Article: Game Thread: Off-Season

[Richie the Rally Goat]

"Is Toronto north or south of Minneapolis?"

 

the correct answer: "No."*

 

*"West" is the answer we were looking for.

uhhh

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

Carnac: "Julio Urias, Jose De Leon, Yadier Alvarez, and Clayton Kershaw."

Ed: Julio Urias, Jose De Leon, Yadier Alvarez, and Clayton Kershaw. And what could these gentlemen possibly have in common, oh Great One?

Carnac: Those are the names that come to me. Unless you have some information about Walker Buehler.

Ed: I have no such information, Your Magnificence.

Carnac: When exactly did you ever have any information?

Ed: Only in your presence, Sir. We drink at the fount of your wisdom.

Carnac: Fount? May the firehose of Internet Rumormongering fill your basement and damage your sump pump.

Ed: Sage prognostication, oh Seer of Seers. Now, would you be so kind as to open the envelope?

Carnac: "Name four pitchers who will serve on the Dodgers' welcoming committee for free agent Brian Dozier in 2019."

Who'd we trade Alex Meyer to again?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I finally figured it out.

 

The reason the Twins have not given up any hits is that they haven't been playing baseball...

 

That RiverBrian is clever, what with the game thread and all!

 

I wish i was quicker with the lyric references so i could have contributed to that aspect of the thread.

[big dog]

 

 

 

Yet another classic bit of hilarious irony from Jonathan Winters!

[ashbury]

Yet another classic bit of hilarious irony from Jonathan Winters!

"But if I really say it, the radio won't play it." You couldn't get a lot past the CBS censors, nor radio, but put it sideways and the subversion sometimes slipped through.

[ashbury]

Who'd we trade Alex Meyer to again?

We traded him AGAIN? Ugh. This front office is no better than the last one.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We traded him AGAIN? Ugh. This front office is no better than the last one.

My bad...

 

Perhaps i could have been more clearer if i had said something like "Please remind me who we traded him to." For some reason, i thought it was Los Angeles...

 

Please don't blame the FO for my dubious communication skilz.

[Oldgoat_MN]

 

My bad...

Perhaps i could have been more clearer if i had said something like "Please remind me who we traded him to." For some reason, i thought it was Los Angeles...

Please don't blame the FO for my dubious communication skilz.

 

I won't, but someone has to take the blame for your spelling.

[ashbury]

My bad...

 

Perhaps i could have been more clearer

Not at all. My reply was merely one of these:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cvM4zaUa4

[scottz]

Is this thread the one where joking is allowed? If so, then why is no one joking in here?

[Craig Arko]

Is this thread the one where joking is allowed? If so, then why is no one joking in here?

We're waiting for instructions from Putin.

[Platoon]

#3 If Brian got by with only one long night for commenting on the sister in law, he was lucky. Some have experienced the Ice Age. And while eventually the ice may melt, be prepared for an arctic blast 25 years from now, in the midst of a heated discussion over who left the garage door open overnight!

[Platoon]

We're waiting for instructions from Putin.

I always heard that Putin didn't have a sense of humor. That said, there are unconfirmed reports from the Kremlin that he was heard guffawing early on Nov. 9th.

[gman]

Alex Meyer was traded to the Angels. Baseball America lists him as their #3 prospect. Probably don't want to trade Dozier there.

[Jerr]

 

Is this thread the one where joking is allowed? If so, then why is no one joking in here?

I thought it's, because since about page two, we were standing for the National Anthem..I was getting mad at all the posts going on....that is a poor "wanna be", for a joke    ....GO TWINS !!!!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Alex Meyer was traded to the Angels. Baseball America lists him as their #3 prospect. Probably don't want to trade Dozier there.

Aha, i kinda figured that was likely my error. Them Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...

 

And him being less likely to be traded means all the more reason he would be around to welcome one Brian Dozier to LA...

 

(that much of my comment i'd thought through, believe it or not)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We're waiting for instructions from Putin.

Putin says...

 

Play "Putin says" instead of "Simon says"

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Epiphany...

 

As the old adage goes. nature abhores a vacuum.

 

Without an actual baseball game driving the thread, what other games do people enjoy?

 

My gramma taught me Russian Bank long ago, and occasionally i go in search of others who know the game.

 

My parents also had a board game called Wheel 'n' Deal, (unique from others of the same name as it has a Squirrelville Detour)

 

And last but not least, somewhere out there is a game my sister found at a store going out of business whose name i don't recall. But it was a 2 player game in which each player had 10 dice, and the only element of chance decided who went first. It was essentially a chess game where the dice were pieces that moved the number of hexagons showing, and the players sum remained the same, so if a piece was taken, other dice were incremented. Most intriguing, i found it, but never played it extensively...

[nicksaviking]

 

And last but not least, somewhere out there is a game my sister found at a store going out of business whose name i don't recall. But it was a 2 player game in which each player had 10 dice, and the only element of chance decided who went first. It was essentially a chess game where the dice were pieces that moved the number of hexagons showing, and the players sum remained the same, so if a piece was taken, other dice were incremented. Most intriguing, i found it, but never played it extensively...

 

It sounds like you may have been tricked into getting excited about a mathematics.

 

My condolences.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

It sounds like you may have been tricked into getting excited about a mathematics.

 

My condolences.

Much appreciated.

 

I was old enough to know better at that point, so probably the damage was already done.

[Vanimal46]

Been playing a lot of card games lately.... pfeffer (also known as Euchre), Huckley Buck, Kings in the Corner, 500, and just learning how to play canasta!

[twinsnorth49]

 

Been playing a lot of card games lately.... pfeffer (also known as Euchre), Huckley Buck, Kings in the Corner, 500, and just learning how to play canasta!

 

What's next Van, Pinochle?

[Vanimal46]

 

What's next Van, Pinochle?

Tomorrow is cribbage and bridge!

 

Followed up with shuffle board and water aerobics in the afternoon...

[Pardon My Dinger]

I feel like we're taking the concept of a 'game thread' to strange new places.

[Craig Arko]

One of my favorite card games...

 

http://www.sjgames.com/illuminati/

[Squirrel]

Been playing a lot of card games lately.... pfeffer (also known as Euchre), Huckley Buck, Kings in the Corner, 500, and just learning how to play canasta!

I remember playing canasta with my grandma a very long time ago. She died in 1980, before you were born

[Squirrel]

Tomorrow is cribbage and bridge!

 

Followed up with shuffle board and water aerobics in the afternoon...

Omg ... you play bridge?

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Epiphany...

As the old adage goes. nature abhores a vacuum.

Without an actual baseball game driving the thread, what other games do people enjoy?

My gramma taught me Russian Bank long ago, and occasionally i go in search of others who know the game.

My parents also had a board game called Wheel 'n' Deal, (unique from others of the same name as it has a Squirrelville Detour)

And last but not least, somewhere out there is a game my sister found at a store going out of business whose name i don't recall. But it was a 2 player game in which each player had 10 dice, and the only element of chance decided who went first. It was essentially a chess game where the dice were pieces that moved the number of hexagons showing, and the players sum remained the same, so if a piece was taken, other dice were incremented. Most intriguing, i found it, but never played it extensively...

Settlers of Catan

 

Copious amounts of alcohol.

[Vanimal46]

Omg ... you play bridge?

Ha! No, I was kidding about bridge. I wasn't kidding about Cribbage though... that's one of my favorites to play!

[Vanimal46]

I remember playing canasta with my grandma a very long time ago. She died in 1980, before you were born

My mom taught us how to play this afternoon on a rare rainy day here. It's actually pretty fun to play!