Game Thread Twins @ Royals 7:10pm cdt 7/2/2021 ad

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Everything i know about Kansas City, i learned from popular music (well, once upon a time it was popular)

 

"Everything's up to date in Kansas City... they went and grew sky scraper 7 stories tall, about as high as a building aught to grow!"

 

"goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here i come... They got some crazy little women there and i'm gonna get me one"

(and i'm sure there are more, but i am under the clock)

 

Kansas City isn't in Kansas any more. (Pretty sure they play in the Missouri side, right)

 

Just round the time they were discussing statehood, weren't there some minor disagreements that John Brown was involved in? I think they got settled and John Brown moved on to bigger things.

 

Anyway, let's hope this contest turns out to have less casualties than any of those...

 

Minnesota:

0. J.A. Happ (L) P

1. Luis Arraez (L) 2B

2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B

3. Trevor Larnach (L) LF

4. Nelson Cruz (R) DH

5. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B

6. Jorge Polanco (S) SS

7. Max Kepler (L) RF

8. Nick Gordon (L) CF

9. Ben Rortvedt (L) C

 

Kansas City:

0. Brady Singer (R) P

1. W. Merrifield (R) RF

2. Jorge Soler (R) DH

3. Carlos Santana (S) 1B

4. Salvador Perez (R) C

5. Hanser Alberto (R) 2B

6. Hunter Dozier (R) 3B

7. M. Taylor (R) CF

8. E. Olivares (R) LF

9. Nicky Lopez (L) SS

 

Play Ball!

[LVTwinsfan]

Kansas City has lost 9 in a row. There is little doubt in my mind that they will right that ship this weekend, starting tonight

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Kansas City has lost 9 in a row. There is little doubt in my mind that they will right that ship this weekend, starting tonight

Happ is on the mound, it will be an interesting battle of wills between him and the Royals offense to see who can cave in the quickest. 

[LA Vikes Fan]

The movable object meets the resistible force tonight! Scalpers dream.

[USAFChief]

Fun fact: Sal Perez has 116 career home runs, and 117 of them have come against the Twins. You could look it up!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

The movable object meets the resistible force tonight! Scalpers dream.

They do indeed dream! I am keeping my scalp, thank you very much!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Fun fact: Sal Perez has 116 career home runs, and 117 of them have come against the Twins. You could look it up!

Sal? Sal Vador Perez.

 

The force is strong with this one...

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Sal? Sal Vador Perez.

 

The force is strong with this one...

Not ready is he

[Mike Sixel]

Smoking a chateau steak.... Never even heard of that cut. I wonder which will be done first, Happ, or dinner.....

[Squirrel]

Okay ... thanks, SSo1 for that intro ... I will be singing 'Oklahoma!' tunes all evening ... and if the game goes south, maybe I'll put that movie on instead. It's one of my favorites.

[LVTwinsfan]

Wow Jim Katt ( I have his 1965 Topps card) is doing the Twins game

[Danchat]

22 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Fun fact: Sal Perez has 116 career home runs, and 117 of them have come against the Twins. You could look it up!

Fun fact: both of those HR amounts are wrong!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Arraez starts it out right!!

Double!!

[LVTwinsfan]

You have to score on that 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Arraez starts it out right!!

Double!!

Double the double by Doubleso... Donaldson!!

Runners on 2nd and 3rd... How often does that happen?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

8 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Okay ... thanks, SSo1 for that intro ... I will be singing 'Oklahoma!' tunes all evening ... and if the game goes south, maybe I'll put that movie on instead. It's one of my favorites.

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends!

 

Pretty good eh?

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

You have to score on that 

No worries ... they got it done ... 

[LVTwinsfan]

Chuck and duck

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Double the double by Doubleso... Donaldson!!

Runners on 2nd and 3rd... How often does that happen?

And they both score on a comebacker!?

Weird, eh? And runner again on 2nd.

[Squirrel]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends!

 

Pretty good eh?

That musical was pretty revolutionary when you think on it ... 

Poooooor Judd is daid, poor Judd Frye is daid ...

[Nine of twelve]

7 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Wow Jim Katt ( I have his 1965 Topps card) is doing the Twins game

First, I'll give you benefit of doubt that your misspelling was a typo.

Jim Kaat is 82 years old. His voice doesn't sound that old and, most certainly, neither does his brain. IMHO he is without a doubt the best color man of the bunch.

[LVTwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

First, I'll give you benefit of doubt that your misspelling was a typo.

Jim Kaat is 82 years old. His voice doesn't sound that old and, most certainly, neither does his brain. IMHO he is without a doubt the best color man of the bunch.

The misspelling was intentional, hence the reference to the 1965 card

 

[Nine of twelve]

Wow, that amplifies the value of that card. Good on you!

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Wow, that amplifies the value of that card. Good on you!

Not really, you can buy it on eBay for 2.95, and I paid $5 for it about 20 years ago, that’s ok I wanted it

[Nine of twelve]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

Not really, you can buy it on eBay for 2.95

Oh. Never mind.

[Vanimal46]

22 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Smoking a chateau steak.... Never even heard of that cut. I wonder which will be done first, Happ, or dinner.....

Great minds… I had a NY Strip on the grill tonight with twice baked potatoes!

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Oh. Never mind.

It’s all good, I remember it kinda pissed me off when I was a kid 

[LA Vikes Fan]

The Royals! They’re…, not good. 

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, LA VIkes Fan said:

The Royals! They’re…, not good. 

Yeah well neither are the Twins, both teams will end their losing streaks this weekend 

[LA Vikes Fan]

True that. By the way, am I the only one that’s enjoying Jim Kaat as the color commentator? He’s actually pretty good. A little more interesting than Justin Morneau and a lot better than Roy Smalley. I still do like the occasional Tori Hunter game.