The Twins come back home after a 5-1 road trip, most recently off their first four game sweep in Texas. While the road treated them well, the home stadium has been less inviting as of late; the Twins have dropped 5 out of their last 6 at Target Field.
Coming into town are the White Sox, who just lost 3 out of 4 in Anaheim. Crossing fingers for the Twins to extend the B-Sox's recent road woes. Hopefully Good Gibby will face off against Ivan Nova, who's been white hot lately (ba dum tss!).
I still think of Nova as a young guy. I was surprised to hear Cory say he's thirty-two.
Luis leading off? Makes sense
Finally!
Bremer even says it makes sense.
Smalley advocated to put the .412 OBP guy sixth.
He also has a -13 UZR/150 at second.
I have mentioned how much I heart Luis?
Man, I love watching Arraez hit.
On the board!
Let's give Gibby several runs to give back!
He's working on it.
And there we are.
SQUIRREL!
For variety, we had an outfielder throw one to the backstop, rather than the pitcher.
Gibson is Gibsoning.
I'm in KC tonight. I got to my hotel room and turned the game on to see Gibson Gibsoning all over the place. Ugh.
Hope you at least got barbecue out of the deal.
Sadly I didn't. No car and nothing close enough to the hotel to walk to. It is hot as hell here, though, so there's that.
In my humble opinion, kc bbq is overrated.
I had lunch at John Hardy's today. Definitely one of the best bbq in the State of Minnesota.
One of the best I’ve ever eaten.
My dad used to occasionally bring it home from Rochester. Then the Big Man opened up a joint on the East Side of Spamtown. That was awesome.
Not sure when that closed. Anyway, the Big Man died and the place declined. Good to see that the franchise lives on and is good.
John Hardy's story
It’s no higher than fourth on my plate, but if you’re in KC...
Abreu was my alternate pick
Of all the meatballs Gibson has ever served, that was the tastiest.
And we've made our two errors.
If Roy can’t figure out why the Twins aren’t eager to swing on 3-0, maybe it’s time for a new analyst.
Rally inning.
How is that not an illegal block?
He had the ball a split second before he got there?
McCann’s foot was planted before he caught the throw.
Sure looked like he blocked before he had the ball.
And of course Baldelli doesn't challenge this time
Should've run through home instead of sliding.
I think the baserunning is just some dada performance art. That's got to be the only explanation.
I have the game on mute, surprised Rocco didnt challenge that play because the catcher was blocking the plate well before the ball got to him
Wait - did we have yet ANOTHER player thrown out at home plate? SMH........
Just got home from taking my oldest (15) to meet our local congressman at a neighbors BBQ. Time for the Twins to comeback and win now.
WTF, Blue.
Unfeeling robot ump shows zero compassion and refuses to expand the zone.
He was lined up like a 747 on approach for that ball four call.
Bummer. heh heh
That’s one way to get back at the ump.
That's a big K.
I think Baseball Tonight is showing Abreu's dinger on a loop. I have seen it twice in five minutes.
welp
How often do you see a guy make a nice defensive play then lead off with a HR? THIS TIME.
Like I said....
Oh fer bunt...
Gardy with some Showtime tonight.
This would be a good place for a batter who likes these situations.
Not bad.
C'mon, Sano.
I would settle for fewer dramatic ninth innings and more wins.