191 thoughts on “2011 Game 116: Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins”

          1. I have mastered the magnetic arts of Mesmerism*, which have allowed me to circumvent death.

            *a consequence of reading Dan Simmons' Drood, which will be the featured book next First Monday.

              1. Prepare to be astounded and amazed.

                See, I just mesmerized F-Bomb into getting three outs in three PA.

      1. My favorite Tolbot memory is him sliding into first base as the final out in an utterly terrible Matt Stairs-laced series against the Blue Jays at the Dome. He of course also dislocated and broke his thumb on the play.

          1. I didn't say it was an exaggeration. I just expect you to say eleventy-thousand blue stars

  17. Holy cr@p. F-Bomb had a clean sheet!

    1st: 6 PA
    2nd: 4 PA
    3rd: 3 PA (one baserunner)
    4th: 3 PA
    5th: can get out in only 2 PA????

  21. OFFS.

    So that's what happens when F-Bomb "attacks" the crappy guys in the order?

    Time for me to go home.

  23. Just got back from the dinner table. What did you guys do?!

    On the upside, I had beef stroganoff, a somewhat-conventional favorite, and Moon River Sangiovese, which is a well I go to often.

          1. "Addict" is definitely the word for it. Small changes, like closing the "Most Visited" pane on the "New Tab" tab on Chrome helped a lot. I would close the WGOM, click new tab, then click the WGOM again.

                  1. I haven't listened to nearly enough 1970s I-don't-give-a-feck British punk, so thank you.

                    I was surprised to see the 4:34 running time on this clip until I realized there were two songs on it.

                    2. I enjoyed the clip immensely, yeah. I know I've seen them through this site before...I assume, based on tastes, that either you or meat were responsible.

                    5. Cheers. That wasn't bad. I'll add The Jam to the ever-expanding list of music to get to.

                      The opening bars startled Omar. I probably had my laptop speakers up a bit too loud, so that didn't help.

      1. Not bad. I've had two dates in two days! Neither went great, but neither was horrible.

          1. I guess so. From what I understand, it would be hard to have a middle of the road kind of date with her.

              1. Another Erdos anecdote - he would show up at events held in his honor, dinners/parties/etc., then quickly withdraw to a back room to work at solving proofs/problems...i.e. he only had so much time...

            2. An Erdos anecdote from an abstract algebra professor at UMD (Joe Gallian).

              Erdos often gave out money (although never carried it himself - an associate managed his affairs) for solving problems. He would say - that's a XX-dollar problem - if a student could solve, he would instruct his associate to pay them.

              One time a student solved a problem during a lecture - Erdos instructed the cash to be paid - the student said 'Wow, I'll never spend this money!' Erdos quickly quipped, "In that case, can I write you a check?"

                1. For those un-initiated, your Erdos number was how many people away you were from publishing a paper with Erdos (like the Kevin Bacon deal, only earlier).

                  Erdos would often ask sky-waitresses (oops, I mean flight attendants) their name, and add them on the papers he would author while mid-flight.

                1. Good question. Wouldn't you also need to sign the check? I don't think having Erdos "cite" you counts toward your Erdos number, ;).

  26. Pardon me if this has been discussed, but (from Joe C.)

    The Twins returned Scott Baker to the 15-day disabled list with a strained flexor muscle

    ...

    The Twins diagnosed Gibson with a strained flexor muscle and a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament.

    ...

    Slama was diagnosed with a strained flexor muscle.

    Stop me when you see the pattern. All will avoid surgery (ahem) and be sent to Ft. Myers for rehab.

    1. All will avoid surgery (ahem) and be sent to Ft. Myers for rehab, and will have surgery in the middle of next season once it's clear that rehab is not working, ensuring none of them are ready to pitch until 2014.

      Happy Tommy John Tuesday, everyone.

    2. For a while there, I thought you were going the "made up injury" route with that one.

      1. It was interesting being on the road over the deadline. When I got back, I had no idea who would and wouldn't be on the Twins!

  29. Delmon takes a fastball right down the middle for strike 3? Frankly, I was surprised when he didn't swing at the throw to first.

  37. Bosox NESN sqwakkers giving the Flyin Dutchman BBlyleven his HOF due - playing clips, etc.

          1. I'm guessing you were thinking of whointhehellthoughtitwasagoodideatoputphilfreakingdumatraitonamajorleagueroster?

      1. Dumatrait got near a swinging bunt by Ortiz on the first-base side, and then promptly fell over for no perceptible reason.

  47. I hate it when people say "When things are going well, you make those kinds of plays". No sh!t. The reason things are going well is because you're making plays.

    1. It's like saying "When people are doing a good job not getting lung cancer, it causes them to smoke fewer cigarettes."

      1. That reminds me of a quote one of the Royals or Mariners guys said a couple of years ago. "The Royals/Mariners are bad because they can't avoid those long losing streaks." No, they can't avoid those losing streaks because they're bad.

        1. So if they want to get better, all they have to do is avoid the long losing streaks! And if you want to quit smoking, all you have to do is not get lung cancer!

          Life is so much easier when you ignore causality and just focus on correlation.

          1. Without going deeper because I don't have the strength right now, this illustrates almost every conversation I've ever had with my FIL.

  48. I've been listening to the radio broadcast in the car until this point. I just wanted to add that Phil Dumatrait is toast.

    1. dunno, gardy reserves his ire for semi-talented smart-alecks as opposed to worthless oafs.

      3. Here's his postgame quote. "Doomie's fighting it a bit out there. You've got to make that play but he's just fighting it."

    1. Strike 3 was filthy, but I can see how Kubel didn't offer at that considering that hadn't been called a strike for much of the game.

  51. Evening everyone, just got home from the hospital for the night and may I say this game sux.

    2. Everythings good, she's got a headache and a sore throat but the surgery went great. I get to bring her home tomorrow and then babysit for about 6 weeks.

  52. Crap, I just realized I missed another Tuesday game log. Thanks for covering, sean. I will make it right next week.

      1. I've gotta figure out this new job. I have been there for almost two months now and I still can't figure out what day of the week it is. Jobs where you can't screw around on the internet for half the day really make doing stuff online hard.

        1. Ha. I remember when I got into retail...suddenly I never knew what day of the week it was.

          Not that you're in retail. I'm just saying, I've had that problem.

  55. Presented without comment, mainly because I don't know what to say. Link.

    Cuddyer: 'I like doing things the right way'

            1. I just lent the FIL the dvds. He said "They sure do like to make the same joke over and over again, don't they?"

  56. I am calling a Mauer solo shot right now. THE MINNESOTA TWINS ARE GOING TO TIE THIS BASEBALL GAME!

    1. [picture of a large pile of peanuts with faces of twins players superimposed on them.jpg]

          1. Barry was right. Tobias had inadvertently photographed himself in the bathtub while trying to figure out his new cell phone.

  59. If this game was good for nothing else (and best believe it was good for absolutely nothing else), it at least featured a very entertaining game log.

    Props, gentlemen.

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