Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 8/5 @ 6:10pm CT

Cookie Dough Blizzard....Yes Please ;-)

 

yeah, I don't monitor what he eats.  or expels.

Well, now I've got that in reserve in case I come up empty at my bedtime gratitude exercise.

 

Mmmmmm, blizzards....

Yummy.

great throw!

Oh c'mon Santana!  Just once, a little less drama in the 1st inning !!

Wow, Kepler's throw home was closer to getting the runner than I thought it had any right to be. Figured the cutoff man blocks it for sure.

And what is your secret sauce for convincing Joe to waive his no-trade and go play at Tropican?

Not trading Joe... Trade stadiums.

Santana has given up 8 earned runs in the first inning this year.

 

That's where you turn Sano loose on 3-0 and hope to get him going.  What was there to lose?

A chance for him to reach first without pulling a hamstring. Or a prime rib.

Nice crowd tonight.  There's gotta be at least 200 people there.

 

 

Wow, Kepler's throw home was closer to getting the runner than I thought it had any right to be.

Maximilian Kepler-Rozycki, trailblazer in the fight for European immigrant throwing rights...

If Suzuki is in pain on a swinging strikeout, isn't that catcher interference?

Much better, Santana!  Deserves a Happy Dance:

 

If Suzuki is in pain on a swinging strikeout, isn't that catcher interference?

Only if it's on the swing that's going through the zone, not a follow through after passing through the zone.

Suzuki looked like he grimaced when he hit that ball.  And for a different reason than we did.

Only if it's on the swing that's going through the zone, not a follow through after passing through the zone.

Yeah, I turned my attention away from the video and just heard the radio announcer, and wondered what it was.

Much better, Santana! Deserves a Happy Dance:

Please clarify which Santana has meritted this dance?

Please clarify which Santana has meritted this dance?

No Santana in history has ever deserved this kind of punishment.

 

Please clarify which Santana has meritted this dance?

only one in the lineup tonight ?

 

Please clarify which Santana has meritted this dance?

My musically inclined cousin, Carlos Santanarosannadanna.

only one in the lineup tonight ?

No DSan? I thought we wanted to win this game.

I don't know why this image ... because baseball?

Edited August 5, 2016 by ScrapTheNickname

Nice crowd tonight.  There's gotta be at least 200 people there.

If you have a Twitter account, follow @emptyseatsgalore. The trop is always there.

 

Oh, and TB should lose their franchise. Yes I get the irony coming from a twins fan, but it's become a pretty embarrassing situation down there.

Gotta love an umpire who makes it all about himself

I don't know why this image ... because baseball?

Best photo of [insert name of least favorite politician] we've ever had posted at this site!

Nice half-inning by E-San.  Let's beat the Snell out of Blake.

 

If you have a Twitter account, follow @emptyseatsgalore. The trop is always there.

Oh, and TB should lose their franchise. Yes I get the irony coming from a twins fan, but it's become a pretty embarrassing situation down there.

I read somewhere today that they want a new stadium

I like Polanco.  Let's find a place to play him.

I'm not sure how much more buxton I can watch.

Buxton struck out??!?!  I don't believe it.