Game Thread: Twins @ Diamondback, 6/19/22, 3:10 PM CDT (1:10 PM PDT)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

11 game winning streak starting Tuesday

I approve of this.

 

Although i wouldn't mind another epic come ack today to get a head start.

[BH67]

Paranoia (n.): An obsession with your nearest division rival before the first day of summer.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Jupiter?

[Nine of twelve]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Jupiter?

It certainly was.

A story: My oldest child was in a local youth orchestra organization. There were, if memory serves, 7 orchestras ranging from beginners to top performers. The top orchestra (last to play) performed Jupiter as its last piece. A very cool touch was that members of all 7 orchestras memorized their respective parts to the portion of the piece that contained the theme that we heard between innings there, and they all played. It was totally awesome to hear that many instruments filling up the hall.

[Mill1634]

Cleveland ties the game with a PH double in the T8.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

It certainly was.

A story: My oldest child was in a local youth orchestra organization. There were, if memory serves, 7 orchestras ranging from beginners to top performers. The top orchestra (last to play) performed Jupiter as its last piece. A very cool touch was that members of all 7 orchestras memorized their respective parts to the portion of the piece that contained the theme that we heard between innings there, and they all played. It was totally awesome to hear that many instruments filling up the hall.

Thanks!

 

Yeah, i have played some (simplified?) version of it from time to time, but don't always pay as close attention to everything.

 

Weird... Princess Bride quotes jump more readily to mind.

[Nine of twelve]

19 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Although i wouldn't mind another epic come ack today to get a head start.

Your typo hearkens my memory back to Bill The Cat.

[BH67]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Your typo hearkens my memory back to Bill The Cat.

From Bloom County, my favorite comic strip of all time, where Berke Breathed penned the trenchant line:

"Government is the last refuge of the nincompoop."

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Your typo hearkens my memory back to Bill The Cat.

Oh, right.

 

My bad. I will leave it then.

 

Still i hope we score 6 or more runs this inning.

 

But not holding my breath...

[Parfigliano]

Lets go Dodgers

[stringer bell]

While I am checking the CLE-LAD game, the Twins have the opportunity to take control of the division in the next two weeks. 

[LVTwinsfan]

Kimbrel still doing his Bigbird routine, it’s not working. 4-3 Cleveland in the 8th

 oops 9th

[wsnydes]

Glad I had swedish meatballs for dinner.  I figured chicken was too presumptuous for an early dinner.

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Glad I had swedish meatballs for dinner.  I figured chicken was too presumptuous for an early dinner.

IKEA?

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

IKEA?

No, made from scratch!

And with a nice Pinot Noir!

[rwilfong86]

24 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

While I am checking the CLE-LAD game, the Twins have the opportunity to take control of the division in the next two weeks. 

Cleveland won a series on the road against LA, Minnesota lost a series on the road against Arizona. Teams are trending in opposite directions this weekend.

[Irishman]

Theibar needs to be waived.   I don’t know what Baldy see in Theibar.   

[Nine of twelve]

16 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

Cleveland won a series on the road against LA, Minnesota lost a series on the road against Arizona. Teams are trending in opposite directions this weekend.

Trends mean nothing. What means something is how we do in our upcoming 8 games against them.

[tony&rodney]

The Cleveland series should be quite interesting. The Twins have some talent, both established and young guys. The Cleveland ball club is largely young dudes. The one difference is Francona. I consider him to be the best manager in the game today. He is not a super human and the players decide the games but old Terry has the skills that others can only dream of.

Still, I'll pick the Twins to go 5-3 against the Clevelanders.