172 thoughts on “Game 117: Red Sox at Minnesota Nice”

1. Looks like I'll be seeing the Royals/Twins on September 26^th, thanks to Bill Campbell and his season of 167-2/3 innings of relief pitching.

   1. 'bout time you won something for your prowess. Congrats.

      1. Now we gotta figure out the logistics

2. Glad to see Petunia isn't starting tonight.

3. the Twins are 2 games ahead of the Royals....ouch

4. I'm going to be muting this early if Dick doesn't move on from talking about how the Twins trying to catch the top three teams in the division by "sweeping some teams."

5. I'm still here for you Blackie...sort of.

   1. Me too. He's made my support for him look bad terrible the last month or so. Hope he can get back to being an average MLB starter.

6. SEND HIM!!!

   1. FIAL

   2. *ahem*

7. Cuddy go Texas. C'mon JIJim!

   1. Papi not hapi.

8. Dammit, I was really hoping for a few more bases after seeing "In play, run(s)".

9. Thome ritually sacrifices a bat for a run.

10. Somebody needs to tell Danny to shave.

    1. not until he gets hits!

11. Ortiz has a right to be angry at that strike call

    1. Robot umpires make no mistakes and brook no dissent.

       1. Steee-rike!

12. Geez, is she like four feet tall?

13. Are _elm_n's strides longer than 8 inches? He was practically doing the Fred Flintstone bowling approach there.

    1. Haha--snort.

    2. He has a hilarious gait.

14. wow, this ump is... yeah.

15. Really, Delmon?

16. Fukiyama.

17. That'sa no gooda

    1. Edam by a mile...

18. Good things happen when you induce grounders, Blackie. Consider doing that more often.

19. I feel a small Spantasm coming on.

    1. probably just gas.

20. Got Lestered, there.

21. i'll just leave this here:

    APkrawczynski Gardenhire quickly dismissed question about possibly moving Delmon to RF tonight: "Definitely not gonna move Delmon. He's fine out there."

    1. Why is the Twins' former catcher tweeting about this? And why can't he spell his own name right?

       1. AJ skipping the light dyslexic?

22. Uggla extends his hitting streak to 31 games. I hope he breaks DiMaggio's record.

    1. Just 26 games away!

       1. Over halfway!

          1. tied for 25th longest....

    2. That's a looooong way away. How about hoping that he gets Pete Rose's modern NL record?

       1. The Twins aren't rewarding my optimism, so I need a new outlet.

          1. Why not wish for something more realistic, like California balancing its budget?

             1. I tried with Minnesota and failed, so I don't want to make things worse there.

             2. California dreaming...

                1. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0bqAp2MA9M

                   1. Who the hell is this? On second thought, I don't wanna know.

                      (Nice mullets, though...)

                      1. Mike and the Mechanics. Sheesh. What, were you listening to punk or summat in the mid '80s? (wasn't punk dead by then?)

                         1. Mike Rutherford on guitar, Paul Young on lead vocals

                         2. Post-punk was thriving, though it appears Top-40 radio was a festering corpse, if that number was any indication.

                            1. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PObUpTsLMEw

                   2. Wow. I owned that on cassette. One of my first 15 for the price of 1 with BMG when I was like 10.
                      I had always assumed Mike did the singing.

                      1. It came out in my age-8 year, so 8-10 year-old AMR sounds about right.

                         1. Paul Carrack was the other vocalist (e.g., "The Living Years")

       2. Heck, with the year Uggla's been having he should shoot for Ted Williams' reached-base record.

          1. Which year? I see Ruth's 1923 season with 378 times on base, 21 higher than Williams' 1949 season where he had 358.

             1. I meant his record of reaching base in 84 consecutive games (in 1949).

                1. Oh right. I completely misparsed the sentence.

                   1. Points given back for use of the word misparsed.

23. bases are getting clogged up....

24. Salty K.

25. Every time this cat comes up I get gravity towards the Saltimbocca meme: prosciutto, sage, veal, lemon, shallot, white wine.

    1. Now I'm hungry again...

26. If that ball would have hit _elm_n in the face I would have died of laughter.

    1. More fielding misadventures, I take it. Can't wait to see him rollerskating for another club next year (please, please, please).

27. missed a couple innings while visiting with the neighbor outside; well spent though -- he brought me a HOF induction program that he bought when he was in Cooperstown. Schweet!

28. Ok, I'm bailing before it gets ugly around here.

    1. suddenly it's a lot less ugly around here...

       1. I resemble that remark

          1. d'oh - too soon!!

             1. Android does. (but I'm home now)

29. With all the offensive talent the Sawx have had in the last 15 years Dick guesses the last Sawx player to lead the league in RBI was Yaz? I could almost understand guessing Jim Rice (nobody doubts he was feared), but why not guess Mo Vaughn, MannybManny, or Ortiz?

    1. Yeah, I shook my head at that. It was clearly either going to be Ortiz or Manny.

       1. Ortiz did it in 2005 and 2006.
          Manny only did it in Cleveland in 1999.

    2. Specally since papi did it 2 or 3 times

       1. When a guy is good for ~140 RBI/season at his peak (or 129 per 162 over his career like Manny), it's just a question of how many times he'll lead the league, and not if.

    3. Baseball ended in 1969 for Dick. Everything since, except for a few games in '87 and '91, has just been work.

30. Span sucking like Mike and the Mechanix since his return.

    1. They had more hits

       1. Touche.

          1. I would accept a pop single from him at this point.

31. Stupid interfering fan.

    1. Luckily Revere is fast. Like a marsupial.

       1. Faster than 'Kangaroo', anyway.
          httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP2t6flTmyY

          1. I was going for the Pollack/Walken reference. Sorry about the Bob & Tom laughtrack, but the impersonation is great.

             1. The best Chris Walken impersonation ever.
                httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMUeMWv8y4&feature=player_embedded#at=47
                Titus Welliver

                1. Titus Welliver does everything well (Adams/Smokey)

                   1. He was awesome in Deadwood. (I gave up on Lost during season 2.)

                      1. He was also excellent as Jimmy O on Sons of Anarchy

                         1. I need to put that in the queue.

                            1. First two seasons are on streaming. You'll have to find season 3 somewhere else.

32. give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back give-back

    1. Well, who's the sap from the bullpen that's going to give up those two unearned runs for Blackie?

       1. we'll find out

33. Why are you tempting fate? I'm alerting the authorities, sir. Those KC tickets are history!

34. Sigh.

35. frackin' errors

    1. You gotta wonder if he knew there were 2 outs.

36. Did you know that Blackburn DESERVES to win this game? Oh, and he did a great job going two outs further than Light Rail.

    /pitching staff's Cuddyer

37. I am reluctant to put this completely on me but the Twins have been winning every game this week when I left work.

    1. We're gonna need you to quit.

    2. And they still are!

    3. They've also been winning every game when I haven't been in Nebraska. Weird.

       1. so, when do you leave Omaha, Rhu?

38. Need to remember to thank Murphy for this game not being on 4ltr instead of Monday night's.

39. Oh, Benny.

40. Eff.

41. This Ortiz dude hates the Twins.

    1. Can't say that I disagree with him...

       1. He should be thrilled he isn't on this team. I don't get it.

          1. Revenge is a tater best served long.

             (McDonald did it last night.)

42. so, Tolbot has to be substituted in for Plouffe's defense? What exactly is Plouffe good for, then?

43. Gordo apparently didn't get the memo that Tolbot is in the game? Or is Gameday wrong?

44. GOAL USA!

45. even pussier than a single.

46. Oh Jimmers

47. Goal! Minnesota Twins!

48. I hate pinch runners.

    1. At least in this case you can bat Thome for the Replicant if this game goes into extras.

       1. Didn't Jimmers get pulled?

          1. Yes. I meant Kubel. Fail.

49. That's more like it.

50. Juicy!

51. HOW IS THAT NOT A RED CARD!!!???

    1. i think you're in the wrong gamelog, magoo...

       1. USA-Mexico always wins, especially the way the Twins have been playing not helping their case. Game's over anyway, now to concentrate on perhaps beating the Sox.

       2. Or we are.
          

52. Gardy: "Nice going, ya cock-sure prick."

    1. Yep.

53. Two IBB for Delmon with a week is one of the omens and/or portends of Ragnarok, right?

54. Why is the Royals 2B/SS playing right field for the Red Sox? It seems like something would should be taking advantage of.

55. Ullgr'd

56. Always a pleasure when Ricardo Clark sucks.

57. WHO THE F%$! LET SCOTT ULGER COACH THIRD BASE!?!?!!?!

58. Is a fadeaway slide too much to ask for?

    1. Only right-fielders are capable of that.

    2. Yep
       

59. Quick trivia question: What is Nishi's batting average with the bases loaded this season?

    1. .4444..

       1. I see someone uses twitter and knows math.

          1. That is so not me....

          2. Half true.

    2. uh, lower than Juicy's?

60. How long has Repko been on the active roster?

    1. I think he's almost half-way through the Nexus-6's designed lifespan.

       1. Huh, I guess I hadn't processed his name in a while. I thought he just got off the DL or something.

61. Nishi!

    1. He's had a couple of nice games here. I hope he plays well for the rest of the season as he continues to get acclimated to MLB.

       1. Dido. The Twins desperately need him to be a league-average SS.

62. Ellsbury was made to look like a fool by Nathan during that AB. Nice work.

63. 255 saves as a Twin. Congrats, Joe.

    1. About to wrap around to 0!

       1. It's a secret to everyone! I am Error.

64. Nice win.

65. Huh. No obligatory. What's up with that?

    1. Special occasion.

66. I f**king hate when they cut the live look-in with 1 strike left in the game.

67. Good for Nathan.

    /fireworks/

68. Joe Nathan: King of the Savers.

69. Saves is a stupid stat, but that's a pretty big accomplishment for Nathan.

    1. Yep. Not bad for a guy traded with two other pitchers for a mouthy catcher.

70. 

    1. Ooh. Aah.

71. Now that this game is over I can listen to the WGOM video of the day over and over again until I pass out.

    1. I think I might have to have another listen as well.

       1. You Ain't Alone.

    2. You Ain't Alone
       

       1. Drinking minds...

          1. Friend Request sent

72. We're like The Breakfast Club

    1. Don't don't don't you...forget about me.

73. did any of these games end before midnight? The Red Sox love playing the game at a cold molasses pace

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