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Game Thread 8/24/18 Twins vs. Athletics 7:10PM CDT - 7:10AM Novosibirsk

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MISNOMER (I Think I May Have Dated Her In College)

 

What kind of name is "Athletics" for a sports team? I mean isn’t every player in the major leagues an athlete? Oakland could’ve just as well named their team the Ipso Factos. No, that’s not a swear word. For one thing, it’s two words. For another, there’s six letters in Facto. All good cuss words are limited to four letters. That’s in the Bible. Ergo and theretofore (I thought I’d go with the lawyer lingo just to make sure no one knows what I’m talking about) Ipso Facto is a non-offensive non sequitur.

 

Sort of like the Twins.

 

Anybody remember Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? The movie, not the real Butch and Sundance. ‘Cause, you know, you’d have to be really, really old to make that claim. Anyway, in the movie, Butch and Sundance keep trying to ditch the Pinkertons that were chasing them, and failing to do so, kept asking each other, “Who are those guys?”

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kbTbg00AJU

 

That’s today’s Twins: “Who are those guys?” Maybe that’s the reason behind the mystery nickname T-shirts.

 

But are our guys “athletics”?

 

Well, isn’t that the $64,000 Dollar Question? (That’s another “old” thing - a TV show way back when two bucks could get you in the ballpark). Although in today’s baseball world $64,000 barely amounts to meal money. So let’s crank that up to $64 million. Which isn’t enough to buy you a Kirk Cousins, but it is enough to maybe get you a whole baseball team of rookies... which we don’t seem to have either.

 

So here’s the thread I want to pull; why don’t we just bench all the “pros” ‘cause we know what we have in them and bring up every decent prospect we have in the minor leagues and give them priority playing time the rest of the year in the Bigs? Find out how close they are to contributing. Or not. Call it Fall Training. Everything to gain and nothing to lose in my estimation. I mean it ain’t like we’re in contention or anything.

 

Throw in a few promotional gimmicks like free beer after every Twins homerun smacked by a rookie, half price hot dogs for triples, $1.00 nachos for doubles, etc. etc. Hell, maybe even carry a game or two on a local TV station... you know, sort of introduce the rookies to the fans and remind everybody else we actually have a major league baseball team in the state. Just in case they forgot. Or are trying to forget.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHjilVXiTZw

 

Okay, okay. I’m putting down the Jameson. Got a chicken to throw on the grill anyway... soon as I catch him. He’s not very athletic but he runs away as soon as he sees me. I think it’s my Hungry Eyes.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MN9Khh_K2s

 

 

Coughing Up Fastballs, Curve Balls and Hair Balls Today

 

For the Twinksters:   Smelly Jake Odorizzi    5-7    4.55    ERA

 

For the "A's" (actually more like "B's")   Shifty Sean Manaea    11-9    3.70   ERA

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Oh, and if i haven't already said it, i always appreciate your writing style, Mr. Dastardly. Ever listen to the Dead Milkmen? Well, your gamethread intros would do nicely with a walking bass line under it.

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Can't raise O'Toole nor the mayor. Who's minding the store?

 

Obviously not i... said the... i.

 

Line ups:

 

Athletics

Sean Manaea (L)

 

1. Nick Martini (L) LF

2. Matt Chapman ( R) 3B

3. Jed Lowrie (S) 2B

4. Khris Davis ( R) DH

5. Matt Olson (L) 1B

6. Stephen Piscotty (R ) RF

7. Marcus Semien (R ) SS

8. Mark Canha (R ) CF

9. Jonathan Lucroy (R ) C

 

Twins

Jake Odorizzi ( R)

 

1. Joe Mauer (L) DH

2. Logan Forsythe (R ) 2B

3. Eddie Rosario (L) LF

4. Jorge Polanco (S) SS

5. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B

6. Tyler Austin (R ) 1B

7. Max Kepler (L) CF

8. Mitch Garver ( R) C

9. Robbie Grossman (S) RF

 

 

Gametime Forecast: 66°F • Overcast • 0% PoP

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I just tuned in game, what's up with the ugly ugly informs. Just because hitters swing like it's slow pitch softball, do they have to dress like it?

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What kind of name is "Athletics" for a sports team? I mean isn’t every player in the major leagues an athlete? 

 

MLB seems to have a little more than its fair share of guys who prove that you can be an athlete despite being emphatically NOT athletic.

 

fat-mlb-players2.jpg

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A single scores a guy from 2nd...or could just give away two outs to score a guy from 2nd.

 

And to do it in the 4th inning with your #4 and #5 hitter...

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A single scores a guy from 2nd...or could just give away two outs to score a guy from 2nd.

And to do it in the 4th inning with your #4 and #5 hitter...

Obviously you don't understand strategy.   (Apparently I don't either.)

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Gotta love bunting with your 4 hitter with nobody out and a runner in scoring position when you’re 14.5 games out of first

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Gotta love bunting with your 4 hitter with nobody out and a runner in scoring position when you’re 14.5 games out of first

Twice.

 

4th inning Polanco sac bunt, followed by Sano Sac Fly.  Let's give away two outs in the 4th to get one run using our #4 and #5 hitter to do it.

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Congratulations, Joe.

 

Joe looked a little moved by the response of the crowd for his hit (for Joe).  Or since it is nickname night, Mauer looked a little moved by the response of the crowd.

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Twice.

 

4th inning Polanco sac bunt, followed by Sano Sac Fly. Let's give away two outs in the 4th to get one run using our #4 and #5 hitter to do it.

Really small ball

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