42 thoughts on “2014 Game 153: Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins”

1. well, that was a nice catch by HIcks to start the game.

2. HRcia!!!!!!

3. Bremer with an amazing stat. Arcia is 5-9 with 4 HRs against Kluber. whoa.

   1. We know one person that's definitely starting on Sunday then.

      1. I meant Bauer. ooop.s hahaha

4. Hicks with a Jacque Jonesesque throw there. woof

5. Kennys Vargas is strong. oh my

6. Arcia, you aren't that quick.

7. Can someone please explain why it's permissible to change pitchers this much in a single inning?

   1. Have to shatter that record somehow.

   2. because the rules makers of baseball in the 1800s never imagined 14 man pitching staffs

8. Automatic. Fire him.

   1. "No, I didn't put the bunt on with Santana," Gardenhire announced after the game, unprompted. "I wanted him to hit a home run."

9. New rule: allowed one mid-inning pitching change all game.

   1. Injury exception

   2. agreed

      and September rosters should have an inactive list, like in hockey. You can carry 35 players, but only say 27 can be active for the game.

      1. I'm less convinced by this.
         I like nearly 40-man teams, but only for a month.

         1. But not in September. I think an active roster of 25 for any game would be fine. In September, that would still be an extra three or four relievers to replace the starters.

            1. Sorry, I have an æsthetic preference for the chaos of the rules changing during the playoff push.

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               and ligatures.

               Expanded bullpens are the price we must pay for five potential pinch-runners and -hitters.

               1. ...says the guy that barely even listens anymore.

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                  Ooooh, you're not the only fan of ligatures around here.

                  1. I put three in that comment alone.
                     C'mon Plouffe!!!!

                     1. There really should be "tt" ligatures. So much space there.
                        Also "Th"

                        1. Th ligatures do exist, though not everyone is in favor of them.

                           I men­tioned ridicu­lous lig­a­tures—at the top of my list is the Th lig­a­ture in­cluded among the de­fault lig­a­tures in cer­tain Adobe fonts, like Min­ion. It’s pure frip­pery, am­pu­tat­ing two per­fectly good let­ters to make one un­gainly hy­brid. Worse, be­cause Th is such a com­mon let­ter com­bi­na­tion, the lig­a­ture shows up all the time. Just say no. (To the lig­a­ture, but also to Min­ion—see min­ion al­ter­na­tives for why.)

                           1. I see his/her point with that font, or at least the execution thereof.
                              There should be a better solution.
                              Surely, this is a case where it would make some sense with sans-serif fonts, unlike the examples with fs.
                              So much space there between the T and h.

   3. How about: mid-inning pitching change is a balk? Runners advance but if your pitcher just gave up a dinger or two you can get him out of there.
      Or second of game/inning?

      1. Sure. Need something to disincentivize all the pitching changes.

10. So is this new Shortstop any good?

11. This is another reason why September sucks. Stupidly large bullpens is not good for the game.

12. WTF Nunez

13. CleveLOLand

14. TWINS BASEBALL!!

15. Jason Giambi, seriously?

    1. only hitting .143, but averaging two bases per hit (8-56, 2 2B, 2HR), and a walk per hit.

16. Finally turning on the radio...

17. Need more Indians relievers

    1. One too many.
       One. Two. Many.

18. Ploufffffflfflffffffffe!!!!!!!!

19. PUPPIES!

20. Plouf-da in the clutch!

21. Helping out the Royals any way they can.

22. ☆ Plouffe!da ☆

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