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

[MMMordabito]

Sweet swing, Jeffers!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Bases loaded, not outs.

 

Got us right where they want us....

Boy, that aged well.

[RickOShea]

As a kid I used to spend summers in O'Fallon, Illinois. Not far from St. louis.  Most miserable weather.  By the time you showered and toweled off, you were ready to shower again.  KC was just as bad.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Concur.

[ashbury]

8 minutes 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.

[RpR]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

As a kid I used to spend summers in O'Fallon, Illinois. Not far from St. louis.  Most miserable weather.  By the time you showered and toweled off, you were ready to shower again.  KC was just as bad.

I used to landscape in this kind of weather only 15 degrees warmer; you would go into the outhouse to take dump and the water would literally trickle off of your chin into your pants.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4 minutes ago, ashbury said:

https://chainedandperfumed.com/2009/04/19/hulot-drops-pipe-gains-pinwheel/

[RickOShea]

Folks, you may be seeing the beginning of an anomaly : The twins not being embarrassed on a National tv broadcast. yet!

[Squirrel]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Folks, you may be seeing the beginning of an anomaly : The twins not being embarrassed on a National tv broadcast. yet!

OMG! Have I thought you NOTHING about jinxes????? Hush!!!! You now need to dance around a circle, backwards, throwing salt over your left shoulder! Quick!! Undo the jinx!

[Squirrel]

Just now, Squirrel said:

OMG! Have I thought you NOTHING about jinxes????? Hush!!!! You now need to dance around a circle, backwards, throwing salt over your left shoulder! Quick!! Undo the jinx!

Oh, and post the video for proof ... 

[RickOShea]

I was born and grew up in Minnesota, spent a few summers in St Louis, and have in Tucson for 28 years.  One extreme to the other.

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

OMG! Have I thought you NOTHING about jinxes????? Hush!!!! You now need to dance around a circle, backwards, throwing salt over your left shoulder! Quick!! Undo the jinx!

What the heck do you think I've been doing, to prevent the jinx?

[Squirrel]

There are quite a few people on these boards from Tucson ... I'll let them out themselves

[Squirrel]

Just now, RickOShea said:

What the heck do you think I've been doing, to prevent the jinx?

I don't know but that was some jinx ... you need to undo it, just as a said, and post a video of yourself undoing the jinx  

[wabene]

5 minutes ago, RpR said:

I used to landscape in this kind of weather only 15 degrees warmer; you would go into the outhouse to take dump and the water would literally trickle off of your chin into your pants.

Very descriptive, I almost feel like I was there with you. 

Check, please.

[Squirrel]

Man, I really hate Lollapalooza weekend ... ugh

[RickOShea]

Ober needs to calm down.  The constant pacing and fidgeting.  The clown faces and bubble blowing have got to go.

Come on Ober, show some dignity.

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Ober needs to calm down.  The constant pacing and fidgeting.  The clown faces and bubble blowing have got to go.

Come on Ober, show some dignity.

As long as the St. Louis side of the scores remains as it is, Ober can continue doing whatever he's doing  

[USAFChief]

55 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Hmmm... regular Grain Belt or Premium?

Yes.

[wsnydes]

14 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

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

Ish.  Or is it ick?  I don't remember which was acceptable!

[Squirrel]

Just now, wsnydes said:

Ish.  Or is it ick?  I don't remember which was acceptable!

yes

[RickOShea]

Ober has named his first son, Gomer.

[ashbury]

14 minutes ago, RpR said:

I used to landscape in this kind of weather only 15 degrees warmer; you would go into the outhouse to take dump and the water would literally trickle off of your chin into your pants.

Yeah, thank you for sharing. It is brave of you to speak up about this difficult* memory.

* Difficult for your readers, I mean.

[Danchat]

Ober is looking really good right now. Keep it up, rookie!

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Ish.  Or is it ick?  I don't remember which was acceptable!

who's bath water?

[Nine of twelve]

19 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

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

You can eat them. But you would then suffer the consequences of your actions.

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Ish.  Or is it ick?  I don't remember which was acceptable!

Oh, that reminds me ... 

12 minutes ago, RpR said:

I used to landscape in this kind of weather only 15 degrees warmer; you would go into the outhouse to take dump and the water would literally trickle off of your chin into your pants.

ish

 

[ashbury]

5 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

There are quite a few people on these boards from Tucson ... I'll let them out themselves

In the case of Chief, I'd let him out the way he came in.

[wsnydes]

Just now, RickOShea said:

who's bath water?

Yes.

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

You can eat them. But you would then suffer the consequences of your actions.

Would you cry at my funeral?