Peavy vs Hendriks
Good luck Hendriks. You have long odds tonight. Actually, I expect the Twins to score 11 runs. I mean, of course they have to break out with the AAA lineup, right?
Peavy vs Hendriks
Good luck Hendriks. You have long odds tonight. Actually, I expect the Twins to score 11 runs. I mean, of course they have to break out with the AAA lineup, right?
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Be nice to see something positive from Benson and Hendrix tonight.
So far, so good. Parmelee, too.
10 pitch inning
Evening, folks. I'm going to be having this tonight. I'm pretty sure one will be enough.
Torpedo here, as I draft for my money league.
Had this at a work dinner tonite. Not bad.
I was here tonight. Reissdorf KΓΆlsch, Ommegang Aphrodite, Meantime IPA, Uinta Black IPA, and Dogfish Head Palo Santo.
the Reissdorf was wonderfully sublime; the Ommegang nicely balanced -- fruity, but not cloying or overly sweet; the Meantime was underhopped by US standards for the style but had some surprisingly bitter malts in the mix (almost burnt, but without the color); the Uinta had a wonderful nose and good balance. The Dogfish Head, as is wont with that brewery, could have used a couple more years of aging to soften the alcoholic, rough edges, but was interesting.
OK, call me what you will, but I was sure Joe Benson was black. I have no idea why. That Gameday pic about knocked me over.
Benson?
I had the same (okay, not quite "same") experience with Ben Revere as he was called up.
I was fine on Benson & Revere; Hicks threw me, though.
Oh, right, he got me too.
I always chuckled at OJ Simpson's character in the Naked Gun films being called "Nordberg."
Or Jabbar as Roger Murdoch in Airplane!
True; looks like those names were a Zucker calling card.
When I hear Benson, I immediately think soul.
I think heaters.
So far, the right guy is making outs and other right guy isn't.
Base hit scores a run, Joe.
I was going to say Robby is getting some wet dream material interviews Mrs. Parmalee, but she's too old for him
Is she?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3lKbMBab18
Thought about snapping up a couple of cheap ducats for tonight, but instead had a fire and s'mores in backyard. If you haven't been to TF, you should go soon. It will never be cheaper than right now.
Other than this time next year.
I wonder how much payroll will need to be cut to account for the drop in attendance.
I think I read somewhere that Grampa Sports says the Pohlads want to get down to 90 mil. That's about three steps of separation so take that for what it's worth.
Twins averaging a drop of less than 400 per game so far. That's less than 1 percent. That will drop some more but a lot of tickets were sold a long time ago.
Ouch. I almost wrote something very similar, but decided to channel my inner-Pollyanna.
They might be cheaper at the end of the month. Isn't KC in town again?
$1 on stub hub for a lot of seats today. Can't get cheaper than that.
Wow. Pennies on the dollar.
mine are free. might have overpaid.
I really should get up there soon. Maybe vs. the Indians on the 17th.
Will probably be free by then.
Parmalee have any speed? Must have been a hit-and-run
Parmalee have any speed?
I know where we can get some.
Thanks for not posting a Keanu/Sandra pic
I know my audience. (Plus, Crispin Glover's character is tweaked out of his mind in River's Edge.)
Actually, my attorney advises me that you should have posted a Fear and Loathing pic
Must've gotten lost in the ether.
That Caddy has a HUGE trunk.
Oh geez, a Crazy
IvanTorii manuever.Dammit, Benson. Why do you have to remind me of that game?
I'm trying to be a good Twins fan and watch this game, but seriously, eff this.
I have the radio on faintly (drowned out by Ty Segall) while I edit my iPhoto library. I'm just here for the jokes.
I was saved by the Cubs being on instead, so I can just do what I've been doing: not really paying attention to the game and instead listen to you guys talk about things or complain about the lack of offense.
What offense?!?
One of the questions I put on the multiple choice section of my exam for Friday is:
Which weighs more?
A. A whale.
I probably got it wrong.
In response to a yes/no question, I once had a student answer "2".
An art major, no doubt.
Well, you've gotta give her credit for thinking outside of the box! Of course, she probably would have done much better had she done more thinking inside the box.
*check
I like Mrs. Parmelee.
Good lord this sucks.
100 pitches, 4 hits, 7 innnings? I'll take that in a career debut.
Too bad his offense is incapable of providing him with any run support.
Wait till next week.
I thought Liam did pretty nice job tonight. Cheers, mate.
Hopefully someone buys him a round.
Thanks, Camilla Hoel.
I'll have what you're pouring.
Some pretty well pitched games spoiled by some [redacted] Twins "offense" lately.
I haven't been this entertained since the Wolves were playing out the string
I blame proximity to the other building bearing the mark of a certain corporate naming rights sponsor.
They've sucked since that Sanford Health sign went up.
That's it! Blame Dakota! (Now was it North, or South?)
Actually, that the Twins had the gall to bitch about infringement on their giant cash-printing machine was rich. In the meantime, they eliminated the one "free" televised game of the week. They got rid of the music director at the stadium (who would actually spin some cool local music: Jayhawks, Replacements, Hold Steady) in favor of a music service they got on the cheap. Throw in the tacky Gant-Hrbek bobblehead, and I'll argue this organization has gotten some Instant Karma payback. They've gotten too smug for their own good. They took their eyes off the prize (on field product), and directed them at the bottom line.
Fuck 'em.
A devil's advocate would suggest at least some of the money gets fed back into the payroll, but I agree that the Twins have been pretty cynical when it comes to certain business decisions. Signing with KSTP over WCCO based on a petty $1 million told me all I needed to know.
Exactly. IMO, they have burnt off their "capital" in alarming fashion.
I wonder what their tv ratings are like. It has to be a precipitous fall.
Well, yes, but what the hell is going on at The Good Neighbor? They even lost the Goofs.
Dunno. Did they buy a certain newspaper?
On a semi-related note...
Hey, I live in that Dakota (it's the southern one)! Do what I do and blame Iowa (Sorry Mags and fellow Iowans, it's a reflex).
Hey, what's wrong with us? It's Nebraska you gotta watch out for.
you're all going to be crying the blues when canada invades.
They cut local* hero Chuck James!
*very
IIRC, Sanford is the largest employer in each of South and North Dakota. But I think they arose out of SoDak.
T. Denny lives in SD (I hear life is better in Sioux Falls!), but he's a UM grad. Remember, he wanted the Goofs stadium named after him.
The Minnesota Twins are officially eliminated from the playoffs with the Tigers win tonight.
GOSO.
GOSO?
Are you kidding?
Race. To. The. Bottom.
Game on!
AL only, or does Houston have a target on their back, too?
I was thinking more along the lines of Twins history.
Game on!
It is. They have to play above .500 to avoid a top three spot. 100 losses is not out of the question. 102 losses will be tough, but not impossible.
Ask and ye shall receive on the sidebar.
After losing the first three to the ChiSox here, my predicted wins on the season is now 58. At one point, I expected 60 wins, at least one of them was yesterday. That gives the team 104 losses. (And hopefully a new GM?)
Ozzie has figured out that every bullpen move works against this lineup. He's going to make as many as possible to make himself look smart.
Gawd, what LaRussa wouldn't do to face these guys.
Good God, fixed.
I just thought Tony needed an "ego biscuit."
Probably true, but the Twins are in such a very giving mood this year...
The "on-field" product certainly is.
Plus, no one loves to yank pitchers mid-inning than that old lush.
I suppose this game is the fault of Mr. Benson for misplaying that ball into a triple.
Send him back to NBB. π
Frankie Rodriguez.
Another pin drop night at Target Field.
And there it is. The race to the bottom, one year after we charted a race to the top.
Chutzpah!
Worst to first is much less fun in the opposite direction.*
*Stolen from Bless You Boys - Tigers blog, circa 2007.
If you scroll down this game log fast enough, my avatar looks like a bunch of vultures descending on the kill.
(I think I need new glasses.)
Yeah, it kinda does. I had to squint pretty hard, though.