131 thoughts on “2011 Game 22: Rays at Twins”

1. Thanks, Greek. Wade Davis vs. F-Bomb. This is where Liriano starts pitching well. Callin' it.

   1. better hope for a quick game, or no game at all: the twins bench tonight is effectively steve holm(!), with a doubleheader tomorrow.

   2. Let's hope so!

      1. Well, so much for that.

         1. he must be pitching to contact.

            1. So you're blaming Bert for this too? That seems fair.

            2. Solid contact.

2. Well, good play on the carom, anyway.

3. This is the only game I can watch this week. Figures.

4. C'mon rain?

5. I might have to watch basketball. Oy vey.

6. Greek, I don't know if I have ever before seen such an effective jinx.

   1. Blame Spooky. He's the one that anti-spookied this.

      1. You're right, it was Spooky. Or maybe this is exactly what Spooky means by "pitching well".

         1. He's dealing now that he figured out batting practice is over.

            1. Can't hit what you can't touch.

         2. I too want to die watching this development.

7. With the recent rainouts, it was supposed to be fun to finally get a game. Not so far.

   1. I do like when Frankie gets into his, "Eff this, I'm striking everyone out" mode, but giving up 4 runs first sucks.

8. Finally turning it on after working on some writing. Really? It feels like a lifetime since I've seen a game, and this is it?

9. Oy vey. Well, I have a briefcase full or work and a fridge full of beer.

   Eenie meenie miney mo....

10. Don't know how accurate the radar is, but Gameday shows Frankie hitting 94 mph.

11. Dick: The Twins will try to dig out of this hole with this batting order.
    Me: Good luck with that.

12. Like a lot of you, I'm catching my first game in quite a while. This had better improve.

    1. I was going to say it can't get much worse, but I don't want to tempt fate.

13. Here. We. Go!

14. That's a start, anyway.

15. Alright, I know this is beaten to death, but all this "almost always, striking the other guy out is the worst thing you could do... sometimes a pitcher needs to give up a home run" nonsense is just infuriating.

16. GIFT walk by the umpire.

    1. Ball three was one of the worse calls I've seen this spring.

       1. Oof, that was bad. Thigh high in the middle of the plate.

    2. Laddie needs all the help he can get.

       1. Luck be a Laddie tonight.

17. Gosh darn it all.

    1. Gonna be a rough night

18. At least that went a lot better.

    1. except the announcing. That got worse

       1. They'll be muted pretty quickly the way this is going.

19. Young a late scratch because he couldn't get loose? Oh, one of THOSE games.

20. seth is tweeting that tosoni. delmon to the DL?

    1. erm, i meant tosoni has been called up.

    2. DL-mon

       1. confirmed.

          1. Walk away, Rene.

       2. do NOT give us echoes of RonDL. No. NOt. Ungood. Bad.

    3. Kind of excited to see Tosoni. He's a better fielder than Cuddyer/Kubel/_elmon right?

       1. -9 TZ in RF.

          1. That appears to be the total though, so it's -9 runs over 190 games which rates to about -7 runs/150 games.

          2. In other words, yes.

21. don't worry Butters, that's a homer in Yankee Stadium

22. Has Liriano pitched to Mauer at all this season? In my head it seems like Liriano pitches worse when he's tossing to Butera, but this might be just that I don't like Butera.

    1. Ah, just saw AG's column today and apparently it isn't just Liriano who's been throwing poorly to Butera.

23. Chow mein hot dish and a Fat Tire. What's cooking?

    1. Nothing. I'm in Mom's basement, parents not home.

       1. Are your folks breatharians?

          1. Not gonna raId their fridge.

    2. It was going to be tasty hotdish, but the wife and I both got off work late, so it's Subway and water.

    3. let's see, some miso soup, rosemary potatoes in the oven, and we're cooking some weird thing that's basically carrots, green beans, and burdock root, wrapped in a thin layer of beef and cooked. we'll see how that one turns out. oh yeah, and lime sparkling water.

    4. still at the office. Probably leftover spaghetti with tomato sauce and meat balls (really, just hot italian sausage balls).

       and a Red Chair. Thanks, spooky, for pointing me in that direction.

       1. You are welcome. I'm quaffing the same, under the assumption that they're about to be retired for the next nine months.

24. Tol-bot hustle double.

25. Don't call it a comeback!

26. The Dude minds, man.

27. Liking the Dude's abidance so far in 2011.

28. I fired up gameday just in time to hear Jason Kubel being awesome.

29. That single to left ties the inning together.

    1. Too bad the Rays both peed on and dumped on our rug in the first inning.

30. WTP for Morneau. Get some man-muscles, dude.

31. damn. that looked good off the bat for a second.

    1. April in Target Field is full of that.

       1. April in Target Field is full of that.

          FTFY.

          1. I remember reading something about that right before it opened.

32. It's almost May and they're playing baseball in a snowstorm. What a crappy spring this has been so far.

    1. It's almost May and they're playing baseball getting their butts kicked in a snowstorm.

       FTFY.

33. and there goes tomorrow's starter.

    1. maybe that's a good thing

    2. Who do think will take the mound for that game now?

34. This is certainly a catastrof***.

    1. At least we have Hacker on the job, and just who the hell is starting the other game tomorrow?

       1. Tosoni?

       2. The way this game is going, the Twins might play three or parts of there tomorrow.

       3. David Bromberg (speaking of ballplayers with musicians' names)? Don't know if the timing is right for his start schedule in AA, but don't see anyone else on the 40 man who looks able to throw a lot of innings tomorrow.

          1. Scratch that thought - he pitched 5.1 innings last night. Only gave up one run.

             1. Phil Ochs still on the DL...

    2. Heh. I read that as "castratof***" and I was thinking "yea, I'm probably in favor of these guys not reproducing".

       1. Not Tolbert, anyway.

35. We need a distraction.

    1. perhaps you could find one here, Stick.

36. This is NOT Twins' baseball.

37. Well, Hacker. It looks like you're going to take the fall on this one.

    1. No earns for Hacker yet!

38. [forehead slap.jpg]
    [revolver to head.jpg]
    [angry little girl.jpg]
    [wheels falling off several buses.jpg]

    1. [cranes falling over.jpg]

39. Just walk away, Rene. Oh wait, he's an outfielder. Just walk away, Eric.

    1. I made my Left Banke reference before I read your LTE. Loving the semi-obscure musical references, Klaw. We're gonna need 'em. (The season thus far has been kind of a drag.

       1. Anyone who mentions Phil Ochs on a baseball site is my kinda guy.

       2. I took it as an art reference (I have this book)

          1. Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson of Coil was part of that!

40. [Abe Simpson .gif]

41. twins fans know how to check a weather forecast:

    

    1. awesome, hj.

    2. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    3. A picture paints a thousand brrrrrs. Excellent.

    4. Love it!

42. Tolbert me. That was a great play.

43. My feed gave out (mercifully) so I'm watching MTL/BOS. Tying goal for Les Habitants in the final two minutes. Overtime starting soon.

44. Hacker basically threw ONE pitch not on/outside of the black that inning. Not. Pitching. To. Contact.

45. Time for some Super Meat Boy.

    Later, gents.

46. The show "How the States Got Their Shapes" on History channel is pretty awesome.

47. Yeah, this game isn't cutting it for me. Carry drag them home, guys.

48. 

    So, our pitcher is a guy named Hacker?

    1. Hah! That's funny to me, 'cause I have young kids and end up watching waaaayyy too many cartoons.

49. evening, gents.

50. is that snow?

    1. yyyyyup.

    2. I'm glad that's the first thing you noticed, and not the score.

51. *sidles quietly towards exit, trips over empty beer cans, makes a run for it*

    1. Hold the door!

52. Hacker hasn't given up a hit yet walked several people in.... good outing.

53. ahh, ineptitude...

54. OH BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

55. Seriously. Dick recieved artwork...

    [Thomas Kinkade]

    1. Was it a print giclee, or an original limited edition giclee?

       Painter of Blight

       1. I was just assuming

56. Good grief...g'night gents.

57. sweet, we gave up an out for a run!!!!one!!ON!!!

58. Shop took it to the rail.

59. boo.

60. Tomorrow had better be better than that crap.

61. And again, Johnny Damon puts the Rays in the lead for good.

62. Who's excited for Smokeswizzlesticker?

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