Game Thread: Twins v Brewers, 8/7@7:10pm CT

The game ball goes to Rosario.

 

Twins win! Twins win!

I guess my MLB TV was behind a bit.  I hope Chief didn't finish off the chicken already.

 

Know it doesn't matter an ounce for performance sake...but am I the only one who loves guys like Belisle who wear their pants in traditional manner and show the hose?

Here's to more showin' the hose!!  

 

I think the whole team needs to do it until they lose again.  Maybe we can stretch that hose-showing into a winning streak!

 

 

(* tell you what, tho, as an old guy, it really bugs me with the long pants that cover the shoes*)

I'm still believing this is a .500 team, or a couple games above, as I predicted.

 

Or is that the Bud Light Lime talking?

 

Either way, good game, good win!

Here's to more showin' the hose!!

 

I think the whole team needs to do it until they lose again. Maybe we can stretch that hose-showing into a winning streak!

 

 

(* tell you what, tho, as an old guy, it really bugs me with the long pants that cover the shoes*)

Edited August 8, 2017 by Aggies7

 

I kind of like the fact that he's clearly not checked out of the game. I pretty often feel like Bert is, although to be fair, he might be less so in the ninth inning with a lead.

Heh... I get that same feeling sometimes-- like Bert dozes off, then wakes up and grabs one of his stock quotes out of the big jar on the desk...

 

"...z-z-z-z... Ulp!  Good piece of hitting right there!   Z-z-z-z....

I don't know how, but they found a way to win both these last two games. I keep expecting them to find a way to lose, but hey, I'll take it! This bullpen has been a strength the last week or so... not sure if it'll continue to be so.

 

Nope. If it were me, I'd 100% rock the stirrups.

 

I was always kind of partial to the John Castino low stirrups with the pant legs fairly high to show more of the socks. (IIRC his theory was he would get fewer called strikes lower in the zone. He was a fun player to watch - it's a shame he hurt his back.

 

 

I'm still believing this is a .500 team, or a couple games above, as I predicted.

Or is that the Bud Light Lime talking?

Either way, good game, good win!

 

If it was the Bud Light Lime talking, you'd be discussing our World Series pitching rotation.

Lol ... always fun reading the game thread after a come-from-behind win, and knowing the outcome as I read through.

 

Lol ... always fun reading the game thread after a come-from-behind win, and knowing the outcome as I read through.

Aha-- so you're one of those who reads the last chapter of the novel first, too?

I was always kind of partial to the John Castino low stirrups with the pant legs fairly high to show more of the socks. (IIRC his theory was he would get fewer called strikes lower in the zone. He was a fun player to watch - it's a shame he hurt his back.

 

Castino is one of the top "what might have been" Twins. Thanks for bringing up a good memory! Edited August 8, 2017 by DocBauer

 

Castino is one of the top "what might have been" Twins. Thanks for bringing up a good memory!

Far too many of those - Oliva was great but..., I know Bostock had already left but ..., Castino, Koskie, Liriano*, Ortiz (for different reasons), Morneau, and now Mauer.

 

Edit - One more to add - Scott Erickson was absolutely dominant for a little more than half of the 1991 season.  He had a bad start, tweaked his elbow (not necessarily in that order), missed a start or two, and was never the same. Maybe it was smoke and mirrors, but I think it was more than that.

 

* - Santana had one of the best 4-5 year runs in history, and for 2006(?), in the middle of that run, he was the 2nd-best starter on the team until Liriano hurt his UCL. 

Edited August 8, 2017 by gil4

 

If it was the Bud Light Lime talking, you'd be discussing our World Series pitching rotation.

 

No, that's the moonshine.

 

 

I was always kind of partial to the John Castino low stirrups with the pant legs fairly high to show more of the socks. (IIRC his theory was he would get fewer called strikes lower in the zone. He was a fun player to watch - it's a shame he hurt his back.

 

 

One of my all-time faves.  I used to beg, borrow, and cajole to wear the #2, no matter what sport is was.  And I dug those socks then, too!

 

No, that's the moonshine.

Would adding lime to moonshine make it almost drinkable too?  

Aha-- so you're one of those who reads the last chapter of the novel first, too?

Lol ... not on a regular basis, but I have done that before.

 

Would adding lime to moonshine make it almost drinkable too?  

 

More drinkable than Bud Light.

I thought back-to-back was Belisle's kryptonite? Glad he made it through. Who closes tomorrow? 

 

Would adding lime to moonshine make it almost drinkable too?  

 

When I was younger....we would order loaded bud light limes.  Bud light lime with a shot of vodka poured into the top.  Those were the days of bad decisions.

 

Roy with the audible "UGGGHHH" seeing that hanging curve halfway to home plate.

 

Found on Reddit, worth listening to

 

https://streamable.com/2j9c6

I mentioned this the other day but I'll mention it again. The Brewers are the only team against which Ervin Santana, tonight's starter, has never recorded a win.

Santana faces 26 batters, strikes out 6, and give up two earned runs.

 

Boshers faces one batter, gets a grounder.

 

Boshers definitely deserved that win over Santana.

I'm feeling a streak coming on...it might be winning...it might be losing...it might be me running around the house naked...but there will be a streak!