Twins (Festa) vs Red Sox (Fitts): 9/20/24, 7:10pm

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Better send Duran here

Good call (by a hair). 😀

[FredLynn]

Devers is helping the team by sucking, though he doesn’t understand it

[FredLynn]

Seems like “ Fitts” should be only part of his name. Where’s the rest of it? Should add “”Patrick” or “Gerald” or something.

Only us diehards left here on the forum. Everyone else-just fair weather fans 😉

[FredLynn]

Fitznothing gets out of it. The flops are in danger of winning this game.

[FredLynn]

Fitznothing gets out of it. The flops are in danger of winning this game.

[FredLynn]

Festa-isn’t that something a wound does if it’s not properly attended to?

[FredLynn]

Hate rooms with echoes. Let everyone note that Fred was the last man standing!

Outta here

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sorry. I fell asleep. If you can stay awake watching a SOX game, you may be an insomniac.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I took a N0-DOZE to finish watching the SOX offense. But, like I posted yesterday, these two teams are equally matched and that's not a compliment.

[ashbury]

29 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Hate rooms with echoes. Let everyone note that Fred was the last man standing!

Outta here

Sorry man. I was getting the echo effect too, and held off for a while (dinner time in the Pacific time zone).  Now I'm back and you're gone.  Maybe another time.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

12 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I took a N0-DOZE to finish watching the SOX offense. But, like I posted yesterday, these two teams are equally matched and that's not a compliment.

Btw, when I posted 'SOX offense,' that qualifies as an oxymoron.

[iortiz]

Wonder why Valdez is still making the team. He’s literally useless in every aspect of the game.

[ashbury]

40 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Festa-isn’t that something a wound does if it’s not properly attended to?

"That's a wicked festah ya got there, son."

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, iortiz said:

Wonder why Valdez is still making the team. He’s literally useless in every aspect of the game.

He swings hard and may accidently hit the ball. Similar to most of the team lately.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

SOX runner on 2nd with no outs. That's not good.

[ashbury]

The umpire hasn't been a model of consistency on balls and strikes, but in fairness both starting pitchers worked the top and bottom of the strike zone very effectively, ditto some of the relievers, giving blue a lot of close decisions to make.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

18 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

SOX runner on 2nd with no outs. That's not good.

The SocK's just Kan't maKe KontaKt. Sorry for all the K's.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, ashbury said:

The umpire hasn't been a model of consistency on balls and strikes, but in fairness both starting pitchers worked the top and bottom of the strike zone very effectively, ditto some of the relievers, giving blue a lot of close decisions to make.

The chUMPS do Konsistently SucK.

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The SocK's just Kan't maKe KontaKe. Sorry for all the K's.

Cole Sands is a converted starter whose fastball has played way up as a reliever.  He's one of the few pleasant surprises for Twins fans this season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The chUMPS do Konsistently SucK.

Long live The KinKs.

[ashbury]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The chUMPS do Konsistently SucK.

Is there a consensus here about the prospect of an automated strikezone?  Me, I look forward to it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Is there a consensus here about the prospect of an automated strikezone?  Me, I look forward to it.

I don't know about any consensus, but i wouldn't be against it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

"SOX in business." Yeah, just like Sears.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hitting the SOX best contact hitter was probably a good idea.

[ashbury]

Jhoan Duran in the 8th is kind of a novelty for the Twins this season.  He's pretty reliable in the 9th but has been uber-shaky in the 8th for some reason.  Twins dodged a serious bullet this time.

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Hitting the SOX best contact hitter was probably a good idea.

If Duran had the command to pinpoint the pitch to hit a batter's toe, he shouldn't waste his talents hitting guys' toes.  😀  He's just what you call "effectively wild" sometimes.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Jhoan Duran in the 8th is kind of a novelty for the Twins this season.  He's pretty reliable in the 9th but has been uber-shaky in the 8th for some reason.  Twins dodged a serious bullet this time.

Nah, with this SOX offense, the Twins only dodged a rubber bullet.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

If Duran had the command to pinpoint the pitch to hit a batter's toe, he shouldn't waste his talents hitting guys' toes.  😀  He's just what you call "effectively wild" sometimes.

The Twins manager with a RH pitcher on the mound should have IW Masa. Maybe he fell asleep like I did earlier.

[ashbury]

Textbook stretch at 1B by Casas for the putout.

[ashbury]

Henriquez has been, shall we say, inconsistent.  A walkoff is a pretty strong possibility now. 

Game plan of course was for Duran to deal with the middle of the lineup 1-2-3.  Instead the lesser reliever faces the top of the order.  Duran didn't quite do the job as planned and now we face the consequences.