Article: Game Thread: Twins@Brewers, 6/26 @ 7:10pm CT

[Riverbrian]

It's time for inter-league play... It's time for the Pitcher to hit as the Twins travel to Milwaukee to take on the Brewers.

Yep... Trevor May is going to hit again. The image of Trevor trying to swing a bat is still burned into my brain and I'm still laughing about it. It's rare when you see a Major League player swing a bat and head for the dugout at the same time.

Oh Well... I hope Trevor pitches great and the Twins can start rolling toward the Royals this weekend.

Here are some Things to Think About:

 

1. The Brewers -- This weekend the Twins travel across Wisconsin to take on the Brewers. It's been a tough year for the Brewers thus far. I'm not sure exactly why but I think it has something to do with pitching and hitting. The Brewers haven't pitched that well and they haven't hit that well... This is my theory on why and I'm sticking to it. It's been bad for the Brew Crew... If the season ended today... they would be drafting 2nd next year. Only the Phillies have a worse record. It's been so bad that they have already set their manager adrift. Ron Roenicke is floating across Lake Michigan as we speak and Craig Counsell is the new manager. I certainly hope that Craig Counsell isn't giving any hitting instruction unless they want Brewers hitters to look like a real tall spaghetti noodle.

2. Milwaukee -- It's good to stop playing Illinois teams. Just baby steps tho... Milwaukee is within shouting distance from Chicago. Mike Ditka used to yell for Beer and have it delivered all the time. I have a hard time hating the Brewers. Brewers Fans for the most part are ok... The main problem with Brewers fans is that the majority of them are Packers Fans. It's ok tho... because they are simply too drunk to know any better. All in all... I like Wisconsin... the cheese they produce tastes good on my pizza. Every part of the state of Wisconsin is different and beautiful in it's own way. You have the Lake Michigan coastline on the eastern side of the state, Rolling Hills in the Southwest, Interesting rock formations in the center of the state and thick woods to the North. Laverne and Shirley are from Milwaukee... although I'm curious to know how Laverne picked up that New York accent; the Fonz, Richie, Joanie and Chachi are all Milwaukeeans. I almost forgot... a quick shout out to Mr and Mrs. C, the Japenese Arnold and the larger guy who looks like an actual Arnold along with Potsie and Ralph Malph.

3. Garza vs. Gibson -- Yeah, I know... tonight it's May vs Lohse... but I'm driving to County Stadium... umm.... errr... Miller Park on Saturday to watch the game in person. That match up is supposed to be Garza vs. Gibson so I'm thinking about that one. It's G vs G... a couple of Gangsta's going at it on the mound. I'm really hoping that Matt Garza doesn't spit on me.

4. Ex-Twins vs the Twins -- The Brewers have three ex-twins on the current roster. I've already mentioned Lohse and Garza. There is also the very talented Carlos Gomez. I'm normally not one to criticize trades that are made because I'm the type to trust those with jobs to do. However... there were two trades that still hurt and are still stick in my craw and they got stuck in a bad place the very second that the trade was announced. Ramos for Capps is one. I hated that deal instantly and never warmed and Gomez for Hardy... I hated that deal instantly and never warmed to it. Yeah, there are other deals to criticize like Hardy for Hoey but to be honest... Ramos and Gomez were such bummers that Hardy for Hoey pales. I didn't know a lot about Ramos but I really didn't like Capps and I thought we traded out of desperation; I heard Tom Kelly say glowing things about Ramos so I was sold and waiting for him. With Carlos Gomez... all you had to do was watch him struggle as a 17 year old who was called up too soon. All you had to do was watch him struggle and it was obvious... this player was going to be a superstar. I thought it immediately... a 5 tool player with every skill you could possibly want in a player. Gomez would have been looking good as a Twin right now... if only we would have kept in the minors a couple more years for seasoning. Could you imagine... Gomez and Buxton in the same outfield in 2016?

5. Sunblock -- My wife was upset the other night because my youngest son went outside and had fun and didn't use sunblock and now he resembles a lobster. Of course... as you can imagine... sunblock then became a topic of discussion and she had me run to the store to get some powerful stuff. She gave me instructions and what kind to get and I stopped at the store and picked it up. I was heading outside so I thought I'd put some on. It was strong stuff... I squeezed the tube and a sweater came out.

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Game-time forecast: 67 deg F, overcast, 20% chance of rain (it's higher earlier, calling for rain around 5pm, but will likely pass by game time), winds at 11mph from the NNE.

Lineups:

TWINS
Dozier 2B
Hunter RF
Mauer 1B
Plouffe 3B
Rosario LF
Suzuki C
Nunez SS
Robinson CF
May P

BREWERS
Parra LF
Lucroy C
Braun RF
Lind 1B
Gomez CF
Ramirez 3B
Segura SS
Gennett 2B
Lohse P

Play ball!

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[JB_Iowa]

 

. I almost forgot... a quick shout out to Mr and Mrs. C, the Japenese Arnold and the larger guy who looks like an actual Arnold along with Potsie and Ralph Malph.

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Al Delvecchio .... later to become Cha Chi Arcola's stepfather (and Fonzie's uncle by marriage).

 

 

I cannot believe I watched this stuff in College.  If I remember right it was Tuesday night fare before bar crawling.  (Tuesdays were always a big bar night - no labs or classes on Wednesday a.m. for anybody)

Edited June 26, 2015 by JB_Iowa

[twinsnorth49]

Al Delvecchio .... later to become Cha Chi Arcola's stepfather (and Fonzie's uncle by marriage).

 

 

 

I cannot believe I watched this stuff in College. If I remember right it was Tuesday night fare before bar crawling. (Tuesdays were always a big bar night - no labs or classes on Wednesday a.m. for anybody)

 

Yep, yep yep yep.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5. Sunblock -- ... and a sweater came out.

Sure it wasn't a sweatshirt? I always get those two confused, because i expect the word with "shirt" in it to be well, more shirt-like.

 

But i have learned the difference, and i think the hood would help with sun more...

 

Oh, and i miss Ramos as well. I probably didn't pay as close attention to the minors at the time. It felt like a move just to make a move.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Al Delvecchio .... later to become Cha Chi Arcola's stepfather (and Fonzie's uncle by marriage).

 

 

 

I cannot believe I watched this stuff in College.  If I remember right it was Tuesday night fare before bar crawling.  (Tuesdays were always a big bar night - no labs or classes on Wednesday a.m. for anybody)

Wish i'd watched more TV, even though i bet i could dig it all up now somehow. It's more about having it somewhere in the background to draw upon.

 

Meh, I guess i got my own (perhaps esoteric) set of cultural references to draw upon...

[stringer bell]

Nice job RiverBrian. Enjoy the game on Saturday. BTW, will you be a regular when the Tigers host the Twins?

[diehardtwinsfan]

Hardy for Gomez wasn't terribly bad... It was what we got from Hardy when we traded him again that was bad. 

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

yeah, it wasn't a bad trade until Hardy was traded again. Then it became Gomez (under team control for several years) for one year of a decent SS. Hardy had even better seasons after he was traded away. I suppose in a way it would be a better trade if Hardy only played one year in MN and then retired.

 

instead the Twins lost out on production in the OF and at SS for several years with nothing to show for it. 

[Craig Arko]

The Asian Arnold was none other than Pat Morita, of Karate Kid fame.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

The Asian Arnold was none other than Pat Morita, of Karate Kid fame.

Coining the phrase "Wax on... Wax off?"

[Craig Arko]

 

Coining the phrase "Wax on... Wax off?"

Burgers on, burgers off.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

(And to get it out of the way and not forget...)
 

The 2000th post must contain be a paragraph with references of Herbert Hoover... A blender and kidney stones

Funny how pearls of wisdom grow from a bit o dirt stuck in an oyster's craw... Here i
hope to contribute with other prec(oc)ious stones of that kidney...

A rule of thumb i've heard mentioned... she is correct. it behooves one to recall it. An archaic but shorter form: Her be Right, a Behoover, further ab"be"viated and simplified: Herbe(rt, hoover) and so all would remember, we named a president after this rule.

But as Polonius says in Hamlet... "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." He says no to be-lender. I guess it is important to maintain slicing and dicing skills... Burrowing is it's own punishment, as you're just digging yourself a hole.

Oh. I'm sorry, i flunked paragraphy in high school. Let me try again?

Herbert Hoover and not b-lender, while not exactly pearls of wisdom, might be stones of that kidney.

(And if it can fit in a sentence, it must be able to fit in some paragraph or other...)

Does that pass?

May i return the favor? Next mile stone... um... mobius strip, Gettysburg address, and bioluminescence?

(Note to self. Less fun trying to think in advance than to do it on the fly... Maybe that is the secret to the threads of the games...)

[Craig Arko]

 

(Note to self. Less fun trying to think in advance than to do it on the fly... Maybe that is the secret to the threads of the games...)

A couple of boilermakers doesn't hurt, either.

[USAFChief]

In case I forget, or don't get back here tonight...we will need help adding lineups to Saturdays' game thread.  

 

If you come here tomorrow, and don't see lineups posted, feel free to help out.

 

Thanks

[Craig Arko]

 

In case I forget, or don't get back here tonight...we will need help adding lineups to Saturdays' game thread.  

 

If you come here tomorrow, and don't see lineups posted, feel free to help out.

 

Thanks

If I'm here, I'll try to do that.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

Burgers on, burgers off.

 

I always liked "Garbage in, Garbage out."

 

(Shame to see the zeros go in the post count... but the way i'm goin'. i'll see 'em again. And those posted by May tonight will likely be of more interest and perhaps better earned.)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

 

In case I forget, or don't get back here tonight...we will need help adding lineups to Saturdays' game thread.  

 

If you come here tomorrow, and don't see lineups posted, feel free to help out.

 

Thanks

Really? We get to do that?!

 

Cool!

 

(I kinda thought it'd be Molitor's job...)

 

Edit: Oh, wait. Just the game thread. Had me goin' there for a moment.

Edited June 26, 2015 by sampleSizeOfOne

[Riverbrian]

Nice job RiverBrian. Enjoy the game on Saturday. BTW, will you be a regular when the Tigers host the Twins?

I'm going to try and schedule at least 1 game when the Twins show up in Detroit and Chicago. That's the plan anyway.

[Riverbrian]

Hardy for Gomez wasn't terribly bad... It was what we got from Hardy when we traded him again that was bad.

 

I agree however... In the end Gomez was better than all. That trade just started a sharp walk down to nothing.

[Riverbrian]

(And to get it out of the way and not forget...)

 

 

Funny how pearls of wisdom grow from a bit o dirt stuck in an oyster's craw... Here i

hope to contribute with other prec(oc)ious stones of that kidney...

A rule of thumb i've heard mentioned... she is correct. it behooves one to recall it. An archaic but shorter form: Her be Right, a Behoover, further ab"be"viated and simplified: Herbe(rt, hoover) and so all would remember, we named a president after this rule.

But as Polonius says in Hamlet... "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." He says no to be-lender. I guess it is important to maintain slicing and dicing skills... Burrowing is it's own punishment, as you're just digging yourself a hole.

Oh. I'm sorry, i flunked paragraphy in high school. Let me try again?

Herbert Hoover and not b-lender, while not exactly pearls of wisdom, might be stones of that kidney.

(And if it can fit in a sentence, it must be able to fit in some paragraph or other...)

Does that pass?

May i return the favor? Next mile stone... um... mobius strip, Gettysburg address, and bioluminescence?

(Note to self. Less fun trying to think in advance than to do it on the fly... Maybe that is the secret to the threads of the games...)

Passes with flying colors.

 

Although I'm not sure what flying colors means exactly.

[Hrbowski]

 

(And to get it out of the way and not forget...)
 

Funny how pearls of wisdom grow from a bit o dirt stuck in an oyster's craw... Here i
hope to contribute with other prec(oc)ious stones of that kidney...

A rule of thumb i've heard mentioned... she is correct. it behooves one to recall it. An archaic but shorter form: Her be Right, a Behoover, further ab"be"viated and simplified: Herbe(rt, hoover) and so all would remember, we named a president after this rule.

But as Polonius says in Hamlet... "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." He says no to be-lender. I guess it is important to maintain slicing and dicing skills... Burrowing is it's own punishment, as you're just digging yourself a hole.

Oh. I'm sorry, i flunked paragraphy in high school. Let me try again?

Herbert Hoover and not b-lender, while not exactly pearls of wisdom, might be stones of that kidney.

(And if it can fit in a sentence, it must be able to fit in some paragraph or other...)

Does that pass?

May i return the favor? Next mile stone... um... mobius strip, Gettysburg address, and bioluminescence?

(Note to self. Less fun trying to think in advance than to do it on the fly... Maybe that is the secret to the threads of the games...)

Herbert Hoover had a nice name...If you really imagine, you can say it sounds similar to Hrbowski.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

Passes with flying colors.

Although I'm not sure what flying colors means exactly.

I hear colors run in the laundry. Perhaps that doesn't illuminate the phrase, i just figured maybe that was the first step towards flying colors...

 

Anyway, i'm satisfied. It's better than passing the mustard. Not much for mustard am i. So i'm fine with passing it.

 

Almost 2 hours to game time... (Going back to doin' other stuffs...)

 

 

[JB_Iowa]

Brian Murphy ‏@murphPPress  · 7m7 minutes ago 
Molitor said Nolasco threw bullpen today in MN with orthotic inserts "and it did not go well." #mntwins hitting wall with his ankle rehab

[Winston Smith]

 

Brian Murphy ‏@murphPPress  · 7m7 minutes ago 
Molitor said Nolasco threw bullpen today in MN with orthotic inserts "and it did not go well." #mntwins hitting wall with his ankle rehab

Send him home he doesn't to be in Minnesota. Trade him to a team in Korea.

[Gibby]

 

Al Delvecchio .... later to become Cha Chi Arcola's stepfather (and Fonzie's uncle by marriage).

 

 

 

I cannot believe I watched this stuff in College.  If I remember right it was Tuesday night fare before bar crawling.  (Tuesdays were always a big bar night - no labs or classes on Wednesday a.m. for anybody)

 

 I was just in Jr. High when I watched this.

[Gibby]

 

. Not much for mustard am i. So i'm fine with passing it.

 

Almost 2 hours to game time... (Going back to doin' other stuffs...)

 

  Mustard is amazing. Just a half tsp. will be the deciding factor as to whether or not your emulsion will work..

Edited June 26, 2015 by Gibby

[JB_Iowa]

 

 I was just in Jr. High when I watched this.

 

Told you I'm old.

 

I may be older than Chief though not Ash or SB, I don't think.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

(And to get it out of the way and not forget...)

 

 

Funny how pearls of wisdom grow from a bit o dirt stuck in an oyster's craw... Here i

hope to contribute with other prec(oc)ious stones of that kidney...

A rule of thumb i've heard mentioned... she is correct. it behooves one to recall it. An archaic but shorter form: Her be Right, a Behoover, further ab"be"viated and simplified: Herbe(rt, hoover) and so all would remember, we named a president after this rule.

But as Polonius says in Hamlet... "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." He says no to be-lender. I guess it is important to maintain slicing and dicing skills... Burrowing is it's own punishment, as you're just digging yourself a hole.

Oh. I'm sorry, i flunked paragraphy in high school. Let me try again?

Herbert Hoover and not b-lender, while not exactly pearls of wisdom, might be stones of that kidney.

(And if it can fit in a sentence, it must be able to fit in some paragraph or other...)

Does that pass?

May i return the favor? Next mile stone... um... mobius strip, Gettysburg address, and bioluminescence?

(Note to self. Less fun trying to think in advance than to do it on the fly... Maybe that is the secret to the threads of the games...)

E for Effort

[Craig Arko]

Before the game starts I'd like to note the death of James Horner earlier this week. As a collector of soundtracks his work his quite familiar.

 

Here was one of his finest.

 

[Craig Arko]

Now go Hulk smash on Lohse.