52-28. That's where the Twins are today. And they're either going to be 52-29 or 53-28 after the first half of games. I'm struggling to find their best first half ever, but this has to be somewhere towards the top, right? Anyway, good for them. And for us.
After a loooong loss yesterday, I think there's some concern about how the Twins will bounce back. A weekend trip to Chicago hopefully serves as the refresher. Berrios on the mound should help. It'll be hot this weekend, and hopefully the bats take a hint from the weather.
Anyway, it's my youngest's birthday today, so I'd better go finish up her cake (inspired by one of Jeff A's cake pictures here on the site - the rainbow one). Let's hope the Twins can deliver a birthday present for her!
Assuming I set my Play Index filters right, here’s the Twins’ best W/L records in the first half (min. 50 wins):
When your Twins roster favorably compares to 1969, 1970, & 1965, you’re doing something right.
I wonder how BR's current projection method would rank the '01 Twins.
"triple" for Adrianza.
Radio just announced the triple contest and the amount, and then totally have forgotten to announce the winner
Sanoball!!!!
Two true outcomes!
Taking one for the team.
Speaking of 1965 Twins, they're now tied in home runs.
And that one put Sano with the other guys with double digits HRs, too
Welcome to the bigs, Rook.
Well, since I missed on a Sanocall, I'll go with Max Factor.
Nah, Castroblast
CJ has that DP swing down
Pretty sure I'm going to hate "drill sergeant" as much as I hated "carnival barker"
I disfavor giveback runs. Shut it down, Jose.
Atta boy.
Who expected Arraez to be the cleanup hitter at the halfway point?
Would be nice if that were the start of Polanco going on a hitting spree.
Pitch 3 was on the bottom of the box, called a ball. Pitch 4 was on the black outside, called a strike.
Dazzle is talking about Zombie Dust.
Apparently, Dazz likes beer.
He loves road trips to Chicago. He has a personal bar crawl there.
Could have been a lot worse.
It's really fun on a Friday evening to sit in a hotel room in the dark while listening top a whole bunch of other people having fun in a nearby pool.
Beats hearing a pr0n performance in the next room
Bummer? Bummer.
McCann must be calling for balls, 'cause he's not getting any strikes from his pitchers
Walk this way.
Jeeez.
Rally caps, please.
AC guy just left, we're cooling again! Heat index of over 100 here in Omerha and a perfect day for the ac capacitor to go bad.
Crap. Sooo many chances not being cashed in.
Yeah, ass-bats need to be thrown out by the all-star break
Berríos doing everything he can to let the batters get him a win.
...
Helps if his fielders can get outs too.
More or less
That does for Jose and me.
This team cannot catch any breaks or manufacture its own luck right now. They’ve got to be frustrated.
Totally meant this morning Sano was.my HR pick
Several picked Sano, but I wasn't sure it was for tonight's HR call
I think the biggest part of this game was that Berrios gave us a chance to win... the next two games, since everyone but Morin got a much needed day off.