4/14/24 1:40 PM Twins @ Tigers

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

Really hard to like this team...even a win today will leave me moderately pissed

Exactly. Ugly at bats for 3 straight games. And we should be happy they won a game they will lose 99 times out of 100?

[casimir]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

split with the predicted division winner. Disappointing given they should have won one yesterday, but not a complete disaster. 

In the macro, take the odd numbered of games series, split the even numbered of games series.  That’ll get a team into the playoffs.

[casimir]

5 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Just got back from vacation, havent watched the Tigers all week then as soon as I turn on the TV Javy hits a HR. Must be a sign I need to go on vacation more often. 

Pass the hat.

[romad1]

Needed that for sure.

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Just got back from vacation, havent watched the Tigers all week then as soon as I turn on the TV Javy hits a HR. Must be a sign I need to go on vacation more often. 

Don't go at all. Abandon our team? 😅

[casimir]

13 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

now Foley can't throw strikes? What else?

Foley’s struggles are a normal day for Lange.

[Sports_Freak]

3 minutes ago, casimir said:

In the macro, take the odd numbered of games series, split the even numbered of games series.  That’ll get a team into the playoffs.

4 against Texas next. Hoping for another split.

[mtutiger]

Feels like their biggest win of the year, and unlike the one in Pittsburgh, it feels like they actually instigated the comeback.

[Sports_Freak]

3 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Feels like their biggest win of the year, and unlike the one in Pittsburgh, it feels like they actually instigated the comeback.

Yeah, well placed ground balls. Right at the Twins left side of the infield.

[lordstanley]

This makes up for coughing up yesterday's Game 1. So both teams in this series let one get away. Given that, a 4-game split seems fair.

[lordstanley]

1 hour ago, Toddwert said:

I'm so happy he isnt doing these games... we've suffered enough

He is destroying the radio broadcasts though. That, and the loud canned cheering during commercial breaks on the At Bat app, makes the experience significantly worse than past years. 

[Sports_Freak]

I thought Meadows got a hit? Box score says 0 for 2.

[mtutiger]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Yeah, well placed ground balls. Right at the Twins left side of the infield.

That's baseball...

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, mtutiger said:

That's baseball...

If Correa woulda been out there that comeback may not have happened.

[Toddwert]

problems solved on to the world series

[mtutiger]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

If Correa woulda been out there that comeback may not have happened.

Maybe, maybe not... sometimes you BABIP, or you get BABIPed. Thats the sport.

Either way, Javy and Tork showed a little bit in their finals ABs imo. Javy for showing a little power, Tork for actually displaying some situational awareness for a change.. Nothing wrong with being happy about that 

Edited April 14, 2024 by mtutiger

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Maybe, maybe not... sometimes you get BABIP, or you get BABIPed. Thats the sport.

Either way, Javy and Tork showed a little bit in their finals ABs imo. Javy for showing a little power, Tork for actually displaying some situational awareness for a change.. Nothing wrong with being happy about that 

Yeah, Tork, a dead pull hitter just blooping a hit to RF. It was actually a very good piece of hitting. Well done. But the Twins defense handed us the game, Canha's 2 run hit was a missed DP.

[mtutiger]

I'll never understand being angry after a win, I'll leave it at that 

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

I'll never understand being angry after a win, I'll leave it at that 

Who's angry? I'm just not that impressed at our offense. We held them with our pitching which allowed us to squeak out a win.

[1984Echoes]

15 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

... Canha's 2 run hit was a missed DP.

Baseball karma for Maeda blowing an easy DP yesterday. And also for McKinstry blowing an easy grounder that went right under his glove.

The baseball gods give, and they take away.

I'll take the weekend split.

[Sports_Freak]

9 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Baseball karma for Maeda blowing an easy DP yesterday. And also for McKinstry blowing an easy grounder that went right under his glove.

The baseball gods give, and they take away.

I'll take the weekend split.

Yeah, at the end of the season, they only count the victories, not how they were won. We do need to clean up our at bat approach though. Can't count on getting this lucky too many times. Our pitching and defense looks pretty good, for the most part.

[mtutiger]

31 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Who's angry? I'm just not that impressed at our offense. We held them with our pitching which allowed us to squeak out a win.

The offense isn't good, but there were positives today. And they did earn the win, full stop.

[mtutiger]

29 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Baseball karma for Maeda blowing an easy DP yesterday. And also for McKinstry blowing an easy grounder that went right under his glove.

The baseball gods give, and they take away.

I'll take the weekend split.

And even after the blown play, they still had to go and get the winning run in... 

Capitalizing on mistakes.... believe it or not, the good teams win games like these too.

[IdahoBert]

I didn’t watch this game, but my understanding is that the Baez homer came on a ball that was actually in the strike zone. I like this “one weird trick” of swinging at balls in the strike zone. Even if it’s something casinos want to stop you from doing, but can’t. 

[1776]

Tigers facing Michael Lorenzen tomorrow.