Article: Game Thread: Twins v Royals, 4/3 @ 3:10pm CT

[diehardtwinsfan]

speaking of which... vodka and lemonade.  What are you drinking?

[Squirrel]

 

speaking of which... vodka and lemonade.  What are you drinking?

ACtually ... my drink was some hot chocolate ... heh

[diehardtwinsfan]

Dozier is 0/3... should have sold high.

[Blake]

 

ACtually ... my drink was some hot chocolate ... heh

There goes my Shirley Temple remark...

[D. Hocking]

 

It's just possible the defense will be improved this season.

 

So you are saying they probably made the right decision in ending the Sano as outfielder experiment?  That seems like a bit unreal now - like something a bit crazy that could only happen in a fever dream but never really happened.

[Squirrel]

 

There goes my Shirley Temple remark...

You're welcome ...

[ashbury]

OK, so Sano has successfully

- handled a grounder and throw to first

- gone back on a popup

- come in on a popup

- flattened a baseball

 

Gotta say...I'm feeling a little giddy right now.

http://cdn.attackofthecute.com/June-23-2012-14-31-17-uefit.jpeg

 

Giddy? Yup.

 

 

[HitInAPinch]

Alright!  Grossman walks!

[Blake]

 

You're welcome ...

These threads are a target rich environment, I'll get over the disappointment.

[John Kelsey]

An 0-2 count aka "The Buxton"

[HitInAPinch]

Sigh, was hoping for more from Buxton in that AB...

[diehardtwinsfan]

so much for those predictions.  Buxton gets demoted by May 1.

[Blake]

Pitching duel! 

 

Things are trending well for the Twins!!

[ashbury]

Time for a Buxton Bingle, where he winds up on third.

 

/ OK, my feed still has his at-bat in progress. I will resign myself to being ninja'd every time.

[Mike Sixel]

there is no reason to throw Buxton a rapida de dos costuras at all.

 

Just throw the slider* or the cambio de velocidad every time. 

 

this has been your Spanish lesson...

 

*slider = slider, btw

[Winston Smith]

Bon anniversaire Mike.

[Mike Sixel]

$11 Worth of Taco Bell
5:43 The key to getting Buxton out is never throwing him a strike

 

Travis Sawchik
5:43 He was able to discern balls from strikes quite well in the minors .... wonder if that's going to return

[70charger]

 

Time for a Buxton Bingle, where he winds up on third.

 

/ OK, my feed still has his at-bat in progress. I will resign myself to being ninja'd every time.

 

Reload your browser window during a commercial. You'll catch up, and as a bonus you'll miss a bunch of commercials.

[Mike Sixel]

 

Bon anniversaire Mike.

 

uh, that looks like French. 

 

What was the movie where they served the exchange student french fries, french toast, etc?

[ashbury]

ACtually ... my drink was some hot chocolate ... heh

[ashbury]

Bon anniversaire Mike.

The score after 5 is 1-1, and nobody's winning. This has been your BBU.

 

_{^{/ Birthday Boy Update, natch. If somebody already did one of these, well, I'm not wading through 22 pages just to be original}}

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

uh, that looks like French. 

 

What was the movie where they served the exchange student french fries, french toast, etc?

Better Off Dead.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdF_Vo4B6Ms

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Pitching duel! 

 

Things are trending well for the Twins!!

except that our pitcher is clearly lucky... no Ks. That's how it works, right?

[Darius]

I find myself wondering how many 600 ft Park-Bangs we would've seen by now. I'm thinking 2-3 depending on the number of ABs.

[Jerr]

9 up and 9 down since that dinger, keep it going Santana as we need it!!!!

[Blake]

Well pitched game and excellent fielding. 

 

Though, I worry about Buxton injuring himself.

[Blake]

 

except that our pitcher is clearly lucky... no Ks. That's how it works, right?

No luck involved. Sequencing is the reason.

[TonyInOmaha]

Mauer swung at a first pitch!

[diehardtwinsfan]

for the record, Mauer swung at the first pitch.

[Mike Sixel]

 

Better Off Dead.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdF_Vo4B6Ms

 

great clip!

 

and I don't mean the barbers...