Game Thread: Twins (Lopez) @ Mariners (Kirby), 7/20/23 @ 2:40 CT

[Vanimal46]

Back in my Whine Line days I interviewed one of the trash cans used by the Astros… Heart breaking, really. The can, against his will, was beaten senseless whenever an off speed pitch was called on the field. 

All that trash can wanted to be in life was be a fixture at a state park. 

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

No problem.  Next week I'm doing an expose on dugout gum buckets.  Fascinating stuff!  Very inspiring.

Dugout Gum Buckets: Threat or Menace?

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Dugout Gum Buckets: Threat or Menace?

Yes.

That's the subheadline.

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Back in my Whine Line days I interviewed one of the trash cans used by the Astros… Heart breaking, really. The can, against his will, was beaten senseless whenever an off speed pitch was called on the field. 

All that trash can wanted to be in life was be a fixture at a state park. 

Baseball Trash Talk.  I think you could market a podcast with that theme.

[Dave Borton]

6 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

The early hope is that any injury won't negatively affect its range, which was already pretty limited

 

Put him in the lineup at DH, bat him 3rd, and pray the wheels on the base recover.

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

No problem.  Next week I'm doing an expose on dugout gum buckets.  Fascinating stuff!  Very inspiring.

I want to know what happened to the contraption employees wore to sell hot dogs in the stands? They just POOF! Disappeared and no one has seen them in 3 years. 

[Schmoeman5]

9 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

That's a relief.  I heard that that cooler worked hard to make it to The Show.

Yeah. It has to be earned to stay up. This ain't grade school where every cooler plays

[USAFChief]

Lopez not exactly cruisin'

[wsnydes]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

I want to know what happened to the contraption employees wore to sell hot dogs in the stands? They just POOF! Disappeared and no one has seen them in 3 years. 

I heard that they were forced to find work in other industries.  Tough times.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Lopez not exactly cruisin'

(In the French) Not so en fuego.

[ashbury]

35 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

A nice clean start from Lopez would be nice, haven't been seeing many of those from anyone lately.

C+ jinx.  Pending the current bases-loaded no-out situation of course.

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Yeah. It has to be earned to stay up. This ain't grade school where every cooler plays

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

C+ jinx.  Pending the current bases-loaded no-out situation of course.

He's a bit rusty.  He's not as active in these threads as he used to be.

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

(In the French) Not so en fuego.

(In the actual French) M*rde.

[wsnydes]

Neat.

[CRF]

2 hours ago, Schmoeman5 said:

You forgot the rabbits ears. 😆 

Or the 300 ohm twin lead wire that ran out the window and up to the antenna on the roof!

[wsnydes]

I'll take that.

[CRF]

Pablo pushing 40 pitches in the 1st inning! Yikes!

[RpR]

21 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

A bit shaken up. It’s taking a day or two to process the assault and determine whether to press charges. If I were the water cooler, I’d contemplate whether it’s worth performing my only function when my health and safety is at risk. 

Its a modern water cooler, it iced itself.

[ashbury]

8 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

He's a bit rusty.  He's not as active in these threads as he used to be.

Upgraded to B- for the repeated full counts.  But can't be higher, with only one run to blame him for.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Throwing 36 pitches sucks but I’ll take 1-0 considering how that looked. 

[IaBeanCounter]

Pablo struggled, but only gave up one run.  I hope that is his one bad inning and cruises from here

 

[USAFChief]

Could've been worse. 

 

[wsnydes]

Well, that could have been worse.

Edit. ninja'd by a guy who wakes up just early enough to ninja @stringer bell...

[ashbury]

Well, as the Norwegian dog said, woof-da.  But Lopez survived the first, more or less.

[stringer bell]

Pablo used a lot of ammo in that first inning.

[Robert Floren]

1 minute ago, IaBeanCounter said:

Pablo struggled, but only gave up one run.  I hope that is his one bad inning and cruises from here

 

Pitch count maybe close to 100 by 5th.

[USAFChief]

I like Cole Sands chances of pitching in this game.

[nicksaviking]

No K for Buxton!

[ashbury]

Really good route there by Teoscar to deny Willi.