That was awesome to see Hernandez pitch seven solid innings with just 83 pitches. Had it been a little bigger lead, I think we would have went a complete game without a doubt.
Something I didn't mention: It was nice to see Kubel come in an get that hit.
Twins Territory wrote: Sorry for being gone for a bit there
That was an awesome finish. Nathan looked sharp.
Did anybody see that interview with Gomez on FSN? That was pretty cool. He isn't the best with his english at just 22, but I didn't think it was bad.
Carlos did a good job in that interview.
The thing I got about this is that he is thankful to be in the majors and that he is happy to be in Minnesota. You can tell that he is happy about the opportunity.
Tought choice for the Player of the Game. Livan was great, and it was nice to see Gomez start the season the way he did. He "produced" two of those runs with his speed.
Gomez got the edge over Livan in who is more deserving to be a POG, IMO. He get himself on bases and advances by stealing bases so he can get closer to score. Livan did a good job, but struggled in one inning with bases loaded and fortunately retired the inning before damage was being done. Both of them did very well, but I think it goes to Gomez.
Gomez seems like a very grateful kid, I agree. I love to see how hard he works.
Site Notes: This was a great first game thread I thought. If you know some others, let them know. We went five pages so far which was great. Hopefully we can get to 10 by the end of the season Also, if you were reading this, why not sign up and talk with Twins fans as the game happens?
Omega wrote: Gomez got the edge over Livan in who is more deserving to be a POG, IMO. He get himself on bases and advances by stealing bases so he can get closer to score. Livan did a good job, but struggled in one inning with bases loaded and fortunately retired the inning before damage was being done. Both of them did very well, but I think it goes to Gomez.
Good points.
Still if Livan does not give the Twins six good innings or go deep, the Twins lose and we don't talk about Carlos much. We would savage Livan a lot here especially at Rube Chat. Did anyone thought Livan would be great too? I sure didn't. I thought he would do okay enough to put the team in the game, and the Twins would win in a slug fest. Livan did more than what everyone expected out of him. Deep down, the Twins had to had their doubts tonight so that's why I went with Livan.
There is no right or wrong answer, which is why this debate is fun.
Twins Territory wrote: Site Notes: This was a great first game thread I thought. If you know some others, let them know. We went five pages so far which was great. Hopefully we can get to 10 by the end of the season Also, if you were reading this, why not sign up and talk with Twins fans as the game happens?
I am normally game for game threads with the exception of Sundays. I am at Jehovah's Witnesses on Sundays. I work Tuesdays and Thursdays so it will be hard to get on game threads especially if my supervisor is at the building. Thursday afternoon games is my best bet.
