Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Mariners (Woo), 7/18/23 @ 8:40 CT

[SteveLV]

That reliever certainly ended that inning with a thud for the Twins....

[Nashvilletwin]

2 minutes ago, Danchat said:

I believe that Julien was their top replacement for Arraez when they traded him - both were great hitters in the minors who didn't have a home defensively. Julien has a long ways to go to match Luis, but is at least already a MLB caliber hitter, as compared to what we have behind Pablo Lopez (the drop-off from Arraez to Julien compared to Lopez to Varland/AAAA filler is justifying the trade right now).

Should have both…..lol

[USAFChief]

The shaky start appears Ober.

[SteveLV]

Recommend the Twins keep scoring.

So far tonight in MLB, the winning teams have averaged 10.2 runs per game, including two 11-10 outcomes.....

[sampleSizeOfOne]

19 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

I once had a job with the circus as a human cannonball. One day at work I got loaded and they fired me.

Must have hit ya pretty hard.

[mrtwinsfan]

13 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Maybe. Maybe not

ask Buxton

[USAFChief]

That Lexus ad was in Korean, in case anyone was wondering. 

Chunmaneyo.

[mrtwinsfan]

14 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

The best thing that could happen (in a realistic world) over the remainder of this season, is to find a guy or two to build the lineup around for next year.

Been a fan a long long time, Tired of hearing that every year,  were not cub fans

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, SteveLV said:

Recommend the Twins keep scoring.

So far tonight in MLB, the winning teams have averaged 10.2 runs per game, including two 11-10 outcomes.....

I'm all for adding runs, but as I understand the rules we just need more than Seattle. We don't need to beat the MLB average. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

13 minutes ago, ashbury said:

The panel would also have accepted range, hands, and general moxie in the field.

Pretty sure moxie is only available in New England?

Is okay, but i'd trade it in a heartbeat for Real Sugar Mountain Dew in the midwest.

(and in '80s packaging too)

[RpR]

3 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Pretty sure moxie is only available in New England?

Is okay, but i'd trade it in a heartbeat for Real Sugar Mountain Dew in the midwest.

(and in '80s packaging too)

I have had Moxie and you can get it at the Blue Sun in the Twin Cities but it is an aquired taste.

Blue Sun Super-Shop
1625 County Highway 10
Spring Lake Park, MN 55432

[cHawk]

I entered ten of my puns into a contest to see if one of them would win. No pun in ten did.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Ober seems to have hit his stride, after a rough 1st inning. 

Good for him (and our bullpen).

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

“ill-fated Mahle” i kind of like.

It has that old school ring to it, like, Hey everyone, remember Terry “Ill-Fated” Baker, who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1916 and is the only player to die from being hit by an asteroid? 

[IndyTwinsFan]

Ober seems to have hit his stride, after a rough 1st inning. 

Good for him (and our bullpen).

[cHawk]

Waiter: "How would like your eggs cooked, sir?"

Me: "I'd like them Ober easy."

[Squirrel]

Hi … see I missed some fun … and will miss more. Going to bed. Enjoy!

[USAFChief]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

“ill-fated Mahle” i kind of like.

It has that old school ring to it, like, Hey everyone, remember Terry “Ill-Fated” Baker, who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1916 and is the only player to die from being hit by an asteroid? 

Or poor Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, forced to give up a promising career as a catcher. He could no longer signal for an intentional walk.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

11 minutes ago, RpR said:

I have had Moxie and you can get it at the Blue Sun in the Twin Cities but it is an aquired taste.

Blue Sun Super-Shop
1625 County Highway 10
Spring Lake Park, MN 55432

Cool. Glad to know i was misinformed about its general availability.

 

It really is a sipping soda...

[Brock Beauchamp]

26 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Hahaha I had the same thought.

TF??

Might as well go with “Don’t buy our bacon, it’s utter ****” because that’s what “America’s Leanest Bacon” says to me. 

[Parfigliano]

RHP or LHP Julien locked in

[cHawk]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Might as well go with “Don’t buy our bacon, it’s utter ****” because that’s what “America’s Leanest Bacon” says to me. 

If you don't want to eat fatty meat, don't eat bacon.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Hi … see I missed some fun … and will miss more. Going to bed. Enjoy!

Sweet dreams!

Sure hope there is more fun to be had later in the season, and at more accessible time.

 

Also considering retiring... 

[jkcarew]

Are the Saints home next week? I’ve got some business in St. Paul next week, and I’d love to see Julien hit in person.

[Jocko87]

Whats with all this left on left crime?

[USAFChief]

6 minutes ago, cHawk said:

Waiter: "How would like your eggs cooked, sir?"

Me: "I'd like them Ober easy."

Ok, enough.

The jokes about today's Twins pitcher's name just need to be Ober.

[Nine of twelve]

Looked like Kepler missed third base and had to go back.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Ok, enough.

The jokes about today's Twins pitcher's name just need to be Ober.

[Aggies7]

2 outs and being waved home

 

eh i think I’ll put on the brakes

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

Looked like Kepler missed third base and had to go back.

Radio guys trying to figure out why Kepler didn’t score, Gladden saw that Kepler was looking in the outfield, but radio guys didn’t have that missing piece that you saw.