Game Thread: Twins @ Orioles, 8/23 @ 12:35pm CT

[Squirrel]

DOUBLE SWEEP!

 

I'm going to go get a chicken dinnah for supper tonight.

 

My grocery store makes better chicken than Brian's.

[GCTF]

Fear the 87mph heater

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Hopefully that save won't mess up Milone's delivery like participating in the HR Derby can supposedly mess with a hitter's swing!

[Jerr]

I never had a doubt as to this Twins win!!!!!           

[70charger]

Hey guys. What'd I miss?

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Orioles are now 54-1 when leading after 8 innings.

[USAFChief]

 

Hey guys. What'd I miss?

The Twins have a lefty closer. 

 

No, really.

[JB_Iowa]

 

[Jerr]

 

DOUBLE SWEEP!

I'm going to go get a chicken dinnah for supper tonight.

I had chicken for lunch, a premature celebratory "dinner"?

[jimbo92107]

Wow, Tommy Milone, ace closer!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So, is that what a sigh of relief feels like?

[Squirrel]

I had chicken for lunch, a premature celebratory "dinner"?

No. That was just lunch.

[Craig Arko]

Nice to see the scoreless inning from Perk. Suddenly the 'pen doesn't look quite so hopeless.

[spinowner]

Well, that's four improbable wins in Baltimore, the first because of how large the margin was and the last three because of, well, we all know what I mean. So 4-3 on the road trip, which is good, and 4-0 vs Baltimore, which is good because of their proximity in the WC race. But I almost think I'd have felt better if we had beaten the Yankees 3 times and gone 1-3 against the O's. Almost.

[JB_Iowa]

What a way to end that series.

 

I'm kind of glad tomorrow is an off-day.

[glunn]

 

Glad I'm not an Orioles fan today. I would be pissed off right now.

 

I am glad that I don't have to moderate Orioles Daily today.

[USAFChief]

 

Nice to see the scoreless inning from Perk. Suddenly the 'pen doesn't look quite so hopeless.

Nice to see, and not to be a debbie downer, but Perk looked pretty pedestrian in that inning. 

 

But yeah, the additions of May, Jepsen and perhaps Cotts, along with a return to form from Fien, makes the pen look less like a ticking time bomb for sure.

[70charger]

 

Hey guys. What'd I miss?

 

Can I be honest here real quick? I watched that whole game. I was setting up this comment for like an hour.

 

 

It's the long - and very speculative - con. But I can't lie to you, TD!

[spinowner]

 

DOUBLE SWEEP!

I'm going to go get a chicken dinnah for supper tonight.

 

 

I had chicken for lunch, a premature celebratory "dinner"?

I'll go one past that. I had chicken for breakfast. (Are we turning into OCD Wade Boggs clones?)

[ScrapTheNickname]

Riverbrian, have you read all the 300+ posts, to this very last one?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

WOW. Way to stick with it, boys!

[Squirrel]

 

I'll go one past that. I had chicken for breakfast. (Are we turning into OCD Wade Boggs clones?)

Maybe I'll put my chicken dinnah in the blender and have a smoothie instead.

[spinowner]

 

Maybe I'll put my chicken dinnah in the blender and have a smoothie instead.

You mean the blendah!

[Jerr]

I made my chicken premature dinnah celebratory meal.....thighs with slight oil coating and Greek Seasoning on top, 2 hours in oven on 325 degrees, with red potatoes in same pan, and served with salad and a spicey bar-b-que sauce.

 

Buy a precooked chicken dinnah? NEVER

 

Been a lot of fun here today!!!! Enjoy the rest of your day!

[Brock Beauchamp]

BTW, it looks almost inevitable the Twins are going to be chasing just one team for the second WC spot at the end of the day.

 

For all intents and purposes, they control their destiny.

[USAFChief]

I made my chicken premature dinnah celebratory meal.....thighs with slight oil coating and Greek Seasoning on top, 2 hours in oven on 325 degrees, with red potatoes in same pan, and served with salad and a spicey bar-b-que sauce.

 

Buy a precooked chicken dinnah? NEVER

 

Been a lot of fun here today!!!! Enjoy the rest of your day!

I made our own too. A whole chicken in the smoker. 5 bucks and its better than an expensive restaurant.

[Monkeypaws]

This series established a wonderful new norm: in hockey terms, it's called "battle level," and we saw a buttload from the Twins. 

 

Was this Molly's first ejection ever as manager?

[TwinsCD]

 

Was this Molly's first ejection ever as manager?

 

Negative.  Got tossed from the Saturday Yankees game at Target arguing the check swing call on Hicks when they had the bases loaded.

[twinsnorth49]

Just finished watching the MLBTV replay, I think I'm going to have to watch it again, because I don't quite believe what I just saw.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just finished watching the MLBTV replay, I think I'm going to have to watch it again, because I don't quite believe what I just saw.

Yeah, pretty much. Isn't it nice to see a team that looks so intimidated by the Twins they do whatever it takes a lose a game? After the Yankees series, Twins fans needed that.