Twins day game fun: the revised edition
Posted on June 9th, 2008 – 12:01 PMBy Michael Rand
Another midweek afternoon game. Another chance to play a little iinteractive office game involving your Minnesota Twins. But this time, in light of recent events, we have to revise the rules a little to make things reasonable for the local nine. The White Sox will try to sweep the leg; here’s Bananarama for context. And, after the jump, here are your rules of engagement today:
*If a Twins pitcher completes an inning without allowing a home run, fire off an all-hands memo about the merits of pitching inside on hitters. Then enjoy a cool mint julep.
*If Minnesota manages to hold a lead for more than 12 minutes, tell your boss how you really feel about paperwork. Then whistle “Safety Dance” and start an epidemic.
*If the news that Sonic is now open in the Twin Cities is more exciting than the Twins game, you are either 1) Local Quipster or 2) required to make a list of your top 5 fast food restaurants.
*If Juan Rincon pitches, look out.
*If there’s a rain delay, and FSN shows some filler that is just not watchable, play a game of paper football.
38 Responses to "Twins day game fun: the revised edition"
Sonic = Cherry Limeade = deliciousness
I’m currently dealing with the fact that I live within walking distance of a Dairy Queen. The lure of cool treats is hard to resist.
*If Juan Rincon pitches, look out.
If Juan Rincon pitches, I’m going to start questioning Gardenhire’s sanity. The guy has made his point to Bill Smith by now, he doesn’t need to be stupid about it.
Every time the MLB.com Gamecast freezes, make a photocopy of your face and slide it under the opposite gender’s bathroom door.
I know I’ll get flamed, but baseball bores me between May and September. Some may call it ADD, but I think of it as good time management on my part. So, here are my top 5 fast food picks:
1) In and Out Burger
2) McDonald’s
3) Panda Express
4) Dairy Queen
5) Erbert’s and Gerbert’s
Top 5 Fast Food
1. Chipotle
2. Potbelly
3. Qdoba - their “Mexican Gumbo” is a genius creation
4. Dairy Queen - more for the cool treats than the hot eats
5. Steak and Shake
Every time the MLB.com Gamecast freezes, make a photocopy of your face and slide it under the opposite gender’s bathroom door.
It was funny the first time I did it this morning, will it hold up for a second time?
Fast Food or is it Food Fast?
1. Chipotle- It really doesn’t get much better.
2. Any chinese place that serves up General Tsos’s Chicken
3. Val’s in St. Cloud- Probably the best fries ever.
4. Wendy’s- It’s my favorite of the big chains.
5. Cold Stone- If you want fast food treats it is better than DQ.
If McDonald’s served breakfast all day they would be top 2. I love me a breakfast sandwich.
Top fast food
1) Jimmy Johns
2) Chipotle
3) Wendy’s
I can’t think of a bottom 2.
Since when is midweek on Monday? Is this another short week or something?
I demand a LQ guest post, educating us all on Sonic and those delicacies not to be missed.
Doesn’t Sonic have a hot dog that has sloppy joe meat on it? Good lord.
If they don’t there’s a place in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, that does. It’s called a Gillie Dog.
1. In ‘n Out Burger
2. Everything else
It’s only Monday afternoon but it sure feels like Midweek to me.
1 place I forgot to mention is Noodles & Co. You gotta enjoy that Mac and Cheese.
Stu
It looks like Stearns County is branching out. I see they are opening up a new Burger Joint. You’ll have to inform me how it is. That is if you can make it over there.
St. Cloud- Worst traffic ever! Who planned that city, Helen Keller?
http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080609/BUSINESS/106090061
If there’s one thing Glen Perkins will do, it’s pitch inside. It’s about [redacted] time. Let’s knock down some hitters. If Crede isn’t knocked on his butt at least once this afternoon, it’s a failure.
St. Cloud- Worst traffic ever! Who planned that city, Helen Keller?
Too soon…
Michael Strahan is retiring. Let’s hope I never see that gap toothed smirk ever again.
Jon Danks and Glenn Perkins both have a no-hitter going. How long do you think that will last?
If either goes into the 5th with a no-no convince your boss it is midweek by showing them this post, and take off Thursday and Friday. (We know that is what you have planned Rand)
You mean both halves of the Strahan record-setting “sack” have retired in the same offseason?
Excellent use of the jinx there, jama. Next time, save your voodoo for the half-inning when Danks is on the mound.
“1) In and Out Burger”
I knew a guy that nicknamed his girlfirend that. I personally thought fingercuffs was a better one though.
There goes the Perkins no hitter. I’ll take complete blame since I must have jinxed him by bringing it up in the 2nd inning.
I personally thought fingercuffs was a better one though.
One of the funniest things I’ve read on here.
+1 Joker
Dave
Jinx’s only work against you, they never work for you. Oh and there goes the shutout too.
Jama
If I drove by a building called “5 Guys,” I would not stop.
midweek, in this case, simply means a rare non-weekend day game. Oh, and Joe Crede is killing them again. Robbed go-go of a sure double with two on.
Jama - You’ll probably see more of Strahan’s gap-toothed-smile–Fox seems to think he’s good in front of the camera. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the pre-game show a lot.
Gardy to Macri:
“You’re killing me Smalls, killing me!”
Bases loaded with one out for the Sox. The Twins have them right were they want them.
Perkins. solid.
I hope the bullpen didn’t spend all night at the Gentleman’s Club. Perkins has already thrown almost 60 pitches in 3 innings. Are we going to see Rincon again?
By the way Danks lost that no-hitter last inning. So take that jinx.
It looks like Stearns County is branching out. I see they are opening up a new Burger Joint. You’ll have to inform me how it is.
Saw that. I guess Five Guys is a big deal in the DC region, and now they’re going national. It sure looks like it wants to be an In ‘n Out Burger. I encourage that.
That is if you can make it over there.
St. Cloud- Worst traffic ever! Who planned that city, Helen Keller?
German Catholics, actually. But yeah, with the bridge being closed, it’s a bit soul-crushing.
Hey, the Twins are leading! That’s good, right?
I just gutted a fish on my TPS reports and threw it into my manager’s office.
“We can dance,
We can dance,
Everybody’s takin’ a chance…”
I have no idea if those words are right…
a word from our spies — ok, a colleague who wanted to hit Sonic on the way home — is that there is a line around the block.
a word from our spies — ok, a colleague who wanted to hit Sonic on the way home — is that there is a line around the block.
Considering that you waste 10 times as much gas idling as driving, I sure hope those people don’t actually think about how much that Extra Long Chili Cheese Coney just cost…
They opened a Sonic in my old stomping grounds, which is a town of around 50K and they had lines for about a month. I’d imagine that the ONE Sonic in the ENTIRE STATE of MN might be busy for a day or two.
KRISPY KREME!
Oh God, not Krispy Kreme! I live in Maple Grove and that thing made traffic unbearable for almost a month. It was the first - and last - KK in the state. The [redacted] thing finally closed about two months ago.
