197 thoughts on “2012 Game Logs: Game 98 Twins @ White Sox”
I predict a Twins win tonight.
Cole's going to need some help from his fielders, though.
Not to mention his batters.
And, as it turned out, his relief pitchers.
The only thing that keeps me from saying that Brian Dozier has been a disappointment this year is that there was probably no real reason to think he'd be anything in the first place.
I am disappointed that they keep running him out there because he's basically the best option they have at this point. That's not a knock on Dozier necessarily but sheesh.
I think his ceiling is 'serviceable MLB player'. I can see why some Twins people (TK was practically gushing over him when he was filling in for Bert) think he can be good: he seems to have decent range and good arm strength. Maybe he can be a .260-.275ish hitter. But he shouldnt be on a MLB roster this year.
Nice moves by the bat boy.
I don't know if I should watch this or spent the rest of my evening doing something else. It's hard to get excited about this team anymore.
"Boo! Look out!"
Harley Dazzleson interpretation of a ChiSox fan beguiling a Twin about to field a catch by the dugout.
There are many times when Dazzle could provide a lot more insight if he kept his mouth shut.
Laddie sloughs a trick, there.
We have runner! SEND HIM!!
If a pasta, I'd put Mastroianni halfway between #9 Spaghetti and Capelli d'angelo.
Dozier's fielding like a douche today.
Small not small enough tonite.
WILLINGHAMMER!!!!
Willing-biscuit!!
SMASHING PORK!
So, this Willingham guy seems to be working out OK.
WIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!
Ooh, I walked right into that swing. I'll take credit.
I credit that home run to me cracking open a Lagunitas Maximus.
that looked like a fair ball
Wasn't exactly sure what happened. Blah-blah-blah, let's cut to a commercial...
At least you aren't listening to Hawk.
The third baseman fielded that thing about a foot in foul territory.
TRN(CCO) trivia - 1976 - which Twin hit for a cycle?
"ON THIS DATE in 1976..." was the question. But the rest of the question was what pitchers he did it against; did you see the starter's line in that game?
*points to the Bostock link above*.
Just finished watching the Grill Masters Chopped episode from Sunday night with Mrs. Buffalo. Sometimes the chefs they choose to eliminate infuriate me.
Galen! He is everything I want in a reality tv star.
oh man, that contestant was insufferable!
He had no problems calling a rube a rube. The dude who won made marshmallow quesadillas. Get real. The wrong dude won.
but didnt the winner have a better app and entree? the problem I had with that show is that the first 2 people that were chopped seemed to have no business being on that show and Chris Santos needs to be a judge, not Amanda Freitag
Dr. Grill cooked kale in lighter fluid! Come on! The judges don't want to seem biased towards NYC chefs. By allowing a good ol' boy to win once in a while the keep 'Merica interested in the show. There is no way you can tell me that this dude is a better cook than this dude.
Also he refused to use propane when charcoal was available. Which is the correct way to do it.
This.
I wish Food Network was replaying it now necuase i watched it Sunday so its a bit foggy. Right now its (the rigged and rerun) Food Network Stars competing
But Amanda Freitag is so hot.
aye she is, but I dont think she is a very good judge of a grilling competition.
compared to the competition, maybe.
I've got a thing for really plain girls.
sorry, you can't say Chopped™, that's a Food Network show.
Oh, hell. I totally misread the thread. Somehow I thought you were talking about the latest Gordon Ramsey vehicle. Never mind me, nothing to see here.
Dozier/Casilla/Carroll probably doesn't strike too much fear in the hearts of many MLB pitchers.
Youkilis - yeah, whatevah.
This De Vries guy is actually serviceable.
Ron Coomer get sidetracked pretty easy. But overall, I like him in the booth. He seems to have good chemistry with Bremer and adds a few good nuggets (the New Comiskey infield is one of the best maintained infield)
ACK..wallscraper
aw, Cole, keep it in the yard!
E9
Pop fly homer, sigh. I can't wait for Konerko to retire.
At least we quietly respected Thomas. Konerko is a bozo through and through.
would have been a routine fly ball in every stadium but Yankee Stadium.
Boooo.
Pasta Divingbeckham.
I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: Mauer is awesome.
the Twins have hit a lot of balls (even for them) up the middle tonight.
Willing!!!
Josh Willingham is a bad, bad man.
BRING THE THUNDER!!!
SECOND HELPING OF HAM!!
If I had a hammer...
OH YEAH!
HAM SMASH! hawk quiet.
There is some BBQ'd Pork I can get behind.
Games in which Twins hit dongers against Whities >>> games in which Twins give up dongers to Whities.
I wonder why Ryan is asking for a lot for Willingham?
The guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite Twins, but if some team is willing to clean out the farm for him, I hope Terry does it.
I'll agree. It seems like all I'm reading though is other teams complaining that the Twins are asking for a lot for Willingham and Span. Frankly, those are two good players signed to multi-year deals at low prices. I'd hope Ryan is asking for a lot.
The other teams got used to Bill Smith, and are disappointed that now the Twins may have someone in charge who knows what he's doing.
Willingham looks like he's about a foot taller than Revere.
Would a week of mad Mountie action be enough to get Coletti to trade for him?
Konerko showing off his range.
I mentioned it a few weeks ago and you guys delivered. Can anybody find video of that hilarious Rios throw into the dugout again to lose a game again?
"One stat they use in hockey, or at least they used to use, is plus/minus"
Maybe someday they'll say that about pitchers' wins/losses.
Oh, who am I kidding?
That was a tortured analogy.
I so Spookied that.
Ok, I see that my feed is a good 5 minutes behind.
How'd it go today DPWY?
Eh, we'll see in October. Who knew there was an Eleventh Amendment?
I just recently found out there was a Fourth Amendment.
That one's not all that important.
Not anymore, at least.
Your gravatar disagrees.
"This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed...bitch!"
That scene where he demands the warrant is probably the greatest Crim Pro legal scene in history. Just fantastically awesome.
Edited to add: and the first scene of the first episode of season five of The Wire might be the best Fifth Amendment scene ever.
I had a RICO class once wherein the instructor assigned us all to show a tv or movie scene that demonstrated a conspiracy (he used a Wire scene and Godfather scene as examples since otherwise everyone would have wanted to use those). I used the scene where Jesse explains the distribution plan to Badger, Combo, and Skinny Pete.
But your employer agrees.
They don't, actually. 😛
There isn't...it's just a figment of your imagination.
Edit: beat me to the punch. And, I like your answer better.
Wait...there was a question about the Eleventh Amendment? Must have missed that one during my 6-hour coma today...
To be sure, today sucked b*lls. Those essays weren't any shorter than February, but 30 minutes sure goes a lot faster than 45!
Eh, we'll see in October.
Oh yeah, I remember that bar-induced apathy now! Just wait until tomorrow's over!
Sometimes, Dozier is okay.
Dazz was dazzleating about how great he and Ramirez are defensively. So I know they are mediocre.
Heh, you're responding to Dazz's assessment of players the same way I've started to- just assume he's wrong.
Ramirez is actually a pretty good shortstop. Dozier is... not. It seems UZR just rates him as below average now, which is an improvement over the options last year.
I think Ramirez is pretty good at SS, but I think he was amazing at 2B. I might be wrong on that, but I remember him being really good there his rookie year.
I'm ready for Gardy to go to the bullpen right now.
Yea. Institute has done his job. But given how Deduderino performed the other night, I bet Gardy chances another inning.
Looks like De Vries is done. He was getting butt slaps and handshakes in the dugout.
Better than handslaps and buttshakes, I guess.
The batboy is day-to-day. I expect him to go on the DL in about a week.
He'll be ineffective until 2014 at the very least.
That's because he's an overpaid pussy.
If I go to bed, you guys will make sure the Twins hold on, right?
I'll take that as a "no".
THAT WAS A CATCH
ok, it wasnt a catch
But it was ruled thus, so all's well.
what the hell happened?
Even though I think he was right, I'm just going to hate Angel Hernandez on principle.
Hahaha. Hernandez is such a fucking assclown. I bet Hawk is having a full-on meltdown.
"that is BS right there. that is B. S. one guy gets it right, and the other three tell him he's wrong. B. S."
"boy, this is where i wish i could cuss right now."
That's awesome. I've maybe only watched five Hawk-called games in my life, and I can hear it coming through. Brutal.
i'm not so sure. i think he did get that mitt under it.
i take that back.
It bounced, but I don't know if he got the bottom part of his glove under it. It wasn't definitive either way. At least not on my crappy TV.
This. It's really hard to conclusively say it bounced because it hit the ground (I'm leaning that way, but barely) or the glove.
Well put, Dread Pirate.
Angel Hernandez botching a call? Well I never.
angel hernandez, everybody!
"Angel Hernandez, both hands on Gardy's hips"
oooh, pr0n!!!
That was a trap, for sure.
thankfully, no one wants instant replay.
hahahahahaha!
Hawk is having an absolute boo moment.
I'm scared that fella is going to have a stroke in the booth at some point.
the White Sox conspiracy theorists will be out in full force tonight
Mastro has a pretty big glove, and it looks like he got it under it. Hawk is freaking out.
"This is a moment I wish I could cuss, right now!" -Hawk Harrelson 20 seconds ago.
i found a pretty decent one at VeryImportantPerson (just the acronym) Box (all one word) [dot] TV. haven't really tried it for anything besides baseball, but the fact that they normally have a decent complement of baseball games would lead me to infer that it should be good for other sports.
What a surprising turn of events. Who is he bringing in next? I'm going to guess we get an Alex Burnett melt down.
Maybe it's just a Crainwreck because he's in the building.
Ah, the Casey Fien Experience.
Dear God I hate every player on this team. I want to punch every one of them in the face.
Hey guys, if we stay quiet spoons might not find us.
Jeff Grey now? Is Gardenhire going to bring in a decent reliever before this game gets completely out of hand?
Who thinks Jeff Gray will put out the fire?
Yeah, me neither.
Gardy trying to get Jeff Gray another win
I'm a little bummed that we're likely not going to hear from Cole's Livejournal after this traveshamamockery of an inning. I think it's hilarious that the only out so far was from Angel Hernandez's incompetence.
I'll be damned.
I guess I picked a good time to go water flowers. Yuck.
Angel Hernandez should be freaking ashamed. He's terrible at his job. Absolutely terrible.
what a crappy strikezone
This team. Good god, this team.
Playing for Appel.
What an f-ing meltdown.
Not a good fielding day for Willingham.
Delmonesque.
Time to go watch my recording of Falling Skies.
holy cr@p. capital S U C K S
Remember win the Twins were winning this game?
30 minutes ago.
Massive Fial.
Wha' happened? I leave for fifteen minutes, and this happens. I thought they were house-broken!
so this is where we score 8 runs, right?
I've stayed up this late, I had might as well watch the end.
Twins lose and the Wolves reportedly trade Wes Johnson. All and all I would call today a win.
And probably signing AK-47. They will have, at most, two black guys in their rotation. First, it was power forwards, then point guards, and now white guys.
Wes and a #1 and the Wolves get nothing back. Wes is so bad that the Wolves have to add a #1 to get PHX to eat the last year of his rookie contract. Unbelievable.
It takes a special player to look that good and yet be that bad. Also, I'm really curious to see what happens in PHX with Wes and Beas there and no Nash. I'm hoping for a spectacular wreck.
I'm not hoping for it, just expecting it. Like all Californians, I'm sure I'll stop to gawk at the wreck.
Well that sucked.
I'd be satisfied with this season if the Twins could somehow be responsible for keeping the White Sox out of the playoffs.
I still think Robertson can be good. All those strikeouts. Everything I've seen from him tells me that if the Twins let him go after the season, we'll rue it like we rue the loss of Breslow.
(To be fair, without cable, all I've seen of Robertson was his 27.00 K/9 0.00 WHIP ML debut.
(Man, if only he could have gotten one of those rare 4-K innings. Wonder if anyone's ever had a 36.00 K/9 before...))
Holy Hannah do I love my middling LOOGYs. It's like I'm self-parody.
On the bright side, it was another good game for Cole DeVries. The starting rotation seems to be coming together. We'll just have to settle for 105-57!
I predict a Twins win tonight.
Cole's going to need some help from his fielders, though.
Not to mention his batters.
And, as it turned out, his relief pitchers.
The only thing that keeps me from saying that Brian Dozier has been a disappointment this year is that there was probably no real reason to think he'd be anything in the first place.
I am disappointed that they keep running him out there because he's basically the best option they have at this point. That's not a knock on Dozier necessarily but sheesh.
I think his ceiling is 'serviceable MLB player'. I can see why some Twins people (TK was practically gushing over him when he was filling in for Bert) think he can be good: he seems to have decent range and good arm strength. Maybe he can be a .260-.275ish hitter. But he shouldnt be on a MLB roster this year.
Nice moves by the bat boy.
I don't know if I should watch this or spent the rest of my evening doing something else. It's hard to get excited about this team anymore.
"Boo! Look out!"
Harley Dazzleson interpretation of a ChiSox fan beguiling a Twin about to field a catch by the dugout.
There are many times when Dazzle could provide a lot more insight if he kept his mouth shut.
Laddie sloughs a trick, there.
We have runner! SEND HIM!!
If a pasta, I'd put Mastroianni halfway between #9 Spaghetti and Capelli d'angelo.
Dozier's fielding like a douche today.
Small not small enough tonite.
WILLINGHAMMER!!!!
Willing-biscuit!!
SMASHING PORK!
So, this Willingham guy seems to be working out OK.
WIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!
Ooh, I walked right into that swing. I'll take credit.
I credit that home run to me cracking open a Lagunitas Maximus.
that looked like a fair ball
Wasn't exactly sure what happened. Blah-blah-blah, let's cut to a commercial...
At least you aren't listening to Hawk.
The third baseman fielded that thing about a foot in foul territory.
TRN(CCO) trivia - 1976 - which Twin hit for a cycle?
Larry Hisle?
I know Kubel did it so...Rod Carew?
1970.
Or Bostock, who did it against the White Sox.
Looks good - I bet ur right.
Lyman Bostock.
"ON THIS DATE in 1976..." was the question. But the rest of the question was what pitchers he did it against; did you see the starter's line in that game?
*points to the Bostock link above*.
Just finished watching the Grill Masters Chopped episode from Sunday night with Mrs. Buffalo. Sometimes the chefs they choose to eliminate infuriate me.
which chef did you want to win?
oh man, that contestant was insufferable!
He had no problems calling a rube a rube. The dude who won made marshmallow quesadillas. Get real. The wrong dude won.
but didnt the winner have a better app and entree? the problem I had with that show is that the first 2 people that were chopped seemed to have no business being on that show and Chris Santos needs to be a judge, not Amanda Freitag
Dr. Grill cooked kale in lighter fluid! Come on! The judges don't want to seem biased towards NYC chefs. By allowing a good ol' boy to win once in a while the keep 'Merica interested in the show. There is no way you can tell me that this dude is a better cook than this dude.
Also he refused to use propane when charcoal was available. Which is the correct way to do it.
This.
I wish Food Network was replaying it now necuase i watched it Sunday so its a bit foggy. Right now its (the rigged and rerun) Food Network Stars competing
But Amanda Freitag is so hot.
aye she is, but I dont think she is a very good judge of a grilling competition.
compared to the competition, maybe.
I've got a thing for really plain girls.
sorry, you can't say Chopped™, that's a Food Network show.
Oh, hell. I totally misread the thread. Somehow I thought you were talking about the latest Gordon Ramsey vehicle. Never mind me, nothing to see here.
Dozier/Casilla/Carroll probably doesn't strike too much fear in the hearts of many MLB pitchers.
Youkilis - yeah, whatevah.
This De Vries guy is actually serviceable.
Ron Coomer get sidetracked pretty easy. But overall, I like him in the booth. He seems to have good chemistry with Bremer and adds a few good nuggets (the New Comiskey infield is one of the best maintained infield)
ACK..wallscraper
aw, Cole, keep it in the yard!
E9
Pop fly homer, sigh. I can't wait for Konerko to retire.
At least we quietly respected Thomas. Konerko is a bozo through and through.
would have been a routine fly ball in every stadium but Yankee Stadium.
Boooo.
Pasta Divingbeckham.
I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: Mauer is awesome.
the Twins have hit a lot of balls (even for them) up the middle tonight.
Willing!!!
Josh Willingham is a bad, bad man.
BRING THE THUNDER!!!
SECOND HELPING OF HAM!!
If I had a hammer...
OH YEAH!
HAM SMASH! hawk quiet.
There is some BBQ'd Pork I can get behind.
Games in which Twins hit dongers against Whities >>> games in which Twins give up dongers to Whities.
I wonder why Ryan is asking for a lot for Willingham?
The guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite Twins, but if some team is willing to clean out the farm for him, I hope Terry does it.
I'll agree. It seems like all I'm reading though is other teams complaining that the Twins are asking for a lot for Willingham and Span. Frankly, those are two good players signed to multi-year deals at low prices. I'd hope Ryan is asking for a lot.
The other teams got used to Bill Smith, and are disappointed that now the Twins may have someone in charge who knows what he's doing.
Willingham looks like he's about a foot taller than Revere.
Would a week of mad Mountie action be enough to get Coletti to trade for him?
Konerko showing off his range.
I mentioned it a few weeks ago and you guys delivered. Can anybody find video of that hilarious Rios throw into the dugout again to lose a game again?
See here
"One stat they use in hockey, or at least they used to use, is plus/minus"
Maybe someday they'll say that about pitchers' wins/losses.
Oh, who am I kidding?
That was a tortured analogy.
I so Spookied that.
Ok, I see that my feed is a good 5 minutes behind.
How'd it go today DPWY?
Eh, we'll see in October. Who knew there was an Eleventh Amendment?
I just recently found out there was a Fourth Amendment.
That one's not all that important.
Not anymore, at least.
Your gravatar disagrees.
"This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed...bitch!"
That scene where he demands the warrant is probably the greatest Crim Pro legal scene in history. Just fantastically awesome.
Edited to add: and the first scene of the first episode of season five of The Wire might be the best Fifth Amendment scene ever.
I had a RICO class once wherein the instructor assigned us all to show a tv or movie scene that demonstrated a conspiracy (he used a Wire scene and Godfather scene as examples since otherwise everyone would have wanted to use those). I used the scene where Jesse explains the distribution plan to Badger, Combo, and Skinny Pete.
But your employer agrees.
They don't, actually. 😛
There isn't...it's just a figment of your imagination.Edit: beat me to the punch. And, I like your answer better.
Wait...there was a question about the Eleventh Amendment? Must have missed that one during my 6-hour coma today...
To be sure, today sucked b*lls. Those essays weren't any shorter than February, but 30 minutes sure goes a lot faster than 45!
Eh, we'll see in October.
Oh yeah, I remember that bar-induced apathy now! Just wait until tomorrow's over!
Sometimes, Dozier is okay.
Dazz was dazzleating about how great he and Ramirez are defensively. So I know they are mediocre.
Heh, you're responding to Dazz's assessment of players the same way I've started to- just assume he's wrong.
Ramirez is actually a pretty good shortstop. Dozier is... not. It seems UZR just rates him as below average now, which is an improvement over the options last year.
I think Ramirez is pretty good at SS, but I think he was amazing at 2B. I might be wrong on that, but I remember him being really good there his rookie year.
I'm ready for Gardy to go to the bullpen right now.
Yea. Institute has done his job. But given how Deduderino performed the other night, I bet Gardy chances another inning.
Looks like De Vries is done. He was getting butt slaps and handshakes in the dugout.
Better than handslaps and buttshakes, I guess.
The batboy is day-to-day. I expect him to go on the DL in about a week.
He'll be ineffective until 2014 at the very least.
That's because he's an overpaid pussy.
If I go to bed, you guys will make sure the Twins hold on, right?
I'll take that as a "no".
THAT WAS A CATCH
ok, it wasnt a catch
But it was ruled thus, so all's well.
what the hell happened?
Even though I think he was right, I'm just going to hate Angel Hernandez on principle.
Hahaha. Hernandez is such a fucking assclown. I bet Hawk is having a full-on meltdown.
"that is BS right there. that is B. S. one guy gets it right, and the other three tell him he's wrong. B. S."
"boy, this is where i wish i could cuss right now."
That's awesome. I've maybe only watched five Hawk-called games in my life, and I can hear it coming through. Brutal.
i'm not so sure. i think he did get that mitt under it.
i take that back.
It bounced, but I don't know if he got the bottom part of his glove under it. It wasn't definitive either way. At least not on my crappy TV.
This. It's really hard to conclusively say it bounced because it hit the ground (I'm leaning that way, but barely) or the glove.
Well put, Dread Pirate.
Angel Hernandez botching a call? Well I never.
angel hernandez, everybody!
"Angel Hernandez, both hands on Gardy's hips"
oooh, pr0n!!!
That was a trap, for sure.
thankfully, no one wants instant replay.
hahahahahaha!
Hawk is having an absolute boo moment.
I'm scared that fella is going to have a stroke in the booth at some point.
the White Sox conspiracy theorists will be out in full force tonight
Mastro has a pretty big glove, and it looks like he got it under it. Hawk is freaking out.
"This is a moment I wish I could cuss, right now!" -Hawk Harrelson 20 seconds ago.
"Son-of-a-b(#@&#!" - me, 20 seconds ago.
he could pull a Bert
crap.
yuck
Crax.
absolute boo. Robertson sucks.
Remember that time he struck out every major league batter he ever faced?
No.
Have you found a link for Spurs/Galaxy yet?
No Landy or Beckham for LA.
on that topic...
Bookmarked.
So, yeah.
Dammit, Parkman.
Parkman?
Parkman.
I think mine fits, too.
What a surprising turn of events. Who is he bringing in next? I'm going to guess we get an Alex Burnett melt down.
Maybe it's just a Crainwreck because he's in the building.
Ah, the Casey Fien Experience.
Dear God I hate every player on this team. I want to punch every one of them in the face.
Hey guys, if we stay quiet spoons might not find us.
Jeff Grey now? Is Gardenhire going to bring in a decent reliever before this game gets completely out of hand?
Who thinks Jeff Gray will put out the fire?
Yeah, me neither.
Gardy trying to get Jeff Gray another win
I'm a little bummed that we're likely not going to hear from Cole's Livejournal after this traveshamamockery of an inning. I think it's hilarious that the only out so far was from Angel Hernandez's incompetence.
I'll be damned.
I guess I picked a good time to go water flowers. Yuck.
Angel Hernandez should be freaking ashamed. He's terrible at his job. Absolutely terrible.
what a crappy strikezone
This team. Good god, this team.
Playing for Appel.
What an f-ing meltdown.
Not a good fielding day for Willingham.
Delmonesque.
Time to go watch my recording of Falling Skies.
holy cr@p. capital S U C K S
Remember win the Twins were winning this game?
30 minutes ago.
Massive Fial.
Wha' happened? I leave for fifteen minutes, and this happens. I thought they were house-broken!
so this is where we score 8 runs, right?
I've stayed up this late, I had might as well watch the end.
Twins lose and the Wolves reportedly trade Wes Johnson. All and all I would call today a win.
And probably signing AK-47. They will have, at most, two black guys in their rotation. First, it was power forwards, then point guards, and now white guys.
Wes and a #1 and the Wolves get nothing back. Wes is so bad that the Wolves have to add a #1 to get PHX to eat the last year of his rookie contract. Unbelievable.
It takes a special player to look that good and yet be that bad. Also, I'm really curious to see what happens in PHX with Wes and Beas there and no Nash. I'm hoping for a spectacular wreck.
I'm not hoping for it, just expecting it. Like all Californians, I'm sure I'll stop to gawk at the wreck.
Well that sucked.
I'd be satisfied with this season if the Twins could somehow be responsible for keeping the White Sox out of the playoffs.
I still think Robertson can be good. All those strikeouts. Everything I've seen from him tells me that if the Twins let him go after the season, we'll rue it like we rue the loss of Breslow.
(To be fair, without cable, all I've seen of Robertson was his 27.00 K/9 0.00 WHIP ML debut.
(Man, if only he could have gotten one of those rare 4-K innings. Wonder if anyone's ever had a 36.00 K/9 before...))
Holy Hannah do I love my middling LOOGYs. It's like I'm self-parody.
On the bright side, it was another good game for Cole DeVries. The starting rotation seems to be coming together. We'll just have to settle for 105-57!