Twins (Lopez/Matthews) vs Red Sox (Pivetta/Crawford): 9/22/24, 12:35pm/5:35pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[ashbury]

Twins fan here. I had a good time last night watching the game with SplendidSplinter, and I'm up for another one today in the game thread if others want to join in the conversation.  Weird game last night, but that's baseball and today's game will no doubt have a different rhythm.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

40 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Twins fan here. I had a good time last night watching the game with SplendidSplinter, and I'm up for another one today in the game thread if others want to join in the conversation.  Weird game last night, but that's baseball and today's game will no doubt have a different rhythm.

Are you sure? We are the Sultans of Swing... AND MISS!!!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Are you sure? We are the Sultans of Swing... AND MISS!!!

Yes, the SOX are definitely in Dire Straits.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Here's today's line-up sponsored by Kellogg's Special K.

Duran

Romy

Masa

Story

Casas

Grissom

Abreu

Jansen

Rafaela

 

Don't be concerned that Story's batting 4th. I doubt there will be anything to clean-up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Today's question:

Which SOX batter(s) do you think will earn a Golden Sombrero today?

Winner(s) will receive 2 tickets to the next Milli Vanilli concert.

[vegasbob]

Looks like it is farewell to Raffy Devers , finally capitulated to his injured shoulders . See you in ST 

Also farewell to Rob Refsnyder who contributed a season valued beyond his low cost.  A professional ballplayer in all aspects .  Will he come back for 1 more. let Rob and family think about it.   If he doesn't that is one more RH bat that Brez neeeds to find.   Hope Ref returns.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

29 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Today's question:

Which SOX batter(s) do you think will earn a Golden Sombrero today?

Winner(s) will receive 2 tickets to the next Milli Vanilli concert.

Before posting your answer, keep in mind there's a good chance half this line-up won't even get 4 at bats.

[vegasbob]

Too many candidates , especially with Raffy out and O'Neill not in the lineup.

But my vote goes to the Ironman --Vaughn Grissom , a player whose mere presence is a rare achievement.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Looks like it is farewell to Raffy Devers , finally capitulated to his injured shoulders . See you in ST 

Also farewell to Rob Refsnyder who contributed a season valued beyond his low cost.  A professional ballplayer in all aspects .  Will he come back for 1 more. let Rob and family think about it.   If he doesn't that is one more RH bat that Brez neeeds to find.   Hope Ref returns.

I, also, hope REF returns for next season. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Too many candidates , especially with Raffy out and O'Neill not in the lineup.

But my vote goes to the Ironman --Vaughn Grissom , a player whose mere presence is a rare achievement.

Actually, if Devers and O'Neill were in today's line-up, it would have made the question easier.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

10 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Too many candidates , especially with Raffy out and O'Neill not in the lineup.

But my vote goes to the Ironman --Vaughn Grissom , a player whose mere presence is a rare achievement.

So what are you saying? You believe obtaining Grissom and eating 17 mil was a bad trade?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

So what are you saying? You believe obtaining Grissom and eating 17 mil was a bad trade?

I mean Sale's not exactly blowing the minds of Atlanta fans. What's that? Ah, nevermind.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

JH has ordered Breslow to go after players during the offseason with a history of injuries because they're less expensive.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

48 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

JH has ordered Breslow to go after players during the offseason with a history of injuries because they're less expensive.

Maybe Trout would be that much needed RH bat the SOX are looking for.

[ashbury]

3 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Are you sure? We are the Sultans of Swing... AND MISS!!!

You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park, but meantime
South of the river, you stop and you hold everything
Two teams are blowing ballgames, nearly every time, but
You'll feel alright when you hear Sweet Caroline ring.

A story of two struggling teams on a rainy day, and Fenway's a short walk from the Charles, LOL.

Oh, and I just ran across this:

[ashbury]

17 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

JH has ordered Breslow to go after players during the offseaon with a history of injuries because they're less expensive.

He'll find that the Twins FO is busy bidding up all the same players.  Lose-lose in the free (agent) market.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

38 minutes ago, ashbury said:

You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park, but meantime
South of the river, you stop and you hold everything
Two teams are blowing ballgames, nearly every time, but
You'll feel alright when you hear Sweet Caroline ring.

A story of two struggling teams on a rainy day, and Fenway's a short walk from the Charles, LOL.

Oh, and I just ran across this:

The Insultans of Swing.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

14 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The Insultans of Swing.

Speaking of the river Charles, the Standells aren't receiving much royalties because of the SOX poor record at home this season.

[vegasbob]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

So what are you saying? You believe obtaining Grissom and eating 17 mil was a bad trade?

Eating Grissom and obtaining $17 million would have been a better deal

[mvp 78]

How long is the delay for?

[mvp 78]

 

[ashbury]

Looks like the umpires threw in the (rain soaked) towel.  Game is now listed as postponed.

Should be fun playing a double header with two already-depleted bullpens.  See you tomorrow.

[moonslav59]

Maybe we have a better chance at winning one game in a doubleheader than over 2 days.

[vegasbob]

Best way to start a 10 game win streak is with a DH !    Oh wait.....

[Brock Beauchamp]

Huh. Never even occurred to me that blocking a bag could be implemented in this way.

And Cora is gone...

[ashbury]

Twins unable to capitalize on baserunners.  As expected.

[ashbury]

Welp.  Dink and doink and then a bomb.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A perfect example of when a player swings hard and actually makes contact.

[gojohn99]

Even Cora doesn't want to watch this one!