Comments on: ST – Twins @ Red Sox, MLB.tv & am1500

By: E

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:18:47 +0000

Twins radio affiliates are really strange. Last fall, I was driving home from the Black Hills and thought maybe there would be coverage from Rapid City, but there was nothing officially listed that far west. Imagine my surprise when I was flipping stations south of Gillette and suddenly heard Gordon and Gladden on my radio. Aside from some issues when mountains were in the way, I carried that station (which was indeed coming out of Rapid) all the way to about 20 miles west of Casper. Who knew you could get Twins radio broadcasts in Wyoming? It makes me wonder how many other stations are out there on the fringes of Twins territory that occasionally carry Twins games.

By: CapitalBabs

CapitalBabs — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:44:03 +0000

Shannon, that is AMAZING! TOTALLY worth it for the few games he’s doing this year!! definitely might have to add that in to any particular gatherings we host this year. I love it.

By: shannon

shannon — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:39:25 +0000

@CapitalBabs: I do believe there is a John Gordon drinking game:

If he mispronounces any part of a players name: 1 drink
If he pronounces it differently every time: 2 drinks at each “new” pronunciation
If he tries to pronounce it and gives up, a la Bob Uecker in “Major League:” CHUG

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:28:08 +0000

Not usually a lot of reception for Des Moines radio stations this far away (about 2 hours), but I’ll have to see if I can pull in 1700 next time I’m home for a game, James. Thanks for the heads-up.

By: James

James — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:39:54 +0000

re: Twins radio in Iowa. I saw that that Twins picked up an affiliate in Des Moines. 1700 KBGG. does that reach your area?

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:44:10 +0000

Personally, no point in a GameChat on my account for weekday day games because my firewall at work won’t allow access to the chat program. But if there’s enough interest among the others, go for it!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:30:20 +0000

Aw. I was hoping for a gamechat.

By: CapitalBabs

CapitalBabs — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:20:22 +0000

woohoo.. Hughes with another long hit (this time it stays in the park) gets Plouffe in to make the score 5-3.. it’s fun to see some of these young hitters doing well.

By: CapitalBabs

CapitalBabs — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:54:38 +0000

d’oh.. Big Papi strikes again with a 3R homer… Walks will haunt which Twins pitchers know well. At least the Twins are still on top right now 4-3.

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:51:09 +0000

Well the sound keeps cutting out so I may give up and just glance at GameDay once in a while. Could be a bandwidth problem here at the office. Good to see Luke go deep, though!