Vanimal46

It's been a productive day so far. Writing a game thread while hung over, laundry all folded and put away, grocery shopping. And the chicken is being marinated for a potential chicken dinnah!

So many dingers this game!

Will she be changing her last name to Dinger? Or the hyphenated last name Long-Dinger?

I'm well on my way to becoming the next POTUS with my broken promises!

I'd like to nominate a rookie to do a thread or 6. Pardon My Dinger

Good lord that sounds delicious! I'm currently making chorizo, egg, and green/red pepper breakfast tacos.

ANND Welcome back! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line – Game Thread Edition. Forget about our opening paragraph yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hAiCukqnWw ANND Welcome! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line – Game Thread Edition! I wish I knew what kind of spell the Yankees have on our favorite ball club over the last 13-14 years, but it’s continuing this season. Well guess what? The spell is ending TODAY! Let’s get some things out of the way like weather and lineups before the fun begins.... It’s going to be a beautiful day for a baseball game. 81 degrees and mostly sunny for the first pitch. Winds out of the NE at 6 MPH. Getting MORE WINDY as we go along. Real Feel of 89 degrees. Minnesota Twins (23-51) 1. Eduardo Nunez ® 3B 2. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 3. Joe Mauer (L) DH 4. Brian Dozier ® 2B 5. Trevor Plouffe ® 1B 6. Max Kepler (L) RF 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. Juan Centeno (L) C 9. Danny Santana (S) CF P- Tyler Duffey ® - Hoping for a bounce back outing after his 3 inning stint against the Phillies! New York Yankees (37-36) 1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF 2. Brett Gardner (L) LF 3. Carlos Beltran (S) DH 4. Brian McCann (L) C 5. Mark Teixeira (S) 1B 6. Starlin Castro ® 2B 7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS 8. Chase Headley (S) 3B 9. Aaron Hicks (S) RF P- Nathan Eovaldi – Last start against the Twins: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 K in a LOSING effort! Now, let’s get to our favorite segment, the SCORCHING Hot Takes of the Day! Tons of Runs today? – The 2 pitchers on the mound today have not earned a quality start in the last month. Eovaldi’s earned himself a 9.00 ERA over his last 4 starts. For Duffey, it’s even longer; his last 7 starts have failed to produce a quality start. That should mean there’s going be some offense today, right?! We think so! Everything in 3’s – Yesterday’s loss for the Twins earned them a 3 game losing streak. This has happened 10 other times already for our favorite ball club as we approach July. Someone on this team must be obsessed with the number 3… Or maybe it’s a different number, like Jim Carrey in the film Number 23… 3 losses x 10 times = 30. Minus Joe Mauer’s number, and WHAT DO YOU HAVE?? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oqMDNQQNKQI/UQbtqEpntJI/AAAAAAAAADA/MXcYCcBXSMI/s1600/number23vm7.jpg How to save this season: The intern and I have been going back and forth on how to salvage this season for the Twins. I believe the intern has a brilliant idea relating to his experience on MLB The Show. During times when the Twins are off to a bad start on his franchise, he “forgets” to save the progress, and start over. We think that’s BRILLIANT! In order to do this, we need to find Marty McFly and travel back to November 2015 in order to consult TR & the gang on who to sign and not to sign. Featured Food at Yankee Stadium: We have another early game which is requiring more brain power than I want to put in after a night out. This host needs some FUEL to keep going. What caught my eye for a 12:00 game is their Chicken and Waffles. A great combination of food that I’ve grown to love living in the south. http://cdn-jpg.thedailymeal.net/sites/default/files/styles/tdm_slideshow_large/public/images/chickenandwaffles.jpg?itok=i2ok3Ozl Enough of this losing, LET’S GET A WIN TWINS!

In other words, par for the course with Twins starters this season.

I'll try to listen to the game on the radio this afternoon. On a 90 degree sunny day, playing golf > watching the Twins...

Lineups for today. Minnesota Twins (23-50) 1. Eduardo Nunez ® 3B 2. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 3. Joe Mauer (L) DH 4. Brian Dozier ® 2B 5. Max Kepler (L) RF 6. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 7. Byung Ho Park ® 1B 8. Kurt Suzuki ® C 9. Byron Buxton ® CF New York Yankees (36-36) 1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF 2. Brett Gardner (L) LF 3. Carlos Beltran (S) RF 4. Alex Rodriguez ® DH 5. Brian McCann (L) C 6. Mark Teixeira (S) 1B 7. Starlin Castro ® 2B 8. Didi Gregorius (L) SS 9. Chase Headley (S) 3B

ANND Welcome! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line – Game Thread Edition! I am your host for the next 2 days, Vanimal. I wish I knew what kind of spell the Yankees have on our favorite ball club over the last 13-14 years, but it’s continuing this season. Well guess what? The spell is ending TODAY! Let’s get some things out of the way like weather and lineups before the fun begins.... It's a beautiful day for a baseball game. Sunny skies and 85 degrees for the first pitch. Getting hotter as we go along. Winds coming from the East at 7 MPH. Minnesota Twins (23-50): Molly's still thinking things through. P - Ervin Santana ® - Redemption Game! New York Yankees (36-36): You think Girardi's revealing his cards this early? HA! P- Michael Pineda ® - Last start against the Twins: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 9 K.... We’ve got a new sponsor for this next segment… It’s called Kibbles N’ BITS! I want you all to think about this for the next 24 hours, or until we come up with new material for tomorrow. I escaped a Panic Room yesterday! Could you?? – Yes, there is a thing called the Austin Panic Room, where I attended yesterday for a company building event. This place had 3 different themed rooms to escape; Abandoned School, Museum Heist, and Cabin Fever. My team was in Cabin Fever, with this scenario. You find your way inside an unknown person’s cabin to escape blizzard conditions. Because the weather is getting worse, you have 1 hour to find a tractor key, discover 6 hidden pieces of map of the resort, and escape the cabin safely. It took deciphering numeric and alphabetic codes to unlock your clues to find materials you need… A pretty fun way to spend a Friday afternoon! New food items at Target Field: Denny Hocking asked a question on the Whine Line thread whether there will be new food items available for the playoffs this year. Little did he know we’ve been submitting ideas to Dave St. Peter all season long! Unfortunately we have not heard back about the Ervin Santana Meatball, Eduardo Nunez Bundtcake, or Miguel Sano replacement shake yet… We do have more ideas! Tommy Milone “Short Start” Ribs: If you’re looking for a quick snack at the beginning of a ball game, look no further than these delicious short ribs! 2 bone-in ribs are simply seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic and baked until the meat falls right off the bone. You better make sure to order early! Lately they’ve been sold out by the top of the 4th inning! Brian Dozier Pulled Pork Sliders: Our chef is stubborn with his approach in making these delectable sliders. But hey, when his recipe is working, it’s one of the best items in the ballpark! Applewood marinated pulled pork is generously spread on a Ciabatta bun, topped with honey BBQ sauce, coleslaw, and pickle. Please share your own food item ideas to submit for approval! Summer Time PSA: It’s officially summer, you guys! I think we can all agree that it’s in the top 4 seasons for the year. Temperatures are on the rise all over the country. Some places like southern California, Arizona, and Texas are seeing record setting temperatures already! We humans try to cool off by jumping into swimming pools, lakes, and oceans. But what about the animals?? They like to cool off too; take this bear for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYq6MgSgnFQ She loves to belly flop into a pool just like us! So in closing, if you see a bear or any other animal jumping into a pool, let them be this summer. We’re all in this together to stay cool…. Enough shenanigans, LET'S GET A WIN TWINS!!

I wanted to do both. You're wrong.

I probably shouldn't have posted because this was all discussed in the other thread... But here we go: D Santana's position flexibility IMO is hyped too much. He's played exclusively in the OF this season, and we saw him fail miserably at SS last season... As a defender, yes he gets a slight nod over Arcia who's made countless bone headed plays. Have to disagree with you on Santana's bat being equivalent to Arcia. Even in a terrible 2015, Arcia put together a .718 OPS and .650 this year. Santana has been among the worst offensive players in the game the last 2 seasons. I'm going to protect power potential over speed 10 times out of 10.

For me, choosing D Santana over Arcia is the big deal....

Hopefully Dunn is the right choice. All 3 of the usual targets I've been reading (Dunn, Hield, Murray) were available. Crossing fingers that we don't have another Johnny Flynn/Steph Curry situation on our hands.

TR in his office, July 16, 2015.... TR: "Hey Cindy, could you send me a calendar invite to speak to the Rockies GM next week? Perhaps we could get a deal on Tulo." Cindy: "Certainly, Terry. I'll send it shortly." *Cindy types out calendar invite for July 21, 2016 which TR blindly accepts.* This is all starting to make a TON of sense.....

People were clamoring for a big trade last year. Myself included. This year, not so much. I do agree with you though that Kepler is the trade chip that makes the most sense to move when the team gets back on the right track.

Good luck to Arcia. I've hashed out all of the Arcia non-sense on the other thread. No need to continue beating this horse.

I was thinking that too. The kid knows how to stir the pot, so maybe he's trying to coax a $20 bill out of his mom instead of a $5 bill..

Thumb out for me. I feel like the thumb out adds more to the gesture.

I've been saving that for a rainy day... What better time than now?

Happy Friday! Today is National Take Your Dog to Work Day! I wish there could be a dog in the office everyday... Is there any better stress reliever than seeing a bunch of puppies running around? Today is also International Fairy Day! I've learned recently that it's becoming pretty expensive for the tooth fairy these days.. One of my co-workers who has 2 kids ages 9 and 11 told me the going rate for a tooth is $5-10 a pop. Some people pay even more! She was blown away when her 9 year old came back saying the tooth fairy gave one of his buddies $20 for a tooth. That's insane! Finally, today is National Pralines Day! I don't believe I've had these before, but the pictures look good!

http://memecreator.org/static/images/memes/4070882.jpg

"Having 6 kids crammed into two bedrooms and one bathroom between them was clearly the work of an Architect that just didn’t care anymore." Correct. With a family of 9 in a 3 bedroom 1 bathroom house, clearly he designed the existing square footage wrong. No family of 9 gets along in a 1 bathroom house... Sure they showed the life lessons learned, and the good times the family had. What DIDN'T they show?? Well, how about those mornings when Marsha needed the bathroom mirror to brush her hair 100 times? Meanwhile Jan needed to shower, Peter needed to shave, and Mike needed to spend some time reading the newspaper if you catch my drift. All before they had to be dropped off at elementary, middle, and high school.... I'm calling shenanigans here.

Are we sure that last year's market rate for RP was an anomaly? It's possible that the market rate increased and the going rate could be $4-6 million for a reliever, no?