Article: Gamethread: Twins@Blue Jays 8/26 6:07PM

[Riverbrian]

It isn’t easy to lose 7 games in a row but the Twins have managed to do just that. Tonight the Twins are in Canada to take on the Powerful Blue Jay hitters and if they try real hard they can make it 8 or 10 in a row.

Unusual conditions in Toronto. The forecast is 28 and you can drive 105.

Here are some things to think about:

 

1. Polar Bears – 50% (that might be rounded up or down because exactly 50% seems incredible) of the world’s population of Polar Bears are in Canada. The other 50% are on the constant lookout for Seal and will follow its prey around the globe. For example… The 4 winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan where Seal is performing tomorrow night.


2. Hockey – They take their Hockey seriously in Canada. A reporter was watching some kids play Pond hockey outdoors when a rabid Rotweiler burst onto the ice and started attacking a kid. Another kid skated up and killed the dog with his hockey stick. The reporter wrote the headline… Young Leaf Fan Heroically Saves Another Child. When talking with the kid… he revealed that he was actually a Canadien Fan. So the reporter changed the headline to… Little French Bastard Kills Beloved Family Pet.


3. Tim Hortons – Canadians are crazy for Tim Horton’s. You can get a cup of coffee… a donut and breakfast biscuit and from that simplicity… Boom… Over 4 thousand stores serving maybe (I’m guessing) 20 thousand Canadians.


4. Canadian Bacon – Americans are the ones who call it Canadian Bacon. Canadians call it Back Bacon and in the country of Back… They call it American Bacon.


5. The Tragically Hip – The Tragically Hip are Canada’s Rock Band. It used to be Anne Murray until the Hip came along. I’ve been a big fan since the 90’s and I would describe them as a cross between the Rolling Stones and R.E.M. There is really no joke to tell here… Gord Downie is the front man, incredible lyricist and a totally unique personality. He has been diagnosed with an incurable form of Brain Cancer and Gord Downie responded to the diagnosis by immediately scheduling (What could be depending on his health) a final concert tour across Canada. The final show was televised nationally. It’s thought #5 because it just might have been the most important concert tour in history in consideration of the circumstances.
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Lineups:

TWINS
Brian Dozier® 2B
Robbie Grossman(S) LF
Trevor Plouffe® 1B
Miguel Sano® DH
Max Kepler(L) RF
Jorge Polanco(S) SS
Eduardo Escobar(S) 3B
Kurt Suzuki® C
Eddie Rosario(L) CF

Pat Dean P

JAYS
Jose Bautista® RF
Josh Donaldson® 3B
Edwin Encarnacion® DH
Russell Martin® C
Troy Tulowitzki® SS
Melvin Upton Jr.® CF
Darwin Barney® 2B
Justin Smoak(S) 1B
Ezequiel Carrera(L) LF

Francisco Liriano P

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[wsnydes]

I was hoping that you'd touch on this, but is there a Canadian exchange rate for losses?  By simply crossing the border, is the Twins current loss streak more like 5.75 games?  Might it be beneficial for them, perhaps even us, if they stayed north of the border?

[Vanimal46]

Bryan Adams would like a word with you about this "Canada's Rock Band" business. 

[Winston Smith]

"....and if they try real hard they can make it 8 or 10 in a row."

 

I doubt they'd have to try that hard, it seems losing has been rather easy for them.

[Teflon]

Toronto was also the birthplace of former Twins players Jesse Crain and Rene Tosoni.

 

Crain last pitched in the majors for the White Sox in 2013 but was back in Chi-Town this week (at Wrigley Field) to attend a Pearl Jam concert.

 

Tosoni is currently playing for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball where his manager is Gary Gaetti.

[wsnydes]

 

Bryan Adams would like a word with you about this "Canada's Rock Band" business. 

Rush may be in line as well.

[Pardon My Dinger]

OK guys, let's not just all start naming Canadian Bands. The Tragically Hip are the Beatles of Canada. There is no argument that can be made to the contrary. 

[Craig Arko]

OK guys, let's not just all start naming Canadian Bands. The Tragically Hip are the Beatles of Canada. There is no argument that can be made to the contrary.

 

And that final concert being televised over the Olympics by the CBC is a pure class act all around.

[Vanimal46]

 

The Tragically Hip are the Beatles of Canada. 

Well that's just like, your opinion, man. Maybe I like The Band! Or Avril Lavigne. 

[Craig Arko]

Well that's just like, your opinion, man. Maybe I like The Band! Or Avril Lavigne.

 

I picture you as more of a Barenaked Ladies sort...

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

Well that's just like, your opinion, man. Maybe I like The Band! Or Avril Lavigne. 

The Weakerthans (Winnipeg) are one of my top 3 favo(u)rites of all time. But everyone's playing for second, north of the border. 

[wsnydes]

 

Well that's just like, your opinion, man. Maybe I like The Band! Or Avril Lavigne. 

Celine Dion would like to have a word with you...

[wsnydes]

 

The Weakerthans (Winnipeg) are one of my top 3 favo(u)rites of all time. But everyone's playing for second, north of the border. 

I think Celine Dion would like to have a word with you too...

[Vanimal46]

 

The Weakerthans (Winnipeg) are one of my top 3 favo(u)rites of all time. But everyone's playing for second, north of the border. 

We all know you've had Bieber Fever for a long time now... 

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

I think Celine Dion would like to have a word with you too...

Well you can tell Celine Dion to cram it with walnuts ugly.

[Craig Arko]

Celine Dion would like to have a word with you...

Fie!

 

[wsnydes]

 

Well you can tell Celine Dion to cram it with walnuts ugly.

Neil Young can probably help with the best timing to stock up on walnuts, being a Harvest Moon expert and all.

[Vanimal46]

If the Tragically Hip are Canada's Rock Band, who is Canada's Most Famous? 

Ryan Gosling? 

[wsnydes]

 

If the Tragically Hip are Canada's Rock Band, who is Canada's Most Famous? 

Ryan Gosling? 

Tom Green gets my vote.

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

If the Tragically Hip are Canada's Rock Band, who is Canada's Most Famous? 

Ryan Gosling? 

Drake.

[wsnydes]

 

Drake.

I pictured you as a k.d. lang fan.  Who knew?

[Vanimal46]

 

Tom Green gets my vote.

He had a run there in the early 2000's with very funny movies. I'm not sure if they hold up now that I'm older, but at the time I was laughing. 

[Vanimal46]

 

Drake.

Ugh. The worst choice of them all. 

[Doomtints]

 

Well that's just like, your opinion, man. Maybe I like The Band! Or Avril Lavigne. 

 

Seems like Lavigne was one of the last MTV darlings before MTV decided to give up on music altogether.  

 

Probably a good idea on their part.

Edited August 26, 2016 by Doomtints

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

Ugh. The worst choice of them all. 

STOP ARGUING WITH FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

Tom Green gets my vote.

Good luck trying to explain to someone in 2025 why Tom Green was funny in 2001. He's our generation's Ray J. Johnson.

[Vanimal46]

 

Seems like Lavigne was one of the last MTV darlings before MTV decided to give up on music altogether.  

 

Probably a good idea on their part.

There were 2 guarantees in the late 90's/early 2000's when I got home from school. 

1. I was making a snack of some sort. 

2. The TV would be changed to TRL on MTV. 

[wsnydes]

 

Good luck trying to explain to someone in 2025 why Tom Green was funny in 2001. He's our generation's Ray J. Johnson.

 

 

He had a run there in the early 2000's with very funny movies. I'm not sure if they hold up now that I'm older, but at the time I was laughing. 

 

Yeah, I'm not sure I could explain it in 2001, let alone today or 2025.  He did have that run where he was seemingly all over the place.  I was never a fan, but I did like him in Road Trip.

[wsnydes]

 

There were 2 guarantees in the late 90's/early 2000's when I got home from school. 

1. I was making a snack of some sort. 

2. The TV would be changed to TRL on MTV. 

This was me as well except TRL was on if the Cubs weren't on TV.  

Edited August 26, 2016 by wsnydes

[Mike Sixel]

Whether you like Drake's music or not, he's probably the most well known right now.....As for Rush, let's just say that their appeal is not universal, though I like their music.....there are days I love Arcade Fire, then I hear the same sound over and over, and think "this is a BIT much".

 

Having just looked up Canadian rock band lists on line, I'm not sure who my favourite* would be.

 

Of the soloists, I think I only have owned Alanis Morrissette music.....I hear a lot of recent Bieber stuff when my 19 year old has control over the car music, he knows how to do hooks. Neil Young is probably the best, most importanat, along with Joni Mitchell. I do like Dianna Krall....

 

* I believe that is the correct spelling for this topic.

Edited August 26, 2016 by Mike Sixel