Article: Game Thread: Twins v White Sox, 4/12 @ 7:10pm CT

[David HK]

 

Lets go Twins! Going to be a big day for Escobar. 

Heh... As much as we hate ex-Twinkies coming back to bite us, it's so sweet to have an ex-Sock coming back to bite them. Even Hawk hated to lose him, called him "a good little player."

Go Esco!

[Nine of twelve]

Mauer OBP .537 after that BB. Acceptable.

[bighat]

C'mon Mauer, hustle home on that 2-bagger.

[Riverbrian]

 

Mauer OBP .537 after that BB. Acceptable.

 

And Sustainable. 

[Nine of twelve]

What the bleep was that?

[Riverbrian]

Sano kinda forgot Joe was on third. 

[Aggies7]

Bonehead sano

[bighat]

Let's play: "Will it Haunt"?

 

Baserunning gaffes by Mauer, Sano cost the Twins a run in the first.

[Nine of twelve]

Let's play: "Will it Haunt"?

 

Baserunning gaffes by Mauer, Sano cost the Twins a run in the first.

Mauer had to hold between first and second in case the ball was caught, and it was close.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Let's play: "Will it Haunt"?

 

Baserunning gaffes by Mauer, Sano cost the Twins a run in the first.

I’m only listening on the radio but how was that a gaffe by Mauer? The dude ain’t fast but should he have scored on that double?

[Aggies7]

I’m only listening on the radio but how was that a gaffe by Mauer? The dude ain’t fast but should he have scored on that double?

Hard to say, it was nearly a homer so perhaps joe should have taken off right away. Not sure if he hesitated or not.

[David HK]

 

Got no problems with the White Sox. Used to wear them all the time in high school. The Yankees now, that's a whole 'nother story. The arm on my Detest-o-Meter goes right through the Bete Noire reading when anyone within 40 feet even mentions the Yankees under their breath. I especially despised and detested the media's fascination with Derek Jeter. No matter if the Damn Yankees were winning or losing any time somebody in the stadium farted six cameras would scope out Jeter so we could witness his reaction.

 

JFC!

Ditto on the Yankee loathing. The other Sox (Red ones) are just a half-tick below the Yanks on my hate-meter- and they play each other 19 times a year. It almost makes me hate baseball itself, since only 1 team can lose each game.  

 

I rationalize it, though, by 'rooting' for the away team. That way, at least the ultra-entitled home fans in Fenway or the Bronx can go home with an outrageously-expensive-beer-hangover having watched their team get stuffed in their own park.

[Riverbrian]

 

I’m only listening on the radio but how was that a gaffe by Mauer? The dude ain’t fast but should he have scored on that double?

 

I don't think it was. It was a high fly ball that hit mid way up the RF Fence. Garcia was back by the wall so it would have been tough to tell if it would have been caught. 

 

Sano... That was a Gaffe with a capital G. 

[Nine of twelve]

Hard to say, it was nearly a homer so perhaps joe should have taken off right away. Not sure if he hesitated or not.

The ball was only about two feet away from being caught.

[Nine of twelve]

Ditto on the Yankee loathing. The other Sox (Red ones) are just a half-tick below the Yanks on my hate-meter- and they play each other 19 times a year. It almost makes me hate baseball itself, since only 1 team can lose each game.  

 

I rationalize it, though, by 'rooting' for the away team. That way, at least the ultra-entitled home fans in Fenway or the Bronx can go home with an outrageously-expensive-beer-hangover having watched their team get stuffed in their own park.

The Red Sox are just the Yankees with beards.

[USAFChief]

 

Mauer had to hold between first and second in case the ball was caught, and it was close.

It was off the wall, the RFer turned his back to the IF because he wasn't going to catch it, and the ball got past him on the ricochet off the wall.

 

Mauer has to score there.

 

On the gb dp, you'd have to know if the contact play was on to know who made the blunder

[bighat]

LoMo must go.

[Riverbrian]

I'm starting to fixate on the Morrison shift. 

 

Dear Fox Sport North Producers,

 

Please show position every time he is up. 

 

Thanks

 

Riverbrian 

[Vanimal46]

Happy National Grilled Cheese day!

[bighat]

 

 

I’m only listening on the radio but how was that a gaffe by Mauer? The dude ain’t fast but should he have scored on that double?

 

The ball was in the air for a year, and hit the top of the wall - the outfielder played a little deke move, but Joe shoulda scored. He had time and it was a deep shot.

[Aggies7]

The ball was only about two feet away from being caught.

Lol was it? I thought it hit way up high on the wall. I’m only partially paying attention!

[Nine of twelve]

Lol was it? I thought it hit way up high on the wall. I’m only partially paying attention!

If there was no wall there the ball would have landed about two feet behind where the outfielder was standing. Edited April 13, 2018 by Nine of twelve

[Borealis]

Snakebitten. Chi Sox pitcher sure isn’t fooling anyone. Yet we have nothing to show for it! Is that sustainable? lol

[amjgt]

Joe playing it to score on that flyball double by Sano would’ve been pretty risky. A few feet shorter and that would’ve been caught

[Mill1634]

Man, Jose looks sharp

[USAFChief]

 

If there was no wall there the ball would have landed about two feet behind where the outfielder was standing.

False.

 

I just rewound and watched it.  It hit 15 ft up on the wall, off the "M" in U of M appreciation night.

 

By then the RFer had turned his back to the IF, the signal to a baserunner to take off.

 

Mauer should score on that.'

[Riverbrian]

 

Snakebitten. Chi Sox pitcher sure isn’t fooling anyone. Yet we have nothing to show for it! Is that sustainable? lol

 

Unfortunately... Yes. 

 

The Baseball Gods have a sense of humor. 

[amjgt]

I have no idea how they would do it and I’m not advocating for it, but it would be very intersting to see a full major league season without the shift

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Let's play: "Will it Haunt"?

 

Baserunning gaffes by Mauer, Sano cost the Twins a run in the first.

Because Logan "en fuego" Morrison woulda knocked 'em home with a base rap

[amjgt]

False.

 

I just rewound and watched it. It hit 15 ft up on the wall, off the "M" in U of M appreciation night.

 

By then the RFer had turned his back to the IF, the signal to a baserunner to take off.

 

Mauer should score on that.'

Where would you have liked Mayer to run to and wait to make sure it wasn’t getting caught? 2nd base? Past 2nd?