Article: Game Thread: Twins @ Angels, 7/21 @ 9:05pm CT

[Riverbrian]

It never rains in Southern California says Albert Hammond. Side Note: Albert Hammond is from Gibraltar so what the hell does he know about Southern California weather? The Angels just had a rain out over the weekend so there goes the "never" part down the drain.

If it wants to rain again during the Twins series... I'll be OK with that. Maybe the Twins can play them some other time when they Angels aren't quite as hot. Besides... It's West Coast baseball and that means a 10:05 start in my current Eastern time zone. I'm tired... I doubt I can stay up and watch the whole thing. I hope the Twins play some good ball to try and keep me up.

 

1. The Angels -- When the team you are cheering for is in contention and not totally comfortable where they currently sit, a series like this is like a couch made out of cactus. The Angels are hot... very hot... the hottest team in the American League. The Twins are not hot... They ain't cold but after losing two out of three to the A's... hot doesn't really apply. The uncomfortable feeling... the cactus couch... the heat with high humidity is the Angels being the wrong team at the wrong time for our Twins. We need wins right now. The Angels just swept the Red Sox and have won 8 out of their last 10. On the optimistic side... the Twins won't have to face Hector Santiago... He threw yesterday. Hector has been perhaps the best pitcher in the American League this year. Although... the Twins do have to face CJ Wilson and Garrett Richards and a Shoemaker tonight. Here's to hoping the Twins win tonight against a somewhat struggling Shoemaker. If they lose tonight... that'll be a problem with Wilson and Richards up next.

2. Albert Pujols -- Ladies and Gentlemen... He's Back and back with a vengeance. I have no idea why Albert has to be vengeful but he's back with a vengeance. In 2013 Albert was miserable by Pujols standards. He improved a bit in 2014 but because of 2013... fans and pundits were feeling that Pujols was now officially old and declining. He may still be old but based on this year... he has stopped that decline. Twenty-nine Home Runs now after hitting three yesterday. Dear Kyle Gibson, Mike Pelfrey and Ervin Santana... and all of you guys in the bullpen... Don't hang one to Albert.

3. Mike Trout -- As good as Albert is... Mike Trout is better. Mike 'Named After a Fish' is the best player in baseball right now. Forget the back to back All Star MVP's and those two trucks he won when he can afford to buy 37 trucks. With a batting average over .300 and 28 home runs... a slugging percentage of .614... his speed and all the defensive tools needed to win games that way as well, Mike Trout is the best player in baseball. I'm not going to apologize to Bryce Harper or Paul Goldschmidt for declaring Trout the best. Trout and Pujols make a pretty potent 1-2 punch.

4. The Wild Card Race -- With the Royals up by 5.5 games... I think it makes more sense for us to focus on the wild card race, until the Twins can get closer to the Royals at least. The Twins and Astros currently hold the wild card spot. The Twins have a 3.5 game lead over the Orioles. The Orioles will be meeting the AL East leading Yankees while the Twins meet the AL West leading Angels. The Orioles have one of them cactus couch things as well.

5. Marriage -- I was reading this report on the number of people getting married has been declining each year since 2010. In 2010, 4,406,784 people got married and in 2014, 3,987,741 people got married. This leads to some questions... Are times changing? Are Women no longer wanting to live with hairy, beer-drinking men? Are Men no longer wanting to live with hairy women who stop shaving after awhile? All good questions but the biggest question is the number itself. 3,987,741 people got married in 2014... Shouldn't that be an even number?

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Game-time forecast: 77 deg F, partly cloudy, 3% chance of rain, winds from the W at 10mph.

Lineups:

TWINS
Dozier 2B
Hunter RF
Mauer 1B
Plouffe 3B
Rosario LF
Nunez DH
Hicks CF
Suzuki C
Escobar SS

Gibson P

ANGELS
Giavotella 2B
Calhoun RF
Pujols DH
Aybar SS
Freese 3B
Cron 1B
Joyce LF
Ionetta C
Robertson CF

Shoemaker P

Go Twins! Play ball!

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[spinowner]

 

 3,987,741 people got married in 2014... Shouldn't that be an even number?


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So if someone gets married twice in the same year does he or she count as one person or two?

Edited July 21, 2015 by spinowner

[woolywoolhouse]

I still giggle when I hear the name "Albert Pujols." It sounds like a name the censors working on "Ren and Stimpy" would have rejected for being too-dirty and childish.

[twinsnorth49]

Not so fun fact,

 

Pujols has 2  more HR's than K's in his last 57 games.........................this could be a long series.

[Craig Arko]

Now that I have power again, it's all these bloody late games.

 

Gibson should give us a good chance to win this first one. After that?

[DaveW]

Must win game.

[glunn]

I will be at the game tonight cheering for victory.

[mickeymental]

 

It never rains in Southern California says Albert Hammond. Side Note: Albert Hammond is from Gibraltar so what the hell does he know about Southern California weather? The Angels just had a rain out over the weekend so there goes the "never" part down the drain.
 

there is, however, a second half to the confounding couplet: "but girl don't they warn you ... It pours, man it pours"

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5. Marriage -- 3,987,741 people got married in 2014... Shouldn't that be an even number?

I know this one! (or if i don't, at least it gives me a dumb idea should anyone be foolish enough to ask me to plan their wedding... including me)

 

New year's eve wedding, consummated (if that's the right word) on a time zone line.

 

But yeah... i imagine there's only one date allowed on the license, and that goes to the census...

 

Drat, i thought i had it there...

 

Anyway, yeah... Baseball. Still 7 hours to go... Enjoy the game, glunn! (should it be capitalized?) Stay cool!

[Jerr]

Geesh, got home early and found a MATH THREAD, looking for Twins Game Thread          

 

Odd or even on marriages, married, divorced and remarried, widows....which and how to count it....geesh ....it is the game thread and I am going outside to ponder this math....later....

Edited July 21, 2015 by Jerr

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

I will be at the game tonight cheering for victory.

And this one of the few times it is acceptable to not root, root, root for the home team.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

I will be at the game tonight cheering for victory.

Are you going dressed as a Twins player? Or are you going incognito? Personally, I never wear any sports gear. I'm there to watch, not cheer or be SEEN.

[Craig Arko]

 

Geesh, got home early and found a MATH THREAD, looking for Twins Game Thread          

 

Odd or even on marriages, married, divorced and remarried, widows....which and how to count it....geesh ....it is the game thread and I am going outside to ponder this math....later....

You say you want a Math thread? No problemo! When I get home I'll see what I can find for you.

[glunn]

 

Are you going dressed as a Twins player? Or are you going incognito? Personally, I never wear any sports gear. I'm there to watch, not cheer or be SEEN.

I will probably wear a Killebrew T shirt.  It has been lucky in the past.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

I will probably wear a Killebrew T shirt.  It has been lucky in the past.

Can't get classier than Killebrew.

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

So if someone gets married twice in the same year does he or she count as one person or two?

 

I would assume that, logically, if someone gets married twice in the same year, they have not become a second person.  Because the stat is counting the number of people getting married, and not the number of marriages, whether a person is married once in a year or ten times in a year, they count as 1.  Therefore, the odd number of people getting married is explained by there being an odd number of people getting married multiple times in the year.

[70charger]

What if a 7 marries a 10?

[Craig Arko]

What if a 7 marries a 10?

8.5 on the Richter Scale.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

8.5 on the Richter Scale.

Hope this doesn't count as a jinx or anything...

 

For some reason it reminds me of a Victor Buono poem (which i suppose would have been slightly more on topic in the bay area)

 

Once i turned a somersault

quite near the San Andreas fault.

Later as i nursed my knee,

A telegram arrived for me.

The message said "Cool it, Victor!"

The signature read, "Dr. Richter."

 

(mind, this was from a record (an LP, no less) of him reciting, so the line returns were my insertion, and done by memory, so i might not quite be verbatim)

 

Anyway, i also thought it could be something "victor-y" for glunn to cheer for?

 

Only 3 and half hours to wait...

[70Goat]

We need this win tonight.

[Craig Arko]

Trust in Gibson. Then don't trade him away.

[Jerr]

 

You say you want a Math thread? No problemo! When I get home I'll see what I can find for you.

NO!I SAID I FOUND ONE....

[Jerr]

 

What if a 7 marries a 10?

7 hits it out of the park!!!!

[JB_Iowa]

Pedro Moura ‏@pedromoura  · 7m7 minutes ago 
Mike Trout says he expects to play tomorrow. Out tonight with left heel soreness. He does not know how it started.

 

Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino  · 17m17 minutes ago 
Miguel Sano says his right ankle feels much better. Tested it on the field today. Hopes to play as soon as Wednesday.

 

[drock2190]

To answer OP's question about why the marriage number going down is simple.

 

Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?

 

I think a fair amount of guys are scared because of the divorce rate in this country is so high and since they are mainly the bread winner, half of their stuff is gone if there is a divorce.

[ashbury]

Marriage based on a fair market price for the milk probably isn't going to last through the first economic downturn anyway.

[Craig Arko]

[Danchat]

Maybe it's just me, but the Angels lineup doesn't look very good, especially when they're missing Trout.

[twinsnorth49]

It's 2015....................right? I didn't stumble into a time machine did I?

[DaveW]

Anyone else having issues with MLB tv on Xbox live? Was hoping to catch the game on the tv, looks like I gotta catch it on the laptop or iPad if not