225 thoughts on “2011 Game 19: Twins at Orioles”

1. I've gotten aggressively sick throughout the day
   That's one dangerous flu the Twins have if it's spread that far.

   1. I'm pounding Gatorade right now, but when Gatorade turns into IV bags I'll let you know.

      1. Are you up for Butters posting for you while you are out sick?

         1. Is Holm unavailable??

            1. Holmes is definitely unavailable...

               1. Mark Wahlberg, then?

                  1. That's a rubber arm, if ever there was one.

               2. nobody getting Holmes up in the bullpen?

2. Just like Spooky to take one for the team. The Twins need to reward that sacrifice. Go Twins!!11!!

   1. They were listening, socal.

3. First time I'll get to stick with a game log at the new site. It'd be nice if the Twins would respond with a win.

4. Spooky, how did you fix your sign out error on the ps3 the other day?

   1. I can't sign into my account right now.

      1. Hmmm... That doesn't help me at all. I suppose I will use the laptop instead then.

      2. Ugh. The relevant info, FTLT.

         1. Oh well. I watched on my computer for years before the playstation was invented. I suppose I can handle this.

            1. Yeah, I'm mostly just annoyed at myself for trying so long to fix it before I looked at the PS blog.

               1. yeah, i futz around for a good 5 minutes before decided it best to check teh internets.

5. No first inning runs given up. I always like that.

6. Still 0-0? Here I was worried I'd miss some Twins runs on my walk home.

7. TATERS!!

8. TATER

9. Jimmer Jammer!

10. Thanks, Jim. I appreciate that you waited for me.

11. Fi

    Five-ninety

    1. +1

12. Marisa!

13. Barreiro just said Mauer has lost 32 pounds. Has that been reported somewhere else?

    1. All that steroid weight coming off from 2009.

    2. Sounds like a Dan Barreiro "exclusive" (that he made up).

    3. Does that mean he's no longer too big for catching?

14. Always an adventure, Laddie.

15. You guys weren't kidding about Laddie stinking.

16. I have been pretty tied up the past couple of days and haven't gotten much time to hang out at the new digs. But let me tell you, wow, this place, while it still smells kind of funny, sure is fast.

    Nice work, gents.

    1. You were at the 1-0 victory last night, yes?

       1. You betcha.

       2. I was the guy wearing the 1991 World Series hat, in case you were watching.

          1. I saw a bunch of it, but my primary focus was on the Twins. I never saw you. You'll have to go to that Sunday game so I can find you then.

             1. I am in negotiations with Ms Buffalo. I don't know that I will be able to get out of family events.

17. Mauer with Error

18. I enjoyed the segment with Andy McPhail. It is times like these that remind me Bert isn't such a butthead.

19. Evening, gents.

    1. What's up, doc?

       1. I wonder how long it will take before being called "doctor" will stop being fun. 🙂

          1. if it was me, i'd be milking it for all it's worth.

20. Wells'd.

21. GICP

22. I really, really, really hate first pitch outs. The only thing worse is two outs on the first pitch.

    1. What about 3 outs on the first pitch?

       1. 3 outs on the first pitch and all 3 players tearing their ACLs

          1. And if the players are Laddie, Tolbert and Holm?

             1. the three players that replaced them could still be worse

          2. Oooo...that's pretty bad.

       2. What about intolerance and the Dutch?

          1. Nah, I'm cool with both of those

23. One run? More than enough for Lightrail.

24. Question for the Twins historians: Could this end up being the worst fielding team in Twins history?

    1. that's a little thing, hitman.

    2. By reputation the original teams were pretty awful defensively (Killebrew was terrible wherever he was stationed, Zoilo made many mental errors, etc.) but the worst team I can find in a quick search according to Total Zone through B-R is the 1999 squad.

       1. Brent Gates, ladies and gentlemen!

    3. According to the B-Ref defensive metrics, this team is the opposite of last year, bad infield and good outfield. Even Kubel has been better than average so far (+1, but still!).

       1. I heard on the radio that Kubel is a Gold Glove contender.

          even Scotty B. said he was "no longer a liability" in the OF. Heh.

          1. Let's not go crazy.

25. Unos all over on both sides. Four innings in 53 minutes. Probably for the best, since looking at the screen hurts a little bit.

26. Hey, that'll raise the old OBP.

27. The ol' Rudi Stein strategy. Good job, Butters!

28. Awesome. That's the HBP equivalent of a foul tip.

29. Jason comes up to the plate and Stefanie says, "Did they just say Rectal?"

    1. That's a nickname I think we all can get behind.

       1. and now she thinks the Orioles have a catcher named Wieners

          1. Tell her there was a Rusty Kuntz. She'll never believe you.

       2. I still like this one.

          [picture of the Repo Man]

       3. I doubt he likes being the butt of the joke.

          1. Thanks, klawitter. For a while I thought my amazing pun was going unnoticed.

             1. I'm still looking for the end game to this thread.

             2. I definitely rolled my eyes, Greek.

                1. I've just got a one track mind. Repo Man all the time.

                   1. I can't blame you. He was awesome in every persona.

30. yay. another infield fly.

31. I wonder who Bert prefers as a player, Matt Reynolds or Scott Baker?

32. Piss off, Bert.

    1. You see, when Baker checks the runner on second, he's really sneaking glances at the bullpen.

       Bert knows.

       1. I was actually talking about his reaction to Palmeiro being the answer to the trivia question, in this case.

          1. Mine wasn't really meant to be a reply, it was a comment I had written, then forgotten about, then I was going to respond to your comment, then I wasn't. Then I just said &*%$ it and hit 'send'. It was all very confusing.

33. I love that Gameday labeled a pitch approximately 15 feet high a "sinker"

34. Scott Baker must not have singed an autograph for Bert's grandson or something.

    1. Or maybe a fastball that was left up maimed a former lover.

    2. you use a woodburner for dat?

35. and now Blyleven can't even compliment Baker when he gets out of the jam, blaming the batter. I'm about ready to add money to the jar.

    1. Yeah, and on the replay it's clear that it was a pretty badass pitch. Baker definitely got Markakis.

       1. Six strikeouts in five innings. One walk. Baker's doing pretty well, I'd say.

          1. "Too many pitches"*

             *I'm not actually watching the game, but I'm sure it's something Bert will say

             1. He said there were too many pitches in the fifth, but that was true.

             2. My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many pitches, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.

36. Lexi! With a hit!

37. Second HBP tip of the game!

38. That's one way to stay out of a GICP

39. That 1-1 pitch to JI had tater written all over it. Damn.

    1. I'll take it!

40. Two-run lead! We haven't seen a ton of those this season, it seems.

41. Jim's taking things in his own hands tonight.

42. Ah, thank goodness for Jim Thome.

43. We cannot catch a break.

    1. as long as we keep catching the ball....

44. I had hopes for that fly ball, but, sadly, they were not to be.

45. I had the spooky feeling for Hughes there, for some reason. That would've been my masterstroke.

46. Bert suggested the shutout. It was his idea. Get this man in the dugout!

47. Baker needs to stop striking people out and start pitching to contact.

    1. Sandy Koufax: "I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it."

48. Jim Palmer, "I tell you what, Scott Baker is my kind of pitcher."

    1. Get this trade done, BS.

49. Dazz with the effusion. Baker has "got everything working tonight!"

50. BaKKKKKKKKer.

51. Baker's got some filthy stuff tonight.

    1. Dirty Baker?? (NSFJeffA)

       1. 

       2. Nice

52. What was that pitch??

53. Just got a little bit underneath it. Still, I'll take it.

54. Birthday dinner with the family, following game on Twins mobile. WGOM mobile looks great!

    1. I meant to mention that the other night. The mobile site looks muy bien.

       1. I am looking forward to this site during weekends, when I mostly use my Blackberry to access WGOM.

    2. It even has its own domain: m.wgom.org.

55. BaKKKKKKKKKer.

    1. Time to start hunting down CC light rail images.

       1. attribution to Metro Transportation Library and Archive
          

       2. Hard to believe "CC" and "light" can be used consecutively in a sentence!

          1. +5 guys, DP.
             

56. Good game, Scotty

57. Cuddinger!

58. MVP! MVP!

59. That was hit well.

60. Nice shot, Cuddy!

61. BOOM! Again! No baserunners again, but them's the breaks.

62. aww, cr@p. I walk out of my office for ONE PITCH.

63. I'm late to the game but...CUDDY!

64. Wow, Baltimore's about as kind to their players as Philly. Were they always this nasty?

    1. So you didn't see the episode of Homicide:LOTS where they killed the Yankees fan, huh?

       1. I assume it turned out to be a justifiable homicide?

    2. Yeah, heard that - tough crowd.

    3. They got really, really bitter around 2003. My favorite heckle of all time came when a fan (sitting just above the third base dugout and clearly heard by everyone in the infield) yelled at Scott Erickson to "GO BACK TO JAIL!" in his first start after being arrested for domestic assault.

       They also really, really hated Sidney Ponson by the end of his tenure and would shout all sorts of alcoholic insults at him.

       Of course, BJ Surhoff and Jeff Conine walked on water to those people...

    4. Yeah, that struck me as being particularly harsh too. Seems like people boo a lot more readily than they did 15 years ago. It's like booing has lost all of its meaning.

       1. No less than 8% of all talk radio in Buffalo is spent discussing when it is appropriate to boo at your own team.

          1. Rule of thumb: wait until after the FG attempt hooks.

             1. Too soon.

             2. Or until when your team leaves town.

                1. say it with me: "Anaheim Royals"

                   1. I say bring them back to Rochester. Anthony Smokestack could make some new friends.

             3. I don't know if any football fan here other than Zach is ready to hear that kind of talk.

       2. They were doing the wave a couple of innings ago and I thought it couldn't get much worse. Oh well.

65. Mauer without Pauer Arm.

66. Danny V. swiping sacks!

67. I think somebody's beer got clobbered on that foul ball. Big splash!

68. More of a CoC thing, but since everyone's here: if anyone wants to work on the WGOM Lexicon, now's a good time, because we may have visitors soon. There's a draft in the dashboard under "Pages."

    1. company's coming? now you tell me; i've got no time to clean!

       1. I only ask that you put some damn pants on.

          1. i promise nothing!

    2. Any particular reason for the influx?

    3. we may have visitors soon

       Ruh roh. Did somebody reveal the location of the sekret clubhouse??

       1. You had better believe it and I don't give a Hoey about your code of conduct.

          1. Not Intended To Be a Factual Statement.

    4. we may have visitors soon

       I knew those bots would be close behind the lift and load.

    5. Someone won something.

69. Andino looks like the local yokel on his MLB.jpg.

70. Kubel with leather.

    and Attebury?? mouthing the fielding grammy threat???

    1. BAL squawkers did the same. Prescient.

71. Neck Fat...grrr.

72. Hey, look at this! I get back from the gym and we have a lead. Maybe I should always turn it on late.

    1. Posted on mobile. Does it look right on desktop?

       1. It's upside-down.

          1. Its right to left, like Hebrew/Arabic.

             1. Inside out as well?

                1. plus, your avatar looks like a 13-year old girl.

                   1. Ok thems fighting (sioux) words.

       2. What they said.

73. snake baked a hoey cake

74. Noey.

75. Hoey a little less impressive so far.

76. Oh boy...here we go again.

    1. Foo-ey.

77. scheiss.

    1. Laddie saves the day.

78. Nice job by Laddie to save a run there.

79. 8th inning? 8th inning!?

    C'mon Twins, we blow these games in the 9th. Have some pride.

80. Casilla saved a run there.

81. Argh. Not that I care about the stat, but if these clowns rob Baker's Win I'll be pretty peeved.

    1. Last two Thursdays:

       Starters - 15.0 IP, 0 R
       Bullpen - 2.0 IP, 5 R (so far)

       1. FWIW, I fully believe Neck Tat and the Mayor could have allowed those runs, too.

       2. I was about to go searching for last week's game. It felt familiar.

    2. Am liking the race for the cure pink w/ the spookyposts.

       1. post authors are "special".

       2. Yeah, I think the post's author is always in pink here.

          1. Like the maillot jaune in the TdeF? Me likey.

82. Whew.

83. Glen Perkins trots the pony.

84. Hey hey, made it home it time!

85. Dave St. Peter? I coulda sworn that that was Gov. Ventura.

86. Capps doing a great job...umm...pitching to contact!

87. Shut up, Dazzle -- there is no cushion in the score when it comes to my blood pressure

88. Palehosers beat Tampa Bay. Thank you, beisbol gods.

89. Capps stone.
    

    1. Impressive...nice win too.

90. A series split! That's the best result yet!

    1. Just like the Royals series!

    2. Two wins in a series...also a new record.

91. I'm still having a tough time coming to terms with this whole Matt Capps thing.

92. Who's awesome?
    

93. That was a good game all around.

94. So, which comes first: Thome HR #600, or Cap'n hit #3000?

    1. Let's just hope they don't happen the same day.

       1. Oh man, talk about a "Page 9" treatment!

    2. And after June 21st.

95. BAL Squawkers tip o' th' cap to Baker - sweepland on the O.

96. What's the over/under on when Scotty B's voice will break? Six months?

97. Where are those little white puppies that I love so much? Hope they made the trip to the new digs.

    1. NBBW has the Twin pups as the new backdrop on her laptop.

       1. looking for Creative Commons-licensed pics to use....

          1. Those great little Westies are common, huh? Darn shame.

98. twin puppies
    

    1. These are pretty cool puppies, though...and the snow seems appropriate.

99. This one is pretty good. Credit to Randy Son of Robert.
    

    1. I miss the days of Google Fu piracy. It was half my schtick.

       1. Just leveling the playing field for the rest of us.

       2. I hear you, Brother Bootsy. But we will rise above.

          

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