Twins (Ober) vs Brewers (Miley): 8/22/23, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Twins are in town! Ober is a deceptively good pitcher who relies heavily on his gargantuan frame to throw pitches that look faster than they actually are.

But the Brewers have the distinct advantage tonight, as they're putting a pitcher on the mound who throws with Satan's hand. The Twins are feckless idiots against lefties and someone as good as Miley (when healthy) should be able to manage this lineup for several innings.

[treego14]

[wiguy94]

32 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The Twins are in town! Ober is a deceptively good pitcher who relies heavily on his gargantuan frame to throw pitches that look faster than they actually are.

But the Brewers have the distinct advantage tonight, as they're putting a pitcher on the mound who throws with Satan's hand. The Twins are feckless idiots against lefties and someone as good as Miley (when healthy) should be able to manage this lineup for several innings.

Wow this made me look at team splits vs LHP and the Brewers are all the way at 19th with a 94 wRC+ vs LHP. I didn’t even realize we were hitting LHP better than RHP this season.

[Brock Beauchamp]

13 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Wow this made me look at team splits vs LHP and the Brewers are all the way at 19th with a 94 wRC+ vs LHP. I didn’t even realize we were hitting LHP better than RHP this season.

Yeah, the Brewers have been trending upward against LHP for quite some time now.

The Twins uh... have not.

[Brock Beauchamp]

It should also be noted that Ober is well above and beyond his previous high in innings and *may* be in a bit of a dead arm phase right now. It's hard to predict what to expect from him right now, whereas earlier in the season he was a rock-solid #2 pitcher.

[RobertCrawley]

Miley will not be happy about that last start. I expect a really good game from him tonight.

[dlk9s]

Brock should recuse himself for this series.

[wibadgers23]

I’m not sure what our overall record is against the Twins the past 20 years or so but it can’t be great. Never like playing these guys.

[willie key]

This will be an interesting week.    Two teams that are decent.   Kind of like a crapshoot with us.    You just never know what team you are going to get 

[Jake McKibbin]

This'll be interesting.. I did wonder if with all the off days the Brewers may have tried to line up Burnes, Woody and Freddy for the Cubs series but doesn't look like that's happening 

[homer]

Milverine is throwing out the first pitch.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, dlk9s said:

Brock should recuse himself for this series.

I just hope both teams have fun!

Seriously though, I don't have a strong rooting interest in either direction. Both the Twins and Brewers are in similar positions - the Brewers in a slightly weaker position due to the ALC being a trash fire - and mostly, I don't want to see the Twins win both games. A split is good and the Brewers winning both won't seriously damage the Twins' position.

[edfunderburk]

3 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The Twins are in town! Ober is a deceptively good pitcher who relies heavily on his gargantuan frame to throw pitches that look faster than they actually are.

But the Brewers have the distinct advantage tonight, as they're putting a pitcher on the mound who throws with Satan's hand. The Twins are feckless idiots against lefties and someone as good as Miley (when healthy) should be able to manage this lineup for several innings.

Hey Brock - Who are you pulling for in these two games … Brewers OR Twins?

[Brock Beauchamp]

17 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Hey Brock - Who are you pulling for in these two games … Brewers OR Twins?

I'm leaning more toward the Brewers in this particular series because they need it more, which I kinda implied in the previous post.

But all things being equal, I'm more interested in seeing competitive games than one team to win.

[CheezWizHed]

A Twins sweep is more likely.  Doesn't seem to matter... we don't play the Twins well. 9-13 vs the Twins the last 5 years... 😟

[markedman5]

Twins a slight favorite at this moment……..interesting

[edfunderburk]

1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm leaning more toward the Brewers in this particular series because they need it more, which I kinda implied in the previous post.

But all things being equal, I'm more interested in seeing competitive games than one team to win.

“kinda implied”

“I'm more interested in seeing competitive games than one team to win”

… a truly GRAY answer to a BLACK & WHITE question 🤓

[edfunderburk]

3 hours ago, dlk9s said:

Brock should recuse himself for this series.

No way … choose a team

#Go Brew Crew 

[edfunderburk]

I keep waiting for Milwaukee go on a lengthy winning streak … it seems all “good teams” have a streak or two over the course of 162 games … now would be an ideal time for Milwaukee to get red-hot 

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

“kinda implied”

“I'm more interested in seeing competitive games than one team to win”

… a truly GRAY answer to a BLACK & WHITE question 🤓

It's contextual. If the Twins were one game up on the Guardians, I'd lean toward them. But the current situation has the Brewers in the more vulnerable position so I'm leaning in their direction.

In the end, I want both teams to win their division and advance in the postseason.

If it got to the World Series? Well, that's tricky. I'm far more financially invested in the Twins' success (Twins Daily is several magnitude larger than Brewer Fanatic) but the Brewers have never won a World series so that'd be a whole different level of fun.

[Outlander]

Getting tired of these two game series with the Twins but the Brewers likely return the favor from earlier in the year and win both.

[TURBO]

56 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

It's contextual. If the Twins were one game up on the Guardians, I'd lean toward them. But the current situation has the Brewers in the more vulnerable position so I'm leaning in their direction.

In the end, I want both teams to win their division and advance in the postseason.

If it got to the World Series? Well, that's tricky. I'm far more financially invested in the Twins' success (Twins Daily is several magnitude larger than Brewer Fanatic) but the Brewers have never won a World series so that'd be a whole different level of fun.

Basing fandom on "financially invested" doesn't compute with me.

I can not have more than one favorite team in any sport.  Just makes no sense to me.  I see people all the time saying they are fans of more than one team, but that just isn't possible.  Its BREWERS or die!  I hate everyone else!

[sveumrules]

3 hours ago, homer said:

Milverine is throwing out the first pitch.

Are they going to make him put a shirt on? Will Freeway be catching the pitch?

[homer]

1 minute ago, sveumrules said:

Are they going to make him put a shirt on? Will Freeway be catching the pitch?

Will his dog be with him? Is he walking to the stadium? So many questions...

[homer]

3 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Are they going to make him put a shirt on? Will Freeway be catching the pitch?

Also have you seen this? Should be in the Louvre: