justBLAZE Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 BNightengale Bob Nightengale #mlb #Twins Tough break for Twins 2B Nishioka, who reportedly suffers broken leg. on Nick Swisher's hard slide, which was clean, Twins say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) This is actually a plus to the whole "it's our year" thing. Sucks for him, though. Edited April 7, 2011 by Milkman delivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 04:16 PM) This is actually a plus to the whole "it's our year" thing. Sucks for him, though. Pretty much this. He was already going through a big time transition period and this is going to delay that even further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 slides into 2nd strike the twins again. That's a shame, I was actually looking forward to watching this guy play. Hope he heals soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 At least the Nick Swisher trade paid off for something.... Too early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) At least the Nick Swisher trade paid off for something.... Too early? there's such a difference between baseball in Japan and the U.S. Remember how Iguchi had to learn that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 07:36 PM) slides into 2nd strike the twins again. That's a shame, I was actually looking forward to watching this guy play. Hope he heals soon. I hope he heals entirely, but I hope it takes forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 06:57 PM) I hope he heals entirely, but I hope it takes forever. With our luck, and the way things usually happen for the Twins, they'll dig out some guy with a .687 OPS in AA and he'll post a .800 OPS as this guy's replacement, while playing gold glove caliber defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 08:45 PM) With our luck, and the way things usually happen for the Twins, they'll dig out some guy with a .687 OPS in AA and he'll post a .800 OPS as this guy's replacement, while playing gold glove caliber defense. Oh, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 08:45 PM) With our luck, and the way things usually happen for the Twins, they'll dig out some guy with a .687 OPS in AA and he'll post a .800 OPS as this guy's replacement, while playing gold glove caliber defense. Matt Tolbert? Trevor Plouffe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchwarmerjim Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Luke Hughes is being called up...but no one is quite sure what the lineup will look like. Hughes is a guy who can crush a fastball, but cant hit a curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 11:34 PM) Luke Hughes is being called up...but no one is quite sure what the lineup will look like. Hughes is a guy who can crush a fastball, but cant hit a curve. You're saying that he's Pedro Serrano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchwarmerjim Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 an Aussie version of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 "Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whtsoxfan Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 04:07 PM) BNightengale Bob Nightengale #mlb #Twins Tough break for Twins 2B Nishioka, who reportedly suffers broken leg. on Nick Swisher's hard slide, which was clean, Twins say. http://bullpen-blog.com/?p=698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 10:41 AM) http://bullpen-blog.com/?p=698 What a whiner. I just saw the video and it was a clean, hard slide and he was well within reach of the bag. The second baseman just didn't get out of the way in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 12:35 PM) What a whiner. I just saw the video and it was a clean, hard slide and he was well within reach of the bag. The second baseman just didn't get out of the way in time. Nothing out of line about that slide at all. The Twins even said as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 07:40 PM) At least the Nick Swisher trade paid off for something.... Too early? Punch my ticket to hell but I was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 10:41 AM) http://bullpen-blog.com/?p=698 Dude doesn't really understand the finer points of baseball, apparently. "He's not even going for the base! Waaaah" well kiddo, you don't need to go directly for the base so long as you can touch it. "But he slid in late!" that's kind of the point, to keep the middle infielder from seeing 1B for as long as possible and then coming in to break up the play. He did a pretty damn good job of it considering Teix was safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 12:22 PM) Dude doesn't really understand the finer points of baseball, apparently. "He's not even going for the base! Waaaah" well kiddo, you don't need to go directly for the base so long as you can touch it. "But he slid in late!" that's kind of the point, to keep the middle infielder from seeing 1B for as long as possible and then coming in to break up the play. He did a pretty damn good job of it considering Teix was safe. Listen to Skippy Bayless whine about it too: http://youtu.be/FIfiQswaexI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyons Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) Listen to Skippy Bayless whine about it too: http://youtu.be/FIfiQswaexI I don't know what's more ridiculous: Bayless' idiotic whining or his dye job. How can anyone channeling Heat Miser expect to be taken seriously? And Swisher got plenty of the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 His legs werent really close to the base at all, but I wouldn't really go to the point saying it was dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Slide wasn't dirty at all, he was trying to break it up and Nishioka used poor footwork, unfortunate outcome for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Apr 10, 2011 -> 07:47 AM) His legs werent really close to the base at all, but I wouldn't really go to the point saying it was dirty. Swishers chest was at the base. He was plenty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Baseball is not a contact sport, so any play that results in this kind of injury probably has someone at fault. Was it the 2nd baseman or the player sliding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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