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Game Thread "Patience" Twins vs White Sox 6pm cdt 9/17/2019ad
#1
Posted 17 September 2019 - 04:23 PM
The right honourable Umpire is entering the stadium (do the get walk
up music? if not, what should they have?)
On the charge of waiting until the last second to write a game thread intro,
how do you plead?
Squirrel!
Let the Jury take note that the defendent won't give a straight answer.
Wait... who is in this jury you're talking about?
Why, the contributors to this thread, naturally.
Oh, for a moment you were making light of the injured twins, as being "in jury"...
Hardly. That's how you see the world. Let the record show that the defendent
thinks that Movie Quotes make a good game thread intro.
Just settin' a good example: others should chime in likewise.
Ha ha. Very funny. Let the record show that silly names are attached to these threads with out
rhyme or reason.
I thought i had a reason at the time... Patience is a name as well as a virtue,
and we only gotta wait half a month to see how they do in playoffs... We made
it through 5.5 months already!
Is it really a name?
Yes. And the title character of a Comic Opera. See. i'm enriching the thread.
But worst of all, you think a Judicial System parody is appropriate for a
game thread intro?
I see your point. I will wear the cone of shame.
Foreman, will you read the verdict?
Foreman? Oh, right. This is a pourly thought out metaphor.
And you need to deliberate. While you are deliberating, you might consider
tuning into the Twins Game against Chicago, it might give you some perspective.
Chicago
0. Ross Detwiler ( L) P
1. Leury Garcia ( S ) RF
2. Tim Anderson (R ) SS
3. Jose Abreu (R ) 1B
4. Eloy Jimenez (R ) LF
5. Yoan Moncada ( S ) 3B
6. James McCann (R ) C
7. Yolmer Sanchez ( S ) 2B
8. Zack Collins ( L) DH
9. Adam Engel (R ) CF
Minnesota
0. Martin Perez ( L) P
1. Mitch Garver (R ) C
2. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS
3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH
4. Eddie Rosario ( L) RF
5. Miguel Sano (R ) 3B
6. Marwin Gonzalez ( S ) 1B
7. Luis Arraez ( L) LF
8. Jonathan Schoop (R ) 2B
9. Ryan LaMarre (R ) C
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#2
Posted 17 September 2019 - 04:28 PM
Hopefully Kepler is just taking a couple games to get right. LaMarre is the only weak spot in the lineup. Hopefully they jump on Detwiler quick and early. Go Twins!
#3
Posted 17 September 2019 - 04:36 PM
No offense to LaMarre, but does anyone in Twinsland know or hear why DeAza wasn't called up to beef up the outfield? the guy can hit and he certainly can play as well as either Wade or LaMarre. Just seemed like Torreyes wasn't as necessary in the infield as the problem with the injuries in the outfield. Watching DeAza in Rochester this summer was a treat. He was a good one and he's experienced.
Must be a reason...maybe someone knows.
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#4
Posted 17 September 2019 - 04:44 PM
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I'm going to need a Falvine definition of the word IMPACT in regards to MLB Hurlers
#5
Posted 17 September 2019 - 04:57 PM
You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. - Will Rogers
#6
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:20 PM
Magic number is 8... need 8 wins to get to 100 wins on the season... 12 games left... 100 would be nice... Sadly, there might be a half dozen hundred win teams this year. That's unheard of.
#7
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:23 PM
Giolito (ERA=3.41) is out. Detwiler (ERA=6.79) is in.
Baseball's a funny game: He'll probably throw a 3-hit shutout.
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Triples are more fun than home runs; stolen bases are more fun than strikeouts; singles are more fun than walks.
#8
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:30 PM
Hmm, thanks for posting the lineups
No prob!
#9
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:37 PM
Um...
I'm lazy. So i don't think things through, even after the last minute. So my game thread intros are as much a surprise to me as you. I just am faced with the decision to start over, and i might have said it before... i'm lazy.
That said, the one video included was perhaps a bit of downer. Like the scene where Kevin Costner tells his (character's) daughter to turn off Harvey.
But i don't know how memorable the line: "This means something! It's important" is?
Show of hands, who, given that line, would have thought of mashed potatoes?
Anyway... we got us a game to watch!
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#10
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:43 PM
Can't see slash without thinking of this:
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#11
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:47 PM
You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. - Will Rogers
#12
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:49 PM
You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. - Will Rogers
#13
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:49 PM

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#14
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:51 PM
Less is more
https://commonplacef...smooregrave.jpg
Edited by ScrapTheNickname, 17 September 2019 - 05:51 PM.
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#16
Posted 17 September 2019 - 05:59 PM
Why do i hear Johnny Cash as i read that?
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#17
Posted 17 September 2019 - 06:02 PM
We've gotten lucky with Arraez in left. No gaffes, no goofs, no blunders.
#18
Posted 17 September 2019 - 06:02 PM
We better get some runs
All I want is one more than the Sox. Nothing more, nothing less.

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#19
Posted 17 September 2019 - 06:03 PM
All I want is one more than the Sox. Nothing more, nothing less.
Laughed outloud ... but LOL seems too lame to type.
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#20
Posted 17 September 2019 - 06:07 PM
Patience , alot of 1 pitch hitting early