I'm supposed to be in albuquerque, but Delta didn't seem to think I really wanted to go on vacation and delayed my flights into oblivion. here's to a 555am flight!
Should've taken a left turn
damn straight. er, left.
I can't shake this feeling they're letting this guy off the hook tonight. Maybe they really should have saved some of those runs the other day.
I told 'em so.
The Padres were trying to play spoiler by letting the twins hitters wear themselves out. They were playing the long game.
Coming into this game Kennys Vargas slash line in RISP situations (248PA): .217/.278/.371/.649 ... 16 extra base hits (7 double 9 HR) 82 RBI 71 K.
_efense.
I could totally rock one of those big sexy shirts because. However, I feel like the size of the giveaway should be at least triple x.
Also, boo on the fielders on that one.
Is this the part of the game where Joey Bats hits one to Bemidji?
Mauer-patented double would be tasty right here.
Did I hear that right? Joe is hitting .311 against lefties?
Dazz: "don't like that" in reference to showing the bunt here. Good for him, but will he be disciplined by the club?
You should tweet that question to @SouhanStrib
I'd rather have Joe putting it in play, but ok. Come on, Polanco. (hurry back, Sano)
w00t!!!!!
There we go
Polanco with the redemption!
He sort of undid that pretty quick.
well, crap.
Really, a Twins stocking cap as a give-away? Oy.
Global warming is a thing, people.
Stick with the program - "climate change"
That it may be. I'll still need one (a stocking cap) in three months.
I'm disappointed that the wild pitch did not bounce back in time to allow Morales to be thrown out.
Heh, the fox sports base runner graphic forgot who was at second there and assumed they would make it to third on that swinging bunt.
Okay, I did see that right! I thought he was on third for the single and thought Berrios had just given up a run.
Boshers up. Someone please remind Molitor that they are, in fact, ahead.
too late.
Ugh, I thought we went over this the other day.
Berrios did look pretty off in that last at-bat, but yeah, it's not like Molitor brought in Jansen
I'm fine with him taking out Berrios. But they've got like eighty other relievers I'd rather see than boshers.(who, of course, strikes his guy out while I was typing this.)
speaking of Jansen, was it just last night? He loaded the bases with one out for Los Gigantes and the game on the line, just to raise the degree of difficulty. Struck out Buster and Hundley to end it. Ho hum.
At work, glancing at game when I can. Just thought I would post a comment to get our counts up during this playoff drive. That is all.
I suppose I should do the same.
Cleveland with only half an inning left to keep the streak alive.
Paul Molitor has a lot more faith in Buddy Boshers than I do.
well, how about that?
ruh roh. Castro got tagged.
Yeah, that was no bueno.
On the stove top tonight: Cornbread stuffed pork chops, roasted sweet potato, and roasted broccoli. Yeah, baby. (Though I did have a date with a green chili cheeseburger.... # screwyoudelta)
One of our neighbors brought us some butter chicken the other day, so I had some of that over some rice tonight. Kicking back now with some homebrew kolsch.
damn. Is that hard to brew to style?
Nah, it's pretty easy since it's basically a lager that takes all the lagering work out. It turned out pretty nice, light and refreshing. Only problem is that the keg it's in isn't balanced for shit so it comes out all foam.
well, isn't a glass of foam a Thing with certain German styles? 🙂
Sure,I'll go with that. Makes me seem less incompetent/lazy.
I love kolsch. Pour me some foam, stick it in the fridge and I'll drink a beer when I arrive.
Coming into this game Kennys Vargas slash line in RISP situations (248PA): .217/.278/.371/.649
those numbers are going to be lower tomorrow.
Surly Darkness tonight. I'm already a bit incoherent.
plus, the beer!
Oh snap!
A lazy joke - one of my favorite kinds.
Niiiiice.
Approved.
I've got an Eleven I'm waiting to break open. Might give it a shot this weekend.
Cleveland ties it up! I root for records to be broken and the Royals to lose.
Only six more wins to go!
Cleveland ties it with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
A new definition of Gordon'd
Of course they do.
Is the air in Canada free of particulates? That's the second blue jay to need time for something in his eye.
Probably, but Twin Cities (and many other states) are not.
Living as close as I do too the Wisconsin state legislature as I do, we've got a huge problem with high concentrations of Bullshit particles in our air.
Wally!!!!
I had this (autographed) as a kid.
So I was looking at Trevor's minor league stats and he's pretty much always been pretty good. I wonder why he was promoted so slowly.
Twins Baseball?
Right-handed side-armer without much velocity. Same thing with Neshek. He was drafted out of college in 2002 and didn't debut until 2006, also at 26.
My guess is that his unusual delivery and lack of a big fastball made people think he wasn't likely to succeed in the majors, despite the fact that he'd succeeded everywhere else. It's my belief that sometimes scouts (and teams) make up their minds about someone based on very little and then, whether consciously or subconsciously, look for reasons to justify their opinion.
It's my belief that sometimes scouts (and teams) people make up their minds about someone based on very little and then, whether consciously or subconsciously, look for reasons to justify their opinion.
Hey, I do that with one of my co-workers!
I lol'd.
It's funny cause it's true
More seriously, maybe the twins were just being cheap and trying to save money on Jersey letters.
I endorse more shots of Sue on the broadcast.
Wally!!!!!
Don't bring me down.... Bruce!
Why not challenge?? What's Molitor hanging onto it for
Gordo'd.
It was durn close.
22 in a row. More importantly, another wild card team loses.
I gotta say. I hope Hildenberger is given a long look as a potential closer next season.
I was thinking the same thing after zoom's rosterbation question earlier today.
I'm appreciating him actually being brought into the danger spots while leaving the easier ones (yesterday excepted) for Belisle.
On the one hand, I totally agree. Put your best reliever in the highest leverage situation.
On the other hand, I feel like we'll always be seeing Willy Eyre in situations that he really has no business pitching in.
On top of that, you think the nationals give up anything for Kintzler if he was just a pretty good middle reliever?
You saying the twins got robbed and should have asked for Bryce Harper?
I think Groundskeeper Gee has a ring to it
I could certainly live with that
Bah. Joe woulda had that.
A couple of Twins insurance runs would meet with my approval.
Co-sign
SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!!
did need to wait until after the mound visit.
TWINS BASEBALL!!
That bunt will be the key to the inning.
Dazz GOMLing on that defensive effort.
craptasm.
Heh, it hit him in the butt.
SEND THEM!!
Vargas is making me worry less and less about a Ortiz type situation arising.
In which way?
In the way that he doesn't exactly become a hero of fenway.
Well, that was kind of how Ortiz looked too, right?
No. Ortiz was way better and had a much better minor league track
Ortiz in his last season with the Twins: 272/339/500 (120 OPS+) with 87:43 K:BB in 466 PA. 299/371/548 against righties.
what the hell were they thinking?
That should have been strike three. Worked out fairly.
Belisle? More like beguile! Because smoke and mirrors?
The twist will be that we're actually watching the prestige 2.
Matt Belisle in the "smoke" phase for the moment. Call him BBQ, because he's smoking low and slow.
Now that Smoak is up, does belisle need to bring it the meerors?
Normally, I like burnt ends.
Smoke vs Smoak.
Alarmed.
Smoaked.
Smoak and mirrors.
That was not what I was hoping for.
It's what I was expecting though
Well shit.
Walk offs are fun, right?
there seem to be a lot of Blew Jay fans in the house. During a playoff run?? really, Twins fans?
In my experience, Toronto fans (whether Blue Jays or Raptors) travel ridiculously well.
weirdly, WordPress decided I could not post "well, crap" because it was a "duplicate comment." Uh, ok.
Too many swears
Do I look like Geoff???
Ahahaha, good times...
Imeant the site as a while e. We are all Geoff.
I'm working from home tomorrow, so I can give them anther inning tonight.
Dick kind of undersold how bizarre this Carlos Martinez has been. He started as a no-bat outfielder before transferring to pitcher a couple of years ago.
He has not given up an earned run at any level this season...in 46.2 innings (2 runs total between AA, AAA, and MLB). His WHIP has been under 0.7, his H/9 under 4.
whew.
This is feeling like pennant chase baseball. I like it.
Gitrdun, boys. We are running out of non-turrble arms.
Mejia with the rally bubble yum
I totally spookied that.
BUXTON!!!!!!
I spookied that
Same.
I did too. I said to no one in my car that Buck was going to walk it off tonight when I heard he was due up 3rd in the 10th.
BYRON BUXTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The joy of staying with the parents:
My mom looks up and says, "I just finished a Suduko. Time for Buxton to homer."
Heh.
Did you type it that way because she mispronounced it?
Pedantific
Always.
That's what I heard
That was awesome.
I SPOOKIED THE SHIT OUT OF THAT ONE!
mastiffs and M80s!!
Oh Thank God. I needed to get to bed.
Damn this team.
Well that was fun
It seems as though LOT of people were downright expecting Buxton to knock that pitch into the seats.
One of us should go back in time to last year or this spring and tell everyone that it's all going to be okay.
I got to see the last four or five innings. Worth it.
LAA down 2-1 in the 6th.
Good God - the Twins bench all start with a "g"!
*keanu Reeves "whoa"*
Max Gepler?
Max pinch hit and was no longer on the bench.
Angels game thread!
It's on the MLB channel.
Pujols is slow
Fact.
Still faster than us.
Fact.
Hoo boy. Nice play by Altuve there on the force.
F-bomb is warming up
Unfortunately, I both have too much work to do tomorrow and don't run on California time, so I'm out. Take care of the lead, Astro.
Houston radio guys are pretty laconic.
F-Bomb can still bring it.
Houston guys reading a tweet from "Mr. Vandelay". Reading it straight.
I'm wondering when the discussion of latex comes into play.
I think that might have sealed the deal.
Angels lose. Twins lead by 3 games now. If Twins go 8-8, Angels have to go 11-5 just to force a Game 163 at Target Field.
wiggle wiggle
SEND HIM!!
bummer
I'm supposed to be in albuquerque, but Delta didn't seem to think I really wanted to go on vacation and delayed my flights into oblivion. here's to a 555am flight!
Should've taken a left turn
damn straight. er, left.
I can't shake this feeling they're letting this guy off the hook tonight. Maybe they really should have saved some of those runs the other day.
I told 'em so.
The Padres were trying to play spoiler by letting the twins hitters wear themselves out. They were playing the long game.
Coming into this game Kennys Vargas slash line in RISP situations (248PA): .217/.278/.371/.649 ... 16 extra base hits (7 double 9 HR) 82 RBI 71 K.
_efense.
I could totally rock one of those big sexy shirts because. However, I feel like the size of the giveaway should be at least triple x.
Also, boo on the fielders on that one.
Is this the part of the game where Joey Bats hits one to Bemidji?
Mauer-patented double would be tasty right here.
Did I hear that right? Joe is hitting .311 against lefties?
Dazz: "don't like that" in reference to showing the bunt here. Good for him, but will he be disciplined by the club?
You should tweet that question to @SouhanStrib
I'd rather have Joe putting it in play, but ok. Come on, Polanco. (hurry back, Sano)
w00t!!!!!
There we go
Polanco with the redemption!
He sort of undid that pretty quick.
well, crap.
Really, a Twins stocking cap as a give-away? Oy.
Global warming is a thing, people.
Stick with the program - "climate change"
That it may be. I'll still need one (a stocking cap) in three months.
I'm disappointed that the wild pitch did not bounce back in time to allow Morales to be thrown out.
Heh, the fox sports base runner graphic forgot who was at second there and assumed they would make it to third on that swinging bunt.
Okay, I did see that right! I thought he was on third for the single and thought Berrios had just given up a run.
Boshers up. Someone please remind Molitor that they are, in fact, ahead.
too late.
Ugh, I thought we went over this the other day.
Berrios did look pretty off in that last at-bat, but yeah, it's not like Molitor brought in Jansen
I'm fine with him taking out Berrios. But they've got like eighty other relievers I'd rather see than boshers.(who, of course, strikes his guy out while I was typing this.)
speaking of Jansen, was it just last night? He loaded the bases with one out for Los Gigantes and the game on the line, just to raise the degree of difficulty. Struck out Buster and Hundley to end it. Ho hum.
At work, glancing at game when I can. Just thought I would post a comment to get our counts up during this playoff drive. That is all.
I suppose I should do the same.
Cleveland with only half an inning left to keep the streak alive.
Paul Molitor has a lot more faith in Buddy Boshers than I do.
well, how about that?
ruh roh. Castro got tagged.
Yeah, that was no bueno.
On the stove top tonight: Cornbread stuffed pork chops, roasted sweet potato, and roasted broccoli. Yeah, baby. (Though I did have a date with a green chili cheeseburger.... # screwyoudelta)
Damn.
Brown rice, leftover cochinita pibil, roasted pasilla, leftover (canned!) refried beans.
One of our neighbors brought us some butter chicken the other day, so I had some of that over some rice tonight. Kicking back now with some homebrew kolsch.
damn. Is that hard to brew to style?
Nah, it's pretty easy since it's basically a lager that takes all the lagering work out. It turned out pretty nice, light and refreshing. Only problem is that the keg it's in isn't balanced for shit so it comes out all foam.
well, isn't a glass of foam a Thing with certain German styles? 🙂
Sure,I'll go with that. Makes me seem less incompetent/lazy.
I love kolsch. Pour me some foam, stick it in the fridge and I'll drink a beer when I arrive.
those numbers are going to be lower tomorrow.
Surly Darkness tonight. I'm already a bit incoherent.
plus, the beer!
Oh snap!
A lazy joke - one of my favorite kinds.
Niiiiice.
Approved.
I've got an Eleven I'm waiting to break open. Might give it a shot this weekend.
Cleveland ties it up! I root for records to be broken and the Royals to lose.
Only six more wins to go!
Cleveland ties it with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
A new definition of Gordon'd
Of course they do.
Is the air in Canada free of particulates? That's the second blue jay to need time for something in his eye.
Probably, but Twin Cities (and many other states) are not.
Living as close as I do too the Wisconsin state legislature as I do, we've got a huge problem with high concentrations of Bullshit particles in our air.
Wally!!!!
I had this (autographed) as a kid.
So I was looking at Trevor's minor league stats and he's pretty much always been pretty good. I wonder why he was promoted so slowly.
Twins Baseball?
Right-handed side-armer without much velocity. Same thing with Neshek. He was drafted out of college in 2002 and didn't debut until 2006, also at 26.
My guess is that his unusual delivery and lack of a big fastball made people think he wasn't likely to succeed in the majors, despite the fact that he'd succeeded everywhere else. It's my belief that sometimes scouts (and teams) make up their minds about someone based on very little and then, whether consciously or subconsciously, look for reasons to justify their opinion.
It's my belief that sometimes
scouts (and teams)people make up their minds about someone based on very little and then, whether consciously or subconsciously, look for reasons to justify their opinion.Hey, I do that with one of my co-workers!
I lol'd.
It's funny cause it's true
More seriously, maybe the twins were just being cheap and trying to save money on Jersey letters.
I endorse more shots of Sue on the broadcast.
Wally!!!!!
Don't bring me down.... Bruce!
Why not challenge?? What's Molitor hanging onto it for
Gordo'd.
It was durn close.
22 in a row. More importantly, another wild card team loses.
I gotta say. I hope Hildenberger is given a long look as a potential closer next season.
I was thinking the same thing after zoom's rosterbation question earlier today.
I'm appreciating him actually being brought into the danger spots while leaving the easier ones (yesterday excepted) for Belisle.
On the one hand, I totally agree. Put your best reliever in the highest leverage situation.
On the other hand, I feel like we'll always be seeing Willy Eyre in situations that he really has no business pitching in.
On top of that, you think the nationals give up anything for Kintzler if he was just a pretty good middle reliever?
You saying the twins got robbed and should have asked for Bryce Harper?
I think Groundskeeper Gee has a ring to it
I could certainly live with that
Bah. Joe woulda had that.
A couple of Twins insurance runs would meet with my approval.
Co-sign
SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!!
did need to wait until after the mound visit.
TWINS BASEBALL!!
That bunt will be the key to the inning.
Dazz GOMLing on that defensive effort.
craptasm.
Heh, it hit him in the butt.
SEND THEM!!
Vargas is making me worry less and less about a Ortiz type situation arising.
In which way?
In the way that he doesn't exactly become a hero of fenway.
Well, that was kind of how Ortiz looked too, right?
No. Ortiz was way better and had a much better minor league track
Ortiz in his last season with the Twins: 272/339/500 (120 OPS+) with 87:43 K:BB in 466 PA. 299/371/548 against righties.
what the hell were they thinking?
That should have been strike three. Worked out fairly.
Belisle? More like beguile! Because smoke and mirrors?
The twist will be that we're actually watching the prestige 2.
Matt Belisle in the "smoke" phase for the moment. Call him BBQ, because he's smoking low and slow.
Now that Smoak is up, does belisle need to bring it the meerors?
Normally, I like burnt ends.
Smoke vs Smoak.
Alarmed.
Smoaked.
Smoak and mirrors.
That was not what I was hoping for.
It's what I was expecting though
Well shit.
Walk offs are fun, right?
there seem to be a lot of Blew Jay fans in the house. During a playoff run?? really, Twins fans?
In my experience, Toronto fans (whether Blue Jays or Raptors) travel ridiculously well.
You know, they probably should have ibb'd him
That's one way to start a rally.
Heh, it hit him in the butt.
Where there's Smoak, there's "Sh!t."
Prise getroffen
Would kill for a Joe walkoff
I don't want it to take that long.
Not that shit though
well, crapp.
weirdly, WordPress decided I could not post "well, crap" because it was a "duplicate comment." Uh, ok.
Too many swears
Do I look like Geoff???
Ahahaha, good times...
Imeant the site as a while e. We are all Geoff.
I'm working from home tomorrow, so I can give them anther inning tonight.
Dick kind of undersold how bizarre this Carlos Martinez has been. He started as a no-bat outfielder before transferring to pitcher a couple of years ago.
He has not given up an earned run at any level this season...in 46.2 innings (2 runs total between AA, AAA, and MLB). His WHIP has been under 0.7, his H/9 under 4.
whew.
This is feeling like pennant chase baseball. I like it.
Gitrdun, boys. We are running out of non-turrble arms.
Mejia with the rally bubble yum
I totally spookied that.
BUXTON!!!!!!
I spookied that
Same.
I did too. I said to no one in my car that Buck was going to walk it off tonight when I heard he was due up 3rd in the 10th.
BYRON BUXTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The joy of staying with the parents:
My mom looks up and says, "I just finished a Suduko. Time for Buxton to homer."
Heh.
Did you type it that way because she mispronounced it?
Pedantific
Always.
That's what I heard
That was awesome.
I SPOOKIED THE SHIT OUT OF THAT ONE!
mastiffs and M80s!!
Oh Thank God. I needed to get to bed.
Damn this team.
Well that was fun
It seems as though LOT of people were downright expecting Buxton to knock that pitch into the seats.
One of us should go back in time to last year or this spring and tell everyone that it's all going to be okay.
I got to see the last four or five innings. Worth it.
LAA down 2-1 in the 6th.
Good God - the Twins bench all start with a "g"!
*keanu Reeves "whoa"*
Max Gepler?
Max pinch hit and was no longer on the bench.
Angels game thread!
It's on the MLB channel.
Pujols is slow
Fact.
Still faster than us.
Fact.
Hoo boy. Nice play by Altuve there on the force.
F-bomb is warming up
Unfortunately, I both have too much work to do tomorrow and don't run on California time, so I'm out. Take care of the lead, Astro.
Houston radio guys are pretty laconic.
F-Bomb can still bring it.
Houston guys reading a tweet from "Mr. Vandelay". Reading it straight.
I'm wondering when the discussion of latex comes into play.
I think that might have sealed the deal.
Angels lose. Twins lead by 3 games now. If Twins go 8-8, Angels have to go 11-5 just to force a Game 163 at Target Field.