Friday, June 30: Orioles vs Twins with Floppy Hats, Smog, and Shaq

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:   73 degrees, scattered thundershowers;  once rain is through, haze should be lessened

Promotion:   Floppy Hat giveaway, post game performance by DJ Diesel

Roster Move:  Nick Vespi recalled from Norfolk;  Keegan Akin placed on the 15 day IL with a totally real, not-made-up, back injury

Matchup:  Pablo Lopez (R) vs Dean Kremer (R)

Lineups

1. Carlos Correa (R) SS

2. Edouard Julien (L) 2B

3. Byron Buxton (R) DH

4. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B

5. Royce Lewis (R) 3B

6. Max Kepler (L) RF

7. Ryan Jeffers (R) C

8. Willi Castro (S) CF

9. Joey Gallo (L) LF

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Adley Rutschman (S) DH

3. Anthony Santander (S) RF

4. Ryan O'Hearn (L) 1B

5. Austin Hays (R) LF

6. Gunnar Henderson (L) SS

7. Ramon Urias (R) 3B

8. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

9. Anthony Bemboom (L) C

Orioles Bench
Aaron Hicks (L)
Jorge Mateo (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Jordan Westburg (R)

 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Bryan Baker  1.0 IP, 23p Tuesday;  1.0 IP, 11p Monday 
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 22p Wednesady
Yennier Cano  1.1 IP, 21p Wednesday
Danny Coulombe  (L)  1.0 IP, 14p Wednesday
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 16p Tuesday, 1.0 IP, 17p Monday
Nick Vespi (L)  3.0 IP, 35p last Saturday

Probably Available
Mike Baumann  1.0 IP, 23p Wednesday;  .0 IP, 24p Monday  
Bruce Zimmermann (L)  0.1 IP, 3p Wednesday;  3.0 41p Monday

[ShoelesJoe]

Delayed? 

[murph]

22 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

Delayed? 

Yes.   And in case you missed it the last THREE times they played it.   Masn is playing the Keegan Akin vs Braves  covid season “classic” again during the delay.     
 

it’s almost comical now.   Almost. 

Edited June 30, 2023 by murph

[dtk9119]

The same frigging "classic" game again? Can't someone just press a button and select a different game??

[dtk9119]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

The same frigging "classic" game again? Can't someone just press a button and select a different game??

And it's the Keegan Akin looking like a real MLB pitcher game. How fitting. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, murph said:

Yes.   And in case you missed it the last THREE times they played it.   Masn is playing the Keegan Akin vs Braves “classic” again during the delay.     
 

it’s almost comical now.   Almost. 

I have to wonder if they have an unhappy employee acting out.

I'm not watching do they start the game from scratch each time or does it pick up from where it stopped last time?

[Yossarian]

This will give me a chance to fill out today's Immaculate Grid.

[ShoelesJoe]

Just now, murph said:

Yes.   And in case you missed it the last THREE times they played it.   Masn is playing the Keegan Akin vs Braves “classic” again during the delay.     
 

it’s almost comical now.   Almost. 

I honestly think the folks at MASN are the DUMBEST sports broadcast people in the business. Between their god awful split screen interviews in the middle of games to showing the same “classic” game four times in a week it’s clear there isn’t a baseball (or Oriole) fan anywhere in the company. 

[HandsomeQuack]

Based on the radar, looks like we should be getting started soon

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, ShoelesJoe said:

I honestly think the folks at MASN are the DUMBEST sports broadcast people in the business. Between their god awful split screen interviews in the middle of games to showing the same “classic” game four times in a week it’s clear there isn’t a baseball (or Oriole) fan anywhere in the company. 

Probably all lawyers and folks that tried to become lawyers but failed the bar.

Edited June 30, 2023 by Can_of_corn

[Fiver6565]

Setting aside it’s the fourth damn time played this stupid game, does anyone know what made it ‘classic’ in the first place?  Hard to imagine anything making it so in 2020. 

[dtk9119]

1 minute ago, Fiver6565 said:

Setting aside it’s the fourth damn time played this stupid game, does anyone know what made it ‘classic’ in the first place?  Hard to imagine anything making it so in 2020. 

That's what I've been trying to figure out 4 times now.

When Keegan Akin was good? Does that make it a classic?

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

That's what I've been trying to figure out 4 times now.

When Keegan Akin was good? Does that make it a classic?

Very rare doesn't mean classic.

[Fiver6565]

5 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

That's what I've been trying to figure out 4 times now.

When Keegan Akin was good? Does that make it a classic?

You couldn’t pay me enough to sit through four Pat Valaika at bats to find out LOL. 

[rm5678]

14 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I have to wonder if they have an unhappy employee acting out.

I'm not watching do they start the game from scratch each time or does it pick up from where it stopped last time?

They start over from the beginning each time. It's completely absurd.