Game Thread: Twins (Woods Richardson) @ White Sox (Soroka), 4/30/24 @ 6:40pm CT

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Joe A. Preusser said:

Last night radio crew kept talking about the "slow track" dirt basepaths too.  Didn't really bother me, but I didn't need to hear it like 6 times.  

I actually am close friends with the assistant groundskeeper for the Sox. The head guy has been doing his infield the same way since literally the 70s

[Jocko87]

11 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

I've had a few times when I was thinking of something I wasn't capable of. I remember a time in a Vintage Base Ball game where I doubled into the gap and nearly got thrown out trying to stretch it into a single. 

I used to be able to run a bit in short spurts. Was playing softball in North Carolina and hit one off the centerfield wall. I saw it hit the metal fence pole and bounce hard the opposite way of the centerfielders momentum as I was about three strides from 2nd.  The ball beat me to third by 5 strides.

I never did get the guys name but apparently he was in AA a couple years prior. I wish I'da seen the throw but hearing it go past my head was enough.

I recalibrated my capabilities to adjust for my late 30s.

[IndianaTwin]

Glad they didn't option Funderburk to activate Duran. 

[Aggies7]

Running out of outs here fellas  

[Tlaker]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

Glad they didn't option Funderburk to activate Duran. 

Again now….. you’re talking common sense.🤷‍♂️

[Aggies7]

that 1-0 pitch was one I used to see buxton clobber into the seats plenty of times 

[Joe A. Preusser]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Running out of outs here fellas  

We are going to.win this

  

[Parfigliano]

SB time Buxton

[IndianaTwin]

Sox announcers talking about how much stronger the AL Central is this year because the Sox are only 2-16 against the division. 

The Central may be stronger, but I'm not sure that's the data point that proves it. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Hard to beat a team 6 straight times...

[KirbyDome89]

Just died laughing.

The Sox announcers: "The ALC is tough this year, 4 teams with winning records so far. The Sox are 2-16 vs. the Central." 

Holy ****. No chance Chicago is just historically awful and buoying the W/L records right? The mental gymnastics are actually kinda impressive.

[Aggies7]

Interesting pitch to run on 

[Joe A. Preusser]

Aaaaaand, the radio crew is again talking about the "slow track."

 

[Parfigliano]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

that 1-0 pitch was one I used to see buxton clobber into the seats 

I wish he would go back to contact and speed instead of trying with every swing to pull it 15 rows deep

[Azviking101]

Can’t hit anymore and is too slow to steal now

how many tens of millions is he still owed? Funny that he has all those incentives in his contract for winning MVPs 

[Tlaker]

1 minute ago, Joe A. Preusser said:

Aaaaaand, the radio crew is again talking about the "slow track."

 

I have tried….. but Attebury drives me nuts!! His voice is like nails on a chalkboard first of all, and then even worse….. he never ever shuts up!!

He needs to learn, less is more.

[Jocko87]

Mike Trout knee surgery, torn meniscus apparently. 😔

[Azviking101]

Buck’s current savant metrics. It’s really too bad that the moment he finally got healthy he lost every ability to hit. 

[KirbyDome89]

17 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Yeah I was just gonna say, Chicago is such a poverty franchise, it doesn’t feel for a minute like the Twins are in danger of losing tonight or tomorrow

So much this. 

They're so laughably bad that I fully expect to watch their bullpen to implode and toss this game tonight, then their lineup will bottom out against Ober tomorrow. 

[Joe A. Preusser]

2 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

Can’t hit anymore and is too slow to steal now

how many tens of millions is he still owed? Funny that he has all those incentives in his contract for winning MVPs 

He can hit just fine, and i have it on good authority it's a slow track tonight.  

[Parfigliano]

Nice job Mr Jackson

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, KirbyDome89 said:

So much this. 

They're so laughably bad that I fully expect to watch their bullpen to implode and toss this game tonight, then their lineup will bottom out against Ober tomorrow. 

I think the LaRussa experiment really set this franchise back. They were poised to be really good, then hire an old guy to suck all the life out of the room.

The Cease trade, just the final nail in the coffin

[Parfigliano]

Why does any team throw anything but a slider or curve to Julian

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

I have tried….. but Attebury drives me nuts!! His voice is like nails on a chalkboard first of all, and then even worse….. he never ever shuts up!!

He needs to learn, less is more.

I think he's improved from last year. Last year it felt like he thought he needed to use every item in the press notes by the third inning. But yeah, lots of repeating things, along with naming every jersey in the crowd. 

He's just a month into the full-time gig, so hopefully he keeps heading in the right direction. 

[IndianaTwin]

Glad they didn't DFA Jackson to activate Duran. 

[mrtwinsfan]

soft dirt=   again

[Aggies7]

Why in God’s name didn’t they try to tag Margot???

[Parfigliano]

Atta boy Correa

[Joe A. Preusser]

Correa says RELAX...about a rehab stint.  

[stringer bell]

Buxton is plenty fast to steal bases. He is a joy to watch in center field. He's always been streaky and the streakiness was probably exacerbated by his injuries. I expect him to heat up at some point, but he doesn't look good in the majority of his at-bats.