Game Thread Twins @ Cardinals 6:10pm cdt 7/31/2021 ad

[ashbury]

Bad news, Chief might not be with us for the game thread tonight. 

He went to a seafood disco last night.

Wound up pulling a mussel.

 

[Linus]

My it’s enjoyable to watch a pitcher who throws strikes.  I hope Ober can keep it up. The game moves along nicely as well. 

[Squirrel]

41 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Mega likes for the Allan Sherman reference!

Hello, Muddah, Hello, Faddah ... 

[RickOShea]

Just now, ashbury said:

Bad news, Chief might not be with us tonight. 

He went to a seafood disco last night.

Wound up pulling a mussel.

 

I thought you were gonna say he got crabs

Just now, ashbury said:

Bad news, Chief might not be with us tonight. 

He went to a seafood disco last night.

Wound up pulling a mussel.

 

 

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Bad news, Chief might not be with us for the game thread tonight. 

He went to a seafood disco last night.

Wound up pulling a mussel.

 

There's a reason he got more likes for his Dad jokes than you for yours ... just sayin'

[Squirrel]

Just now, RickOShea said:

I thought you were gonna say he got crabs

 

And then there's this one ... you and Ash should share a room ... 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Bad news, Chief might not be with us for the game thread tonight. 

He went to a seafood disco last night.

Wound up pulling a mussel.

 

Funny.

 

I always think of mussels as fresh water (and seas as salty)

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I was fortuitous enough to catch a play off game he commentated a while back. His partner asked him how he noticed some fine detail, and he just said he was paying attention.

In my experience, luck favors the fortuitous.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

There's a reason he got more likes for his Dad jokes than you for yours ... just sayin'

Shots fired!!!

[ashbury]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I always think of mussels as fresh water (and seas as salty)

Guess you never noticed the famous old salt Popeye and the muskles he had.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Ober with 3 ks so far.

[ashbury]

4 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

There's a reason he got more likes for his Dad jokes than you for yours ... just sayin'

It's a thankless job, but no one's got to do it.

[RpR]

Time for Arraez to live up to the rep. some here have for him.

Success!

[Squirrel]

We need our entertainment somewhere, if not from the game ... 

Go Luis!!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Guess you never noticed the famous old salt Popeye and the muskles he had.

And the anchor tattoo?

 

The corncob pipe wouldn't float in modern society...

Even Jacque Tati's pipe got editted out of publicity a while back.

[RpR]

I think Sano is on the Turtle diet.

[RickOShea]

Just now, ashbury said:

Guess you never noticed the famous old salt Popeye and the muskles he had.

Was Popeye from Mussel Beach?

 

[Steve71]

So I checked the math on the different release points for Ober vs. the MLB average.

MLB average release is 54 feet from home plate.

Ober releases 52.5 feet from home plate due to his length.

If Ober throws a 91 mph FB it takes .393 seconds to get there.

If an MLB average pitcher throws a 94 mph FB, it takes .391 seconds to get there.

So Ober's 91-92 FB is equivilant to a 94-95 mph FB from a league average-sized pitcher.

Pretty cool observation by the announcing team.

[Squirrel]

I cannot eat mussels ... cannot have clams or oysters, either

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Bases loaded, not outs.

 

Got us right where they want us....

[RickOShea]

Woodford's done. He's sweating profusely.  I thought they said it wasn't that bad a night.   Maybe high humidity.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Steve71 said:

So I checked the math on the different release points for Ober vs. the MLB average.

MLB average release is 54 feet from home plate.

Ober releases 52.5 feet from home plate due to his length.

If Ober throws a 91 mph FB it takes .393 seconds to get there.

If an MLB average pitcher throws a 94 mph FB, it takes .391 seconds to get there.

So Ober's 91-92 FB is equivilant to a 94-95 mph FB from a league average-sized pitcher.

Pretty cool observation by the announcing team.

thanks for your followup.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Woodford's done. He's sweating profusely.  I thought they said it wasn't that bad a night.   Maybe high humidity.

I was gonna say...it's St Louis in late July.  It's humid!

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Woodford's done. He's sweating profusely.  I thought they said it wasn't that bad a night.   Maybe high humidity.

According to Wunderground ... temps in the mid 70s, humidity in the mid 80s%

[Squirrel]

85% humidity ... that's like stepping into bath water

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

thanks for your followup.

I like the way Jeffers always checks each at bat, if he has plate converage with his bat swing.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

 

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Actually the most bizarre appearance of Popeye i have seen was in "The Dragon Lives Again" which i only watch because it got mentioned specifically in a short documentary on Bruce-sploitation movies.

[ashbury]

6 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Even Jacque Tati's pipe got editted out of publicity a while back.

[RpR]

Jeffers does a good Sano imitation.

[Squirrel]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!