Minnesota Twins

[AndySlash]

ooof. not a good weekend for the local 9.

[UNLTrpt]

woof. thank god those guys are gone.

[Nick@Night]

Twins bullpen during the Houston series:

9 innings pitched
29 hits
28 runs
26 earned runs
10 walks
3 strikeouts
6 home runs

[UNLTrpt]

A triple play and a come from behind victory in the 9th? Yeah. Sure. Makes total sense.

[bustedstuff88]

And the road magic continues....

[Nick@Night]

I love triple plays that go around the horn like the Twins did. I watched that clip a dozen times.

[UNLTrpt]

6-4 on the west coast road trip. Not too bad.

[Nick@Night]

The way it sounds, the Twins aren't going to go with the sexy pick tonight. It's more likely they take Brendan McKay over Hunter Greene. That line of thinking worked last time they had the #1 pick.

[UNLTrpt]

Originally Posted by Nick@Night

The way it sounds, the Twins aren't going to go with the sexy pick tonight. It's more likely they take Brendan McKay over Hunter Greene. That line of thinking worked last time they had the #1 pick.

Mark Prior if memory serves me correctly right?

[Nick@Night]

Originally Posted by UNLTrpt

Mark Prior if memory serves me correctly right?

You are correct, sir.

Twins went for a SS instead of the two names mentioned above. Royce Lewis. Made an offer to McKay, but he declined. Of course he did, it's coming from the Pohlads.

[Nick@Night]

Last night's game was a glorified batting practice. More hits than outs. Nice to know what it's like to be on the other side of a crappy bullpen outing for once.

[42graystreet]

We can all forget about the division and playoffs. I haven't seen a more destructive series in the month of June in my life. 4 games, at home, against your top competition and you lose all 4 games by an aggregate score of 28-8.

Our incomprehensively great record on the road is what's keeping us above water. 14-24 at home is so aggravating. You don't generate buzz and ticket sales by teasing us with great road trips and then laying fucking eggs at Target Field.

Stick a fork in the Twins. The entire pitching staff outside Ervin and Barrios are dead weights.

[Nick@Night]

Originally Posted by 42graystreet

We can all forget about the division and playoffs. I haven't seen a more destructive series in the month of June in my life. 4 games, at home, against your top competition and you lose all 4 games by an aggregate score of 28-8.

Our incomprehensively great record on the road is what's keeping us above water. 14-24 at home is so aggravating. You don't generate buzz and ticket sales by teasing us with great road trips and then laying fucking eggs at Target Field.

Stick a fork in the Twins. The entire pitching staff outside Ervin and Barrios are dead weights.

This pitching staff is full-blown AIDS on roller skates. I stayed downtown after work on Friday for dinner and drinks, and decided to head home about 9-ish. On the way to the parking ramp near TF, I encountered people already leaving the stadium in droves.

[Lee3691]

Great series. Good luck. Season is not over for you. Indians are still playing inconsistent.

[Nick@Night]

If there's a reason to go and actually watch this team at TF, it's to see Sano and Vargas smash the life out of baseballs. That tater by Vargas last night was beastly.

[AndySlash]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Great series. Good luck. Season is not over for you. Indians are still playing inconsistent.

i guess so

[42graystreet]

Originally Posted by AndySlash

i guess so

Hahaha. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[42graystreet]

Originally Posted by 42graystreet

We can all forget about the division and playoffs. I haven't seen a more destructive series in the month of June in my life. 4 games, at home, against your top competition and you lose all 4 games by an aggregate score of 28-8.

Our incomprehensively great record on the road is what's keeping us above water. 14-24 at home is so aggravating. You don't generate buzz and ticket sales by teasing us with great road trips and then laying fucking eggs at Target Field.

Stick a fork in the Twins. The entire pitching staff outside Ervin and Barrios are dead weights.

This rant is exactly 1 week old. Between then and now we went 5-1 and swept Cleveland to take back 1st place.

[Nick@Night]

They need to board up TF, play this clip on loop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwVpSBKzQYo), and have them on the road until September.

[Nick@Night]

What kind of chance do you give Sano in the HR derby tonight?

[42graystreet]

Had no clue he was even in it.

15%

[Nick@Night]

Decent showing last night for Sano. Even in derbies, Twins can't beat Yankees.

[UNLTrpt]

Bartolo "Big Sexy" Colon with a complete game.

What a time to be alive.

[42graystreet]

RIP Don Baylor.

Only played about 20 games for the Twins in 1987 but he hit .389 in that post-season and a huge, game-tying HR in the do-or-die Game 6.

[AndySlash]

a walk off hbp to sweep the white sox and hold the first wild card spot. amazing. edit: last twins walk off hbp was in 1996, and the player hit was paul molitor.

they have the same record right now as they did at this point in 1987.

[UNLTrpt]

Originally Posted by AndySlash

a walk off hbp to sweep the white sox and hold the first wild card spot. amazing. edit: last twins walk off hbp was in 1996, and the player hit was paul molitor.

they have the same record right now as they did at this point in 1987.

technically the 2nd wild card spot, .5 behind the yankees as of right now. If the pinstripes lose tonight then we'll be tied.

I was gonna top this thread today after the game.

We are gonna play meaningful baseball in September boys!

[AndySlash]

facts, who needs 'em

[Nick@Night]

Crazy there are 7 teams right now in contention for the second WC spot. Yankees have a firm hold on the first spot, up 2.5 games on the Twins. They are playing Baltimore this afternoon, and winning soundly, so that will help if the Twins can win tonight against KC, sending two of those teams below them backwards, while keeping pace with the Yankees.

Twins
LA .5 GB
Baltimore 1 GB
Texas 2 GB
KC 2.5 GB
TB 3 GB
Seattle 3.5 GB

[42graystreet]

That was a massive 9th inning comeback last night. Full game lead on Angels.

[42graystreet]

2.0 games lead for the 2nd wild card spot.

It's happening. Maybe.