Game Thread: Twins vs KC 4:40 PM PST (6:40 PM CDT) 9/19/19

[tvagle]

 

I know he's not a hitter, but he still deserves a 

 

Grandma Wentz even smiled there for a moment

[LVTwinsfan]

He got out of it...didn't have much choice

he doesn’t get the Ironman title for that, he gets the slippery weasel award

[70charger]

 

I will feel a lot better with at least one more insurance run.

 

But wait, hear me out, what about two?

[big dog]

I’m not old enough to remember the days before bud miller and coors dominating everything.

Hamms! Schmidt! A beer-drinking bear and cans with varied outdoor scenes on them. Those were the days. My neighbor, who has too much money, just had his old silo painted like a Schmidt can. Very awesome.

 

PS I love the Romo trade. Love it.

[tvagle]

 

I like it when Sergio is fired up!

Especially when he won the Masters!

[Richie the Rally Goat]

nice job Tony

[tvagle]

 

Speaking of a fantastic TV commentator. What channel is he working this year? I get confused.

Yes

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Hamms! Schmidt! A beer-drinking bear and cans with varied outdoor scenes on them. Those were the days. My neighbor, who has too much money, just had his old silo painted like a Schmidt can. Very awesome.

PS I love the Romo trade. Love it.

Yeah, made me ask my dad if I could get drunk when I was 6 years old. (Just kidding, of course.)

[glunn]

 

But wait, hear me out, what about two?

You talked me into it.

[mrtwinsfan]

 

Speaking of a fantastic TV commentator. What channel is he working this year? I get confused.

Think cbs  ya like him also

[Aggies7]

Hamms! Schmidt! A beer-drinking bear and cans with varied outdoor scenes on them. Those were the days. My neighbor, who has too much money, just had his old silo painted like a Schmidt can. Very awesome.

PS I love the Romo trade. Love it.

What was the famous beer from Minnesota in the 60s/70s? I’m blanking

[FlauerPauer]

 

So Garver is #2 among catchers?

 

With 200 less plate appearances.

[tvagle]

 

he doesn’t get the Ironman title for that, he gets the slippery weasel award

Gopher balls and slippery weasels...back on a horse...throwing bails of hay...steel boats...this GT has now been renamed Old McDonald

[IndianaTwin]

I confess.  I grew up on a farm and threw bails of hay...which made me not want to farm or throw hay ever again.  It's possible that's what drove Duffey to throwing so well.

I regularly tell people that I went to college wanting to major in math, but really I was majoring in “anything but dairy farming.”

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

With 200 less plate appearances.

The age-old debate: "Tastes great!" "Less filling!"

[FlauerPauer]

 

Hamms! Schmidt! A beer-drinking bear and cans with varied outdoor scenes on them. Those were the days. My neighbor, who has too much money, just had his old silo painted like a Schmidt can. Very awesome.

PS I love the Romo trade. Love it.

 

I love Hamm's! My friend and I drove to Wilkes-Barre, PA to get Schmidt and Schlitz last October. They had Grizzle's on the can! Also got some Stroh's, Shaffer, Red Dog, Old German.

 

Next on the list is Stag and Blatz! You midwesterner's can get that in Wisconsin!

[LVTwinsfan]

He made that catch look easy

[twinsnorth49]

 

Especially when he won the Masters!

But not when he's throwing clubs at his caddie. 

[IndianaTwin]

Remember when this game was over in the 2nd?

 

Good times.

 

Yeah, it’s kind of interesting reading the first few pages of the GT when the score is 8-5. It’s almost like, wait, you mean they’re playing a full nine tonight?

[Aggies7]

I love Hamm's! My friend and I drove to Wilkes-Barre, PA to get Schmidt and Schlitz last October. They had Grizzle's on the can!

 

WHAT dude I live in Scranton which is technically closer to you. I know they sell hamm’s in distributors (and some bars here).

[Richie the Rally Goat]

I regularly tell people that I went to college wanting to major in math, but really I was majoring in “anything but dairy farming.”

me too! Only manufacturing management which is basically applied stats for dummies... but not dairy farming!

[glunn]

This Royals pitcher seems good, at least tonight. 

[twinssporto]

Here's something to consider...In 1991 Chuck Knoblauch was rookie of the year. Arraez is a rookie this year. Both had similar seasons (although Chuck played more games). We won the World Series in 1991. I think the similarities are interesting.  

 

My analysis: Twins win the World Series this year.

 

Just a hunch.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

I love Hamm's! My friend and I drove to Wilkes-Barre, PA to get Schmidt and Schlitz last October. They had Grizzle's on the can! Also got some Stroh's, Shaffer, Red Dog, Old German.

 

Next on the list is Stag and Blatz! You midwesterner's can get that in Wisconsin!

Seems like one-syllable beers were most famous stumbly-drunk midwesterners.

[IndianaTwin]

did you call the flat piece of iron you pulled behind the tractor a "stone boat"? I always liked that word.

Drags or skids.

[Han Joelo]

My older brother liked Almond Roca, so my Mom figured it was his "thing," so every Christmas there was a tub of it under the tree.  This usually counted as his birthday present, as he was a Christmas baby.

 

Later, we had a fiery Basque guy drive truck for us during sugar beet harvest.  His name was Tony Rocca, so of course we called him Tony "Almond" Rocca.

 

My brother was also a Dallas Cowboys fan, so the transition from Tony Rocca to Tony Romo was relatively seamless.

 

Finally, my brother moved to South Carolina a few years ago, as a crop insurance guy.  I haven't looked, but I'm assuming that one of those Tropical Storms circling out there in the oceans has to be named Tropical Storm Sergio.

 

There.  Game thread conquered.  Before I hit post, I will now check to see what has happened in the game, while I was taking that stroll down memory lane...

 

...I'm back.  Apparently, Ryan LaMarre is playing for the Twins, and hitting .300.  He looks more like a Tony Rocca, to me.

[twinsnorth49]

 

What was the famous beer from Minnesota in the 60s/70s? I’m blanking

Grain Belt, Hamm's and Schmidt. 

[Aggies7]

My older brother liked Almond Roca, so my Mom figured it was his "thing," so every Christmas there was a tub of it under the tree.  This usually counted as his birthday present, as he was a Christmas baby.

 

Later, we had a fiery Basque guy drive truck for us during sugar beet harvest.  His name was Tony Rocca, so of course we called him Tony "Almond" Rocca.

 

My brother was also a Dallas Cowboys fan, so the transition from Tony Rocca to Tony Romo was relatively seamless.

 

Finally, my brother moved to South Carolina a few years ago, as a crop insurance guy.  I haven't looked, but I'm assuming that one of those Tropical Storms circling out there in the oceans has to be named Tropical Storm Sergio.

 

There.  Game thread conquered.  Before I hit post, I will now check to see what has happened in the game, while I was taking that stroll down memory lane...

 

...I'm back.  Apparently, Ryan LaMarre is playing for the Twins, and hitting .300.  He looks more like a Tony Rocca, to me.

I’ve read this 5 times and have no idea what you’re talking about

[FlauerPauer]

 

WHAT dude I live in Scranton which is technically closer to you. I know they sell hamm’s in distributors (and some bars here).

 

There's a major distributor in Wilkes-Barre that has all those 60s/70s beers. Arrow Beer Distributing. Pallets of Schmidt, Stroh's, Shaffer, maybe some Schlitz, etc...

[70charger]

 

Yeah, it’s kind of interesting reading the first few pages of the GT when the score is 8-5. It’s almost like, wait, you mean they’re playing a full nine tonight?