55 thoughts on “Game 116: Twins at Tigers”

1. boomstick!

2. They've probably got the right person on the mound to start a new winning streak.

3. Buntstick!

4. SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOO

   That ball was about 16 feet off the ground

   1. And on a breaking ball, too.

5. BOCATON!

   1. I like that nickname.

      1. So do I. It has flair.

6. SanÓÓ.

7. That was Sano's 69th career home run.

   1. ...wooooooo

   2. Looking forward to the other 90% to come.

8. i-i: "I can't talk politics."

   Not with both feet in your mouth, you can't.

9. Batting average isn't what it was, but Miguel Cabrera's .253 is lower than any other season of his career. Incidentally, so is his 99 OPS+. His two lowest season marks (.268, 106) came in 2003, which was his rookie season. He hasn't hit below .300 since 2008 or finished with an OPS+ below 150 since 2009.

10. Are my ears deceiving me? Did Dick actually say "this isn't an ideal bunting situation?"

11. Are Cory and Kris seriously trying to blame the offense for the loss last night?

    1. Really?! That's ludicrous.

12. It's almost like it would help to have a real backup first baseman. Too bad we only have about three of them in AAA.

    1. If Sanó pulled his foot, it wasn't by much. They didn't have a camera angle that provided irrefutable evidence he didn't pull his foot, but there also wasn't an angle that clearly showed he did pull his foot.

13. I am so tired of announcers talking about "momentum", as if it was some mystical, magical force that you can't overcome.

    1. A one game losing streak is really tough to overcome.

14. Well this inning kind of sucks.

15. Apparently this is what happens when you use a pitcher as your back up catcher.

    1. +1WGOM

    2. +1 WGOM Buck

16. Somebody slather Gimenez in pine tar.

17. The defense is not helping

18. Do we actually have a catcher in the game, or are we just letting balls bounce off the umpire?

19. What is going on with Gimenez?

20. Well, that's one way of keeping Martinez from getting a hit.

21. really

22. This is extraordinarily embarrassing

23. What the actual…?

24. How often do you see a guy pass three balls in an inning and then jack a leadoff homer fly out to left-center for the first out of the next?

25. SEND HIM!!!!!!!!!!

26. Whew.

    1. I assume this was in reference to ii not being in the booth for the rest of the year.

       1. Whew-whew!

27. A shoddy craftsman blames his tools.

28. SEND HIM!!!!!

29. I have zero confidence Polanco gets a bunt down.

    1. I am in a state of shock.

    2. *waits no longer* That was no doubt the key to the inning.

30. Buxton!!

31. Nice knock, Buxton.

32. Gimenez! Why the hesitation? You ought to know what a ball to the backstop looks by now

33. I'm still trying to wrap my head around i-i, scoffing at pitchers' conditioning & abilities, asking Dick in an incredulous voice, "Do you actually think Bert Blyleven was an athlete?"

    1. To be fair, Bert was averaging a mere 291 IP with a 2.58 FIP and 133 ERA+ when i-i was still filling his drawers.

34. ballgame

35. One Matt Belisle away from a sweep.

36. Thank goodness Hildenberger's a corner pounder.

    1. With cheese!

37. Somehow the Twins must have gotten momentum on their side again. It's funny how good ballplaying will do that.

    1. Good ballplaying except fo the catcher who let every go past him that one inning.

       1. got it all out of the way at one time; no harm done.

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