Game Thread: Twins v Pale Hose, 9/2 @ 7:10pm CT

[Platoon]

Who sings that?

 

"Sure throws a mean curve ball..." Comes to mind for some reason.

Well Bert I think it's Pinball Wizard? What do you think?

 

Well dick, I don't listen to music like that!

[USAFChief]

since the twins arrived in 1961----

there have been 4 players who have hit 50 home runs or more against them

jim thome, reggie jackson, frankthomas, paul konerko

 

trivia question:

which one did not play for the white sox?

 

(babe ruth is not an acceptable answer)

That must not include post season games.

 

I saw Adam bleeping Kennedy hit 50 just in one series.

[LaBombo]

Who sings that?

 

Yes.

 

Who sings that, not Yes.

 

First base!

 

http://www.sportsposterwarehouse.com/catImages/whosonfirst-p-allu-1.jpg

[stringer bell]

How about a couple runs to give Swarzak a "W"?

[hawkiconk]

Yes.

 

Who sings that, not Yes.

 

First base!

 

http://www.sportsposterwarehouse.com/catImages/whosonfirst-p-allu-1.jpg

god forbid yes

i am not a wakeman!!

[WLFINN]

How many W's does one guy need?? He already has a Z and a K two of the highest scrabble letters out there...yeesh

[Riverbrian]

god forbid yes

i am not a wakeman!!

I don't know how many got that... But I wanted to let you know.... That I got that... and don't ask me Howe.

[USAFChief]

Yes.

 

 

 

Quit stealing my material.

[snepp]

Quit stealing my material.

 

Concur.

[LaBombo]

Quit stealing my material.

Ye... ok, fine, whatever, meant 'sure'.

[USAFChief]

 Not sure I've quite got the knack for this song thing, but my question is:

 

 

wh, wh, wh, why Milone? Huh?

[big dog]

I don't see how anyone can blame Anderson for Millone's struggles.  He was on the team for about 15 minutes before he threw his first pitch.

 

How about a month's worth of food poisoning?  That might work.

 

Hey, Swarzak's out and Burton's in!  Shouldn't we be evaluating some of our new relievers in pressure situations?  No, I guess we'd rather use Swarzak and Burton.  OK, good plan.

 

I know Gardy likes to let new guys watch a game before they play, but several of those guys have been up before, at least two of them earlier this year.  Let's start that whole evaluation thing, please.

[stringer bell]

Garcia reminds me of Miggy. I hope he doesn't become as good a hitter as Cabrera.

[Mike Sixel]

Good thing they called up all those young guys to get a look at them.....I'd think your "starter" going 3.2 innings would give you room to see some of them. I'm not convinced Gardy understands the concept here....

[big dog]

Garcia reminds me of Miggy. I hope he doesn't become as good a hitter as Cabrera.

OK, I was going to write something funny, remembering the scandalous story about why Garcia was traded (perhaps), but I probably just shouldn't go there.  Imagine it yourselves, please.

[Riverbrian]

Not sure I've quite got the knack for this song thing, but my question is:

 

 

wh, wh, wh, why Milone? Huh?

Dude.... "Get the Knack" would you!

[USAFChief]

Good thing they called up all those young guys to get a look at them.....I'd think your "starter" going 3.2 innings would give you room to see some of them. I'm not convinced Gardy understands the concept here....

He's prolly waiting for games that don't affect pennant races.

[big dog]

All right, whoever picked Chief in the pool for "who's the first person to quote lyrics from My Sharona", please come to the courtesy counter to collect your prize.

[Platoon]

Good thing they called up all those young guys to get a look at them.....I'd think your "starter" going 3.2 innings would give you room to see some of them. I'm not convinced Gardy understands the concept here....

There are times when I swear he does this on purpose.... Just to show that no one can tell him who to play? I have always wondered about the depth of his "dog house" and temper. It does not seem possible that the only time he blow up is at umpires. But it might be the only time we see it?

[WLFINN]

...or maybe games that don't affect draft order races...

[teekz]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he wants to win the game. If it was a little more tilted one way or another I think we may have seen one of the new guys

[big dog]

Hey look, Schafer's caught in his second rundown of the game.  How many Twins have made 2 outs on the bases without attempting to steal?  That's got to be a small number.

[Riverbrian]

I like aggressive base running but I gotta draw the line at... blind and I can't hear my coaches either type aggressive base running.

[USAFChief]

Ah, straight from the Tom Brunansky school of baserunning..."put your head down and run till someone tags you."

[snepp]

Hey look, Schafer's caught in his second rundown of the game.  How many Twins have made 2 outs on the bases without attempting to steal?  That's got to be a small number.

 

He's just trying to get after it.

[big dog]

And here comes Casey Fien. I would really like to put Oliveros in this situation, personally.

[hawkiconk]

rundown scoring:

 

3-4-9-5

 

nothing unusual about that

[ScrapTheNickname]

At the time, I was really surprised we got Millone for Sam Fuld.  I thought Ryan had really fleeced Beane.  Now...not so much.  I don't want Fuld back, but maybe releasing him would have been a better idea.

But he has to be better than this. He has to be. He will be.

[WLFINN]

Fryer woulda scored during the rundown

[stringer bell]

3-3 and he's a goat?