Game Thread: Twins @ White Sox 6:40 PM 5/18/2021

[Vanimal46]

Good stuff, Bailey 

[MMMordabito]

My negativity isn't aging well. Even the Donaldson error couldn't help that time.

[Cap'n Piranha]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

162 games in a season and you go into the 9th down 13. Yeah you give up on that one, That’s why you let Astidillo pitch

No problem with letting Astudillo pitch.  No problem with letting Mercedes hit.  If you actually want to give up, then forfeit.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, cHawk said:

So which pitching prospects could we see this year? First there’s Ober, then what?

Does Thorpe count?

[cHawk]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Does Thorpe count?

Yes Thorpe does count

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, MMMordabito said:

My negativity isn't aging well. Even the Donaldson error couldn't help that time.

They’ll probably change that to a Sano error

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Does Thorpe count?

Learned to count before grade school, in fact 

[Platoon]

8 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Sano needs to be reminded to look the ball into his glove. Hand-eye coordination is made much harder when there is no eye.

.........and poor hand

[bighat]

Twins supposedly have some real top notch pitching prospects.

And we get....Bailey Ober? Who nobody's ever heard of and isn't even on the radar?

Straight out of central casting for this team.

Terry Ryan is having a great 2021, wherever he is.

[LaBombo]

Anything good that happens the rest of this season is just a bonus for Twins Bingo players whose card had "Tony LaRussa apologizes for his player homering vs MN" on it.

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31468198/chicago-white-sox-manager-tony-la-russa-upset-rookie-yermin-mercedes-not-showing-respect-your-opponent-victory

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 minutes ago, cHawk said:

Yes Thorpe does count

I should know the prospects better than i do.

 

There are some up and comers though.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 minutes ago, Platoon said:

.........and poor hand

Gotta play the hand you're dealt...

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, bighat said:

Twins supposedly have some real top notch pitching prospects.

And we get....Bailey Ober? Who nobody's ever heard of and isn't even on the radar?

Hey now—he was my Adopt-a-Prospect back in 2018!

(though I was too busy to ever provide any updates on him)

[LaBombo]

11 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

23

 

10 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

22

Are we counting down the magic number of losses until the Twins are eliminated from the postseason?

[Cap'n Piranha]

2 minutes ago, bighat said:

Twins supposedly have some real top notch pitching prospects.

And we get....Bailey Ober? Who nobody's ever heard of and isn't even on the radar?

Straight out of central casting for this team.

Terry Ryan is having a great 2021, wherever he is.

Well, Duran is coming back from an injury, Balazovic is currently injured, Winder has 15 pitches above low A, and Enlow and Canterino are still at High A.  All 5 of those guys might still debut this year, but none of them are in a place to be able to pitch for the Twins tonight.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, LaBombo said:

 

Are we counting down the magic number of losses until the Twins are eliminated from the postseason?

Number of putouts the Twins fielders need to get before the game can end. Unclear if we go negative in extras or just rest to 3 each inning...

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

No problem with letting Astudillo pitch.  No problem with letting Mercedes hit.  If you actually want to give up, then forfeit.

They are pros, right or wrong they’re not gonna let us tell them how they should play. That might work in college but not in the majors, you can’t say they’re ruining the game because the pros have been playing like that for over a century. I respect Larussa for demanding his players respect the game. Very few ball players actually make the majors, So if that elite club wants to have unwritten rules, they have earned that right

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

10 minutes ago, cHawk said:

So which pitching prospects could we see this year? First there’s Ober, then what?

I won’t hazard a guess, but I do have this guy’s baseball card— he looks like a real hurler 

[Cap'n Piranha]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

They are pros, right or wrong they’re not gonna let us tell them how they should play. That might work in college but not in the majors, you can’t say they’re ruining the game because the pros have been playing like that for over a century. I respect Larussa for demanding his players respect the game. Very few ball players actually make the majors, So if that elite club wants to have unwritten rules, they have earned that right

Opting not to play the game as you normally would is not "respecting the game".

[RickOShea]

WTF..........no cutoff?  Another MENTAL mistake.

[bighat]

Welp that oughta do it.

2 innings + and the game's over. Gee whiz man.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

20.

 

Did the runner take 2nd on the throw to the plate?

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Opting not to play the game as you normally would is not "respecting the game".

"Normally would" is a subjective term based upon a myriad of conditions through out the course of a game.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

19...

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Opting not to play the game as you normally would is not "respecting the game".

In this case down 13, I disagree, it’s just not worth it

[Vanimal46]

I admittedly hated the opener idea when we first did it in 2018, but we never utilize the concept anymore. Feels like today would have been good time to bring that back. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

Just now, RickOShea said:

"Normally would" is a subjective term based upon a myriad of conditions through out the course of a game.

A hitter "normally would" attempt to improve his team's outlook for plating runs, no?  Is there any other scenario where a hitter would not be attempting to improve his team's outlook for plating runs?

[ashbury]

19 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Or when you're stretched as far as you possibly can go.

He could have stretched just a little less, then. The ball hit the heel of his glove. Not that he would know, since he looked away.

[h2oface]

8 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

I won’t hazard a guess, but I do have this guy’s baseball card— he looks like a real hurler 

How about this guy? Just a rookie in 1916.

[Vanimal46]

Yikes. That was a moon shot.