Game Thread: Twins @ White Sox 1:10pm cdt, 9/17/2020 ad

[dex8425]

 

ground ball to short. calling it.

 

edit: I blame me.

You're right. I blame Kepler. 

[Aggies7]

We deserve every bit of this

[dex8425]

Wasted another Maeda start. 

[USAFChief]

And there you go. GIve up a hit to Jerrod ******* Dyson, can't get easy DP, can't stop a SB, can't throw out Jose Abrea on a ground ball, that maybe Donaldson gets to if he's still in the game.

[Aggies7]

Flipping inexplicable 4 pitch walk

[h2oface]

Yup. That's a bullpen to rely on in the playoffs......

[mrtwinsfan]

Could we try any harder to make it easier for them to score, wonder if Josh could of had that grounder ??? 

[MNT1996]

Well Buxton is going to have at least 1 more plate appearance. So there's a chance.

[h2oface]

Maeda "deGrom'ed" by his bullpen again.

[insagt1]

Twins are playing an ugly game. Something about this game is very unsettling. Playing terrible baseball. They deserve to lose this one. Sox big hitter comes thru. Our big hitters are striking out and hitting weak pop ups. Bullpen doesn't get it done. 'D' not getting it done. Our 3rd baseman gets tossed unnecessarily. Just not with the program at all. Yech...

[Aggies7]

Did romo beat his chest this time

[stringer bell]

Chicago scored two without a homer. I think that seals it. Hello Yankees, at the rate NY is playing, probably at Yankee Stadium.

[USAFChief]

No matter the outcome, this has been a pretty bad showing by the Twins this series. 

[dex8425]

 

Maeda "deGrom'ed" by his bullpen again.

I'm hoping Rocco would leave Maeda in another inning or two in a playoff game. But I doubt it, since this basically is a playoff game. Give me another inning of Maeda over Matt I was a waiver claim before the start of the season Wisler. 

[h2oface]

Power hungry umpires change the game. 

[bighat]

Don't know how either Clippard or Romo have a job with a contender next year - or with anyone, frankly. They're old men throwing 80 MPH meatballs, and only getting paid based on what they did 5 years ago. They are possibly the most hittable relievers in baseball right now and shouldn't be options for a team of this caliber.

[Aggies7]

Power hungry umpires change the game.

Haha cmon now that’s silly

[USAFChief]

 

Power hungry umpires change the game. 

Just stop. Ignoring the fact Donaldson is 100 percent responsible for not being in this game, the 7th inning changed the game and had NOTHING to do with the umpires.

 

 

[Aggies7]

Chicago scored two without a homer. I think that seals it. Hello Yankees, at the rate NY is playing, probably at Yankee Stadium.

It was never going to go any other way

[LVTwinsfan]

Yup. That's a bullpen to rely on in the playoffs......

you can’t rely on 4 innings of bullpen every game, it won’t work, it’s never worked, maybe a game here or there but not every fricken day

[Aggies7]

Thank god josh showed the umpire who’s boss so we get to see a predictable Adrianza at bat

[bighat]

 

All in all, I think the ejection is on Donaldson, not the ump. 

Exactly. The ump can't NOT eject Donaldson there.

[mrtwinsfan]

 Looks like its gonna be the Yankees again, if we lose this game,   Hope we do get them, 

[Aggies7]

 

 Looks like its gonna be the Yankees again, if we lose this game,   Hope we do get them, 

masochist 

[bighat]

 

 Looks like its gonna be the Yankees again, if we lose this game,   Hope we do get them, 

Almost certainly. We'll be 3 games out with just 8 games to go, almost impossible to win the division.

 

This was a statement series by the Sox much like when the Twins went into Cleveland late last year.

[Aggies7]

 

Almost certainly. We'll be 3 games out with just 8 games to go, almost impossible to win the division.

 

This was a statement series by the Sox much like when the Twins went into Cleveland late last year.

4 if you count the tiebreaker. it's ovah without a comeback here

[LVTwinsfan]

It happens all the time in the NBA and NHL. There are certain things you can say and actions that you can take that most players and umpires agree are within the bounds of "normal" protest. In baseball, that very much does not include intentionally kicking dirt on the plate. That is one of those things that is guaranteed to get you booted. He could have chirped him a little on his way by, gotten his point across, and not shown up the ump. He was trying to get booted there, and it was selfish and childish.

In the NHL, no that’s not true

[USAFChief]

 

Almost certainly. We'll be 3 games out with just 8 games to go, almost impossible to win the division.

 

This was a statement series by the Sox much like when the Twins went into Cleveland late last year.

it's actually 3.5 games, since the Twins lose the division if they end up tied with the Sox.

[wavedog]

Cruz took advantage of the Ump missing Strike 3

[USAFChief]

 

In the NHL, no that’s not true

NO, he's right, you get kicked out for kicking dirt on the plate in the NHL, too.