2013 Twins Game Log

Game 42: Is It 2015 Yet?

101 Comments

Welcome back to Tuesday starts, Pelf!

Pelfrey (3-4, 6.57 ERA) vs. Tim Hudson (4-3, 5.12 ERA)

Boy, apathy is really starting to set in for me already. Amazing what two years of losing, a 6-game losing streak and the furious return of the assbats can do for a man's patience, which could be why I keep forgetting I have Tuesday game logs.

Anyway, as I was struggling for words for this game log, Buffalo reminded me that tonight is the NBA lottery. I always get unreasonably excited to see which terrible spot the Wolves end up. Will they fall below their expected slot? Will they move up only to be slotted one pick after they can reasonably be expected to select the guy that will actually help the team? Stay tuned.

 

101 thoughts on “Game 42: Is It 2015 Yet?”

  1. I was just updating my calendar* and noticed that Soursteak set a first for the Twins for the past 5 or so years I've been doing this.
    He earned two BOSOs himself in the middle game of the BoSox series.
    He entered the game in the fifth, when the score was 2-5.
    He allowed the score to rise to 2-7 by the end of the inning, depriving the BoSox of a Save Opportunity.
    Then the Twins scored three runs, resulting in a 5-7 score (and a Save Opportunity) at the start of the 7th.
    The score was then 5-9 when he was relieved, again depriving the BoSox of a Save Opportunity.

    As I am the official keeper of the BOSO** statistic, and as I have awarded multiple BOSOs in the same game to separate pitchers, I see no reason why Slavestank didn't earn two in the same game.

    *

    [W/L]
    Score*** (Innings****)
    Pitcher earning decision
    (Pitcher earning save in wins/Pitcher earning BOSO in losses)

    In red ink for losses, blue ink for wins.

    **Blown Opposition Save Opportunity
    ***always with the Twins runs listed first.
    ****If not nine

  3. If I wasn't absolutely certain that the Twins are going to win every game the rest of the season, I'd be starting to get frustrated at the way we have to fall behind early in every single game.

  4. Half as many runs as yesterday! It's nothing but a speed bump after many winters of plows eating away at it.

  5. As much as Gardy frustrates me at times, I wonder how he has managed to maintain his sanity with the starting pitching options he has had the last few years. These guys are just tough to watch.

    1. K. It's a strikeout. If you want to make a notation in your book, that's fine, but officially, it's a strikeout just like any other strikeout.

        1. I spent about a week in Atlanta one summer as a kid, when grampaS took us there to attend a conference. I think it rained every evening for an hour or so, but was otherwise hot and sunny.

          1. also, the average rainfall in May in Atlanta over the last 30 years has been 3.95 inches. In Minneapolis, 3.24 inches.

  12. Phil Miller ‏@MillerStrib
    Braves say game will resume at 8:55 p.m. ET, after almost exactly one hour's delay.

  13. Wolves stay at #9 in the NBA draft. The have never gain lotto positions in the entire run of the franchise (something like 0-15)
    on the plus side, they didnt lose any ground

    1. And the Cavs win again. It's too bad they didn't wait a few more weeks to shitbin Khan. His reaction would've been priceless.

    2. I really thought they were going to end up doing a couple spots to where they'd end up drafting Zeller, or something equally stupid because that's how it goes. So, I'm glad they stayed put. Now for Oladipo to be around...

  14. when I got home from the airport and saw their was rain delay, I thought for sure the Twins had a lead then, but realized it was only a delay, not a cancellation

  19. Even with the rain delay, this game is moving faster than a Yankees/Red Sox tilt.

      1. Huh. I was a little curious about him, because he seems to have pretty good range, but he also seems to mishandle a lot of balls that almost all shortstops would easily get.

        1. UZR's breakdown says he's a positive in range and a negative in "error runs". Last year he was really bad in that category while this year only barely.

    2. the first couple weeks of the season he was awful. Playing a lot better since

  22. Mauer now trading strikeouts for groundouts to second. I think I like those better since it implies contact.

    1. at the end of this game:
      Pelfrey 40.1 IP
      Hernandez 32.1 IP
      Swarzak 30.0 IP

    2. This is better than the clear soda bottle the guy in front of me in Statistics class in college used. :/

      1. my boss uses buys a Mt Dew Code Red every day and uses yesterdays bottle for his spittin.
        ew

  32. with Dozier PR for Willingham, does Carroll move to 3B and Plouffe to LF?

      1. No points for (either of) you! Ramirez to left. Perfectly good waste use of a player.

  38. Dazz: "Ideally, you'd like to get Mauer to bat here."

    Now I see why they pay him.

    1. Geeze, I am behind.

      I really like the mlbviewer program for it's resource-lightness, but I'm never in sync with the game log.

      1. Might have some family things in the early afternoon. Sundays are generally better for me.

  52. Well a loss seems inevitable here. Why not make the Twins use all their pitchers and lose a position player or two to make it as painful as possible?

  55. Out of position players and only thirteen pitches from Perk and he gets pulled for another lefty? Let him go two innings!

    1. But then he'd get his role confused. Besides, you can't use closers in non-closing situations.

      I think we've got another cliche somewhere in there, but it's escaping me right now.

  59. These things happen sometimes, and they seem to be happening to the Twins a lot lately. Never fear, however. Things are about to change. It's always darkest before the dawn. Tonight the winning streak begins. We'll just have to settle for 138-24!

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