Game Thread: Twins @ Texas, 6/18/21 @ 7:05pm

[jkcarew]

10 minutes ago, LaBombo said:

I've noticed that when Alcala pitches well, his name sounds cool to me.  But when he blows a lead, his name seems like the kind of word you make up in your head when you have too many damn A's in Scrabble.

AL-ca-la, adj.; having the ability to propel 9-inch, 5oz spheres at very high rates of velocity in such a manner that it hits the exact center of the barrel of a bat at least one time per 20 trials.

”You look so good, and then I look up and see a ball attempting to separate from the earth’s gravitational pull. You’re so Alcala!”

[USAFChief]

9 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Can someone explain to me when some pitchers come off the mound they look up to the sky and make some hand signs?

Ask Blyleven. I remember him coming off the mound and making a hand gesture towards the 2nd deck.

[Aggies7]

16 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

And now mlbtv tells me I'm in the blackout area. To be fair, I did move to the other end of the couch.

My blackout area is also the end of the couch

[Aggies7]

Can’t do that on the bases in the 9th

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Not good judgment by Kirilloff there, with the 2B so close to the play. 

Just my 2 cents 

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

My blackout area is also the end of the couch

Winner.

[LaBombo]

Nice work by Gordon to leg out the double.  But when his helmet flew off, just for a second I was terrified that he's actually a cyborg and we were getting a look at his internal wiring.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

We were looking for a double play grounder off the bat of Astudillo there, not a strikeout

[LaBombo]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Winner.

At first I thought it was a double post, but then I realized this second one is in case he blacked out for the first one.

[USAFChief]

Well done offense.

[ashbury]

"We secretly switched the Nick Gordon that Ash saw in Pawtucket in 2019, with an actual baseball player.  Let's see if he notices."

[Vanimal46]

Extended time of Tortuga at 3B is going to be a bad time. 

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, LaBombo said:

Guessing this second one is in case he blacked out for the first one.

Second one??

 

 

[LaBombo]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

Extended time of Tortuga at 3B is going to be a bad time. 

It certainly is if he can't come up with a hit in situations like that one, tailor-made for a guy whose one tool is making contact.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

"We secretly switched the Nick Gordon that Ash saw in Pawtucket in 2019, with an actual baseball player.  Let's see if he notices."

Gordon, or the actual baseball player? Who do we want to ascertain if he notices?

[wavedog]

Single and a double that inning and not close to scoring a run.   End this now and put us out of our misery.

[Aggies7]

How do you spell Robles? R-O-L-A-I-D-S

[RickOShea]

I feel a walkoff coming

 

[ashbury]

Well, I've seen this movie's ending before.

Ash out.

[ashbury]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Gordon, or the actual baseball player? Who do we want to ascertain if he notices?

[USAFChief]

11 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Ask Blyleven. I remember him coming off the mound and making a hand gesture towards the 2nd deck.

This post,, in addition to being funny, also serves as an age verification device.

[operation mindcrime]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Well done offense.

Offensive!

[Aggies7]

Is Perkins the second mic tonight?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

A pitcher covering first base. Progress! 

Also, I’m hoping, a 10th.

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Well, I've seen this movie's ending before.

Ash out.

Be careful leaving...

Don't let the door hit you, Ash, on the way out.

[RickOShea]

Glenn, no one is going to remember half of what you said.  Sit back and relax.

[LaBombo]

The answer to the question "How far can the Twins bullpen get us in extra innings?" is exactly the same as the punch line of the Ron White bit about how far the airplane can fly after an engine quits:  "All the way to the crash site".

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Is Perkins the second mic tonight?

He needs a second mic, for the amount of words spilling out.

[Aggies7]

When I worked in AAA ball, I remember seeing Perkins and telling him “good game last night”, and he couldn’t have been more of a Dick Bremer

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, LaBombo said:

The answer to the question "How far can the Twins bullpen get us in extra innings?" is exactly the same to the punch line of the Ron White bit about how far the airplane can fly after an engine quits:  "All the way to the crash site".

"And my agent booked me a flight out of the Flagstaff airport, beauty salon, and tire dealership."