It’s the second game of 2-game series against the Brew Crew. Then they all pack it up and head to Milwaukee and do the same thing for two more games. No word if they share a plane back to MKE. I’ve gone on the record against these two-and-two series against your other league rival. Back in the day, the weekend series against your rival was a blast. Mainly because it was on the weekend. It created excitement and memories, made fans out people not necessarily fans. Who knows, maybe they’d come back for another game sometime.
Now tonight is supposed to be gorgeous weather-wise and the crowd should be decent, but it’s really a lost opportunity. But then again, it’s MLB. What are you going to do? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mejia against Matt Garza. Should be a fun game. I’ll be there in those trendy Catch seats, eating free Tapas and drinking free Summit bear with the boy. I may have to cancel Wednesday morning meetings.
Hey Rows, got the game on here in Old Chicago, and my fish & chips order has been placed.
Oh and hey, look at that - there's a Red Sox / Yankees game advertised too... those kind of rare matchups are always an attraction.
TV showed the nice improvement in Eddie's numbers, but I wish his Times Hitting the Cutoff was also trending upwards
I don't know that noticing that almost all the starting pitchers in your division are right-handed really qualifies as "research".
I'll give credit for being correct at least
Mejia's leg follow through reminds me a bit of Guardado
Is there ever a time Dazzle doesn't think the running game is in play?
Did he call Joe's steal?
Dick did mention Garza's Lesteritis.
No.
Well, Joe's got two steals now on the season, so next time he's on, the running game is in play!
I agree with you on the two-two home and home Interleague series. Lets be honest, both these team could use and extra days gate each playing the rival team.
Seeing Garza always reminds me of the four young(-ish) pitchers the Twins had in 2006/2007.
Baker managed ten seasons but Garza now is in his 12th season and likely has a few more left.
Edit: Forgot about Liriano and added him.
Relatedly, Garza is the one that relieved Liriano in Liriano's final appearance of his 2006 season.
I wish some of our Twins starters had a putaway pitch like Garza tossed to Grossman there
More than Berrios, I assume you mean.
"some" of our starters, yes maybe "most" would have been a better wording
Did Eddie change his route TWICE on that fly?
At least.
dink, doink
Good, we're behind. Can't have a comeback if we don't fall behind.
You called it.
Gee, it's almost like Polanco actually knows how to hit.
KEPLER!!!!!!
Just got to my hotel room but Max couldn't hold off a another couple minutes for me.
There's your comeback!
twice?
I want to point out that I called the home run, where it would go and the location of the pitch he'd got it on.
Anyone able to pinch hit for my game log tomorrow? Traveling & Not a fan of posting one from my phone.
Dazzle celebrating the possible destruction of electronics after a foul ball goes into the press box. Provus promises to investigate.
Breaking News: Phil Miller's tablet cover sacrificed itself so the iPod could live. Dazzle: "Good!"
Billy Hamilton update
Did you know: Byron Buxton has attempted to steal 3rd only once in his career, and he was thrown out.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY MOSES KEPLER! what a shot!
That left in a hurry.
So that sequence was pretty awesome.
Welp, got that Grand Slam monkey off our backs.
Now we need an 8 run inning.
+$8 WGOM
maybe next inning.
Eddie!!!
Uh oh, nine runs.
Rosario has 14 home runs this year and 5 of them have come in 2 games.
Apparently, no one has ever held down the bullpen bench like Busenitz because he is never allowed to get off it. He's pitched all of 1 inning since July 25 and that was on Aug. 1. You can see how critical it is to have a 13-man pitching staff.
The kiss cam needs more people flipping it off.
Ee split Kepler's bat in tway!
If Meija is going to be out for a while, tonight is a good night to stretch out Gee.
Nice little tribute to Glen Campbell during 7th inning stretch at TF.
Hey, sorry I couldn't get down to meet up. It's my mom's birthday so I figured I should stick around.
Can anyone explain why Gee was passed over by both Colon and Gibson for a spot in the starting rotation?
Probably, but not anyone here.