Game Thread: Twins vs Diamnondbacks: 1:10pm cdt 8:20:2017

[ashbury]

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[Circus Boy]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[Mill1634]

Who wouldn't have guessed a lineup without Sano and Mauer, with Chris Giminez and Ehire Adrianza hitting, would put up 9 in the first inning?

[USAFChief]

I'm bored with the game already.  Since Ash is here today, but was absent yesterday, reposted from yesterday's game thread is a story from his most recent visit to Tucson:

 

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My dog, Buxton can talk.  No...really. 

My friend Ashbury was visiting recently, but didn’t believe that Buxton could talk. So Ash asked him, “What’s on top of a house?”

“Roof,” said Buxton.

Ash wasn’t convinced. So he asked Buxton how sandpaper feels.

“Rough.”

Ash had a bemused look on his face..."I think I see what you're trying to pull, here, Chief.  But OK,  I'll play along.  He turned to Buxton and, with a wry smile, asked "O.K., who was the greatest baseball player of all time?”

“Ruth.”

With that, Ash gave us a little courtesy laugh, and walked away.

Buxton looked up and me and said "He's one of them saber guys, isn't he.  I should have said Bonds."

[Blake]

 

Okay, Mr. Dozier has done the leadoff thing. Now, time to go deep. 

 

I'll settle for a single, though.

I take that back, Mr. Dozier. Get on base so Mr. Rosario can hit a home run.

[drock2190]

Buxton got robbed.

 

 

[Ultima Ratio]

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[Circus Boy]

 

The 0-2 pitch to Rosario...

Catnip.

[Mill1634]

 

Buxton got robbed.

At this rate he'll have 14 more chances to redeem himself. 

[Darius]

"That is how this team has rolled." -Dick B. after Rosario's granny.

 

Gotta love the grammatically correct hood-speak.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Anyone else complaining about the lineup?

[Craig Arko]

Bartolo: "Okay, I got this."

[GCTF]

OPS watch.

 

Sanosie .870

Rosariosie .855

 

*welcome back Gardy

[bighat]

9-0. So far so good. The Twins might just have a chance to sweep the series here.

[Circus Boy]

 

"That is how this team has rolled." -Dick B. after Rosario's granny.

Gotta love the grammatically correct hood-speak.

Dick forgot to end his sentence with "be-otch." (Can I get banned for that?)

[USAFChief]

Things are going relatively well overall, so far, don't you think?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Concede nothing...I love it.

[Ultima Ratio]

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[USAFChief]

 

"That is how this team has rolled." -Dick B. after Rosario's granny.

Gotta love the grammatically correct hood-speak.

Bert's follow up:  "Elevated at this location, elevated at this location."

[ashbury]

 

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An encore of this for Eddie's throw.

[ashbury]

Dick forgot to end his sentence with "be-otch." (Can I get banned for that?)

Sure. Submit your application to the moderation team. We'll get back to you in a few days.

[GCTF]

 

Things are going relatively well overall, so far, don't you think?

SSS. For some reason they insist on playing all the innings.

[Blake]

Good grief, Gimenez was 10 feet up the line and tagged the runner out as he went by.

 

Seriously, why are teams still trying to run on Rosario's arm? 

 

 

Edited August 20, 2017 by Blake

[USAFChief]

 

SSS. For some reason they insist on playing all the innings.

We get one more it's over after 5 and a half.  

 

10 run rule.

[ashbury]

 

 

I'm bored with the game already.  Since Ash is here today, but was absent yesterday, reposted from yesterday's game thread is a story from his most recent visit to Tucson:

 

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My dog, Buxton can talk.  No...really. 

My friend Ashbury was visiting recently, but didn’t believe that Buxton could talk. So Ash asked him, “What’s on top of a house?”

“Roof,” said Buxton.

Ash wasn’t convinced. So he asked Buxton how sandpaper feels.

“Rough.”

Ash had a bemused look on his face..."I think I see what you're trying to pull, here, Chief.  But OK,  I'll play along.  He turned to Buxton and, with a wry smile, asked "O.K., who was the greatest baseball player of all time?”

“Ruth.”

With that, Ash gave us a little courtesy laugh, and walked away.

Buxton looked up and me and said "He's one of them saber guys, isn't he.  I should have said Bonds."

That's a Chief joke, all right. My dad used to tell it but the punchline was "DiMaggio?" Chief adapted it from the version that was current in his own youth, where the punchline is "No really, Ruth. He just set the record, right?"

[USAFChief]

Garber should be on third.  Lollygagger.

[GCTF]

 

We get one more it's over after 5 and a half.  

 

10 run rule.

There have been many games these last number of years where I wish such a thing existed.

[GCTF]

 

Garber should be on third.  Lollygagger

Gene Garber is back in baseball?

[Ultima Ratio]

 

Gene Garber is back in baseball?

The baby, with the mashed food?

[Circus Boy]

I try to remember always that this kind of game -- huge inning for runs, shut-down pitching, good D -- doesn't happen every day. So enjoy it, realizing these same two lineups could meet a day later and the reverse could happen. That's baseball.