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

[mikelink45]

Alright - the Twins at least realized that Astudillo is the best entertainment.  But we need to have a better (slower) radar gun.

[mikelink45]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Sorry, I don’t get all giddy for a position player pitching. It’s an indictment on everything that’s happened. Especially this being his second time already. But the fans enjoy it I guess 

Of course I love it.  What is left in this season.  Enjoy his joy and his energy. 

[Aggies7]

Of course.

[mikelink45]

Yermin is a great story - of course he would take Astudillo deep!  He is the only story better than the turtle.

[gunnarthor]

A little insult to injury there ...

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

Of course I love it.  What is left in this season.  Enjoy his joy and his energy. 

Yeah I get it but it’s a sideshow, he’s throwing 47 MPh

[Danchat]

LaRussa is probably going to give Mercedes a lashing for breaking the sacred and holy unwritten rules for swinging at a 3-0 pitch! How dare he!

[LaBombo]

18 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Honest question for the diehard and faithful here: 

In how many computer simulations did the front office see this team get to mid-May with the worst record in baseball? 

The Twins'  B.O.P.R.  (Baseball Operations Planned Response) computer got similar results with US-USSR Escalation, JA Happ Incident, India Pakistan Variant, and Shoemaker First Strike:

My sources tell me eventually BOPR threw in the towel on all possible scenarios:

 

[mikelink45]

Only one run - no walks.  He had the best line of all the Twins pitchers.  

Thanks for staying up with me.  Boy is it fun to root for the Twins. 

[mikelink45]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Yeah I get it but it’s a sideshow, he’s throwing 47 MPh

And he had the best line of all the Twins pitchers.  What's not to like?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

0 outs!

 

I wasn't sure we would get there...

 

Now let's vulture the turtle a win!

13 runs is theoretically possible, now let's power up the heart of gold's infinite improbability drive!

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

LaRussa is probably going to give Mercedes a lashing for breaking the sacred and holy unwritten rules for swinging at a 3-0 pitch! How dare he!

The twins have embarrassed themselves enough on their own. I’m sure they’ll feel showed up, though 

[mikelink45]

1 minute ago, LaBombo said:

The Twins  B.O.P.R.  (Baseball Operations Planned Response) computer got similar results with US-USSR Escalation, JA Happ Incident, India Pakistan Variant, and Shoemaker First Strike:

My sources tell me eventually BOPR threw in the towel on all possible scenarios:

 

I believe we were hacked

 

[jimbo92107]

Just for a few pitches, Anderson looked like he "got it," that is, what Dallas Keuchel knows: It's not how far you can make a ball bend. Instead, you want to bend it just enough to place it, just so. 

[LaBombo]

7 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

[How many ways] Can it get any more embarassing?

Tightened this up a bit and chipped in my own guess on the answer...

 

[mikelink45]

Refsnyder our best hitter, Astudillo our best pitcher!  Boy does that meet our preseason predictions.

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I think Refsnyder wants to stay up here.

[Aggies7]

Just now, mikelink45 said:

And he had the best line of all the Twins pitchers.  What's not to like?

I guess I just kinda thought on May 17 we’d be watching Rodgers (or colome lol) closing out the 9th against a division rival, extending our lead on first place. Instead we have the should-be 26th man throwing super eephus pitches for the second time this year 

[mikelink45]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

I guess I just kinda thought on May 17 we’d be watching Rodgers (or colome lol) closing out the 9th against a division rival, extending our lead on first place. Instead we have the should-be 26th man throwing super eephus pitches for the second time this year 

We all thought that - but I believe we consider that in our rearview mirror so now we must move on and here we are still listening to this game at 946

 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

We all thought that - but I believe we consider that in our rearview mirror so now we must move on and here we are still listening to this game at 946

 

10:46 for me ?

[jimbo92107]

Crochet reminded me of Taylor Rogers from a couple seasons ago... until Arraez banged one off him.

[AceWrigley]

Ya know, the Vikings Super Bowl losses were always a kick in the gut, but this is utterly stunning. 

[mikelink45]

I hate to say this, but I am checking out - its up to the rest of you - however many that is - to  bring home the victory.  Good night, thanks for the company.

[HokieRif]

I’ve lost my ability to be disappointed with the players.  I’m now focussing all of my attention at the front office and I’m going to be incredibly disappointed if I don’t see “Twins fire…” article this week.

[Aggies7]

This is my favorite part of the game. “Let’s make this guy throw a lot of pitches so he’s not available tomorrow”

[jimbo92107]

Hey, I'm pulling for the Twins, but Crochet got screwed by the plate ump on those low heaters. 

[LaBombo]

11 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

10:46 for me ?

Put in for the overtime and we'll clear it with the shift lead person.  You definitely earned it.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Game over man!

[jimbo92107]

The Twins blew a tire on the way to work. See you tomorrow.

[AceWrigley]

Here's something I thought I'd never say this year, "Refsnyder looked good today."