Game Thread: Twins @ Tigers, 4/8 @ 12:08pm CT

[Riverbrian]

 

   One of the older posters should be able to recall.

 

Where is Chief?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Come on! One more ball for Arcia to catch, and we're out of the inning...

I'm oK with a strike out, too.

 

No worse than monday, so i think we're in familiar territory at this point.

 

Oh, Circus Boy Update, as it were: 3-0 Detroit after 3.

[ashbury]

 

Welp, I don't think the Twins are going to score a run this year

If present trends continue, I predict more of the same.

[Mike Sixel]

Prediction:

 

Nolasco gives up 1 more run, through 6.....and we hear how he really settle down, ignoring inning 3.....

[gocgo]

Our strategy is so obvious.  Let them score runs so that their pitcher tightens up in the cold weather.  We got 'em right where we want 'em.

[twinscowboysbulls]

Dozier got PAID...that deal still doesn't make sense after 5+ awful at-bats thus far.

 

Why make that deal if you aren't going to get rid of a couple FA years??? clueless TR.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

79

[smackle]

Just tuned in for the last out. Sheesh. I don't know how 3 in and 3 on came to be, but at least we're not down by 6.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

41?

[Riverbrian]

 

8

 

(the number of runs Nolasco is going to give up today)

 

I was expecting more players... In case anyone was silently playing along.

 

The 39 Numbers were:

 

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[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I was expecting more players... In case anyone was silently playing along.

 

The 39 Numbers were:

 

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I am glad that game is over.

[ashbury]

 

Good to see everybody back.

 

What did everyone do during off-season? I read about the Roman Empire. Turns out Caesar was a Twins Daily fan. His motto was: "Divide and Concur."

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll
tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
  - Rogers Hornsby

[Whammy]

 

I was expecting more players... In case anyone was silently playing along.

 

The 39 Numbers were:

 

11

12

13

14

21

22

23

24

31

32

33

34

38

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You picked the wrong numbers

[Riverbrian]

 

Dozier got PAID...that deal still doesn't make sense after 5+ awful at-bats thus far.

 

Why make that deal if you aren't going to get rid of a couple FA years??? clueless TR.

 

We typically don't do the negative stuff on the Game Thread.

 

Posting negative here will be like Will Ferrell Running down the Street in "Old School".

[gocgo]

I think going back to last year, the Twins have been held scoreless in all but 1 of the last 25 innings against Detroit.

[Winston Smith]

The new improved Ricky looks a lot like the old Ricky, imo.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I was expecting more players... In case anyone was silently playing along.

 

The 39 Numbers were:

...

Sorry. I wasn't paying attention...

 

"What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"

 

"Strange things are afoot at the circle K?"

 

"This means something..." (still on my mind due to pumpkin carving)

 

"To every question, there is always a simple, easy to understand, wrong answer."

(i forget who that is attributed to, but i guess i should probably put it into quotes as well...

[ashbury]

 

lol oh boy. Pen is active.

If you're here simply to laugh out loud when bad things are happening to the Twins, you'll be invited to re-seat yourself in the thread for the home team fans.

[glunn]

 

Game Thread, Twins @ Tigers, 4/8 @ 12:08pm CT

First! (Sorry, just had to get it out of my system)

Weather: (Forecast from weather.gov... which calls Detroit "4 miles s hamtramck mi" now that's humor!)

Showers likely, possible thunderstorms after noon. Cloudy, high about 47.

Er, line ups:

---to be filled in either by me if i get up in time, or some kindly moderator type saving my bacon. (if posting this without full information is a rash move, then would saving my bacon be a rasher one?)

Twins

Pitching: Ricky Nolasco

1.Santana, D, SS
2.Dozier, B, 2B
3.Mauer, J, 1B
4.Hunter, T, RF
5.Vargas, K, DH
6.Plouffe, T, 3B
7.Arcia, O, LF
8.Suzuki, K, C
9.Schafer, J, CF

Tigers

Pitching: Anibal Sanchez

1.Gose, A, CF
2.Kinsler, I, 2B
3.Cabrera, M, 1B
4.Martinez, V, DH
5.Martinez, J, RF
6.Cespedes, Y, LF
7.Castellanos, N, 3B
8.Avila, A, C
9.Iglesias, J, SS

And now for the game thread ignition sequence:

1) Previously...

Now that opening day hullabaloo has blown over, we can get back to normal work.
What are the take-aways? (Me? Oh, i was hoping you'd answer it. But here goes)

Hughes had one inning he regretted.
Graham got his jitters out of the way.
A little hitting 'gainst good pitching and fielding on the Twins part, but not much to speak of.
They ran on Hughes. I don't expect it to be too big a concern going forward.
More importantly, a fine game thread! Welcome back y'all.

1a) for extra credit:
If the Twins tied Monday's game in the top of the 9th.
What position does Escobar field in the bottom?

2) Mulligans.

I'm so glad i get second chances. So not that i have any say in the matter, but i'm on board with giving Nolasco a second chance to give a first impression. Or is that a first chance to give a second impression?

What was my point again? I know i had one somewhere.

Wait. Can i try that again? No? Oh well. Live and Learn.
(Gosh, Riverbrian, this is harder than it looks.)

3) Growth.

If the days of August are dog days, might not the days of April be puppy days? Bright eyed and bushy tailed. Are these the formative games for the season? Who needs to learn what? Discuss.

4) The weather.

At the time of this posting, possible thunderstorms are predicted. But assuming nature doesn't provide the thunder, which Twin will provide it? Any guesses?

My (hopefully reasonable, but not obvious) guesses:
(and feel free to play along at home, kids)

The thunder (Homerun) Mauer.
Rain (Run) Robinson.
Clouds (RBI) Santana. Er, Danny, that is.
Hail (Extra Base hit) Vargas.
Lightning (Stolen Base) Nunez.
A crack in the metaphor (Sac Fly) Escobar.
Tornado (Bunt Single) Arcia.

At this point the metaphor has snapped and injured the writer, who will take a
moment to wipe the egg off his face.
When it rains, it pours!

5) A school bus metaphor...

Someone's driving the bus. And indeed someone is in the front counting people, making sure no one is left behind, and that we're all wearing our safety belts. And of course most of the world is probably in the middle, passing the time until we get there. But i imagine the game threads are the people in the back of the bus, where the bumps and turns are hardest felt. It's the exciting place to be. Anyway, you'll have to figure out if it is an apt metaphor. In the meantime, thanks for an opportunity to do some good ol' fashion backseat driving!

Will that get it up and running?  I hope so, but if not, i'm no stranger to popping the clutch...

 

Nice setup.  Well done!

[twinscowboysbulls]

My bad, forgot it's all gumdrops and rainbows here at TD!

[D. Hocking]

 

We typically don't do the negative stuff on the Game Thread.

 

Posting negative here will be like Will Ferrell Running down the Street in "Old School".

Do you not remember the bathroom decor discussion in the game thread last year? -- and I seem to remember something about curtains that went off the rails and was not an all together positive experience.

[curt1965]

Par 3 Golf at the Masters is on at 2:00.........

[kydoty]

Ricky Nolasco still sucks

 

This has been your Ricky Nolasco update.

[Mike Sixel]

 

If you're here simply to laugh out loud when bad things are happening to the Twins, you'll be invited to re-seat yourself in the thread for the home team fans.

 

I don't know, if we all chose to laugh when things went wrong for this team, we'd all be happier and healthier.....if laughter is the best medicine. 

[gocgo]

On the positive side, I've been eager to get a look at the Twins bullpen this year.

[Riverbrian]

 

My bad, forgot it's all gumdrops and rainbows here at TD!

 

In this corner of it... Yep it is... Plus Unicorns and Gilligan's Island

[twinscowboysbulls]

Yay! Go twins! (Is this better?)

[teekz]

Man, if I wasn't at work, I'd need to go get a beer right now

[FattCrapps]

0-2 pitch

 

Crushed a meatball

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

#EyeTest now trending