Game Thread: Twins Vs. Red Socks, 6/11 @ 1:10pm CT

[operation mindcrime]

What the hell happened? My parents invited me for spaghetti dinner and when I left it was 5-4 in the 7th. I asked my dad to turn on the game after we ate and it was 12-4!!!

[USAFChief]

Were I in the market for a new vehicle, I would rule out Toyota before my search began, simply due to the level of searing, white hot hatred I have for the "Jan" commercials.

[jimbo92107]

Yikes. There is no rolled up newspaper sufficient to spank this bad team, bad team.

[Platoon]

Maybe if you had gone with the sauerkraut and dumplings!

[S.]

 

Yikes. There is no rolled up newspaper sufficient to spank this bad team, bad team.

It's more efficient to just smash yourself in the eyes with the newspaper.

[Mike Sixel]

 

Were I in the market for a new vehicle, I would rule out Toyota before my search began, simply due to the level of searing, white hot hatred I have for the "Jan" commercials.

 

I turn the channel when a progressive ad comes on. Cannot watch another one. EVER.

[USAFChief]

 

What the hell happened? My parents invited me for spaghetti dinner and when I left it was 5-4 in the 7th. I asked my dad to turn on the game after we ate and it was 12-4!!!

The Sox scored 7 times.

[LaBombo]

 

 

You could switch bad and ugly without too much dispute! . One of, if not the best Westerns of all time! A classic!

 

Agree, and it was a coin flip.  Chargie probably just had one of the ugliest meaningless outings of the year, but I went with the Jep's greater overall contribution to the futility of the season.   Plus that's a pretty ugly picture of him.

[jimbo92107]

It's tough to look through that long, dark tunnel of dispair that is the 2016 Minnesota Twins, see another small glimmer of light at the end, and know, just KNOW, that it's yet another train barreling at you at 90 MPH.  Another train that will mercilessly run you over as sure as the sun will rise in the morning.  

 

The Minnesota Twins:  Abandon ye all hope.

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."  - Slogan above Gate 34, Target Field.

[Platoon]

8 more walks, and a Grossman blast! And this one is all ours! Edit. Sorry, forgot about Plouffie.

[jimbo92107]

It's more efficient to just smash yourself in the eyes with the newspaper.

We've all seen Walking Dead... A pickax through the temple is the only way to be sure. 

 

Good times! ;-)

[Blake]

So, I get home from shooting IDPA, and check in, yep, the Twins are losing, yep, Boston is pounding the Twins and yep, the game thread is a barrel of laughs.

 

I just don't have enough morbid interest to see what Dick and Bert have to say about the game.

 

Hopefully, next Saturday's Steel Challenge overlap the game. Although, I believe I'm responsible for the game threads next weekend so they'll have to go up early. 

[LaBombo]

"ShagWah did rotten Baby!  Yeah!"

 

http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/203/008545_6.jpg

 

At least he got that first punch in the mouth over with right away and in a meaningless game, instead of sitting for a week and then being asked to protect one of maybe two or three sixth inning leads the Twins will have the rest of the month.

[Platoon]

Watching the Twins is like watching Super Dave Osborne years ago. His suntan seemed like a great idea at the time, but you knew disaster was inevitable!

[Twinsbar107]

 

"ShagWah did rotten Baby!  Yeah!"

 

http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/203/008545_6.jpg

 

At least he got that first punch in the mouth over right away and in a meaningless game, instead of sitting for a week and then being asked to protect one of maybe two or three sixth inning leads the Twins will have the rest of the month.

I like the optimism. 

[Circus Boy]

 

What the hell happened? My parents invited me for spaghetti dinner and when I left it was 5-4 in the 7th. I asked my dad to turn on the game after we ate and it was 12-4!!!

 

It was a Twin killing.

[S.]

 

So, I get home from shooting IDPA, and check in, yep, the Twins are losing, yep, Boston is pounding the Twins and yep, the game thread is a barrel of laughs.

How'd you shoot? Hell, as long as you didn't shoot yourself, I'd wager you had more fun than any of us who watched this game.

[Platoon]

So, I get home from shooting IDPA, and check in, yep, the Twins are losing, yep, Boston is pounding the Twins and yep, the game thread is a barrel of laughs.

 

I just don't have enough morbid interest to see what Dick and Bert have to say about the game.

 

Hopefully, next Saturday's Steel Challenge overlap the game. Although, I believe I'm responsible for the game threads next weekend so they'll have to go up early.

 

My question is why did you shoot IDPA? He didn't even play today!

[LaBombo]

 

I like the optimism. 

 

This is the kind of game that gets right in the face of the media talking hairdos that have made the mistake of opining that 'Things can't get any worse for the Twins'.

 

If I'm on the silver lining search committee, my sole contribution from watching today's train wreck would be 'Gibson's arm didn't fall off and he went six after a bad 1st'.

 

Oh, and Kepler had a hit and a walk.

[Blake]

 

How'd you shoot? Hell, as long as you didn't shoot yourself, I'd wager you had more fun than any of us who watched this game.

Badly. I had a couple of stages where I did okay but the rust of not shooting for a couple of months showed.

 

Yep, I had a lot of fun. And what's really cool is we're getting a lot of female shooters too. 

 

We've grown from a good turnout is 30 people to 50 or more showing up, even in the heat of the summer.

[Blake]

 

My question is why did you shoot IDPA? He didn't even play today!

Trying to send a message. We'll find out tomorrow if the message was received.

[S.]

 

Badly. I had a couple of stages where I did okay but the rust of not shooting for a couple of months showed.

 

Yep, I had a lot of fun. And what's really cool is we're getting a lot of female shooters too. 

 

We've grown from a good turnout is 30 people to 50 or more showing up, even in the heat of the summer.

Nice. I was gonna ask where at, but I see you're in California. Twin Cities seem to be weak on outdoor ranges. One over in Hudson at least and some decent indoor ranges nearby, but the indoors just don't compare to the outdoor ones, especially for long guns. Shot at a sweet free outdoor range when I was in Madison a month ago though.

 

Never done any of the organized event stuff, but it's definitely intriguing. 

[Platoon]

So Anthony Lapanta goes home to visit mom for the Memorial Day weekend. She says "Anthony, tell me about this new job you have"?

 

"Well mom, I do post game Twins analysis, I explain to the viewers what just happened!"

 

"Mama Mia! Your poor father would be so disappointed! You promised him you would make him proud! Not peddle BS like some used car salesman!" Who

else knows about this?"

 

Sheepishly, "People who watch the Twins and the post game show"

 

"Ave Maria, so at least no one else will know!"

[Circus Boy]

The 2011 Twins went 19-49 after the All-Star game. This season we're looking worse, I'm afraid.

[Teflon]

You'd think the prospect of ending up back in Sulphur, Louisianna would motivate a person to pitch a little better, wouldn't you?  The only worse place I could think of is Colonoscopy, Mississippi.

[ashbury]

C*********

Hey Chief, that's a bannin', right? You want to do the honors or shall I?

[USAFChief]

Hey Chief, that's a bannin', right? You want to do the honors or shall I?

Send him to Mississippi, I say.

[ashbury]

Send him to Mississippi, I say.

Punishment to fit the crime? Or, cruel and unusual?

 

"Yes."

[Blake]

 

Nice. I was gonna ask where at, but I see you're in California. Twin Cities seem to be weak on outdoor ranges. One over in Hudson at least and some decent indoor ranges nearby, but the indoors just don't compare to the outdoor ones, especially for long guns. Shot at a sweet free outdoor range when I was in Madison a month ago though.

 

Never done any of the organized event stuff, but it's definitely intriguing. 

There are organized competitions available in MN. Bills does a couple of things. Unfortunately, with the weather in MN, hard to run outdoor gun competitions year round.

 

I found this link and it looks like this is the range and club when it comes to shooting:

http://www.grrc.org/about-2/range-information/

 

I've shot high power, Steel Challenge, IDPA and a couple of rifle/pistol matches. These clubs tend to be very welcoming of newcomers and are usually very good about encouraging people to continue. Don't worry about winning, just have fun! For instance, in rifle matches I shoot an M1 Garand. It's a hoot. I'm slow, but everyone wants to to see the Garand.

[David HK]

 

But see, I had a plan! Nunez bunts down the third base line, Kepler breaks early for third base, but instead of sliding, he keeps running through the bag. Third baseman fields and fires to first. Kepler scores on a shockingly aggressive play. Fun times!

 

Oh, and I forgot about Buxton. He rounds third when Kepler is half way home. On the bad throw to home, Buxton scores, too! Yahoo!

That is the logical play where I live.