GAME THREAD: Astros v Twins, 5/11 @ 6:40 PM CT, resuming 5/12 @ 12:10pm

[shortround81]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Turtles are not known for the speed at which they travel from point A to point B.

This ain't your mama's La Tortuga!

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, KirbyDome89 said:

Careful, the SSS crew might find this post.

Seriously though, it's funny how that argument only seems to apply to one side. 

Their record against winning teams isn’t bad (they caught the white sox at the right time apparently), but they haven’t been super competitive against the two best teams they’ve faced. Like not remotely threatening in the 4 games against the dodgers and Astros

[sampleSizeOfOne]

First and third!

Better than it might have been.

Come on Mr. Sanchez!

[Unwinder]

9 minutes ago, KirbyDome89 said:

Careful, the SSS crew might find this post.

Seriously though, it's funny how that argument only seems to apply to one side. 

"But the injuries" crew reporting for duty.

[Muppet]

6 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Yes, he was one of the 9 choices. I guess you might say he made the wrong choice.

I'd say it was the right choice. If someone is going to give up a half dozen runs, it might as well be in a game they are already going to lose. Doesn't matter how many runs the Twins give up. If they don't score more than 2 runs they are guaranteed to lose. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Another run!

[ashbury]

9 minutes ago, shortround81 said:

This ain't your mama's La Tortuga!

I failed until now to appreciate the excellent camera work to capture this moment in history (even if some post production sweetened it up a bit).

[wsnydes]

Just now, ashbury said:

I failed until now to appreciate that excellent camera work to capture this moment in history.

Which pivots faster, your typical lawn sprinkler or this cameraperson?

[wsnydes]

Jorge!!!

 

Edit: I wanted to follow this with another that said "Jose!!!" but he didn't cooperate.

[shortround81]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

I failed until now to appreciate that excellent camera work to capture this moment in history.

I hadn't thought of that either! It really is Emmy worthy!

[KirbyDome89]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Their record against winning teams isn’t bad (they caught the white sox at the right time apparently), but they haven’t been super competitive against the two best teams they’ve faced. Like not remotely threatening in the 4 games against the dodgers and Astros

I pointed out the Sox thing as well as the incredibly soft 50ish games to start the year but that's been outlawed. To an extent I get it, this is so much better than last year, but it's also ok to, ya know, state what's clearly happening in front of our eyes. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Which pivots faster, your typical lawn sprinkler or this cameraperson?

Um... What is the water pressure driving the sprinkler?

 

I will go with...

 

Yes!

[KirbyDome89]

6 minutes ago, Unwinder said:

"But the injuries" crew reporting for duty.

Totally fair, my point is that if we're talking about Jeffers as one of the top catchers in baseball and anointing the prospects as "arrived," after 30 odd games then it's ok to poke holes based on SSS as well. 

[Schmoeman5]

5 minutes ago, ashbury said:

I failed until now to appreciate the excellent camera work to capture this moment in history (even if some post production sweetened it up a bit).

Old = Funny

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Um... What is the water pressure driving the sprinkler?

 

I will go with...

 

Yes!

I believe that the correct question is:

African or European sprinkler?

[shortround81]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Old = Funny

 

[glunn]

This might be more bearable if the stock market was not crashing at the same time.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I believe that the correct question is:

African or European sprinkler?

But African sprinklers are non-reciprocating...

[Schmoeman5]

4 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Old = Funny

He was flying at A-10 speed vs SR-71

[LVTwinsfan]

I’m always hearing it’s better for relievers to start the inning rather than come in and try to clean up a mess. Maybe if Stashak starts the 6th he has better results. 2 innings from Cano should have been enough, most of us here realize that, why can’t Rocco realize that?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Jeff-first!

[USAFChief]

19 minutes ago, shortround81 said:

This ain't your mama's La Tortuga!

The hair blowing back in the wind makes the video, but HAS to be CGI, no?

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

But African sprinklers are non-reciprocating...

I didn't know that!

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

The hair blowing back in the wind makes the video, but HAS to be CGI, no?

I just figured that it was aided by the rotation of the Earth.

[stringer bell]

33 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Golf course, you say.

How'd you shoot?

I’m a bogey golfer and couldn’t break 90 today. The putter was not my friend. 

[USAFChief]

5 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

He was flying at A-10 speed vs SR-71

Air Force humor! Well, you know what they say...come to a baseball game (thread) and you might just see something you've never seen before!

[wsnydes]

Just now, stringer bell said:

I’m a bogey golfer and couldn’t break 90 today. The putter was not my friend. 

Trade you...I'm stuck in the office.

[ashbury]

8 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

He was flying at A-10 speed vs SR-71

We're gonna need Chief to offer a translation of this super-sekrit code language.

/edit - ninja'd by a few seconds

7 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

The hair blowing back in the wind makes the video, but HAS to be CGI, no?

Astudillo's hair flowed like that when he simply walked to the water cooler.

[KirbyDome89]

Would love to see Lewis and/or Celestino bumped up in the lineup for game 2, although the "double leadoff," thing might be just as advantageous. 

[ashbury]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Air Force humor! Well, you know what they say...come to a baseball game (thread) and you might just see something you've never seen before!

I've heard that the "H" in "Air Force" stands for "happiness".  (Or was that some other branch.)