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[Riverbrian]

White Sox: SP Hector Santiago

Alejandro de Aza CF
Gordon Beckham 2B
Alexei Ramirez SS
Adam Dunn DH
Paul Konerko 1B
Avisail Garcia RF
Jeff Keppinger 3B
Dayan Viciedo LF
Josh Phegley C

Twins: SP Samuel Deduno

Brian Dozier 2B
Joe Mauer DH
Josh Willingham LF
Justin Morneau 1B
Ryan Doumit C
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Oswaldo Arcia RF
Wilkin Ramirez CF
Pedro Florimon SS

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Edited by ashburyjohn, 18 August 2013 - 10:46 AM.

[ashburyjohn]

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Pilgrim's been tryin' to help with that, Bri.

[snepp]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

[Carole Keller]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

yup. so there's no reason to even try any more. mwahahahaha.

[IdahoPilgrim]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

Yeah, I know, but I guess I'm just one of those guys who likes knocking his head against a wall just for the fun of it.

Kind of like being a Twins fan.

[ashburyjohn]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

Will there be redemption for Deduno's allegedly dead arm today?

[snepp]

Will there be redemption for Deduno's allegedly dead arm today?

Blasphemer!

[Carole Keller]

Will there be redemption for Deduno's allegedly dead arm today?

Now you've jinxed it for sure.

[Carole Keller]

Ugh, Hawk.

[IdahoPilgrim]

You gotta be kidding me! 1st & 2nd, no out, and they get nothing?

What, do they work on this in practice - how to hit for futility when it really counts?

[Carole Keller]

You gotta be kidding me! 1st & 2nd, no out, and they get nothing?

What, do they work on this in practice - how to hit for futility when it really counts?

No kidding. and on top of that, I have to listen to Hawk gloat about it.

[glunn]

Good morning all. I am glad that I missed last night's game. The movie "Blue Jasmine" was depressing, but not as depressing as last night's game.

[glunn]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

You could make us another badge?

[IdahoPilgrim]

Good morning all. I am glad that I missed last night's game. The movie "Blue Jasmine" was depressing, but not as depressing as last night's game.

Haven't missed much today either.

[ashburyjohn]

You gotta be kidding me! 1st & 2nd, no out, and they get nothing?

It happens.

/ With this team.

[IdahoPilgrim]

It happens.

/ With this team.

Yeah, I know. I shouldn't be surprised. Sunday afternoons I'm usually pretty tired after work, so I'm more vulnerable - don't have my defenses up.

[IdahoPilgrim]

OK. Runner on 3rd, nobody out. Just dying to see how they manage to get out of this without scoring.

[ashburyjohn]

What, do they work on this in practice - how to hit for futility when it really counts?

But to respond seriously: considering that the 2012 Twins offense was second lowest in Ks, and in 2013 they are second highest, the natural assumption is that Tom Brunansky has instilled in his pupils the attitude that strikeouts don't matter that much. If you look at the teams leading in strikeouts at bat, futile offenses of Houston and Minnesota are at the top, but the next three are pretty potent. Hitting for power leads to runs, and also to strikeouts, so there is something to this approach. However, it can also lead to innings like this one.

[glunn]

Maybe we need to focus more on the reverse standings?