Remember when all the underlying numbers were saying the Twins weren't this good and we were saying, yeah, well it doesn't really matter as long as they are in first place. Yeah, those were good times.
If the Twins don't win today and the White Sox do, the Twins will be closer to last place than first. Time to call up the talent with real future potential.
#FreeFernando
#GoGetGonsalves
#MoveUpMason
#TakeOnTrevor
#JumpUpJake
When they announced that Hector Santiago was "going to Rochester", my assumption was that he was going to the Mayo Clinic for surgery or something. Luckily, he's going to pitch for the Red Wings on a rehab assignment Wednesday.
A half-inning and we're still tied!
Can Mauer make Bauer cower with his power?
Not this time. Mauer was sour.
Still tied after one inning!
An inning and a half and still tied!
Much better second inning.
It seems like we haven't gotten any breaks at all during this series, but I guess maybe that's what losing teams always say.
Still tied after two innings!
Two and a half innings and still tied!
Still tied after three innings!
Not tied any more 🙁
That's okay; solo homers can't hurt you.
Come on guys, even Good Gibson needs some run support
Encarnacion's home run ball is still in the air.
That was a really fast inning.
Still only down one!
The Twins have made the Cleveland pitchers look awfully good in this series.
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*sigh*
Why are we still pitching to this guy after all these years?
Gibson has really done about as well as you could reasonably expect him to do. The batters need to score some runs, and they really need to do it in this inning.
How many pitches have we made Bauer throw? About thirty-seven?
You know it's going bad when you can't even get someone out on a strikeout.
They're even getting on base when they strike out. Of course they are.
I feel like yesterday was a turning point, and not the good kind.
Good news in the minors, at least. Rochester won the first game of a doubleheader and Chattanooga and Cedar Rapids both have big leads.
Other good news in the minors: Chattanooga has already clinched the first half championship. Cedar Rapids is currently in line to finish second, which would put them in the playoffs.
Cory and Dan are implying that Bauer threw at Vargas. Maybe, but I have no idea why he would do that.
Clearly, he threw at him. Now, whether it was intentional, that's a different matter.
To me, "threw at him" means intentional. If it was an accident, he wasn't throwing "at him", he was throwing to the plate and it got away.
I know. Just joking at the crew's use of the language.
It didn't look like an accident to me. Fastball right at the hindquarters.
He's had great control all day. I wonder if its a beef from 2014 when Vargas hit a HR off Bauer.
I don't get pitchers holding grudges for three years. In fact, I don't get pitchers throwing at batters for hitting a home run at all. To me, if a pitcher can throw the ball at a batter after he hits a home run, the batter should be able to throw the bat at the pitcher after he strikes out. What's the difference?
I did pitch baseball through high school and fast pitch softball for years and years. I will admit that I have thrown at batters several times(not in high school). I was an average pitcher and there are just some guys out there who like to show up the other team. It's one thing to celebrate a great play or home run. It is completely another to rub it in someone's face. If I am an average player, and you are one of the top players in the state, I will bean you if you show me up by taunting through words or actions. I know some people won't get this explanation, but if when you are in the situation, it makes sense to both teams. I have beaned guys, and had their teammates quietly thank me for shutting them up. I have also been beaned when I opened my big mouth, and have quietly taken my trip to first base. Weird, I know, but that is the culture.
I'm ok with self-policing strategies like this, particularly in amateur baseball.
In the pros, unfortunately, the stakes have gotten really high for many players and the culture has changed. Also, there is a pretty big risk of racial overtones in the where/when/how of enforcement. "Playing the right way" is too often code for cultural or racial/ethnic clashes.
Hmmm... it seems to me that a guy would have a tough time in his own dugout if he was going after someone on the other team for racial/ethnic reasons. Not saying it doesn't happen, but I would think if you targeted a player just because he was Hispanic, wouldn't your Hispanic teammates pick up on that and have issues with it?
There's almost always a behavior one can point to as the excuse for retaliation or policing behavior. Doesn't mean that enforcement isn't colored by overt or implicit bias.
from 2014??
If that is the case, then Bauer seriously needs counseling.
the 2014 is just a guess on my part. I've had the game on mute all day.
Yea, he hit one off of Bauer in 2014. One of 76 HRs Bauer has allowed in 113 career appearances, including 55 HRs in 2015-2017.
I'm just saying that would be weird to bean Vargas for something that happened so long ago.
On the board!
Wheels Vargas.
Gaack.
The Twins always seem to lose baserunners that way. I don't understand it.
doing the little things....
That's the second time this series Rosario with a terrible out on the bases with the Twins down multiple runs. That said, overall, the Twins have been very good in base running this year. They are above MLB average in taking extra bases while being below average in number of outs made on the bases.
Tying run up to bat!
I like Dozier batting here, whether it works or not. Take a chance that you might tie it up with a home run.
A home run here would be a very acceptable outcome.
A little short of a home run there, Miguel.
It looks like we're going to get through this series without using Chris Gimenez on the mound. I would not have bet on that before the series started.
Yes, Buxton might have caught that, but I still think pinch-hitting was a good move. If the Twins don't score a couple more runs, it doesn't matter what the defense does.
Encarnacion has all the RBIs. I wonder what's the highest number for someone that has them all.
I'm sure it isnt
9 by Mike Greenwell in 1996
Sounds like the ump wants to get this one over with.
Ditto.
Might as well use the challenge. You can't save it for the next game.
Well, the Twins were dominated by Houston and bounced back. We'll see if they can do it again.
nice work by the music director with "Tell Me Something Good" on the appeal.
Im not angry or anything that the Twins lost today . Bauer is a good pitcher and had his A-game stuff today. But this weekend was pretty bleh.
I'm not good with the math - did this series help the Twins' home field record?
For all the complaints about the pitching, the Twins never scored more than 3 runs and the Indians had to call up a guy from the minors to start yesterday and then Mike Clevinger pitched only the first 4 innings. The Twins never saw Kluber. That was just complete domination on both sides of the ball.
Really, in the last two games the Twins' starters didn't do a bad job at all. Mejia only allowed the two solo homers, and would've gone deeper into the game had it not rained. Gibson gave up a couple of homers, but pitched as well as you could reasonably expect him to. It's no fun to be swept, obviously, but the last two starts gave me a little bit of hope for the rotation.