Game Thread "Good Grief" Twins vs. White Sox 6:40pm cdt 5/17/2021

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

27 minutes ago, h2oface said:

And posters chastised those of us that predicted the "long season" when they were blowing the first games. We called it.

I do remember being chastized for suggesting Keuchel would be a good signing 

[mikelink45]

Gladden just made a really stupid statement - every team has a game like this during the season - does he realize how many of these games we have had?  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

9.

[Cap'n Piranha]

1 minute ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

I do remember being chastized for suggesting Keuchel would be a good signing 

Ability to shut down the current iteration of the Twins "offense" is hardly a good indication of a pitcher's overall effectiveness.

[LaBombo]

Dick helpfully notes that this will be Chicago's 25th win vs 25 losses at the moment for the Twins, thus delighting symmetry fans everywhere.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

9.

I think.... I hope that was why we went to commercial.

[Aggies7]

Can we talk about how the last starting pitcher (besides berrios) that the twins successfully developed was Matt Garza?

[tony&rodney]

21 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Don’t bet on it. The GMs would have to fire themselves if they were to fire Rocco. Their fingerprints are all over this nightmare 

True

[Vanimal46]

Won’t be long and Provus will be recapping games like Harry Doyle  

 

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, LaBombo said:

Dick helpfully notes that this will be Chicago's 25th win vs 25 losses at the moment for the Twins, thus delighting symmetry fans everywhere.

Zathras approves this message.

[Aggies7]

I don’t even blame the broadcast commentators for saying dumb stuff at this point. They can’t just shut the tv off like we can. Their brains have to be fried 

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Can we talk about how the last starting pitcher (besides berrios) that the twins successfully developed was Matt Garza?

Gibson was good for like 1.5 years out of 6! 

[LaBombo]

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

Gladden just made a really stupid statement - every team has a game like this during the season - does he realize how many of these games we have had?  

This is a huge relief, because... and I really hate to admit this...  I was starting to think that the problem might be that the Twins are bad.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

bottum of 6, 14-1 cbu.

[mikelink45]

At least we have proven that all the Twins RP signings are equal quality.  Some have done it in AAA so that they did not even need to get to MLB to show their value.  

[RickOShea]

The FO has got to do something, even if it's wrong.  They can't let the fans think that this is acceptable in any way, shape or form.  There needs to be a shake-up, large or small, to at least  show the fans some signs of life in the Twins owners box.

[mikelink45]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I don’t even blame the broadcast commentators for saying dumb stuff at this point. They can’t just shut the tv off like we can. Their brains have to be fried 

Can you imagine having to make an interesting presentation every night during this nightmare?

[tony&rodney]

Sam Hentges is pitching for Cleveland.

[lukeduke1980]

Do we need to cycle all of the AAA retreads  in order to declare that the System has Failed in Totality?  How many are left lets get it over with

[bighat]

Rock bottom just keeps getting lower and lower.

No pride, no fight, no heart, no talent. 

There really need to be major moves made after this game. If not now, when? Of course the problem is that there are no moves to make....

I think this only gets worse.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

5 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

Gladden just made a really stupid statement - every team has a game like this during the season - does he realize how many of these games we have had?  

For context, I honestly think Gladden is saying this tongue-in-cheek

[mikelink45]

Do HRs count when you are trailing by 13?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Donaldson!!!!

 

14-3 is better...

[RickOShea]

Nice take.  Don't wanna seem to anxious.  Now the choker, Donaldson smacks a homer.  Clutch blow, what a smash.  Now that cuts the deficit  to 9!!!!!!!!!!  This guy is awesome.

[Aggies7]

Dan Bailey somehow made a FG but the bears still have a two score lead

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, mikelink45 said:

Do HRs count when you are trailing by 13?

But we are no longer trailing by 13.

 

Down to 11 now.

[LaBombo]

3 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Zathras approves this message.

Since it's unlikely the Twins have a postseason in their near future, here's something else to look forward to instead...

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

7 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Ability to shut down the current iteration of the Twins "offense" is hardly a good indication of a pitcher's overall effectiveness.

It has more to do with the Twins not filling out a rotation. Keuchel would look better than Shoemaker in this rotation, and also Happ, unfortunately, though I didn’t mind the Happ signing. And I personally think Pineda is always an injury/performance/suspension risk. 

[RickOShea]

I always thought Donaldson was a gamer.  I thought he was a smart aleck kind of guy.  Truth be known, he's a bonafide MLB choker.  He's a poser of the highest degree.

[Aggies7]

This Anderson fella, oof-da