Article: Game Thread: Twins v Orioles, 7/6 @ 7:10pm CT

[Riverbrian]

The Birds are coming to town for a 4-game series before 23 players get an all-star break, starting Monday.

 

Bird nicknames are really quite popular: the Orioles, Cardinals and Jays in baseball, the Penguins and Ducks in hockey, Hawks in basketball, and the Cardinals, Eagles, Ravens, Falcons and Seahawks in football. Plus... numerous college teams with bird nicknames. However… not all bird species are represented in the world of sports. To my knowledge there are no teams named after the Olive-sided flycatcher and, in my opinion, that is an absolute shame; clearly a baseball oversight. I don’t believe any team is named after the bird of paradise either but this may be due to the dangers of the bird flying up your nose.

 

Here are some things to think about:

 

1. Fargo – Fargo is a city in southeastern North Dakota, population of 120,000. The Coen brothers didn’t help matters, but for clarification… Fargo does have a few people who end sentences with “there” or “then” and a few people who say “You Betcha” “Don’tcha” “Didya” “Darn Tootin” “It could be Worse” and “Holy Buckets” but those are only the people who can communicate effectively in Fargo. The rest primarily use grunts and hand signals to communicate, for example, when they want to turn right… they stick out their left hand… and then they turn left. I know it sounds crazy but it seems to work for them.

 

2. Our Twins – The Twins haven’t had a day off in a while. Before they hit the All-Star break… it will be 21 games in 20 straight days. According to the Department of Labor… an employer who requires or permits an employee to work overtime is generally required to pay the employee premium pay for such overtime work… at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay. As a result… the Twins will have to cut Joe Mauer to budget the overage caused by the excessive overtime. Joe hasn’t been informed of this yet so please keep it to yourself.

 

3. The Orioles – We did play these guys in Baltimore earlier this season and we swept them at home. It was sarcastically nice that Zach Britton has been removed from the disabled list just in time to face us but we could always hope that he is still somewhat injured. No matter what you think of the Orioles… you can’t deny that they hit the long ball. If you look at the roster construction you’d assume that this was done intentionally. You don’t sign Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo while attempting to build a team full of speed and defense.

 

4. Today’s Joe M Conversation:

 

Montana: Hey, guys… give me a beer. It’s been a long day at the courthouse.

 

McCarthy: Are you getting sued by the Bengals again?

 

Montana: No… the Statue of Limitations is up.

 

Maddon: Statute… that's statute of limitations… not statue of limitations.

 

Montana: No… I meant statue… it's up now. The pigeons seem to love it.

 

Mauer: Why were you at the courthouse?

 

Montana: Jury duty.

 

Maddon: What’s the case about?

 

Montana: I can’t discuss it… I was sworn to secrecy.

 

McCarthy: He can’t discuss the case.

 

Montana: Yeah, they really swear at you… a steady stream of four-letter words shouted at you until you promise not to discuss the case.

 

McCarthy: Jurors have to be sworn in… standard procedure in a court of law. Witnesses must be sworn in… to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

 

Maddon: And lawyers… they need to be sworn in as well?

 

McCarthy: Not lawyers… they can lie all they want… it's cool.

 

5. It Goes Without Saying – My wife pulled that line out last night. She said, “It goes without saying… you will have to cancel that fishing trip this weekend because Aunt Gladys is coming to town."

 

She doesn’t have to say it… if it goes without saying and if she doesn’t say it… like she shouldn’t because it goes without saying… well… then… it goes without saying that I will the miss the visit by Aunt Gladys because I will be fishing.

 

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[bird]

I couldn't agree with you more regarding the slight of the Olive-sided Flycatcher. I mean, who WOULDN'T love singing a team song that starts with a low pep pep pep with variations from soft rapid ptw ptw ptw to harder pew pew to single note pep with a final verse a sharp, penetrating whistle of whip WEEDEEER.

 

The last verse basically sounds a lot like "quick, three beers!" Right?

[Vanimal46]

Other birds that are unfortunately ignored when coming up with a team nickname:

- Pigeons 

- Peacocks

- Storks

- Flufftails

[bird]

 

Other birds that are unfortunately ignored when coming up with a team nickname:

- Pigeons 

- Peacocks

- Storks

- Flufftails

 

 

Great Tits. Look it up.

[USAFChief]

Say hi to Aunt Gladys from all of us, Bri.

[USAFChief]

Great Tits. Look it up.

Don't try this at work.

[Squirrel]

I think the Chachalakas would make for a great team name.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Say hi to Aunt Gladys from all of us, Bri.

And get some extra night crawlers.

 

Aunt Gladys don't hold with no new fangled lures.

 

Goes without typing.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Some friends are planning to go to Fargo later this summer, and i may join them.

 

Anything should know?

 

I was 1-2 years old when last i was there, so i don't remember very much.

[Squirrel]

 

Some friends are planning to go to Fargo later this summer, and i may join them.

Anything should know?

I was 1-2 years old when last i was there, so i don't remember very much.

I don't think there was much to remember.

[Blake]

 

I think the Chachalakas would make for a great team name.

as in "Boom, Chachalakas?"

 

We'll have to get Bill Veeck right on it.

[ashbury]

Reno had an independent-league team called the Chukars (pronounced chucker) between their single-A Silver Sox and AAA Aces eras.

 

 

The team mascot had a Chief-worthy groaner of a name: Chubby Chukar.

[ashbury]

I don't think there was much to remember.

Mrs Ash and I spent pretty much our last weekend of freedom (i.e., she was about 8 months pregnant for our first child) on a spur of the moment vacation in Fargo, and we loved it. Delicious locally grown steaks on the menu, and the Red River is a lot of fun for canoeing. Very pleasant town. Plus a short drive into the prairie brought us to the tallest man-made structure in North America, or so it was claimed.

 

I liked the place so much, I have never gone back!

[Squirrel]

 

Mrs Ash and I spent pretty much our last weekend of freedom (i.e., she was about 8 months pregnant for our first child) on a spur of the moment vacation in Fargo, and we loved it. Delicious locally grown steaks on the menu, and the Red River is a lot of fun for canoeing. Very pleasant town. Plus a short drive into the prairie brought us to the tallest man-made structure in North America, or so it was claimed.

 

I liked the place so much, I have never gone back!

Tallest man-made structure in North America? Um, hmm, taller than the Willis Tower? That was man made, I believe.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I don't think there was much to remember.

Ah.

 

That would explain it.

 

Still, i expect there is always someing there to remind me...

[sploorp]

I think a professional football team with doves has it's moniker has potential.

[ashbury]

Tallest man-made structure in North America? Um, hmm, taller than the Willis Tower? That was man made, I believe.

Some antenna out in the middle of nowhere 40 miles from Fargo. It's a Fargo must-see, or so the guidebooks told us at the time.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Tallest man-made structure in North America? Um, hmm, taller than the Willis Tower? That was man made, I believe.

From wikipedia aticle which came up googling that phrase.

 

KVLY Television Tower (Fargo NBC 11)

Height: 2,063 ft (629 m)

Blanchard (47°20′32″N 097°17′21″W)

Year built: 1963

Owner: Meyer Broadcasting

This tower was known as the KTHI Television Tower until June 1995. It is the third-tallest structure in the world, eclipsed only by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (completed in 2009), and the Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo, Japan (completed in 2012). From 1974 until its collapse in 1991, the Warsaw radio mast in Poland also eclipsed the KVLY-TV mast. This tower is used so KVLY-TV can cover both Fargo and Grand Forks.

KRDK-TV Television Tower (Fargo/Valley City CBS 4)

Height: 2,060 ft (628 m)

Galesburg (47°16′45″N 97°20′27″W)

Year built: 1998

The KRDK-TV tower is the world's fourth-tallest man-made structure. It had collapsed three times due to winter and summer storms, though the first time it collapsed in 1968, it was caused from a Marine helicopter cutting four guy wires of the tower. The KVLY TV tower, the world's third-tallest man-made structure, is only about six miles (10 km) from the KRDK-TV tower. This tower is used so KRDK-TV can cover both Fargo and Grand Forks.

Wicked cool!

Edited July 6, 2017 by sampleSizeOfOne

[Vanimal46]

 

Tallest man-made structure in North America? Um, hmm, taller than the Willis Tower? That was man made, I believe.

 

I thought Paul Bunyan's statue was the tallest man-made structure! 

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

Great Tits. Look it up.

Boobies!

 

[gocgo]

 

Reno had an independent-league team called the Chukars (pronounced chucker) between their single-A Silver Sox and AAA Aces eras.

 

 

The team mascot had a Chief-worthy groaner of a name: Chubby Chukar.

You would have thought they would have had a female chuckar with a baby in her arms....a mother chukar!

[gocgo]

 

Say hi to Aunt Gladys from all of us, Bri.

Otherwise known as Aunt Happybutt...gladass, happy butt, what's the diff?

[Dave The Dastardly]

I like those pretty boobies!

[Dave The Dastardly]

 

 

From wikipedia aticle which came up googling that phrase.


Wicked cool!

Two tousand feet! Uff Da! I heard dat dey can see Norway from up dere. You betcha!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Two tousand feet! Uff Da! I heard dat dey can see Norway from up dere. You betcha!

Are you suggesting they might let me climb on it?

[DocBauer]

A team in Cleveland named the Turkeys?

 

Well...there should be.

[Dave The Dastardly]

The Rangers should be the Lonesome Doves.

[Riverbrian]

 

I don't think there was much to remember.

 

I remember having nothing to remember

[Riverbrian]

 

Are you suggesting they might let me climb on it?

 

Someone has to

 

It's not going to sit there unclimbed. 

[Squirrel]

The Rangers should be the Lonesome Doves.

Maybe our sports teams should be named for our state bird. So which team gets to be called the Loons?