Game Thread: Twins (Gray) @ Cardinals (Liberatore), 8/3/23 @ 6:45 CT

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, wabene said:

Could one purchase a gross of them? Or is it a limited supply?

[Dave Borton]

41 minutes ago, LastOnePicked said:

 

Liberace with a quick inning.

My Dad used to go crazy when Liberace appeared on a variety show. Wish he were here to enjoy your post.

[Parfigliano]

7 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

3 innings and they haven't K'd once.

I Jinxd Jeffers.  My bad.

[Dave Borton]

4th inn. Radio dial moves away from Brother Gladden to KMOX, StL.

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, davidborton said:

My Dad used to go crazy when Liberace appeared on a variety show. Wish he were here to enjoy your post.

Him and his candelabras. 

[LastOnePicked]

Just now, davidborton said:

Wish he were here to enjoy your post.

Me too. My father is still here, but the time is short at this point. 

Here's to your father, and the joys that made our dads smile. Maybe even the Twins sometimes.

[Dave Borton]

2 minutes ago, LastOnePicked said:

Me too. My father is still here, but the time is short at this point. 

Here's to your father, and the joys that made our dads smile. Maybe even the Twins sometimes.

For us it was the Buffalo Bisons (Int'l League) and the Cleveland team.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, LastOnePicked said:

Me too. My father is still here, but the time is short at this point. 

Here's to your father, and the joys that made our dads smile. Maybe even the Twins sometimes.

I watched the movie 'Fear Strikes Out' last night.  That movie made me sure I never treated my kids, with the same pressures of life inflicted on Piersall.  I lucked out, by having good, successful kids.

[IndianaTwin]

5 minutes ago, davidborton said:

4th inn. Radio dial moves away from Brother Gladden to KMOX, StL.

Same here. MLB Audio is nice in that regard. 

[Dave Borton]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

That movie made me sure I never treated my kids, with the same pressures of life inflicted on Piersall

Lived those days w/Piersall's antics. Never knew what Piersall was going to do next. Read the book; haven't seen the movie.

[LastOnePicked]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

I lucked out, by having good, successful kids.

Probably wasn't just luck. Usually isn't, though my teenager reminds me that the world raises her, too. We do our best.

[Schmoeman5]

Just now, davidborton said:

Lived those days w/Piersall's antics. Never knew what Piersall was going to do next. Read the book; haven't seen the movie.

Wasn't it a combination of his upbringing and being epileptic 

[IndianaTwin]

The Italian name, Liberatore, had me thinking about Latin etymologies as well. I read an interesting tidbit the other day. Originally, Latin words often used “-tor” males and “-trix” for females. So, aviator is a male pilot and aviatrix is a female pilot. The executor is a male who carries out the instructions of a will, whereas an executrix is a female doing the same. 

More recently, folks have started to use “-tor” for all adults, because “-trix” are for kids. 

[LastOnePicked]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

The Italian name, Liberatore, had me thinking about Latin etymologies as well. I read an interesting tidbit the other day. Originally, Latin words often used “-tor” males and “-trix” for females. So, aviator is a male pilot and aviatrix is a female pilot. The executor is a male who carries out the instructions of a will, whereas an executrix is a female doing the same. 

More recently, folks have started to use “-tor” for all adults, because “-trix” are for kids. 

I got a learning experience AND the joke paid off at the end. Double win for you tonight.

[Dave Borton]

11 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

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More recently, folks have started to use “-tor” for all adults, because “-trix” are for kids. 

You worked awfully hard for that...

[wabene]

Sonny just ate up with that two seamer

[Dave Borton]

18 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Wasn't it a combination of his upbringing and being epileptic 

Probably bipolar depression.

We had a nurse who had it. One day he came to work dressed as a pirate. Nurse manager called me and when I finished laughing ("Bill is at it again, Dave..."), I went upstairs, walked him off the unit and out the door. We gave him some time off and a requirement to get to his doc and get on his meds.

[IndianaTwin]

14 minutes ago, LastOnePicked said:

I got a learning experience AND the joke paid off at the end. Double win for you tonight.

Always glad to help. 

[Schmoeman5]

2 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Probably bipolar depression.

We had a nurse who had it. One day he came to work dressed as a pirate. Nurse manager called me and when I finished laughing ("Bill is at it again, Dave..."), I went upstairs and we gave him some time and a requirement to get to his doc and on his meds.

Yeah. I saw it 1st hand too. My Dad had it. Took medication. But if he drank. It was Jekyll and Hyde

[IndianaTwin]

5 minutes ago, davidborton said:

You worked awfully hard for that...

I’m a plagiarator.

And apologies for getting to the Game Thread a little late. Mrs. IT gave me a to-do list. I did numbers 1, 3, 5 and 7. When she asked why I didn’t do the rest, I told her that I only do odd jobs. 

[IndianaTwin]

I like free runs. 

[RickOShea]

4 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Lived those days w/Piersall's antics. Never knew what Piersall was going to do next. Read the book; haven't seen the movie.

It's on Turner Movie classics.  I, too, saw Piersall as a player.  Seemed to have been on track, the last 7 or 8 years of his career.

[HokieRif]

Works the count to 3-0 and then Ks with the bases loaded 🤦‍♂️

[RickOShea]

Did we lose a couple of pages?

[SwainZag]

This is the Sonny's achilles heel so far.   6th inning, 3rd time thru the lineup.  Let's see if he goes after guys or starts nibbling.

[IndianaTwin]

46 minutes ago, davidborton said:

4th inn. Radio dial moves away from Brother Gladden to KMOX, StL.

Cardinals radio guys offered an interesting idea. Identify a threshold number on the number of reversal calls for an umpire over the course of a season. Once the ump exceeds that number, the manager gets to come out and eject the ump. 

[Parfigliano]

Wish correa could hit 40% as good as he  looks fielding

[IndianaTwin]

1 minute ago, SwainZag said:

This is the Sonny's achilles heel so far.   6th inning, 3rd time thru the lineup.  Let's see if he goes after guys or starts nibbling.

It was nice to have Sands go three innings last night to preserve the bullpen. 

[RickOShea]

I remember in high school, we had a catcher who caught with one knee on the ground.  Our baseball coach told him him, he was lazy. "No coach, I'm not lazy, it's just a better way for me to get down and block pitches".  So, our coach say, " Not lazy huh? Give me 20 laps around the field."

[mrtwinsfan]

ROY Quit with the excuses for Sonny,  was a 0-2  bad pitch