Game Thread: Twins vs White Sox 5:10 PM PST (7:10 PM CST) 5/24/2019

[Nine of twelve]

 

Too optimistic. You forgot to factor in the heavier damp air, the ten degrees lower than normal temps, the "We Should Whip These Guys Syndrome" and the tired arms of Twins hitters. I'd put it closer to 20. But my beer glass is usually half empty.

Sorry to nitpick but I have to correct a very common misconception. Cold air is more dense than warm air, thereby providing more resistance to an object moving through it, but humid air is less dense than dry air, thereby providing less resistance to an object moving through it.

 

Edit: this is one of the reasons that Atlanta is a good place for home run hitters. Summer weather is generally warm and humid plus it sits at the second highest elevation in the majors.

 

Another edit: Phoenix is about 30' higher than Atlanta. So Atlanta is third.

[USAFChief]

Definitely needed some more youthful perspective .

Concur. Who'd you have in mind?

[IndianaTwin]

 

I don't see Hawk Harrelson listed as a broadcaster for the Sox. Are the current guys any more tolerable? I always enjoyed hearing Hawk rationalize when his team was taking a beating, and I would hope there will be a lot of need for that in this series.

 

I've lived in northern Indiana for 30 years and know of what I speak. Hawk was the single reason that put the Sox on my most-disliked list. 

 

Which makes it really painful to watch Sox games now. I so want to dislike them, but it's become much harder with Jason Benetti on the mic. I truly enjoy listening to him, and he's got a great, quirky sense of humor. If he had free time, he would fit in well on TD. Perhaps my favorite line so far:

 

Benetti: [You can watch these games] on all your supported devices.

Steve Stone:* Are there any devices that aren't supported?

Benetti: Well, you can't get them on your toaster.

 

*In addition, Steve Stone is so much better when paired with Benetti. He can be entertaining in his own right, and Benetti does a good job of truly drawing out good insights from a knowledgeable ex-pitcher, whereas Hawk just wanted to talk about how Yaz used to do things. 

 

So, yes, if you get a chance, watch the Sox guys. 

 

But no, I still rank the Sox No. 30 behind:

No. 1: Twins

Nos. 2-29 (tied): everyone else.  
 

After all, they still play in the Monument to Cement. But that's another diatribe.

 

(You may have also heard Benetti do some football or basketball, particularly on Big Ten games. He's good there, but not as good as in baseball, where the pauses give him time to expound.)

[IndianaTwin]

 

I don't see Hawk Harrelson listed as a broadcaster for the Sox. Are the current guys any more tolerable? I always enjoyed hearing Hawk rationalize when his team was taking a beating, and I would hope there will be a lot of need for that in this series.

 

A kid from church has his high school grad party tonight. If I get a chance after I get home, I'll offer some of Benetti's gems in the GT. 

[jokin]

 

*2 of 4.

 

But I agree, the White Sox are not a pushover, they have some talent. I would not be terribly surprised to see them finish 2nd in the ALC.

 

Soooo-

 

Does that mean you think that the Twins are for-sure finishing in 1st.?

 

Or might fall to 3rd?

[twinsnorth49]

Concur. Who'd you have in mind?

Only who I don't have in mind so far.

[jokin]

 

After all, they still play in the Monument to Cement. But that's another diatribe.

 

I posted my own diatribe on Guranteed (Not g)Rate Field a couple years ago.

 

Yet another thing the Sox and the City of Chicago royally screwed up back in the early 90s. They had a great chance to get their own version of Camden Yards- in order to grab some attention away from the Wrigley Field shrine- but they blew it.

[SwainZag]

Great seeing Kepler in the lineup, even if it is at DH after the wall collision yesterday.  I love, love, love the long balls but a gem by Berrios would excite me more than anything tonight.

[scottz]

I hope our baseball team wins tonight.

[ashbury]

I hope our baseball team wins tonight.

You say that ev-

 

Never mind. Don't change a thing.

[Joe A. Preusser]

Too optimistic. You forgot to factor in the heavier damp air, the ten degrees lower than normal temps, the "We Should Whip These Guys Syndrome" and the tired arms of Twins hitters. I'd put it closer to 20. But my beer glass is usually half empty.

My beer glass is usually empty...until I fill it again, then it's empty again. Rinse, lather, repeat.

[ashbury]

Rinse, lather

In that order? You're doing it wrong.

 

[Dave The Dastardly]

 

Sorry to nitpick but I have to correct a very common misconception. Cold air is more dense than warm air, thereby providing more resistance to an object moving through it, but humid air is less dense than dry air, thereby providing less resistance to an object moving through it.

 

Edit: this is one of the reasons that Atlanta is a good place for home run hitters. Summer weather is generally warm and humid plus it sits at the second highest elevation in the majors.

 

Another edit: Phoenix is about 30' higher than Atlanta. So Atlanta is third.

I didn't know that about hot air! Even though I've blown quite a bit of it in my day. Or that about Phoenix. Now the next time my son tries to tell me something about baseball that I don't agree with I can tell him he's high.

 

Who says you can't learn anything on TD?

[Joe A. Preusser]

In that order? You're doing it wrong.

 

Nevertheless, that is the order I do them around beer 9.

[ashbury]

Who says you can't learn anything on TD?

Concur. That first baseman says a lot of things.

[IndianaTwin]

 

I posted my own diatribe on Guranteed (Not g)Rate Field a couple years ago.

 

Yet another thing the Sox and the City of Chicago royally screwed up back in the early 90s. They had a great chance to get their own version of Camden Yards- in order to grab some attention away from the Wrigley Field shrine- but they blew it.

 

The way I summarize the stadium is to note that the sponsor's logo is an arrow pointing down.

 

 

 

[Mr. Brooks]

Sure they play in a dump, but come on, we played in the mother of all dumps for 28 years. No need to cast stones from our end.

[MVP Nick Punto]

 

Forecast is clearing up by about 4:00. And since Target Field has drainage, should be good to go.

SHOTS FIRED! SHOTS FIRED!

 

I won't be able to catch this one fellas; keep it classy in my stead. No picking on Chief.

[Mr. Brooks]

SHOTS FIRED! SHOTS FIRED!

 

I won't be able to catch this one fellas; keep it classy in my stead. No picking on Chief.

It's hard to blame an area that's had 2 rain outs in 25 years for not wasting money on drainage.

Paying for drainage in a Southern California stadium would be like us stocking Target Field with King Cobra antivenom.

[MVP Nick Punto]

It's hard to blame an area that's had 2 rain outs in 25 years for not wasting money on drainage.

Paying for drainage in a Southern California stadium would be like us stocking Target Field with King Cobra antivenom.

Easy for you to say. YOU'RE not the one who had to be rushed to Fairview after the cobra dropped from the ceiling when it got scared after a Schoop homer

[twinsnorth49]

 

Great seeing Kepler in the lineup, even if it is at DH after the wall collision yesterday.  I love, love, love the long balls but a gem by Berrios would excite me more than anything tonight.

[twinsnorth49]

 

It's hard to blame an area that's had 2 rain outs in 25 years for not wasting money on drainage.
Paying for drainage in a Southern California stadium would be like us stocking Target Field with King Cobra antivenom.

They do, it's kept in the Two Gingers Pub. 

[VATwinsFan]

Fun fact: C.J. Cron's kid brother, Kevin, got called up by the D-Backs. Like his older brother, he is a home run hitter and leads the minors with 21 at AAA Reno.

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

My beer glass is usually empty...until I fill it again, then it's empty again. Rinse, lather, repeat.

 

I don't drink beer.... got Vodka on the rocks though and a 4 day weekend ahead. Let's start with a win!

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Sure they play in a dump, but come on, we played in the mother of all dumps for 28 years. No need to cast stones from our end.

 

I've caught a few games there. It's not terrible. Most of the fans didn't even mind me cheering for the road team.

[Don Walcott]

 

Fun fact: C.J. Cron's kid brother, Kevin, got called up by the D-Backs. Like his older brother, he is a home run hitter and leads the minors with 21 at AAA Reno.

Reno is at 4500 feet. And they play games in Albuquerque and Salt Lake, which are at even higher elevation. So Kevin's home run numbers have been helped by altitude.

[twinsnorth49]

 

Sure they play in a dump, but come on, we played in the mother of all dumps for 28 years. No need to cast stones from our end.

This is the White Sox we're talking about here.....there is always a need to cast stones. 

[MMMordabito]

Choices:

 

1) Mauer bobblehead

2) Flight at Venn Brewery

[twinsnorth49]

 

Fun fact: C.J. Cron's kid brother, Kevin, got called up by the D-Backs. Like his older brother, he is a home run hitter and leads the minors with 21 at AAA Reno.

 

 

Reno is at 4500 feet. And they play games in Albuquerque and Salt Lake, which are at even higher elevation. So Kevin's home run numbers have been helped by altitude.

Not so fun fact.....

[Squirrel]

I posted my own diatribe on Guranteed (Not g)Rate Field a couple years ago.

 

Yet another thing the Sox and the City of Chicago royally screwed up back in the early 90s. They had a great chance to get their own version of Camden Yards- in order to grab some attention away from the Wrigley Field shrine- but they blew it.

Concur that they blew it.

 

But I’d still rather go to and watch a game at the Sox park than at Wrigley. Every day. Any day.