Game Thread "Good Grief" Twins vs. White Sox 6:40pm cdt 5/17/2021

[Mill1634]

Say what you want about Garver, but he's a tough SOB

[Aggies7]

Happ is missing spots by nary 12-18”

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

At this rate of injury, Rocco's gonna have to dust off the cleats and hop in the game.

He won't have a clue where to play or what to do.

[RickOShea]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

Say what you want about Garver, but he's a tough SOB

Ya gotta be tough when you can't play defense and your offense has gone south.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Only 26 more to go!

25!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

24!

[RickOShea]

I apologize for all the negativity.  I'm gonna walk away for a while, and come back with a better attitude.

[Cap'n Piranha]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

He won't have a clue where to play or what to do.

Oh he'll be fine.  I'm sure he has the most sophisticated shift chart ever conceived.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

another classic thread open, @sampleSizeOfOne!

[Aggies7]

I reheated some pasta in the microwave and missed the bottom of the first 

[Danchat]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

I reheated some pasta in the microwave and missed the bottom of the first 

How long were you nuking that pasta? 25 minutes?! ?

[bighat]

Just stopping in to say I miss the days of interesting baseball chatter here on this site. Alas, there's not much fun to be had these days. The Twins are not unlucky, they're not snakebit - they're really, really bad. And I don't see any reason for hope, aside from a Buxton return and 3-4 miracles out of St. Paul.

Season was over by Mother's Day. Didn't even make it to Memorial Day! Never woulda thunk it.

 

[bighat]

Just now, Danchat said:

How long were you nuking that pasta? 25 minutes?! ?

That would have been the top of the 1st!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

23! (i got distracted...)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

7 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

another classic thread open, @sampleSizeOfOne!

Thanks!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

22!

[Platoon]

I know umping is a touchy subject, but does Dick really think that a MLB ump will be influenced by a clunky half plate pull of a pitch. The pitch was off the plate, but as a rule all you do is aggravate a plate umpire by pulling pitches that far. My question to a catcher who did that was, "if the pitch was a strike, how come you had to pull it 6”? Framing pitches is about receiving the ball comfortably, not jerking them a foot! 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

21!
 

A 1-2-3 inning. (Not be confused with 123rd inning. Which would be a long game.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Garver!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Refsnyder!! 

 

And an RBI!

[Mill1634]

ROBBY!

[Danchat]

Refsnyder is hitting well for a guy whose ultimate fate is likely to be an obscure answer to a Twins' trivia question.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Arraez!

 

(i just like saying... er, typing that.)

[h2oface]

Our .400 hitter at .275, and that is better than it has been.

RISP..... grounder to second. Make that .273

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Well, a third of the way back from the deficit.

 

Gotta hold 'em. (well, obvious, i suppose.)

[USAFChief]

This team has taken away every bit of joy I get from watching baseball.

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4-1.

 

Some contrpuntal hitting from Madrigal...

 

Ah well.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, USAFChief said:

This team has taken away every bit of joy I get from watching baseball.

 

Bits of joy, eh?

 

Not Bytes?

[Aggies7]

Roy says sometimes the game changes course on a fluke hit (referencing the first inning). Where do they come up with this

[sampleSizeOfOne]

20! Ans 19! Sano! Took a while... but was worth it,