83 thoughts on “2011 Game: Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians”
Line drive single!
Where's Rhu to say "SEND HIM!!!!" ???
SEND HIM!!!
yeah, day late, dollar short
Reggie!!
Parmelee = 2003 Mike Ryan
One significant difference. 2003 Ryan: 6 walks 12 Ks (still better than his nearly 3:1 ratio in his short career). Parmelee: 8 walks, 6 Ks. When no-name rookies come up, pitchers just challenge them. When they show they can hit that, pitchers see if they'll chase. Ryan's K rate just kept getting worse. Parmelee has shown good patience, like when he got ahead 3-0 today before hitting a two-run single.
Tomei!
I'd be cool if the Twins serve up five or ten more taters for Thome to mash over these next three games...
I'm all for the Minnesota nice, but this much an ovation when Thome drives in a run?
It's in Cleveland. Yeesh, Milkman.
Thank you for not editing the first LTE. Leaving it up for our enjoyment was very kind of you.
That was right there with the most half-bakef things I've ever said here.
Not even.
Don't, bS.
you must be a wolf because that was a howler.
Seeing Top Jimmy next to that crack was fitting...
Not that I'm expecting a change, but I really hope someone important notices that LaPanta commentates circles around Dick.
Looks like I've got some catching up to do.
Bert notices a flaw with the Error stat. Well, I'll be damned.
Up Next... Bert deconstructs the Win.
Baby steps...
(I know we've said this before, but if anyone should rail against the Win, it's Bert)
This is the first game I've seen in two weeks. Who's on first?
Don't ask me - I barely know where the game is being played.
who's on the stage
Like I said, Mike Ryan
Parmelee!
I see tonight we're playing "Who wants it less?"
jimmer does not play that game.
He never did.
Anyone who doesn't vote the Gentleman Masher into the HoF should be drawn and quartered.
That went far, but the official tape measure will probably be 300 or so feet
So we're pretty intrigued by this Parmelee guy, eh?
Lots to like so far.
Indians playing a little Twins Baseball!
Chili dogs, chips, Summit EPA.
Alaskan Amber, if I can convince the Milkmaid.
She's cooking this awesome sausage and broccoli thing I can't remember the name of.
Awesome Sausage?
Wasn't Kelly Wells in that one? Or was it Awesome Sausage 3?
Co-starring Amber Alaskan...
Heh heh.
Oh, that's nice. ("Amber" proved to be a troublesome name for me as a youth. Ambers and Natalies were nothing but trouble)
Ugh, I checked her page just to see if there was anything close to that.
Reading her credits was a big mistake. I need to be held now.
You poor bastard. Enjoy your sausage for supper.
Luckily, I'd already eaten. Though I suppose there's still time for it to come back up.
Broccoli? Who could have written about broccoli today????
Good time for Dinkleman to hit something besides a single, here. Or he'll take a walk as I'm typing, either way works for me.
I'm watching Fringe currently, but seeing that Butera has two walks already this game, seems like the Twins game is where the fiction is happening.
Six walks for Twins batters already this game- doesn't seem very realistic, does it?
Nor sustainable.
It's less realistic than the goings-on in Fringe.
Pavano really wants to start a new losing streak
off to friends for booze and appetizers. Have fun.
iced
I'm really getting used to having raging tonsils around. Beats having an _elm_n any day.
I'm starting to think he was just a dream I had.
Though, soon enough, I'll be watching him in the playoffs. Sigh.
Wow, I hear Cuddiier is sitting as a precautionary measure. What a leader.
Any time you can move the Dink to the outfield and bring Tolbert into the game, it's a win-win for Gardy.
I see Tolbert's BA is in danger of going over .200. Whew, safe for at least a few more plate appearances.
Holy cow, newborns are good at crying.
Sometimes I'm convinced the 4 year old Miss SBG cries more than the newborn version.
I'm just going to pretend I didn't read that.
So are 8 month olds.
My youngest was very colicky. She's got an Olympic medal for marathon crying.
When do babies stop crying?
After looking above, I see it isn't anytime soon.
Only when they sleep. They're pretty binary creatures.
My first one never cried, and the second one was kind of a pain until she was about a year old. My sister? A pain going on twenty years, but she stopped crying 18 years ago.
Our third was great as an infant. She'd cry until she got your attention, and then once it was clear you were doing something, she'd give you a chance to get it right. She'd probably do the same thing now at 18 months, but she's unreasonable. I can't hold her all the time, I can't never wash her hair*, I can't let her stay up in my lap reading the book over and over**.
*She loves baths but hates getting her hair washed. It's not getting her hair wet that she dislikes, she's fine splashing it to get it wet, or letting me spray it with squirty toys, but anything that's clearly washing, and my wife wonders if I'm torturing her. "Did you get soap in her eyes?" No, but I let her see that I grabbed the water cup.
**I read it through once, but then she wants to page through it, study the pictures, feel the paper or cardboard. I try to limit her to once or twice through, but I'm sure she could make it to an hour if I let her.
Somehow, I managed to convince her to sleep without even having boobs.
This is a very Important contribution. Once you can get the kid to bed, without boobs, you are on your way to better nights.
I hope I can remember what I did, because she was screaming bloody murder, then she was passed out on my chest.
It might have been letting her scream bloody murder for an hour.
This.
Heh.
that seems like the obvious ending.
Nice to know Capps hasn't lost his touch, isn't it?
on the first pitch is what made it truly remarkable.
did he really need to warm up?
THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY
Wilson Ramos. For that.
1B
.303/.357/.443/.801
RAMOS
.267/.334/.443/.777
DH
.244/.332/.427/.759
RF
.267/.332/.423/.755
3B
.244/.298/.374/.672
CF
.269/.325/.329/.654
2B
.232/.281/.340/.620
LF
.242/.293/.320/.613
SS
.234/.289/.311/.600
C
.181/.243/.253/.496
so you're saying it's a good thing he's not our first baseman?
wow - just watched Parmelee's HR, and the dude is...he's got a firm foundation. Kinda Frank Thomasesque.
Line drive single!
Where's Rhu to say "SEND HIM!!!!" ???
SEND HIM!!!
yeah, day late, dollar short
Reggie!!
Parmelee = 2003 Mike Ryan
One significant difference. 2003 Ryan: 6 walks 12 Ks (still better than his nearly 3:1 ratio in his short career). Parmelee: 8 walks, 6 Ks. When no-name rookies come up, pitchers just challenge them. When they show they can hit that, pitchers see if they'll chase. Ryan's K rate just kept getting worse. Parmelee has shown good patience, like when he got ahead 3-0 today before hitting a two-run single.
Tomei!
I'd be cool if the Twins serve up five or ten more taters for Thome to mash over these next three games...
I'm all for the Minnesota nice, but this much an ovation when Thome drives in a run?
It's in Cleveland. Yeesh, Milkman.
Thank you for not editing the first LTE. Leaving it up for our enjoyment was very kind of you.
That was right there with the most half-bakef things I've ever said here.
Not even.
Don't, bS.
you must be a wolf because that was a howler.
Seeing Top Jimmy next to that crack was fitting...
Not that I'm expecting a change, but I really hope someone important notices that LaPanta commentates circles around Dick.
Looks like I've got some catching up to do.
Bert notices a flaw with the Error stat. Well, I'll be damned.
Up Next... Bert deconstructs the Win.
Baby steps...
(I know we've said this before, but if anyone should rail against the Win, it's Bert)
This is the first game I've seen in two weeks. Who's on first?
Don't ask me - I barely know where the game is being played.
who's on the stage
Like I said, Mike Ryan
Parmelee!
I see tonight we're playing "Who wants it less?"
jimmer does not play that game.
He never did.
Anyone who doesn't vote the Gentleman Masher into the HoF should be drawn and quartered.
That went far, but the official tape measure will probably be 300 or so feet
So we're pretty intrigued by this Parmelee guy, eh?
Lots to like so far.
Indians playing a little Twins Baseball!
Chili dogs, chips, Summit EPA.
Alaskan Amber, if I can convince the Milkmaid.
She's cooking this awesome sausage and broccoli thing I can't remember the name of.
Awesome Sausage?
Wasn't Kelly Wells in that one? Or was it Awesome Sausage 3?
Co-starring Amber Alaskan...
Heh heh.
Oh, that's nice. ("Amber" proved to be a troublesome name for me as a youth. Ambers and Natalies were nothing but trouble)
Ugh, I checked her page just to see if there was anything close to that.
Reading her credits was a big mistake. I need to be held now.
You poor bastard. Enjoy your sausage for supper.
Luckily, I'd already eaten. Though I suppose there's still time for it to come back up.
Broccoli? Who could have written about broccoli today????
Good time for Dinkleman to hit something besides a single, here. Or he'll take a walk as I'm typing, either way works for me.
I'm watching Fringe currently, but seeing that Butera has two walks already this game, seems like the Twins game is where the fiction is happening.
Six walks for Twins batters already this game- doesn't seem very realistic, does it?
Nor sustainable.
It's less realistic than the goings-on in Fringe.
Pavano really wants to start a new losing streak
off to friends for booze and appetizers. Have fun.
iced
I'm really getting used to having raging tonsils around. Beats having an _elm_n any day.
I'm starting to think he was just a dream I had.
Though, soon enough, I'll be watching him in the playoffs. Sigh.
Wow, I hear Cuddiier is sitting as a precautionary measure. What a leader.
Any time you can move the Dink to the outfield and bring Tolbert into the game, it's a win-win for Gardy.
I see Tolbert's BA is in danger of going over .200. Whew, safe for at least a few more plate appearances.
Holy cow, newborns are good at crying.
Sometimes I'm convinced the 4 year old Miss SBG cries more than the newborn version.
I'm just going to pretend I didn't read that.
So are 8 month olds.
My youngest was very colicky. She's got an Olympic medal for marathon crying.
When do babies stop crying?
After looking above, I see it isn't anytime soon.
Only when they sleep. They're pretty binary creatures.
My first one never cried, and the second one was kind of a pain until she was about a year old. My sister? A pain going on twenty years, but she stopped crying 18 years ago.
Our third was great as an infant. She'd cry until she got your attention, and then once it was clear you were doing something, she'd give you a chance to get it right. She'd probably do the same thing now at 18 months, but she's unreasonable. I can't hold her all the time, I can't never wash her hair*, I can't let her stay up in my lap reading the book over and over**.
*She loves baths but hates getting her hair washed. It's not getting her hair wet that she dislikes, she's fine splashing it to get it wet, or letting me spray it with squirty toys, but anything that's clearly washing, and my wife wonders if I'm torturing her. "Did you get soap in her eyes?" No, but I let her see that I grabbed the water cup.
**I read it through once, but then she wants to page through it, study the pictures, feel the paper or cardboard. I try to limit her to once or twice through, but I'm sure she could make it to an hour if I let her.
Somehow, I managed to convince her to sleep without even having boobs.
This is a very Important contribution. Once you can get the kid to bed, without boobs, you are on your way to better nights.
I hope I can remember what I did, because she was screaming bloody murder, then she was passed out on my chest.
It might have been letting her scream bloody murder for an hour.
This.
Heh.
that seems like the obvious ending.
Nice to know Capps hasn't lost his touch, isn't it?
on the first pitch is what made it truly remarkable.
did he really need to warm up?
THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY
Wilson Ramos. For that.
so you're saying it's a good thing he's not our first baseman?
wow - just watched Parmelee's HR, and the dude is...he's got a firm foundation. Kinda Frank Thomasesque.
I've just been calling em birthing hips.
he might consider not tucking in his shirt