Opening Day Game Thread: Mariners @ Twins, 4/8 @ 3:10pm CT

[sampleSizeOfOne]

12 minutes ago, twinssporto said:

Great song ideas for Relievers as they walk to the mound:

Metallica: Enter Sandman

Maybe a little Molly Hatchet: Flirting' with Disaster

Maybe a little Rush: Tom Sawyer

Those songs really show my age...

 

Your age has been duly shown.

 

I am stuck in St. Paddy's day mode from last month, and this here song comes to mind:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxek62z1jY

[shortround81]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Can't tell if serious...

My bad. Mo was "Enter Sandman." Hoffman was "Hells Bells." I should've written it down

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 hours ago, diehardtwinsfan said:

Urshela at cleanup? Did I miss something?

 

 

They need Sano behind him so folk aren't tempted to pitch around him.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

12 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Not until you've stayed after class and written it on the blackboard another 495 times.

We're gonna need a bigger black board.

[dex8425]

2 hours ago, shortround81 said:

Most important stats of the season:

I will miss Garver and Earth Wind and Fire:(

[shortround81]

9 minutes ago, dex8425 said:

I will miss Garver and Earth Wind and Fire:(

I hope he uses it in Texas

[USAFChief]

12 minutes ago, dex8425 said:

I will miss Garver and Earth Wind and Fire:(

I remember Earth, Wind and Fire well, but can't recall Garver. Another 70's R&B band?

[Minny505]

2 hours ago, shortround81 said:

I refuse to believe that Buck is walking up to anything but "Return of the Mack"

Do we know if Shane Mack used the song of his namesake?

Not a lot of walk-up music is documented from those prehistoric times.

[LVTwinsfan]

49 minutes ago, twinssporto said:

Great song ideas for Relievers as they walk to the mound:

Metallica: Enter Sandman

Maybe a little Molly Hatchet: Flirting' with Disaster

Maybe a little Rush: Tom Sawyer

Those songs really show my age...

 

Bob Seger: Beautiful Loser

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, Minny505 said:

Do we know if Shane Mack used the song of his namesake?

Not a lot of walk-up music is documented from those prehistoric times.

Would it be more appropriate if he used it only after his first at bat?  ?

[wsnydes]

I'd like to see some journeyman reliever that's been on half the teams in the league use Everywhere Man.

[Nine of twelve]

3 hours ago, shortround81 said:

Most important stats of the season:

I'd use a different song for every AB. The PA people would hate me.

[shortround81]

12 minutes ago, Minny505 said:

Do we know if Shane Mack used the song of his namesake?

Not a lot of walk-up music is documented from those prehistoric times.

Buck goes into a slump. Uses "Return of the Mack" again. Walks up to the plate. The catcher stands up and takes his mask off. It's Shane Mack. Mack punches Buck in the face. Buck goes on the IL for the rest of the season

[shortround81]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

I'd use a different song for every AB. The PA people would hate me.

I would ask the PA announcer to beatbox for me.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

4 hours ago, Matthew Lenz said:

The Masters will be forever tied to Tiger’s Sunday red while the Twins will be forever tied to “Twins Navy”, “Scarlet Red”, and “Kasota Gold” and on Saturday’s we’re treated to the powder blue alternate jerseys.

Great work Matthew! Your writing as always, was superb.

One knit to pick: Were you trying to derail the thread before it ever got started? Affinity for Kasota Gold and Powder Blue is quite a divisive topic!

[LA Vikes Fan]

4 hours ago, Craig Arko said:

Saw this lineup posted at ESPN. Way different from last season,

 

While I'm not sure about Urshela at clean up, I like the idea of Kepler hitting 9th. He should definitely be there against LH pitching and I think even against RH pitching since it sets up the top 3 in the order. As for the #4 hole, I would rather see sano there with Kiriloff at #5 and Urshela dropping to #6. Against RH pitching, I would expect to see Arraez in 2 hole with Correa and Polanco dropping back one each, Kiriloff at 5, and Urshela at Dh with Sanchez/Jeffers on the bench.

[Dave The Dastardly]

 

Buxton - "Hello Walls" by Faron Young

Sano - "Call Me The Breeze" by  Lynyrd Skynyrd

Kepler - "I Feel Lucky" by Mary Chapin Carpenter

[USAFChief]

19 minutes ago, shortround81 said:

I would ask the PA announcer to beatbox for me.

Ish.

[shortround81]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Ish.

I'm not giving you an autographed jersey now

[USAFChief]

8 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

 

 

Sano - "Call Me The Breeze" by  Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

Skynyrd's absolute best song, BTW.

[USAFChief]

Just now, shortround81 said:

I'm not giving you an autographed jersey now

Later is cool.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Skynyrd's absolute best song, BTW.

Nah, not for this Simple Man.

[USAFChief]

I am watching Boston NY on my possibly illegally modified Firestick using some sort of oddly named streaming service possibly from eastern Europe or Rural Pakistan that I don't fully understand but which a buddy assures me is highly unlikely to ever land me in jail. 

Tech savvy, I'm that guy.

[gunnarthor]

I hope we win

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I am watching Boston NY on my possibly illegally modified Firestick using some sort of oddly named streaming service possibly from eastern Europe or Rural Pakistan that I don't fully understand but which a buddy assures me is highly unlikely to ever land me in jail. 

Tech savvy, I'm that guy.

I was going to say that you shouldn't publicize this, but then I realized that we're in a game thread and that nobody reads these.  So, I think you're safe.

[RickOShea]

1 hour ago, wsnydes said:

Can't tell if serious...

I believe it was Mariano Rivera.  Hoffman was ac/dc's "Hell's Bells"

 

[D. Hocking]

53 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I remember Earth, Wind and Fire well, but can't recall Garver. Another 70's R&B band?

He was on their first album that did not sell well.  He played cowbell, and when they decided to focus more on horns, and they traded him.

[Dave The Dastardly]

11 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I am watching Boston NY on my possibly illegally modified Firestick using some sort of device that I don't fully understand but which a buddy assures me is highly unlikely to ever land me in jail. 

Tech savvy, I'm that guy.

Tech Savvy... I almost graduated with that guy. Surfer Dude. But he ran off with his mother's board and I don't know what he's doing for a gig now.

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

I believe it was Mariano Rivera.  Hoffman was ac/dc's "Hell's Bells"

 

[shortround81]

7 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

I believe it was Mariano Rivera.  Hoffman was ac/dc's "Hell's Bells"

 

Can't believe I missed that one.