Article: Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 8/5 @ 6:10pm CT

[Riverbrian]

A little inside baseball this weekend as the Twins visit the Rays and that covered construction that they play in.

The Twins had a great series with the Indians as we watched our young players perform very well and when the young players perform well it fuels the dreams for the future. Yeah… it’s all about dreams for the players and for the fans… and it’s really all about dreams for me.

I got home late last night after visiting my Dad and when I have to get up early for work… the only chance that I have to write this game thread opener is to write in my sleep. So… yeah… I wrote this as I was sleeping and this is how it turned out.

Here are some things to think about:

 

1. Counting Sheep – I really don’t know why sheep were chosen as the animal to count when trying to get to sleep but I can tell you this… it works. It shouldn’t... but it does. My uncle had a farm and he had sheep for a while and the mere idea of sheep being able to effortlessly jump over fences kept him up at night. My uncle became so worried about his sheep jumping over the fence that he would go out nightly and take inventory by counting them all… which of course he couldn’t do because it put him right to sleep.

2. Nightmares – I actually woke up screaming around 2am because I was having a nightmare. I went back to sleep with ease because I realized that the nightmare was impossible and could never happen in a million years. It was so absurd because I was having this nightmare that Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton were our presidential choices in November.

[Edit: Despite being Brian's nightmare, let's not turn the game thread into a political 'discussion.' We have the Sports Bar Forum for that. Thanks.]

3. Snoring – I’m honestly not aware of my snoring but my wife claims that I snore. According to her… that’s the reason that I’m getting blasted nightly by that taser she bought.

4. Stealing the Covers – OK… maybe I snore… however… early in our marriage my wife was an extreme cover stealer. Every night… I’d wake up cold and all of the covers where on her side of the bed. Eventually I got used to it and now I go to bed without them and my wife adapts well because now she has started covering me up in her sleep.

5. Waking up this morning – You know how... you sometimes… wake up numb because you slept in a weird position? This morning… I woke up with absolutely no feeling in my right arm. This was an extreme case. I picked up my arm and let it drop and it dropped straight down with a thud. I rubbed it and I felt no sensation at all in my arm. I pinched it... again… I felt absolutely nothing. I was kinda nervous at this point because normally you can at least feel a tingling but I was feeling absolutely nothing… so… I grabbed a pin from the night stand and I jabbed into my arm… my wife screamed.
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Lineups:

TWINS

Brian Dozier [R) 2B
Joe Mauer (L) 1B
Max Kepler (L) RF
Miguel Sano [R) DH
Kurt Suzuki [R) C
Robbie Grossman (S) LF
Eduardo Escobar (S) SS
Jorge Polanco (S) 3B
Byron Buxton [R)

Ervin Santana [R) P

RAYS
Logan Forsythe [R) 2B
Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF
Evan Longoria [R) 3B
Brad Miller (L) DH
Nick Franklin (S) 1B
Corey Dickerson (L) LF
Steven Souza [R) RF
Tim Beckham [R) SS
Luke Maile [R) C

Blake Snell [R) P

Game-time forecast: Who cares? It's indoors.

Go Twins!

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[big dog]

I hope Arcia can start playing better...a week from now.

[Craig Arko]

 

I hope Arcia can start playing better...a week from now.

I hope Arcia comes in as a late inning defensive replacement.

[big dog]

Just noticed that he's on the 15-day DL, so not this series.  Apparently he hurt his elbow while swinging and missing.  I'm going to guess he was swinging really, really hard.

Edited August 5, 2016 by big dog

[Vanimal46]

I'm not sure if it's a blessing or a curse to remember dreams. For me I remember maybe 1-2 dreams a year. The rest of the time, I have no clue if I dream, or what the dreams are about. 

[ashbury]

I'm not sure if it's a blessing or a curse to remember dreams. For me I remember maybe 1-2 dreams a year. The rest of the time, I have no clue if I dream, or what the dreams are about. 

Maybe you've been dreaming your participation on TD this whole time.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUAuhiRgMgU

[Craig Arko]

 

Maybe you've been dreaming your participation on TD this whole time.

[Vanimal46]

 

Maybe you've been dreaming your participation on TD this whole time.

I did have a dream that I was an owner/operator of a used car lot last weekend... Or was that real? 

[ashbury]

I did have a dream that I was an owner/operator of a used car lot last weekend... Or was that real? 

I would like to have a word with you about the fuel injectors on that supposed creampuff driven by the little old man I bought last week. (The car, not the little old man.)

[Vanimal46]

 

I would like to have a word with you about the fuel injectors on that supposed creampuff driven by the little old man I bought last week. (The car, not the little old man.)

The 2010 Santiago Supercharger is having performance issues already? Sorry Ash, all sales are final! 

[EddieMatthews]

Twins and TB are playing for last place with the possibility of one team moving past several NL bottom dwellers.  Not sure that the Twins need the better draft pick, nor that they could make a good choice if they had it.  Hoping that they can win the series and climb out of the cellar.  Hitting and pitching are both showing improvements.

[Blake]

 

1. Counting Sheep – I really don’t know why sheep were chosen as the animal to count when trying to get to sleep but I can tell you this… it works. It shouldn’t... but it does. My uncle had a farm and he had sheep for a while and the mere idea of sheep being able to effortlessly jump over fences kept him up at night. My uncle became so worried about his sheep jumping over the fence that he would go out nightly and take inventory by counting them all… which of course he couldn’t do because it put him right to sleep."

 

Evidently, this is a documentary about your uncle:

 

 

*wow, copy and paste grabbed everything.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Y'all are posting too loudly!

 

Pipe down so as i can get me beauty rest and not be cranky during the game. Only Twins batters are supposed to crank it...

 

But i gotta register my approval of Shawn the Sheep.

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

I did have a dream that I was an owner/operator of a used car lot last weekend... Or was that real? 

Better ask your manager. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Y'all are posting too loudly!

 

Pipe down so as i can get me beauty rest and not be cranky during the game. Only Twins batters are supposed to crank it...

 

But i gotta register my approval of Shawn the Sheep.

Alright, i think i'm as beautiful as i'll ever be. You can get back to raising a ruckus.

 

Gosh...

 

I'm not used to people actually listening to me.

[Homer Hanky]

Is there any word or hope that we can still get a player out of the Arcia Trade? Now with Ryan gone... maybe a prospect Catcher can come our way... They have 4 Catcher in there top 30 prospects... i'd take ONE... 

 

Thots? 

 

 

[HitInAPinch]

 

Is there any word or hope that we can still get a player out of the Arcia Trade? Now with Ryan gone... maybe a prospect Catcher can come our way... They have 4 Catcher in there top 30 prospects... i'd take ONE... 

 

Thots? 

$1.50   At least that's my Thots.....

[HitInAPinch]

Sano is back in the lineup.  Here's wishing he's shaken off, whatever, and rips a couple tonight!

[Squirrel]

 

But i gotta register my approval of Shawn the Sheep.

Me, too!

[jimmer]

 

Sano is back in the lineup.  Here's wishing he's shaken off, whatever, and rips a couple tonight!

by 'rips a couple' you mean HR, right? :-)

[HitInAPinch]

 

by 'rips a couple' you mean HR, right? :-)

yeah, I don't monitor what he eats.  or expels.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I just saw a commercial on tele in the local burger joint. Disney is remakin' Pete's Dragon? Don Bluth must be rollin' over in his... um easel... no... palette?

 

(edit for caps... shift key impaired as i am by habit. Caps are for other people.)

Edited August 5, 2016 by sampleSizeOfOne

[HitInAPinch]

And we're off!!

 

the game's starting, too..

[HitInAPinch]

Sooooooo   close

[HitInAPinch]

since Mauer hits .390-something at Tropican, maybe they'd want to trade this Snell kid straight up for Joe?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Hooray.

 

Mauer got on base.

 

Now to get him home...

[ashbury]

since Mauer hits .390-something at Tropican, maybe they'd want to trade this Snell kid straight up for Joe?

And what is your secret sauce for convincing Joe to waive his no-trade and go play at Tropican?

[USAFChief]

That's where you turn Sano loose on 3-0 and hope to get him going.  What was there to lose?

[Willihammer]

Im gonna buy a Rays Jersey so I can look 17 again.

[HitInAPinch]

And what is your secret sauce for convincing Joe to waive his no-trade and go play at Tropican?

Hurricanes are better than blizzards.  That and he hits like a crazy man there!

 

yeah, that's all I got.