This is the Battle for the AL Central (lead)
Perhaps the biggest series of the season (so far)
....so...
Make or Break?
Do or Die?
Win or Go Home?
All or Nothing?
Sink or Swim?
Now or Never?
Put Up or Shut Up?
...or...
is it just, "one game at a time"?
we shall see!
Kyle Gibson
-v-
Mike Clevinger
Good news, everyone! Justin's back.
And I'm his friend Jesus!
Man, the Mountie has upped his game, and it’s delightful to hear him add some commentary.
He really has. Sometimes I wonder if it's because of the dreck we've been listening to, but no, he's just very solid if unspectacular.
Robot
Umpires
Now!!!!!!!
Buxton come back
Cron doesn't let that by him
For fucks sake.
Yankees creeping up on the Twins in homers. Playing the O's and Jays sure helps
I don’t recommend seasoning cast iron pans during the summer months in the south. Only three more cycles, but good god the heat.
Twins were 47-22 on June 15th. They are 23-22 since.
They look a lot more like a .511 team than a .681 team right now.
Cleveland was 36-33 on June 15th - 32-13 since.
We can't give up unearned runs in this series.
That is a bummer, but man, check that Cleveland schedule during that time frame. It's like 50% Kansas city and Detroit.
Fair point. The question is which Twins team shows up when they get that same schedule stretch. The 68% one or the 51% one?
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not super confident right now. The only thing I am confident in is that the Twins will get the wild card at worst.
I just think that Cleveland is headed for some serious "coming down to earth".
Well, that Twins team did show up for the Miami, Chicago, Kansas City stretch. Gives me hope
Loud outs are still outs.
And Arraez at bats are still not outs.
I don't see myself being long for this game
Im out. Time to watch some meaningless football.
Walks will haunt.
I feel some cribbage coming on.
I'm out. Can't stand watching Gibson.
Whether lack of control or lack of confidence to attack the zone - he is difficult to watch.
changing to kep and eddie if kosher
Dazzle very carefully intimating that the strike zone is fluid and unpredictable.
Good Gibby or Bad, at least SOME runs by the Twins are needed.
Yeah, like those.
Gibson's sponsor:
Polanco (Top 5th)
Gibson working to give Perez a run for his money at who will be taken out of the rotation first.
I promise I won’t go to another (regular season) game this year. This is the last one.
Cron by all rights should have had a walk. Horrible strike zone
Ball three to Sano (which was a ball) was a much, much, much better pitch than strike two to Cron
What would this inning have been at this point had that call been correct?
Rosario's FC actually might have been a 5-4-3 DP with a force at second in play
Quiet you.
Ramirez could have easily thrown out Kepler at home
I mean, I’m into the runs. I’m still conflicted about Sano, but I’m into the runs.
Is Francona going to go through the entire bullpen this inning?
We can only hope so.
Arraez is so much fun to watch at the plate.
Drama for the ninth.
Damn. I came back too late for the 8th. Do I hide until the walk-off?
Why isn't Rogers in here?
Shit. Sorry guys. I snakebit the comeback.
... not optimal ...
I’m still seasoning my 100 year old cast iron pan. So, at least I have the high heat in my domicile.
Is this a "new" pan? Or did you Eff up the seasoning somehow?
I’ve been making / burning dinner in the pan for years, but the build up of carbon and an unfortunate run in with a pizza cutter facilitated the necessary strip down to bare metal. This is the 7th cycle of high heat plus a film of flaxseed oil and the pan is looking pretty good. I’ll likely take it through a couple more cycles before I start cooking with it again. Once set this seasoning should be enough to withstand the dishwasher ——> but I’d never, ever, .... yeah.
I exited Gameday. That should help.
Anyone else remember when May was a shitty starter instead of shitty reliever?
We missed you, Geoff!. 😆
I almost made it a week........
I really thought he would be a great reliever, but man, control issues
I still feel like he could be a great reliever. But not here and now.
Looked like Gleeman was sitting in the second row above the Twins dugout
Great AB by Adrianza. And,😲 additional bright side. Hand is throwing a bunch of high-ish leverage pitches.
WALK IT THE EFF OFF, JORGE!
Huh, strike one looked a lot like ball one on the opposite corner of the plate.
great baserunning Kepler
Mountie doesn’t necessarily agree
Single ties it, CJ.
Walk Cron, face Rosario?
Come on Eddie. Wait for your pitch
and he missed it
Ok, Eddie. Dont' swing at something over your head
Calling for a salami here.
... derp
Boo. Again, bright side is Hand threw a lot of pitches.
If the Twins come back to win the next three, we will be over the moon.
At this rate Ill be over the moon with a 2-2 split.
Well, it was a nice ride tonight, at least.
Yes - I do appreciate having a game worth watching into the 9th. (Being serious)
On the other hand, losing six in a row just got a little more likely.
*Sigh* yeah.
I worry about the Dread Pirates point about Smeltzer when he isn't a surprise start tomorrow. But Odor has had a couple solid starts since the Yankees blasted him and I don't see Berrios having another start like he just did. But yeah things could get really bad - like Minnesota sports bad - by Sunday afternoon.
Even if it isn't, the team that shelled him last time was Cleveland. However, if he was pulled after six innings, his line would been three runs, on two home runs, in six innings.