Game Thread: Twins v ChiSox, 9/29 @ 6:10pm

[Nine of twelve]

 

Maybe his is trying to make up, in one night, all the analytics talk he has been putting off all season?

Wait, is “balance point” analytics?

I was thinking it might be some sort of accounting term.

[wabene]

Hildy will have to do some rearranging this off-season

[Blake]

 

I was thinking it might be some sort of accounting term.

I think you're getting creative.

[Squirrel]

Well, considering traffic in Chicago moves about as fast as bumper cars...

I should have qualified that as it’s like cutthroat bumper cars

[LaBombo]

Unsuperlatives finally fail Bert, and he's forced to quantify the White Sox' awfulness with run differential...

[Jham]

Moya? is the game just starting?

[Nine of twelve]

Palka showing exactly how a left handed batter should bunt for a hit. Get it just out of reach of the pitcher, too far away from the 1B and too slow for the 2B.

[Blake]

Astudillo makes Eddie Rosario positively patient at the plate. That ball was a long way inside, from what I saw.

[USAFChief]

Bert referring to something called the "balance point". I'm not familiar with the concept. Has he ever discussed that on a broadcast before?

His commentary has been on a downward plane for years.

[Nine of twelve]

Two mistakes but no errors on that fielding play.

[Nine of twelve]

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to watch Matt Belisle's last MLB appearance. Finally.

[wabene]

Babalisle

Babyelisle

[Blake]

Rodgers is up? What?

[Nine of twelve]

How's that for confidence in Belisle: five run lead, two out, runner on first and we've got a pitcher warming.

[Jham]

His commentary has been on a downward plane for years.

That cheap shot was pretty low... and away... gotta establish low and away...

[Blake]

 

[Nine of twelve]

 

Did we win yet?

Yeah, I think so.

[mrmpls]

Go Twins

[Nine of twelve]

Yes, it's mainly against the AL Central dregs, but it makes me feel at least a little bit happy seeing 10-3 over their last 13 games.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

In Chicago merging is like trying to dodge getting hit a la bumper cars.

Strange...

 

I always thought the point of bumper cars was to hit, not avoid being hit...

 

Avoiding being hit was then lots of fun once everyone was out to get you.

 

And i thought i had achieved enlightent when i realized that.

 

Which...leads me to conclude...

 

They are all out to get you in Chicago traffic?

 

Oh yeah. Winnah!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Dicknbert talking about game(s) taking place on Monday. Could be one, could be two, could be three. The Pirates and Marlins have a makeup game scheduled in Pittsburgh. For some reason that I'm not sure of.

BTW, I'll air one of my pet peeves I read and hear all over. In MLB, the term playoff is reserved for the regular season game(s) needed beyond game 162 in order to determine which team(s) advance(s) in which capacity. The postseason, not the playoffs, is the term for the games played by the ten teams playing for the World Championship.

This was a sore point with a friend of mine who bet someone the Twins would make the playoffs back when they lost game 163.

 

It was decided for some odd reason that the bet was about the post season despite the explicit use of the word playoff...

 

At this point i suppose it is water over the dam and under the bridge.