42 thoughts on “May 12, 2019: Night Moves”

1. The Twins used their fifth and sixth starters yesterday and got six innings out of each, with each giving up just three runs. Yes, it was against the Tigers, but that's still pretty good.

2. I’m no fan of a 13-man pitching staff, but Adrianza’s (17 OPS+!) continued presence on the active roster is one of the great mysteries of our time.

   1. Yeah with Tortuga back and Gonzalez okay, it's even more baffling. Maybe they feel he's still capable of his usual 85 OPS+ but even then there has to be someone else worth having.

   2. When you have the chance to keep a 29 year old futility infielder without exposing him to waivers you have to take it.

   3. How about not pinch-hitting for him in the first game yesterday. I guess they really didn't want Polanco to play a single inning that game.

3. Put the most recent Half-Baked Hall post back on the main page for a day or so before open voting.

4. Smart of the Twins to lose one to the Tigers so their SRS will be higher. Oh, wait, it doesn't work that way

5. He’s back! The @Twins reinstated Willians Astudillo today. He will catch and bat leadoff.

   Also - his mother will throw out the first pitch today. pic.twitter.com/UsWEibVGX6

   — Dustin Morse (@morsecode) May 12, 2019

6. It's absolutely amazing to me that we have three pitchers among the top 18 ERAs in baseball right now.

7. The winner of the WGOM EPL Prediction Contest 2018-19: hungry joe! I hope this year got him watching more soccer

   Final scores:

   hungry joe	26
   Dread Pirate	23
   Philosofer	22
   rowsdower	21
   davidwatts	20
   freealonzo	18
   New Brighton Bo	14
   nibbish	13

   hungry joe nailed the correct spots for Man City, Liverpool, Everton, West Ham, Burnley, and Brighton
   freealonzo nailed the top four, but struggled with all the teams that didn't qualify for Europe

   1. I would like to thank myself for my victory and assure everyone that I knew exactly what I was doing.

8. I'm snake methoding some mother's day ribs today. I let my daughter pouch the wood so we're using Applewood.

   1. Mmmm. Snake method FTW!

      1. I made a bourbon BBQ sauce last night to go with them, too. This will be a delicious evening.

         1. I got a nice NY strip. Will grill along with some salmon for surf-n-turf, along side green beans and black beans.

            1. I was the expeditor for lunch and dinner at the joint. Served 550 ppl. Came in at 9 and left at 9. I think I got 5 minutes to scarf down a Philly Beefsteak somewhere throughout the chaos. The dogs are a barkin' this morning.

               1. I miss those days. Kind of. A little bit. Okay, maybe not as much as I think.

                  1. Those days are always fun to look back on a few days later, but I am getting a bit long in the tooth for a day like that.

                     1. I've always advocated for an Army Reserve type program, but for old bartenders/servers. I would love to go back and do that again. But for, like, one weekend a month.

                        1. Interview over. You are hired and will start on Memorial Weekend!

                           1. sweeeeeeet. that 10 hour commute might throw a wrench in things though.

                           2. Well you did say weekend. 😉

9. Pretty swank POR-DEN game seven right now.

   1. Big comeback on the road by the Blazers.

10. Pretty goal for USWT vs South Africa just now.

    1. And another.

11. Kawhi Leonard is good at basketball.

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       😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    2. We've all seen the replay by now. But it's fun to listen to it as well with no video. It's amazing how it takes to go from "is this the dagger?" to "oooooooohhhhh!" Plus how quiet it gets, you can hear the ball bouncing on the rim.

       1. I love this image of it.

          1. That Bob Newhart looking m'fer is great. (left side, just to the right of the backboard.)

       2. Deadspin puts the 3.9 seconds into words.

          https://deadspin.com/kawhi-leonard-and-a-story-of-four-bounces-1834715352

          Also isn’t it 5 bounces

12. GoT GoWTF

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       I'm glad I hate watched it, because that was unbelievably stupid.

       1. I thought it held up well, but I may be comparing to last week.

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       I'm not a HUGE fan of Dany going full heel, but I think that if they'd had four more episodes (or if they had paced the episodes they DID have much better), it would've come across better. It's not as if her fall is coming as a shock or anything, the seeds have been somewhat obviously planted for years, it's just that the way it's been executed is just kind of "isn't this SHOCKING!? Go tweet about this!". Plus, all of the surviving characters who could theoretically sit on the throne are evil, or boring, or moronic, or some combination of the three. I'm sure that's the point (the fight for the throne was bad all along!), it just doesn't make for a well thought out end to what has been a very good story, in my opinion. I...think I'm going to have to see the final episode before I know what I think about the last season. I'm not sure I trust these writers to recover.

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          You're right -- the way the story line has been going hasn't necessarily been bad/wrong, just the way they've gone about it has been very poorly done. I'm all for King Gendry at this point.

13. Mitch Garver has the highest SLG in baseball of players with ten or more AB; in second place?

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    Zach Greinke

14. Speaking of Night Moves, the termites are swarming something fierce. Be glad you don't live in the swamp, folks.

    1. Dracarys!

15. Good Lord. Three goals in like 5 minutes in this Sharks-Blues game.

    1. Watching the replay....

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