Game 163 the Regular Season’s Extra Innings

It all comes to this: Regular Season Game 163. Minnesota Twins visiting the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.

After yesterday’s game I’m sure some fans are wondering what the weather will be like in Chicago for tonight’s game. So here’s whats expected:

Image from accuweather . com

Game Time: 7:30 EST on TBS.

Probable Pitchers:

Twins: Nick Blackburn whose tRA+ is 98 and xFIP is 4.55.  Blackburn has had a pretty good year for the Twins regardless of his numbers compare to other pitchers.  Most Twins fans wish that Scott Baker was scheduled to pitch this game, but suffice it to say: I’m glad Glen Perkins or even worse Livian Hernandez is not pitching in this game.  Blackburn was effective in his start against the White Sox last week: heres hoping he can repeate that performance tonight.
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White Sux: John Danks whose tRA+ is 124 and xFIP is 3.94. Dank’s career ERA is 6.88 versus the Minnesota Twins.  This largely due to the fact that the 3-4-5 hitters in the Minnesota batting order have destroyed him. Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel are a combined 18-for-35 (.514 average) with 7 extra-base hits against Danks over the past 2 seasons. Again hopefully this trend continues tonight.
In a sentence:  We need a big game from the middle of our lineup.  Go Twins! Lets get to the playoffs!
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197 Responses to Game 163 the Regular Season’s Extra Innings

  1. FTLT says:

    I am here just in case…

  2. brianS says:

    Nice writeup, Yickit.

    don’t get too comfortable yet. Server is getting dodgy.

  3. FTLT says:

    On the whole the server is holding up pretty well though. On a usual night there would be about 400 server errors so far.

  4. FTLT says:

    Or should I say 404.

  5. Yickit says:

    Yeah, Its just a bunch of traffic, you don’t really know how you’ll hold up until you get which is unfortunate.

  6. FTLT says:

    No TV for me. Did AJ make a great play on that or is Dazzle overselling it?

  7. Yickit says:

    Griffy made the good throw. AJ just held on.

  8. brianS says:

    it’s pissing me offffffff

  9. FTLT says:

    The bar is beckoning…

  10. davidwatts says:

    stellar inning by Blackburn

  11. FTLT says:

    Alright D-SPAN2, lets see some action.

  12. brianS says:

    are you guys locked out of SBG as well? re: the bar, I hear you, FTLT. London Porter is calling my name.

  13. bodly says:

    C’mon Laddie!

  14. FTLT says:

    I am. I will keep trying but it is so F’n frustrating.

  15. FTLT says:

    By the way- this really says something about us. This game is so important to us that we have a back up site in which to post our comments. I love this.

  16. smalls says:

    Where we at…I can’t get on the WGOM so I came over here…

  17. davidwatts says:

    are you guys locked out of SBG as well?
    ==

    I am

  18. davidwatts says:

    At least Danks had to work a bit that inning

  19. brianS says:

    crax. would have been nice to have stolen a few bases off of AJ….

  20. brianS says:

    maybe Dreamhost owns stock in Yickit.com??

  21. smalls says:

    I think Dspan’d have two if not for timely swings by Lexi.

  22. FTLT says:

    We have Mauer coming up next inning. Danks has to be tiring a little. He is at 85 pitches on 3 days rest. If we can take them down 1-2-3 here I like our chances in the bottom of the inning.

  23. smalls says:

    I like your optimism FTLT, I’m on board with that.

  24. FTLT says:

    I mean top. Yickit, how about an edit button buddy!! :)

  25. brianS says:

    Man, this game is like Sarah Palin vs the international terrorists. Who will blink?!

  26. FTLT says:

    Smalls, you’ve gotta stay positive.

  27. FTLT says:

    brianS, you’ve gotta be thrilled. You can talk politics!

  28. brianS says:

    Politics?? I was talking Moose hunting!

  29. FTLT says:

    Moose hunting has to be encouraged on a conservative site, right?

  30. davidwatts says:

    another great inning for Blackburn

  31. bodly says:

    way to go blackie!

  32. FTLT says:

    1-2-3. Now comes the meat of the order.

  33. brianS says:

    Nick F-ing Blackburn!!! He’s channeling Black Jack tonight!

  34. davidwatts says:

    hopefully momentum as swung to our side
    3-4-5 hitters up. I smell runs

  35. FTLT says:

    Lets see if my call for meat is answered…

  36. brianS says:

    He’s prolly in the bathroom draining some Blue/

  37. davidwatts says:

    bunt?

    oy

  38. smalls says:

    How long do you ride Blackburn tonight? He’s “dealing” and has a low pitch count but he’s always one pitch away from have a ball turned inside out.

  39. brianS says:

    bunt?? Jeepers, Joe!

  40. Yickit says:

    Damn! Sorry about the lack of an edit feature.

  41. brianS says:

    It just takes oooooone mistake to Morny.

  42. FTLT says:

    C’mon Mountie.

  43. davidwatts says:

    blarg

  44. brianS says:

    do it yourself, Cuddy.

  45. FTLT says:

    I was just busting your chops Yickit. Thanks again for having us here.

  46. brianS says:

    that wasn’t what I had in mind.

  47. brianS says:

    ditto what FTLT said, yickit. your moms got any snacks upstairs in the fridge?

  48. FTLT says:

    Alright, time to play Hold Steady on repeat in between innings.

  49. davidwatts says:

    Gordo hit it right on the head (!!!) Danks got out of the inning on minimum pitches…6

  50. FTLT says:

    I think she has some Labatts.

  51. Beau says:

    I keep Blackburn in as long as he’s dealing. If he looks tired or gets away with some mistake pitches, then go to Mijares/Nathan

  52. Yickit says:

    @brianS We’ve got chickin in the biscuit and cold brew. We have to be quiet so we don’t wake mom up though

  53. FTLT says:

    He has not thrown a lot of pitches.

  54. davidwatts says:

    FUCK

  55. brianS says:

    oh, crap.

  56. brianS says:

    I blame Dreamhost.

  57. Beau says:

    Yeah, what did I say?

  58. brianS says:

    Dazz and Gordo are practically celebrating that blast.

  59. FTLT says:

    I don’t mean to curse on New Years and all but, a name may be taken in vein soon.

  60. Yickit says:

    Alight, back down to business for Blackburn

  61. davidwatts says:

    Dazz and Gordo are practically celebrating that blast.

    Well, if someone hits a ball as far as they said, I would sort of celebrate that too

  62. brianS says:

    just eat an extra donut to make up for it, FTLT.

  63. Beau says:

    That ball was absolutely crushed. I would guess 480 feet

  64. brianS says:

    or maybe blow the damned shofar to wake up our offense. We need some help against Danks.

  65. FTLT says:

    If Danks comes back out for the 8th expect a Delmon dinger.

  66. davidwatts says:

    Ken Griffey Jr is a stiff, except when the Twins comes to town

  67. FTLT says:

    /channeling new guy/

  68. brianS says:

    who is up in the bullpen?

  69. bodly says:

    Hope the pen is active

  70. FTLT says:

    Have you got a shofar handy? Maybe the kids made some in school this week?

  71. davidwatts says:

    Mijares coming in most likely

  72. brianS says:

    ooooh, Dazz going off my lawn at Junior. He’s a first-ballot HOFer and you were barely over replacement level Dazz, so you give him the what for!

  73. FTLT says:

    I would much prefer Mijares.

  74. davidwatts says:

    I give Blackburn a double tip of my hat
    hell of a game by him

  75. brianS says:

    No shofar, FTLT. But I’m contemplating some Young’s Ram Rod Ale

  76. FTLT says:

    No question about it. If only he had a little bit of offense to support him.

  77. Beau says:

    Well, Mijares, get us out of this and we got a shot

  78. brianS says:

    Yea, no blame for Blackie. He pitched great tonight.

  79. bodly says:

    Mijares has gotta start this with a positive jam!

  80. Jeff A says:

    Tremendous effort by Blackburn. If you’d told me before the game he’d go six scoreless, I’d have taken that in a second. We just need to hold them here and hope to get a couple runs.

  81. twayn says:

    I would rather have it happen now then see a walkoff jack in the 9th (or extras) tonight.

  82. Yickit says:

    2 outs. Lets go TWINS!

  83. Jeff A says:

    If they’re pitching around Uribe, I wouldn’t.

  84. FTLT says:

    I like that we are keeping Mijares in. Lets do this Twins!

  85. davidwatts says:

    Gordo was scared on that Delmon catch. lol

    lets go offense!

  86. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    hey guys! I was mentally willing my flight to get home faster.

    What a great game! Blackburn was excellent; not to sure about this ploy to make the Sox feel like they could win, but I’ll give the benefit of the doubt.

  87. Beau says:

    Whew! Delmon on his horse

  88. bodly says:

    wow. i’m never confident when it’s hit to Delmon.

  89. smalls says:

    Gordo’s gonna give me a heart attack.

  90. brianS says:

    You can’t rollerskate in a Buffalo herd, but you can in LF. Whew!

  91. FTLT says:

    DDDDDDD ELLLLLL MONNNN!

  92. Jeff A says:

    Hearing “A line drive to the gap! Delmon Young chases!” did not fill me with confidence, but he caught it. Now we just need a couple of runs.

  93. Yickit says:

    Switched to Rum and Coke . . . Go Twins!

  94. davidwatts says:

    we need baserunners

  95. brianS says:

    I would not be offended if the Twins were to bat around this inning.

  96. FTLT says:

    brianS, for the record, I have both champange and Fin Du Monde on ice tonight.

  97. brianS says:

    sh!t! We didn’t need an Uno! there.

  98. brianS says:

    champagne of beers?

    FTLT, you are a good man.

  99. smalls says:

    I am on pins and needles.

  100. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    could use a well-placed Sox error right about now

  101. FTLT says:

    No, no. Actually, it is sparkling wine left over from my girlfriend last night. Girls drink the weirdest stuff.

  102. davidwatts says:

    past a stationary Uribe!

  103. brianS says:

    a hit! look at that!

  104. smalls says:

    WTG HARRIS!

  105. FTLT says:

    a hit starts it off.

  106. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    Punto 0-for-12 against Danks? Sounds like “due” to me

  107. Beau says:

    Catchers doing a good job of not allowing any wild pitches today

  108. davidwatts says:

    pooooooooop
    :(

  109. Beau says:

    All right, who pinch hits for Gomez?

  110. twayn says:

    We deserve better (offense) than this.

  111. brianS says:

    oh, crap. Not happening tonight, I’m starting to sense.

  112. FTLT says:

    Well that sucks.

  113. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    PH for Gomez? KUUUBBBEEELLLL

  114. smalls says:

    this may ruin the rest of my day.

  115. Beau says:

    :) Just testing you

  116. meat says:

    Hola folks.

  117. davidwatts says:

    All right, who pinch hits for Gomez?

    Kubel!

  118. FTLT says:

    If we hold them here we have Kubel (fingers crossed) then the top of the order. We are still in this.

  119. twayn says:

    I say the Dude has to PH for Gomez. Move Span to center and insert Kubel in right if you extend the game.

  120. smalls says:

    Can someone let SBG know I got an error message at 7:41 tonight…

  121. Beau says:

    PLEASE bring in Bobby Jenks

  122. twayn says:

    Getting zip from M&M is killing me tonight. When they’re productive, we win a lot of games. When they aren’t, not so much.

  123. meat says:

    The worst part of this is the sox fans will be saying that the twins were pwnd tonight, which just isn’t true.

  124. brianS says:

    @twayn: so, two-man offense, you are saying ;-)

  125. davidwatts says:

    bringin in Nathan

  126. smalls says:

    If we have Mijares during the first week of August, are we playing this game tonight?

  127. FTLT says:

    I am fine with Nathan coming in now.

  128. Yickit says:

    We still got this.

  129. Beau says:

    Nathan hasn’t given up a homer to a right-hander all year

  130. brianS says:

    It’s hard to PH for GoGo. You know you’d like his speed on the bases, down by one run.

  131. FTLT says:

    I don’t mind Nathan getting the win tonight.

  132. smalls says:

    bS, I’d take a slow trot around the bases to a bunt-scamper to first at the moment :D

  133. FTLT says:

    I am actually talking myself into GoGo batting here.

  134. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    tony, screw “top AMERICAN closer”, Joe’s the top closer, period.

  135. FTLT says:

    prerequisite base runner, check.

  136. meat says:

    Shit. Why did they pull Mijares?

  137. Beau says:

    Actually, Soria may be better than Nathan by this point

  138. brianS says:

    you’re killing me, meat! heh.

  139. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    nah, Soria’s numbers look better because he gets to face the Twins

  140. FTLT says:

    COME ON NATHAN!!!!!!

  141. twayn says:

    Well, here we go. Do or die time.

  142. brianS says:

    Gordo enjoyed that Gomez catch, cutting in front of _elmon.

  143. FTLT says:

    Here we go. This is sort of an important inning.

  144. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    “Waiter – baserunners, please! A whole plateful.”

  145. meat says:

    Okay folks, remember, no matter the outcome we have had a hell of a season. A hell of a season. And dick just told us to strap it on. That’s just too fucking funny.

  146. Beau says:

    Well, Gardy managed the game as well as he could. This one’s on the players and I’m happy with that. Now let’s have some abidement

  147. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    Nice rally flashback, TBS. Hoping for deja vu

  148. brianS says:

    Time to Abide.

  149. twayn says:

    Dick? Strap on? What’s this site rated?

  150. smalls says:

    Kubes, Jenks pissed on your rug.

  151. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    did. not. abide.

  152. Beau says:

    Filthy stuff by Jenks

  153. brianS says:

    aw, crap.

    DSPAN!! DSPAN!!

  154. FTLT says:

    D-SPAN2, time to enter the pantheon.

  155. smalls says:

    C’mom Span, I’d take another walk here!

  156. brianS says:

    c’mon. Let’s not go out with a whimper.

  157. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    boy, nice if ‘lexi could hit a “bite me!” about now

  158. Beau says:

    Well, good season all

  159. meat says:

    Thanks for coming folks.

  160. smalls says:

    good season boys.

  161. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    sorry, had to turn off the TV

  162. brianS says:

    awwww.

    sounds like a nice catch by Anderson.

  163. smalls says:

    Why does Gordo sound like we won?

  164. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    hope there’s a bright spot in this, like AJ injuring himself in the celebration or something

  165. twayn says:

    I forgot it was Anderson out there. I’m thinking, no way Junior is getting to that. Duh.

  166. brianS says:

    thanks again for saving our bacon, Yickit.

  167. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    guys, this was just a little too close to the plot from “Little Big League” for me.

  168. davidwatts says:

    Why does Gordo sound like we won?
    ===

    He has got a golf tee time tommorrow..probably. No Twins = good golfing

  169. Beau says:

    Anderson didn’t need to dive

  170. twayn says:

    Bright spot? Rays in 3.

  171. FTLT says:

    I watched Little Big League yesterday too.

  172. Beau says:

    I’m torn. I really want Jim Thome to get a ring. I just hate the Bitch Sox so much.

  173. bodly says:

    That was a great game and a great series. Too bad it had to end.

  174. FTLT says:

    F!#$% coin flip…

  175. Yickit says:

    At least Thome was a class act: Complimenting Blackburn. I’m sure AJ will act like he always does.

  176. Yickit says:

    Oh and by the way, thanks for stopping by guys and making sure the game log continued.

  177. Beau says:

    Not sure you can blame this one on the venue. Thome’s homer would have been gone in Braves Field, and the rest of the plays seemed pretty standard. I have a hard time believing having your fans behind you makes a huge difference

  178. FTLT says:

    Thanks again Yickit, I suppose that I will see everyone tomorrow at the WGOM, or here.

  179. Rhubarb_Runner says:

    Thome IS a nice guy. I wish he didn’t light up on the Twins all the time, though

  180. Yickit says:

    @RR Agreed. But there is no way I root for a SuckTown team. GO Dodgers! Go Rays!

  181. davidwatts says:

    Im not complaing about having to play in Chicago for this game.
    If the Twins wanted to win the World Series, they would of had to win a few games on the road during the playoffs. Why not start that tonight

    It just didnt happen

  182. Yickit says:

    I agree with DWatts, and games like tonight are a reason I’m a baseball fan. But just not a WhiteSux fan.

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