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Tag Archives: smoke-and-mirrors offense

2015 Twins Game Recaps

Game 159 Recap: Twins 4, Indians 2

October 2, 2015 Jeff A 5 Comments

Playoff baseball, kind of.

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2015 Twins Game Recaps

Game 126 Recap: Twins 5, Rays 3

August 27, 2015 Jeff A 2 Comments

Okay, everyone who a week ago, when the Yankees wrapped up their sweep of the Twins, thought the Twins would go on to win their next six games on the road, raise your hands.  Okay, now put your hands down, because you know you're lying.

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Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.

Recent Letters to the Editor

  • In Response to March 2, 2021: Wild Game,
    • hungry joe: that’s an inside out meatbun bread burger.
    • E-6: I forgot the rules: Sandwich or not?
    • Jeff A: No AAA baseball until May, according to this.
    • hungry joe: https://twitter.com/ nickfrancona/status/ 1366793528337190924? s=21
    • Rhubarb_Runner: Yeah, cloud DVR and local stations have made it a great option while here in FL
    • freealonzo: Yeah it went from $50 to $65 in the fall. It actually has a lot including all “mainstream 221; channels, ESPN, NBC...
    • Rhubarb_Runner: Well, technically YTTV is streaming. We also have other streaming (although no $$$ to Bezos)
    • Rowsdower: RIP Bunny Wailer https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=zjtYKPC5 8tg
    • punmanbowler: Oof. $65 for YTTV? What all do you get with that? We haven’t paid for cable TV in years. We’re entirely on...
    • SBG: The Truck Formerly Known as Plow got my vote.
    • Rhubarb_Runner: by a landslide snowslide
    • nibbish: I’ve been a huge fan of YTTV. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, but even after a couple of moderate price...
    • freealonzo: Really $5? My sense it’s more like $20 a month. I don’t think Fox Sports North is on AT&T’s low tier...
    • nibbish: Most of the winners are okay, but Plowy McPlowface is pure freaking poetry.
    • sean: MnDOT announces the winners of the snow plow contest. No Twins, or any sports, names but Star Wars got two.
    • nibbish: The nominations for rhe 19th annual Visual Effects Society awards. My brother was nominated for “Outstanding Compositing...
    • CarterHayes: FanGraphs observes the passing of Joe Distelheim, longtime editor of The Hardball Times, who passed on 30 December 2020. I...
    • Rhubarb_Runner: We transitioned from AT&T TV to YouTube TV, because contracts. No way I’d go back, and I liked AT&T TV.
    • Twayn: After reading yesterday’s post about FSN I decided to do my homework. For us it’s an easy fix, we’ll just swap...
    • Rhubarb_Runner: you guys know the answer to these questions looks like yesterday’s game in Port Charlotte was not sold out; if I...
    • CarterHayes: No 7th inning stretch? Manfred won’t care if you ever get [your money] back.
    • Jeff A: If they only play six, do you get one-third of your money back?
    • Rhubarb_Runner: I was happy to see that it looks like Maeda will be the starter Thursday when we’re at the ballpark, but conversely...
    • Jeff A: In case anyone’s forgotten, he’s an ex-Twin.
    • MagUidhir: Here’s an interesting article about it https://extras.denve rpost.com/nine-innin gs/inning6.html
    • nibbish: Wow, that’s one of the most perfectly crushed home runs I’ve ever seen. Perfect angle, perfect direction, hard...
    • Rhubarb_Runner: https://twitter.com/ BaseballQuotes1/stat us/13545558808853995 54?ref_src=twsrc%5Et fw%7Ctwcamp%5Etwe...
    • hungry joe: Whoops. Thought I scheduled this, but I guess not.
  • In Response to March 1, 2021: March First!,
    • punmanbowler: When I was 10, my mom and I had partial season tickets to the Twins. Unfortunately we moved to St. Louis the year after. My...
  • In Response to Weekly Wild Whangdoodle: Just Deserts,
    • Daneekas Ghost: It was Parise’s stick and all the internet commenters are VERY MAD about it.
    • hungry joe: As soon as the puck went off Spurgeon’s(?) stick, I knew it was going in for the equalizer.
    • Daneekas Ghost: The Wild got to 97.5% win expectancy twice in the third period. Losing that one kinda stinks.
    • Daneekas Ghost: I say decline the penalties
    • DK: 4 even strength goals! 0 power play goals! On brand!!!
    • Daneekas Ghost: Me wife asked how the game was going and I said 0-0 in the second period. Followed by multiple hasty amendments.
    • Daneekas Ghost: Aw, nuts.
    • hungry joe: Wow. Hung 4 goals on Fleury in one period. That’s good, right?
    • DK: CRASH THE NET
  • In Response to March Books,
    • bjhess: I’ll go a step further and say almost every time that I read a book of short stories it becomes a trudge, but not so with...
    • meat: co-sign.
    • Daneekas Ghost: If you like short stories at all, Tenth of December is really good.
    • Daneekas Ghost: Oh yeah, reading with the little ghost: We read The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas. It was...
    • Pepper: I adored Tenth of December when I read it a number of years ago, but I haven’t read any other books by Saunders since then....
    • SBG: Here’s another thing that I thought was very interesting. Both Washington and Madison married young widows who had children,...
    • SBG: Yes, I just started it.
    • Pepper: I loved it! I get what you’re saying, but their decisions somehow felt so true to life that I could appreciate it. I...
    • The Dread Pirate: The only Saunders I’ve read was Lincoln in the Bardo, and I thought it was enjoyable and inventive.
    • The Dread Pirate: Are you planning to read Ammon’s book about James Monroe? I read that one about 15 years ago and thought it was...
    • The Dread Pirate: I finished Ducks, Newburyport, and it was phenomenal. One of the best books I’ve ever read. I can’t say...
  • In Response to February 28, 2021: Play Ball,
    • brianS: That was hilarious.

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