Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/12 @ 1:10pm CT

 

0.

 

Gusts, partly sunny
and nearing Twenty Celsius
Spring becons baseball

 

Line ups in haiku
would a thing of beauty be.
they must write themselves.

 

1. 

 

The windy city
welcomes pitcher Chris Sale back.
Are twins on attack?

 

2.

 

Phil Hughes to the mound
What need he prove or improve.
Have no second thoughts?

 

3.

 

But 3 have 4 hits:
Dozier, Mauer, and Schafer.
Road trip ends; sun shines.

 

4.

 

Accountable remarks:
crime of high jinx guilty found
a-needlin' game thread.

 

5.

 

Battles for last place
Some day shall end, but how long
Must we sing this song?

 

(Extra bonus haiku for next game... just because it includes a really really bad joke)

 

Mound of target field
from the shores of triple A
Will pitch Trevor May.

 

Y'all are better than i at the line up haiku.  If ya feel like putting the names in and positions, here are the details.  Have at it!

 

Minnesota Twins:

Pitching: Phil Hughes [R]

1. Danny Santana SS
2. Brian Dozier [R] 2B
3. Joe Mauer [L] DH
4. Torii Hunter [R] RF
5. Trevor Plouffe [R] 1B
6. Eduardo Escobar 3B
7. Kurt Suzuki [R] C
8. Eduardo Nunez [R] LF
9. Shane Robinson [R] CF

 

Chicago White Sox:

Pitching: Chris Sale [L]

1. Adam Eaton [L] CF
2. Melky Cabrera LF
3. Jose Abreu [R] 1B
4. Adam LaRoche [L] DH
5. Avisail Garcia [R] RF
6. Alexei Ramirez [R] SS
7. Conor Gillaspie [L] 3B
8. Tyler Flowers [R] C
9. Micah Johnson [L] 2B

I'll pop in on the game once in a while, but can't miss the Masters.  I'm a Phil fan, can't stand Tiger, but joined a league this year.  You pick one player a week, and can only pick that player once for the year.  You get whatever his earnings are.  This week I picked Spieth.  He's got to hold on, will the pressure get to him?  I didn't join til after the first 6 weeks, so no chance, but it pays 12 places and could possibly inch my way up.  75 of us in all, at $50 a head so a nice payoff.  Go Spieth!

Escobar in left

Testing the patience

Of the fans

A haiku game thread

Warm mem'ries, early Spring hopes

Baseball has returmed

I'll pop in on the game once in a while, but can't miss the Masters.  I'm a Phil fan, can't stand Tiger, but joined a league this year.  You pick one player a week, and can only pick that player once for the year.  You get whatever his earnings are.  This week I picked Spieth.  He's got to hold on, will the pressure get to him?  I didn't join til after the first 6 weeks, so no chance, but it pays 12 places and could possibly inch my way up.  75 of us in all, at $50 a head so a nice payoff.  Go Spieth!

Way to go Halsey. Like the young man doesn't have enough pressure on him, you go and add THIS to the pile.

Still debating whether or not to go to today's game. 

If the lineup could

Be accomplished in Haiku

Twins win would be sure

Lineups for today

Our guys, one through nine, road togs

Their guys, same, home whites

 

Lineups for today
Our guys, one through nine, road togs
Their guys, same, home whites

I was hoping for names of players, but what you did awesome!!!!

Without Brian's "things to think about" this could be a very long season. 

 

Without Brian's "things to think about" this could be a very long season. 

It was simply too difficult for Brian to come up with things to think about on a daily basis. At the end of the season last year, his mind was so empty, we had to send him to a brain rejuvenation spa for 2 months. So, we compromised for this season and he does his 'things' for every series opener. And you all fill in for the other games. Winston, have you signed up to take a turn yet? There are dates available.

 

Here's the link. Just PM Chief!

It's gonna be pretty hard for Schafer to get 3 hits, unless you were talking about batting practice. 

Without Brian's "things to think about" this could be a very long season. 

Meh, it's a learning curve. I been tryin' to hide somewhat my lack of content behind a creative form.

 

I'll start training for my next chance by reading a couple of decades of Mad Magazine...

 

I'll try to follow baseball more closely and even *gasp* form my own opinions on a few things.

 

In the meantime, i'll blame it on framing. And thank everyone for putting up with my AAAA material (being generous to myself)

 

And if my efforts make it easier for the next non-Riverbrian, that's good enough for me.

"You do the best with what ya got."

 

Oh, to take ya literally, how many games longer will the season be?  I'd willingly let him off the game thread hook for that.

 

 

It's gonna be pretty hard for Schafer to get 3 hits, unless you were talking about batting practice. 

 

You are quite right, and tryin' to squeeze stuff into haiku doesn't lend clarity.

 

"3.

 

But 3 have 4 hits:
Dozier, Mauer, and Schafer.
Road trip ends; sun shines."

 

Was referring to season totals, which don't mean much 5 games in.  Oh well.

 

But who knows...  Thinking of the recent Red Sox - Yankees game, he could enter as an 8th inning replacement and still get 4 at bats...

 

Again, sorry if my unclearitude caused any consternation.

I like the new and improved getaway day lineups that include Mauer and some "hot-hand" hunches.  

 

Get to Sale early and often, before the game gets in the hands of the back-end of the White Sox pen, boys.

 

 

 

Escobar in left
Testing the patience
Of the fans

 

And Nunez today.

The patience of all these fans

earns extra credit.

 

(Although obviously this is consistent with the starting pitcher, unlike the complaint referred to in the original post)

 

Without Brian's "things to think about" this could be a very long season. 

 

Riverbrian off,

Shall portend a long season

Of backup game threads

 

Fixed it for ya

 

No slight intended SSO. Just miss Brian's pearls of wisdom. I always thought he did his best work when his mind was empty, by the way!

 

It certainly was a Sisyphean effort by Brian the last few years.

 

No slight intended SSO. Just miss Brian's pearls of wisdom. I always thought he did his best work when his mind was empty, by the way!

It certainly was a Sisyphean effort by Brian the last few years.

 

Concur.

 

 

 

Still debating whether or not to go to today's game. 

 

Who won?  (the debate, i mean)

 

(er... in haiku...)

 

Will a live Twins game

be worth it although one must 

endure White Sox fans?

 

 

Today's vantage. Club level! And since I forgot to charge my phone (d'oh!) I'm on limited battery power, probably using my last to post this photo. It's quite lovely out here today. And I don't think my seat will be moving into the shade today. (And yes, diehard, I know it's not my seat moving. It's called an incorrect turn of phrase)

I know it's early but no one is here. Chris Sale is making his season debut. If I were a Sox fan ... wait. Strike that thought. It's a horrible thought

 

I know it's early but no one is here. Chris Sale is making his season debut. If I were a Sox fan ... wait. Strike that thought. It's a horrible thought

 

Two aces face off

A veritable pitchers duel

Twins win, Ten to nine?

 

Can't wait...  (but i must.  my time machine is stuck in first)

The Challenge is Sale...

It's not because he can't fail...

Its because we might

 

Not a good start.

 

Two aces face off

A veritable pitchers duel

Twins win, Ten to nine?

 

Can't wait...  (but i must.  my time machine is stuck in first)

Phil Hughes is not an ace.

Is that 3 hits by the sox? 

 

At least they ran into an out, in scoring 1 run...

 

 

Phil Hughes is not an ace.

 

I stand corrected. 

 

He's at least a face card, though, right?

About their catcher

With Flowers on the White Sox

I'd dress them in pink

 

Phil Hughes is not an ace.

 

Aces Suck when you have a 6 7 8 and 9 in your hand.