68 thoughts on “Game 71: Twins @ Clevelanders”

1. I was quickly scanning the leaderboards and took "Wild Pitches"+"Games Finished" to make "Wild Finishes" and I thought "How in the world do they quantify that one?"

2. b-r has the Twins playing 58 games against 'Power pitchers' (they describe "Power pitchers are in the top third of the league in strikeouts plus walks") and have a slash line of .228/.317/.356/.674

   1. I should probably learn how to make one of those fancy tables, but here is a link to the numbers I was talking about
      http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/3XLQb

      1. Step 1) Click "CSV" up by the "share" option
         Step 2) Copy table
         Step 3) Hit "sr table" button/type {sr} but with ['s
         Step 4) Paste
         Step 5) Hit "sr table" again (now the "/sr table" button)/ type {/sr} but with ['s

         Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
         vs. Power	58		633	553	77	126	33	1	12	74	6	2	68	166	.228	.317	.356	.674	197	10	6	2	3	5	5	.302	92	102
         vs. avg.P/F	50		810	714	65	154	42	1	11	63	6	4	81	191	.216	.298	.324	.621	231	18	5	3	6	2	8	.276	77	79
         vs. Finesse	56		1249	1123	150	307	51	7	41	143	11	8	88	196	.273	.333	.441	.774	495	12	18	9	11	1	16	.297	119	106

         1. Yep, it should look like:

            [sr]
            CSV data
            ...
            [/sr]

            Spoiler	SelectShow
            You can use the [[ to escape the opening tag. I also used ]] in the closing tag, but not sure if it's needed.

         2. So, the Twins want power pitchers, at least more than average pitchers.

            1. There's those darn Jeremy's again...

3. that was a great at bat by Trader Clete.

4. WHOA! massive homer (pulled!) by Mauer!

   1. LaVelle E. Neal III ‏@LaVelleNeal
      Estimated distance: 429 feet

5. Ugh, national game. Granted, CIN/ARI is much more pleasing than NYY/whoever, which is what I usually end up with..

6. walks will haunt. ugg

7. my bad. I had Gameday Scout on -- I've turned it off now. That should be it.

   1. 🙁

8. Walters gets to 46 pitches before Gardy throws in the towels. oooofda

9. Defensive rWAR – Florimon, 2nd (1.9) (!??)
   Defensive rWAR includes the positional adjustment, so Florimon has an automatic advantage because of that.

10. 6-2 in the second????

    1. but Mauer hit a homer

       1. causal?

          1. with the stick

11. On the bright side, this game is probably not done with runs scored....

    1. called it

12. I see the #freeGibson movement is out in full force on twitter

13. Jason Giambi has a job and Jim Thome sits at home. boo

14. Joe Buck just told me, emphatically, that Yadier Molina is the "best catcher in the game". I wonder if he meant best in the Cardinals-Rangers game?

    1. I dont think he is exaggerating

       1. He's certainly not far off. This year anyway.

          1. Oh, I agree that he's very, very good. And has been hot at the plate this season.

15. Where's Oswaldo?

16. HRCIA!!!!!

17. HRcia!

18. Klete

19. well, that inning was disappointing.

20. Kipnis likes AAAA pitching.

21. Swizzlesticks wanted no part of Santana

    1. Smartshow. Go after Reynolds to wrap up the inning.

       1. Like that.

          Swishswish.

22. Dazz: "He's a guy that'll chase those balls in the dirt. But he'll also lay off them."

    Wow. That's quality analysis.

23. more walks will haunt

    1. freakin' Giambi. If you're going to walk him, just hit him.

24. now Pressly is throwing strikes, too bad they are meatballs

    1. Joe Buck is looking more attractive by the minute. I'm worried about myself.

25. Kipnis cycle alert

    1. apparently Travis Hafner now spells his name "Kipnis".

       1. funny, FOX just showed part of Hafner';s cycle when he hit the triple

26. Twins not very RISPy

    1. at least they have some RISP

27. this #50 for the Tribe is a tall dude

    1. does he have a neck tat?

28. never noticed this before, but the FOX national game lists OPS on the stat graphic for each player. FSN should get on that

29. Twins need 4 to tie (at least) 5 to win and 6 outs left.

    rally nachos time.

    1. 5 to win

       not taking into account the Twins relievers adjustment

30. CCPP!

31. chicky chicky parm parm

32. OHver RAted!

33. ooh Mauer looks at one right down the middle :/

34. Well, that sucked. I think I'm done.

35. wow, Bert with actual pitching analysis here. Chastising Hill for getting away from the breaking ball where Doumit is having a tough time.

    1. That's what so frustrating about Bert. He actually can give good analysis when he wants to. It's just so rare that he wants to.

36. Thielbar with the clean 8th.
    8 run inning coming up!

37. 

38. well boo.

    boy, if only that first inning was 3 runs instead of 6.

39. Good thing Parmelee has been rotting on the bench.

40. This was the first time the Twins hit four home runs in a game since July 20, 2009. Yep, that game. This also was the fourth four-homer game the Twins have had since May 30.

    1. I've read this more than once, and still don't get it. Your last sentence invalidates the first one.

    2. This was the first time the Twins hit four home runs in a game that they lost since July 20, 2009.

       ftfy

41. It was very unfair of the umpires to start the game before the Twins (other than Mauer) were ready. I assume Gardy has protested the game on that basis. Until we hear the result of that protest, though, we'll just have to settle for 124-38!

42. not here

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