Comments on: 2009 Game 81: “First Place” Detroit Tigers at “Soon to be First” Minnesota Twins

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:04:47 +0000

Cuddy salami and Crede for the back-to-back ftw.

By: cheaptoy

cheaptoy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:03:59 +0000

And to Ryan fucking Raburn.....

By: meat

meat — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:03:34 +0000

Game over, season over. /sf

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:03:23 +0000

Okay, the third run hurts.

By: bodly

bodly — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:03:22 +0000

Why the hell is the knuckler throwing his 85 mph fastball 3 pitches in a row?

By: spookymilk

spookymilk — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:03:01 +0000

And on a 1-2 pitch! GAAAHHHH!

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:57 +0000

craptastic.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:45 +0000

The plan was always for Morneau to hit a 3-run HR in the bottom of the inning. The second run doesn't hurt us.

By: cheaptoy

cheaptoy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:42 +0000

I never liked him because his jaw is for freekin square.

By: meat

meat — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:40 +0000

FUCK.

By: spookymilk

spookymilk — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:33 +0000

Oh, STFU.

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:27 +0000

Span - Harris - Iesus - The Mountie??

By: meat

meat — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:03 +0000

But better to load than to give up the hit, right?

By: spookymilk

spookymilk — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:01:59 +0000

Bruised Dickey, on the other hand, is killing us.

By: cheaptoy

cheaptoy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:01:54 +0000

Geez, ya freak...

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:01:52 +0000

Mediocre pitchers usually don't impress.

By: davidwatts

davidwatts — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:01:12 +0000

I never liked Polanco because he always seems to hit Twins pitching really well

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:00:49 +0000

ok, keep it at one run. still a chance for yet another comeback.

By: meat

meat — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:00:43 +0000

Okay. I over reacted.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:00:33 +0000

Harris-Mauer-Morneau due up in the bottom. A coupla bloops 'n' a blast?

By: meat

meat — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:00:15 +0000

S-H-I-T.

By: davidwatts

davidwatts — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:00:05 +0000

I think the wheels are coming off the Twins wagon this inning

By: spookymilk

spookymilk — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:59:58 +0000

Well, Harris/Mauer/Morneau...

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:59:40 +0000

Dickey hasn't exactly impressed tonight.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:59:17 +0000

Tough to load the bases when you don't always know where Dickey's knuckleball is going to go.

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:58:51 +0000

that should be game. damnit.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:58:41 +0000

Polanco really is a great contact hitter.

By: meat

meat — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:58:37 +0000

that was no good.

By: GreekHouse

GreekHouse — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:58:06 +0000

Shouldn't we be walking him?

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57:45 +0000

ruh roh.

By: meat

meat — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57:32 +0000

I smell an IBB here.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57:21 +0000

This is bad. This is very bad.

By: Beau

Beau — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57:15 +0000

dammit

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:56:45 +0000

Told you.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:56:29 +0000

There seems to be a chasm between Harris and Tolbert up the middle.

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:56:20 +0000

oh, good lord. They really ARE sending Baker out to the 'pen.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:55:43 +0000

Yeah, and as the lead-off hitter, I like that he sees a lot of pitches. He's been a fantastic lead-off hitter.

By: GreekHouse

GreekHouse — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:55:14 +0000

Same thing happened during thee 5-set Roddick/Hewitt tennis match the other day.

By: GreekHouse

GreekHouse — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:54:15 +0000

I think that 15 inning game is the longest game I've ever watched. So this might be a personal best for me. Have the Twins had any games longer than this recently?

By: cheaptoy

cheaptoy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:53:21 +0000

Really? I hope they were being intentionally dunderheaded to confuse any scouts watching on tv. I love Span's walking.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:53:07 +0000

They really did run out of commercials. It's like a Stanley Cup game in OT!

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:52:16 +0000

They were talking about the Twins' coaching staff encouraging Span to be more conscious of being aggressive in certain situations and less conscious of the walk.

By: GreekHouse

GreekHouse — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:52 +0000

Lucky 16th!

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:39 +0000

three or four more innings and we can turn the game log back over to Andrew.

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:35 +0000

Yeah, it's amazing. I mean, why would you put a guy like Baker as the last pitcher in a game like this when he so clearly doesn't want to finish the game?

By: cheaptoy

cheaptoy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:25 +0000

Who's changing Span? Steve Phillips isn't hanging around the Twins clubhouse, is he?

By: Beau

Beau — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:24 +0000

lol

By: ubelmann

ubelmann — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:32 +0000

No! Don't change Span! We love him just the way he is!

By: spookymilk

spookymilk — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:00 +0000

Bert's single-game average!

By: brianS

brianS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:49:37 +0000

are you telling me that Baker is looking at the bullpen and he's not even pitching?!