Game Thread: Twins @ Chicago White Sox, 6/30/21 @ 7:10pm

[LVTwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Ober/under on white Sox homers tonight?

Wake me when it’s Ober

[stringer bell]

Fly ball Ober. Not exactly working at a launching pad. 

[SanoMustGo]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Three 2 strike homers. Hmmmm

Better than Maeda who couldn't break a pane of glass for two reason...no velocity...he would probably miss the window alltogether.

[Game7-91]

6 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Seven years of college down the drain

Mr Blurtarski....Zero.Point.Zero.

[Aggies7]

Is there anything at all to like about this current club? They just make me angry 

[SanoMustGo]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Is there anything at all to like about this current club? They just make me angry 

Yes, the young position players, Cruz & Berrios....You can have the rest.

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Game7-91 said:

Mr Blurtarski....Zero.Point.Zero.

Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son

[operation mindcrime]

The last thing we need is Nelson Cruz getting injured with a head first slide into 2nd base with the trade deadline being 1 month from today!

[RickOShea]

I like the team.  I believe they try and do the best they can, most of the time.  I don't believe they try to not perform.  They just want to play ball.  On the other hand, I despise the leadership and their rhetoric.

[operation mindcrime]

8 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Is there anything at all to like about this current club? They just make me angry 

Annie and Audra!!!!!!!!!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 hour ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

It is apparently a delay of the rain variety?!

Better than a delay of the locust variety?

[MMMordabito]

Shoemaker warming up = Game being turned off soon

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Gladden: Nobody warming in the bullpen yet.

[ camera cuts to Shoemaker warming in the bullpen ]

[MMMordabito]

1 minute ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Gladden: Nobody warming in the bullpen yet.

[ camera cuts to Shoemaker warming in the bullpen ]

Gladden has a point there.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Better than a delay of the locust variety?

Can barely make out delay of deland.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I have zero statistical information to back this up and it could be observation bias but the Twins always seem to be shifted where the ball ain't this season.

[operation mindcrime]

3 1/3 Great Outing! 

[SanoMustGo]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

I have zero statistical information to back this up and it could be observation bias but the Twins always seem to be shifted where the ball ain't this season.

I think the pitchers have alot to do with that too

[operation mindcrime]

5 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Shoemaker warming up = Game being turned off soon

We've got them right where we want them!

[Aggies7]

8 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I have zero statistical information to back this up and it could be observation bias but the Twins always seem to be shifted where the ball ain't this season.

I believe last night, the shift saved one hit and cost about 4-5

[Game7-91]

5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I have zero statistical information to back this up and it could be observation bias but the Twins always seem to be shifted where the ball ain't this season.

This is knows as visual bias: that is, seeing something in a repetitive manner, sans data processing, in turn inducing a natural idea: Example: for the professional hitter, seeing the entire infield defense on one side or the other of 2nd, a thought might occur that it would be best to try to hit the ball to the other side of the field. Modern algorithms have difficulty with this simple but apparently efficient way of dealing with the famed infield shift.  

[SanoMustGo]

looks like we got our run tonight

[RpR]

Why is Rortvedt catching and not Astudillo, his fantastic hitting ability?

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 minutes ago, Game7-91 said:

This is knows as visual bias: that is, seeing something in a repetitive manner, sans data processing, in turn inducing a natural idea: Example: for the professional hitter, seeing the entire infield defense on one side or the other of 2nd, a thought might occur that it would be best to try to hit the ball to the other side of the field. Modern algorithms have difficulty with this simple but apparently efficient way of dealing with the famed infield shift.  

I agree but there's a lot of controversy over the efficacy of the infield shift against RHB*. There's a substantial amount of data that suggests it's actually more harmful than useful, yet *very* smart teams like the Dodgers still use it extensively.

*There's little to no doubt the infield shift is very effective against LHB

[SanoMustGo]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

I agree but there's a lot of controversy over the efficacy of the infield shift against RHB*. There's a substantial amount of data that suggests it's actually more harmful than useful, yet *very* smart teams like the Dodgers still use it extensively.

*There's little to no doubt the infield shift is very effective against LHB.

It works for the Dodgers as they have a MLB pitching staff

[Danchat]

I can already foresee what's going to happen the next couple weeks - we see more "trade/fire everyone" articles the next couple days as the White Sox remind us that we're bad, but then we beat up on the Tigers and we see more "OMG guys, we're only 13 games out of first, we can do this!" posts.

 

[SanoMustGo]

There's my Shoemaker

[Aggies7]

I actually feel bad for shoemaker. Not his fault he’s still here

[operation mindcrime]

Ugh....

[SanoMustGo]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

I actually feel bad for shoemaker. Not his fault he’s still here

No, but it's a friendly reminder to the FO what they created