Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/3 @ 1:10pm CT

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Lineups

Chicago White Sox:

Pitching. John Danks [L]

1. J.B. Shuck [L] CF
2. Melky Cabrera LF
3. Jose Abreu [R] DH
4. Adam LaRoche [L] 1B
5. Avisail Garcia [R] RF
6. Alexei Ramirez [R] SS
7. Gordon Beckham [R] 3B
8. Geovany Soto [R] C
9. Micah Johnson [L] 2B

Minnesota Twins:

Pitching. Mike Pelfrey [R]

1. Brian Dozier [R] 2B
2. Torii Hunter [R] RF
3. Joe Mauer [L] DH
4. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B
5. Kennys Vargas 1B
6. Oswaldo Arcia [L] LF
7. Shane Robinson [R] CF
8. Chris Herrmann [L] C
9. Danny Santana SS

1.

a team that played in a dome
now calls target field its home
of late lost a lot
are they now hot?
so get on that field and show'm

2.

Mike Pelfrey now stands pretty tall
he's finally hurling the ball
what pitching's about
is getting that out,
so outfield don't let them fall.

3.

now raise your voices ye singers
our team has got us some swingers
whether ball or strike
if it's what they like
there's a chance they'll turn into dingers.

4.

the long season should never grow stale
and though once in a while, we fail
it's still a team game
so play it the same
and remember to always bust tail.

5.

so here is the game for today
you're all invited to stay
pull up a chair
forget a care
toghether we'll watch the Twins play.

Fantastic!

 

And I've got my broom out!

One more good outing and I'll bet Ryan starts getting some serious calls about Pelf.

Like most posters, I like what's happening lately with the team, especially the different ways it won these last three games. The pitching is holding up better than expected, and the hitting and defense shows promise.

 

Meanwhile, I want the Twins to do the Astros thing and win a dozen or so in a row. If they're a team of destiny, maybe we can be, too.

 

Oh, and your poetry has hints of Frost and Yeats. But they were Yankees fans.

Edited May 3, 201511 yr by Circus Boy

 

 

 

And I've got my broom out!

You just jinxed us. Thanks a lot for nuthin'!

 

One more good outing and I'll bet Ryan starts getting some serious calls about Pelf.

And if Pelf bombs today, he ends up on the DL 

 

 

One more good outing and I'll bet Ryan starts getting some serious calls about Pelf.

You mean he hasn't already???

Awesome intro

And a great day for baseball, as it is mostly sunny here in Mpls!!!!

A good day for a ball game, a good day for golf.  I'll make the easy choice.  Good luck, threadies!

 

You just jinxed us. Thanks a lot for nuthin'!

 

 

No.  This was to counteract my earlier predictiion in another thread that the Twins would win 3 of 4.  Now I'm getting greedy and expecting good things!

 

 

Meanwhile, I want the Twins to do the Astros thing and win a dozen or so in a row. If they're a team of destiny, maybe we can be, too.

 

It is too bad the Astros changed leagues - it could have been a Twins-Astros World Series.

 

It is too bad the Astros changed leagues - it could have been a Twins-Astros World Series.

Heh ... when I moved to Chicago my mom asked if was going to cheer for the White Sox or the Cubs. I said 'neither, but I guess I could cheer on the Cubs because the likelihood of the Cubs and Twins playing each other in the WS is nil' ... I might be wrong

 

Heh ... when I moved to Chicago my mom asked if was going to cheer for the White Sox or the Cubs. I said 'neither, but I guess I could cheer on the Cubs because the likelihood of the Cubs and Twins playing each other in the WS is nil' ... I might be wrong

Soooo, no chance for those Cubs to make it?

 

Soooo, no chance for those Cubs to make it?

heh ... it was more not likely they would both be there at the same time ... but I could see it happening, maybe ... say ... 2017 or 2018?

When you believe in things that you don't understand,

Then you suffer,

Superstition ain't the way.

 

-- S. Wonder

 

A good day for a ball game, a good day for golf.  I'll make the easy choice.  Good luck, threadies!

 

I dreamed last night Plouffe hit five home runs today against the New York Knights. Omen.

96.3 FM does a really good job on their broadcasts of the Twins!!!

I'm predicting a 5-4 Twins win

 

As my cheddar brats get ready for their grillin'

Edited May 3, 201511 yr by Jerr

You just jinxed us. Thanks a lot for nuthin'!

I'm tempted to say the new Punchline Contest requires an Australian accent, and starts with

 

"That's not a jinx. THIS is a jinx..."

 

But which would be worse: the resultant jinx, or that this might win...

I've got a couple of Leine's on ice waiting for me when I get home from work. Hip hip, huzzah!

And the Twins broadcast today starts with a PR tribute to Hunter. Calling him the cornerstone of the team in the 2000s and the one who transformed our team from nothing to something.

 

Then the broadcasters said the Twins felt that Hunter had a lot left in Hunter baseball wise. And, like some others, they then said the last two days have proven the Twins right.

Edited May 3, 201511 yr by jimmer

Pretty little play there

I like these DP's.

Nice turn. Good inning by Cy Pelf

 

I like these DP's.

Everyone does...as long as it's an "Innovative Office DP"

I dislike the White SOx more than any team.  Let's sweep them.

Edited May 3, 201511 yr by jimmer

 

I dislike the Twins more than any team.  Let's sweep them.

This doesn't make sense to me.

multi-tasking messed me up.  I was talking to my daughter and tyPing at the same time.

Edited May 3, 201511 yr by jimmer

I'd rather listen to Hawk when the Sox lose than listen to Dick, Bert, Cory or Dazzle during a Twins win.

 

I'd rather listen to Hawk when the Sox lose than listen to Dick, Bert, Cory or Dazzle during a Twins win.

Chi-Town welcomes you.