Gardenhire willing to trade no-hitter for boos

Manager did the right thing. Let the fans boo; it shows they give a damn.

Sucks that they pulled him and the pen couldn't keep the no-hitter in tact, but winning is more important.

The only thing I might have done differently was to tell pitcher/catcher to throw strikes from the 8th on and let what happens happen. That way you could remove him as soon as the first hit came, and keep him in if he got lucky and the balls always found a glove.

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Originally posted 09:00 AM ET  08.16 by Flea Biscuit

I never really understood the difference between giving up a walk and giving up a hit in a so called no hitter.

It's called a no-hitter vs. a perfect game. The distinction is made.

Intentionally putting a runner on base is not a bad strategy. If you're a groundball pitcher and the opposing team is the Twins, you may consider walking Mauer and then setting up the double play. That's smart baseball.

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Originally posted 08:43 AM ET  08.16 by Hoos Your Daddy

Manager did the right thing. Let the fans boo; it shows they give a damn.

Good call. The kids arm is a huge investment and the coach did the right thing.

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Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  08.16 by Commodore Fan

Good call. The kids arm is a huge investment and the coach did the right thing.

agreed. Gardenhire, while making the unpopular decision, was only thinking of the kid's (and his team's) future....the season isn't over yet.

The Twins are in a tight race for the division and a win is more important than a no-hitter. Slowey was showing signs of wear and I doubt he could have held on until the end. Manager did the right thing.

for once, i too agreed with gardy's handling of a pitcher. and i stress, for once...

Good move by Gardy, that's why he is in the dugout and those booing are sitting in the stands

I remember when the Red Sox lost a game and their pitchers thew a "no hitter". Matt Young threw a complete game and lost 2-0 but only pitched 8 innings...But since he could only pitch 8 innings (Visiting Team), it does not count as a no hitter.
Of course 7 walks will do that to ya...

The headline of this story should read, "Gardenhire willing to trade no-hitter for win."

this decision makes Gardy look like a genius, but for us hard core fans when you see Slowey throw a breaking ball that never broke and plunk a batter on his shoulder blade and walk 3 batters, well.....he was not ready to push his pitch count to 125-130 pitches. Well done Gardy!

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Afternoon Dums.

Manager did the right thing. Better to save the young kids arm for the immediate future (playoffs, if they make it) and for the upcoming seasons. Hes already shown a little weakness from previous 100+ pitch outings so better safe than sorry.

Gardenhire's a meathead for doing that.

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Gardenhire should've let him in until he gave up a hit. They were up 4-0 for pete's sake!

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