Game Thread "Sam" Twins vs. Mariners 7:10pm dst 6/12/2019 ad

[sampleSizeOfOne]

"And he stoppeth one of three..."

 

I'll take one for the team. This is the one we listen to what the ancient mariners really have to say. Personally i hope we get the spruce goose, rather than an albatross. I also hope we win, and not because the rest of the leauge dies off.

 

Things to think about...

 

Coleridge: I had this wonderful dream* where it was the 80s, Reagan was preisdent, and there was an epic game thread intro that i read. Then i woke up and started writing it down, and well something distracted me, and when i got back to writing it, i had forgotten most of it. So i had to make up the rest, so it won't be any different than the rest of mine.

 

In Minnesot' a team there played,

a stately metrodome was built

by Alf and Mississipp' it drains

across the purple fruited plains

down to a delta silt.

 

I think it went on to mention Gagne and Hrbek and Viola and Pucket and the dynasty that was supposed to last forever... though being a dream and all, i didn't think to question Alf's competency as a general contractor.

 

But i went on to think about poetry. And figured i was already Ninja'd if i made more than a passing reference to the Coleridge poem as performed by Iron Maiden. But if i really tried to parody, i know it would somehow wind up with Calloo Callay, and a vorpal bat, and the slaying of the dread Jabberyankees, and i don't wish to jinx it.

 

So i'll content myself with explaining that this game is hereby named Sam, both as an homage to Mr. Coleridge, but also to suggest a Seuss reference. Would you adopt advanced metrics driven managing philosophies on a boat? With a goat?

 

So welcome to the game!

 

I am Sam. Sam i am.

 

Mariners

 

G. Bautista (R )

 

1. Mallex Smith ( L) CF

2. Kyle Seager ( L) 3B

3. E. Encarnacion (R ) DH

4. D. Vogelbach ( L) 1B

5. D. Santana (R ) RF

6. Omar Narvaez ( L) C

7. Dee Gordon ( L) 2B

8. Shed Long ( L) LF

9. Dylan Moore (R ) SS

 

Twins

 

Jose Berrios (R )

 

1. Max Kepler ( L) RF

2. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS

3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH

4. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF

5. Mitch Garver (R ) C

6. M. Gonzalez ( Sb) 2B

7. C.J. Cron (R ) 1B

8. Miguel Sano (R ) 3B

9. Byron Buxton (R ) CF

 

*- for narrative purposes only. Don't go psych-analytic on it, nor march on Washington to build a better world because of it.

[MMMordabito]

An extra kid gets to run out on the field tonight when they change bases, as the crew will also be lint rolling left field.

[bighat]

Cron, Sano, and Bux the 7-8-9 hitters. Not a bad bottom 3rd, wow.

[SwainZag]

How deep is this lineup? Both guys who homered last night get the night off today.... and tonight's lineup looks stronger. That's just crazy talk.

[snotboogie]

 

Welcome to Twins Daily Sam.  Bring us a win.  And I do like green eggs and ham.

[snotboogie]

<taps on screen>

 

I guess Wednesdays are really dead around here.  Howz it going Sample?

[DocBauer]

Night after night, day after day, I read the lineup and am amazed at what I see. All this might. And I pray "let the bombas be!"

 

And what does Horton hear? The crack of powerful bombas and a record setting, special year.

[FLTwinsGuy]

Ughh..we do realize how ****ty of a player mallex smith is right?

[h2oface]

there goes the no hitter..........

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Is goin' okay.

 

Too lazy to actually figure out good ways to watch the game other than gameday, but i should bring it up momentarily.

 

And i suppose hockey fans might be forgiven for favoring a Stanley cup game seven over just any baseball game.

 

I am actually considering seeing if Coyle can pull a Mientkiewicz

[diehardtwinsfan]

seems I didn't miss much. Berrios getting the K on EE. That's good.

[Zephrin]

 

Cron, Sano, and Bux the 7-8-9 hitters. Not a bad bottom 3rd, wow.

 

I agree this is a formidable bottom 3rd.  I don't love Buxton batting behind Sano, though.  Could nullify his speed a bit.  

[Nine of twelve]

All right! Way to pitch out of trouble. Now let's get some runs.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

There goes the no hitter..........

Where?

 

I'm sorry. I wasn't watching...

[diehardtwinsfan]

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you strand a leadoff double.

[snotboogie]

 

there goes the no hitter..........

Are one hitters ok?

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

I agree this is a formidable bottom 3rd.  I don't love Buxton batting behind Sano, though.  Could nullify his speed a bit.  

 

Me thinks Rocco read the article here and decided to double down.

[Nine of twelve]

 

I agree this is a formidable bottom 3rd.  I don't love Buxton batting behind Sano, though.  Could nullify his speed a bit.  

Not a problem. The bases are empty after a home run.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I agree this is a formidable bottom 3rd. I don't love Buxton batting behind Sano, though. Could nullify his speed a bit.

I am okay, so long as it is understood Buxton still gets to bat in the first inning.

[diehardtwinsfan]

Ok... let's get 4 bombas this inning so I can put this away by the time my wife comes home from dinner with a colleague.

[PDX Twin]

On the farm, Thorpe has five shutout innings with 9 Ks and 1 hit/2 BB for the Wed Rings. They lead 1-0 on a homerun by El Tortoiso. ?

[Nine of twelve]

 

Ok... let's get 4 bombas this inning so I can put this away by the time my wife comes home from dinner with a colleague.

Is she having dinner with a colleague or is she coming home with a colleague? I suppose the answer is yes.

[PDX Twin]

If Tommy Milone is pitching for the Mariners, he has got a amazing tan and changed dominant arms...

[Nine of twelve]

 

If Tommy Milone is pitching for the Mariners, he has got a amazing tan and changed dominant arms...

I think he's pitching, just not in the first inning.

[snotboogie]

 

If Tommy Milone is pitching for the Mariners, he has got a amazing tan and changed dominant arms...

Better hair too.

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Is she having dinner with a colleague or is she coming home with a colleague? I suppose the answer is yes.

I don't work with her, and she just walked in the door.

[DocBauer]

Pathetic. We didnt score in the 1st. What is wrong with this team?

[snotboogie]

 

I don't work with her, and she just walked in the door.

We haven't put it away yet.

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

We haven't put it away yet.

 

I know. and she's expecting me to put my laptop away.

[nicksaviking]

If Tommy Milone is pitching for the Mariners, he has got a amazing tan and changed dominant arms...

No way Tommy Milone has a dominant arm.