This the Ruddigore game thread intro. Everyone is encouraged to be melodtramatic about everything that happens. The slightest misplay send you into horrendous depression, or make routine plays lift you into exuberant over confidence. Or if you'd like to emphasize the mellow part of melodrama... That's good too.

 

For those not familiar with it, Ruddigore (the Witches Curse) is Gilbert and Sullivan's parody of melodrama. If you have nothing better to do in the 4 hours before the game starts, go and watch a youtube version of it. It has a bad baronet, a haunting picture galory, and the epitomy of patter songs with the final line "this particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter".

 

Ruddigore has Rose Maybud as a main character that makes me think of Citizen Kane, with "Rosebud" as his dying word, and the inspiration for Citizen Kane was William Randolph Hurst who somehow was involved with yellow journalism? I'm not entirely sure why that seemed relevant to a game thread, but happy 20th of April, everyone!

 

Hopefully the questions involved with that train of thought as it recedes in the distance will have been an entertaining distraction from all the questions on the field. What were those questions? I haven't been paying close enough attention to recall... Who is this Paddock, and was he worth a Rooker? Were Urshela and Sanchez worth losing Donaldson or dealing with the Yankees? When do we get to see Buxton again?

 

Minnesota Lineup:

0. Chris Paddack (R) P

1. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B

2. Carlos Correa (R) SS

3. Gio Urshela (R) 3B

4. Kyle Garlick (R) RF

5. Gary Sanchez (R) C

6. Trevor Larnach (L) LF

7. Miguel Sano (R) 1B

8. Ryan Jeffers (R) DH

9. Gilberto Celestino (R) CF

 

Kansas City (Missouri) Lineup

0. Daniel Lynch (L) P

1. Whit Merrifield (R) RF

2. Nicky Lopez (L) 2B

3. Bobby Witt Jr. (R) 3B

4. Salvador Perez (R) DH

5. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

6. Hunter Dozier (R) 1B

7. Adalberto Mondesi (S) SS

8. Michael A. Taylor (R) CF

9. Cam Gallagher (R) C

 

And sadly i will miss most of the game... Blame Into the Woods.

"For those not familiar with it, Ruddigore (the Witches Curse) is Gilbert and Sullivan's parody of melodrama. If you have nothing better to do in the 4 hours before the game starts, go and watch a youtube version of it. It has a bad baronet, a haunting picture galory, and the epitomy of patter songs with the final line "this particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter"."

I might have, had you not just ruined the ending!

 

14 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

"For those not familiar with it, Ruddigore (the Witches Curse) is Gilbert and Sullivan's parody of melodrama. If you have nothing better to do in the 4 hours before the game starts, go and watch a youtube version of it. It has a bad baronet, a haunting picture galory, and the epitomy of patter songs with the final line "this particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter"."

I might have, had you not just ruined the ending!

 

Spoiler alert

45 minutes ago, Puckett34 said:

Spoiler alert

And the game will end in an out.

1 hour ago, wsnydes said:

"For those not familiar with it, Ruddigore (the Witches Curse) is Gilbert and Sullivan's parody of melodrama. If you have nothing better to do in the 4 hours before the game starts, go and watch a youtube version of it. It has a bad baronet, a haunting picture galory, and the epitomy of patter songs with the final line "this particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter"."

I might have, had you not just ruined the ending!

 

And to show you i'm serious. Now you have 3 hours.

LAD are very familar with Pallack, but in KC they are not. So my hope is that he has a good game.

Word is Buxton wanted to have the Ruddigore overture as his walk-up music, but they could not get permission from the Gilbert and Sullivan estates.  I guess they were big White Sox fans.

Another brutal lineup... gotta hope Buxton is back tomorrow. 

NO BUXTON??!!?!?!

 

OH. MY. GOOOOODDDDD!

 

SURGERY IS INEVITABLE!!!!!!!!!!

Bring home a W.

I shall be bowling with some of the grandkids.

 

I plan to spot them 10 pins/game and see if I can snooker them into bowling for $1 a pin.

 

Heh. Suckers.

1 hour ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

And the game will end in an out.

So you're calling no walk-off tonight?

19 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Bring home a W.

I shall be bowling with some of the grandkids.

 

I plan to spot them 10 pins/game and see if I can snooker them into bowling for $1 a pin.

 

Heh. Suckers.

That's awful!

Please use regular bowling balls and not human children you monster!

59 minutes ago, D. Hocking said:

Word is Buxton wanted to have the Ruddigore overture as his walk-up music, but they could not get permission from the Gilbert and Sullivan estates.  I guess they were big White Sox fans.

Buxton's walk up music should be, Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again, (to the IL).

MIN @ KCR - 

A few lingering showers gives us a low chance of a late start, but even if they do call for a late start the game will play without issue, so don't worry if they make that announcement..  (Per MLB weather.com)

49 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Another brutal lineup... gotta hope Buxton is back tomorrow. 

I don't want Buxton back tomorrow.  From the moment he left with a knee injury, it never made any sense to not put him on the IL.  It's a long season, and I'd rather Buxton miss 3-5 more games in April then come back not fully recovered, and injure himself again.

It's a shocking sign of incompetence to me that Buxton wasn't immediately sent to the IL so we could play with a full roster.  I would be beyond surprised if Buxton plays in any of the next 5 games, so we essentially played shorthanded for a week+ for no reason.

3 hours ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Or if you'd like to emphasize the mellow part of melodrama

I prefer to emphasize the ‘me’ in melodrama  

In other MLB news, Toronto sends Jose Berrios and his 11.81 ERA to the hill in Boston tonight.  Glad the Twins got rid of that bum when the getting out was good.

13 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

That's awful!

Please use regular bowling balls and not human children you monster!

I just figured that he's related to the Addams family.

Six batters at or below the Mendoza Line, one barely over it and no Arraez, the only Twin who can hit. And a pitcher sporting a 6.75 ERA? I am deeply saddened.

A tidbit of entertainment as the game will most certainly drag on:

Might I suggest Shopping with the Enemy?

it’s fun to see the “interesting” products found on other team’s fan shop.

may I introduce the ugliest hat I have ever seen?

 

Also for the Royals fan in your life that has almost everything else, a Royals Garden Gnome

happy hunting!

3 minutes ago, Sconnie said:

A tidbit of entertainment as the game will most certainly drag on:

Might I suggest Shopping with the Enemy?

it’s fun to see the “interesting” products found on other team’s fan shop.

may I introduce the ugliest hat I have ever seen?

 

Also for the Royals fan in your life that has almost everything else, a Royals Garden Gnome

happy hunting!

Anything to get rid of the women's shoe ads from last night!

18 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

I don't want Buxton back tomorrow.  From the moment he left with a knee injury, it never made any sense to not put him on the IL.  It's a long season, and I'd rather Buxton miss 3-5 more games in April then come back not fully recovered, and injure himself again.

It's a shocking sign of incompetence to me that Buxton wasn't immediately sent to the IL so we could play with a full roster.  I would be beyond surprised if Buxton plays in any of the next 5 games, so we essentially played shorthanded for a week+ for no reason.

Well, I was assuming that when they said he'd be ready in 7 days, he would be... but knowing how our front office works, you're probably right. 

3 minutes ago, Sconnie said:

A tidbit of entertainment as the game will most certainly drag on:

Might I suggest Shopping with the Enemy?

it’s fun to see the “interesting” products found on other team’s fan shop.

may I introduce the ugliest hat I have ever seen?

 

Also for the Royals fan in your life that has almost everything else, a Royals Garden Gnome

happy hunting!

And only $50 for the hat!!!! What a steal!!

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Anything to get rid of the women's shoe ads from last night!

I was tempted to Rick Roll, but thought I would ruin what little credibility I have left

Just now, Dave The Dastardly said:

And only $50 for the hat!!!! What a steal!!

Slow down there!  Ya still have to ship it or go to KC to get it!

Just now, wsnydes said:

Slow down there!  Ya still have to ship it or go to KC to get it!

Damn! Guess I won't be getting one. Hate paying shipping.

2 hours ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

And the game will end in an out.

I hope so, because if the game does not end in an out it means a walk-off win for the home team.

2 hours ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

And the game will end in an out.

Did you say rout?

28 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

In other MLB news, Toronto sends Jose Berrios and his 11.81 ERA to the hill in Boston tonight.  Glad the Twins got rid of that bum when the getting out was good.

Doesn't Canada's weights and measures move the decimal point one spot to the left?

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Doesn't Canada's weights and measures move the decimal point one spot to the left?

If that's the case then his Canadian ERA of 11.81 would actually be 118.1 US.