Game Thread, Twins vs. Athletics, 5/5 @ 7:10 pm CT

[Gibby]

 

  Let me get my bragging out of the way. Pomi Casselmaggiore, My kids team, tied the championship series, (best of 5), today, and baby girl kicked some major ass.

[Platoon]

Was that the same friendly Turkish man I was talking to??!

 

How about this:

 

What’s up with up?

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is up.

It's easy to understand up, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake up?  At a meeting, why does a topic come up?  Why do we speak up, and why are the officers up for election, and why is it up to the secretary to write up a report?

We call up our friends, brighten up a room, polish up the silver, warm up the leftovers, and clean up the kitchen.  We lock up the house, and some guys fix up the old car.

At other times this little word has other meanings.  People stir up trouble, line up for tickets, work up an appetite, and think up excuses.  To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed up is special.

And this up can be confusing:  A drain must be opened up because it is stopped up.  We open up a store in the morning, but we close it up at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed up about up!  To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of up, look it up in the dictionary.  In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes up almost one fourth of the page and can have up to about thirty definitions.  If you are up to it, you might try building up a list of the many ways up is used.  It will take up a lot of your time, but if you don’t give up, you may wind up with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding up, but when the sun comes out, we say it’s clearing up.  When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things up.  When it doesn’t rain for a while, things dry up.  One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it up now.  My time is up, so it’s time to shut up!

This made me throw up!

[formerly33]

 

This made me throw up!

You made that one up.

[Hrbowski]

Read this, don't cheat, and then tell me how many runs the Wings scored in the first:

 

Rochester Top of the 1st
Aaron Hicks hits a ground-rule double (6) on a fly ball to left field.
Doug Bernier singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Deibinson Romero. Aaron Hicks to 3rd.
Reynaldo Rodriguez doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Steve Lombardozzi. Aaron Hicks scores. Doug Bernier to 3rd.
Josmil Pinto hit by pitch.
Danny Ortiz out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jose Tabata. Doug Bernier scores. Reynaldo Rodriguez to 3rd. Josmil Pinto advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by second baseman Alen Hanson.
Brock Peterson walks.
Jose Martinez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Steve Lombardozzi. Reynaldo Rodriguez scores. Josmil Pinto to 3rd. Brock Peterson to 2nd.
James Beresford doubles (3) on a ground ball to right fielder Jose Tabata. Josmil Pinto scores. Brock Peterson scores. Jose Martinez to 3rd.
Pitching Change: Charlie Leesman replaces Wilfredo Boscan.
Eric Farris walks.
Aaron Hicks called out on strikes.
Doug Bernier walks. Jose Martinez scores. James Beresford to 3rd. Eric Farris to 2nd.
Reynaldo Rodriguez reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Deibinson Romero. James Beresford scores. Eric Farris scores. Doug Bernier to 2nd.
Josmil Pinto singles on a line drive to center fielder Gorkys Hernandez. Doug Bernier scores. Reynaldo Rodriguez to 2nd.
Danny Ortiz singles on a pop up to first baseman Brent Morel. Reynaldo Rodriguez scores. Josmil Pinto to 2nd.
Brock Peterson grounds into a force out, third baseman Deibinson Romero to second baseman Alen Hanson. Danny Ortiz out at 2nd.

 

 

[ashbury]

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it up now.  My time is up, so it’s time to shut up!

One thing a TD moderator might do is keep his radar up for copyright. I looked up the reference and it's up on the Internet as a book written up by Charlie Walker.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=osX1K8-ThQ4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

Just trying to keep the standards up, here.

[Joe A. Preusser]

This made me throw up!

Someone's getting a liitle uppitty.

[formerly33]

 

Read this, don't cheat, and then tell me how many runs the Wings scored in the first:

 

Rochester Top of the 1st
Aaron Hicks hits a ground-rule double (6) on a fly ball to left field.
Doug Bernier singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Deibinson Romero. Aaron Hicks to 3rd.
Reynaldo Rodriguez doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Steve Lombardozzi. Aaron Hicks scores. Doug Bernier to 3rd.
Josmil Pinto hit by pitch.
Danny Ortiz out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jose Tabata. Doug Bernier scores. Reynaldo Rodriguez to 3rd. Josmil Pinto advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by second baseman Alen Hanson.
Brock Peterson walks.
Jose Martinez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Steve Lombardozzi. Reynaldo Rodriguez scores. Josmil Pinto to 3rd. Brock Peterson to 2nd.
James Beresford doubles (3) on a ground ball to right fielder Jose Tabata. Josmil Pinto scores. Brock Peterson scores. Jose Martinez to 3rd.
Pitching Change: Charlie Leesman replaces Wilfredo Boscan.
Eric Farris walks.
Aaron Hicks called out on strikes.
Doug Bernier walks. Jose Martinez scores. James Beresford to 3rd. Eric Farris to 2nd.
Reynaldo Rodriguez reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Deibinson Romero. James Beresford scores. Eric Farris scores. Doug Bernier to 2nd.
Josmil Pinto singles on a line drive to center fielder Gorkys Hernandez. Doug Bernier scores. Reynaldo Rodriguez to 2nd.
Danny Ortiz singles on a pop up to first baseman Brent Morel. Reynaldo Rodriguez scores. Josmil Pinto to 2nd.
Brock Peterson grounds into a force out, third baseman Deibinson Romero to second baseman Alen Hanson. Danny Ortiz out at 2nd.

Easy. 10?

[ashbury]

...

Brock Peterson grounds into a force out, third baseman Deibinson Romero to second baseman Alen Hanson. Danny Ortiz out at 2nd.

"Ashburyjohn". It said at the beginning, "suppose you're a bus driver".

[formerly33]

 

One thing a TD moderator might do is keep his radar up for copyright.  I looked up the reference and it's up on the Internet as a book written up by Charlie Walker.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=osX1K8-ThQ4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

Just trying to keep the standards up, here.

You! Scaring me like that! That really shook me up at first.

[Hrbowski]

Perfect game over...

[gil4]

 

Easy. 10?

 

I counted 10 too, but it wasn't easy.  

[Platoon]

You! Scaring me like that! That really shook me up at first.

I agree. I was not worried about that copyright thingy, I can copy very well. (I got through school that way). It was the part about standards that bothered me!

[zchrz]

 

Was that the same friendly Turkish man I was talking to??!

 

How about this:

 

What’s up with up?

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is up.

It's easy to understand up, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake up?  At a meeting, why does a topic come up?  Why do we speak up, and why are the officers up for election, and why is it up to the secretary to write up a report?

We call up our friends, brighten up a room, polish up the silver, warm up the leftovers, and clean up the kitchen.  We lock up the house, and some guys fix up the old car.

At other times this little word has other meanings.  People stir up trouble, line up for tickets, work up an appetite, and think up excuses.  To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed up is special.

And this up can be confusing:  A drain must be opened up because it is stopped up.  We open up a store in the morning, but we close it up at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed up about up!  To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of up, look it up in the dictionary.  In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes up almost one fourth of the page and can have up to about thirty definitions.  If you are up to it, you might try building up a list of the many ways up is used.  It will take up a lot of your time, but if you don’t give up, you may wind up with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding up, but when the sun comes out, we say it’s clearing up.  When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things up.  When it doesn’t rain for a while, things dry up.  One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it up now.  My time is up, so it’s time to shut up!

 

The fare the fair lady paid to get to the fair wasn't really fare and she hoped she would fare better in the future.

[formerly33]

 

The fare the fair lady paid to get to the fair wasn't really fare and she hoped she would fare better in the future.

Is it socially acceptable to bring up my jinxing thing? Or May in May?

[ashbury]

a book written up by Charlie Walker.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=osX1K8-ThQ4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

BTW, in that book, I may have found the mother lode. Sample:

 

Chinese Proverb: Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.

 

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

 

Possibly we have finally located the long-theorized source of much of Riverbrian's game thread starters.

 

 

[Hrbowski]

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Argenis Diaz replaces Doug Bernier.
Argenis Diaz grounds out, third baseman Deibinson Romero to first baseman Brent Morel.
Reynaldo Rodriguez walks.
Josmil Pinto doubles (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Jose Tabata. Reynaldo Rodriguez to 3rd.
Danny Ortiz strikes out swinging.
Brock Peterson reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Deibinson Romero. Reynaldo Rodriguez scores. Josmil Pinto scores.
Jose Martinez flies out to left fielder Steve Lombardozzi.

[Mill1634]

Rosario would have caught that.

[formerly33]

 

BTW, in that book, I may have found the mother lode. Sample:

 

Chinese Proverb: Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.

 

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

 

Possibly we have finally located the long-theorized source of much of Riverbrian's game thread starters.

You certainly did. My sister is always calling me Sherlock for things I say randomly, so I think that's a pretty good recommendation for my discerning powers to back up the point I'm going to make. I am never original. Even if I think of something myself, I always find out sooner or later that it's been thought of by somebody else before. I never try to be original anymore. People usually don't know the difference. Now, based on my experiences, I've assumed as long as I knew of him that Brian is the same. I mean, I have very good reason to believe that everybody thinks alike in some ways at least. That's how you solve crimes in mystery novels.

[ashbury]

Anyone want to make the final Semien joke?

FTFY.

 

- the Mods

[formerly33]

 

Brock Peterson reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Deibinson Romero. Reynaldo Rodriguez scores. Josmil Pinto scores.

 Are you trying to tell me that the score is now TWELVE to nothing?!

[formerly33]

 

FTFY.

 

- the Mods

What does this mean? I find that I get lost so terribly often on here. It's like I speak a different language. Am I the only one? I hope not...though that might not be very nice.

[formerly33]

No.

[70charger]

I like that I've started a grammar party.

 

Also, there's baseball on. Or in. Or up. Or something.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

You certainly did. My sister is always calling me Sherlock for things I say randomly, so I think that's a pretty good recommendation for my discerning powers to back up the point I'm going to make. I am never original. Even if I think of something myself, I always find out sooner or later that it's been thought of by somebody else before. I never try to be original anymore. People usually don't know the difference. Now, based on my experiences, I've assumed as long as I knew of him that Brian is the same. I mean, I have very good reason to believe that everybody thinks alike in some ways at least. That's how you solve crimes in mystery novels.

One can take credit for recognizing and sharing quality of preexistant material, as well as in original use of said material. True, there is so very much of it.

 

And One can tell the original by the beard. One learned this by watching city of lost children...

 

But it is also good to exercise One's originality chops every once in a while.

 

Meh, One must now hope Twins can come back from a One run deficit.

[JB_Iowa]

 

 Are you trying to tell me that the score is now TWELVE to nothing?!

 

12-4

[curt1965]

Mauer's bat looks slow. Struck out on a fastball like he also did last night. Hope that's not the beginning of a trend.

[formerly33]

 

One can take credit for recognizing and sharing quality of preexistant material, as well as in original use of said material. True, there is so very much of it.

And One can tell the original by the beard. One learned this by watching city of lost children...

But it is also good to exercise One's originality chops every once in a while.

Meh, One must now hope Twins can come back from a One run deficit.

Well, if I must exercise my originality - well, here's a thought provoking question for ya'll:

 

Take a boy-crazy girl and a girl-crazy boy. Are they total opposites or exact equals?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

The first inning strike 'em out throw 'em out double play made me a little sad.

 

But it is a long game, so i remain hopeful!

[Craig Arko]

What does this mean? I find that I get lost so terribly often on here. It's like I speak a different language. Am I the only one? I hope not...though that might not be very nice.

I believe from the original Sanskrit it translates as "Please fill out this form in triplicate."

[Riverbrian]

 

Well, if I must exercise my originality - well, here's a thought provoking question for ya'll:

 

Take a boy-crazy girl and a girl-crazy boy. Are they total opposites or exact equals?

 

Total Opposites

 

If they were exact equals... I wouldn't get yelled at by my wife for the stuff that I do.