Game Thread: Twins v Orioles, 5/2 @ 7:10pm CT

[Mr. Brooks]

So he must be thurst into the starting shortstop role then?

 

I don't know why he would come up only just to sit on the bench.

 

Because their only other option on the 40 man would have been a 4th catcher.

Per Bernadino, "Escobar to be the everyday SS".

[Halsey Hall]

Really nice, plouffe, 2 k's already and with men on 3rd. Probably get a meaningless single somewhere tonight.

[glunn]

We're waiting on the "date report".

 

Not a "date". Just a fun dinner with someone I have not seen for 35 years or so. She brought her daughter, her son-in-law and one of her grandchildren. We had a lot of fun talking about old times and new times. The magic was still there, but I am a married man and would never do anything that would resemble a date.

[stringer bell]

For you trivia fans Twins are 1 for their last 13 w/RISP, and 8 out of their last 46.

 

Very 2013ish. Ugh.

Regression to the mean sucks.

[Riverbrian]

Not a "date". Just a fun dinner with someone I have not seen for 35 years or so. She brought her daughter, her son-in-law and one of her grandchildren. We had a lot of fun talking about old times and new times. The magic was still there, but I am a married man and would never do anything that would resemble a date.

 

At our age... Just call it a date... When we were younger we had dates by the extra so tossing them aside because of technicalities was no problem.

 

Now... If I go out to the bar with a bald guy named Lou just to have a couple beers.... I call it a date.

[pierre75275]

Are you saying we have a weak bench or that you are over 500 pounds?

 

I weigh about an 1/8 of a ton. You figure it out!

[JB_Iowa]

Not a "date". Just a fun dinner with someone I have not seen for 35 years or so. She brought her daughter, her son-in-law and one of her grandchildren. We had a lot of fun talking about old times and new times. The magic was still there, but I am a married man and would never do anything that would resemble a date.

 

Glad you had a good time.

 

Nothing wrong with a group date ... kind of like being 15 again.

[Riverbrian]

That's one of the lamest boots by an infielder I've seen in quite some time. Thank god it wasn't us... I would have lost sleep over it.

[Tibs]

Oh my God...

[stringer bell]

What's happening on the field? Competent pitching and pretty poor hitting for the Twins. That's a change, but much more like what was expected.

[Riverbrian]

Cruz got that one

[Tibs]

Holy cow, that was a shot

[stringer bell]

What's happening on the field? Competent pitching and pretty poor hitting for the Twins. That's a change, but much more like what was expected.

And I totally jinxed Nolasco. The way the Twins are swinging, it is wait for tomorrow.

[Riverbrian]

And I totally jinxed Nolasco. The way the Twins are swinging, it is wait for tomorrow.

 

Yeah... That was on you String... It's alright... I've been guilty myself.

[glunn]

What's wrong with the offense tonight?

[jokin]

Yeah... That was on you String... It's alright... I've been guilty myself.

 

Rb, I forget to send my condolences on behalf of your avatar's "creator":

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/showbiz/mad-magazine-editor-dies/

 

Al Feldstein RIP ....A satirical genius.

 

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140430182410-01-al-feldstein-story-top.jpg

"Mad" magazine editor Al Feldstein works on page layout in his office at the magazine's New York headquarters in 1972.

 

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

 

• Al Feldstein, editor of Mad magazine for 29 years, dies at age 88
  
• Originally an artist, Feldstein joined EC Comics, Mad's publisher, in the 1940s
  
• Mad captured society's cynicism, he said: "It was the reaffirmation of those feelings in print"
  

 

 

 

(CNN) -- Al Feldstein, who guided Mad magazine for almost three decades as its editor, has died, according to a Montana funeral home. He was 88

[LaBombo]

The back-cover bi-fold image was like a gateway drug to origami. And, like everything else in Mad, a parody. Of the Playboy centerfold, of all things.

 

Thanks for posting the pic of Al. He looks like Belushi's smarter, more cynical older brother.

 

RIP, Mr. Feldstein. You made lots of people laugh, which is a pretty great legacy in my book.

[Othercousin 324]

Dear "Joe will get his hits" crowd. Something is wrong. Did you happen notice that he's struck out almost 30% of the time this year?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

And I totally jinxed Nolasco. The way the Twins are swinging, it is wait for tomorrow.

 

Does a Quality Start these days count as a jinx?

 

(Almost a complete game, but neither do i wish to jinx him...)

[Riverbrian]

Rb, I forget to send my condolences on behalf of your avatar's "creator":

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/showbiz/mad-magazine-editor-dies/

 

Al Feldstein RIP ....A satirical genius.

 

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140430182410-01-al-feldstein-story-top.jpg

"Mad" magazine editor Al Feldstein works on page layout in his office at the magazine's New York headquarters in 1972.

 

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

 

• Al Feldstein, editor of Mad magazine for 29 years, dies at age 88
  
• Originally an artist, Feldstein joined EC Comics, Mad's publisher, in the 1940s
  
• Mad captured society's cynicism, he said: "It was the reaffirmation of those feelings in print"
  

 

 

 

(CNN) -- Al Feldstein, who guided Mad magazine for almost three decades as its editor, has died, according to a Montana funeral home. He was 88

 

I hadn't heard this news... I was a Mad Magazine junkie when younger... Spy vs Spy... All of it...

 

I'll even say that Mad Magazine influenced me as much as anything did in my life.

[Tibs]

Well, we couldn't have asked for much better from Nolasco.

[stringer bell]

Nolasco goes 9. That is a silver lining in the midst of a four game losing streak.

[Riverbrian]

Nolasco goes 9. That is a silver lining in the midst of a four game losing streak.

 

He pitched good... I got no complaints... Ubaldo... I just feel weird typing Ubaldo.

 

Ubaldo was very sharp... It happens. Tomorrow is a new day.

[LaBombo]

Dear "Joe will get his hits" crowd. Something is wrong. Did you happen notice that he's struck out almost 30% of the time this year?

Good topic for the start of a new thread. Might be a fire-starter, but considering the fact that there were alarming trends in his 2013 numbers that warranted concern before the concussion, it's worth throwing out there.

[Squirrel]

Not a "date". Just a fun dinner with someone I have not seen for 35 years or so. She brought her daughter, her son-in-law and one of her grandchildren. We had a lot of fun talking about old times and new times. The magic was still there, but I am a married man and would never do anything that would resemble a date.

Oh! So your wife came with you! Yes, not a date then.

[LaBombo]

He pitched good... I got no complaints... Ubaldo... I just feel weird typing Ubaldo.

 

Ubaldo was very sharp... It happens. Tomorrow is a new day.

 

Don't worry, Jimenez' failure to hit bats will catch up to him eventually.

 

On a less sardonic note, Nolasco was a ray of sunshine, or at least a hundred-watt bulb. Is the rotation ERA below 6 now? Afraid to look.

 

RE: Typing 'Ubaldo'. Yeah. Somethin' ain't right there. Still have hair on my head, but still...

[LaBombo]

He pitched good... I got no complaints... Ubaldo... I just feel weird typing Ubaldo.

 

Ubaldo was very sharp... It happens. Tomorrow is a new day.

 

Don't worry, Jimenez' failure to hit bats will catch up to him eventually.

 

On a less sardonic note, Nolasco was a ray of sunshine, or at least a hundred-watt bulb. Is the rotation ERA below 6 now? Afraid to look.

 

RE: Typing 'Ubaldo'. Yeah. Somethin' ain't right there. Still have hair on my head, but still...

[LaBombo]

Nolasco goes 9. That is a silver lining in the midst of a four game losing streak.

Best takeaway from tonight. Hope there will be a breakdown of how he managed it.

[Riverbrian]

Don't worry, Jimenez' failure to hit bats will catch up to him eventually.

 

On a less sardonic note, Nolasco was a ray of sunshine, or at least a hundred-watt bulb. Is the rotation ERA below 6 now? Afraid to look.

 

RE: Typing 'Ubaldo'. Yeah. Somethin' ain't right there. Still have hair on my head, but still...

 

I liked post #56

 

post #57 didn't have the same energy.

[LaBombo]

I liked post #56

 

post #57 didn't have the same energy.

Yeah. Delete button still won't erase either the double post or the dog poop in my yard. And 'Frozen' fruit snack didn't restore energy either.

 

Blaming the aliens who stole my identity and vacationed on my dime in Peru.

 

Very happy you haven't been swept away in a potential flood, btw.