Article: Game Thread: Twins v Red Sox, 6/10 @ 7:10pm CT

[formerly33]

 

All those who believe in psychokinesis - raise my hand.
 

I know Emo Philips doesn't pitch for the Twins, but he said it better.

 

"How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand."

 

And what the heck, why don't we just sign Emo Philips? He can't possibly make this team any worse, and in terms of marketing, this would be a genius move.

[Platoon]

You mean like skill set,  or...

 

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/006/026/futuramafry.jpg

 

... identity theft?

 

PS   That one's for you RB.    It's been at least a week since my last Frye meme,  and I'm sure you've been waiting anxiously:

 

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/doctors-next-door/Dog%20napping%20on%20keyboard.jpg

Brian's editor?

[ashbury]

Ortiz is batting? I thought he retired tonight.

[David HK]

Heh... Papi goes the other way, gets a soft single to left.

 

So, all that Twins Way coaching was not lost on him after all!

[USAFChief]

 

Ortiz is batting? I thought he retired tonight.

He took it to left center as a final middle finger to TR, too.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Ortiz is batting? I thought he retired tonight.

I heard the applause over the radio, and figured they showed Jim Pohlad on the jumbotron.

[ashbury]

Oh the humanity!

Or, the huge manatee!

 

[USAFChief]

buxton catches that.

[jimbo92107]

 

Or, the huge manatee!

 

Never fat shame a manatee. It's a lifestyle thing.

[ashbury]

Brian's editor?

A moderator-to-be-named-later is about to give you a bannin', son.

[operation mindcrime]

Man seeing that clip from the '06 team...."dont know what ya got til it's go-ooone"

Poison "I won't forget you" or Skid Row "I remember you"

[USAFChief]

Dickbert complaining about Tonkin throwing so many pitches.

 

To which I ask...is there a state law, or something, mandating he stay in there?

 

Or could he get guys out?

 

 

[USAFChief]

Dick:  "Ooohhh.  Close to strike three."

 

 

[USAFChief]

The ol' "golden sombrero."

[Aggies7]

Parkbench

[David HK]

So, DickBert ragging on the starting staff.  I've got to harken back to the earlier comment about what ML free agent starter would WANT to come here, with such horrid defense, putrid offense, and those pukey red jerseys?

[ashbury]

So, DickBert ragging on the starting staff.  I've got to harken back to the earlier comment about what ML free agent starter would WANT to come here, with such horrid defense, putrid offense, and those pukey red jerseys?

"Sometimes you just can't give your money away." -- Anonymous MLB GM

[operation mindcrime]

Do we have a team ophthalmologist?

[USAFChief]

So, if the Twins offered Boston any five players off the Minnesota 25 man, for free, with the stipulation it had to be five and  they had to stay on Boston's 25 man, would Boston take the offer?

[Mike Sixel]

Just caught up after flying back home and going to a brewery. Yes, I like cider. Yes, this team sucks. Yes, apparently defense matters. Yes, I am glad I cannot see this team.

[David HK]

Ahhh... LOOSAH!

 

But, if the game were at all competitive, I wouldn't have taken the time to put together this B'fast of Champions!  

 

Blueberry cakes, crispy bacon, syrup from my Canuck friend, and "coffee."

 

Nom nom nom....

 

Edited June 11, 2016 by David HK

[ashbury]

Do we have a team ophthalmologist?

Most likely a Proctologist is called for, to cure this case of cranio-rectal inversion.

[USAFChief]

 

Most likely a Proctologist is called for, to cure this case of cranio-rectal inversion.

[Riverbrian]

 

Dickbert complaining about Tonkin throwing so many pitches.

 

To which I ask...is there a state law, or something, mandating he stay in there?

 

Or could he get guys out?

Yes

[USAFChief]

So I headed over to Twinkie Town to check out their take, as I sometimes do.  This made me laugh:

 

(headline)

 

J T Chargois Get the Call

 

 

 

 

 

Kyle Gibson is back too.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Ahhh... LOOSAH!

 

But, if the game were at all competitive, I wouldn't have taken the time to put together this B'fast of Champions!  

 

Blueberry cakes, crispy bacon, syrup from my Canuck friend, and "coffee."

 

Nom nom nom....

That, my friend, looks like a winner.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Things we pay Paul Molitor to think about, part eleventy million:

 

Don't play Park at first base if he's never faced a knuckleballer. Play him at DH like you usually do. If he turns out to be helpless at the plate, you can easily sub him out if he is DH. You cannot easily substitute him if he is in the field, especially if your other first baseman is the DH (you will lose your DH, etc). Or better yet, bench him.

 

#ThingsforNextYear

[Riverbrian]

 

Oh the humanity!

http://barfblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/turkeys_fly_wkrp_09.jpg

[David HK]

 

Things we pay Paul Molitor to think about, part eleventy million:

Don't play Park at first base if he's never faced a knuckleballer. Play him at DH like you usually do. If he turns out to be helpless at the plate, you can easily sub him out if he is DH. You cannot easily substitute him if he is in the field, especially if your other first baseman is the DH (you will lose your DH, etc). Or better yet, bench him.

#ThingsforNextYear

Concur.  Except for the hashtag.

 

#ThingsforLASTyearandTHISyeartoo

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Concur.  Except for the hashtag.

 

#ThingsforLASTyearandTHISyeartoo

It was a minor point and it's not likely there will be a situation to PH him even if he's DH, but in my opinion playing him at first was the third best option out of the three options tonight.

 

#sigh