Game Thread: Twins @ Cubs 7:15 cdt 9/19/2020 ad

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Formal Game Thread.

 

Attire expected.

 

Please have your invitation ready.

 

You will be announced as you enter.

 

Please wait for the previous person's fanfare to finish before making your entrance. (well, walk up music if you will)

 

For everyone's protection, please keep your masks on. And your helmet or glove, or shin guards... arm guards chest protectors... ciurass, gauntlets, greaves... Say, this is a safe game isn't it? Oh yes. Inter action is limited to balls and bats.

 

Please sit down and allow the bar to lower snuggly onto your lap. Please keep your arms and legs inside at all times, and wait for the ride comes to a complete stop.

 

There will be embarassing photos of your facial expressions available at the end.

 

Without further ado... (indeed, i've quite run out)

 

Introducing...

 

The American League Central Up-Running Twins of Minnesota:

0. Michael Pineda (R ) P

1. Byron Buxton (R ) CF

2. Max Kepler ( L) RF

3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH

4. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF

5. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B

6. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS

7. Marwin Gonzalez ( S ) 2B

8. Ehire Adrianza ( S ) 3B

9. Alex Avila ( L) C

 

The National league Central Division Leading Cubs of Chicago, IL:

0. Alec Mills (R ) P

1. Ian Happ ( S ) CF

2. Kris Bryant (R ) 3B

3. Anthony Rizzo ( L) 1B

4. Willson Contreras (R ) C

5. Kyle Schwarber ( L) LF

6. Javier Baez (R ) SS

7. Jason Heyward ( L) RF

8. David Bote (R ) DH

9. Nico Hoerner (R ) 2B

 

Well... um... I suppose i can only be so formal.

 

Now i just got to get together a playlist for the dance cards... any recommendations?

[operation mindcrime]

First!

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Second!

 

Wait, i'm zero. I don't count.

 

Nevermind.

 

On the plus side, i got some greasy burgers in my belly, and, which is more, i washed the dishes! Settling in for a game!

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The music of a long dormant offense awakening...

 

 

(i watched it recently, and really dug the theme...)

[Otto von Ballpark]

Cruz is out. New lineup:

 

MIN Lineup

L Wade (L) LF
B Buxton (R) CF
E Rosario (L) DH
M Sanó (R) 1B
M Kepler (L) RF
J Polanco (S) SS
M Gonzalez (S) 2B
E Adrianza (S) 3B
A Avila (L) C

[Aggies7]

Tank to avoid yanks

[stringer bell]

How about a crooked number in the first inning. It would be really cool to see some more line drives.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Cruz news you can use:

 

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Cruz is out. New lineup:

 

 

MIN Lineup

L Wade (L) LF
B Buxton (R) CF
E Rosario (L) DH
M Sanó (R) 1B
M Kepler (L) RF
J Polanco (S) SS
M Gonzalez (S) 2B
E Adrianza (S) 3B
A Avila (L) C

Thanks for the update!

 

Thats some significant rearranging from

 

1. Byron Buxton (R ) CF

2. Max Kepler ( L) RF

3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH

4. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF

5. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B

6. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS

7. Marwin Gonzalez ( S ) 2B

8. Ehire Adrianza ( S ) 3B

9. Alex Avila ( L) C

[Aggies7]

Cleveland with a 1 run lead in the 7th

[Nine of twelve]

 

Tank to avoid yanks

No. We back down to no one.

[Nine of twelve]

It's pretty apparent that the lighting for night games is not as good at Wrigley as it is everywhere else.

[Nine of twelve]

Ed-O!

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Rosario!!!!

 

As expected.

[TwinsCD]

Big Mike picking up where Hill left off last night.  Encouraging start.

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Mr. Pineda hangs a 0 on the board.

[LVTwinsfan]

So we have so called fans here hoping for the Twins to lose? Because somehow that is a path to victory? Because we are afraid of the Yankees? I hope the Twins win out. I don’t care who we face in the first round, I actually hope it is the Yankees. The Twins will beat the Yankees this year. All cowards please stay away, you can’t handle it.

[MNT1996]

I'd rather see Kirilloff come up and get some experience than watch Kepler put up 0 fight in his at-bats

[TwinsCD]

 

So we have so called fans here hoping for the Twins to lose? Because somehow that is a path to victory? Because we are afraid of the Yankees? I hope the Twins win out. I don’t care who we face in the first round, I actually hope it is the Yankees. The Twins will beat the Yankees this year. All cowards please stay away, you can’t handle it.

 

It's 2020, the year of the absurd.  So why shouldn't this be the year the Twins finally slay that beast?

[MNT1996]

Maeda and Pineda have been pretty effective so far for the Twins. Maybe Berrios should change his last name to Berreda.

[LVTwinsfan]

It's 2020, the year of the absurd. So why shouldn't this be the year the Twins finally slay that beast?

If they did, think what it would do for them.

[stringer bell]

Throw strikes Big Mike.

[stringer bell]

Big at bat, nice play by A-Ray!

[LVTwinsfan]

Nice play!

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Nice play!

Concur

[wsnydes]

It's 2020, the year of the absurd. So why shouldn't this be the year the Twins finally slay that beast?

If it's ever going to happen, it would seemingly be most likely this ridiculous excuse for a calendar year.

[Nine of twelve]

Buxton is standing on 3 on that ball.

[Aggies7]

 

So we have so called fans here hoping for the Twins to lose? Because somehow that is a path to victory? Because we are afraid of the Yankees? I hope the Twins win out. I don’t care who we face in the first round, I actually hope it is the Yankees. The Twins will beat the Yankees this year. All cowards please stay away, you can’t handle it.

Oh stop it, no one is “hoping” for a loss but you’d be a darn fool to “want the Yankees”. They’re a better club even without the almost 20 year curse. Call me crazy but I’d like to see a playoff win, haven’t seen one since before I got my driver’s license. My patience has grown as thin as my hair. We match up better with the White Sox or even the rays. I guess that makes one a coward Or a bad fan.

[Aggies7]

White Sox and Yankees lead, Cleveland has fallen behind as the tigers apparently are galvanized by gardy’s retirement 

[Aggies7]

This game looks like it’s being played in someone’s backyard under porch lights