This. Ump. Is. A$$. 

This is going to happen, isn't it?

Right when I typed "should be fine", I had a feeling I was jinxing Duffey. Turns out my hunch was correct...

Can we go back to prognosticating about Escobar as DH? That didn't seem to do any damage.

Ruh-roh. 

These pitches are being called on a coin flip?

Gameday agrees with very little of what this ump says.

Is Wilk up yet?

This just in: This pitching staff is in shambles.

Anyone recall the game against Oakland probably 8-9 years ago when we blew like a ten run lead?

 

Guess it could be worse.

 

Anyone recall the game against Oakland probably 8-9 years ago when we blew like a ten run lead?

Guess it could be worse.

Never happened.

 

http://www.twincities.com/2009/07/20/twins-blow-10-run-lead-lose-14-13-to-as/

Wow, Eddie.

These pitches are being called on a coin flip?

Gameday agrees with very little of what this ump says.

It's been pretty bad. It didn't take take a lip reading expert to discern what Phil Hughes thought of him after he was yanked.

 

That said, the pitchers have been pretty awful in their own right.

What's up with that green guy? Couldn't they have chosen something more White Sox like? For instance, a sock?

Or a mostly empty can of Old Style? Or an ugly-looking hotdog?

 

It's been pretty bad. It didn't take take a lip reading expert to discern what Phil Hughes thought of him after he was yanked.

That said, the pitchers have been pretty awful in their own right.

There's been a little bad D and some bad luck tossed in, too.

Nick Burdi tonight: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K 

 

#FreeBurdi

 

This is going to happen, isn't it?

They should cue up some Eagles music.

 

"Take it, to the limit one more time"

 

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No problem, Pressly's got this won....

 

 

Never happened.

 

http://www.twincities.com/2009/07/20/twins-blow-10-run-lead-lose-14-13-to-as/

Blew leads of 12-2 and 13-7

It's cool. We have Wilk.

Where there's a Wilk, there's a Wayk.

Where there's a Wilk, there's a Wayk.

I was trying to figure that one out, myself. Good work.

Weird weather here in Tucson, it's been raining for hours.  Mrs Chief seems depressed by it.  She's been standing by the window the whole time, just staring.

 

I suppose I should go let her in.

 

Where there's a Wilk, there's a Wayk wake.

 

 

Weird weather here in Tucson, it's been raining for hours.  Mrs Chief seems depressed by it.  She's been standing by the window the whole time, just staring.

 

I suppose I should go let her in.

Well that de-escalated quickly.

 

Can anybody tell me if Hawk is on the broadcast?  They've shut me down from getting mlbtv at "work," but I would have loved to hear his silence on that Escobar dinger.

 

You can put it on the board.

 

Yes.

 

He's not. Hawk basically only does the road games these days, which alleviates him from making the 90-minute drive home after the game. 

 

 

Weird weather here in Tucson, it's been raining for hours.  Mrs Chief seems depressed by it.  She's been standing by the window the whole time, just staring.

 

I suppose I should go let her in.

She's probably still pondering the Wilks acquisition...

Mrs Chief and I recently celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary.  Pretty big deal, so I got her a plane tickets to Paris.

 

For our 50th, I'll get her a ticket back.

Normally I don't complain much about the HP umpire, but by my count he's missed roughly as many strike calls for Twins pitchers as he's made.

Nice inning and much needed.