97 thoughts on “2012 Game Logs: Game 31 Dick Bremer’s Ground Crew Debut!”

1. These Toronto unis are pretty sharp.

   1. They are slick.

2. How long until Bautista hits a home run?

3. LaPanta sounds a bit perplexed how a team could score so many runs with a low batting average and lots of strikeouts.

   1. So there are 8 wonders of the world?

4. Bert thinks this third out will be an important out.

5. Dozier fits right in with these guys.

6. Over/under count for DPs?

7. Really? Finishing an episode of Rocky & Bullwinkle was enough to come into a game down two runs? Who's pitching? Who scored? Who cares?

   1. I don't even have a box score up. I'm just here to hang out with you guys.

   2. Dick Bremer is working on the grounds crew today. Did you hear?

      1. Actually, if not for this place, I wouldn't have! I haven't watched the Twins feed since the Yankee series.

      2. Come for the baseball, stay for the Dick shots.

   3. Moose and squirrel = LeCroy and Punto? We all know who our Dudley Do Right is.

      1. 

         1. He'd better be careful with that salute or he might injure his wrist.

8. Holy crap, Welke. What is wrong with you?

9. Marquis hit Bautista...BAD BLOOD!!!!

   Something to make this game interesting.

10. Way to keep your heads up, defense. Hot damn, we are seeing some bad baseball here.

    1. Yeah we are.

11. Six innings, 13 Ks for Strasburg. 103 pitches, so it might be a night for him.

    1. Yeah, that was a great pick last year. Of course, it required basically tanking for a year.

12. What's the starting rotation going to look like a couple months from now?

    Pavano
    Diamond
    Blackburn
    Swarzak
    Some other guy?

    1. Player to be named later

    2. DeVries.

13. He really played the living fire out of that one.

14. LaPanta commenting on inability to do things for the offense, I think because of the struggles of the pitching. No *#(%^. Carry 13 pitchers and Butera, you don't have any options on the bench.

    1. But Butera's .333 leads the team!!!!!

    2. geez, we're ALL hulking out here*
       
       *rightly so

15. I know "Twins baseball!" is the usual joke here, but this team really doesn't have many other ways to score runs.

    1. That or Willingham.

       1. This almost looks like a call now.

16. This starting staff is just beyond awful. Five soft-tossers with mediocre control. Great!

    1. Liriano doesn't even have mediocre control anymore.

       1. I wasn't counting him.

17. Answer to trivia question; visiting player with most home runs at Target Field.

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    Jhonny Peralta with five home runs. I wouldn't have guessed him. I guessed Bautista, who has four. Encarnacion also has four. I'm guessing there's going to be a new leader by Sunday. Oops, actually, it is Bautista. I didn't read the summary right. He has seven home runs. Peralta is second with five.

    1. I would have guessed Consuela. They ARE trading him this fall, right?

18. That's why you need 17 pitchers in the bullpen Gardy, you warm up the pitcher that is obviously going to come in early, every inning until you finally had enough.

19. Recommended listening for tonight (and the foreseeable future):

    Keep on the Sunny Side - The Carter Family
    Smile - Nat King Cole
    All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

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

    2. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ui_Q4qBDJY&ob=av2n

       1. Never heard this before. Sounds like a sleepy Alice In Chains* (Jar of Flies era).

          *I just got an idea of how to keep AJR in her toddler bed!

    3. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

       1. I was expecting Radiohead's "Creep."

          1. I had no idea that "Creep" was in the same class of sadness with "Dancing Queen", TSSOAT.

       2. Cmon now, it's not that dire!

          1. They're having the time of their lives
             See that team, throw that ball
             They are a baseball team.

             It is that dire.

    4. even the losers, get lucky sometime.

20. Oh boy. I wish I could hear Tom Kelly right now.

21. oh geez

22. Lost in the roof clouds something?

23. In the last 5 years does anyone have a better winning percentage against the Twins than Toronto?

    1. the Yankees?

    2. The Twins are .241 against the Jays. They're .286 against the Yankees.

24. This is amazing. Just amazing.

25. I can confidently say that I would've caught that.

    1. Valencia would have had it.

26. No, you don't have to score that as a hit. Ordinary effort would have caught it. It's caught 99% of the time.

27. Also there's no way that isn't an error (on Plouffe). You don't get a hit just because no one touched the ball.

28. LaPanta is also new to the shift. Poor guy thinks it's only used against Ortiz. If he watched any Rays games (hahahahah) he'd realize they shift a lot.

29. It took four innings for LaPanta to get jaded and miserable.

30. Jeebus, guys, this game is even worse in person. But where else can you pay 7.25 for a Grain Belt?

    1. Being in LA, I would gladly pay 7.25 for a GB right now.

       1. I'll swap you a GBP for a Dodger dog.

31. TURN ON THE BULLS/PHILLY GAME.

    1. holy moly.

       1. That looks like it was kind of close.

32. Being a meteorologist for a baseball team has got to be one of the better jobs in the world.

33. rally time

34. WILLINGHAMMER

35. Someone can pull the ball into the seats.

36. Thrillingman!

37. Willingham doesn't seem to care. Hits homer.

38. 

39. So, I see I haven't really missed anything. New guy on the grounds crew, I see.

40. If you are Snacksmack right now you have every right to be pissed you aren't starting, right?

41. So I'm just tuning in for the night. Looks like I'm just in time for one of those patented Twins comebacks that have them on top of the AL Central!

42. Jim Souhan ‏ @SouhanStrib
    Is it possible that Dozier is already best player on the team?

    1. Well this is awkward.

    2. You do realize that following him ironically is still following him, right?

       1. I dont follow Souhan. it was retweeted by someone I follow

          1. Then that person is evil.

43. If Seth keeps retweeting Souhan he is going to get un-followed real soon here.

    1. I unfollowed Seth a long time ago because of his retweeting everything

       1. I followed Seth for about 36 hours. He contributed about 60% of the Tweets in my feed for that period of time.

44. Just 2 runs an inning.

    Is Willingham up soon?

45. Woah, guys I just got home. Why is Dick in the grounds crew? Did he get sent down, too?

    1. Claimed off of waivers.

46. I'm not sure which is more offensive... the Twins' season or the Spoonto banner I just got.

47. this game is as good as any to run the entire bullpen into the ground too, Gardy. Where's Willie when we need him??

48. This is going to be a pretty cool comeback.

49. at least the Twins were not shut out

50. If Willingham is out, so am I.

51. we need to exorcise the loss demons

    httpv://youtu.be/C5VBRlaVjRQ

52. Over their last 162, the hometowners are 59-103.

    1. Wow. What happened? Did they start 52-0?

       1. Don't worry. We'll just have to settle for 139-23 this year!

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