Time for the hometown 9 to hrlp their playoff chances and hurt Baltimore's.
I was going to make an actual post, with Twins on Leaderboards and whatnot, but the little one has to decided to do the opposite of napping for the past few hours, so instead you get some half-baked goodness.
Gibson vs. Tillman. Go Kyle.
No wonder I missed this. Is everyone on summer vacation?
The Yankee series was a gut punch, it seems.
We need all the hrlp we can get.
Ohoho
guys, maybe move away from the sexist idiocy about women and clothing....
that was the Oriole's feed....
I was wondering.
Bert talking about Gibson and giving up big innings: "You want to minimize your damage...."
Me: Yea, like only giving up solo HRs!
Find the zone, Gibby.
Nice play, Joe.
the rookie needs to work on running to the outside of the line. Gibson needs to work on sprinting to first.
Yeah, that was weird of Gibson.
Nice play, Joe, but next time, let's not put ourselves in a position to snap ankles.
Well played by Dozier there.
Yup. And a nice inning for Gibson.
I've been waiting to deploy my Gibson K image, damnit.
Really? Bunt the leadoff hitter to third with no outs?
damn. Almost beat it out.
I think he's out, but it's really close.
Yeah, sliver of a second out.
Need a Bull Dozier here.
Not what I wanted, but it works.
Damnit, Joe.
Gibson is being good so far today. It'd be nice to get him through seven.
Hahaha, oh, Nibbish, you're so silly.
seems like Gibson is alternating between 1-2-3 innings and innings with multiple baserunners.
If Buxton had laid down that bunt, he'd been safe by about 10 yards.
FWIW, I installed Windoze Ten about a week ago. So far, so good. I'll have to run YET ANOTHER update tonight, however.
Yeah, seems like it updates every other day.
Welcome to the new Windows world.
crap. Nice AB by Hardy.
It was. Gibson was reasonably though on him, but he stayed with it.
This inning has been excrutiating.
and excruciating.
I really can't believe that only one run scored.
FIEND.
Could have been worse.
Lets get the lead back!
Beauty hit n run
safety squeeze for the tie. Molly pulling out all the tricks.
IBB to Escobar (lol) Buxton delivers.
BUXTON!
We are the Orioles' Yankees.
I love watching Joe hit those line drives to the left field corner.
Annnnd rain fade. Back to the radio.
Wow. How did Sano hold up on that?
No idea. He started his swing, too, so it wasn't just guesswork.
He might strike out a ton, but damn if some of his walks aren't impressive.
35% K rate and a 16% walk rate. Highest K rate for a qualified hitter is 33%. Highest walk rate for a qualified hitter is 18.5%; Sano would tie for fifth.
Hard to find a match for him. Chris Davis is not too far with a 32% K, 11% BB, and .284 ISO (Sano at .283). Davis is at 3.8 fWAR for the season. Chris Carter is at 33% K and 13% BB but .195 ISO. He's at -0.3 fWAR.
Sooo, more like Davis, less like Carter. Got it.
also, I'm drinking a delicious, oak-aged sour ale (Cuvee Freddy). [ed: correction, it was this Cuvee Freddy, Special Edition for Sofie]
I'm drinking a Ceres Summer Ale from Mankato Brewing Company. It's roughly on past with their other stuff,which is to say that it's fairly mediocre. Oh, well.
I'm drinking a black IPA from my kitchen brewery and it's excellent, best ever.
Rosario getting no favors from Blue tonight.
Not a good night for Rosario.
Uno. Way to liid.
Linds turned to me as they were taking about him and said "they REALLY love him, don't they?"
I could only sigh and acknowledge that she was talking about the best leader the Twins ever had and that she should show some respect.
As much as I want May to start, I must say it's nice to have him in the pen.
Trevor May 8th inning guy :wub:
I'd like him back in the rotation, but I will say that it's been nice to have a guy who isn't a total disaster out there.
I really do think May goes back to the rotation next year.
I am an optimist.
*sigh* May is doing too well as a setup guy. It's going to make the team hesitant to move him back to the rotation, i think.
Trevor May as a reliever this year: 16.2 IP, 17 H, 4R, 2 BB (1 IBB), 19 K
Ouch for Parra.
Nas-tee!
Twins win! Twins win!
Nice scoop by Mauer. Jepsen looks pretty good.
Off to teach my wife and kid a lesson in Trivial Pursuit!
This competent bullpen stuff is a little odd.
I admit, I laughed
The Rangers with a worse run differential than the Twins have moved ahead of the Angels into the second wildcard spot. Twins are 1 1/2 games back and can jump ahead of the O's with a sweep tomorrow.