choice. Baserunner (Willingham) never advanced on the play.
Right. That's not a single. It stinks, but it was an FC-8-3-6-4-3 (DP)
It got changed to a single after the game.
Yay!!
Dia daoibh
That was not the score I expected to come home too, but it's definitely welcome.
When was the last time the Vikings beat the Pats?
With that, only Consensual Pork is without a hit for the Twins!
Does getting hit by a pitch count?
And so shall it remain.
Sounders win 1-0 over KC on a stoppage-time goal from Djimi Traore. In 5 years, the Sounders have beaten KC on a stoppage-time goal 4 times.
For the uninitiated, what's "Stoppage-Time"?
After the 45-minute mark in each half, the ref adds time for "stoppages" during play, generally injuries and goal celebrations. That's considered stoppage time, also called added time.
And the two extra minutes of extra time that ManU get is called "Fergie Time", though that will no longer be a thing.
Why don't they just stop the clock during injuries and celebrations? What's the benefit of tacking it on later? Is it added every game, or just when they're tied/scoreless?
It's a hold over from way back when the referee kept time on a wristwatch, or even a pocket watch. You couldn't start/stop the time, so he'd just make a mental note of any stoppages in play and approximately how long they took and tack it on later.
As for why it's still that way, well you try to get the English to change something from the way it's always been done (especially about football) and get back to us with how it went.
FIFA generally likes to keep the rules uniform for all levels of play. Since the center ref is in charge of the clock, in addition to being in charge of basically everything else, starting/stopping his watch would probably distract him from keeping an eye on more important things.
Also, the main reason is probably just that it's been done that way for a long time and it's hard to overcome the inertia.
I should also say that this used to bother me a lot, and I'm okay with the system in general now, I just wish refs were more aggressive about adding stoppage for time-wasting.
Added time at the end of the game, since the game clock doesn't stop for injuries/subs/goal celebrations.
I wish the Fire would score some stoppage-time goals. They suck.
I wish they'd score more goals, period.
That Oduro trade keeps looking dumber and dumber.
It's still early. They're only a couple wins out of a playoff spot. They also have 1-4 games in hand on everyone in the East.
My faith in their doing anything with said games in hand is low.
They really didn't want Willingham to get a hit.
if Joe Mauer crosses the plate, he will be the first Twins to score 4 runs in a game since Jason Kubel did it on Aug 10 2010
I jinxed it
you also mentioned that if Papi gets a hit he'll run his streak to 28, right?
Gotta go pick up the wife from work. Someone take care of the puppies.
If the Vikings can keep the Pats out of the end zone, they're back to .500.
And the Big Poopi streak is over.
Sorry about your hit streak, bro.
+27
I'm still trying to figure out how this is a save situation for Perk
saved the bullpen from burnout.
Yeehaw! Held onto it by the skin of their teeth!
winner!
guaranteed split of the series
That whole thing about instant replay not adding time to the game because it takes as much time as the manager arguing with the ump? Yeah...
good point -- it could actually SAVE time!
I think my favorite thing about this Bob Melvin interview footage is the toilet behind him.
Any chance he said "I'm not arguing whether it was a homerun. I'm arguing 'You Suck!'"?
Twins move to .500 with a +5 run differential.
So, 5 SF in that game. Twins now have a positive run differential. AL Central with more .500 or better teams than any other division.
Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.
The Twins found another secret to winning--scoring fifteen runs! If we continue this trend, we'll have no problem staying on track for 147-15!
Ron Gardenhire says he and Aaron Hicks are internet heroes
also:
oooh, the gifs are precious.
this game is on ESPN tonight.
on the board!
Mounties, present.
DOOOOOOM
See, I told you not to start worrying yet.
you called it!
Nice tater, there.
Arcia looks kind of goofy when he sprints.
Venezuelan Delmon?
Perhaps so.
I read that as Venezuelan Demon, and preferred it that way.
its going to be one of these games. :/
Ah-yup.
Holy crap - went outside to do 1 more bag of mulch (Project Yard Mulch 2013) and came back to this bag of mulch (a metaphor).
Not so much mulch as organic fertilizer.
Oy, nine runs scored already? That must have been some first inning.
I'm calling the final score to be Red Sox 40, Twins 36.
I'll take the over.
Pythagoras wants $100 on the over, too.
Complete with walk-off grand slam. Seems fitting.
Florimania!
Florimoney!
oh my
Flower Power.
OK, Pedro- this game is officially crazy now.
Yeah, this game isn't going to finish in four hours.
Not with a strike zone you can fit on the head of a pin, with room left over for a million angels.
Nice Pulp there, pally!
Gomes deeked me good there.
same here
Joe Wallbanger.
MauerMauer
Jamey Carroll is going to hit a HR this game.
Miguel Sano might end up hitting a home run in this game.
It's raining RBIs!
Farrell calls the fight
When did Blackburn change his name and get traded to Boston?
This game is insane.
Also, Fenway park is like a cheerleader who you invite over, and you can't believe it when she accepts. She comes over to your house wearing a impossibly sexy mini-skirt, only to start setting all your furniture on fire. All of which is a long winded way of saying that Fenway Park is beautiful, but crazy.
Does she have a sister?
Best. Follow-up. Question. Evah.
Yeah her name is Wrigley field and she's a skank.
Best follow up answer evah.
Theyboth have disgusting plumbing.
Relatedly, you could catch a lot of diseases in either one.
She may be a skank, but she really knows how to grill a sausage.
ROFL- I'm dying over here, guys. Nicely played, all of you.
Conundrum fellas. I just tuned into the game on Gameday to see Mountie's sac fly. I know that if I leave work to watch the game, I won't make money and the onslaught may well cease. If I stay, they'll probably score 20 runs. Thoughts?
Anyone?
Safe to leave now.
I'm digging teh Google cover today - Saul Bass & Dave Brubeck. Sweet.
Oh, [redacted]. Somebody scheduled two recordings for the DVR at 7:00, and you can't watch a third channel with two recordings going. Guess I have to move to the bedroom to watch the game.
Internet Hero Ball
AHicks clicks.
4-run lead is back!
Florimon has 6 total bases this inning
Hoo-hah!
Good gravy
Hey, where's GH for this?
When I saw the "7" on the box score, that was my first thought as well.
I turned on the TV tonight in anticipation of tonight's Sounders-SKC game, which starts in 15 minutes or so. I noticed that the Twins were on ESPN. When I saw that the score was 9-5, and it was dark (while it is still quite light outside my window), I figured it was more like the second-to-last inning rather than the second inning.
Heh, from MLB Gameday Scout:
Indeed, Scout, indeed.
Half inning too late, but close enough.
No worries, Pedro's pitching to the score.
first player to put a hole into the wall wins.
I'd be more comfortable with another 11 insurance runs.
Listened to the top of the first on the radio. Took the baby for a walk. Then turned it on, just missing Florimon's homer. So, when I've paid attention, the Twins have outscored the Sox 10-1.
Also, how the hell did Pedro Martinez put up a WHIP of .737 pitching half of his games in this park?
In the midst of an offensive era.
one of the best hitters years ever
That happened in 2000. The average was 5.3 runs/game, the sixth highest in AL history.
spitball and emery boards
And hair gel
He was that good.
I don't know that I've ever seen an MLB game where both starters were out of the game by the top of the third inning (barring injury, I guess). My 36-40 final score prediction is still looking possible!
Doumit smotes another one.
Jason Marquis is 4-2 this year and pitched 8 innings of shutout ball tonight. It was against Miami, but still.
Carlton Fisk conveniently available to ask questions about catching.
triple play please.
Did this game start at 6:10? It's been going on for two hours already?
You mean only two hours?
thats what happens when there is 17 runs scored before 9 outs are made.
Pressly showing clear disdain for strikes.
The ump would call them balls, anyways.
Coaching visit to mound.
I'd be curious what the stats are with this - does it help or hurt?
Joe 'Doubles Machine' Mauer.
Aye. He has a thing for the double.
Joe has a career .944 OPS at Fenway, compared to a career .871. But he has hit better at Tropicana, US Cellular, Kaufmann, and Yankee stadium.
Just two more doubles for Mauer to pass Hunter for sixth in Twins history.
It seems like this should've already happened. Pussy singles hitter.
And four runs from passing Tovar and Gaetti for ninth. Two more after that to pass Allison.
He might do that before the night's over the way this game is going.
Plouffey.
I like the way Arcia hits the ball.
four opposite field hits. Someone's been watching Mauer
Where's Oswaldo?
On base again!
Tonight's field fare was grilled Asian chicken (soy, ginger, garlic, honey marinade), rice, broccoli with cheese sauce, and iced tea. Younger daughter is making chocolate chip cookies as I type, and there's blueberry pie, too. As they say in the military - Large, living.
Last night I baked chicky chicky parm parm. Chik breasts slathered with mixture of plain yogurt, parmesan cheez, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pretty good.
Leeks and potato soup w/ oyster crackers.
Where's Oswaldo? 444! Serious doink off the scoreboard there.
It appears that he might be a better hitter than even Aaron Hicks.
Hicks was so bad in his first 13 games that his season numbers are unlikely to recover, but he's hit .214/.292/.381 in his last 14 games, which isn't too far off from what might have reasonably been expected of him. He'll probably up his average some with a little less power, over the balance of the season putting up something similar to what Torii Hunter did in '99.
I will be disappointed if someone doesn't get a three inning save here.
Do we have a pompador lined up for Pressly Ks?
Seriously, is Saltiamachio really sportin' a ton of gerry curl? What is he a Rick James groupie?
That is a super freaky hairstyle.
httpv://youtu.be/gT65GFEMQ2s
Not a big fan of the magenta T-Mobile ads on Gameday. There has to be a less obnoxious color for them to use.
Pepto bismal.
Nicely turned.
1-2-3? They can do that?
Who knew?
Pressly at 55+ pitches- Gardy decided to stretch him out tonight, huh? I do like that Gardy has been using long relievers for multiple innings more often this season- probably helps that the long relievers are actually effective, I guess.
last year and through Spring Training, I kept on hearing Terry Ryan say he wants relievers in the minors to pitch multiple innings. I thought it was an interesting comment in the era of specialized bullpens.
Morse is in error, he has no chance to get 4 or 5 hits on September 16th tonight.
Maybe he's implying with four hits tonight, he has a (better) chance at being in the lineup on September 16th?
With no baseball I can watch, I've got some sort of indoor soccer played inside a cage that is about 20 feet long with, I think 3 or 4 guys on each side. Unfortunately, the roof is a net instead of something that a ball can bounce off of, which would be more fun.
Doumit's mugshot is my favorite on the Twins. Those black eyes are creeping me out, man.
that was weird
oooh, OF dude bobbled it and it hit the wall
Keystone Kops running the bases.
I left for choir after the first, and I'm pleasantly surprised that I get home to
an eight run leadpast the third inning.Well, nuts to that.
Willingham was the one at fault there. Instead of at least ending up on third, he went back to second.
I don't think he (or anyone else) knew what the call was for Ellsbury's fielding play.
Yeah, he was looking at the play instead of the third base ump. I wonder why that isn't the second base ump's call.
For those of us without either radio or television to clarify...would either of you care to elaborate on this:
Doumit hit into a fielder's choice, not a single.
Ahhh...clarity.
Serious version:
Doumit "singled" to Ellsbury. Ellsbury, when fielding the ball on the fly, had the ball roll out of his glove and bounce off the wall before quickly recovering and catching the ricochet. No one had any idea if it was a catch or not. Willingham retreated to second and Plouffe halfway to first, causing Doumit to pass him (for the second out and the fielder's choice???). Napoli then tagged out Plouffe (still confused and stuck between first and second) for the third out and Willingham as he walked off the field just in case.
Hmm...I would not have inferred that from what Gameday said. Thanks.
Only Angel Hernandez could screw up a home run review.
so much for my spoiler
Oooh, ump makes a bad HR call in the Oakland game. Guess who?
Oh, it wasn't just the home run, which may in some ways is forgivable.
It was the frickin' review. He can't see what is perfectly visible on replay.
I just watched the video. Only Angel Hernandez could toss physics out of a game.
*tears shed for Papi's streak*They took away Doumit's hit? I would protest that decision.
That's bizarre. I don't know how else you could classify that. An error for Ellsbury?
They're saying fielder's choice.
it would be like if you hit a rocket to the right fielder and he threw out a slow-running player at second for a force?
I dunno
And after the batter rounded first.
yeah, I dont get that decision either
but that whole play was a hot circle of garbage.
Gotta be a fielder's choice. Baserunner (Willingham) never advanced on the play.
Right. That's not a single. It stinks, but it was an FC-8-3-6-4-3 (DP)
It got changed to a single after the game.
Yay!!
Dia daoibh
That was not the score I expected to come home too, but it's definitely welcome.
When was the last time the Vikings beat the Pats?
With that, only Consensual Pork is without a hit for the Twins!
Does getting hit by a pitch count?
And so shall it remain.
Sounders win 1-0 over KC on a stoppage-time goal from Djimi Traore. In 5 years, the Sounders have beaten KC on a stoppage-time goal 4 times.
For the uninitiated, what's "Stoppage-Time"?
After the 45-minute mark in each half, the ref adds time for "stoppages" during play, generally injuries and goal celebrations. That's considered stoppage time, also called added time.
And the two extra minutes of extra time that ManU get is called "Fergie Time", though that will no longer be a thing.
Why don't they just stop the clock during injuries and celebrations? What's the benefit of tacking it on later? Is it added every game, or just when they're tied/scoreless?
It's a hold over from way back when the referee kept time on a wristwatch, or even a pocket watch. You couldn't start/stop the time, so he'd just make a mental note of any stoppages in play and approximately how long they took and tack it on later.
As for why it's still that way, well you try to get the English to change something from the way it's always been done (especially about football) and get back to us with how it went.
FIFA generally likes to keep the rules uniform for all levels of play. Since the center ref is in charge of the clock, in addition to being in charge of basically everything else, starting/stopping his watch would probably distract him from keeping an eye on more important things.
Also, the main reason is probably just that it's been done that way for a long time and it's hard to overcome the inertia.
I should also say that this used to bother me a lot, and I'm okay with the system in general now, I just wish refs were more aggressive about adding stoppage for time-wasting.
Added time at the end of the game, since the game clock doesn't stop for injuries/subs/goal celebrations.
I wish the Fire would score some stoppage-time goals. They suck.
I wish they'd score more goals, period.
That Oduro trade keeps looking dumber and dumber.
It's still early. They're only a couple wins out of a playoff spot. They also have 1-4 games in hand on everyone in the East.
My faith in their doing anything with said games in hand is low.
They really didn't want Willingham to get a hit.
if Joe Mauer crosses the plate, he will be the first Twins to score 4 runs in a game since Jason Kubel did it on Aug 10 2010
I jinxed it
you also mentioned that if Papi gets a hit he'll run his streak to 28, right?
Gotta go pick up the wife from work. Someone take care of the puppies.
If the Vikings can keep the Pats out of the end zone, they're back to .500.
And the Big Poopi streak is over.
Sorry about your hit streak, bro.
+27
I'm still trying to figure out how this is a save situation for Perk
saved the bullpen from burnout.
Yeehaw! Held onto it by the skin of their teeth!
winner!
guaranteed split of the series
That whole thing about instant replay not adding time to the game because it takes as much time as the manager arguing with the ump? Yeah...
good point -- it could actually SAVE time!
I think my favorite thing about this Bob Melvin interview footage is the toilet behind him.
Any chance he said "I'm not arguing whether it was a homerun. I'm arguing 'You Suck!'"?
Twins move to .500 with a +5 run differential.
So, 5 SF in that game. Twins now have a positive run differential. AL Central with more .500 or better teams than any other division.
Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.
The Twins found another secret to winning--scoring fifteen runs! If we continue this trend, we'll have no problem staying on track for 147-15!
Not my image.