Game Thread: Twins @ Detroit, 9/26 @ 6:08pm CT

[Squirrel]

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 1-5 m.p.h. Temperature around 65.

 

TWINS:

SP, Swarzak

 

Santana SS

Dozier 2B

Mauer 1B

Vargas DH

Arcia RF

Suzuki C

Herrmann LF

Hicks CF

Escobar 3B

 

DETROIT:

SP, Porcello

 

Kinsler 2B

Hunter RF

Cabrera 1B

Martinez (Victor) DH

Martinez (J.D.) LF

Castellanos 3B

Avila C

Romine SS

Davis CF

 

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Brian thinking countdown:  THREE.

 

Also, cheers to you and here's to your next 10k posts!  

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Thank You... As promised... Only controversial thoughts for the next 10,000 posts.

 

Things to Think About:

 

1. Copyright Infringement --  I was gonna start my own television show... But because of my body shape... The Teletubbies threatened me with Copyright Infringement. 

 

2. The Universe -- So this guy tells me that there are billions of stars in the Universe and when I question that... He tells me it's true and he knows and I should trust him. I then told him not to sit down on that bench because the paint was wet. He then touches it... he doesn't believe me but I'm supposed to believe his crazy theory.

 

3. Yoko Ono -- When Beatles Rock Band came out... Our Family bought it... Why not?... We had all the rock band equipment that comes with the game. Turns out it had a virus. If you play it too long... Yoko Ono comes over and breaks up the band.

 

4. Prisons -- The News had a story about the proliferation of Prison Riots. Saying something must be done with our Prison System. I was trying to think of a solution... If only... there was a place where you could send these rioting people... To keep them away from the others.

 

5. Pirates in the Indian Ocean -- September 19th was International Talk like a pirate day. I didn't participate because I didn't have the time to learn the Somali language. 

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

oh boy. Swarzak is getting another start? What is the over/under on him making it through the 5th inning?

[stringer bell]

My first thought when I saw the lineup was "Herrmann again"?  It still is, but I see that Schafer is injured (hyperextended elbow).  Herrmann had a miserable game last night--what happened to Parmelee?

[Bark's Lounge]

what happened to Parmelee?

It appears the Twins only have faith in playing him against LHP.  

[ScrapTheNickname]

It appears the Twins only have faith in playing him against LHP.

I had to look that up, but he has had much better results against lefties this year. Any idea why?

[Bark's Lounge]

I had to look that up, but he does has had much better results against lefties this year. Any idea why?

No clue. Probably a flukey kind of thing.

[Winston Smith]

Ok I have to get this out of my system, I'm sick and F-ing tired of hearing about Derek F-ing Jeter!

 

Sorry I blew up, no not really.

 

Prediction, Steiny will be the new manager of the D-Backs.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Double for Santana, single by Dozier on 2 pitches.

 

Not a bad start.

[glunn]

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 1-5 m.p.h. Temperature around 65.

 

TWINS:

SP, Swarzak

 

Santana SS

Dozier 2B

Mauer 1B

Vargas DH

Arcia RF

Suzuki C

Herrmann LF

Hicks CF

Escobar 3B

 

DETROIT:

SP, Porcello

 

Kinsler 2B

Hunter RF

Cabrera 1B

Martinez (Victor) DH

Martinez (J.D.) LF

Castellanos 3B

Avila C

Romine SS

Davis CF

 

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Brian thinking countdown:  THREE.

 

Also, cheers to you and here's to your next 10k posts!  

--------------------------------------------------------

 

Thank You... As promised... Only controversial thoughts for the next 10,000 posts.

 

Things to Think About:

 

1. Copyright Infringement --  I was gonna start my own television show... But because of my body shape... The Teletubbies threatened me with Copyright Infringement. 

 

2. The Universe -- So this guy tells me that there are billions of stars in the Universe and when I question that... He tells me it's true and he knows and I should trust him. I then told him not to sit down on that bench because the paint was wet. He then touches it... he doesn't believe me but I'm supposed to believe his crazy theory.

 

3. Yoko Ono -- When Beatles Rock Band came out... Our Family bought it... Why not?... We had all the rock band equipment that comes with the game. Turns out it had a virus. If you play it too long... Yoko Ono comes over and breaks up the band.

 

4. Prisons -- The News had a story about the proliferation of Prison Riots. Saying something must be done with our Prison System. I was trying to think of a solution... If only... there was a place where you could send these rioting people... To keep them away from the others.

 

5. Pirates in the Indian Ocean -- September 19th was International Talk like a pirate day. I didn't participate because I didn't have the time to learn the Somali language. 

You are ending the season on such a strong note that it is an even worse tragedy that the Twins are not going to the postseason.

[Bark's Lounge]

You are ending the season on such a strong note that it is an even worse tragedy that the Twins are not going to the postseason.

I don't have the imagination to envision what that would be like (going to the postseason) game thread wise. 3 losing seasons since this site began - it feels like twenty.

[ashbury]

So much for Arcia only hitting homers when the team is ahead or behind by 5 in late innings.

[D. Hocking]

Ok I have to get this out of my system, I'm sick and F-ing tired of hearing about Derek F-ing Jeter!

 

Sorry I blew up, no not really.

 

Prediction, Steiny will be the new manager of the D-Backs.

I guess he is going to walk across Boston Harbor before his last game at Fenway.  He is also going to catch the first pitch thrown out by the big Umpire in the sky himself (a little father son catch deity style).

[Craig Arko]

RB, you seem to be fairly frequently anti-science. Why is that, if you don't mind my asking?

[Bark's Lounge]

Hey-O! Dozier wants the team HR lead.

[Circus Boy]

Messrs. Smith and Hocking (and I assume others) don't seem to have a high opinion of Derek F-ing Jeter. (I wonder if his mom or dad picked his middle name. Never mind.) Don't know why, but I've always like him. Yanks were my first team as a kid. Like Rivera, Jeter's handled the idolatry pretty well the past few weeks.

 

Hey! How about that Swarzie?

[Squirrel]

Okay, let's see a Vargas long ball

[ashbury]

RB, you seem to be fairly frequently anti-science. Why is that, if you don't mind my asking?

It's not that he's anti-Science.  He's just pro-Nonsense.

[Squirrel]

Dang it

[ashbury]

Welp, gotta run. Movie night with my wife.  Some chick flick called the Manhattan Short Film Festival.  Pray for me.

[Craig Arko]

It's not that he's anti-Science.  He's just pro-Nonsense.

That's about as close to a sincere answer as I have any right to expect. Thanks, I guess.

 

Meanstwhile, 4-0 isn't bad.

[Bark's Lounge]

Nice to see Dozier rolling up his sleeves today.

[Bark's Lounge]

Sad to see Porcello go.

[Squirrel]

Sigh.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Another un-fundamental play - by Arcia.

[glunn]

Welp, gotta run. Movie night with my wife.  Some chick flick called the Manhattan Short Film Festival.  Pray for me.

Some advice from someone who has been married a long time -- pretend to enjoy it and be extra nice.

[D. Hocking]

Messrs. Smith and Hocking (and I assume others) don't seem to have a high opinion of Derek F-ing Jeter. (I wonder if his mom or dad picked his middle name. Never mind.) Don't know why, but I've always like him. Yanks were my first team as a kid. Like Rivera, Jeter's handled the idolatry pretty well the past few weeks.

 

Hey! How about that Swarzie?

I actually am not anti-Jeter and definitely think he has deserved some of the accolades and has always handled himself pretty well.  I just think the media has taken the adulation a bit too far.  It makes me wonder if he has given them all gift baskets.

 

(and I am a little bitter his retirement tour and media frenzy is coming close to eclipsing when they found out my career was winding down).

[sampleSizeOfOne]

It's not that he's anti-Science.  He's just pro-Nonsense.

More than just pro-Nonsense...

 

Major League caliber Nonsense.

 

That said, i think he also declared an intent to be controversial.

[Willihammer]

Another Dozier doozy

[Riverbrian]

RB, you seem to be fairly frequently anti-science. Why is that, if you don't mind my asking?

Petri Dishes... I ate something out of one that looked like Cavier and it wasn't.

 

It tasted better tho... But it wasn't Cavier.

[Bark's Lounge]

6-0 felt nice, I began to feel a sense of comfort. Then I woke up from my denial daydream and realized the quality of our pitching staff.