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Game Thread: White Sox@Twins 9/3 7:10PM

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Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 80.

 

ChiTown will be along with the starting lineups. She's got a leash and the lineups go along with her on walks. Of course most city laws state that she has to clean up after them.

 

Okay, hmm ....

 

PALE HOSE:

SP, Danks

 

Eaton CF

Ramirez SS

Abreu DH

Garcia RF

Gillaspie 3B

Viciedo LF

Wilkins 1B

Phegley C

Semien 2B

 

TWINS:

SP, May

 

Santana SS

Nunez 3B

Mauer 1B

Vargas DH

Pinto C

Arcia RF

Hicks CF

Escobar 2B

Schafer LF

 

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Things to Think About:

 

1. Trevor May -- There is no question that Trevor May is thought #1 today. We all wished so hard that he would be called up and start working his magic for the big club. The Twins need young pitchers to arrive and perform and I'm sure that was part of all the wishing. However... It just doesn't always work out perfectly and that lack of perfection is a pretty large bump in the road for young Trevor May. He has made 4 starts and one other appearance with the Twins. His ERA currently sits at 10.42 and that's about the exact opposite of what Trevor May and all of Twins Territory wanted to see. He has lowered his walk total and that is wonderful and this has produced more zero's in some innings. However... He has still been knocked out by the occasional horrific innings where his control and simple mechanics leave him and he can't seem to get them back.

 

2. Eventual Improvement -- Some Major League pitchers do not get the chance to improve. They get their shot and once that shot is done... They don't get another one. Some Major League pitchers keep getting a chance to correct themselves and eventually they do... The light bulb goes on and they become helpful major league pitchers. And... Some pitchers keep getting chance after chance and never figure it out. Which of these 3 scenarios will be the Trevor May story? You are going to have to tune in for awhile and find out. Until that time... patience and a large dose of it may be necessary.

 

3. Young Pitchers that get it done right out of the gate -- Not every story is like Trevor May... There are some great stories of pitchers that come up from the minors and become immediate forces. Just this year alone... You can point to DeGrom with the Mets... Shoemaker with the Angels... McHugh with the Astro's... Stroman with the Jays... Anderson with the D-Backs... Paxton with the Mariners... Despaigne with the Padres. There seems to be a rash of these types entering MLB Baseball this year. There are a few... unfortunately... nobody wearing a Twins uniform.

 

4. The White Sox -- Don't lose to the White Sox Tonight... I mean it... I'm not kidding. Don't lose to the White Sox tonight.

 

5. Careers -- I was talking with my younger son and I asked him if he had any ideas on what career path would interest him in the future. He's 16 and he really couldn't think of anything and I suppose he has plenty of time to head a certain direction but he asked me for some advice and I told him... Try to avoid any career where people depend on you for anything... anything at all.

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ashbury GOAT

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Santana at short, Hicks in center, Pinto catching, Vargas DHing - this is a lineup worth watching in September, not just today but the rest of the way.

 

/ edit - my only change would be Parmelee instead of Schafer, and that amounts merely to a disagreement with the Twins over which player we want to see whether he can be more than he seems - and the likely answer is "neither one" :)

Squirrel GOAT

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I'll be at the Miracle game this evening. Hope we don't have a rain delay. With parents in tow we will likely not stay for the whole thing anyway.

hawkiconk College Ball

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no chicago comcast orwgn on this hawkeye's dish tonight (wciu--whatever the hell that station is) so i get the evening with dick and bert

wish it was just bert

Craig Arko Minnesota Twins

Craig Arko

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That's like predicting light rain after heavy rain. It's something though. Go May.

Well, maybe I won't watch then. Already had rain today.

ashbury GOAT

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First starts for Pinto and Hicks since June

Man.  They really must have been in Gardy's doghouse.

 

/ AKA :  Gardenhire Acres VIP Kennels, R. Clyde Gardenhire Prop.

USAFChief GOAT

USAFChief

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After 3, the Miracle are up 6-1. Highlighted by a Harrison mash off the monster and a Hicks HR

He did the mash...the monster mash, in other words.

ScrapTheNickname FCL Twins

ScrapTheNickname

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I have a fundamental question.

 

What was the thinking behind making Target Field with the dimensions it has? I've never heard it talked about. Why such a big park? in other words. Who decided, and why, etc. Anybody know something about it?

GCTF FCL Twins

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Well Dick, with a 3-0 lead and young Mr May on the mound, this one's about over.

Two innings, no runs against. Clearly, everything has been rectified.

gunnarthor MVP

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I have a fundamental question.

 

What was the thinking behind making Target Field with the dimensions it has? I've never heard it talked about. Why such a big park? in other words. Who decided, and why, etc. Anybody know something about it?

I think it's nearly the same as the Dome, IIRC.

LaBombo Wichita Wind Surge

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Well Dick, with a 3-0 lead and young Mr May on the mound, this one's about over.

 

He did the mash...the monster mash, in other words.

Trying to avoid the jolt of Chief's electrodes...

LaBombo Wichita Wind Surge

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I flipped on the game and see that May hadn't self-destructed.

 

Now that I'm paying attention, I expect that to change.

Fine line between solopsism and pattern recognition...

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