Game Thread: White Sox@Twins, 4/14/16 @ 12:10 CT

[Mike Sixel]

I can't stop watching that gif......

[PopRiveter]

C'mon Dozier. Time to excorcize some demons...

 

 

and before i can click "Post"...

[Hrbowski]

Twins can't hit. FIRE BRUNO!!!!!!

[Mike Sixel]

Sigh. Alas.

[James]

[Aggies7]

0-9 comin at ya.

[SwainZag]

Ah the old tapper to the mound. Sigh.

[Cap'n Piranha]

There's Dozier with that bankable power!

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

As my father would say, he pissed on that ball.  I can't believe it didn't leave the yard.

My hats off to your salty father.

[70charger]

 

7.652 games right at the moment

 

Oh. Good point.

[PopRiveter]

 

Twins can't hit. FIRE BRUNO!!!!!!

Don't fire Bruno. Put him in the lineup. 

[woolywoolhouse]

If I hear Provus or Gladden say "Swing and a miss," "tapped back to the pitcher" or "popped up in foul territory, [third or first basemen] will have a play" one more time this homestand with runners in scoring position, I am liable to smash my head through whatever solid surface is closest.

[Hrbowski]

fangraphs.com has an article about us today.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Dozier is going to 29 years old next month and he hasn't learned to hit a ball up the middle or to right field when the pitch calls for it?

[Aggies7]

I'll be waiting for the "twins fire..." tweet later this evening. But it won't come.

[lukeduke1980]

 

Dozier is going to 29 years old next month and he hasn't learned to hit a ball up the middle or to right field when the pitch calls for it?

technically he went up the middle

[Ultima Ratio]

Dozier with an incurable case of the yips.

[Aggies7]

Fernando Abad's arm is going to fall off we use him every d*** game.

[ScrapTheNickname]

"Boogie ito!"

 

(google translate - sounds kind of just right - Filipino for a little curse word of ours)

[Aggies7]

The twins are suffering through a mental block very similar to having E.D.

 

Just going by what a friend told me.

[kusko_andy]

 

Oh. Good point.

 

Seriously though, the statistics suggest that the Twins will have a losing record this year.  They are 0-8, staring 0-9 in the face.  Look at what the historical numbers say about teams with that record out-of-the-gate.

[70charger]

 

fangraphs.com has an article about us today.

 

TL;DR: If we think of baseball season as a marathon, the Twins are basically still at the starting line while the best teams are already over a mile down the course. They can make that up, but they’re starting with a severe disadvantage, and they simply might not have the tools to do so. If we set a baseline goal of 85 wins for the Twins, they have to play .552 baseball for the rest of the year — technically doable, but probably a stretch unless some of those aforementioned breakout candidates take the next step. And, to be fair, those breakout candidates were always going to have to take the next step for the Twins to make the playoffs this year — even before they lost the first eight games of the season. Minnesota isn’t out of it yet. But the odds — and history — aren’t on their side.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

technically he went up the middle

I know. The pitcher had to flinch and everything.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Sorry, I'm going to be grumpy and say that Park should be standing on third instead of admiring a long double.  Where is the fundamentals and focus for crimes sake?!

In Park's defense, the entire state of Minnesota admired the long double.

[rghrbek]

 

fangraphs.com has an article about us today.

 

So does CBS sports...not real flattering

[Hrbowski]

Why pull Abad when he strikes out two righties?

[70charger]

 

Seriously though, the statistics suggest that the Twins will have a losing record this year.  They are 0-8, staring 0-9 in the face.  Look at what the historical numbers say about teams with that record out-of-the-gate.

 

Also a misunderstanding of statistics. It doesn't matter when in the season the slump happens, it just looks worse at the beginning.

 

If you want, I can send you a link to a Nassim Taleb book.

[SwainZag]

 

Fernando Abad's arm is going to fall off we use him every d*** game.

 

5th appearance, maybe a little much for 9 games, but he has looked pretty solid thus far.

[Ultima Ratio]

 

The twins are suffering through a mental block very similar to having E.D.

 

Just going by what a friend told me.

http://www.allsmileys.com/files/smiley-central-emotions/4309.gif

[Doubles]

 

Twins can't hit. FIRE BRUNO!!!!!!

I'mma give you the benefit of the doubt and venture to guess that you don't really think this would solve all the offensive woes.