Game Thread, Twins vs. Rangers, 8/13 @ 12:10pm CT

[Winston Smith]

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

 

Yogi Berra

 

I'm amphibious, I do something's left-handed and some right-handed, unfortunately nothing well as Yogi.

 

[Gibby]

Comebacks are fun at least.

[RichardMcBeef]

Nolasco > Santana

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I don't know about anyone else but these day games have a pretty negative effect on my work productivity.

What's productivity?

[wavedog]

Good Santana for 3 innings - now turns to Bad Santana.  Only good through the lineup once or twice.  Get the bullpen up.  

[JB_Iowa]

Nick Nelson ‏@NickNelsonMN  · 2m2 minutes ago 
Santana has struck out three of the last 78 hitters he has faced. #mntwins

 

 

When its bad, its really bad.

[Pius Jefferson]

Nolasco sucks

Santana sucks and he's a cheater

Hughes had a meaningless good year and now he's at best mediocre.

 

Maybe there was a reason why Terry Ryan didn't like spending money on starting pitching.

[twinsnorth49]

Well that was fun

 

[wavedog]

Now we are letting Chi Chi off the hook - ok we need a comeback.  

 

[Eephus]

Sounds like there's always barking chatter from the Twins dugout in that gets picked up by the Twins radio broadcast. Usually can't make out the words, but it sounds like the same voice. Pretty flippin' incessant. I think I'd get a headache if I were in the dugout. Anyone else notice this? Is it Bruno?

[dougkoebernick]

 

Sounds like there's always barking chatter from the Twins dugout in that gets picked up by the Twins radio broadcast. Usually can't make out the words, but it sounds like the same voice. Pretty flippin' incessant. I think I'd get a headache if I were in the dugout. Anyone else notice this? Is it Bruno?

It's Gardy. He moved out of his RV and is living underneath the bench. 

[Winston Smith]

Signing Sano makes up for every bad move Bill Smith made, imo. I'm 100% certain that Terry would never have spent the  money it took.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Good Santana for 3 innings - now turns to Bad Santana.  Only good through the lineup once or twice.  Get the bullpen up.  

We need a Santana Clause: He gets $100,000 for each good inning pitched, and he gets $100,000 taken away for each bad inning pitched.

[rghrbek]

We haven't had a hit since the 2nd inning, and this guy walks Esco?  It's very hard to walk Esco....How have we not gotten to this guy since the 2nd?

[dougkoebernick]

 

It's Gardy. He moved out of his RV and is living underneath the bench. 

You can tell because he has snappy nicknames for all of the new guys, like Rosie, Sany, Robbie, and Ervin. 

[Gibby]

It's an out in Oakland, drink.

[stringer bell]

 

Magic is pitching today? Wow!

He has a great "downward plane". Sorry, was working but just got a chance to catch the game thread.

[Brock Beauchamp]

The smartest thing the bottom of the lineup can do against a pitcher like Gonzalez is put the bat on their shoulder and leave it there.

[ScrapTheNickname]

We finally got the substitute math teacher to leave the classroom. Yeah.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

How do you make an out in Oakland drink?

 

A lotta something green and foul?

 

Oh wait. There was a comma...

[stringer bell]

 

I don't have that excuse, but I write right handed, and do most everything else left.

An aside, Brian Duensing writes right handed. I was at spring training three years ago and the fans were having "Brian" sign, I figured it must be Dozier (who I didn't recognize then).

[twinsnorth49]

85 posts in and no mentions of that 'stache Gonzalez was rocking?

 

For shame.

[twinsnorth49]

 

An aside, Brian Duensing writes right handed. I was at spring training three years ago and the fans were having "Brian" sign, I figured it must be Dozier (who I didn't recognize then).

What hand does he pitch with?

 

Ba dum tish!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So...

 

If i learned anything from last night's high lights...

 

(and i might not have been paying too close attention, so correct me if i got it wrong)

 

A homer to the second deck scored 2 runs. A homer to third deck scores 3.

 

Hicks, does that give ya any ideas?

[Gibby]

 

 

85 posts in and no mentions of that 'stache Gonzalez was rocking?

 

For shame.

 

  He's a pair of red sweatpants away from looking like a perv.

[ScrapTheNickname]

The catcher was illegally blocking the path to the plate, so if Robinson had run straight to the plate he would have collided with the catcher and he would have been ruled safe. Why, this year, no controversy? While last year, so much controversy? Boring.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Tie game.

 

Good enough for me, i think.

 

Though sad to see Robinson get out. If the boxscore is to be believed, he hasn't been gotten out too often.

[TwinsCD]

What the **F** is Glynn doing sending Robinson there with Dozier and Mauer coming up next?  Come on, man...that's just dumb baseball.

[RichardMcBeef]

Why not challenge?

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

So...

If i learned anything from last night's high lights...

(and i might not have been paying too close attention, so correct me if i got it wrong)

A homer to the second deck scored 2 runs. A homer to third deck scores 3.

Hicks, does that give ya any ideas?

Nice. Wiffle ball rules.