Game Thread: White Sox@Twins 8/18 1:10PM

[Riverbrian]

White Sox: SP Hector Santiago

 

Alejandro de Aza CF

Gordon Beckham 2B

Alexei Ramirez SS

Adam Dunn DH

Paul Konerko 1B

Avisail Garcia RF

Jeff Keppinger 3B

Dayan Viciedo LF

Josh Phegley C

 

Twins: SP Samuel Deduno

 

Brian Dozier 2B

Joe Mauer DH

Josh Willingham LF

Justin Morneau 1B

Ryan Doumit C

Trevor Plouffe 3B

Oswaldo Arcia RF

Wilkin Ramirez CF

Pedro Florimon SS

 

Like REO Speedwagon I'm "Back on the Road Again"

Like Willie Nelson I'm "On the Road Again"

Like BTO I'm "Rolling down the Highway"

Like the Doobie Brothers I'm "Rockin' Down the Highway"

Like Deep Purple I'm a "Highway Star"

Like AC/DC I'm on the...

[ashbury]

Like AC/DC I'm on the...

 

Pilgrim's been tryin' to help with that, Bri.

[snepp]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

[Squirrel]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

 

yup. so there's no reason to even try any more. mwahahahaha.

[IdahoPilgrim]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

 

Yeah, I know, but I guess I'm just one of those guys who likes knocking his head against a wall just for the fun of it.

 

Kind of like being a Twins fan.

[ashbury]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

 

Will there be redemption for Deduno's allegedly dead arm today?

[snepp]

Will there be redemption for Deduno's allegedly dead arm today?

 

Blasphemer!

[Squirrel]

Will there be redemption for Deduno's allegedly dead arm today?

 

Now you've jinxed it for sure.

[Guest USAFChief]

yup. so there's no reason to even try any more. mwahahahaha.

It's not like some of us could try any less.

[Squirrel]

Ugh, Hawk.

[IdahoPilgrim]

You gotta be kidding me! 1st & 2nd, no out, and they get nothing?

 

What, do they work on this in practice - how to hit for futility when it really counts?

[Squirrel]

You gotta be kidding me! 1st & 2nd, no out, and they get nothing?

 

What, do they work on this in practice - how to hit for futility when it really counts?

 

No kidding. and on top of that, I have to listen to Hawk gloat about it.

[glunn]

Good morning all. I am glad that I missed last night's game. The movie "Blue Jasmine" was depressing, but not as depressing as last night's game.

[glunn]

There's no redemption for the game threaders.

 

You could make us another badge?

[IdahoPilgrim]

Good morning all. I am glad that I missed last night's game. The movie "Blue Jasmine" was depressing, but not as depressing as last night's game.

 

Haven't missed much today either.

[ashbury]

You gotta be kidding me! 1st & 2nd, no out, and they get nothing?

 

It happens.

 

/ With this team.

[IdahoPilgrim]

It happens.

 

/ With this team.

 

Yeah, I know. I shouldn't be surprised. Sunday afternoons I'm usually pretty tired after work, so I'm more vulnerable - don't have my defenses up.

[IdahoPilgrim]

OK. Runner on 3rd, nobody out. Just dying to see how they manage to get out of this without scoring.

[ashbury]

What, do they work on this in practice - how to hit for futility when it really counts?

 

But to respond seriously: considering that the 2012 Twins offense was second lowest in Ks, and in 2013 they are second highest, the natural assumption is that Tom Brunansky has instilled in his pupils the attitude that strikeouts don't matter that much. If you look at the teams leading in strikeouts at bat, futile offenses of Houston and Minnesota are at the top, but the next three are pretty potent. Hitting for power leads to runs, and also to strikeouts, so there is something to this approach. However, it can also lead to innings like this one.

[glunn]

Maybe we need to focus more on the reverse standings?

[GCTF]

Bremergasm.

[kydoty]

They really need to re-evaluate how they hand out errors in Major League Baseball. Between Viciedo, Beckham and Konerko, Viciedo is the last one that should've received an error on that play, but it by default goes to him.

[ashbury]

Sunday afternoons I'm usually pretty tired after work

 

One'a them fire'n'brimstone guys, eh?

[IdahoPilgrim]

One'a them fire'n'brimstone guys, eh?

 

Actually, no, quite the opposite. But I still put all my energy and passion into it - which is draining.

[IdahoPilgrim]

[ashbury]

Actually, no, quite the opposite.

 

Christian version of Ben Stein, then?

 

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[snepp]

You could make us another badge?

 

[ashbury]

It was supposed to be a day off tomorrow. I'd have said get Deduno out of there, put in your long reliever (Swarzak presumably) and think about whether to DL Samuel or what. But the Mets makeup game probably means Samuel has to gut it out a while longer.

[IdahoPilgrim]

It was supposed to be a day off tomorrow. I'd have said get Deduno out of there, put in your long reliever (Swarzak presumably) and think about whether to DL Samuel or what. But the Mets makeup game probably means Samuel has to gut it out a while longer.

 

And us with him.

[ashbury]

Maybe we need to focus more on the reverse standings?

 

It's something to look at, but I'm not personally a fan of teams tanking, like they do in the lesser sports, somewhat in the NFL and quite openly in the NBA. Nor of rooting for that as an effect.