Game Thread: Twins@Bad Guys 8/3 1:10PM

[Riverbrian]

The Lineups... Hitters getting in a line... umm... upward and therefore... they line UP. Much more optimistic than a Line DOWN. ChiTown has them... Coming soon.

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Here you go

 

Minnesota Twins

 

CF Santana

2B Dozier

3B Plouffe

LF Willingham

C Suzuki

DH Vargas

RF Arcia

1B Parmelee

SS Escobar

 

SP Pino

 

 

Chicago WhiteSox

 

CF Eaton

2B Beckham

DH Abreu

3B Gillaspie

SS Ramirez

1B Konerko

RF Viciedo

LF De Aza

C Flowers

 

SP Quintana

 

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Things to Think About:

 

1, The White Sox -- I hate them so much... I've thought about them 6 times this morning. As Thought number one this would be the 7th time. The Twins have had to score a lot of runs to keep up with the Sox this series. I don't know if it's the Twins pitching or the White Sox swinging well. Another game today to try and make that determination.

 

2. Jose Quintana -- I've already done a thing on Quintana. The Thing to talk about with Jose is this... He's been pitching pretty good lately. He's only allowed 11 runs in his last 8 starts. His ERA is down to 3.15 for the year. The combination of Sale and Quintana is looking like a nice left handed pairing. Thank Goodness the White Sox farm system seems pretty dry because it looks like the Sox have a nice starting point with nowhere to go.

 

3, The Long Ball -- Today the Twins 4 5 6 and 7 hitters are Willingham, Vargas, Colabello and Arcia. That's 4 guys in a row with easy long ball power. In stature... it looks like a formidable group. It just hasn't been that way for our Twins. It was Danny Santana who went deep yesterday. If your baseball team is built with these 4 guys back to back... They gotta hit the ball hard and far sometime. It's what they were built to do. If they don't... It's like using an Elephant to pick up marbles. I'm not an Elephant expert... maybe they do that... I don't know.

 

4. The Bullpen -- The White Sox have been knocking around our bullpen pretty good. Gardy uses the bullpen every day. The last time a Twin threw a complete game was in 1937. The bullpen needs to sharpen up or the White Sox need to cool down.

 

5. Medicine -- Been feeling a little better today since the sudden onset of a summer cold on Friday. For a full day... I didn't take anything. I just rode it out. I had heard that laughter is the best medicine. So... I just tried to laugh as much as possible. Saturday I was still feeling run down so I took some medicine and today I'm feeling better. It turns out that laughter is the best medicine besides... you know... actual medicine.

[Beezer07]

Pino starting back-to-back games? Talk about old school...like early 1900's old school.

 

Gibson is starting today

[Riverbrian]

Yeah... Pino was all over everything. ESPN... CBS... Other websites.

 

I don't know how that happens but it happened,

[Riverbrian]

I'll be surprised if I make it through the game. I've taken enough NyQuil... Right now it feels like I poured it on my eyelids.

[Riverbrian]

Santana starts the game exactly how a lead off hitter should.

[JB_Iowa]

I'll be surprised if I make it through the game. I've taken enough NyQuil... Right now it feels like I poured it on my eyelids.

 

Nyquil always makes me feel better .... mostly because I'm knocked out.

[Beezer07]

Yeah... Pino was all over everything. ESPN... CBS... Other websites.

 

I don't know how that happens but it happened,

 

Ghosts. The answer is always ghosts.

[JB_Iowa]

I'll be surprised if I make it through the game. I've taken enough NyQuil... Right now it feels like I poured it on my eyelids.

 

Have you ever tried Zicam?  I know they say most of this stuff doesn't work but if I use Zicam the minute I feel a sniffle, it usually stops it (or at least makes it not so severe).

 

Maybe its mental but it works for me.  But given how far along you already are, it wouldn't be any use.

[Riverbrian]

Nyquil always makes me feel better .... mostly because I'm knocked out.

I love the Lewis Black line

 

"NyQuil comes in red and green and it's the only thing on the planet that tastes like red and green.

[USAFChief]

Well there ya go, RB, we're in a rain delay...a built in excuse for a nap.

[JB_Iowa]

Wish we had that rain here.  Nothing like a nap with the sound of rain.

[Riverbrian]

Have you ever tried Zicam?  I know they say most of this stuff doesn't work but if I use Zicam the minute I feel a sniffle, it usually stops it (or at least makes it not so severe).

 

Maybe its mental but it works for me.  But given how far along you already are, it wouldn't be any use.

Honestly...I normally don't medicate. Not on purpose... I guess I'm just a go with the flow guy.

 

My wife usually has to bring me something and say... Take this... Damn it. And she needs to... Because I don't read the box. If she says... "Well take something" she sees the immediate... I don't know what something is... Look on my face.

 

I'm not sick very often and when I am... It's a larger sick and nothing seems to help. If it's a little sickness... It usually doesn't bother me.

[Riverbrian]

Well there ya go, RB, we're in a rain delay...a built in excuse for a nap.

I'm fighting it... I'm not a napper.

[JB_Iowa]

I'm not sick very often and when I am... 

 

See, that's a blessing.  I don't get colds very often either but I can almost always count on one the first part of March -- changing seasons or combo cold/allergies or something.  For some reason, if I use Zicam immediately it pretty much stops it its tracks for me.  Then I don't need the Nyquil.  

 

I could actually see how some people could get addicted to the nighttime Nyquil, though.  Must have a high alcohol content. 

[JB_Iowa]

And since we didn't get any Everly Brothers last night:

 

Oh, listen to the falling rain
Pitter patter, pitter patter
Oh, listen, listen to the falling rain
Pitter patter, pitter patter
Oh, listen, listen to the falling rain
 

[Riverbrian]

See, that's a blessing.  I don't get colds very often either but I can almost always count on one the first part of March -- changing seasons or combo cold/allergies or something.  For some reason, if I use Zicam immediately it pretty much stops it its tracks for me.  Then I don't need the Nyquil.  

 

I could actually see how some people could get addicted to the nighttime Nyquil, though.  Must have a high alcohol content.

 

Maybe NyQuil needs a new marketing campaign. Branch out with sales from the non-illness crowd,

[Riverbrian]

And since we didn't get any Everly Brothers last night:

 

Oh, listen to the falling rain

Pitter patter, pitter patter

Oh, listen, listen to the falling rain

Pitter patter, pitter patter

Oh, listen, listen to the falling rain

 

How bout the Cascades

 

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain

Telling me just what a fool I've been

[USAFChief]

How bout the Cascades

 

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain

Telling me just what a fool I've been

I think we're talking about the same song.

[JB_Iowa]

How bout the Cascades

 

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain

Telling me just what a fool I've been

 

Same song.  Different covers.  But since I'm rarely aware of who was singing the original, I associate it with Phil and Don (and after all, we claim them as Iowans).

[Riverbrian]

I think we're talking about the same song.

Are we?

 

I do t recall the Everly Brothers Doin that one.

[Riverbrian]

Just looked at the Chicago radar... Looks like a small cell of rain. They should be starting very soon.

 

I wonder if ChiTown is Ok... With rain falling and all.

[JB_Iowa]

Are we?

 

I do t recall the Everly Brothers Doin that one.

 

We are talking about the same song but wikipedia (the source of all knowledge) doesn't list an Everly Brothers cover despite a number of other people who think there was one according to Google.

 

It was covered by Jan & Dean and by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, though.  And when I think about it, I'm betting its that last version I remember best cuz I think I had it on an album somewhere.

[Riverbrian]

We are talking about the same song but wikipedia (the source of all knowledge) doesn't list an Everly Brothers cover despite a number of other people who think there was one according to Google.

 

It was covered by Jan & Dean and by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, though.  And when I think about it, I'm betting its that last version I remember best cuz I think I had it on an album somewhere.

The Cascades sound like Everly Brothers... That's probably the reason.

 

How Bout BJ Thomas

 

Raindrops keep falling on my head

[JB_Iowa]

The Cascades sound like Everly Brothers... That's probably the reason.

 

How Bout BJ Thomas

 

Raindrops keep falling on my head

 

Summer Rain taps at my window

[Riverbrian]

Summer Rain taps at my window

Johnny Rivers!!!

[Tibs]

Well the positive here is that the Twins game lasts later into the day.

[USAFChief]

Are we?

 

I do t recall the Everly Brothers Doin that one.

Pretty sure the Everly Brothers recorded and released a country version, but I could be wrong.

[Riverbrian]

Pretty sure the Everly Brothers recorded and released a country version, but I could be wrong.

If they did... That is exactly how they snuck it by me.

 

Sticking it next to Bill Anderson and Buck Owens.

[Craig Arko]

I'll go with this version.

 

[D. Hocking]

Honestly...I normally don't medicate. 

 

This shoots some holes in my speculations about some of your posts.  I guess I should not be so quick to jump to conclusions.