Mike Pelfrey
v
Danny Salazar
Lineups
Dozier, 2B
Mauer, 1B
Willingham, LF
Colabello, DH
Plouffe, 3B
Arcia, RF
Suzuki, C
Hicks, CF
Florimon, SS
Morgan, CF
Swisher, 1B
Kipnis, 2B
Santana, 3B
Brantley, LF
Cabrera, SS
Murphy, RF
Gomes, C
Chisenhall, DH
MLB.tv free game?
Aw yiss!
I kept meaning to call attention to that, since although I'm still stupidly paying money to watch this team (granted, I watch a lot of other games too), many of you are not.
Cripes, blocked at work and I'm not paying for MLB At-Bat.
So you can't get Yahoo, ESPN.com, CBSsportsline, mlb.com? Those are the main places I can think of that do pbp.
I meant for the free mlb.tv. i can use gameday at work.
MLB At Bat is free. It supports extras that do cost money.
I couldn't watch the game on my phone without paying for the extras. Of course, the way the game went, that's probably for the better.
Colabello in there, because RBIs.
well then, why the heck not? better reason that several others!
Game delayed due to eventual rain.
Well then, maybe I'll be able to watch it if it starts up again because I'll be at home!
And this, folks, is my first day off since the Twins season started.
Nice. I'll probably be able to watch a large portion of this one, then.
And, since it's a Pelfrey start, it'll be five hours, so even more baseball for me to watch!
And, since it's a Pelfrey start, there's a good chance it'll feel like ten!
I talked to a lot of these Indigenous Persons more than a few times in the offseason. I've got this awful suspicion that they're going to show up on my screen and, after years of loathing them, I'm going to be mildly happy when they score and such.
Indigenous Persons protesting Cleveland Indigenous Persons.
Every year they fail to change, it becomes more difficult because there's an extra year of history, which MLB and its fans revere more than right and wrong.
The fans yelling bigoted nonsense at the protesters are confounding. What are they fighting to protect? Have they even thought about that question?
I... I knew it would be a bad idea, so I don't know why I did it. But.... the comments there... I don't even know anymore.
I knew what I was going to find... Maybe not to the extent that I did. Not a single reply I saw had even a shred of common sense.
I see Kipnis signed a 6-year/52m deal. A teammate of his talked to me about the negotiations and predicted almost exactly this. How loose-lipped ARE these people?
15 minutes earlier.
Late start sucks, but not pausing for 30 minutes in the middle of the game is better.
I am guessing that the Wolves-Heat game slated for later tonight is going to get shoved to FSN+
Rain-delayed Twins-Indians April game or Lebron James, hmmmm...
Im guessing a terrible Twins team still out rates the Timberwolves, even with the Heat playing.
Maybe, but I would imagine rain delays tend to hurt ratings, but on a Friday, it might end up helping.
Both have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs already.
Baseball is unforgiving.
Booo, move it back one more hour so I'll be home.
Remember, Pelfrey. You'll only miss an inning.
Gah! but that means I'll come in just in time for the second inning.
Pelfrey was scheduled to start a couple hours ago, so his body will think it's the third inning.
yeah, I'm going to be missing most of the game as well, I think.
Aaaaand we're back.
Double, productive out, productive out. On the board!
"Almost as good as a HR"
Bert saved it by saying "almost" but he does make a point that it shows good team effort. I think a 3-run HR does, too, but what do I know.
Pfft, 3 run home runs are just showing off.
COLABELLO!!!!!!!
COLA POWER
This game is starting all right.
And it's continuing alright
"He wants to pick up the pace," Bert says of Pelf. Hmm, interesting.
I'll believe it when I see it.
I'm guessing it'll be one of those things that lasts a couple of starts.
If he's able to replicate that inning a couple hundred times this year, he can take all the time he wants.
A couple hundred perfect innings would be required if the Twins are going to win the next 159 games.
Jeff hasn't cornered the market on optimism.
Nothing wrong so far.
It's like Arcia's in Witness Protection or something.
Or this guy.
Ninja Arcia K's silently
Pinto coulda walked, too.
Vavra'd. GAH
with Joe Mauer up next. DOUBLE GAH.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING VAVRA?!?!
Well, I can see why you'd take a chance to score there when you have Mr. Unclutch coming up next.
Nice throw by the fielder, Dozier was out by a mile.
gotta go...don't forget:
Rain delay allows me to get teh Twin on the big screen after work. Indian squawkers tho.
Florimon-leathah!
And there we were, joking about how long this game would be.
"Ten starts seems to be the magic number to find out whether a pitcher has what it takes." Citation needed, Dick.
What do you want? He gave you two examples. That has to be a trend.
Hmm...Dick wins this round.
Mauer smote that one.
That was a fine swing of the bat by Mr. Mauer.
Ahhhh. Nice swing, nice sound.
I loved the sound off that Mauer double. Crack!
Let's note that Salazar, in three pitches, will reach the number that Silva pitched in a complete game shutout once.
I'll never get over that.
May 20, 2005
Juan Castro hit a HR that day.
That I would not have remembered. I do remember the game, where I was sitting when I watched it, and that a very young Skim was rolling around on the floor and smiling at me during the game, and laughing whenever I cheered at the TV.
One of the best games I've ever attended.
Might not last much past that.
/* sound of Salazar showering */
The Indians won thirty one-run games last year? So the playoff appearance may have been an outlier...
Weak. Ball three has been a strike all day long.
Nice come-backer fastball by Pelfry. Defangs the lefties.
Swings at a ball in the dirt. Har.
Oh, and Francona still wearing oversized jackets. Get a tailor, Boyo!
It's sad when I get more nervous when the Twins pitcher is pitching well. No hits for four innings and then a leadoff double. I hate when that happens. Nice to see Pelfrey go offspeed to get out of it. He'll need more of that.
Yeah that had all the makings of a 10 run inning.
That was embarrassing all around.
That did not work.
Yeah, but if you're going to start the runner, that's a good a time as any with a batter that rarely strikes out and has little power or speed. The guy didn't make contact, but that's the way it goes sometimes.
So the blue shirted AT&T woman has a name: Lily.
Hey, let's throw paper crap on the field to distract the pitcher!
It worked!
Pelfrey cant be tired after 71 pitches, can he?
Hmm. It does seem so.
"Beautiful" and "outstanding" bunt, say the announcers, who saw an actual great bunt for a hit a couple of days ago.
Is it just me but or is a bunt kinda dumb there? Never mind. Freakin' Shisher.
You're still right that the bunt was dumb.
Swisher....gah!
Holy crap! Went to the kitchen to move the fennel from the skillet to the Pyrex, and Craxville, Ark. happens.
Baked Fennel with Parmesan:
Take a fennel bulb and cut off the fronds from the base. Cut a cone shape to remove the core. Slice vertically into 1/4" slices.
Cook the slices in butter (covered) until soft (5-7 minutes). Add 3/8 c. Half-and-half and 3/8 Creme fraiche.
Move to a Pyrex baking dish and into a 400F pre-heated oven. Parmigiano reggiano over the top. Bake for 30 minutes.
Frabulous.
ooooh.
I also enjoy shaved fennel as a salad. Good olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon juice, shaved Parmigiano.
Tool-time!
Wow. He has completely lost the zone.
I feel like I heard from someone somewhere that it might just be a good idea to try to get your starters up to 7-plus innings during Spring Training so that they're ready for the same thing during the season.
Pelfrey never went more than four innings in the spring and then DicknBert seem surprised when he hits the wall in the sixth.
Regression to the mean sucks.
Casey Fien(d). ami right?
Francona's got 13 pitchers, then? Hilarious.
A LOOGY with the last name of Outman should be jersey #1.
Cold early season games..
I was in Norristown, PA for a work gig a number of years ago. Going back to my hotel, I was in a dark blue suit and the sun was really hot. I was going to a Phillies game with the local team that night, but decided to switch to polo shirt/shorts. Heh.
As the sun went down, the temps dropped quickly, and I (the guy from Minnesota) was visually shaking from the cold. I remember going up to the restrooms (which were heated) and standing there thinking - man, am I going to be able to finish this?
Minutes later, I was wearing my new Phillies hoodie sweatshirt, and surviving.
LASIK, Arcia.
Why isn't Hicks in CF?
Huh? Have a weird shift on? Or is he playing rover?
More like Casey Fien(d) ami right? This time in a bad way.
This game should have ended after the 5th inning.
#6pen
I was foiled!
MOTY.
#6pen
Does the 6 stand for their collective ERA?
Fangraphs rated the Twins as the 6th best pen. FG is the same group that had Seattle and Minny as #6 organization in back-to-back years when they both blew up.
And the wheels start falling off. Not so sad I have somewhere to go to right now.
Arcia got the balaclava going full-steam tonite. I'm thinking full-burkah would un-nerve a pitchah.
but then the terrorists would win, by subverting The American Way.
There's that. Good point.
C'mon Oswaldo, do you really need that full face mask?
Well, Cleveland clearly cheated, telling the Twins the game would start at 2:00 when it actually started at 4:15. You can't expect the Twins to prevail against such underhanded tactics. Assuming the league does not allow such shenanigans again, that should be the last loss of the year. We'll just have to settle for 159-3!