Game Thread "Waiting for Gobot" Twins vs As 3:05pm cdt 5/15/2021 ad

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The "Waiting for Gobot" Game Thread
covering the Twins vs As 3:05pm cdt 5/15/2021 ad

(by Bectimus Sam)

Setting: A suburban front lawn, a lone tree still waking up from the winter.

In the background, neighbor is having a yard sale with the usual garage cruft:
tattered clothes, old semi-functional tools, a dubious looking bike or two, fishing poles, tackle boxes, you know the like. Only thing eye catching is a bin of "vintage" 80's toys, dolls ("action" figures) and such.

An ol' fart comes out and hangs a placard on the tree reading:

3:05pm

Oakland
0. Cole Irvin ( L) P
1. Mark Canha (R ) LF
2. Seth Brown ( L) DH
3. Ramon Laureano (R ) CF
4. Matt Olson ( L) 1B
5. Matt Chapman (R ) 3B
6. Stephen Piscotty (R ) RF
7. Chad Pinder (R ) SS
8. Tony Kemp ( L) 2B
9. Aramis Garcia (R ) C

Minnesota
0. Jose Berrios (R ) P
1. Kyle Garlick (R ) RF
2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B
3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH
4. Mitch Garver (R ) C
5. Jorge Polanco ( S ) 2B
6. Rob Refsnyder (R ) LF
7. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B
8. Max Kepler ( L) CF
9. Andrelton Simmons (R ) SS

an occasional passer-by looks more closely at it, and as the time approaches, a few more gather by the tree and start to chat, one with an ominous looking "boom" box, clearly set to WCCO...

and this discussion ensues...

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Gosh darn it all, we haven't been playing so good of late, but we got all this talent that did so well.

 

But i hear tell there's just one more piece to the puzzle we're waitin' on.... I didn't quite catch the name, but it sounded a lot like "Gobot" or something....

[Brock Beauchamp]

My view!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Ugh. This team. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Sigh.

 

2-0

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

15 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

My view!

Looks like a fine day!

 

Enjoy it, and maybe the Twins will show some signs of life!

 

 

[USAFChief]

Berios just isn't all that good. Hasn't been, isn't, and most likely won't ever be. 

 

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Non-zero chacne i fall asleepon the thread....

wake me up if it looks likei miss anything

[RickOShea]

The Twins pitching strategy is so obvious.  Get ahead of the count 0-2 or 1-2, then throw 3 waste pitches that aren't even close to temp[ting a hitter to swing.  Then the hitter with a 3-2 count, waits for the center cut pitch.  An idiot could figure it out.  Obviously, not Rocco, Wes, or even our pitchers have a clue.

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2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Berios just isn't all that good. Hasn't been, isn't, and mist likely won't ever be. 

 

 

He is good. Not nominated for Sainthood good, but, Friar Tuck good, i think.

[denarded]

Man, what am I doing watching this? I have twenty things I should get done by Monday, and yet I'm going to watch this slow death march and dive into tomorrows game. Apparently I'm a sadist or a masochist minus anything sexual. Why add pleasure to pain for the next 3 hours?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, denarded said:

Man, what am I doing watching this? I have twenty things I should get done by Monday, and yet I'm going to watch this slow death march and dive into tomorrows game. Apparently I'm a sadist or a masochist minus anything sexual. Why add pleasure to pain for the next 3 hours?

Parallel process.

 

Load the laundry machine, or the like.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, denarded said:

Man, what am I doing watching this? I have twenty things I should get done by Monday, and yet I'm going to watch this slow death march and dive into tomorrows game. Apparently I'm a sadist or a masochist minus anything sexual. Why add pleasure to pain for the next 3 hours?

I hear you, brother.  It's like praying for immortality.

[RickOShea]

We are one offensive juggernaut!!!!!!!!!

[stringer bell]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Berios just isn't all that good. Hasn't been, isn't, and mist likely won't ever be. 

 

 

Yes, I agree Chief. All of the ace talk and his being referred to as an All-Star really overstate what he has accomplished. He's been slightly above average in his career (104 ERA+).

[RickOShea]

ouch, I love red!

[USAFChief]

Garver. 

 

Sigh.

[RickOShea]

The Cave injury is a real conundrum.  While I hate to see someone hurt, especially a Twin, I do welcome his vacant spot on the roster.

[stringer bell]

Another opportunity to come back from a more than one run deficit. How is that for positive thinking?

[RickOShea]

WTF is Pujols gonna do for the Dodgers?

[D. Hocking]

13 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Non-zero chacne i fall asleepon the thread....

wake me up if it looks likei miss anything

Maybe you will wake up and discover the season has all been a dream and it is opening day;

[denarded]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

WTF is Pujols gonna do for the Dodgers?

What IS Pujols going to do? I suppose it's PR and a sign of goodwill

[tony&rodney]

Cave didn't hurt the Twins too much because he really didn't touch the ball very much. Sorry to see Cave hurt and I hope he recovers and plays MLB again. Garver does hurt the Twins. He is a very poor catcher and really struggles to hit. A catcher impacts the game more than a shortstop or centerfielder. Butera is still playing because he can catch. Cleveland uses catchers behind the plate. Right now, Rortveldt is the only catcher on the team. I would love to see Garver recover and hit 35 homeruns but not while catching.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

27 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Berios just isn't all that good. Hasn't been, isn't, and most likely won't ever be. 

 

 

Huh? 

I guess i have been using a different definition of “all that good” than you have 

[ashbury]

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

21 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Yes, I agree Chief. All of the ace talk and his being referred to as an All-Star really overstate what he has accomplished. He's been slightly above average in his career (104 ERA+).

Let me inform you: That ERA+ number is dragged down by some poor rookie season stats. 

In fact, while Berrios may have a career 104 ERA+, he has never had an ERA+ that low in any season he has ever pitched. Except his rookie season. 

[tony&rodney]

Berrios is good, enough said. He won't throw shutouts very often, but does usually give the team a shot. He should not be throwing to 1B with an inflexible Sano there and we just saw that Refsnyder is not an excellent outfielder (frozen by a linedrive that was 3-4 steps in front of him. Twins need to hit.

[USAFChief]

13 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Huh? 

I guess i have been using a different definition of “all that good” than you have 

I'd call him..."mediocre."

YMMV.

[Irishman]

Looks to me the Twins already quit.   Sano has to go!

[mikelink45]

What did I miss?  Refsnyder in LF?  Is Larnach gone?  Why