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

[Aggies7]

How many homers will the Sox hit tonight? The line is 5. I’ll take the Ober

[MMMordabito]

Now can we say prospect fail?

[operation mindcrime]

Ugh crap.

[Mill1634]

If you're a righty sitting in the low 90s, you have to have a great offspeed pitch, and be able to locate your fastball with perfection. So far, Ober looks like he can do neither

[Aggies7]

This fella is throwing some meat up there 

[Platoon]

8 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

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

So in your world, you just keep piling it one, regardless of the score or opponent? 

[Cap'n Piranha]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

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.

You think him stretching less would have helped him catch the ball that was just a little bit out of his reach?

[ashbury]

"This is the best-pitched 4-run deficit I've seen in a long time, I'm serious."

I kid you not. Roy said this.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

18.

But the lead grew.

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

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?

Rationalize any way you want.  A hitter may try to go the opposite way for a base hit, or swing from the heels to hit the ball 450 feet.  Both ways he's trying to improve his team's chance.  So spin it any way you want.

[Vanimal46]

Might as well keep him out there until he hits the 85 pitch “cap”. Delay the bullpen as much as possible. 

[ashbury]

Just now, Cap'n Piranha said:

You think him stretching less would have helped him catch the ball that was just a little bit out of his reach?

I think you're straining to make excuses for a misplay that was clearly catchable.

[operation mindcrime]

12 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 

Who's this turd?

[Aggies7]

Just now, ashbury said:

"This is the best-pitched 4-run deficit I've seen in a long time, I'm serious."

I kid you not. Roy said this.

He did indeed say that, and he reasoned, if I’m not mistaken, that the white Sox were missing hittable pitches. What a doozy

[LVTwinsfan]

Here’s my take on the homer in the ninth last night. It’s ok for Rocco to be upset about it but he should have kept it to himself, He sounds like a whiner. Larussa however shows a lot of class by speaking up about it.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

"This is the best-pitched 4-run deficit I've seen in a long time, I'm serious."

I kid you not. Roy said this.

I heard it too.

 

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

3 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Now can we say prospect fail?

He should be ok

His pitches tonight were very predictable: fastballs up, off speed pitches down.

Rough situation to walk into.

[operation mindcrime]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

This fella is throwing some meat up there 

Well done!

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

I think you're straining to make excuses for a misplay that was clearly catchable.

The error will be changed and charged to Sano

[Cap'n Piranha]

1 minute ago, MMMordabito said:

Now can we say prospect fail?

Sure.  Would you also call Berrios a prospect fail?  The line in his first ever start is pretty similar.

Berrios--4 IP, 6H, 2BB, 5ER, 5K (11.25 ERA, 2 WHIP, 11.25 k/9, 2.5 k/bb

Ober (so far)--3 IP, 4H, 1BB, 4ER, 3K (12.00 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 9 k/9, 3 k/bb)

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

6 minutes ago, h2oface said:

How about this guy? Just a rookie in 1916.

Umm, this guy has passed away.

But can his curse pitch? ?

[Cap'n Piranha]

5 minutes ago, Platoon said:

So in your world, you just keep piling it one, regardless of the score or opponent? 

In my world, hitters hit.  As long as the losing team keeps playing, the winning team should too.  It's not the winning team's fault the losing team can't get them out.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Here’s my take on the homer in the ninth last night. It’s ok for Rocco to be upset about it but he should have kept it to himself, He sounds like a whiner. Larussa however shows a lot of class by speaking up about it.

With the lob balls willans was throwing up there, I felt like I was watching one of those trick softball games they used to show on espn back in the day. The king and his court I think they used to be called. Let’s see how far we can hit it out. Yermín did exactly what he should have done to that side show.
 

Everyone thought it was entertaining to watch the chubby fun-loving guy throw the eephus. I thought it was embarrassing, especially considering it’s not the first time he had to pitch

[Irishman]

Now the Twins are laughingstock of the laughingstock ever!  Boy!, they are stunk!  

Poor pitching is killing the Twins!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

6 minutes ago, ashbury said:

"This is the best-pitched 4-run deficit I've seen in a long time, I'm serious."

I kid you not. Roy said this.

In a vacuum, that might be a fair comment.

With the constant sugar-coating of an awful season coming from these guys (in my opinion), maybe not so much..

[h2oface]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

In my world, hitters hit.  As long as the losing team keeps playing, the winning team should too.  It's not the winning team's fault the losing team can't get them out.

I agree. Always try to do your best. No matter the score or inning. That is the game. And you play for the fans. They deserve your best effort. If a team sucks, that is on them.

[Cap'n Piranha]

5 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Rationalize any way you want.  A hitter may try to go the opposite way for a base hit, or swing from the heels to hit the ball 450 feet.  Both ways he's trying to improve his team's chance.  So spin it any way you want.

Dude, not rationalizing.  I'm saying if the normal way the game is played is for hitters to attempt to get runs across the plate, then watching 3-0 meatballs sail by is a hitter acting in a way the normally would not.  I think it is disrespectful to the game and your opponent to not do your best, and in my opinion, grown men shouldn't be upset over another grown man giving full effort.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Polanco threads the needle.

[Irishman]

3 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Umm, this guy has passed away.

But can his curse pitch? ?

Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter of all time.  He was suspended many times.  He could have more than 800 homeruns.

[Aggies7]

With the way this one is going, willans might be able to get his revenge tonight