Game Thread: Twins vs. White Sox 7:10pm cdt 8/30/2017

[USAFChief]

Riverbrian lurking.

[snepp]

 

Hush, you ... it's a game thread ... no politics!



But yes, like that.

 

Game thread > avian flu > math > politics

[Blake]

 

Delayed gratification.

Delayed to the point the store closed before you could get your tasty treat? You took a chance, I believe.

[ashbury]

Well, it's a school night, so I need to take leave of this fine game. Crossing fingers for no bad surprises when I read the box score tomorrow.

[Squirrel]

Game thread > avian flu > math > politics > advanced math

ftfy ... since calculus started us off in that scope ... not just math but more ... ick.

[USAFChief]

I remember when I retired from the Air Force.  I'd been in for 26 years, and now I had to go out into the civilian work force and find a job...which meant job interviews.

 

I admit, it took me a while to find a job, and I think my interview skills were largely to blame.  I remember my first interview, the guy starts out by asking me to describe myself in three words.

 

"Lazy," I said.

[Squirrel]

Delayed to the point the store closed before you could get your tasty treat? You took a chance, I believe.

Well, if it had closed before I got there, then it wasn't meant to be.

[ashbury]

Don't buy in to run differential, overall. In any sport, SCOREBOARD is what matters. Get blown out here and there can skew numbers.

The ability to blow some other team out skews your chances of being pretty good yourself.

[ashbury]

ftfy ... since calculus started us off in that scope ... not just math but more ... ick.

I didn't even bring up advanced math. Just calculus.

 

OK, now I'm out.

[Pius Jefferson]

Saladino looks like he parks his van outside the local middle school.

[Squirrel]

Okay, now the Sox are talking about Prince and partying like it's 1999 ... and then veered off into talking about the paisley shirts they have ...

 

 

Yeah.

[Squirrel]

I didn't even bring up advanced math. Just calculus.

 

OK, now I'm out.

Pssszzzzzssssszzzzzssss ....

[DocBauer]

Anyone have recent stats on Pressly? I swear, except for a couple appearances, he's looked really good recently. Is he the 9th inning guy next season?

[USAFChief]

 

I didn't even bring up advanced math. Just calculus.

 

OK, now I'm out.

sine-ing off?

[FlauerPauer]

I think it's safe to hit the hay... As a poster said earlier, some of us are teachers and have to get up at 6; hopefully the bullpen doesn't eff it up.

[Jham]

 

The ability to blow some other team out skews your chances of being pretty good yourself.

Too much was made of the run differential.  Somehow our W-L record was supposed to normalize out to the run differential, but the run differential would never normalize out to the fact that we were bottom 3 in runners stranded and runners stranded ISP.  The latter normalized, RD is normalizing, Twins keep on winning.  Also, the competition matters.  #classrelief

[dgwills]

Rosario just (barely) missed that

 

[USAFChief]

 

Too much was made of the run differential.  Somehow our W-L record was supposed to normalize out to the run differential, but the run differential would never normalize out to the fact that we were bottom 3 in runners stranded and runners stranded ISP.  The latter normalized, RD is normalizing, Twins keep on winning.  Also, the competition matters.  #classrelief

way too much.  It's not a predictive stat, IMO.

[Squirrel]

Oh, that's crappy.

[Danchat]

Nice 3 hit game for Garver!

[FattCrapps]

Where is Buxton?

[howeda7]

I hope this Garver guy doesn't start stealing at-bats from Giminez. 

[snepp]

 

I remember when I retired from the Air Force.  I'd been in for 26 years, and now I had to go out into the civilian work force and find a job...which meant job interviews.

 

I admit, it took me a while to find a job, and I think my interview skills were largely to blame.  I remember my first interview, the guy starts out by asking me to describe myself in three words.

 

"Lazy," I said.

 

With an answer like that, I'd have described you as, "efficient."

 

 

Hired.

[DocBauer]

Is it just me, but between lineups, SP and Pen usage, especially trusting in some of the kids, does anyone else think Molitor is growing as a manager?

[USAFChief]

 

Is it just me, but between lineups, SP and Pen usage, especially trusting in some of the kids, does anyone else think Molitor is growing as a manager?

He looks a lot better in games when his starter gives him 7 SO innings and Rosario hits 2 HRs.

[USAFChief]

 

Where is Buxton?

Good question.

[dgwills]

 

Is it just me, but between lineups, SP and Pen usage, especially trusting in some of the kids, does anyone else think Molitor is growing as a manager?

It's a strong, maybe............

 

[twinsnorth49]

Is it just me, but between lineups, SP and Pen usage, especially trusting in some of the kids, does anyone else think Molitor is growing as a manager?

Or just figured out which side his bread is buttered on?

[70charger]

 

To be fair to the run differential, there were a couple games where the boys got crushed... there haven't been too many games where they've put the beat down on the other team; like a 15-3 game or the likes.

 

Well this one sure helps.

[Puckett34]

That run differential keeps getting closer and closer to even