102 thoughts on “Game! In Progress! Twins @ Angels”

1. Everybody! Get in here!

   1. Im here with beers in hand!

      1. I plan on having in of them in my hand once I get home. Picked up a growler of the local brewery's IPA. Went out there after work yesterday with my some co-workers and was under strict instructions from the wife to pick up two growlers.

         1. Those are good instructions.

         2. Geez, nag, nag, nag.

            I've got a few to choose from. I've got a pale ale of mine, since Founders Azteca, or infectious groove from o'so.

         3. Just stopped by same local brewery and downed a couple Downtown Dunkels before I got home.

            1. I had the Dunkels on site, brought home a growler of Hopper Trail and one of Sedona Wheat.

               1. Wife loves the Sedona Wheat. I am excited that the Belgian Workhorse will be back soon.

               2. Drinking a south african red wine right now. 7even Rood. Pretty good.

   2. Here here!

2. Byron Buxton is fast.

   1. Buxton made it to second base before Adrianza landed at third.

   2. Beau and I were just talking about this the other day. I posited that Trout's triple in the All Star game at Target Field was about as fast as I've seen a person run in person.

      I'm looking forward to Buxton shattering that sometime soon.

3. Buxton is kinda fast

4. I would say that worked out better than a bunt.

5. I love that double and want to marry it.

6. Keep the line moving!

7. We are getting middle of the road Gibson tonight.

   1. Impossible. That's like saying "we're getting sasquatch tonight" or "we're getting chupacabra tonight".

8. ..and breathe...

   #Buxton

9. Joe Mauer does not have Buxton speed.

   1. I'm listening on radio, so I don't know how much chance he had. With two out and no one else on base,it's not necessarily a bad play to try to get yourself into scoring position if there's a reasonable chance for success.

      1. It was a reasonable chance, but it a good throw and Mauer was out by two steps

      2. It was a perfect throw. If it was off at all, he would have been safe. It was a good gamble.

10. Gibson leveraging the beachball distraction to strikeout batters.

11. I don't get the whole beach ball thing. "I'm going to pay a bunch of money to go to the ball game, but I expect to be bored so I need to have something else to keep me entertained. "

    1. This is LA; don't forget that they also get there in the middle of the 2nd, and leave in the 7th to get home in time for Dynasty (or whatever it is they watch nowadays)

       1. Hey, now. It's Anaheim, no matter what the dumb team name may say. Ain't nobody getting home to L.A. in time for Dynasty.

12. Hunter claiming Machado's father played for the Twins at AAA. His dad is Manuel Machado and I can't find any Manuels except the active one to have ever played in professional baseball.

    1. I think Torii is full of horseappples

       1. I did find a Machado that played for the Twins: Alejandro Machado in 2008 and 2009. But he's from Venezuela and a decade plus too young.

       2. I have this feeling that Hunter will be the replacement for Bert when Bert retires some day.

          1. Circle me, Bert! Throw me under the bus, Torii!

13. The one memory I have about games at The Big A is the huge sphinx moths that divebomb you in the third deck behind home plate. Basically Spooky's worst nightmare.

    1. I don't know when I mentioned that I loathe moths, but...good memory.

       1. Rhu_Ru has a very strong memory.

          1. You just got me to read that 2011 game log. So many LTEs!

          2. What can I say, they left a lasting impression

14. Bed time for Bonzo -- bring home a win, guys

15. Pressly goosed Rivera on that pitch.

    1. filthy

16. Why isnt Reed in the game to put out the fire?

17. Sliiiightly better execution and Trout is out there with no runs scored. D'oh.

    1. Terrible swing on strike 3 for Pujouls to end the inning though.

       1. That really was a horrible at bat.

    2. I thought he had a great chance to get the runner at home as well.

18. It feels like Garver gives up a lot of wild pitches.

    1. Coming into the game, 1 passed ball 7 wild pitches in 106 innings caught.

       1. That would be 14 or so every 200 innings. So, basically, he's turning our pitchers into league leaders in wild pitches.

19. I don't want to hear Cyril Figgis shilling Subway anymore.

    1. Right? I'm very, very over hearing him in any form in advertisements.

       1. He's already in Archer, Rick and Morty, ads for Progressive insurance...

20. Dozier "runs a little bit".

    *DRINK*

21. https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/995509494095396865

    1. Heh. Trueblood convinced me to draft Gibson in fantasy baseball in the lead up to the 2017 season because he was that far ahead of the curve. I don't remember if he wrote about it then, or not, but this is hilarious to me because of how many conversations we've had about him.

    2. Too bad the walk rate jumped too. But, his K-BB went up too so now he's somewhat effective.

22. So glad we can give Reed a week off to allow him to face the bottom half of the order in a tie game instead of Trout and Upton with a one-run lead.

23. Did I just hear ii saying you don't want to dive for the ball and give up the extrabase hit?

    1. I mean, he is an expert on the subject.

       1. On the radio broadcast tonight, Gladden compared Puckett, ii, and Buxton, and said that Hunter was the best of the three defensively. I haven't looked up the numbers yet, but I'm guessing that Hunter actually was good but Buxton is significantly better?

          1. Hunter pre-ankle injury was fantastic. However, I would surmise that Buxton's numbers last year were better because TK and Gardy always their CFs play deep, which is why you see a bunch of home runs robbed by Puckett and Hunter and you see Buxton crash into the wall a lot but rarely rob a HR.

24. With the way the top of the inning ended, I fully expect a walk off here.

25. ERIVBABR!

    1. VVB

       1. Duly noted.

          1. I didn't mind his decision to jump up and take off for third, because I suppose there was at least the slightest chance he'd throw it into the stands behind third base or something, but yeah....woof.

             1. Agreed, just frustrating that he beat the throw fairly easily and slides past the base.

                1. VVB

26. If Im reading the charts right, that was only the 7th time Joe Mauer's career he put a ball in play when he has a 3-0 count

27. Torii is happy the Twins picked up Zach Duke since Duke always got Torii out. Yeah, glad we solved that problem.

    1. It'll be like Bert never retired.

28. It always surprises me a little that Rene Rivera is still kicking it in the big leagues.

29. Wiggle wiggle wiggle

30. 

    1. That looks exactly like andrelte Simmons when he was intentionally walked.

       1. i don't want to say that worked, but it didn't not work.

          1. If they were going to walk Pujols to pitch to Simmons, I was going to be unhappy.

             1. Ditto.

31. Phil Hughes is next. So, I guess that's one way to make sure that the game doesn't go 18.

32. GARVER!!

    1. Man, that was a cookie.

    2. I was 90% sure a "wild pitch" would end the game with Trout on third. This was the other 10% option...

       1. Glad I'm not alone in thinking that.

33. "Get the guy to third"? I'd much rather he got Garver home, and high five him on the way back to the dugout.

    1. That sure doesn't sound like the right way to play the game (tm).

34. That's a good way to make up for those passed balls.

35. I'd feel a lot better about a second run.

    1. I bet you feel a lot better right now.

       1. A lot better!

          I mean... I'd take a third...

          1. You got greedy.

36. This pitcher is looking positively Twins-like in his two strike approach.

37. Dick going off again about Shohei Otani not being able to pinch hit.

38. Obligatory!

    (it'd be great if he didn't obligatory his way to Trout coming to the plate.)

39. That feels like Mauer could have gotten destroyed there. Great play all around by Mauer, but I feel like even if the batter wasn't out (and it looks like he was), it feels like he should be out from interference.

    1. This Mauer guy just might turn out to be a ballplayer.

40. That was an... Odd play.

41. I don't know exactly what the circumstances are regarding the second out of the double play (though it looks like a "conventional" 3-6-3), but I'm pretty sure that the rule that Torii is referring to does not exist.

42. Very glad he got Cozart there.

    Man, Rodney is an... entertaining closer.

43. Rodney really insists on having a baserunner.

44. That was a nice win.

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    2. These cats might just find a winning record again.

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