Game Thread: Giants (Brebbia) v Twins (Ober), 5/22 @ 6:40pm CT

[Squirrel]

Was going to go with a Chief-like Ober/under post, then decided to leave the Dad jokes to the master.

GO TWINS!

 

[CRF]

Haven't seen the actual lineup yet, but I have Buxton on a couple of my fantasy teams, and he's supposedly playing tonight. If it's correct, that's great news. 

[Squirrel]

4 minutes ago, CRF said:

Haven't seen the actual lineup yet, but I have Buxton on a couple of my fantasy teams, and he's supposedly playing tonight. If it's correct, that's great news. 

I just added it above and yep, he is in the lineup 🙂

[CRF]

I like Julien at the 1 spot. We need to get the bats going early and win these home games. 
 

[stringer bell]

Bullpen game for the Giants? Maybe that explains the mixed righty-lefty lineup. 

[Elite Benchwarmer]

Let's hope Ober can keep on track...  this SF lineup isn't too scary.  Really happy to see Buck back in the lineup!

[rwilfong86]

I'm so glad they're back in the central time zone so the games come on at a decent hour

[Jocko87]

And a sign of relief spread across the land of rakes. 

[LA Vikes Fan]

Interesting that Castro and Solano are in the lineup but Larnach is not. I understand Castro is hot, but Solano, not so much. although both are warmer than Larnach looking at the stats over the last 15 games.  Maybe Larnach goes back to AAA when Kepler is ready. 

[USAFChief]

What's the deal with Gallo?

[mrtwinsfan]

San Fran Twins vs Twins,, 

[USAFChief]

BTW, same trivia question that didn't get answered over the lost weekend in LA:

In which World Series did the winning team score more runs in the top of the first of game 1 than the losing team scored in the entire series?

Hint: there's a hint in this post.

 

I'll check in occasionally but tonight's trivia night with Chief Jr Jr at a local brew house.  I'm there to cover the ... uh... less recent stuff. Wish us luck. We've finished 3rd twice in a row in a contest with prizes for the top 2 teams.

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

BTW, same trivia question that didn't get answered over the lost weekend in LA:

In which World Series did the winning team score more runs in the top of the first than the losing team score in the entire series?

Hint: there's a hint in this post.

It's an amazing piece of trivia that somehow still manages to understate just how dominant the winning team was that year.

[RickOShea]

14 runs by cincy in 1989?

[USAFChief]

10 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

14 runs by cincy in 1989?

Cindy wasn't in the 1989 World Series, if I recall correctly. 

So no.

Perhaps you're thinking of 1990, which was a sweep by the Reds, but that's also incorrect. 

So the upshot: trivia isn't Ober.

 

Hahahahaha

[Nine of twelve]

13 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I'll check in occasionally but tonight's trivia night with Chief Jr Jr 

Grandson, then?

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Grandson, then?

Son nr 2. Daughter sometimes joins us too. I suspect my picking up the tab figures into it all somehow.

[RickOShea]

1963 WS. Dodgers beat Yankees, 4-0

[Nine of twelve]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Son nr 2. Daughter sometimes joins us too. I suspect my picking up the tab figures into it all somehow.

I thought since you wrote Chief Jr Jr that there was another generation in there.

[USAFChief]

15 minutes ago, ashbury said:

It's an amazing piece of trivia that somehow still manages to understate just how dominant the winning team was that year.

It's my learned opinion it is the single greatest piece of baseball trivia in the history of, uh, baseball.

 

[USAFChief]

9 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

1963 WS. Dodgers beat Yankees, 4-0

Nope.

A quick check of bbref shows LA did not score in the 1st inning of game 1.

Have to like the Yankees getting swept though. 

[RickOShea]

1963 WS Yankees scored 4 total runs.  dodgers scored 5 runs in game 1.

[Nine of twelve]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Son nr 2. Daughter sometimes joins us too. I suspect my picking up the tab figures into it all somehow.

Interestingly enough, I also often participate in trivia at local brew pubs with my second son and my daughter.

[USAFChief]

6 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Interestingly enough, I also often participate in trivia at local brew pubs with my second son and my daughter.

You're there to answer current music and pop culture, amiright?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

leave the Dad jokes to the master

What about blaster?

[Nine of twelve]

7 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

You're there to answer current music and pop culture, amiright?

I always do so, but rarely correctly. My default answer for questions about movies is "The Wizard of Oz".

BTW I found the answer to your trivia question after a bit of research. But I'm not going to spoil it for others by posting the answer here or tweeting it.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

16 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Son nr 2. Daughter sometimes joins us too. I suspect my picking up the tab figures into it all somehow.

Glad to see their still recruiting the best and the brightest.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Wade Jr...

 

I've heard that name somewhere...

[RickOShea]

NBA'er

[rwilfong86]

Ober having trouble throwing strikes. This isn't what I wanna see.