Game Thread: Twins vs Orioles, 7/8 @ 1:10pm CT

[Riverbrian]

SANO

[USAFChief]

 

I love the Roadrunner cartoons but they jumped the shark here. 

 

I get the Coyote's plan of making it look like a tunnel with the hope of the roadrunner running full speed into the rock. That's fine. 

 

My problem is going to be with the Arizona DOT who built a two lane highway that led into the side of a mesa. 

It's currently under investigation.

[LaBombo]

 

Did you hear that NASA recently sent up a rocket filled with milk cows?

 

Sadly it's not true. We never went to the moooooon.

 

I read it on reddit.

[Riverbrian]

 

Did you hear that NASA recently sent up a rocket filled with milk cows?

 

I did not 

 

Why would NASA do such a thing? 

[Don Walcott]

As Roy was saying, that Miley's throwing strikes, but the Twins can't capitalize on . . . BOOM!

[USAFChief]

 

Sadly it's not true. We never went to the moooooon.

 

I read it on reddit.

No, really.  It's true.

 

It's being called the herd shot 'round the world.

[LaBombo]

 

Sano with a milk cow-filled rocket to the left field bleachers...

[Riverbrian]

 

Sano with a milk cow-filled rocket to the left field bleachers...

 

I think a new catch phrase is possible

 

Sano really milk cow filled that one to left. 

 

 

(Thinks about it)

 

OK... Probably not. 

[LaBombo]

 

I did not 

 

Why would NASA do such a thing? 

 

http://www.tampabay.com/resources/images/dti/rendered/2009/06/B2S_2BmcmahonA062409_73493a_8col.jpg

 

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[USAFChief]

 

Sano with a milk cow-filled rocket to the left field bleachers...

winner

[LaBombo]

I love that when Dick says a fly ball to center will be a "loooong run for Buxton" and then he catches it at a jog, it's because Byron is ridiculously good at running down fly balls and not because Dick is ridiculously bad at judging fly balls.

[LaBombo]

Mejia catches a bit too much of the middle of the plate...

 

Schoops.

[Riverbrian]

 

I love that when Dick says a fly ball to center will be a "loooong run for Buxton" and then he catches it at a jog, it's because Byron is ridiculously fast and not because Dick is ridiculously bad at judging fly balls.

 

True but also untrue... Dick has some depth perception issues. 

 

Here's a photo of the way Dick parked his car. 

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i9zpU1MXPmg/TqG1tXun1nI/AAAAAAAABg0/SlxaTjoph5w/s400/bad%2Bparking.jpg

[LaBombo]

 

True but also untrue... Dick has some depth perception issues. 

 

Here's a photo of the way Dick parked his car. 

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i9zpU1MXPmg/TqG1tXun1nI/AAAAAAAABg0/SlxaTjoph5w/s400/bad%2Bparking.jpg

 

It's supposed to be hereditary, so I guess his problem isn't surprising given how badly his mom struggles with it in Senior League track and field.

 

http://i.imgur.com/11jFN.gif

[Circus Boy]

Dang, I'd like to know why Buck doesn't steal second every time early in the count so silly DPs are out of the pix.

[Riverbrian]

 

It's supposed to be hereditary, so I guess his problem isn't surprising given how badly his mom struggles with it in Senior League track and field.

 

http://i.imgur.com/11jFN.gif

 

Dick's brother trying to skateboard. 

http://cdn4.list25.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/anotherskateboard.gif

[LaBombo]

 

Dick's brother trying to skateboard. 

http://cdn4.list25.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/anotherskateboard.gif

 

 

 

Wasn't it humiliating enough for this guy that the bulldog managed to skateboard on level ground? I mean, did he really have to release the second Youtube video showing himself shredding in a skateboard park?

 

[USAFChief]

 

Dang, I'd like to know why Buck doesn't steal second every time early in the count so silly DPs are out of the pix.

Castro should have bunted for a hit again.  He should be able to hit at least .500 doing so against that shift.  The pitcher is the only one with any chance to make a play.

[Riverbrian]

 

Wasn't it humiliating enough for this guy that the bulldog managed to skateboard on level ground? I mean, did he really have to release the second Youtube video showing himself shredding in a skateboard park?

 

 

Dick's Dog realizes that Dick has depth perception issues and tries to fix his poor parking while Dick is out of the car and in the office. 

http://www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2017/03/0_animal_jump_fail_gifs.gif

[LaBombo]

Thank goodness Miley didn't get stabbed in the leg by the barrel of that broken bat. I mean, I'm happy for him and all, but mostly I'm just relieved that I didn't have to endure the trauma of watching it. To this day I still can't watch Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls because of that one scene...

 

 

Ok, maybe not only because of that one scene...

[USAFChief]

What the heck was THAT, Escobar??

[LaBombo]

 

Dick's Dog realizes that Dick has depth perception issues and tries to fix his poor parking while Dick is out of the car and in the office. 

http://www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2017/03/0_animal_jump_fail_gifs.gif

 

One shudders at the mere thought of the search engine criteria used to find this image...

[USAFChief]

And THAT, as well?

 

Awful.

[Riverbrian]

Escobar is going to have hit a grand slam to make up for the damage he has done defensively this inning. 

[Riverbrian]

 

One shudders at the mere thought of the search engine criteria used to find this image...

 

Dick mis-judging distance at the car wash. 

http://www.pbh2.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/car-wash-fail.gif

[Circus Boy]

 

Escobar is going to have hit a grand slam to make up for the damage he has done defensively this inning. 

It's all good. Twins don't show up to hit until Baltimore's up by at least five runs.

[Circus Boy]

Now, Buck. Have larceny in your heart.

 

BTW: I'm at work and can't see the action, so may be behind.

[USAFChief]

Ed:  Carnac, your magnificence, what do you have in your hand?

 

//long pause, quiet snickers and giggles from the TD Game Thread crowd...//

 

Carnac:  Get an early start on happy hour, Ed?

 

//loud laughter from the crowd, fake guffaws from Ed.//

 

Ed:  In your hand, a hermetically sealed envelope.  What say you, good sir?

 

Carnac:  May a drug addled weight lifter clean and jerk your sister.

 

//even louder laughter and applause from crowd

 

Carnac:  //hold envelope to temple, long pause// Hi diddly dee.

 

Ed:  "Hi ... diddly...dee."

 

Carnac:  //looks around, waiting for laughter// "I just said that."

 

Ed:  "Yes, your omnipotence."

 

Carnac:  "How does one greet one's diddly dee?

 

[LaBombo]

 

Castro should have bunted for a hit again.  He should be able to hit at least .500 doing so against that shift.  The pitcher is the only one with any chance to make a play.

 

It's funny that he went with 'swinging away' (and with Castro I'm using the term loosely) again, but ended up with a hit on what amounted to a sort of power bunt to third.

[Riverbrian]

Loaded up for Escobar?