Game Thread: Twins @ Astros, 5/2@7:10pm CT

John Houseman was terrific.

 

 

John Houseman was terrific.

 

 

Now I see... That's why he kept calling me Mr. Hart

Can't help it. That Def Leppard story is funny.

What's your favorite song to hit the post on RB? 

 

What's your favorite song to hit the post on RB? 

...since we already know his favorite vehicle to hit the post on. 

First job... ah the good old days. It seems like most get into the service industry with food, hotels, etc.. I suppose my first job where people paid me was mowing yards in the neighborhood.. I love yard work and took a lot of pride making the neighborhood look great. 

 

The first job with a real W2 I was working in the produce department at one of my hometown's grocery stores. For a 15 year old $7.00 an hour was really good money! Most of the time it was pretty slow, so to pass the time we would go to the storage room and play baseball with rotten apples/pears/oranges.. 

 

The best job I've ever had to this date was working for the Parks and Rec department at my hometown during the summers.. I was given free reign to a Toro vehicle and would drive to each ballpark in the town to get it ready for the kiddo's ballgames. 

 

What's your favorite song to hit the post on RB? 

 

All of them... I always hit the post. I liked the songs that I could tell a story over.

 

"The Late Great Randi Rhodes on Guitar... We lost him In an airplane crash with a pilot stoned on cocaine and other substances... buzzing the tour bus that Ozzy Osbourne was sleeping in... just to have some fun. That's how they crashed killing everyone on board... Randi Rhodes died because of actually Flying High Again.

 

Post: Ozzy Sings "Oh No... Oh No... Here we go now"  

That Def Leppard story is perfect.  I'll often yell "DRUM ROLL!" at my radio when Def Leppard comes on.

Like Brian my first job was delivering papers, the Mpls. Star  afternoon paper. They actually had 2 editions back in those days. The Star was never the same after Ben Franklin passed.

The best day was when I opened the bundle of papers with a headline that the Senators were moving to the Twin Cities. What a happy day for a young baseball fan with no remorse felt for the people of the DC area, by the way.

 

Who could have guessed that all these years later that happy day would bring so much fear and loathing?

 

That Def Leppard story is perfect.  I'll often yell "DRUM ROLL!" at my radio when Def Leppard comes on.

 

BTW... The interview actually turned out fine. It was Rick Allen (The Drummer) himself who made it OK by saying "It was alright" and he started making jokes about it and laughing and everything went back to normal. 

 

When the interview was over... I reached up and pulled an arm off the poster and gave it to Rick and he laughed and said "Thank You... I need one". 

First job was coaching t-ball for the parks and rec dept. 

 

Parents were not overly fond of me because I was the only coach putting the best players at the top of the lineup and at the premium positions, but we didn't lose any games.

 

I HAVE NO REGRETS!

First job was making kabobs for VonHansons. I spent most of the day in tears because of the onions, and constantly smelled like meat.

 

First job was making kabobs for VonHansons. I spent most of the day in tears because of the onions, and constantly smelled like meat.

That sounds a little like the job I have now. 

 

That sounds a little like the job I have now. 

Spending the day in tears? You should probably look into a new company there, Dinger. 

Congrats on all the jobs guys!  Jobs, jobs, jobs, I've had a ton of them, and not one lasting over 6 months. With time goofing off between many of them, all of a sudden the time came to decide to take Soc Sec at 62 or wait.  What an easy choice! Now my job is to get both feet to hit the floor every morning and make that meager income last another month. Think I'll go golf.

 

Spending the day in tears? You should probably look into a new company there, Dinger. 

Right...company. 

first full time job was a paper route as well.  That was a pretty good gig and with tips I was routinely over $10 an hour when minimum wage was half that. 

Love me some Def leppard, greatest 9 armed band out there. 

 

Twins need to turn this around, hopefully Correa stays ice cold, and the twins bats can score a fricken run this time if they got runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs. 

 

Should get to see what Berrios really can look like since the weather is perfect out there. 

 

PS: Sorry die hard, i'll refrain from nicknames that are "offensive" 

Warm weather and (hopefully) less nerves. We should get a better idea of what Berrios has to offer tonight. 

My first job was newspaper route as well. I was 12 years old, St Cloud times, delivered with my bike.

Took about 90 minutes Monday through Saturday and twice that on Sunday's.

My problem was that most of my customers were elderly and while their intentions were good, when it came to tipping I'm not sure that they realized what year it was.

My first job was being a dreamer, that didn't work out too well for me and now I live off the government.

 

But not to worry, I still dream big.

Edited May 2, 2016 by Bark's Lounge

Each month is a new mini season. Let's have a better second season.

My first job, other than mowing lawns and shoveling, was biking out to the local resort after cross country practice and grinding rust off of house boat pontoons under a spot light (it was fall so it was getting dark before we finished for the day).  It involved lying on the back and cleaning with acid than sand blasting the rust off while both the low concentrate acid and paint flecks fell on your face.  I think minimum wage was about $3.33  an hour, so I was living well.   My best friend and I did it because they were supposed to hire us full time the next summer, and then the owner ended up hiring some college friends of his son.   I am feeling a bitterness I thought I had forgotten...   

Edited May 2, 2016 by D. Hocking

Rosamund's Father: "And what job do you do?"

 

Ken Shabby: " I clean out public lavatories."

 

Rosamund's Father: "Is there a promotion involved?"

 

Ken Shabby: "Oh yeah, yeah. [Coughing] After five years, they give me a brush."

 

 

 

I think it is in John Feinstein's book about minor league baseball, but the story is a Red Sox coach found out his daughter had lost an arm in an accident.  On the emergency cross country flight, he was sitting in an airport bar in the middle of the night, and just randomly met the Def Lepard drummer, who offered to do whatever he could to help the coach's daughter.  Something like that.  I need to find that book.

 

Hard to fault Sano last night.  Here's what probably went through his head:

 

"The odds of Park or Arcia not striking out are worse than the odds of me running for third, and the outfielder throws the ball away in surprise and I score the winning run.  That **** happens to us all the time.  I'm going."

 

Am I the only one perplexed by Dozier hitting in the #2 spot again? 

no.  then again, look at how our manager sets lineups.  then it becomes less perplexing.

Edited May 2, 2016 by jimmer

I hope I don't have to use this after the game's outcome.

 

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I guess my first job that wasn't on my farm was as an umpire. Most days as an umpire are actually a lot of fun. You do get some bad parents, coaches, and sometimes players, which is unfortunate, but the vast majority of my time as an umpire has been fun and it's fun to be around the game even though I coach now as well. If you are interested in being an umpire, do it. Just make sure you know the rules and don't suck 

 

Yes my signature is a fun jab at umpires since I am one and no I actually have very good eyesight. 

 

For the lucky few... you get to play baseball for a living. 

Also, when does Plouffe return so Polanco can get out of bench hell and go back to AAA where at least he gets to play occasionally?

 

I think tomorrow.