Article: Game Thread: Twins@Royals, 4/28-7:15pm CT

[Riverbrian]

The Twins won 2 out of 3 from the Rangers and now it’s the last place Royals on the schedule.

It’s not exactly a marquee matchup so it’s quite possible that ESPN will have nobody there… after this week… you have to wonder if ESPN will have anybody there because the sports giant has downsized. Names you know and some you don’t are out the door and lots of em.

Baseball expert Jason Stark is looking for work now and if you want someone to blame… it's all your fault… you all have been cutting the cord. Five hundred channels isn't good enough for you… noooo... you want 20 channels... you want ala carte programming… it was you screaming that there is too much television on television.

You may or may not know this but every cable TV subscriber paid 80 dollars a year to ESPN/Disney… regardless if they watched the channel or not. ESPN was able to use its giant-ness and strong-arm the cable companies with monthly carriage fees of $7.00 plus and of course… then the cable companies strong-armed us. When you objected to being strong armed and went a different direction… you cost Ed Werder his job.

Now that you feel all guilty… don’t worry… ESPN isn’t going anywhere… you didn’t kill them… they are still making a profit and a rather healthy one… it’s just not as much of a profit as they made before so… Trent Dilfer had to go.

Here are some things to think about:

 

1. Kansas City – This city has brought us more than barbecue. This city brought us H&R Block… Applebee’s… Sprint... and Hallmark Greeting Cards. OK… none of those are extraordinary. So… let me start this over. Kansas City has really only brought us barbecue.

2. Our Twins – Let’s hear it for Byron Buxton. He had a nice 3-game series in Texas. He reached base 8 times in 12 plate appearances (3 hits and 5 walks). That’s pretty good but even better when you consider there was only 1 strikeout and he was able to hit the ball the other way multiple times. I’m going to allow myself to be optimistic one more time. OK… maybe two or three more times.

3. The Royals – These guys have been playing really bad baseball. They have lost 6 games in a row and Kyle Gibson will try to rebound from what ails him to make it 7 in a row. It’s that Immovable Object-Irresistible Force thing -- Gibson with 3 losses in a row vs. the Royals with 6 losses in a row. ESPN wishes they had the staff to be here for this but they just can’t right now.

4. Today’s Joe M Conversation

Maddon: Hey Joe, Look at that… the barometer is falling

Montana: That means a storm is approaching.

Mauer: Really? That’s what the barometer does?

McCarthy: Yeah… barometric pressure has been used to forecast the weather for a couple of centuries. Low pressure brings clouds and precipitation.

Montana: A falling barometer indicates lower pressure.

Maddon: Guys…the barometer is falling. Fell right off the wall... go get the hammer, Joe.

5. Visitor Information – I have lived in Grand Forks for nearly 30 years. On Highway 2 we have a Visitor Information Center. I had never been in there but yesterday I stopped in to see what was going on. It is very well run… they do have information on all 82 people who have ever visited Grand Forks.
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Lineups:

TWINS
Brian Dozier 2B
Max Kepler RF
Miguel Sano 3B
Joe Mauer 1B
Robbie Grossman DH
Jason Castro C
Jorge Polanco SS
Eddie Rosario LF
Byron Buxton CF

Kyle Gibson P

ROYALS
Whit Merrifield 2B
Mike Moustakas 3B
Lorenzo Cain CF
Eric Hosmer 1B
Salvador Perez C
Alex Gordon LF
Alcides Escobar SS
Brandon Moss DH
Jorge Bonifacio RF

Ian Kennedy P

Weather: 64 deg F, mostly cloudy, rain holding off until after the game

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[TKGuy]

I stopped watching ESPN long ago, baseball might as well be soccer on the football365 network.

[USAFChief]

It’s that Immovable object Irresistible Force thing. Gibson with 3 losses in a row vs. the Royals 6 losses in a row.

 

ftfy.

 

 

[Craig Arko]

I'm pretty sure there will be a spot for Stark in Avengers - infinity War.

[mikelink45]

Maybe TD has a spot for Jason Stark and Mark SImon and Jim Bowden?  Just kidding, but I will miss them for their writing.  ESPN with no Baseball tonight has forsaken our sport. 

Your article missed the key to the series - because of bereavement for Santiago we have Bosher back in the pen for three days!

 

One miscellaneous thought - I do not know why, but I am rooting for KC in the match up with Gibson.  I know none of the players so I should not want to see someone fail. I just do not have faith in Gibson and with the Twins a player, once established, has to really bomb before change comes and I want to see the rotation get some new faces behind Santana and Santiago

[hybridbear]

Great Joe M conversation. As var as Gibson vs Royals tonight on righting the ship, my money is on the Royals.

[Vanimal46]

 

I'm pretty sure there will be a spot for Stark in Avengers - infinity War.

 

Speaking of Tony Stark.... Today is National Superhero Day! If you could be any superhero, who would you be? 

[Halsey Hall]

I'd be Wonder Woman, just to get a good look. 

[Craig Arko]

Speaking of Tony Stark.... Today is National Superhero Day! If you could be any superhero, who would you be?

 

I was always partial to The Human Torch.

[Blake]

 

Speaking of Tony Stark.... Today is National Superhero Day! If you could be any superhero, who would you be? 

I'd rather not be a super hero. I'd get worn out trying to save the world while fending off every evil genius who tried to kill me in the process of trying to blow up the world. Which makes me wonder: why do super villains always try to blow up the world? I mean, they live on the world, too. No world, no place for them to live, no secret evil lair, etc.

 

[Blake]

 

I was always partial to The Human Torch.

I worked as a welder eons ago and have done my version of the "Human Torch" a time or two. 

[Mike Sixel]

As boring as his stories can be, Superman. He can do it all.

[Squirrel]

I'd be Wonder Woman because she's so awesome and kick ass.

 

Oh, wait ... I AM Wonder Woman!

[Jerr]

 I have always had the Royals as my second favorite team behind the Twins. So, I want a good series, Buxton to keep rising, Sano to smoke some balls and Gibson to get thru the batting order safely...twice.

So, Twins will sweep the series!!!!!!

[Jerr]

My super hero to be: Superman, as I would like to turn the World back to 1987 or 1991  

[Jerr]

 

As boring as his stories can be, Superman. He can do it all.

Well, TWO Supermans can't be a bad thing   

[Craig Arko]

 

Well, TWO Supermans can't be a bad thing   

Hmmm...

 

[Jerr]

 

Hmmm...

 

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That's Mike on the left as one looks at it.  

 

And I will restore his power, as I can do anything!!!!!!

Edited April 28, 2017 by Jerr

[Vanimal46]

 

That's Mike on the left as one looks at it.  

 

And I will restore his power, as I can do anything!!!!!!

 

Actually, that is the most recent picture of Chief we could find.... 

[USAFChief]

http://kingofwallpapers.com/underdog/underdog-006.jpg

 

Who I'd be.

[Vanimal46]

The Millenials will get this reference... Or if you had kids in the mid-90's... 

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Underpants02-580x435.jpg

[Blake]

 

I'd be Wonder Woman because she's so awesome and kick ass.

 

Oh, wait ... I AM Wonder Woman!

We wonder about you too.....

[Jerr]

 

Actually, that is the most recent picture of Chief we could find.... 

Well, good to see he is still upright.

[Squirrel]

 

The Millenials will get this reference... Or if you had kids in the mid-90's... 

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Underpants02-580x435.jpg

Well, I'm not a millennial and I didn't have kids in the 90s ... was this a potty training hero or something?

[Squirrel]

 

http://kingofwallpapers.com/underdog/underdog-006.jpg

 

Who I'd be.

And he had the best song, too!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XRil07h5uE

[Craig Arko]

 

Well, I'm not a millennial and I didn't have kids in the 90s ... was this a potty training hero or something?

I guess it took longer for millennials.

[Vanimal46]

 

Well, I'm not a millennial and I didn't have kids in the 90s ... was this a potty training hero or something?

 

Haha nah... A couple of 4th graders hypnotized their school principal to become Captain Underpants... The school principal was a meany to children, and whenever he became Captain Underpants, he was a nice guy! He also fought villains such as Dr. Diaper, 6th grade bullies, and Wedgie Woman.  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

A chance to be exposed to new culture!

 

It would seem Captain Underpants will soon be a major motion picture in a little over a month, so you won't even have to read the book.

 

Ripping Friends had the best interactive sections at the end, inviting the audience to grab whatever was handy and "rip along with the Ripping Brothers"

 

I personally was wondering if either Moose and Squirrel or Rick and Morty counted as superheros...

 

My kneejerk response these days would be Samurai Jack. Indeed, i regret not bringing him up in the nickname thread a few days ago, as pretty good nicknames could come out of the titles of Aku: the Shogun of Sorrow, the Minister of Misery, the Deliverer of Doom... that sort of thing.

[Blake]

 

Haha nah... A couple of 4th graders hypnotized their school principal to become Captain Underpants... The school principal was a meany to children, and whenever he became Captain Underpants, he was a nice guy! He also fought villains such as Dr. Diaper, 6th grade bullies, and Wedgie Woman.  

Wedgie Woman? I have to admit, that's pretty funny.

[Blake]

 

A chance to be exposed to new culture!

It would seem Captain Underpants will soon be a major motion picture in a little over a month, so you won't even have to read the book.

Ripping Friends had the best interactive sections at the end, inviting the audience to grab whatever was handy and "rip along with the Ripping Brothers"

I personally was wondering if either Moose and Squirrel or Rick and Morty counted as superheros...

My kneejerk response these days would be Samurai Jack. Indeed, i regret not bringing him up in the nickname thread a few days ago, as pretty good nicknames could come out of the titles of Aku: the Shogun of Sorrow, the Minister of Misery, the Deliverer of Doom... that sort of thing.

funny story about Rocky and Bullwinkle: If the script ran a bit long, the actors talked faster so the show would fit in the allotted time. (don't know if this is true, but, it's good anecdote.)