Game Thread: Nats v Twins, 4/22 a 1:10pm CT

Squirrel · April 22, 2023

Go Twins!

CRF · April 22, 2023

Can we please score some runs for Lopez today?

Parfigliano · April 22, 2023

10 minutes ago, CRF said:

Can we please score some runs for Lopez today?

At least 6

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

At least 6

In the first inning.

PDX Twin · April 22, 2023

3 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

At least 6

I don't think we do 6's. Either 2 or 12 seems more common.

Robert Floren · April 22, 2023

Lovely day, should hit 40 degrees by 4 pm. No gale force winds. Play Ball!

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

14 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

I don't think we do 6's. Either 2 or 12 seems more common.

The Intermediate Value Theorem suggests that getting from 0 to 12 means going through 6 at some point along the way. Not necessarily for very long, of course.

PDX Twin · April 22, 2023

1 minute ago, Craig Arko said:

The Intermediate Value Theorem suggests that getting from 0 to 12 means going through 6 at some point along the way. Not necessarily for very long, of course.

True enough, but runs need not be a continuous function of time. A three-run home could jump us from 4 to 7 in one swing, no? Unless you count the seconds between when the second runner and the batter cross the plate.

Parfigliano · April 22, 2023

11 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

The Intermediate Value Theorem suggests that getting from 0 to 12 means going through 6 at some point along the way. Not necessarily for very long, of course.

Twins Daily....come for the baseball stay for the mathematical analysis theory.

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

10 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

True enough, but runs need not be a continuous function of time. A three-run home could jump us from 4 to 7 in one swing, no? Unless you count the seconds between when the second runner and the batter cross the plate.

Correct; counting those seconds makes it approach a continuous function in the limiting case; hence the theorem may apply.

PDX Twin · April 22, 2023

1 minute ago, Craig Arko said:

Correct; counting those seconds makes it approach a continuous function in the limiting case; hence the theorem may apply.

"Continuous" for a function whose range is natural numbers,,,

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

3 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Twins Daily....come for the baseball stay for the mathematical analysis theory.

At least we don’t need to demonstrate compactness.

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

Just now, PDX Twin said:

"Continuous" for a function whose range is natural numbers,,,

Interpolation rules.

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

And yes, this whole exercise is just to needle the ‘No math in the game thread’ subset. :P

P.S. Also, if the game is too boring, there will be something else to talk about.

PDX Twin · April 22, 2023

3 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

P.S. Also, if the game is too boring, there will be something else to talk about.

We can even talk about it continuously!

stringer bell · April 22, 2023

Twins are the biggest favorite today in all of MLB. It would be a shame to waste this matchup.

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

7 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

We can even talk about it continuously!

Or discretely.

Craig Arko · April 22, 2023

2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Twins are the biggest favorite today in all of MLB. It would be a shame to waste this matchup.

Smells like victory.

PDX Twin · April 22, 2023

5 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

Or discretely.

Or even do some "real analysis." (But, having no imagination, I skipped complex analysis.)

OvertheHill · April 22, 2023

What could really restore some faith would be a solid, well played (and managed) game against a clearly inferior opponent. The score will take care of itself.