64 thoughts on “2012 Game 145: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins”

      1. Downtown Boston a night-hole, then numero toll booths, then CT construction season. 2 hr > 3 hr drive. Crax.

      1. For one thing, it's dumb and confusing.

        Also, the main reason it exists is to prevent the defense from getting an easy double play, but the defense gets easy double plays on ground balls all the time. It seems kind of arbitrary to say that you deserve a double play for a ground ball but not for a popup.

        1. No, it's to prevent easy double plays by intentionally not getting an out the easy way: by dropping the ball so that the runners are forced at the next base. It takes away any incentive for an infielder to act in an unsporting manner.

            1. Sorry, I had to finish my spookystory.
              You're saying "it exists ...to prevent the defense from getting an easy double play"
              and I'm saying "to prevent easy double plays by intentionally not getting [the easy] out ..."
              Dropping an infield fly when there's no infield fly rule begins a game of roshambo except the fielder gets to see what the runner throws down. If he runs to the next base, catch the ball and double him off first. If he stays at his base, drop the ball and get the forceout double play. To me, that's unsporting.

          2. We used to practice this (in the day), deliberately not catching the ball and scooping it up on the bounce. Finesse.

            1. I've dropped liners at shortstop in softball games on purpose because I knew I'd have an easy DP if I did.

              1. Best if you clown pretend to have some issue on the catch - kak - sudden pain - oops - drop ball - visible remorse.

  6. something to watch for: the Twins record for strikeouts in a single season is 145 by Bobby Darwin in 1972. Josh Willingham now has 131 and is #5 on that list.

  19. that was the 48th time this year a Twins batter has been hit by a pitch. All of last year, they were only plunked 37.

      1. correct. he has been HBP 14 times this year (2nd in the AL, and his 89 career plunks is 113th all time)

  21. Dear Twins,

    Don't listen to Dazzle when he says he wants baserunners this inning- I would rather have a run or two.

    Thank you.

    1. No, Duderino dazzles batters with his unpredictable aim, making them swing at stuff that would easily have walked them. Unless he walked them anyways.
      (I haven't watched Duderino pitch, so I don't get it. This is purely what I've determined is most likely.)

      2. In his two hit game, I saw what he could be, and it's still not that far off what you described. There's definitely something to him, though. Evem when people put the bat on the ball, no one seems to be squaring up (yet).

  25. This will be Burnett's 61st appearance this year. Only Glen Perkins (62) has more.

    this will be Burnett's 168th game in 3 seasons. that kinda surprises me.

  27. It must be bad luck to score zero runs, because the Twins never seem to win when they do. I guess we'll just have to settle for 77-85.

    2. failed to mention, but the best the Twins can hope for is a divisional tie: their E# is one. If the Sox win today or tomorrow, they have the privilege of eliminating the Twins themselves. (And the Clevelands unless somehow the Twins-Sox game goes long and Cleveland loses to the Tigers despite a 3-hour-later start time.)

  28. Race to the Bottom
    Losses Year(s)
    102 1982
    99 2011
    97 1999
    94 1997
    93 2000
    92 1998 1983
    91 1993 1986
    90 1961
    89 1978
    88 1995 1990
    86 1971
    85 1985 2012
    Race to the Bottom (2 year style)
    Losses Years
    194 1982-83
    190 1999-2000
    189 1998-99
    186 1997-98
    184 2011-12

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