Game Thread: Twins@Astros 9/3 7:10PM

[LaBombo]

My wife posted this on Facebook today:

Way mature son introduced us to "Orange is the New Black." "Women in prison!" my husband says, and we all know what he's thinking. Turns out he has a thing for Laura Prepon. Didn't even know he'd ever watched the 70's show. Walked in as he's trying to load Episode 3. The screen read Lesbian Request Denied. I thought it was a message specifically sent to him.

 

Great story. Is the lesbian option sort of like director commentary, but...different?

 

Not sure why, other than that time when I was 4 and fell 15 feet off the top of a slide and landed on my head, but your story reminded me of recruiter scene in Stripes...

http://www.morethings.com/fan/bill_murray/stripes/bill_murray-stripes1981-1140.jpg

Ramis: "No, but we are 'willing to learn'."

 

Murray: "Yeah. Would they send us someplace special for that?"

[glunn]

Can't believe my 'vacation' will be over come Monday. That was a fast 3 weeks.

 

I never get more than a week or so per year -- my boss is a slavedriver.

[glunn]

I am going home now -- see you all later.

[Squirrel]

I never get more than a week or so per year -- my boss is a slavedriver.

Are you your own boss? If so, I say you need to give him a kick in the pants. Er, even if not.

 

I get 10 weeks/year.

[Squirrel]

Arcia. sigh. Really wonder what's wrong.

[LaBombo]

I am going home now -- see you all later.

Was going to 'like' this to repay some of your likes, but that would send the wrong message...

[Squirrel]

<yaaaaaaaaaaaawn>

[Squirrel]

okay ... i give up ... i'm going to bed.

[glunn]

Are you your own boss? If so, I say you need to give him a kick in the pants. Er, even if not.

 

I get 10 weeks/year.

 

That seems like a lot of vacation time. I need to take more time off, but there always seems to be a crisis or a new responsibility. And now wife wants to do remodeling that will force us to live in the garage for 6 months.

[glunn]

This inning is not going well for the Twins. That ball in RF should have been caught, and they seem to reverting to little league style. Twins playing to the level of the competition? Or vice-versa?

[glunn]

Inning ends with little league play at home.

[glunn]

Not a lot of posts tonight.

[James]

Sorry, I was in class, so I missed a lot of the game/thread. It looks like everyone is going to bed.

[glunn]

Sorry, I was in class, so I missed a lot of the game/thread. It looks like everyone is going to bed.

 

It's too bad because they just announced that the winner of this game will go to the little league world series.

[James]

It's too bad because they just announced that the winner of this game will go to the little league world series.

I did see the "run down". It was pretty little league-ish though.

 

I thought Japan just won that though.

 

2013 Little League World Series

 

I still think the Twins could take those guys though... maybe.

[glunn]

Wow, Pinto really muffed that popup. No pizza for him after the game.

[James]

Wow, Pinto really muffed that popup. No pizza for him after the game.

 

Does the rest of the team get pizza?

[stringer bell]

We've found Pinto's weakness!

[James]

We've found Pinto's weakness!

Let's hope that's the only one he has.

[glunn]

Does the rest of the team get pizza?

 

Not Arcia -- he should have dived for that "hit" to RF that gave the Astros 2 runs.

[glunn]

We've found Pinto's weakness!

 

I think that he should have let Colabello take that one, but either one of them would have had an easy play.

[James]

Not Arcia -- he should have dived for that "hit" to RF that gave the Astros 2 runs.

Maybe he and Pinto only get cheese pizza, and the rest of the team can dig in at the buffet.

[glunn]

Maybe he and Pinto only get cheese pizza, and the rest of the team can dig in at the buffet.

 

If all of the ticket revenue from tonight's game is put together, then maybe each team could afford two buckets of KFC.

[Guest USAFChief]

Obviously Pinto has Wally Pipp'd Mauer, but I wouldn't DFA Mauer just yet. Joe can get 100-150 PAs a year backing up Josmil and spelling Colabello once a month or so at first.

[James]

If all of the ticket revenue from tonight's game is put together, then maybe each team could afford two buckets of KFC.

The big buckets? And does that come with slaw and biscuits?

[glunn]

Obviously Pinto has Wally Pipp'd Mauer, but I wouldn't DFA Mauer just yet. Joe can get 100-150 PAs a year backing up Josmil and spelling Colabello once a month or so at first.

 

I keep wondering why Joe would not be good at 3B. Sort of a tall Brooks Robinson with a cannon arm.

[glunn]

The big buckets? And does that come with slaw and biscuits?

 

I think so, if TR was smart enough to save some coupons.

[James]

I think so, if TR was smart enough to save some coupons.

And fans get upset with him being thrifty... I don't get it. Free KFC biscuits are amazing.

[glunn]

Ouch, that obviously hurt.

[Guest USAFChief]

I keep wondering why Joe would not be good at 3B. Sort of a tall Brooks Robinson with a cannon arm.

I campaigned for a couple years on another forum for a move to 3rd. Now I think it might be a little late, especially with Sano on the threshold, and it might be time to just put him at 1st.