Game Thread: Twins vs Yanks 6/5/24 6:05 PM

[Dave The Dastardly]

Poopy Yanks

I have on occasion been accused of being full of “it”… you know, the odiferous brown stuff that clings to the heels of your hiking boots after attempting to do in the woods what bears customarily do with aplomb.  

Not that I ever took the naysayers at their word because its a little known fact that my fecal matter renders no olfactory sensation. Don’t ask me how I know that. “Just trust me,” I advise with a sniff.

Wish In One Hand...

Nonetheless, here’s a guy who could win a fecal fight with zoo gorillas. His name is George Frandsen and he collects Dino Do Do for a living.
No, he doesn’t run behind T-Rexs (should that be T-Rexi?) with arms outstretched hoping to catch a torpedo. For one thing we all know T-Rex can only see movement. So the dinosaur is always looking around behind himself, you know, checking to see if he did indeed have a movement, and needs to wipe. Don’t know how the T-Rex wiped… he’s got those short arms you know.

You gotta wonder though, who had the franchise on dino toilet paper back then? Bet he made a killing… must have sold the stuff by the yard.
Anyway, mysteries aside, Frandson actually has a museum full of… dinosaur crap, in Vegas of all places, a city that likes to clean you out. And he’s really proud of his biggest turd, but I guess you can’t blame the guy. I mean if a normal human being dropped one that big… well he should be proud. Might require a few stitches to snug things back up but that would better than running around with a finger up your… uh, anal aperture.

Anyway, that’s the second biggest turd I’ve ever seen. Gotta be a couple pygmies in there.

Which purely coincidentally reminds me we’re playing the stinking Yankees, a team whose fans are renown for… uh, thinking their do do don’t stink and they can just dominate the Twins with one arm and a roll of toilet paper behind their back. But today the Yanks are going to take it in the… shorts.
I can feel it… did I just say that? Really?

 

On The Mound

Twins: Paddock 4-2  ERA 4.57

Yanks: 7-2  ERA 3.09

[Craig Arko]

Rodon can be beaten; the question being can Paddack hold the line.

[CRF]

It would be a real treat if someone besides Mr Lewis could actually do something at the dish! One run on a solo shot ain't gonna cut the mustard, if you wanna win a game. In addition to that, the sheriff needs to fill up the jail with navy blue pin stripes. LET'S BEAT THESE EFFING GUYS TONIGHT!

[Jocko87]

Old school game thread musing will be replacing the sausage in about 9 hours.

Mark it.

[Craig Arko]

1 hour ago, Jocko87 said:

Old school game thread musing will be replacing the sausage in about 9 hours.

Mark it.

Nothing can take the place of The Official Rancid Sausage of the Minnesota Twins.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 hour ago, Craig Arko said:

Nothing can take the place of The Official Rancid Sausage of the Minnesota Twins.

It has a place? Where is that?

[Mortimerkenny21]

Good guys are winning this one, I can feel it! And I don't have anything to back that up. Go Twins!!

Yanks can go fly a kite!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I hope i can pay attention to this game.

And i hope now i am back in the greater Boston metropolitan area, i will no longer be blacked out.

[Patzky]

It's unusual for Rocco to wait this late before game time to release his lineup. (2 hours and nothing yet)

Makes me wonder what's 'up'. 

 

[adjacent]

3 minutes ago, Patzky said:

It's unusual for Rocco to wait this late before game time to release his lineup. (2 hours and nothing yet)

Makes me wonder what's 'up'. 

 

I was thinking about the same. Haven't heard of any injury.

[Patzky]

Just now, adjacent said:

I was thinking about the same. Haven't heard of any injury.

Yeah I don't want to hear that Royce got his shoe caught in the D train door.. :(

[BH67]

There appears to be one song text that the majority of TD readers sing whenever the Twins face the Yankees. I don't subscribe to this for such a situation, but I offer to those who do the following lines from the Requiem Mass. You can look up the translation of the Latin and sing along. You're welcome.

Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae, dies magna et amara valde.

 

 

[CRF]

Lineups per MLB's site: 

Batters MIN	B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
MargotRF	R	1	11	3	.209	.543
CorreaSS	R	4	20	0	.252	.757
JeffersC	R	12	36	2	.246	.858
Lewis3B	R	2	2	0	1.000	4.000
MirandaDH	R	6	20	1	.272	.759
BuxtonCF	R	3	15	2	.227	.657
Castro, WLF	S	4	16	7	.257	.751
Santana1B	S	8	23	1	.215	.677
Farmer, K2B	R	0	10	3	.163	.513

Lineups subject to change

Batters NYY	B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
VolpeSS	R	6	25	11	.283	.787
Soto, JRF	L	17	53	4	.319	1.027
JudgeCF	R	21	49	4	.293	1.084
VerdugoLF	L	8	33	1	.256	.751
StantonDH	R	15	34	0	.232	.779
Rizzo1B	L	7	25	0	.236	.650
Torres2B	R	5	17	4	.231	.646
Wells, AC	L	1	5	1	.196	.576
LeMahieu3B	R	0	0	0	.200	.533

[Patzky]

16 minutes ago, adjacent said:

I was thinking about the same. Haven't heard of any injury.

Nah just the usual Margot leadoff lineup v a southpaw. Farmer too.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

17 minutes ago, BH67 said:

You're welcome.

Gosh... where are my manners? I knew i had them a minute ago... Ah!

Thank you!

[Riverbrian]

Looking at the lineup... I'm not seeking applause... but I nailed it. Rocco is pretty steady and therefore predictable with his lineups. 

Here's how he will deploy going forward

Right/Left - Multi Position Every Day

DH - Larnach/Miranda

C - Jeffers and Vazquez (Split Duties)

1B - Miranda/Santana

2B - Castro/Farmer

3B - Lewis

SS - Correa

LF - Kirilloff/Castro

CF - Buxton

RF - Kepler/Margot

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 hour ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

It has a place? Where is that?

Pooperstown, NY

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Will Royce Lewis become human tonight?

The last MLB player to carry a 4.000 OPS this late into the season was… Jamie Quirk, 1984

(trigger warning if you need to look this one up)

(also not sure if that is factual) 

Edited June 5, 2024 by Hosken Bombo Disco

[sampleSizeOfOne]

7 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Will Royce Lewis become human tonight?

The last MLB player to carry a 4.000 OPS this late into the season was… Jamie Quirk, 1984

(trigger warning if you need to look this one up)

(also not sure if that is factual) 

i was triggered:

 

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

13 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Pooperstown, NY

I shoulda known...

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

6 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

i was triggered:

 

 

Being alive is a pretty good gig, if you can hold on to it long enough 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

30 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Looking at the lineup... I'm not seeking applause... but I nailed it. Rocco is pretty steady and therefore predictable with his lineups. 

Here's how he will deploy going forward

Right/Left - Multi Position Every Day

DH - Larnach/Miranda

C - Jeffers and Vazquez (Split Duties)

1B - Miranda/Santana

2B - Castro/Farmer

3B - Lewis

SS - Correa

LF - Kirilloff/Castro

CF - Buxton

RF - Kepler/Margot

 

Trying to make a World Series run with a lineup of mostly platoon/part-time players. 

[CRF]

1 hour ago, Riverbrian said:

Looking at the lineup... I'm not seeking applause... but I nailed it. Rocco is pretty steady and therefore predictable with his lineups. 

Here's how he will deploy going forward

Right/Left - Multi Position Every Day

DH - Larnach/Miranda

C - Jeffers and Vazquez (Split Duties)

1B - Miranda/Santana

2B - Castro/Farmer

3B - Lewis

SS - Correa

LF - Kirilloff/Castro

CF - Buxton

RF - Kepler/Margot

 

You definitely nailed it, but just thinking about it makes me want to hurl.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

7 minutes ago, CRF said:

You definitely nailed it, but just thinking about it makes me want to hurl.

Hurling?

Wait... Sorry. That's curling...

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Is Farmer the only Twins batter without a homerun?

[Aggies7]

Already annoyed with the broadcast lol had to find it on Amazon prime and then there’s a piece on Lewis stepping into the box like jeter, his idol 🤮 

[Dave The Dastardly]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Already annoyed with the broadcast lol had to find it on Amazon prime and then there’s a piece on Lewis stepping into the box like jeter, his idol 🤮 

Now that's hurling.

[Aggies7]

There’s one bad call lol

[ChermesZ]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

There’s one bad call lol

Seriously. Umpires should be observed for retention at Yankee stadium.  They are terrible there — fired or AAA.

 

i don’t care if they are union.  Performance has to be professional.

 

 

[Aggies7]

Jeffers should have been rung up. And then stares at strike 3. Sigh