2023 WC Round Game/Discussion Thread

[LogansDad]

Just acquainting myself with the kid Royce Lewis:The Twins' rookie sensation went on the injured list Sept. 20. Lewis is batting .309 with 15 home runs and 52 RBIs in just 58 games after also missing the beginning of the season while recovering from knee surgery and then sitting out with a strained oblique.

He's a spectacular talent, but has been seriously injury plagued.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

How many of you guys have switched over to TOR/MIN? Too bad we have KayRod.

I am enjoying the Rays' downfall, for now. Plenty of time for Kaymania later.

 

[DamageTrain]

It's a pleasure to hear Sean McDonough and to see the odds of future postseason games at the Trop be diminished at the same time.

 

[LogansDad]

Too much to ask for Chapman to let up 3 runs.

 

[trekfan55]

Aroldis Chapman with a 123 inning after being... Not good in 2023

 

[InsideTheParker]

Royce Lewis just hit another homer! Which is good, b/c he can't run.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Gausman tipping his splitter?

 

[VORP Speed]

Pathetic

 

[InsideTheParker]

Pathetic

Who? What game?
Great recovery by the Twins (Correa) to get the out at home after the ball was bobbled by the 3bman.

 

[simplicio]

Gausman tipping his splitter?

It's looking good this inning.

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

Just under 20K in attendance in St Pete.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Michael Kay has been more than tolerable. Gave interesting info about Lopez, MN pitcher. Speaks 4 languages, got into college at age 16, decided to stick with baseball, figuring he would still have time to go to med school after his baseball career, but clearly not vice versa.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Questionable pull by Schneider.

 

[Ale Xander]

Damn nice catch Taylor

 

[jon abbey]

Sweet catch by Taylor.

 

[shawnrbu]

Kirby Puckett was a great guy.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Is this a new gig for Michael Kay? I don't remember him doing playoffs before.

Given the Twins' record against the Yankees in the playoffs, I would think they might object to have a Yankees' adjacent guy in their building.

 

[simplicio]

Just under 20K in attendance in St Pete.

Apparently the lowest postseason attendance since 1919? Holy shit.

 

[shawnrbu]

KayRod called the Phillies/Cardinals series last year.

 

[shawnrbu]

3 outs away from ending The Streak.

 

[teddywingman]

I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but these Twins unis are sweet.

 

[Ale Xander]

I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but these Twins unis are sweet.

I disagree
Too much lack of color

 

[teddywingman]

I disagree
Too much lack of color

I like the subtlety and the cream colored buttons.

The Jays uniforms are pretty good too. The numbers so 1988.

 

[tims4wins]

I disagree
Too much lack of color

Ha you hate the Bengals all whites too

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

Apparently the lowest postseason attendance since 1919? Holy shit.

Ahh, the good old days of the Black Sox scandal.

 

[Ale Xander]

Twins had the worst playoff AL record, right?

This seems like unfair seeding

 

[joe dokes]

I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but these Twins unis are sweet.

I didn't even realize it was the Twins at 1st sight.. So fail.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

The Jays uniforms are pretty good too. The numbers so 1988.

Every time I look at them, I think "oh, the blue jays are having a baby boy!" They are like a 9-man baby gender reveal.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Tim McCarver fucking hates that walk.

 

[Ale Xander]

Twins win one

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/SteveGilbertMLB/status/1709343757580087568

 

[joe dokes]

Tim McCarver fucking hates that walk.

I thought he'd love it. It's a good as a homer.

Good for the Twins.

 

[shawnrbu]

“18 is enough.”

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Not holding the runner in a two run game pays off! That was in the hole.

 

[Ale Xander]

“18 is enough.”

If only W …

Never mind, too facile

 

[tims4wins]

Jays should have borrowed MFY unis

Edit still time

 

[joe dokes]

Not holding the runner in a two run game pays off! That was in the hole.

The ghost of Chuck Dressen weeps from 1951.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_Heard_'Round_the_World_(baseball)

Giants shortstop Alvin Dark singled off Newcombe to start the bottom-ninth rally. At that point, the Dodgers made a crucial defensive mistake: With no outs, a runner on first, and a three-run lead, the normal strategy would be to position the infield for a possible double play; but first baseman Gil Hodges played behind Dark — apparently guarding against a highly unlikely steal attempt — leaving a large gap on the right side of the infield.[9] Don Mueller, batting left-handed, hit a single through that gap, advancing Dark from first to third. Instead of a rally-killing double play, the Dodgers found themselves facing the potential tying run at the plate with two runners on base, nobody out, and Irvin, with 121 regular-season RBIs, at bat; but Newcombe got Irvin to chase an outside pitch and foul out to Hodges.[9] (Sportswriter Bud Greenspan and others have argued that, had the Dodger infield played Mueller at double-play depth, Irvin's pop-up would in all likelihood have been the season-ending third out.[20])

 

[Ale Xander]

Bad out by Canha

 

[pk1627]

Just under 20K in attendance in St Pete.

The owners aren’t going to like this and will surely fire Chaim

 

[strek1]

Wow. First Twins post season win since 2004.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

The last time the Twins won a playoff game, we were worrying about Schilling’s ankle injury after the Angels game before it.

 

[brandonchristensen]

I only just realized that it's not a one-game Wild Card game.

 

[Vandalman]

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

The ghost of Chuck Dressen weeps from 1951.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_Heard_'Round_the_World_(baseball)

Interesting. Nice pull.

In the Twins game, there was no chance of a double play, obviously, because there were two outs.

Still, as in the game you mention, there really was no reason to hold the runner. Or was there? Famously, Tim McCarver thought the Red Sox were making a mistake by holding Colton Wong on first base with two out and a two-run lead.

 

[Ale Xander]

This Carroll dude is pretty good, huh?

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Corbin Carroll is Him.

 

[bosox188]

Hoskins out to throw the first pitch for the Phillies, that's awesome.

 

[Ale Xander]

Back to back wow

Burned

 

[Remagellan]

Not sure if this is a factor but it’s surprisingly hot there today and they don’t have a roof

It's insane that they don't have at least a retractable roof on that stadium.

 

[Remagellan]

Just under 20K in attendance in St Pete.

That fanbase is a disgrace. Move it to Montreal, Brooklyn, or North Jersey.