Article: Series Preview: Twins @ White Sox, 4/20

[Ultima Ratio]

Atta Parm! Now Plouffesie, it may not be fair, but you need to make contact with boarder line pitch.

[Aaron Cross]

Another example of Plouffe not passing the eye test. The strikeouts are easier for me to take than that garbage. That was a brutal atbat. Twins are up 2-1 if Plouffe gets him over. Baseball 101. That will probably be the difference in the game.

[B Richard]

They've been sending Hicks curveballs all day. And why not...

[Aaron Cross]

Worley smirks as Hammer can't get to the foul fly ball -- of course no dive for the ball. Many LFs would have gotten to that ball. Good job to get the DP though.

Can't hardly blame him for not diving. He wouldn't have caught it anyway and probably would have screwed up his back.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Did I see that correctly? Gardy used a shift on Dunn?

[IdahoPilgrim]

I'm not actually watching, just following it on gameday, but it looks like Worley has had a solid start. Now if only those bats could get working.

[Riverbrian]

Peavy has got some movement on those balls....

[Ultima Ratio]

Headline: Mauer hitting .400, will it last?

 

 

(fun with numbers?)

[Riverbrian]

Another base runner and Peavy wii have to sit down.

[Riverbrian]

Headline: Mauer hitting .400, will it last?

 

 

(fun with numbers?)

 

yes

[B Richard]

Not terribly impressed with the White Sox batting lineup, to be honest

[Aaron Cross]

CB Buckner calls the strike zone like it was meant to be called, unlike most umpires that have a strike zone the size of a mailbox.

[Riverbrian]

Catch that ball... Dang it.

[snepp]

Twins Baseball™

[Aaron Cross]

If Florimon stays out of the way Worley catches that. You could see how he short armed it when he felt Florimon coming.

[Aaron Cross]

Wow, Worley. Nice work.

[Riverbrian]

Ladies and Gentlemen... Round of applause for Vance Worley.

[Guest USAFChief]

If I'm the manager, Worley doesn't come out for the 8th unless the Twins score 5 or more in the top.

[Riverbrian]

If Florimon stays out of the way Worley catches that. You could see how he short armed it when he felt Florimon coming.

 

I would say the exact opposite. You don't want your pitcher catching pop ups... Especially trying to catch it over his shoulder... Florimon has to call for it... Vance has to get out of the way.

 

That didn't happen... Bad baseball.

[Riverbrian]

If I'm the manager, Worley doesn't come out for the 8th unless the Twins score 5 or more in the top.

 

And the Pitch Count says...

 

Vance takes a seat.

[B Richard]

Great work Vance, you did your job. Let's see if we can pick up some runs and turn it over to the pen now

[B Richard]

Just takes one mistake to Plouffe...

[Riverbrian]

Arcia respect... They bring in the lefty to face him... Some guy named Veal. About the worst last name for pitcher.

 

How can you not call him MEAT with a last name like that.

 

Not just meat... But rookie meat.

[Guest USAFChief]

Figured they might PH for Arcia.

[Riverbrian]

No respect from Gardy yet.. Doumit pinching.

[GCTF]

Did Bert call Doumit a switch hitting switch hitter? Ugh.

[Riverbrian]

It's Ok... Hicks can turn around to the right side.

 

Oops... Ventura trumps... Bringing in the righty now.

[LaBombo]

They've been sending Hicks curveballs all day. And why not...

I was shocked that peavy was starting to miss with the breaking stuff yet was less worried about missing with that than he was about Hicks hitting his fastball.

 

Hicks has 7 walks and 2 hits. If there's such a thing as an unsustainable sub-.200 OBP, we're seeing it...

[B Richard]

Aaron Hicks: Rite of Passage?

[Riverbrian]

Did Bert call Doumit a switch hitting switch hitter? Ugh.

 

i thought it was pinch hitting pinch hitter.