Game Thread Twins @ White Sox 1:10pm cdt 7/1/2021 ad

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Kinda personal, no?

That's fair.  It was more of a procedural question!  

[MMMordabito]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

With an eight run lead, it's called "fielder's indifference", Chief.

And God Bless Us, Every One.

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, SanoMustGo said:

This team is not very good.  2019 was a fluke.  They started the 2020 season 10-2.  Since then, including the playoff losses, finished 26-24 in 202O and we see what we have today.  Other than Cruz and probably Polanco and a healthy Buxton, there is not ONE SINGLE vet that is going to lead us to anything good at this point.  Give me growing pains of the young guys every day as opposed to the crap I am seeing from this bunch. Gut this dumpster fire and start over.  GUT IT.

Donaldson has been good lately, but no amount of offense will ever overcome the amount of runs this pitching staff will continue to rack up

[USAFChief]

5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Put Tiny Tim's cane in his hands, ...

Alcala couldn't tiptoe through the two hits.

 

 

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I'll see myself out.

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Alcala couldn't tiptoe through the two hits.

 

 

...

 

 

 

 

 

..

 

 

 

I'll see myself out.

He’s here all week folks

[USAFChief]

I'm getting a "real viagra prescribed online" popup ad, so the day hasn't been a total waste.

[SanoMustGo]

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Donaldson has been good lately, but no amount of offense will ever overcome the amount of runs this pitching staff will continue to rack up

I guess maybe they should have put the money into the pitching staff....but they like scraping the bottom of the barrel apparently.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

He’s here all week folks

Is that a threat or promise?

I might need him to yell at a cloud.

[JW24]

Just now, USAFChief said:

I'm getting a "real viagra prescribed online" popup ad, so the day hasn't been a total waste.

The only thing harder than watching the Twins pitching staff...

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Alcala couldn't tiptoe through the two hits.

 

 

...

 

 

 

 

 

..

 

 

 

I'll see myself out.

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I'm getting a "real viagra prescribed online" popup ad, so the day hasn't been a total waste.

Ah yes, the alternative definition of a "family website".

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Is that a threat or promise?

 

This is a setup, no?

[wsnydes]

Just now, USAFChief said:

This is a setup, no?

No, it's Yes...

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, SanoMustGo said:

I guess maybe they should have put the money into the pitching staff....but they like scraping the bottom of the barrel apparently.

Pitching isn’t a priority for the Twins, every year same thing. Buy some retreads and try to win with offense, that never works, oh sure you can win 100 on rare occasions but you can’t compete in the playoffs against teams with genuine ML pitching

[Rigby]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I'm getting a "real viagra prescribed online" popup ad, so the day hasn't been a total waste.

And Mrs. Chief cancels the Wi-Fi.....

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

Pitching isn’t a priority for the Twins, every year same thing. Buy some retreads and try to win with offense, that never works, oh sure you can win 100 on rare occasions but you can’t compete in the playoffs against teams with genuine ML pitching

Except last season, they went out and got some good pitching, which performed well in the postseason, while the offense laid down and died.

There isn't a silver bullet out there to fix the Twins' postseason woes. Over the course of almost two decades, they have found every way to lose imaginable.

[wavedog]

Dang that was right down the middle Larnach

[USAFChief]

Perhaps the wrong day to have the Larnach/Rosario debate. 

[SanoMustGo]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Pitching isn’t a priority for the Twins, every year same thing. Buy some retreads and try to win with offense, that never works, oh sure you can win 100 on rare occasions but you can’t compete in the playoffs against teams with genuine ML pitching

If that is the case(sure appears to be) then we won't ever compete for a title.

[wsnydes]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

There isn't a silver bullet out there to fix the Twins' postseason woes. Over the course of almost two decades, they have found every way to lose imaginable.

And that's how you get to a streak like theirs.  That's the issue.

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Perhaps the wrong day to have the Larnach/Rosario debate. 

You can’t say he’s better having played less than a half season, maybe he will be, and maybe not

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, SanoMustGo said:

If that is the case(sure appears to be) then we won't ever compete for a title.

There just aren’t many Kirby Pucketts around

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, wsnydes said:

And that's how you get to a streak like theirs.  That's the issue.

I did the math on it awhile back and the Twins held a lead in over 80% of those postseason games, IIRC.

Just brutal.

[SanoMustGo]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

You can’t say he’s better having played less than a half season, maybe he will be, and maybe not

I don't think you can debate 7 seasons vs 150+ PA(or however many it's been).  Apples and oranges.

[wavedog]

Sano gets another chance with the bases full

[Brock Beauchamp]

Loaded for Sano.

Oh, great.

[wsnydes]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

I did the math on it awhile back and the Twins held a lead in over 80% of those postseason games, IIRC.

Just brutal.

That's...that's incredible.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, wsnydes said:

That's...that's incredible.

It might even have been 90%. It was almost every game. Just mind-blowing.

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Over the course of almost two decades, they have found every way to lose imaginable.

Oh c'mon, don't be so hard on them. 

 

I have every confidence they can find more.

[LVTwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Except last season, they went out and got some good pitching, which performed well in the postseason, while the offense laid down and died.

There isn't a silver bullet out there to fix the Twins' postseason woes. Over the course of almost two decades, they have found every way to lose imaginable.

I remember that people were hoping we would play the Cheetahs, I would rather have played the Yankees. I knew Houston had something to prove and what better team to  do that against than the Twins