Article: Game Thread: Twins @ Indians, 8/29 @ 6:10pm CT

[Riverbrian]

The Twins have lost 10 games in a row and that is really hard to do unless you are trying to lose 10 games in a row. So I guess that leaves the question… are the Twins trying to lose 10 games in a row? If they are… well done!… the accomplishment is impressive.

Our team left Toronto and flew to Cleveland for the start of 3 games series against the Indians. It’s easy to assume that the Twins had to fly across a couple of big lakes (Ontario and Erie) to get there, but I can’t be sure that the Twins plane took the direct route. Based on how the season has gone it’s probably safer to assume that the Twins flew north to get to Cleveland and ended up flying over Lake Gloom, Despair and Agony instead.

The Twins have simply gotten lost on the path they chose. They got lost and they lost a lot.

Here are some things to think about:

 

1. Socks – I don’t mind doing Laundry but after folding and putting everything away, I don’t know how I end up with one sock without a match. It doesn’t happen all the time but it happens enough that I assume that someone is breaking into the house, going down to the laundry room very quietly and taking one sock and leaving with it. Whoever is doing this is very good at it and I am being robbed very slowly… one sock at a time.

2. Memory – I have a theory and I think I’m right. I believe that we only have so much RAM and once you reach a certain age there is simply no more space. When you learn something new… something must leave to make room for it. I was in Texas this weekend and I learned that Armadillos eat beetles and worms. After I learned that… I couldn’t remember what room number I was staying in and I apologize to the couple from Louisiana that I walked in on.

3. The Remote – I was watching TV and I could not find the remote. The TV was on… which means that I turned it on with the remote... so at some point while watching TV… I lost the remote. Back in the old days… we had to get up and change the channel ourselves. Now… I couldn’t even tell you where those buttons are on the new TVs. I couldn’t tell you where the on/off button is. I removed all the cushions from the couch… even in places where I wasn’t sitting and I couldn’t find the remote. I had no choice but to leave the TV on all night. The next morning… I got up… the TV still on (it seems louder in the morning) and I opened up the fridge and there was the remote on the top shelf next to the milk. The remote was perhaps the worst breakfast I’ve ever had… it tasted terrible.

4. Garmin – I tagged Waldo with a GPS device… problem solved.

5. Small Children – (True Story) When my oldest son was around 4 years old… I lost him at a hockey game. Game was over… we were standing in the aisle waiting for the line to move when he ran through the row of seats and up the next aisle over and into the concourse. I know I should have ran after him but I had only been a parent for 4 years and they don’t come with instructions. I got to the top and it was people everywhere and I couldn’t see him. I didn’t panic because it was a hockey rink… it was circular. The crowd wasn’t hanging around so eventually it would thin to nothing. All I had to do was walk around the circular concourse and find him. So I did that and soon I was walking around an empty arena and my son was nowhere to be found. That’s when I started to panic. I knew my wife wouldn’t be happy with me if I returned home without him. I thought to myself… he must be at the car. So… I ran full speed for 4 blocks to my car (dead of winter below zero type night)… nope… and I ran full speed 4 blocks back to the rink. I’m in a complete panic now. I go back into the arena and I’m still running and I round the corner and that’s when I see my son walking with a couple of security guards. I told him… let’s not tell Mom about this and we went home. It’s 18 years later now and I still haven’t told her about it and if I told her about it tomorrow, I’d still be in trouble. (True Story)
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Lineups:

TWINS
Brian Dozier [R] 2B
Joe Mauer [L] 1B
Trevor Plouffe [R] DH
Miguel Sano [R] 3B
Max Kepler [L] RF
Jorge Polanco SS
Eddie Rosario [L] LF
Juan Centeno [L] C
Logan Schafer [L] CF

Hector Santiago [L] P

INDIANS
Rajai Davis [R] CF
Jason Kipnis [L] 2B
Francisco Lindor SS
Mike Napoli [R] 1B
Carlos Santana DH
Jose Ramirez 3B
Brandon Guyer [R] LF
Abraham Almonte RF
Roberto Perez [R] C

Trevor Bauer [R] P

Game-time forecast: Clear, sunny (until 8:03pm), 76 deg F, no chance of rain, winds from the NNE at 8mph. Hmm ... sounds like a nice night for a game.

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[Pardon My Dinger]

Remember when you took that home wine making course and you forgot how to drive? 

[Craig Arko]

Remember when you took that home wine making course and you forgot how to drive?

 

There are so many things I'd like to forget. Maybe home mead brewing is the ticket, then.

[wsnydes]

 

 

4. Garmin – I tagged Waldo with a GPS device… problem solved.
 

I hope that it was a universal GPS device because if it's Garmin exclusive, given the number of people that still use Garmin, nobody will ever know where he is.  

Edited August 29, 2016 by wsnydes

[Craig Arko]

I hope that it was a universal GPS device because if it's Garmin exclusive, given the number of people that still use Garmin, nobody will ever know where he is.  

(Os)Waldo is in San Diego. No, not Carmen.

[wsnydes]

 

(Os)Waldo is in San Diego. No, not Carmen.

Now I have the Carmen San Diego jingle in my head.  I didn't catch it often, but that TV show was pretty good from what I recall.  I could have done without the musical numbers half of the time, but I enjoyed the geography lessons.

[Craig Arko]

Now I have the Carmen San Diego jingle in my head.  I didn't catch it often, but that TV show was pretty good from what I recall.  I could have done without the musical numbers half of the time, but I enjoyed the geography lessons.

This will ease your pain.

 

[Vanimal46]

Did you make a stop at Off The Bone BBQ, RB?

[Deduno Abides]

If Schafer scores, will it be Logan's Run?

[wsnydes]

 

If Schafer scores, will it be Logan's Run?

Would this also work if he drove a run in?  

[ashbury]

Would this also work if he drove a run in?  

Also if his nylon stockings get scratched.

[Deduno Abides]

Also if his nylon stockings get scratched.

 

Is that Sabermetrics?

[Squirrel]

 

Now I have the Carmen San Diego jingle in my head.  I didn't catch it often, but that TV show was pretty good from what I recall.  I could have done without the musical numbers half of the time, but I enjoyed the geography lessons.

It was a TV show? I thought it was a computer game.

[Vanimal46]

 

It was a TV show? I thought it was a computer game.

That's how I remember Carmen San Diego. That and Oregon Trail were my jams! 

[wsnydes]

 

It was a TV show? I thought it was a computer game.

It was both.  The game inspired a game show.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_in_the_World_Is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F_(game_show) 

[Squirrel]

 

 

2. Memory – I have a theory and I think I’m right. I believe that we only have so much RAM and once you reach a certain age there is simply no more space. When you learn something new… something must leave to make room for it. I was in Texas this weekend and I learned that Armadillos eat beetles and worms. After I learned that… I couldn’t remember what room number I was staying in and I apologize to the couple from Louisiana that I walked in on.

 

If only your brain could send you reminders that your storage is running low and you need to buy some more. 

 

 

[wsnydes]

 

That's how I remember Carmen San Diego. That and Oregon Trail were my jams! 

Nothing was better than Oregon Trail.  The disappointment that ensued if we were led to the computer lab and handed floppy disks with Number Munchers on it was immeasurable.  I liked Number Munchers, but it's no Oregon Trail.

 

A few years ago, my wife and I went on a road trip out west and followed the Oregon Trail from Casper, WY through South Pass.  I kept making Oregon Trail jokes.  I'm half surprised that she didn't leave me at Independence Rock when we stopped there.

[Craig Arko]

 

If only your brain could send you reminders that your storage is running low and you need to buy some more. 

http://downloadmoreram.com

 

[Vanimal46]

 

Nothing was better than Oregon Trail.  The disappointment that ensued if we were led to the computer lab and handed floppy disks with Number Munchers on it was immeasurable.  I liked Number Munchers, but it's no Oregon Trail.

 

A few years ago, my wife and I went on a road trip out west and followed the Oregon Trail from Casper, WY through South Pass.  I kept making Oregon Trail jokes.  I'm half surprised that she didn't leave me at Independence Rock when we stopped there.

Were you updating friends and family with things that you'd see on Oregon Trail? 

Something along the lines of:
"Mrs. Snydes has typhoid" 

"There was a fire in our wagon. Lost 1 wheel axle and 4 pounds of food." 

"I have been bitten by a snake" 

[Squirrel]

 

http://downloadmoreram.com

What? Are you my brain reminding me to buy more storage?

[Vanimal46]

 

What? Are you my brain reminding me to buy more storage?

Because of this season, the anger in our brains has taken over... If I've learned anything from Inside Out, don't let anger take over your brain. 

 

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/insideout-newtrailer.jpg

[wsnydes]

 

Were you updating friends and family with things that you'd see on Oregon Trail? 

Something along the lines of:
"Mrs. Snydes has typhoid" 

"There was a fire in our wagon. Lost 1 wheel axle and 4 pounds of food." 

"I have been bitten by a snake" 

Haha!  I was driving, so I wasn't going to be that guy.  I was constantly asking my wife if she was still feeling okay.  I believe one of my lame jokes was that I needed to buy feed for the oxen when I needed to fill the gas tank.  Hunting jokes were prevalent given the number of pronghorn in the area.  I asked how we should ford the river at every river crossing.  Looking back, I'm not sure why she didn't kill me for her own sanity.   

 

Texting would have been pretty epic.  I wish we would have thought about that.

[Squirrel]

 

Because of this season, the anger in our brains has taken over... If I've learned anything from Inside Out, don't let anger take over your brain. 

 

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/insideout-newtrailer.jpg

That was THE BEST movie ever! Well, okay, maybe not ever, but I was sitting in the theatre and in the end when the little girl was finally sad and said, tearfully, 'I miss Minnesota.' I said to myself, 'Oh, honey, so do I!'

[twinsnorth49]

 

If only your brain could send you reminders that your storage is running low and you need to buy some more. 

If only your brain had an external hard drive so I could get rid of some of the stuff I wish i never knew.

[twinsnorth49]

 

Because of this season, the anger in our brains has taken over... If I've learned anything from Inside Out, don't let anger take over your brain. 

 

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/insideout-newtrailer.jpg

Angry is ok, it's alright to be angry sometimes. It's sadness you have to watch out for, that sucker is hard to get rid of for some.

 

Fortunately the Twins make me more angry than sad, which is a good thing................well, maybe not for my furniture.

[blindeke]

Our rotation for this series is Santiago, Albers, and Dean. Yes. Yes that is our rotation for this series.

 

I now know what it's like to fathom a bottomless pit, the darkness, the horror...

 

 

[Platoon]

I cam here from the Nicks post about the Twins Plan, to regain my sanity. That is so sad!

[Platoon]

Years ago, at the State Fair, I left my wife and two girls and took my 4 yr old son to machinery hill, about 4 blocks away. I crawled up on something for 30 seconds, turned around and he was gone! Finally called the cops, and they assured me they never lost one yet. Just wait here. Half an hour later he shows up with his mother and sisters in tow, asked where I had went. Lol. He got tired of looking for me, so he walked down to them, and brought them back. How he knew where and how to find them or me remains a puzzle to this day. I can tell you, it's one crappy feeling to lose a kid. Of course once they grow up, you can't lose them, they keep finding you no matter how often you move.

[Craig Arko]

 

I cam here from the Nicks post about the Twins Plan, to regain my sanity. That is so sad!

I agree. Probably not for the same reasons, though.

[wsnydes]

 

I cam here from the Nicks post about the Twins Plan, to regain my sanity. That is so sad!

 

 

I agree. Probably not for the same reasons, though.

I keep finding myself back over there for some reason.  Perhaps I'm looking for my sanity figuring that is where I last saw it.