Who wants to stay up and watch this one with me, assuming I actually do so myself? If you'd said before the season that the Twins would be 40-49 going into game ninety I probably would have been pretty happy about it, but considering how long we played .500 ball, I remain somewhat apathetic, particularly as one of my other teams - the Mariners - continue to play well enough to keep me engaged.
Two 7-7 rookies, Kyle Gibson and Roenis Elias, go today. Elias strikes out his share of guys - not quite one an inning, but fairly close - and doesn't walk many. He skipped AAA and opened the season with the Mariners and seems to be the exact same pitcher he was in AA.
I suppose I'll probably catch this while wishing we could just fast-forward to Dozier in the Derby. But what the hell: go Twins!
lead off doubles are nice
boy, I thought Ploufffe had a no doubt HR. dies on the warning track
Plouffe was so so so close to a home run there....
Morales picks him and Nunez up.
So far so good, dudes. Hopefully they justify your staying up with me.
Huh. Even better.
I am loving these hard hit balls hit toward right center
Same, that was a solid knock by Cola
It'snice to see Colabello hitting well since his return.
Yup, I like this game so far.
I would have gone to this one if I was still in Washington. In a rare turn, I miss living there.
I like the RBI Machine Colabello much better than the Sent To The Minors Colabello.
I don't know who this baseball team is but I'll take it.
Brian Dozier is on pace for 9 doubles this game. That would be a record.
Walk a guy when everyone's hitting, Mariners. What could go wrong?!@?!?!
And here I am complaining about the weak groundout when the team's up 5-0 after an inning and a half. Perspective, spoons. Perspective.
Can't get an eight-run inning with weak groundouts!
whaaa...two K's in an inning??
Mariners announcers are talking about how Felix is the obvious choice to start the ASG and how he's clearly earned it. They acknowledge Tanaka, sorta, who has a higher WAR. Even if they want to make an argument for Felix, this is far from obvious, as much as I love the guy.
Forty minutes later, they announce that Tanaka is injured and is going on the 15-day DL. NOW Felix is probably the obvious starter.
Billy Hamilton is here to stay I think. In this series against the Cubs, Hamilton is 7 for 15 with three triples, three walks, two steals and seven RBI, including one walk-off single that would have been a double had a runner not been on third base.
Billy Hamilton is good for baseball - so much fun to watch.
Billy Hamilton is injured.
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Still fun, this one. Glad I bothered to tune in.
Good at bats all around today.
Pierzynski DFA'd... A.J. > Fryer, especially with the Sox paying him.
I want to see this strictly for the lulz.
I want to see this for the flexibility to trade Suzuki.
Logic? That makes no sense.
I assume Suzuki can offer us more long term value in a trade, and something something Pinto.
Agreed - wuz being facetious.
So that's Dozier's third double of the day!