Game Thread "The Odyssey 2*" Twins at White Sox 7:10pm cdt 5/12/2021

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, cHawk said:

Everyone, show of hands, please. Who predicted this?

Can I raise both hands?  Does that still count?

[LA VIkes Fan]

Billy Hamilton with two extra base hits. You can’t make this stuff up. It just keeps getting worse.

[ashbury]

[twinfan]

They need to get Happ out of there. He doesn't have it tonight. But we probably will stop hitting soon. I'm not optimistic at all. Sorry.

[wsnydes]

Just now, twinfan said:

They need to get Happ out of there. He doesn't have it tonight. But we probably will stop hitting soon. I'm not optimistic at all. Sorry.

The bullpen doesn't have it any night.  It's kind of a "pick your poison" type situation.

[Aggies7]

So, does this mean Ann-Margret is not coming?

[Mill1634]

Happ has had so many non-competitive pitches today. Of course over the course of 30 starts you're going to have duds, but oof. 

[twinfan]

The sad thing about this season is seeing several former Twins doing pretty well and some the Twins could have had also doing ok.

[Aerodeliria]

I think there is kind of a gory fascination with watching this team now. Losing is becoming habit forming so we are aghast at the ineptitude and in the same instance attracted to the disaster at hand--wanting to see just how things will unravel in this particular game...

[Aggies7]

Jack Leiter would look good in a twins uni

[Aerodeliria]

5 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I meant coming in, 12-22 was not on anyone’s radar

That's true enough. After Week 1, the Twins were ranked as the fourth best team. Now we aren't even fourth from the bottom!

[Danchat]

The Cubs had a game earlier this year where they had to have 3 hitters pitch to close out the matchup. We may have to do that here...

[Mill1634]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Jack Leiter would look good in a twins uni

He would, but unfortunately he's in the 2021 draft

[LA VIkes Fan]

No we don’t want to burn out the pitching staff but for goodness sake Happ needs to come out of there.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

He would, but unfortunately he's in the 2021 draft

I know, we missed him by a year. We might be getting that top spot

[Vanimal46]

Future 2021 Cy Young Award winner J.A. Happ got lit up by the Dollar Store version of Byron Buxton. Let that sink in... 

[bighat]

1 minute ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

No we don’t want to burn out the pitching staff but for goodness sake Happ needs to come out of there.

I thought you were going to dinner - if you have an excuse, save yourself from watching these guys!

[LA VIkes Fan]

So, with this game seemingly out of reach who wants to play guess the final score as I sign off for the evening? I’ll go first. Final score White Sox 11, Twins 5. Yes, that means I think the Twins will score after the third inning. Brave prediction, I know. 

[LaBombo]

Interesting search engine results showing up after this recent skid:

 

People who searched "twins box score" also searched...

Why does Twins pitching blow this season?

Does Minnesota still have a major league baseball team?

 

[LA VIkes Fan]

1 minute ago, bighat said:

I thought you were going to dinner - if you have an excuse, save yourself from watching these guys!

My reservation just got called. Thank God, I can end the pain.

[Vanimal46]

Just now, LA VIkes Fan said:

So, with this game seemingly out of reach who wants to play guess the final score as I sign off for the evening? I’ll go first. Final score White Sox 11, Twins 5. Yes, that means I think the Twins will score after the third inning. Brave prediction, I know. 

Teams like the Twins can score runs late in the game? I’m confused. 

[Aggies7]

It’s the 4th inning lolol

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

So, with this game seemingly out of reach who wants to play guess the final score as I sign off for the evening? I’ll go first. Final score White Sox 11, Twins 5. Yes, that means I think the Twins will score after the third inning. Brave prediction, I know. 

Not sure which is more bold, the bullpen holds them to 11 or the twins actually get 2 more!

[Mill1634]

This is the worst group of relievers I've ever seen 

[LaBombo]

2 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

So, with this game seemingly out of reach who wants to play guess the final score as I sign off for the evening? I’ll go first. Final score White Sox 11, Twins 5. Yes, that means I think the Twins will score after the third inning. Brave prediction, I know. 

9-7, just close enough to make people stick it out to the end and hate themselves for it.

[Nine of twelve]

1 hour ago, bighat said:

I hate to say it, but we're all thinking it:

Twins won't get another baserunner past 1st base until the 6th inning, by then it'll be 7-1.

Another 9-3 loss more likely than not. We should all probably stop watching now.

Well, the predicted score is correct, but it's only the bottom of the fourth.

[singlesoverwalks]

Why is it, when you play the White Sox, that Jose Abreu gets to bat like every other hitter. That's not fair.

[cHawk]

What should the plan be for 2022 since this season is so clearly lost? Blow everything up? Retool?

[Aggies7]

It’s about to be tumbleweed city up in twins daily 

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, cHawk said:

What should the plan be for 2022 since this season is so clearly lost? Blow everything up? Retool?

Flip a majority of the expiring contracts and hope? Probably pay someone a decent chunk of Sano’s remaining contract to take him off our hands.