38 thoughts on “Game 63 — Old Gardys versus New Gardys Round 2”

1. A double play would be nice here. Of course, that probably means Odorizzi needs to throw the ball somewhere in the vicinity of the strike zone.

2. At least he got out of his self-created mess.

3. I think we might have a better chance to hit the ball if we swing at it.

   1. No doubt. Especially since Hardy has grooved a fastball and hung a breaking ball and gotten called strike 3 on both.

4. It looks to me like if Odorizzi pitches a shutout tonight, he'll have an excellent chance at a no-decision.

5. I got home and went to take a leak. As soon as I was done, all of a sudden my back tightened up and I couldn't stand straight. I decided to see if I could get oh the bike and made it any 25 minutes. Long story short, I'm now laying in bed with a painful lower back and I'm instantly glad I finally got a TV in here.

   1. That doesn't sound good at all. Hope it goes away as quickly as it came.

      1. Me too. I've had it stiffen up mildly before, but it was always something that would go way after five minutes of sitting in a comfy chair. Never had anything like this though. Best case scenario is that I'm looking at a fairly uncomfortable day at work tomorrow.

         1. I had something that sounds somewhat similar once, shortly after we moved to Gettysburg. The worst of the pain was gone by the next day, but it was tender for several days afterward.

6. There's your run, Jake. Go hold 'em.

   1. I think it would be awesome to win 1-0, especially if the Twins' only hit was an infield hit that came around to score on a sac fly.

      1. That would be awesome, in its way, but I'd also be fine with the Twins hitting about five home runs and winning 12-0.

      2. That would bring Kyle Gibson one step closer to just trashing the clubhouse.

7. Well, shoot.

8. [Joeschultz]. [Schultzjoe].

9. I like Kepler and all, but that was not the world's greatest path to get to that one.

   1. It's a tough play. He has to respect the stands that jut out, if the ball hits short he has a mid-field carom, if it clears the stands it runs to the wall. Still, there was something a little _elmon about the play.

      1. Agreed. It looked like he just over committed to one of the possibilities.

10. I miss the old days, when the Twins had more than two reliable batters and 2-1 didn't seem like an insurmountable lead.

    1. 2017 or 1963?

       1. Either one. And several years in between as well.

11. At least Morrison is playing some good defense tonight.

    1. I'm not really sure what his reputation is in the field, but it seems like he's been at worst very solid since Joe went out.

       1. DRS says +2 and UZR gives him a +0.

12. And there's our pickoff for the night.

13. Well, we can't do a whole lot worse against the bullpen that we did against the starter.

14. The Twins seem to complain about the strike zone an awful lot. I suppose some of it's frustration, but they'd do better to take that frustration and turn into to some better batting.

15. WOW!!!!!!!!

16. Holy Sheeeeet!!!!

17. I didn't even spooky that one.. That is the last thing I could ever think would have happened.

18. Well, I guess you can't expect your home run slugger to be a great fielder, too.

19. Good grief. All that work to get a lead, and we just hand them two of the runs back.

20. Good job by the bullpen to get five outs that inning.

21. Well, I'm out. It's probably just as well. If we lose even when Adrianza hits a grand slam, I'd just as soon not be around for it.

    1. Sanó with an RBI single send-off.

22. If this is a quick inning and the twins don't get a bullpen cart, then someone needs to get a stern talking to.

    1. Rodney rode the cart. It was good.

       1. That was my motivation. Dude looked so chill on that thing, then he came out and got them 1-2-3.

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