Game Thread: Twins @ Seattle, 6/8/17 @ 9:10pm CT

[snepp]

Joe Mauersie.

[Oldgoat_MN]

I so appreciate Buxton as a fielder.

Gotta say, though, it's really difficult to watch him bat.

[Aggies7]

Dang that was a fine play by joe

[IndianaTwin]

 

I gave some graduation speeches when i was on the local school board. The secret to my success was to start with a promise to be brief then keep that promise.

Supposedly Mark Twain once said that there are three keys to a good speech: 

 

1-Have a good introduction.

2-Have a good conclusion. 

3-Have the two as close together as possible.

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Alright, hold strong, Gibby!

[snepp]

 

Supposedly Mark Twain once said that there are three keys to a good speech: 

 

1-Have a good introduction.

2-Have a good conclusion. 

3-Have the two as close together as possible.

 

Tried this with dating back in the day, doesn't work near as well.

[David HK]

Boy, between exams, the Comey thing, and the UK election today, got precious litle time to check in---

 

How's it going?  

 

Uh-oh...  single, walk, this has all the markings of a Snapper-Gibby-Meltdown inning....

 

Come on, tall man, hang on.

[mikecgrimes]

I think he was confused on strike three because he was trying to follow the hecklers advice, and since the heckler couldn't figure out what he was saying it ended up really bad advice.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Does that count as a shutdown inning?

[mikecgrimes]

 

 

Boy, between exams, the Comey thing, and the UK election today, got precious litle time to check in---

 

How's it going?  

 

Uh-oh...  single, walk, this has all the markings of a Snapper-Gibby-Meltdown inning....

 

Come on, tall man, hang on.

 

I'm usually pretty confident with Gibson on the mound.  Wait I probably shouldn't do that tonight.

[Oldgoat_MN]

Is the thread so slow because there is no place to dine in Seattle?
I heard that there are no restaurants. If you are truly a Washington citizen you are supposed to catch salmon with your bare hands and eat them raw (you are allowed to throw away the head and the tail).

What else can we segue into? Airplanes?

 

I don't know much about airplanes.

[mikecgrimes]

 

 

Does that count as a shutdown inning?

 

I think it was a snapper mow em down inning

[snepp]

 

What else can we segue into? Airplanes?

 

I don't know much about airplanes.

 

Chief!

[snepp]

LOLOLOLOLOL.

 

 

"Defense."

[LaBombo]

 

 

What else can we segue into? Airplanes?

 

I don't know much about airplanes.

 

I dated a flight attendant if that's helpful to the discussion, with the disclaimer that it was ultimately in no way helpful to me. Westerburg was right when he wrote "Waitress in the Sky".

[jimbo92107]

Just got here. How is Gibson doing? 

[Whammy]

Have the Twins executed a hit and run once this year? Feels like no.

[jimbo92107]

Whoops, now I wish I hadn't asked...

[Whammy]

Just got here. How is Gibson doing?

Starting to nibble

[Oldgoat_MN]

 

Just got here. How is Gibson doing? 

About like you'd expect. He looks pretty good and now things are going poorly.

We are ahead 2-1.

 

[LaBombo]

 

LOLOLOLOLOL.

 

 

"Defense."

 

As long as it doesn't mutate into a shooting spree.

 

 

 

 

[Whammy]

Nice play Bux. Just like a 2 run homer

[NDagri]

If Gibson can get trough 6 innings with less than

2 earned runs, I will start to say his name without

a preceding expletive ending  in  ...ing

[jimbo92107]

Can't hit a ball much harder than Kano just did. Good catch, Buxton!

[Aggies7]

Good gracious the defense on this guy

[jimbo92107]

We've all seen what Gibson can do if he pitches inside and uses his breaking stuff, mixes it up. He could win 15 to 20 games. Gibson's four-seam heater should mostly be used for chin music. 

[LaBombo]

If GMs got together and voted for the player they'd most want to have to draw fans for a single season with a 100 loss team, I have to think Buxton would get a bunch of first place votes.

 

Starters only draw once every five games, and the most prolific power hitters go deep about once every fourth game.

 

But Buxton makes a defensive play almost every game that would make you feel good about paying the price of admission.

[David HK]

I've only checked in the last couple innings, but it seems Gibby's doing what he needs to do, even if it looks something like this....  Or am I off-base?

 

[jimbo92107]

Speaking of relievers with upper 90's heat, why not call up Melotakis? Twins should get some value from their young flamethrowers before their next stint on the DL.

[LaBombo]

 

I've only checked in the last couple innings, but it seems Gibby's doing what he needs to do, even if it looks something like this....  Or am I off-base?

 

That's about right. With his last run-saving catch, Buxton leads the balloting for the game's MVP - Most Valuable Parasol.