Game Thread: Twins@White Sox - Traveling Edition 5/7@4:10PM PT (6:10PM CT)

[Rigby]

 

http://www.onthewater.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/baby-bluegill.jpg

 

I also went fishing earlier today.

 

Also caught a "6 lb bass."

Thought I caught a glimpse of Jonah's Adidas there for a minute.

[twinssporto]

 

The Twins just a month and a half ago during spring training ... how far they've come!

 

Looks like a bunting clinic.

[Riverbrian]

 

http://www.onthewater.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/baby-bluegill.jpg

 

I also went fishing earlier today.

 

Also caught a "6 lb bass."

 

I'd have a Doctor look at your hand... It got really big while you were fishing. 

[twinssporto]

Pressly: "my pitched ball has left the building"

[Riverbrian]

When the Sox picked up Frazier and Lawrie... I knew

 

With those lefties in the rotation... I knew

 

I cried because I hate the Sox

 

But I knew. 

 

They are legit

 

 

[USAFChief]

Something I learned in high school about pitching:  You cannot pitch inside when behind in the count.

[Danchat]

I think they should have pulled Pressly much earlier...did he need to face 9 batters?!

[ScrapTheNickname]

Last night Abad looked in the air for a ball on the ground.

Tonight the ball hits the corner of the corner of the bag.

How many symbolic moments of this year will there be?

[Danchat]

How can you let a reliever walk 3 guys, give up 3 hits, and hit a batter? Why was he not pulled? You have Abad, May, and Tonkin in the bullpen! 

 

Man, I can't take this much longer. The Twins simply don't care about winning anymore.

[ScrapTheNickname]

White Sox fans booing lustily a HBP with the bases loaded. I would call them uninformed idiots, but I think fans in every ball park kind of would do the same idiotic thing.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

 

How can you let a reliever walk 3 guys, give up 3 hits, and hit a batter? Why was he not pulled? You have Abad, May, and Tonkin in the bullpen! 

 

Man, I can't take this much longer. The Twins simply don't care about winning anymore.

I'm sure they care. A lot. They just aren't very good right now. Understatement, I know.

[Aggies7]

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[Platoon]

http://www.onthewater.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/baby-bluegill.jpg

 

I also went fishing earlier today.

 

Also caught a "6 lb bass."

I am amazed how large your hands are!

[Aggies7]

I'm sure they care. A lot. They just aren't very good right now. Understatement, I know.

They may care, but it's very obvious they lack the "guts" necessary to be competitive at this moment. Last year was clearly an aberration at this point, but they are NOT this bad. They are NOT good, but the talent is farrrrr better than what they've shown. Plus, they are being led by a man who hasn't proven he can manage a game yet.

[Pardon My Dinger]

Fernando Abad: team MVPitcher?

[Riverbrian]

 

How can you let a reliever walk 3 guys, give up 3 hits, and hit a batter? Why was he not pulled? You have Abad, May, and Tonkin in the bullpen! 

 

Man, I can't take this much longer. The Twins simply don't care about winning anymore.

 

There are a few ways of doing it. Paul just kind of stood there and watched.

 

I prefer the pretending your talking on the phone and pretending to not pay attention method.

[Pardon My Dinger]

That IBB to Cabrera was unfathomably dumb, right guys?

[Platoon]

Something I learned in high school about pitching:  You cannot pitch inside when behind in the count.

I find the first part of that statement very hard to believe.

[Danchat]

I'm still scratching my head, wondering why Abad wasn't out there at least 2 batters earlier. Can somebody tell me why Pressly faced 10 batters?

[Aggies7]

There are a few ways of doing it. Paul just kind of stood there and watched.

 

I prefer the pretending your talking on the phone and pretending to not pay attention method.

I use the pretending to talk on my cell method when I'm walking and see someone approaching in the opposite direction, a good distance away.

[twinssporto]

 

They may care, but it's very obvious they lack the "guts" necessary to be competitive at this moment. Last year was clearly an aberration at this point, but they are NOT this bad. They are NOT good, but the talent is farrrrr better than what they've shown. Plus, they are being led by a man who hasn't proven he can manage a game yet.

 

It's total helter skelter.  Too many personnel changes and lack of consistency with position players and pitchers.

[spinowner]

 

They may care, but it's very obvious they lack the "guts" necessary to be competitive at this moment. Last year was clearly an aberration at this point, but they are NOT this bad. They are NOT good, but the talent is farrrrr better than what they've shown. Plus, they are being led by a man who hasn't proven he can manage a game yet.

I was saying to my wife earlier today that during the offseason I had this nagging thought that 2015 could be like 1984 was. We had to endure a couple years of mediocre baseball before things fell into place in 1987. But this is making 1985 look like a walk in the park.

[Winston Smith]

Nice Wild got a decent coach. On that decent note, why did May pitch last night in a blowout?

[Aggies7]

What is mastroianni really doing up here?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I am amazed how large your hands are!

It's the fish photo illusion. The hand is actually far away and the fish is held closer.

[twinssporto]

 

I'm still scratching my head, wondering why Abad wasn't out there at least 2 batters earlier. Can somebody tell me why Pressly faced 10 batters?

I have no idea either.  Just wish I could think of a good Elvis song to quote the reason why...

[Pardon My Dinger]

Nice Wild got a decent coach. On that decent note, why did May pitch last night in a blowout?

Holy f---. The f---ing wild got f---ing Boudreaux. Eff!

[Aggies7]

I was saying to my wife earlier today that during the offseason I had this nagging thought that 2015 could be like 1984 was. We had to endure a couple years of mediocre baseball before things fell into place in 1987. But this is making 1985 look like a walk in the park.

The 87 club made roster changes that I'm not sure current twins ownership would care to.

[Platoon]

Is it my imagination, or do the Twins spend most of their games with the infield in?

[Riverbrian]

 

I'm still scratching my head, wondering why Abad wasn't out there at least 2 batters earlier. Can somebody tell me why Pressly faced 10 batters?

 

Pressly hadn't pitched since Wednesday... After Jepsen... He had the freshest arm.