Game Thread: Twins @ Padres, 5/21 @ 8:10pm CT

[Squirrel]

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 60.

 

Twins:

SP, Hughes

 

Dozier 2B

Mauer 1B

Plouffe 3B

Parmelee RF

Suzuki C

Kubel LF

Santana SS

Hicks CF

Hughes P

 

Padres:

SP, Ross

 

Cabrera SS

Smith LF

Headley 3B

Alonso 1B

Gyorko 2B

Venable RF

Maybin CF

Rivera C

Ross P

 

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What will Brian reveal tonight on the inner workings of his mind? Check back if you dare. Scary stuff!

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Dang Right I'm scared... I gotta get to the baseball diamond and coach some Babe Ruther's in a half hour and I still gotta grab some food before I go and I've wasted all my time for game thread thoughts in another thread defending the virtue of Ben Revere. My fault... Poor Planning... So Quickly... Things to think about:

 

1. Phil Hughes -- He's good... And Now he only has to face 8 legitimate batters as opposed to the 9 he faces most nights in the American League. The way Phil is throwing and in consideration of this being a national league game. Phil might allow -2 Runs today. I hope we don't lose -2 to -3.

 

2. Pinto-- Where is he? It's not a knock on Suzuki... How can I knock Suzuki... He's playing very studly at the moment but it's Pinto's turn. Suzuki can play tomorrow.

 

3. Kubel -- I see where he is... I personally wonder why? A little Nunez in LF would be alright with me tonight.

 

4. Santana -- Great guitar player... Great Pitcher... Over Rated Catcher/3B and a Fast SS who is fun to watch.

 

5. Time -- Ummm... Time sure keeps ticking... I gotta run... I'll game thread with you all when I get home from the game.

[Joe A. Preusser]

They're not going to let this TBA guy bat more than once. That's baseball 101.

[Hawkeye12]

They're not going to let this TBA guy bat more than once. That's baseball 101.

 

If TBA is shorthand for Pedro Florimon, I bet they let him bat as often as he wants.

[Squirrel]

heh ... I didn't have the Twins lineup yet when I posted that, but I was betting that Hughes would be 9th. And I was right! (yeah, big stretch)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

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What will Brian reveal tonight on the inner workings of his mind? Check back if you dare. Scary stuff!

 

Is that a double-dog dare? Or just an ordinary one?

[Squirrel]

Is that a double-dog dare? Or just an ordinary one?

 

Depends ... how scary is it for you on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most?

[diehardtwinsfan]

I predict multiple hit games for Hicks and Parmelee today.

[MNGap]

Awesome a 9:10 pm EST start time maybe I'll make it to the 4th inning tonight.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Depends ... how scary is it for you on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most?

 

I did in fact check back, so no need to even dare the likes o' me. Thus it would be a waste of a double dog dare...

 

Hope the Babe Ruthers have a good game!

 

I'm bad at all the satisfaction survey scales...

 

I'll try my hand at google image search, and see if i can find something appropriately scary.

 

Um... Best i can do, i think:

[Circus Boy]

I did in fact check back, so no need to even dare the likes o' me. Thus it would be a waste of a double dog dare...

 

Hope the Babe Ruthers have a good game!

 

I'm bad at all the satisfaction survey scales...

 

I'll try my hand at google image search, and see if i can find something appropriately scary.

 

Um... Best i can do, i think:[ATTACH=CONFIG]7525[/ATTACH]

 

Scary, yes. Freshman year. Roommate.

[LaBombo]

 

Um... Best i can do, i think:[ATTACH=CONFIG]7525[/ATTACH]

 

So that's what an invisible barrier looks like...

[Gibby]

Hughs just looks like a pro out there, but then he did do the barbershop quartet commercial.

[big dog]

Another sparse crowd at Petco Park, where fly balls go to die.

[Squirrel]

Sparse crowd here tonight too

[Gibby]

Kubes, that's awesome.

[big dog]

sure, mlb.com falls apart and I miss a Kubel stolen base??? What???

[Gibby]

Can you pound hard cider? I cant drink this stuff without chugging it.

[LaBombo]

sure, mlb.com falls apart and I miss a Kubel stolen base??? What???

Not the back end of a double steal or a two out full count! Bonus was that Bremer said how unlikely it was they'd send Kubel a pitch or two before the steal.

[JB_Iowa]

Phil Hughes and Glen Perkins are starting to resemble each other.

[Squirrel]

Okay, they are gonna break it open this next inning

[LaBombo]

Can you pound hard cider?

 

Home Depot help line person says no. Still on hold with Menards'. They're probably still high-fiving and laughing about Kubel's shocking act of larceny.

[LaBombo]

Phil Hughes and Glen Perkins are starting to resemble each other.

Their pitching, or like how some people resemble their pets?

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/13/08/1308654cf67fe54a59829fb43e3e9697.jpeg?itok=0na6k8g0

[Gibby]

That thing is ugly by Bulldog standards.

[LaBombo]

That thing is ugly by Bulldog standards.

And so is the dog...

[JB_Iowa]

Their pitching, or like how some people resemble their pets?

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/13/08/1308654cf67fe54a59829fb43e3e9697.jpeg?itok=0na6k8g0

 

Like that.

 

Or like how some husbands and wives start to resemble each other over the years -- which is even weirder if you think about it.

[MNGap]

[h=3]Hiyoooo![/h]

[LaBombo]

Dick with an incredibly subtle shout-out to his boothmate. He pronounced Cabrera's first name "Ev-er-eth", three distinct syllables. It's spelled Everth, and everyone else probably mispronounces it too. Still, it was like a little tip o' the cap. To me and zero others.

[JB_Iowa]

This game is a good sleeping pill so far.

[Squirrel]

Okay, they are gonna break it open this inning.

[Squirrel]

Heh, Bert's with the Padre TV crew