Game Thread: Twins @ Astros 7:10pm cdt 8/23/2022 ad

[USAFChief]

14 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I don’t think Verlander gets pulled 3rd time through the order

Concur.

 

...

 

We're knocking him out way before that.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Ah the old strikeout wild pitch baserunner. Feels like a conspiracy to pad Verlander’s K total tonight 

[RickOShea]

It's one thing to watch Verlander pitch successfully, it's another to hear Smalley and Bremer campaign for his sainthood, for about 3 hours.

[USAFChief]

7 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

BRING ON THE JOKES!!!

Where's @USAFChiefwhen we need, er, would appreciate his presence?

Knock knock

[wsnydes]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Knock knock

True story, my neighbor knocked on my door as I was reading this...

...I thought that I had reached the point of too much Scotch already...

[tony&rodney]

Max needs to work this offseason on a different swing technique, which may be almost impossible considering his years of the current habits. If he keeps pounding the ball into the ground to the right side he will be nearlt unplayable despite being a very good baserunner and an excellent defender. Then again when we get pink circles that dictate where the fielders can stand, maybe Max bounces his way to a .300 BA.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Knock knock

Anywho...

The punchline better not be "Your neighbor!"

[USAFChief]

Just now, wsnydes said:

True story, my neighbor knocked on my door as I was reading this...

...I thought that I had reached the point of too much Scotch already...

Or too late 

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Knock knock

Who's there?

[USAFChief]

Just now, wsnydes said:

Who's there?

Roach 

[USAFChief]

There went the no-hitter.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

My favorite Twins joke, courtesy of Dan Cole, KFAN Common Man

“I was walking back to my car, and discovered that someone had broken in to it, glass all over, and when I looked inside, someone had left a pair of Twins tickets on my dashboard.” 

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Here’s my favorite home grown Twins joke, courtesy of yours truly 

”Do you know the quickest way to get thrown out of a bar or restaurant in the Twin Cities? Ask them to turn one of their monitors on to the Twins game.” 

[LVTwinsfan]

10 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Concur.

 

...

 

We're knocking him out way before that.

Of course we are

 

By the way, the line for todays game opened at +285 for the Twins and -350 for the Astros… I wasn’t too far off 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

There went the no-hitter.

That’s the punchline of a joke somewhere  

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Roach 

Roach who?

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

There went the no-hitter.

I don't get it.

And the usual protocol is to let me respond to the previous question!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Roach who?

Roach you a joke!

[mrtwinsfan]

Cant understand what Smalley is saying,  gonna try the houston guys, for a bit

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Of course we are

 

By the way, the line for todays game opened at +285 for the Twins and -350 for the Astros… I wasn’t too far off 

That has to be close to a record for a regular season MLB game, no?

 

[wsnydes]

6 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

My favorite Twins joke, courtesy of Dan Cole, KFAN Common Man

“I was walking back to my car, and discovered that someone had broken in to it, glass all over, and when I looked inside, someone had left a pair of Twins tickets on my dashboard.” 

 

 

[wsnydes]

5 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Here’s my favorite home grown Twins joke, courtesy of yours truly 

”Do you know the quickest way to get thrown out of a bar or restaurant in the Twin Cities? Ask them to turn one of their monitors on to the Twins game.” 

 

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Roach you a joke!

 

[USAFChief]

Wide open right side?

Punch one through. Easy peasey. 

Outlawing shifts is so much easier than teaching your players how to hit. 

[cHawk]

Aaron Sanchez is pitching better than I expected against the Astros.

But if we can’t muster a single run then it doesn’t matter.

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

That has to be close to a record for a regular season MLB game, no?

 

I do have to ask how a team gets to the point of owing runs.  Did they take out a runs loan.  What are the interest rates for such things?  

[AceWrigley]

Single by Dubon, run scores . . . there's the game.

[Tlaker]

14 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

True story, my neighbor knocked on my door as I was reading this...

...I thought that I had reached the point of too much Scotch already...

Keep it handy tho

[SanoMustGo]

That ought to do it for tonight. Rest assured, the Astros are not done scoring

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Tlaker said:

Keep it handy tho

I usually do!

Got that in before @USAFChief!