2011 Twins Game Logs

Game 50: Angels at Twins

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At least I got to watch a good start last night. I'm guessing we won't be so lucky today.

Sleestak vs. Weaver

To anyone watching this game tonight; you have my pity in advance. If Smokestick pitches a perfect game or something, consider this some sort of reverse Spookying of said event.

279 thoughts on “Game 50: Angels at Twins”

  1. LEN3 said the tarp was being pulled onto the field while the players were warming up. Is this thing going to start on time? Does anyone care? My luck the game will be delayed just long enough for FOX to switch to another game and not return on the day I'm supposed to recap the game.

    1. And my wife has taken over the TV to watch Glee. Even with the Twins sucking ass, it has me sad.

      1. even when the Twins stink like they do now, its better to have them than to have no Twins at all

  3. Hey, it's another nationally televised game! And by nationally televised, I mean "FU FOX!!!"

    On the plus side, I don't have to watch this game.

    1. Same boat here. Looks like I'll pay a little bit of attention to it on Gameday.

      1. Once my senses are done being assaulted by Glee, I'm hoping the game will be on here, if only for the added motivation to put together the damn crib.

          1. I admit, the chances are fairly high, although I'm approaching the "F it, I don't care anymore" plateau.

      1. 2011.

        I think they changed their "block" to be in the evening instead of midday for this year.

  9. Heh. Morris just called out Dazzle for not caring for Ichiro!

  10. Now that Glee is done, I see that southern Wisconsin gets STL-COL. That makes sense.

    1. Hey with the Red Sox in a rain delay I am getting the Twins game on Fox! woah!

          1. Wait for it.....

            Bert was just talking bullpen with the national guy and didn't even mention Slowey. Weird.

  11. Hey cheaptoy, are you drinking yours beers cold or super cold tonight?

            1. Any colder and you might not even be able to notice there is no flavor.

      1. And come to think of it, I can think of three bridges I would like to see the Twins burn.

  14. Is that a "sweet" tribal band tattooed on Swarstatt's wrist?

  17. I got rid of TV yesterday to save some money for the impending move, thinking there were no Mariner games left, so I was fine. Forgot about Fox. Oops.

    Nice to see Snackysmores putting up some zeros, not that the bullpen will allow it to matter in any case.

        1. I figure the odds of it continuing are so astronomical that I couldn't possible jinx Sugarlinks.

  18. Got a buttload of Twins cards in the mail today, so it's been like Christmas in May. But now the Twins game is on, and it's like the day after Christmas when all the toys are broken.

    1. He is pitching in Liriano's spot, so maybe he can get a 12 walk no-hitter!

  20. I just turned on the FOX game and it's 7-0 Rockies. Come on, change to a more competitive game!

  21. What is the Twins record for most no hitters in a month?

  24. The baby room is painted and I'm about to win a copy of Mass Effect 2 for $13. Come on Twins, follow my success and score some runs for Signalflare.

        1. I probably shouldn't talk so big anyway. Sour Cream snapped my copy of LittleBigPlanet 2 in half a couple of weeks ago. Suuuuure, it couldn't have been something that had been around long enough to drop significantly in price...

          1. Heh, I managed to gouge NBA2K11 a couple months ago by pulling out the controller cable causing the shelf the Xbox was sitting on to fall off the back pegs. Luckily, the game had dropped in price.

          2. Has anyone played LA Noire yet? I need to purchase this game, right?

            2. I've heard mixed things. I'd wait about a bit, it's bound to be $40 about 6 weeks after release. That's been the recent pattern with new releases anyway.

              1. I just got a copy off ebay for $35 with free shipping. Good enough for me.

            3. i heard a review of that on NPR. i was intrigued to say the least. currently rockin' black ops from the library. love publicly funded violent video games.

              1. That reminds me of when I checked out Doom II from the library back in the day. It was either that or Flight Simulator.

            4. The reviews have been great, though there's an agreed-upon flaw; there's a ton of detail given to the environments, but very little of it is interactive.

  25. How many mascot home run derbies does TC have to win before they give him a shot in left field?

  26. If I was Jered's teammate, I would say "ARE YOU READY, WEAVER?!?!?!" every time he pitched. Then he'd shrug, because he probably wouldn't know what I was referencing.

  27. Twins on the computer and the Fire on TV. I have the distinct possibility of being failed by two teams at once.

    On the other hand, they both have started their seasons terribly so there isn't much in terms of expectations.

    And Barca already won the Champions' League today...

  28. FOX just showed a college highlight of Todd Helton playing football in college. The highlight was him handing the ball off. Talented!

        1. Here in Ne-braska Erstad is an ex-Husker footballer so he is appropriately worshipped as a diety.

    1. How many times has a team thrown a no-hitter and lost? I'm gonna go with that's our fate tonight.

      1. How many times has the manager of the player throwing the no-hitter been ejected from the game?

  40. Did you see that way Swingset reared his head back towards center after that eye-eye flyout. The no-no is in his head now, for sure.

  41. Jack Morris uses this performance as an excuse to rag on Slowey. Ugh, if this wasn't a no-hitter I'd never even consider listening.

  44. If Scoobysnacks throws a no-hitter tonight I will not ridicule a single thing Bert says the rest of the season

        1. I'd say the no-no is much more likely than you not ridiculing Bert for the rest of the season.

  45. I picked Thome for today's mlb.com hit streak thing. I hope for both mine and Snazzysnap's sake Thome gets his chance.

  46. BlackJack says he doesn't like the quality start because it's "Equivalent to a 5.9 ERA." Jesus, get this muttonhead out of my booth.

  47. I was ragging Spearstorm all day to my FIL. Now I've committed to buying a Smearsplat jersey if he can complete the Spot No No.
    I may put an alternate name on it though. (I count this like thinking about how I'd spend my lottery winnings.)

      1. The inherited runner will score, and Scalpspank will take the L instead of the Noble ND.
        Skipsplat gets to stay in long enough to earn the L on his own terms.

        1. I'm sorry, but that's incorrect.

          The correct answer was: The bullpen comes in and gives up 17 runs.

  55. Just as with Blackie's CG on Monday, do you know who I trust for the next two innings? Sporesnack with 100 pitches behind him. Will Ullger let him? And then the bullpen will lose it in the 11th.

    1. Matt Capps is available, he has a career save, ergo, Sleepscab will not pitch a CG.

        1. But does anyone want Capps to nail down the loss?
          [Matt Capps excepted.]

          Now if Chuck James were here...
          (By now, I'm expecting Chuck James to typically have 11-pitch 3-K innings.)

            1. See, I figure his BABIP is gonna be 1.000 at the end of the season, because he'll have only allowed one runner to put the ball in play (an infield single). Everything else will be Ks.

              He's gonna be the Baby Second Coming.

                1. I was actually thinking if Mauer is Baby Jesus...
                  Maybe I should have used Relief Jesus or LOOGY Jesus.

                  I've got an Uncle Chuck, so I wouldn't want to use that for any boys.
                  Maybe if it's a girl, Chuckina Jamie R.

  56. Unfortunately I don't see the Twins scoring any runs tonight, so Sleestack will get screwed no matter what.

  57. Jack thinks the sub-three hour game is "rare." I'm pretty sure a sub-three hour game is "average."

    He doesn't like extra innings because the pitcher doesn't get the decision. So a quality start is meaningless, but a decision can tell you literally everything you need to know about a pitcher's performance.

    I'd forgotten how much I dislike this guy.

      2. I never get to hear Bert but Black Jack is definately worse than Dazzle. In fact if Dazzle is working with Robinson of Atterberry he isn't to bad.

  58. It is a good thing Gardy wasn't around to see Valencia take that third strike.

  60. Not to go all Bert on everyone here, but was Swarzak really done? It's not like he was being spanked around.

    1. I did think that was odd. Maybe he was on some sort of pitch count tonight that was only ignored as long as the no-hitter was intact.

  66. Heh, FOX Chicago gave up on the Cardinals-Rockies game and switched it to...Reds-Braves. Another victory for FOX Sports!

  67. Come on FOX, can't you give us a live look in or something? I've been watching this pointless game forever.

  69. i'm only half listening, but did whoever's in the radio booth say something about "balls being sweaty"?

    1. free inevitably soul-crushing baseball
      FTFY.

      And I started typing this even before I saw Burnett was coming in to pitch. Time to find something else to do.

      1. I still can't figure out this rights thing. This was from Wikipedia, so I hope it's halal.

  73. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  77. If possible, I'd like both Kubel and Morneau to hit walk off dingers this inning.

  82. I felt like sharing this FB Conversation, since I used my WGOM voice.

    HS Co-worker.
    Hitless through six. For once, its not our side.

    Someone Else #1 Shhhhh. Bad luck to mention it!

    AMR I told some friends that the -165 line for the Angels looked like easy money. (I don't gamble.) With Sweetback at 81 pitches I'd still take -145 on the Angels.

    Someone Else #2 Way to go [HS Co-worker].

    AMR People have taken this "Don't mention no-hitters" thing too far. Science has proven that it'll only jinx the no hitter if you mention it and the pitcher can hear you.

    AMR Did Vin Scully jinx Sandy Koufax's perfect game? No he didn't, because it was against Koufax's religious beliefs to use a radio. QED.

  85. So we got punched in the nuts last night, what is left to punch for tonight?

  86. I bet Morneau could have made it to second base on that single.

  87. I bet Morneau could have made it to third base on that single.

  88. Bases loaded, bottom of the 10th, Morneau pinch runned for? Here comes the double play.

  89. Repko goes first to second, then second to third! Good thing we had him pinch run!

  97. Hunter really made an effort for that ball. What a leader.

    TWINS WIN!

    1. And yes, I know that even if he caught it Morenau Repko would have tagged and the Twins would have won. I just wanted to take a pot shot at eye-eye.

    1. I wonder what would have happened if you got rid of your tv in April?

  100. WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

  101. Torii Hunter showed his true leadership there by slowly trotting after that ball. If only we had that guy on this team!

  102. Okay guys, I know you suck, but you don't need to take a World Series pile-up just because you won a game.

    2. What was it?* Also: do you have some special radio that lets you see the announcers?

      *I watched the TV, because it was the first game I've watched this much of all season.

  108. Since that ball made it over the outfielder, I think the runners should have all collected between Home and Third to allow Valencia to get the triple. Or if the OF picks it up and throws it back in, at least a double.

      1. What? If he's safely at third before the first runner touches home, wouldn't it count?
        I know why they don't (unsporting, chance that a little screw-up with the runners could lead to outs instead of a run), but it would have to be scored that way if they did it anyways. (I'm cool with as long as Scioscia is in the opposite dugout.)

  109. Holy shit, they still do "the chop" in Atlanta? I figured we were well beyond that as a society.

    1. True fact: Chuck James only sucked and got injured in Atlanta because he couldn't stand that his successes were met with that from the fans. He passed up several years of Cy Young Third and Fourth place finishes because he hated the fans.

    2. FSU does too, I think (unless I've got them mixed up with someone). It's pretty ridiculous, but it isn't going away until mascot names change. Maybe not even then, if the fans feel they need to make some sort of point.

        1. The only thing I can say with real certainty on this issue is that I would also refuse to do "the chop."

      1. I sure hope I'm not crossing a line here, but is there any argument for the chop and these nicknames other than "Well, there are more of us, so what are they going to do?"

        1. Well, the FSU teams have official permission from the Florida Seminole Tribe.
          My feelings are that there degrees to which things can be used and cannot, based more on decorum and tastefulness (And therefore not as strongly felt as others might) than on any unbroachable subjects. But, if anyone feels I'm is taking this too far, please redact it.

          The Clevelands team name might be OK, maybe a bit too generic and racialized. Their logos were OK until about 1946, when they crossed the line and haven't retreated. Also, I think that the team name being so close to the perjorative "Injuns" (I still cringe any time we watch Peter Pan).

          I think the Braves have a perfectly acceptable name, no different than something like "Warriors" or "Vikings." The tomahawk logo is fine, too. I think the old stylized feather, is pretty sweet, if dated. I'm not sure about the primary logo from that time, I can't say from my knowledge whether that is distasteful or not. The main problems in Atlanta have been the off-the-field stuff. "The chop" seems like a bad idea to me. Also, I'd say that it's good that Chief Nocahoma was retired when he was, probably past the point where he was tasteful. (I know nothing more than the names and logos for any team other than the Braves.)

          Same goes for the KC Chiefs' current name and logo. I was not aware of this original logo. While I like how it mimics the old Texans' logo, cartoon representations of extant are not cool. (That's why I'm unsure of the 70's Braves logo: is that cartoony or not?)

          The Washington city football team has had pretty great logos and helmets* (although I think their best helmets were the first three shown). Yet they have the worst name in use of any pro club in the US. It's so obviously bad that even Gregg Easterbrook has made a good point: the only way the team could keep it would be to make it about potatoes. I think they should have started phasing it out years ago. The local basketball changed its name from the Bullets (I like to imagine them being the Bullitts) to the Wizards (which I imagine are the Wwwyzzerdds).

          *Ignore that 60-65 alt logo.

          When team names are specific tribes, I think it gets trickier, because teams shouldn't misrepresent the actual people whose name they're borrowing. Though I don't know if it's essential to get permission from them, efforts should be made to make faithful use of the people whose name is being co-opted. That said, this looks great. As does this. This one isn't too bad, either. I know nothing about the particular complaints arising out of UND.

          Finally, I've got no problems with the Blackhawks' logo, (AMR's ignorant verdict: not cartoony!) but that doesn't look like the man at all. This is what he looked like.

  110. Good news Everybody! The Twins have a chance to win their first 3-game series of the year tomorrow!

  111. Other things I can't fathom: I didn't get any rain yet today. Beautiful weather from sunrise to sunset.

    1. WHOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOO!!!!
      Grey skies are gonna clear up! Put on a happy face!

      Who got cut?

          1. It buys the Twins a little time to make the choice of who to remove from the 40 man.

            1. And with an early June time line it just might be Rene Rivera..

                1. But Rene is not Carl "The Ace" Pavano's personal catcher.

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