Game Thread: Twins (Ryan) v Angels (Detmers), 5/19 @ 8:38pm

[USAFChief]

1 hour ago, wabene said:

Yeah I think IT and myself are middle-aged TD'ers

😎

Pfft.

Whippersnappers.

[Parfigliano]

Whats with the green hats?

[h2oface]

4 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

I hope to grow old, but not up. 

From my favorite folkie: 

 

Ha! I know John. My wife then, Eli Frantzen, did the painting for the Family Garden album cover in 1993. We all lived in Charlottesville, VA at the time.

[IndianaTwin]

4 minutes ago, Rick Blaine said:

I'll be 69 later this year and still feel 40ish. 

Retired January 1,  2023.  

I have a lot of days when I'm feeling 40, but starting to have a few more where I'm feeling "ish." 

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Ha! I know John. My wife then, Eli Frantzen, did the painting for the Family Garden album cover in 1993. We all lived in Charlottesville, VA at the time.

Small world.

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

I have a lot of days when I'm feeling 40, but starting to have a few more where I'm feeling "ish." 

People think I’m 40. I like to just nod and agree

[IndianaTwin]

19 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Koufax is looking strong tonight for LA.

And still is only 87. 

[USAFChief]

Surely we can find a better option than Solano, no?

[Squirrel]

6 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Whats with the green hats?

They’re wearing them in the Sox-Royals game, too … so must be a MLB thing

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Surely we can find a better option than Solano, no?

Yes

[PDX Twin]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Surely we can find a better option than Solano, no?

Perhaps Solayes, yes?

[Rick Blaine]

11 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Whats with the green hats?

Honoring Armed Services Day.

[jkcarew]

55 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

No matter how old we all are, no one has Chief beat. He’s older than all our ages added together!

So true.

Only one among us that vividly recalls all three franchise WS wins. Favorite all-time player is Goose Goslin. Wished WWII had lasted longer after the Senators moved to within a game of the pennant in ‘45.

[Squirrel]

What was that?

[h2oface]

14 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Whats with the green hats?

"Armed Forces Day, established by President Harry S. Truman in 1949, is traditionally celebrated each year on the third Saturday of May. Throughout the weekend, MLB players and coaches will wear camouflage-designed caps, as well as optional camo-themed socks."

[Parfigliano]

That guy doesnt K.  Ryan just made a fool of him

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, jkcarew said:

So true.

Only one among us that vividly recalls all three franchise WS wins. Favorite all-time player is Goose Goslin. Wishes WWII had lasted longer after the Senators moved to within a game of the pennant in ‘45.

I was watching it all on AFRTS television with Dick n Bert calling the game while flying my jet fighter as we fought the Germans at Pearl Harbor. 

[IndianaTwin]

5 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Ha! I know John. My wife then, Eli Frantzen, did the painting for the Family Garden album cover in 1993. We all lived in Charlottesville, VA at the time.

That's awesome, and that's beautiful artwork.

Bunch of great songs on that album, including "Baseball on the Block," with the awesome verse,

"Third base is Eddie's old shirt
Second is Schmidt's Chevrolet
I had a sure double, I was just rounding first
When Schmidt's mom drove second away."

I got to know John pretty well in bringing him to town for about half a dozen shows over a few years and have probably seen him a couple dozen times, including his all-baseball show when we happened to be in the area on vacation. He got a laugh when I asked if he's ever considered putting a Jugs gun on his dulcimer hammer.

Have you taken in any of his online shows that he started doing during Covid? He had a wonderful song about Hank Aaron after he died, though he hasn't put it on an album. 

  

[h2oface]

Damn. The last 3 pitches to Buxton were served up for damage.

[Squirrel]

Just get a hit, damn it!

[Rick Blaine]

6 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I was watching it all on AFRTS television with Dick n Bert calling the game while flying my jet fighter as we fought the Germans at Pearl Harbor. 

Okay Blutarsky

[mrtwinsfan]

18 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Surely we can find a better option than Solano, no?

And  Garlick

[USAFChief]

Sort of embarrassing to swing and miss on 3-0.

[USAFChief]

Solano-no in progress for Detmers.

[USAFChief]

Some outstanding defense all around.

[notoriousgod71]

That was awful all the way around.

[PDX Twin]

That's called creating a run by sh**ty defense. He was out by 20 feet if the cutoff man is paying attention!

[Aggies7]

Literally what was that defense 

[Aggies7]

When was the last season where the twins played fundamental baseball?

[IndianaTwin]

@h2oface, I should have added that Mrs. IT often accuses me of having adopted his philosophy of life, that "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."