Game Thread: Twins (Maeda) @ Mariners (Castillo), 7/19/23 @ 8:40 CT

[SwainZag]

Ah nothing like a clean, inning ending 5-4-3 DP

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

How old is the boy?  It's funny, most of the players I get right played between 91 and 01.  Back to my youth when all we did was baseball.  

I enjoyed my obscure Twins AS today.  0.5%!

The boy doesn't turn 31 until October.

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

You get your readin', writin', and 'rithmatic all in one lesson!

Efficiency at it's finest!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, SwainZag said:

Ah nothing like a clean, inning ending 5-4-3 DP

*5-6-3, I believe

[Jocko87]

4 minutes ago, ashbury said:

"And the inning ends with Julien left aboard."  I think we need to get used to this phrasing for the coming few seasons.

For no reason I counted the number of 3 up 3 down innings the offense has had since the Allstar break. The number is 12 in 5+ games.  I have no context for that other than the approach is better.

[wsnydes]

Just now, ashbury said:

The boy doesn't turn 31 until October.

Wish him a happy birthday for me... whenever you get around to it...

...maybe it'll be timely by then.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

*5-6-3, I believe

Forget it, he's rollin'...

[Nine of twelve]

5 minutes ago, ashbury said:

That's a new one on me.  Why is a mnemonic needed for that particular word?  Was the US defense department hard at work on acronyms at some point and decided this was required?

Just to clarify, this is a mnemonic but not an acronym. An acronym is a word that derives from the initials of a phrase, such as snafu (situation normal, all ****ed up) as opposed to the mnemonic we were discussing where the opposite was true--the phrase was derived from the word.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

The boy doesn't turn 31 until October.

Gotta be a grandson, no?

[USAFChief]

2 out RBI single. Thing of beauty.

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

Just to clarify, this is a mnemonic but not an acronym. An acronym is a word that derives from the initials of a phrase, such as snafu (situation normal, all ****ed up) as opposed to the mnemonic we were discussing where the opposite was true--the phrase was derived from the word.

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Gotta be a grandson, no?

Pretty grand; we're proud of him.

[Squirrel]

13 minutes ago, ashbury said:

That's a new one on me.  Why is a mnemonic needed for that particular word?  Was the US defense department hard at work on acronyms at some point and decided this was required?

It was something I learned in the 2nd or 3rd grade and it always stuck with me

[wsnydes]

Just now, ashbury said:

I was going to say, there's an awful lot of learnin' going on in tonight's thread.

 

[ashbury]

6 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Wish him a happy birthday for me... whenever you get around to it...

...maybe it'll be timely by then.

Oh yeah, it comes back to me now, Stashbury.  Infer from that what you will.

[SwainZag]

46 pitches from Castillo thru 2.

[Parfigliano]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

2 out RBI single. Thing of beauty.

Making contact is good.  Who knew?

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

It was something I learned in the 2nd or 3rd grade and it always stuck with me

At about the same time I learned the arithmetic mnemonic I also learned "George Eckert's old grandmother rode a pig home yesterday".

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Oh yeah, it comes back to me now, Stashbury.  Infer from that what you will.

Since I'm so learned this evening, based on the spelling, he's got to have some mighty fine facial hair going on.

[mrtwinsfan]

Nice to score off a walk,  but gotta get these strikeouts down  , 4 already

[SwainZag]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Nice to score off a walk,  but gotta get these strikeouts down  , 4 already

Strikeout prone team against a hard throwing strikeout pitcher.  Can only hope he hits the showers early.

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

At about the same time I learned the arithmetic mnemonic I also learned "George Eckert's old grandmother rode a pig home yesterday".

Why was this important information not being taught in the Indianapolis public school system when I was in school?  (And yes, the Whigs already had come and gone by my time, smartalecs.)

[NotAboutWinning]

And Correa catches a line drive the rest of us don't even see!!

[mrtwinsfan]

Correa    WOW

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Since I'm so learned this evening, based on the spelling, he's got to have some mighty fine facial hair going on.

Let's just say, Bailey Ober would be jealous.

[USAFChief]

Nice stab, Carlos

 

[ashbury]

Correa.dot.YEAH.

[wsnydes]

I, for one, appreciate fine defense.

[ashbury]

That's a Game Face and a half on Julien.  And he backs it up with results.

[stringer bell]

50 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

Haha!  I actually did pretty well today!  Much easier when Twins are involved

Immaculate Grid 108 8/9:
Rarity: 145
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If you want rarity in yesterday’s puzzle, how about Jim Bouton for Milwaukee & the Yankees?