Game Thread Twins @ White Sox June 29, 2021 7:10 CDT

[Dave The Dastardly]

No Rhyme, No Reason

 

They diddled, they daddled but it was a bum horse they’d saddled
And the front office was in denial.
The Twins bumbled and fumbled and in the standings they stumbled
As their free agent signings went down the Nile.
They stink, stank, stunk and were caught in a funk
Until the team was at the bottom of the pile.
But through it all loyal fans stood tall
And they laughed and joked and smiled.
Cold beer here! they cried a tear in their eye
And for a shot of Jameson they'll go the extra mile.

 

 

Sadly, a number of Twins fans have been jumping off the Beer Wagon (Minnesota has worn out its allotment of Band Wagons), but thanks to a couple of questionable Rainouts (one here, one there, but no Scarlet Pimpernel) our Twins are in sole possession of the much sought after 3rd place divisional position and are only 11.5 games back of the first place White Sox. No doubt this game will be considered the Game of the Week. After all, it’s Guaranteed.

Can the long struggling but now seemingly awakened Twins defeat the Mighty Whiteys? Will our boys in… whatever color they’ll be wearing today, rise to the occasion? Or will they again bumble and fumble and slip back into last place? Grab yourself a six pack and snuggle up to the radio (unless you actually paid through the nose to watch this gigantic clash on TV) and find out.

Be still thy heart.

 

Throwing Frisbies Without Sticky Stuff (Supposedly)

For the Twins: “Can He” Maeda  3 - 2  4.85 ERA  50 K.

For the Whiteys:  “Go Go” Golito 5 - 5  3.80 ERA 110 K

 

Twins Lineup

Arraez LF

Donaldson 3rd

Larnach RF

Cruz DH

Kepler CF

Polanco 2B

Kirilloff 1B

Jeffers C

Simmons SS

[Squirrel]

And here is the White Sox lineup:

1. Tim Anderson (R ) SS

2. Brian Goodwin (L) CF

3. Jose Abreu (R ) 1B

4. Yasmani Grandal (S) DH

5. Zack Collins (L) C

6. Andrew Vaughn (R ) LF

7. Gavin Sheets (L) RF

8. Leury Garcia (S) 3B

9. Danny Mendick (R ) 2B

[USAFChief]

Let's DO this!!1!

[Tibs]

Twins by a million

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 hours ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Can the long struggling but now seemingly awakened Twins defeat the Mighty Whiteys? Will our boys in… whatever color they’ll be wearing today, rise to the occasion? Or will they again bumble and fumble and slip back into last place?

A set up line for Chief if ever i saw one...

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So how is the weather?

(Yes, yes, let's talk about the weather)

[RickOShea]

Good evening.  Let's have a great time and game tonite.

[RickOShea]

Weather channel says cloudy, with rain to fall at 11 pm.

[RickOShea]

Is John Wayne Gacy, the Peacock's channel current frontman?

[shortround81]

We're actually in 3rd place on the AL Central????

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, shortround81 said:

We're actually in 3rd place on the AL Central????

Yes, we're 1/2 game ahead of KC and Detroit.

[Game7-91]

26 minutes ago, Tibs said:

Twins by a million

I like your optimism

[Dave The Dastardly]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Yes, we're 1/2 game ahead of KC and Detroit.

The difference is we can see the dust. KC and Detroit can't.

[jkcarew]

We’ve solved the challenge of climbing in the standings.

Don’t play games.

[RickOShea]

3 minutes ago, Game7-91 said:

I like your optimism

Is that Sting!

[stringer bell]

Tough customer in Giolito. Beating him would build some momentum. 

[stringer bell]

Donaldson brings some rain. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

[RickOShea]

Come on, let's have alittle pep, now.  Come on, a little pep!

[Dave The Dastardly]

How much of a lead do we have to spot the bullpen to move this into the win column?

[jkcarew]

     Rocco loves him some Max Kepler. Was horrific when he went on the IL, been horrific since he’s returned. Not only playing (basically, instead of Sano, who IS swinging it well lately)...but batting 5th.

Fwiw, Sano also hitting better against righties than Kepler. 

[stringer bell]

Just now, Dave The Dastardly said:

How much of a lead do we have to spot the bullpen to move this into the win column?

Double digits. 

[stringer bell]

Tight zone. 

[RickOShea]

5 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Double digits. 

Just one, as long as it pours sheets of rain with handball sized hail, and 78 mph winds. And an early end to the game.

[SanoMustGo]

What's with Maeda and his complete lack of command this season?

[Dave The Dastardly]

Judas H!

[Dave The Dastardly]

We gonna have to go the pen in order to get out of the inning?

[SanoMustGo]

2 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Judas H!

Maybe the Twins trade Maeda before the deadline?

[RickOShea]

Just now, Dave The Dastardly said:

We gonna have to go the pen in order to get out of the inning?

or the sword!

[Mike Sixel]

I look forward to someone blaming the manager for the walks .... Or computers.