Game Thread: Reds v Twins, 6/21 @ 7:10pm CT

[Squirrel]

Well ... so much for Mahle being on a roll! Maybe I jinxed him!

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

It’s really irritating to watch glimpses of what this team could have been. 

If they could get to .500 before the break, who knows 

[h2oface]

Gawd Simmons!

[Squirrel]

One announcement I forgot to make in the thread opening ... @Otto von Ballpark ... a poster formerly known as spycake. Give his new name a good, hardy welcome!

[LVTwinsfan]

Simmons taking batting tips from Eddie Rosario

[RickOShea]

That was the antithesis of a Sano swing.

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Well ... so much for Mahle being on a roll! Maybe I jinxed him!

In commercial narrator voice: “We’ve switched the Reds Tyler Mahle with Matt Shoemaker…”

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

If they could get to .500 before the break, who knows 

ooooooohhhh ... don't give me hopes to be dashed later!!!

[h2oface]

Count me one that always liked, and still does, Gibson. Greg Maddux was a nibbler according to the hater's standards. I liked watching him, too. I will say it once more for Gibson.... Bite Me!

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

ooooooohhhh ... don't give me hopes to be dashed later!!!

Quite the longshot I know, but there are 90 games left

[RickOShea]

That was the antithesis of a Sano swing.

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Buxton is so delightfully annoying once the ball goes in play. 

[Squirrel]

I liked Gibson. I get why they let him walk ... but I wanted him back

[h2oface]

Just steal home already!!!

[Squirrel]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Buxton is so delightfully annoying once the ball goes in play. 

Yeah ... I wonder what players say because a different runner it would be an out ... 'Oh, sheesh ... *that* guy' (or maybe a version less able to print  ) 

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Quite the longshot I know, but there are 90 games left

true ... it ain't over 'til it's over ... but for all the hope this season held ... ugh, so hard on the heart  

[h2oface]

Thome could steal home from there!

[RickOShea]

jeff reardon is back!!!!!!!!

 

[h2oface]

Reality. The good teams bury the opposition there, not strike out.

[downunder twins fan]

Just now, h2oface said:

Reality. The good teams bury the opposition there, not strike out.

I agree, scored 3 but should have been more. 

 

[h2oface]

Arrgh. More reality. Happ is back on the mound.......

[SanoMustGo]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Arrgh. More reality. Happ is back on the mound.......

He is terrible

[Squirrel]

If any of you visit the DQ, I recommend the Thin Mint blizzard  

[Squirrel]

DP!!!! That's how you play it!

[mnfireman]

What!! They turn a DP!!

[Squirrel]

I shouldn't have mentioned it ... now I want a Thin Mint blizzard ... I worked hard today, I deserve it. Unfortunately, the nearest DQ is 4 miles away, and in Chicago traffic, I wouldn't make it before the 10pm closing

[Squirrel]

Tough crowd ... that was a *good* joke ... 

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

I shouldn't have mentioned it ... now I want a Thin Mint blizzard ... I worked hard today, I deserve it. Unfortunately, the nearest DQ is 4 miles away, and in Chicago traffic, I wouldn't make it before the 10pm closing

Traffic is back with a vengeance in Austin too. Pre-Covid there were pockets in the day without as much traffic to get around. Now it’s a steady log jam throughout the day. And so many bad drivers that don’t know where they’re going! 

[mnfireman]

Horrible strike call on Polanco, but he chased the next two...

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Traffic is back with a vengeance in Austin too. Pre-Covid there were pockets in the day without as much traffic to get around. Now it’s a steady log jam throughout the day. And so many bad drivers that don’t know where they’re going! 

Same here. Especially the uber/lyft drivers coming in from MI, IN and WI ... they haven't a clue. But yeah ... traffic is back, like a vengeance. I guess over all that's a good thing, but it's also not