You know what I think was a good decision? Letting Ron Gardenhire go. I mean that in the nicest way possible. He seems like a nice enough fella, and he's pretty funny at times. But man, I'm just not worried about a team he's managing. Ron Gardenhire returns with his Tigers to Minnesota inspires... I dunno... maybe sympathy?
True story... google "Tigers Manager". The photo that pops up is of Ron Gardenhire. In a Twins cap. Anyway, let's hope that's how the Twins own the Tigers this weekend too.
Tyson Ross goes for the Tigers tonight against Odorizzi, whose name often makes me think of "Rizzo", which actually makes me think of both the rat and the character from Grease, and then later on it dawns on me that there's a ballplayer by that name too. Alright, I think that's my cue to step aside. Let's keep the winning streak going tonight!
Buxton!
Odoreater didn't fool a lot of people, but he got out of it. Maybe he'll get locked in.
Re: the introduction above, if there's one thing we know about the Tigers, it's that they're going to battle their tails off.
Not Rizzo from Midnight Cowboy?
I too was disappointed he had two shots and put up a brick.
Haven't seen it.
But the bricks were kind of the point I was making... I don't associate Odorizzi with good things yet. Hopefully that changes. Well, Rizzo the rat is pretty awesome, but... he's a rat.
The Twins have hit a few balls hard for outs tonight.
It appears that perhaps Odoreater is, indeed, getting locked in.
SEND HIM!!!
Thank you!
On the board with two!
In my opinion, the Subway carnival barker ad has become even more annoying than This Is An Ad About Twins Tickets.
They've announced that tomorrow it will be Michael Pineda in game one and Kohl Stewart in game two. Sounds like a sweep to me!
I was hoping the mystery pitcher was going to be Bartolo Colon
GARVER!!!!!!
Saucy
His OPS had dropped dangerously below 1.200.
There's really no reason that the Twins shouldn't be having Garver play as the true starting catcher.
I'm too lazy to look up platoon splits to see if that is helping either catcher. But I do wonder if each having plenty of rest is helping.
This is Garver's 20th game catching compared to 15 for Castro.
Here are their splits. Garver is just destroying everything. There's been almost zero PAs against lefties for anyone though.
Garver obviously has problems hitting righties, it looks like.
KEPLER!!!!
Evening, folks.
Norm!
Saw Posey went on concussion watch; hate to see another good catcher slammed mid-career
So hey, just popping in to say that this team is fun as hell.
Goodness, the Tigers just have no idea what do do with Odorizzi.
Amazingly, they aren't the only ones. I don't even know what's going on this year, but it's amazing.
I saw a little blurb that said that Rocco seems to be using him perfectly (ie, taking him out with really good timing, as his "third time through the order" numbers are horrible).
His numbers have been great, and it's not like he's barely averaging 5 innings a start like Mejia was that one year.
These guys are having fun together. That’s so cool to see again.
Between Sano and Astudillo, I have to imagine that Adrianza's time with the team is coming to an end soon.
This comment aged poorly and quickly.
oh no Marwin
Oh no.
Ouch. That looked bad. Hope both of them are okay and (especially) concussion-free.
Not to be vindictive, but it seems like Type A obstruction should’ve been called on Goodrum.
Farm report: Not a good night for Twins affiliates.
Rochester trails Durham 11-8 in the ninth.
Pensacola lost to Mississippi 4-1.
Fort Myers was trailing Tampa 5-2 in the fifth when the game was suspended. The second game was postponed.
Cedar Rapids trails West Michigan 8-1 in the ninth.
Good at bat Buxton
Very.
RBBI.
Wish we could’ve listened in on that exchange between Cabrera & Odorizzi.
Big ol winning streak going on right now.
Good result.
Hell yeah