Opening Day 2020 Twins White Sox Gamethread

Time: 7:10 Central. Vegas Line: Even

Weather: 75 ° on first launch, not unpleasant like here

Opponent’s SB Site: South Side Sox

TV: FSN. Radio: As of now, Gladden’s favorite bike rally is still “ready” for 2020

White Sox starter Lucas Giolito finally solidified a place in the starting rotation last year, his fourth in the majors, after a tough 2018. His best pitches are a 94-ish fastball and a trade; he will also mix some breakup balls. Digits 2019:

(JohnFoley had a much more detailed statistical analysis of the White Sox here this morning. I’ll just add, if you still don’t know what José Berríos brings to this game, ARE YOU STILL A TWIN FAN?)

Giolito is an interesting guy. This recent interview shows that he’s a more reflective tidge than the average athlete (and apparently he’s pretty good too The show player; he just beat Twins supreme player Trevor May in the MLB virtual tournament.) Giolito comes from a creative family; his mother acted in various network television shows, his uncle co-created Twin peaks, and his grandfather played a memorable role in Seinfeld (George’s fiancé, Susan’s father, who hated George).

He has spent time listening and learning from teammates who had less comfortable backgrounds, such as a fellow Sox star in 2019, shortstop Tim Anderson. Anderson’s father spent 16 years in prison for a drug offense for the first time, about which Tim Brown wrote movingly in this Yahoo Sports article. These are definitely two Sox players I can support (as long as his team does terribly, along with any other AL Central opponents).

Just because it’s opening day, and I’ll probably never cover another one again, how about we celebrate: No Fans In Stands Cooking Recipes!

That’s right, it’s about “doubling stadium food as best you can from what you have on hand, since you rarely go shopping at the supermarket.”

Today I will try to make a Chicago dog, and this is what I got:

(You need the green food coloring for that weird, radioactive-looking flavor.)

Yes, it is not ideal, but at least it does not have tomato sauce. As the late Chicago columnist Mike Rokyo once wrote:

“No, I will not condemn anyone for putting tomato sauce on a hot dog. This is the land of the free. And if someone wants to put tomato sauce on a hot dog and really eat something awful, it’s their right. It is also your right to put mayonnaise or chocolate syrup or toenail clippings or cat hair on a hot dog. Sure, it would be gross and perverted, and they would be embarrassing themselves and their loved ones. But under our system of government, it is your right to be barbaric. “

Hey, remember when a blackout hit Chicago’s Sears Tower (or whatever it’s called now) in May causing a Killer Creepy Robot face? That was cool. Anyhoo lineups: