When in the course of human events. it becomes necessary for one fan base to complain vociferously enough about the lack of base running, and the dubious control we have on our opponents running game, and become so focussed that we lose ourselves in one petty detail, like if Buxton steels home on a strike 3 for a third out, does he actually have to beat the pitch home, beat the catcher controlling his bobbling of the pitch in an effort to get the tag down? or does he have to beat the other umps check swing call?

Curious minds want to know these things...

 

Anyway, it is good to take step back, appreciate the big picture, that the season is actually going okay despite a speed bump or two.

 

And even the summer isn't too bad, and no extra terrestrials enslaving us or meteors wanting to prove the got the rite stuff. True, the world isn't perfect yet, but it ain't necessarily bad, leastwise in our isolated pockets of the internet.

 

So pull up a tasty choice of sustenance, invite some fine friends and/or family over turn on the game and lets enjoy the wild ride that is a Twins game!

 

Minnesota Twins Line Up:

0. Dylan Bundy (R) P

1. Luis Arraez (L) DH

2. Byron Buxton (R) CF

3. Carlos Correa (R) SS

4. Max Kepler (L) RF

5. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B

6. Alex Kirilloff (L) LF

7. Jose Miranda (R) 1B

8. Gio Urshela (R) 3B

9. Ryan Jeffers (R) C

 

Chicago White Sox Line Up:

0. Johnny Cueto (R) P

1. Tim Anderson (R) SS

2. Andrew Vaughn (R) DH

3. Luis Robert (R) CF

4. Jose Abreu (R) 1B

5. Gavin Sheets (L) RF

6. Yoan Moncada (S) 3B

7. AJ Pollock (R) LF

8. Leury Garcia (S) 2B

9. Seby Zavala (R) C

Apropos of nothing*: i saw a Twins hat perched upon the head of a pa whose young daughter was covering her ears at the noisome music of the parade going by.

 

Sorry our music was so loud...

 

 

* Yeah, nothing. Sorry i'm an aproposer...

Love this lineup.  Cueto hasn't been as good as his ERA suggests.  Would love love to see some early runs.

PSA - look out for pets when the fools in the neighborhood start trying to blow their fingers off.

ChiSox activated Liam Hendriks today. Hopefully, we score plenty of runs in all three games, and they don't have an opportunity to use him. 

34 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

PSA - look out for pets when the fools in the neighborhood start trying to blow their fingers off.

Also don't blow your fingers off.

Blow on your fingers all ya want though.

 

Er... addendum.

Goes for baseball players too.

Some of them line drives are pretty hot.

Edited July 4, 20224 yr by sampleSizeOfOne
addendum. I said that already.

14 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Also don't blow your fingers off.

Blow on your fingers all ya want though.

Er... addendum.

Goes for baseball players too.

Some of them line drives are pretty hot.

Someone forgot to tell this to Carlos May.

Early complaint, !!   would like Max and A.K. FLIPPED IN THE BATTING ORDER,  

29 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Also don't blow your fingers off.

Blow on your fingers all ya want though.

 

Er... addendum.

Goes for baseball players too.

Some of them line drives are pretty hot.

Generally best to complete any task with the same number of fingers that you started it with.

The pitcher needs to call which fielder is taking it.

Cmon Byron. Be better than that.

23 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Someone forgot to tell this to Carlos May.

My favorite Carlos May tidbit is that he wore uniform No. 17, so that the back of his uniform could list his birthday. 

FFS.

Rats!

MAX HAS A GOOD A.B. ,  How dumb can some players act sometimes ??  Polanco ?????????????????

¡Mierda!

Whomever comes up with the bases jacked with less than two outs, should just stand there and take everything. At least then we won't hit into a double play and kill the inning. 

18 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Early complaint, !!   would like Max and A.K. FLIPPED IN THE BATTING ORDER,  

Frankly, so far, Kirilloff hasn’t hit enough to justify the middle of the order. 

Polanco sucks this year. What a pathetic at bat.

Bases juiced, the guy’s walked last two…I’m going to look for the first change up 6 inches outside and crank it.

Interesting strategy, Cotton, let’s see how it works out for him.

Cueto wanted no part of that baseball and I don't blame him.

2 walks in a row, So i better swing at the 1st pitch,  i guess im to old school , where the coach or ??  would say  Make him throw ya a strike,,  get his pitch count up , let your team see what he ???

This is not a good pattern. 

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

2 walks in a row, So i better swing at the 1st pitch,  i guess im to old school , where the coach or ??  would say  Make him throw ya a strike,,  get his pitch count up , let your team see what he ???

Are you that surprised? 

Just now, IndianaTwin said:

This is not a good pattern. 

Start a rally. Kill a rally with a double play. Repeat.

When I look at Urshela I expect to hear him say, "Lucy! You got some splainin' to do!"

Well, at least Jeffers can’t hit into a double play. 

Two innings, two GDP. 

3 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

Are you that surprised? 

That at bat ,  yes i was,