IGT July 29, Mets vs Twins - Bouncing back

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Minnesota Twins, 58-46. The team is in second place in the AL Central, 4.5 games back and holders of the second wild card spot.



Tonight we get former Mets prospect Simeon Woods-Richardson, 3-1, 3.27 ERA, against Jose Quintana, 5-6, 4.02 ERA.



Twins are good. They have nice new uniforms. Some of their players have been rolling their pants up above the knee, which I don't get. I've actually seen then in person twice this year, first in Arizona and then on Saturday against the Tigers. They lost both. Carlos Correa and his questionable ankle finally gets to play at Citi.



Picking Prince as our musical representative of the Twin Cities would be too obvious. We get the Replacements. I like this song a lot. I tried to get into the Replacements once. But this is the only song I ended up really liking.



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Splitting with the Braves was disappointing after winning the first two. But if we had won, say, the first and last games instead of the first two, people would be happier.

[ashie62]

Former Mets signing Simeon Woods-Richardson takes the Hill for the Twins



He has been traded for Marcus Stroman and Jose Berrios in his career



The Twins recently promoted IF Brooks Lee. Many believe he can become a special player



By the numbers the Mets are 3 1/2 back of the Twins

[kcmets]

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=164486 time=1722254241 user_id=119]Tonight we get former Mets prospect Simeon Woods-Richardson,

[MFS62]

Tonight we get former Mets prospect Simeon Woods-Richardson, Former Mets signing Simeon Woods-Richardson takes the Hill for the Twins Who's pitching for Minnesota this evening?

I'll take a wild guess and say "Simeon Woods-Richardson" .



Later

[kcmets]

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Manuel Margot ® DH

Byron Buxton ® CF

Royce Lewis ® 3B

Carlos Santana (S) 1B

Willi Castro (S) 2B

Austin Martin ® LF

Ryan Jeffers ® C

Max Kepler (L) RF

Brooks Lee (S) SS



Simeon Woods Richardson (RH) P

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Francisco Lindor (S) SS

Brandon Nimmo (L) LF

J.D. Martinez ® DH

Pete Alonso ® 1B

Jesse Winker (L) RF

Mark Vientos ® 3B

Jeff McNeil (L) 2B

Luis Torrens ® C

Harrison Bader ® CF



Jose Quintana (LH) P

[Edgy MD]

It's missing an Álvarez factor, but that's a good lineup. If Henry Winkler can hold down that Number Five spot, we might have a sturdy cast.

[ashie62]

These are very important games



The Mets could go from wild card 1 to looking in from the outside in a blink



LGM

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: It's missing an Álvarez factor, but that's a good lineup. If Henry Winkler can hold down that Number Five spot, we might have a sturdy cast.

I read (SNY?) that Alvarez is nursing a sore shoulder (didn't say which one) and they're going to reduce his workload for a while.

Later

[ashie62]

Winker with ducks on



Grounds out

[Frayed Knot]

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Austin Martin ® LF

[Edgy MD]

It's raining sheep and oxen here in Baltimore. All the rain we haven''t had in the last eight weeks is coming down at once.

[Edgy MD]

What's with this new insignia the Twins are rocking? Are they the North Stars, now?

[ashie62]

It looks like the Marlins to me



Wake up Mets

[metirish]

I'm falling asleep

[Edgy MD]

They hit most everything hard the last inning.



The softest hits were the ones that dropped in.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

It's not too late to become a seller

[ashie62]

[bIGPURPLE] ALONSO BOOM 22[/bIGPURPLE]

[Edgy MD]

Good for Gary noticing Simeon's missing hyphen. I was wondering the same thing.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Winker is slim up there, a little like Naquin

[Edgy MD]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: It's not too late to become a seller

Jeff McNeil would like you to become a seller. Of yourself. On Queens Boulevard.

[ashie62]

Torrens power

[Frayed Knot]

It's Bugs Bunny bat-around!

[Frayed Knot]

They didn't exactly knock the cover off the ball that inning (except for Pete) but they made consistent contact and kept the line moving.

[Fman99]

Great inning, not just the clutch hits, but also the two productive outs by Nimmo + Martinez. That's what winning teams do.

[Fman99]

=ashie62 post_id=164564 time=1722296936 user_id=90]
It looks like the Marlins to me

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

The Marlins wished they looked this good.



I kinda like the Twins new uniforms, especially the Twin Cities alt set. The City Connect cap is really cool. The rest of the CC uniform is a little too busy.



Here's an article about the whole set: https://uni-watch.com/2022/11/18/minnesota-twins-unveil-new-uniform-set-for-2023/https://uni-watch.com/2022/11/18/minnesota-twins-unveil-new-uniform-set-for-2023/



I went to see a game a few years back at Target Field and loved it. I adopted the Twins as my American League team. Sorry Tigers.

[Edgy MD]

The problem is that interwoven, two-tone [FIMG=15]https://s.yimg.com/it/api/res/1.2/OpnaYQMuBnlNMOapaOz0yg--~A/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7dz0xMjAwO2g9NjMwO3E9MTAw/https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/mlb/20230410/500x500/minnesota-twins_wbg.png[/FIMG] is pretty much the most inscrutable-and-yet-beguiling hat display in the game. Kids everywhere have become smarter and better people asking questions and learning answers about that insignia.



Meanwhile, Quintana has me wanting to join Q-Anon. Where do I sign up?

[Edgy MD]

"If he left that one over the plate, it would have become a ... Vinny Bomberino." — Keith, with a new name for a homerun

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Edgy MD wrote: The problem is that interwoven, two-tone [FIMG=15]https://s.yimg.com/it/api/res/1.2/OpnaYQMuBnlNMOapaOz0yg--~A/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7dz0xMjAwO2g9NjMwO3E9MTAw/https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/mlb/20230410/500x500/minnesota-twins_wbg.png[/FIMG] is pretty much the most inscrutable-and-yet-beguiling hat display in the game. Kids everywhere have become smarter and better people asking questions and learning answers about that insignia.

The interlocking TC is really cool. They kept it for the home and Twin Cities uniforms with slight modifications.

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: It's Bugs Bunny bat-around!

And now another!!

A two BBB game.