Game Thread "Harvey" Twins vs. White Sox 12:10pm cdt 8/21/2019 ad

[wsnydes]

I could use fewer of those innings...

[mrtwinsfan]

Wow  3-0 we r lucky,   Start hitting giolitto boys,

[LVTwinsfan]

Hmmm. I would say that the odds are that we will score more than 3 runs....what are the odds that the Sox keep hitting the ball where we aren't?

I live in Vegas and I’m not touching it

[FlauerPauer]

Jake is sure giving an A+ effort today... (eyeroll)

[wsnydes]

 

At this point, Odorizzi has to be asking why he even bothered to wake up this morning.

And it'd be justified since his defense doesn't appear to have.

[MVP Nick Punto]

At this point, Odorizzi has to be asking why he even bothered to wake up this morning.

In order to be successful in life, one must create and maintain healthy habits. For Jake, that probably includes waking up before noon.

[FlauerPauer]

 

Give the Sox credit, they are battling every at bat.

 

Is Gardy their manager now?

[Brock Beauchamp]

And it'd be justified since his defense doesn't appear to have.

Yep. I wonder if the people criticizing Jake have bothered to look at the three ring circus happening around him.

[Puckett34]

 

At this point, Odorizzi has to be asking why he even bothered to wake up this morning.

Unable to watch. Has anything been hit hard outside of Garcia's AB in the 3rd?

 

Seems to me a few ill-timed errors and dying quails/22 hoppers that are well placed are doing him in. Not so much poor pitching.

[mrtwinsfan]

Escobar 100 r bi,s  we didnt need him,  good for him , i still watch him now when i can,,  

[Blake]

 

Are you suggesting that I'm short and wide?

 

You're not really wrong...

Reader poll for smart-aleck comeback:

 

1: If you're laying down, then, sure.

 

2: No, I meant ornate and useful.

 

3: No, I was thinking more along the lines of classic craftsmanship of the art deco era. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Unable to watch. Has anything been hit hard outside of Garcia's AB in the 3rd?

 

Seems to me a few ill-timed errors and dying quails/22 hoppers that are well placed are doing him in. Not so much poor pitching.

I’ve also been in and out but haven’t seen anything that would qualify as hard hit.

[Aggies7]

Wow Castro has zero chance in that AB

[Aggies7]

Wow cave had zero chance in that at bat

[TheRealCupOfJoe]

The Chisox have not had any well-struck balls. Sloppy D and seeing-eye singles have made for a rough outing for Odo.

 

[Aggies7]

Pure domination that inning.

[FlauerPauer]

Almost every at-bat has been piss poor. Giolitto is good, but he's not great. Got a really nice changeup, but his fastball is straight and slider is average. Boys are going up there guessing trying to crush home runs. Need to start thinking singles and doubles. Go to the opposite field and stop trying to pull every f'in ball.

[USAFChief]

Anderson's third inning single and the opening single in the 1st were solid hits. Everything else just bad luck and/or poor defense.

[Whammy]

We were down 3-0 yesterday

 

 

[Blake]

 

Anderson's third inning single and the opening single in the 1st were solid hits. Everything else just bad luck and/or poor defense.

"Never attribute to bad luck what one can attribute to sloppy defense."*

 

*I may have paraphrased that just a bit.

Edited August 21, 2019 by Blake

[MMMordabito]

Must be nice having an actual ace on your pitching staff.

[mrtwinsfan]

Twins better do better at getting his pitch count up ,, Kids a good pitcher,  The way he has developed think he could easily be our # 1  ?  

[LVTwinsfan]

Yep. I wonder if the people criticizing Jake have bothered to look at the three ring circus happening around him.

well Jake is part of this team, so it’s fair to include him in the criticism

[Cap'n Piranha]

Here's the thing with the White Sox;  they have exactly 3 good relievers, and then a bunch of terrible ones.  If we're still trailing after 6, the White Sox will use their good guys, whereas if we're up, they'll use their bad guys.  It explains why we lost Monday, but crushed yesterday.

[MVP Nick Punto]

Almost every at-bat has been piss poor. Giolitto is good, but he's not great. Got a really nice changeup, but his fastball is straight and slider is average. Boys are going up there guessing trying to crush home runs. Need to start thinking singles and doubles. Go to the opposite field and stop trying to pull every f'in ball.

I was going to ask about that. Tracking the game on gamecast, he seems to be slinging a lot of 4-seamers over the plate. I was going to ask if he had some magic sauce in his glove making those pitches harder to hit than it looks.

[mrtwinsfan]

 

Wow Castro has zero chance in that AB

Garver loves fastballs, i would only start Castro when the other pitcher  cant throw over 92,  Castros limit

[Puckett34]

 

We were down 3-0 yesterday

Quick get the squirrel warmed up in the 'pen.

[Brock Beauchamp]

well Jake is part of this team, so it’s fair to include him in the criticism

Except he’s mostly doing his job while the fielders re-enact the Benny Hill intro around him. Odorizzi is limiting hard contact and missing bats. As a pitcher, that’s almost all he can do.

[LVTwinsfan]

Twins should approach the rest of the season as, break even at hone and win on the road, which is what they’ve been doing for a while now. If they continue they’ll be fine

[Cap'n Piranha]

Jake hits the #9 hitter, who is OPS'ing .606, with the next three batters up already 5 for 6 on the day.  What could go wrong?