60 thoughts on “Game 65: Cardinals at Twins”

  2. Going back to the recap of yesterday's game: against a poor team, that's a base hit and a run. Against a good team with a good defense, it's a double play and the inning's over.

  4. Eddie Nunez has 20 hits this season. 11 of them have been for extra bases (9 doubles, a triple, a HR)

  5. If Buxton plays everyday for the rest of the season, how many infield hits will he get. 25+ ?

  6. Derek Wetmore ‏@DerekWetmore
    Also, the Twins have officially released Tim Stauffer, who had been DFA'd last week. He's a free agent. Ryan: "It just didn't work out."

    Who predicted it would work out?

    1. Somewhat in the Twins' defense, there was no real reason to think Stauffer would be as terrible as he was. He had no business being on the major league roster as long as he was, but I wouldn't have had a big problem with putting him in the Rochester bullpen and seeing if he could get straightened out. I suspect someone will give him another chance, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him work his way back to the majors at some point.

  7. I only noticed this because he was on my fantasy team, but Geltz, a reliever for Tampa Bay, started the first two innings of the game, and then Andriese, the scheduled starter, came in in the 3rd inning. All this was planned for... whatever reason.

    Interesting strategy...?

    2. I suppose one would want to think about effects on things like the increase of hitter effectiveness vs. pitchers on each trip through the order.

      1. That's one benefit I was considering. Not just the obvious of adjusting to different pitchers, but the break in routine of doing it that early in the game. Or something? I dunno, sounded interesting.

    3. I think it might make sense if you start a lefty for a couple innings and then bring in a RH starter with pretty wide splits. Then the opponent has to decide if they want to keep using a lineup with matchup problems or use their bench very early in the game. Both Geltz and the guy that followed for 4 innings were right-handed.

  8. Twins baseball: we finally get a hit with a man in scoring position, and we still don't score.

  12. Even though he struck out, the leadership Hunter showed while doing it was clearly the key to the rally.

  18. FSN pops up a graphic that says Buxton eats 4-6 bags of Skittles before every game. No wonder he's quick.

    1. Now I'm waiting with baited breath for his "I'm here so I don't get fined" press conference.

    2. Even with Green Apple instead of Lime? Ewww.
      He's now in the bigs, he can pay someone to sort the Green Apples out of the so-called "original" and replace them with the Limes pulled out of "Darkside".

      1. He did have a large signing bonus. He could have set aside enough to have someone do the replacement until now.

    2. I saw someone wearing that at a game earlier this year. I wonder if it was the same guy.

  26. organist playing Smoke on the Water (or is that Frankenstein? I can never tell the difference)

  28. Cowboy Joe thinks the plate is as wide as his waist ego.*

    *Too many things from which to choose. He provides a lot of low-hanging jowls fruit.

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