Game Thread: White Sox @ Twins, 9/2 @ 7:10 pm CT

[formerly33]

September 2, 7:10 PM CT

@ Target Field

TV: CSN-C; Radio: WLS 890

 

 

Weather:

 

Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South southeast wind around 10 mph. 100% chance of Sano in the forecast.

 

 

Lineups:

 

Good guys:

 

CF Eaton

SS Saladino

LF Cabrera

1B Abreu

DH Morneau <3

3B Frazier

RF Garcia

C Narvaez

2B Sanchez

SP Rodon

 

Bad guys:

 

2B Dozier

SS Polanco

1B Plouffe

DH Sano

3B Escobar

RF Kepler

C Suzuki

LF Schafer

CF Buxton

SP Gibson

 

 

After being swept out of Detroit by the Murder City Kitties, the White Sox flew into Minny looking to bounce back against the MLB worst Twins who were in the middle of a 13 game skid. Yup, I said "were" - that's all you need to know. Sigh.

 

However, when I begin to feel like we don't know how to win, I find consolation in the thought that the Twins really don't know how to win. Buxton does, yes. The Twins do not.

 

Five things I recently realized I don't know how to do:

 

1 - Use a TV. Yup. I kid you not. Still learning.

 

2 - Use a dishwasher. Mmhmm.

 

3 - Laundry. Ugh. Why do I not know how to do this? I want to move to some remote island in the Caribbean so I don't have to worry about these things anymore. Anyone on board with this idea? Wait … it might be a bad idea to place this advertisement on a sports forum with a high population of slightly-below-average looking single young men. Never mind … anyway, I don't want Brock or ChiTown to ban me.

 

4 - Go Twins. Gave that up a while ago. (Go Sox!!)

 

5 - Discuss.

 

 

/Edit: Sorry, Dinger. Sorry, Chief. I was busy.

Edited September 2, 2016 by formerly33

[spinowner]

MOD ALERT! MOD ALERT! MOD ALERT! TWO GAME THREADS! REPEAT, TWO GAME THREADS!

[Craig Arko]

You remind me of a time, maybe 20 years ago, when my late mother-in-law and a friend of hers were thinking of purchasing a condo in the Canary Islands.

 

They didn't, but man it could have been the ideal retreat from wacko America.

[Craig Arko]

MOD ALERT! MOD ALERT! MOD ALERT! TWO GAME THREADS! REPEAT, TWO GAME THREADS!

Split (as in banana) double header.

[Pardon My Dinger]

Well, this is just disgusting. I formally relinquish the game thread for this evening, but I'm just trying to be the bigger man. 'Good guys.' You ought to be ashamed.

[Halsey Hall]

Second come, second served.  Would you like a seat with Dinger?

[Pardon My Dinger]

I mean, you think you know a person. First she dares to put Nirvana ahead of the Replacements. Now this.

[Craig Arko]

I mean, you think you know a person. First she dares to put Nirvana ahead of the Replacements. Now this.

Variety is the spice, my man.

[Pardon My Dinger]

Variety is the spice, my man.

Cayenne is the spice. The 'Mats are the best rock band that ever was.

[Craig Arko]

Cayenne is the spice. The 'Mats are the best rock band that ever was.

You misspelled curry powder and Queen.

[spinowner]

 

I mean, you think you know a person. First she dares to put Nirvana ahead of the Replacements. Now this.

This is a little bit like: Ginger or Mary Ann? (The answer, of course, is both. Or, if you're Chief, the answer is yes.)

[spinowner]

 

You misspelled curry powder and Queen.

Just like in baseball, even the best fail half the time.

[formerly33]

Man, you guys. It's cumin. And chili powder. And Nirvana. And Nirvana.

 

Is Mary Ann a spice or an analogy?

[Craig Arko]

Man, you guys. It's cumin. And chili powder. And Nirvana. And Nirvana.

 

Is Mary Ann a spice or an analogy?

Ohhh, Myyy.

[Pardon My Dinger]

This is a little bit like: Ginger or Mary Ann? (The answer, of course, is both. Or, if you're Chief, the answer is yes.)

Except that Ginger didn't grow up down the street. And Mary Ann didn't make a bajillion dollars pretending to be Ginger.

[USAFChief]

I'm going to have to interject here.

 

Salt.

 

The Rolling Stones.

 

Classics, people. The Classics.

[Bark's Lounge]

 

Man, you guys. It's cumin. And chili powder. And Nirvana. And Nirvana.

 

Is Mary Ann a spice or an analogy?

Add an "e" at the end, delete one of the "n's", put a "J' in front of it. It might not be a spice, but it is an herb. Just saying.

[Craig Arko]

I'm going to have to interject here.

Salt.

The Rolling Stones.

Classics, people. The Classics.

Oh, okay. I get it.

 

Mustard.

 

The Everly Brothers.

[Willihammer]

Pretty nasty slider from the Gibster.

[Pardon My Dinger]

Gotta love morneau, though. Wears his heart on his sleeve and his age on his back.

[snepp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnVrSZHnvYY

[USAFChief]

Question:  If Rodon had been drafted by the Twins, would he have reached the major leagues yet?

[Winston Smith]

 

Question:  If Rodon had been drafted by the Twins, would he have reached the major leagues yet?

Trying to be funny again Chief?

[USAFChief]

 

Trying to be funny again Chief?

Again??

 

"Still," you mean, right?

[Craig Arko]

What I like most about Rodon is that by just changing a letter of his name, you can make so many different things: a radioactive noble gas, a master sculptor, or a fictional giant pterosaur.

 

That's just too cool.

[Willihammer]

Dozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Craig Arko]

Number 33.

[snepp]

Oh Dozierzie how I love thee.

[Willihammer]

Lol Dozier put your back into it Jesus.

[Willihammer]

Oh great now a 2 run homer instead of a solo. TRADE DOZIER.