Once again, I'd like to wish good luck to our Mellizos de Minnesota as they take on los Angeles del Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciúncula (of Anaheim).

You mean the LAdPdNSlRdlAdRdP(oA)?

How about some Moral High Ground from the git-go tonight? My Twins fanhood is all about no balls hitting the ground in the outfield and no extra at-bats or bases (including walks) for the opposition. Throw in a few two-out RBIs by the good guys and I'm in heaven. And hey, I'm starting to like the looks of Young Dr. Feelgood.

Balfour update: some type of Tommy John surgery. Most likely out for the year. Thats according to Gardy

what about Lyle?

Time for the Jackal to spank the Monkey

...Rally, that is

Rats, since I live in SoCal, I get the Angels announcers, who are 2/3 as annoying as the Bichsox crew

Shoulder strain for Lohse. Day to Day

Are they still doing that tired Rally Monkey thing out there in Los Angeles/Anaheim? That's SOOOOO three years ago.

Thanks

I think the Twins need some kind of rally rodent to counteract the Angels thing. Perhaps the Rally Marmot? I'd get behind that.

*gasp* Andre,

you suggest a rally animal and it's not a BAT?!?!?! (or even a kitty!??)

The GetItDone Gopher

I thought LNP was our Rally Kitty

I think TC flashes on the board

right?

Well, crap. But yay defense!

S

The Jackal needs to get the ball down a bit more.

There. That last pitch was a good one.

Ok. The first inning run is out of the way. All Twins from here on out.

Dazzle Man's back and obviously well-rested. He's already hyperventilated a little.

At least we're at home again so we get Herb.

ix-nay on the ass-bat-ays!!!!

oyyyy. jackel

The sinker isn't sinking so far. I just saw that he hasn't started for a week. Is this a case of him overthrowing as a result?

The Good Doc is still hot. nice single

Doctor Feelgood!

Boot! Boot! Boot!

Come on, JJ. Ducks on the pond, buddy.

LEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Leeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some how I don't think we're going to reach 600 posts tonight... everyone's at the game.

Ok, good thing about working the night shift then switching to days is that you wake up early enough to watch the twins for the first few nights. What did i miss so far?

Lew is just simply The Man. I've resisted choosing a "boyfriend" or "NSMC" so far, but I might have to cave on that.

And Cuddyer lives up to expectations.

At least Cuddy hit the ball hard that time. (I'm looking for reasons to be optimistic...)

Silva's looking a bit rusty (but he'll shake it off) and Lew got a RBI. Cuddy GIDP to end the 2nd.

Lew Ford: Lord of the RBIngs

Geez Cuddyer, don't want to stay at the Mendoza line?

Torii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attaboy TORII!!!!!!! nice grab

Whew; great play Torii!!!

I think they need to get Carlos throwing in the bullpen between innings or something so he gets a little tired.

imagine that, cuddaver GIDP... sheesh, never woulda expected THAT from him...

Oh what the crap!!! Dick and Bert are calling the game and the bleepin blargin sound on my computer isn't working!

anger...

come on boys... DP time

oh man

Vlad :(

Wow, the Jackal is not looking good here...

Oh ass-crap. what was THAT all about?!

Come on settle down, Jackal...

Carlos is stressing me out!

Wow. How do you say "The Jackal is sucking ass tonight" in Spanish?

What did Torii do?

I have no reason to like Vlad, no matter how good he might be, due to the fact that i'm playing against him in fantasy ball this week.... son of a monkeys balls... they're hittin the skin off the ball..

i hope our boys are paying attention as to how to do that.

Torii had a great catch to start the inning

Torii ran one down in center field and made a nice catch. earlier.

WHAT THE HELL STEWIE!!! MORAL HIGH GROUND!!!

you cant just drop a ball like that after trying so hard to get there to make the play.. Lucky JB picked you up on the next play.

(J.B. is my boyfriend)

perhaps the bats would be a good thing to bring to the plate this time around. I'm pretty near sick of Lew being our only source of offense lately... I love lew... but damn. Baseball's a team game! this isn't golf! MORE HITS ARE BETTER FELLAS!!!

Well holy crap. we hit the ball hard at the pitchers nuts and he STILL makes the play! Aint that some shit...

Okay, boys, we absolutely cannot have ass-arm and ass-bats in the same game. Let's get *something* going here!

Damn, Stewie just got robbed.

WHAT IN THE HOLY HELL!??!!? WHERE DID HTEY GET DEFENSE!?

OK, listening on the radio only so don't see the plays, but was tonight declared Line Drive Night and I missed it?

Come on, Bartlett, be a good boyfriend...

QJW, tonight was actually declared "twins get robbed" night".. or at least this inning..

Damn JB. Boyfriends gotta do better than that.

Vlad Guerrero is the best baseball player I have seen live at a game. Second in Ichiro.

Anyway.. we still have time to get some runs.

WELL CRIPES!

The baseball gods aren't smiling down upon the Jackal this evening. Things aren't looking good as of right now, and... no, sir. I don't like it.

Jackal, please make with the GIDP thing.

Well, somehow, this one is still getting blamed on Corky. I dont know how. It just is...

This is B.S. i need a computer with sound... when i come back, the twins had better be batting.

Here I was trying to find a way to blame it on Kyle. Habit, I guess.

Oooh, Bartlett! You just made your harem happy.

Gordo just mentioned that Mulholland is warming up in the bullpen. Hmmm.

JASON BARTLETT IS MY BOYFRIEND!! THAT WAS SEXY!!!

C'mon, Little Joe...

Mauer is awesome.

Little late... sometimes the "ET" confuses me, in that I'm on "CT"

Little Joe, followed by Hoss.

Justin's been awesome since he got back, but i'd like to see more of his power stroke everyone's talking about... like the shot he hit in Detroit. That would sure be nice right now...

Doctor, doctor, give me the news!!

Nice work Dr! Now, if we can just keep Torii from GIDP...

There will be NO GIDP! Do you hear me, young man?

What amazes me most about Doc is that outside Minnesota, virtually nobody has heard of him.

Dammit, shoulda hit that 3rd baseman with the bat...

Man... it really is Line-Out Night at the Dome.

All right, Boyfriend. I will accept your RBI sac fly.

Sac flies are good...

Ok, good time for some Lew heroics here. lets tie this up so the Jackal can start over again

Be grateful. Adam Kennedy is on the DL.

Now Lew, it would be a good idea to bring in the Doc before Cuddy comes to the plate. We all know why...

And Lew chases Kirby Puckett's favorite strikeout pitch.

Ew, that was ugly.

I feel like Byrd's really laying the pitches right in there on the first pitch. I normally hate it when we consistently swing at the first pitch, but perhaps tonight it wouldn't be a bad idea.

So, Jackal or OMM?

Lew, that wasn't heroics. Unless you're an angels fan. And i'm Not.

This double game is getting real old

QJW, I'm not sure what OMM means, but I think it's that. There is simply no sinker to be had tonight.

And... Cuddy does a bad job charging the ball. Sigh.

shit that was a nice bunt. why cant we be the team that is kicking ass tonight?

Damn, and Vlad is up.. this can't be good.

OMM = Old Man Mulholland.

Apologies for making you ask what I meant!

Ah, fair enough! I'll take the OMM. :-)

with all the balls Vlad is popping up behind the plate and out of play, i'm glad the sinker isnt working jsut a little bit better than it is...

someone want to wake me up when he quits popping fouls out of play?

Chone... what a stupid spelling. The Figginses should be ashamed.

Whew...

Thank you J.B.! (he's my boyfriend, in case anyone was wondering)

That's interesting. I thought they might walk Vlad, and that turned out to be a fortuitous move. Let's hope this pays off.

Time to turn two!!!

Another frickin' line drive?!?

At least Bartlett's certainly earning his keep tonight.

Oh please, oh please, do not let this bases-loaded thingy not blow up in our faces.

WOOHOO!!

Yesssss!!! They're taking lessons from us!!!

Figginseseses name is Chone?

did his parents realize when they named him that he'd be getting his ass kicked every day in high school?

There are so many ways I could edit the last sentence of my last post to make it correct. Alas, technology does not permit.

All right, Mr. Cuddyer. At least get on base. We don't care how.

It's pronounced "Shawn" or "Sean" if youre Irish. But no. They had to go crazy and make in look like a Mexican side dish.

That was pretty. Way to start that DP, boyfriend o' mine!

Anytime you can hold the angels runless in that situation, you gotta be pretty happy with yourself.. i'm feeling a turning of the tides here.... after cuddyer gets his out out of the way, anyhow...

Michael Cuddyer ladies and gentlemen...

Ok, now that we got that outta the way, lets get it goin, LNP!

Oh, Lord. LNP just did a head-first slide and scared me to death. But it's a hit!

Great hustle, Punto!!!

LNP!!! Bunt single!!!

LNP is bunting his way on the 1st squad, regular 9

I love when LNP does stuff thats awesome.

lets go Top!

LNP! Making things happen!

I heart LNP.

Look at little nicky all tryin to be Torii hunter. He sure loves that headfirst dive! and i love him. so we're all good now!

Where's Tumbleweed?

It's unbelievable that we're only down by one run, the way this has gone. Now, how about some more of that "offense" I've been hearing about?

Shannon should really get a hit here, or at least a walk. just not an out.

Ok, sacrifice will work.

COME ON J.B.!!

(Jason Bartlett is my boyfriend)

Dick just said that LNP is "the essence of little ball"

Good job by LNP. Everyone else needs to lay off those breaking balls that are way out of the zone.

I hope the Jackal's done for the night. I'm a big fan, but this has not been pretty.

"Dick just said that LNP is 'the essence of little ball.'" He did, though I think that in this case it's properly called "Little ball."

TORII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YET AGAIN!!!

Dear J.B., my wonderful boyfriend,
Lately, you've been slacking. When our relationship started, you were so exciting, always keeping me on my toes. There was a flame there that burned so brightly. Lately, the flame has been burning low, and, although your defense has been wonderful, i think its time we rekindle that flame with your offense. Don't make me do something irrational. Please make me prould. There's nothing i want more than to keep you as my boyfriend, but don't take it for granted.

Best of Luck, Boyfriend. Our relationship is on your shoulders now.

Sincerely,
Tinger

Torii, now that boy can play some center field.

Was he safe or out?

He was OUT!!!

Wow, that was a FABULOUS PLAY by LNP! Too bad the ump blew the call. :-(

BULLSHIT!!! LNP HAD HIM!!!!! WOW!!! THAT WAS PRETTY!!!

Robbed yet again...

SHENANIGANS!!! SHENANIGANS HAS BEEN DECLARED UPON THE FIRST BASE UMPIRE!!!!!

Why do we keep RIvas on this team? Nice play LNP!

Chonenanigans?

If that comes back to bite us in the ass, i dont' know what i'm gonna do, but its not going to be pretty.

SS

"Chonenanigans?"

HA! now THATS funny

Woot! I've got a good feeling about this one, folks.

LNP told the rest of the team, "Time to jump on my diminuitive back!"

The Jackal is finding his game. The offense will prevail this half of the inning. I'm feeling a big rally. LNP is getting us going.

(See, J.B. thats the all-around flame he's got going. Look into it!)

Look at The chairman trying to keep the boys honest out there... now drive one Chairman!

nice poke... the good Dr. will pick you up.

Absolutely Loverly! Just what the Dr. ordered. (sorry, couldn't resist) Awesome. Come on Torii!!!

Take that, Line Drive Gods! Good job, Hoss.

Torii, there's no shame in clawing to a lead, one ugly run at a time. Just sayin'.

They're walking JJ to get to... LEW!!

D*mn you, LAAAAAAA! Let my Boyfriend hit!

Stupid Vlad.... WHOA that was a good baserunning decision by Morneau.

note to self... Vlad has a cannon. So noted.

How about some Lewroics here. Not so much a strike-out, or any out, for that matter, as a hit.

Me discussing the Twins with a White Sox fan.

"To be fair, we were without our best hitter," said of the Twins, White Sox series.
"Who is that, Torii Hunter?" He replied.

Two things about that, A)bitch Sox fans bitch because they dont know how good the Twins are. They bitch out of ignorance. and B)Isnt it nice that the person they think is the best hitter on the team is probably something like the 5th or 6th? It's little talks like that that warm my soul.

LEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

LEWEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Hehe, that was a nice look for the catcher. Way to make him feel it, Lew!

LLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

LEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!

Once again, Lord of the RBIngs.

LEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YESSS!!!!

way to go CUDDDDDYYYYY!

CUDDY!!!

i'm sad that it has to end this way because cuddaver is up now with 2 outs

Cuddy???!!!???!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!

Oh my God, Cuddaver GOT AN ACTUAL HIT! Quick, my smelling salts--I feel faint!

MICHAEL... Ryan and I feel our hearts warming!!!

Cuddy, all is forgiven......for now

WHOA! WHO SAW THAT COMING!!!! AWESOME!!! THANK YOU MIKE CUDDYER! you just earned yourself 2 points in my book with that little poke!

We're living in baseball heaven, folks. Small ball & Killer D.

Cuddy! Driving in runs! That makes me so happy...

on the last post I made a typo. Change all "Whites" to "Bitches"

Did everyone see the smiles on his face on second base? thats the look of a happy man who's caught some hell from the teammates.

Come on LNP!

Good inning, guys! Now let's see some D

Michael Cuddyer. I can't think of a player in the league I want to succeed more. He's just so damn charming.

Ok we got the lead. Come on Jackal, you know what to do with it!

I am not a cuddy haterm I think him at second might not be a bad idea. But yes its good to see him smile, maybe if he loosens up, good things happen.

As much as i agree with you, ryan, i think theres maybe one person i'd rather see succeed more. Terry Tiffee. Its too bad they won't move Cuddyer over to second... but the what would LNP do?! man.. it sucks having so much talent on a team....

Me to hubby: "Romero's warming up."
Hubby: "Damn, and we had a lead, too."

now if we can just keep them from starting off the inning with extra base hits..

Oh good, i'm glad to see J.C. in the bullpen instead of OMM

Nice shot J.B.! (thats my boyfriend)

Infield, ask him who he'd rather see, J.C. or OMM? i'll take my chances with J.C.

SSSS

Come on Jackal, get him now.

Did anybody happen to catch the run-scoring double by Michael Cuddyer? For the lead? Our first lead of the game? Just saying.

Nice strikeout, Jackal!

A quick aside as figgns bats: I our house we joke about awful names (Shiquanda) but the discussion always end whe we jok that the name was spelled Qxtry, but pronounced Shawn

SIT DOWN, MONKEYBOY!

Maybe Cuddy will gain more confidence if he starts hanging out with the cool kids on the team, like Torii and Jacque and Joe. They could pull a few pranks and hijinks. Hide LeRoy's donuts, give Lew a wedgie, stuff like that. It would help him loosen up, give him some confidence and then he'll be set.

Ah, this is the Jackal I know and love!

Nice work Mr. Jackal. I'm glad you've finally figured out the Monkey and are now putting it to him.

Nothing wrong with getting knocked around the first few rounds as long as you can come back and lay down the can of Whoop-ass in the end.

Die. Monkey. Die.

Baseball heaven, I tell you.

Wooo! A line drive hit! You just don't see them these days.

Tinger,
The hubby would much rather see OMM. I, myself, couldn't possibly choose. OMM is likely to give up a run or two, but JC will either shut 'em down or melt down completely and give up a handful.

I finally showed up, and I feel good about this. The Jackal in form (at least these last few innings, anyway), Cuddy with a hit, the DR and Jacque striking fear into pitchers, and monkey-suffering.
Keep up the good work, boys.

I'm with you edge... nothing better - Friday night, baseball, homemade massive burger on my plate, a little adult beverage in my hand and watching my boys play GREAT baseball in my pajamas...

If not Heaven, this is at least a damn fine mini vacation...

20 hits already. Impressive pitching.

Its kinda like the Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer story. Gardy (Santa) finally asked Rudolf (Cuddyer) to lead his team, and now all the other reindeer are gonna let him play their little reindeer games. This is great.

COME ON J.B.!!!! see the boyfriend, BE THE BOYFRIEND!!!

That was simply unnecessary.

Babs, you talk of burgers and adult beverages... making my mouth water.

Dammit J.B. Not sexy. Not sexy at all.

AT good to see you. Hope the homework hasnt kicked your ass to bad.

Since I know you are deprived while over there, just put it down for our local get together when you get here - I owe you a beer. The GF would let me buy you a beer right?!?!

I think Cuddy is sort of Rudolph-looking, with dimples replacing the red nose. Maybe?

I'm thrilled when we get to, say, the Royals' bullpen. With these guys, less so.

Oh good, bring in the rooke. Lets welcome him to the dome, Joe.

Babs- She damn well better!!!

Joe Nathan looked really bored

ok.. Does Dick have to sound so freaking excited about THEIR good fielding?? Yes, I know he is a fan of the game first but still..

well who the hell does this Cabrera think he is out there?

I agree. At least PRETEND to be pissed off a little bit when the twins get robbed. You know Bert would do it.

Holy crap that dude does look like Bert. Scary.

So we've got Boo out there now? I really want him to sit some monkeys down and get back to utterly dominating folks.

Whew... an almost-homerun/single.

Dear God,

Please make this a GOOD J.C. outing.

Amen

Not Boo, J.Ro

Bert was my Boyfriend during his FIRST stint with the team.

Yes, I am old.

Speaking of old, it's JC instead of OMM. Please tell me I don't need to be nervous.

Dear J.C.

That is enough hits for this game. Glad you got that taken care of right away. Now shut'em down.

-Tinger

Sorry. Crappy CBS pulled a fast one on me there. Didn't mean to blow up.

hmm... Tinger, I think I have to have a second burger - in your honor of course. But with Romero on the mound, I need something to keep my fingers and mouth busy so as not to frighten my poor kitties.

QJW,

no such thing as "old" around here. Just fans. thats all.

Nice JC. Good JC. Make him GIDP. That's a love.

Babs, you're forgiven, Just don't bite into a finger while you're being nervous. I've heard that its a bad deal.

COME ON DP!

JC's success depends on if he trusts the Chairman, and just throw what Mr Mauer tells him to

QJW - my first Twins boyfriend was Earl Battey. Although I was 5 years old at the time...

Wow, the Chairman is way taller than J.Ro. I'd never noticed that before.

QJW - my first Twins boyfriend was Earl Battey. Although I was 5 years old at the time...

J.C. is looking good out there so far. (knock on wood)

get him here!

QJW - Earl Battey was my first Twins Boyfriend. Although I was 5 years old at the time...

Has anyone ever noticed the mini-wedgie J.Ro always has? It's not attractive.

J.C. is looking good out there so far. (knock on wood)

get him here!

Babs, you're forgiven, Just don't bite into a finger while you're being nervous. I've heard that its a bad deal.

COME ON DP!

Sorry about the glitch...

By the way...

R

I've always been a Steve Lombardozzi fan.

Off topic:
I have to say, now that we're not playing KC, I really want them to win. I feel bad for them losing the close ones to us (not too bad, of course), and I want them to beat up on the other Central teams.

On topic: Whoa, I almost just said something to jinx JC. *muzzles self*

yeah... Mauer, Morneau and Nathan are all 6'4"... hmmm... tall is good.

It does seem interesting that Romero and Mauer haven't quite clicked - the might explain a few things about JC's performance so far. Romero pitched a lot to Blanco last year if I recall.

Glitch over. Lombardozi was awesome. But he was no LNP!

KEEP ROLLIN J.C.!!!!

Way to go JC!! Nice job out there, though it took forever. :-)

As much as I love the VP, I'd love to score a few runs here so we don't even need him tonight.

Well, that worked out well. Now maybe some insurace runs.

AT- i feel the same way. I always liked cheering for the underdog. Thats the same reason i cheer for the vikings come playoff time.

By the way, AT, you missed out on some GREAT LNP ball earlier.

heraldguy, you have exquisite taste. Mr. Battey was probably my first NSMC. One Jim Kaat was my first (baseball) Boyfriend.

Lombo? That's rather touching, Ryan. You have a huge heart.

All, right, Boys. How 'bout a coupla them IN-shurrance runs?

My god, Esteban Yan is still around?

How does Estaban Yan still have a major-league job? He's slightly better than Albie Lopez.

I'll post this again sometime this weekend since it will probably get buried in this thread, but here's my Twins field drawing from when I should have been paying attention in art class today:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/stacyidol03/TwinsfieldIwasboredinart.jpg

I'd like to see the VP myself, i'm losing in the Saves category in fantasy ball, the only category i'm losing in this week out of 16, and, well, my other closer just tore his hamstring. But i want to see him come in with a 3 run lead. So he can get the save.

I was always proud of myself for pronouncing his name correctly. I didn't know anything about the guy or his talent. (I was still a wee sprout)

Torii Hunter just makes me happy all over.

Tinger, I read some about it, but yeah I missed it. Oh, and YOU missed tonight's play by play from your mother. Highlights include Stinger, a 27-yr old model, some Rusty Nails, and your guy Coleman. Get that story.

I guess the good Dr can't get a hit EVERY at bat; it wouldn't be fair. oh well.

Attaboy Torii. YES! NICE RUNNING! welcome to the game, Esteban!

Stacy: your picture rocks.

"I was always proud of myself for pronouncing his name correctly."

As well you should have been!

No!!! Not another intentional walk for my Boyfriend! let him hit, d*mn you!

Stacy, that is absolutely awesome. I'm printing it and putting it on my wall. If i may.

COME ON LEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is early, but this game is what I've been talking about: decent pitching, good defense, the Dr., and timely hitting {even by Cuddyer}against a good team. I admit a little glee here.Al

Glad to see Esteban Yan hasn't changed.

Geez, won't anybody pitch to JJ anymore? Has he really become that great a hitter? It's like he's Barry Bonds, without the HRs or the performance enhancers or the attitude.

leewwwww

LOL, thanks:)

And Tinger, go right ahead. I would be honored having my work of boredom on a wall somewhere, lol.

Great opportunity for Cuddyer not to suck.

Uh oh... i wonder if Cuddyer will be able to do this thing twice in the same game... kinda makes a guy nervous...

Stacy,

that's hilarious!!

Ok... Cuddy hon... the bases are loaded sweety. You seem to be doing alright.. remember how it felt to smile? I want a great hit and yahoo out of you this time.. you can do it!

Cue theme music to JAWS and lets get a hit!!!

I loved that Cuddyer hit that double earlier, but, in all honesty, I don't really want him batting with 3 on and 1 out right now.

YES! CUDDDDYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

CUDDY!!!!!!!!!!

Double doubles for DJ Cuddles?

Michael's not a bad guy. He's just misunderstood.

Again with the Cuddy!!!!!

This is way cool!!!

Do I hear a little Peter Gabriel?

A guy almost wants to see Mr. Donut pinch hit here... just because its been taht kind of season...

COME ON CUDDYER!! ITS ESTEBAN! TAKE!!! TAKE!!!

ok, good take. now HIT!!! HIT!!!!!

DJ Cuddles: Set up for his first BOD?

YES!! Ok... you are starting to feel some of that baseball joy again Cuddy!!

Don't you just LOVE IT?!?!?!

Double doubles for DJ Cuddles!

YES!!!

I retract what I just said.

This is like, the best night of my life. I'm done with college classes forever and Cuddyer has TWO doubles. I'm so giddy.

Double doubles for DJ Cuddles!

Wish I could go back in time 3 hours and take bets on Cuddy being a BOTD

WOOT!!!!!!

holy crap two doubles for CUDDY!!! oh my god, i'm all aquiver over here. giddy like a little school girl. this is awesome.

COME ON LNP!

Double doubles for DJ Cuddles!

Haplo, i totally feel what you were feeling. That was nerve-racking. i'm glad it turned out like it did, though.

I don't think anyone in the army working the night shift is allowed to feel like a giddy school girl Tinger. But we share the quiver over here.

And a double post about the double doubles.

Well, Tinger, you got your wish. :-)

Babs, I'd normally bet you're right on the Army thing, but you should see what some of those guys wear to play poker!

Babs, there's girls in the army. I'm sure they're allowed to feel like little school girls. I was just overcome with excitement. didn't mean to blow up.

oh, wait, i'm not working overnights anymore. So i'm good to go! little school girl it is!!!

Good inning boys. Woot!

Question: How many 3-hit games in a row will/can the Dr have before he wins a BOD?

you know AT, I'm just loving having two brothers both on the thread - just the right touch. I only wish that even ONE of my 10 brothers watched baseball. *SIGH*

I still have hope for some of the youngest...

Some day, now that i'll be in supply again, and on the computer with all of my pictures, i'll update our website and show y'all some of those pictures. Until then, i'll just keep loving Joe nathan and getting this save.

(J.B. is still my boyfriend)

Babs, if you need me to give them a talking-to, I'm available and highly persuasive. Geez, 0-for-10? That's like Corky (Corky)- level there. Yikes.

LNP looks like he's been working in a slaughterhouse.

Come on Nathanest!!!

VP! VP!

uno mas

Babs, tell them to watch or i'll have to come over there... and they dont' want that. I may be small, but i'm WIREY!!!

LNP deserves this BOD just because of that one trip around the bases... Morneau is hot lately, but AT, if you saw LNP, your heart would have just melted!

Too true too true, AT. Frightening close to CC Miller stats there - but my folks did start with me so..

They are all a bit too hyperactive for baseball I think - they each pick a different sport and I'm the only baseball nut.

man, I love watching Nathan throw that ball.

Ah.... Joe Nathan.

Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey

OH man, i hope they get this one quick, i have 19 minutes to shower, change, eat breakfast, and be in supply! COME ON JOE!!!!

And the Twins beat a non-Royals team! I could get used to this.

I have two two word phrases i like to hear in the 9th inning of a Twins game. A)"Joe Nathan" and B)"Twins win!"

Everything's going Tinger's way tonight!

This is the kind of game i love seeing from the twins.

and thats the ballgame. i'm out peeps! Gotta jet. laters!

J.B. is my boyfriend.

i'm out.

ahhh... my boyfriend.. *SMILE*

I know we have a game tomorrow (which Torii gets his gold glove at I think) but my heart is skipping ahead to Sunday where I get to be at the dome to see Santana!!!!

Nick, the funny thing is, everything goes Tinger's way lots of nights. He's lucky like that.

Rock & Roll Bullpen. It's baseball heaven, folks.

The FSN guys thought Cuddy deserved player of the game honors. Will BG follow suit and help boost poor DJ's fractured psyche? I predict that she will ... she has a soft spot for the downtrodden man who redeems himself with much glory.

LNP on the radio again! 2 times in 3 days

LNP is being interviewed by The Dazzle Man right now on 8-3-0.

Ooo, and it's Detroit 2, Bitches 1 after 7. Baseball heaven, I tell you.

Can I agree with edge's baseball heaven sentiment AND Al's earlier modicum of glee, or are they mutually exclusive? I want to endorse both.

Sure AT... it's baseball heaven - in April!

ahhh... Cuddyer interviewed on the post-game. That man is the happiest man on earth right now.

Bbs, you and I should send Cuddy a card and some cookies or something.

Cuddy got the last 3 RBI's -- that's totally boyfriend stuf.

Awwww...DJ Cuddles is so cute when he's so happy!

Of course, if he is reading the thread at all Ryan, he knows we were sending him our best wishes each time he was at the plate!!

but coookies.. hmmm I bet he would like cooooookies.

He seems like the ginger snap type, doesn't he? We'll figure this out somehow.

no... I hate to say this but he kind of seems like a peanut butter cookie guy. I'm not huge on them myself but they kind of have that cuddly little boy kind of feel to them.

Attendance please, if anyone knows.Al

Man, I wish the Cubs had a clone of Joe Nathan. Or just Joe Borowski back. They went into the bottom of the 9th with a 3-2 lead... brought in LaTroy Hawkins... and still had it at the end of the inning. And I was absolutely astonished. Seriously. I'm flabbergasted.

Also a note: According to the Cubs' announcers, since 1995, closers have gotten the save in the ninth LESS than 50% of the time in one-run games. I'm not sure I believe this stat, although it does include the 1998-2001 seasons, and it does include the Devil Rays et. al.

Do they ever give the attendance number? Does anyone know what it was?Al

Al, I believe they said 31,000+

Do they ever give the attendance number? Does anyone know what it was?Al

Oh, and in response to the early conversation:
I'd suggest a Rally Ferret. Like a kitty, but more likely to actually care.

Al, I correct myself - according to the Twins site it was 29,866.

I think, Babs, we can agree that it isnt choclate chip or oatmeal raisin. Anything with chunks just seems like it would throw him off. We can't afford that.

I'm totally with you there Ryan... a simple cookie, smooth and uncomplicated - with maybe a little bit of cuteness.

ooooooo... stroke of genius. ANIMAL CRACKERS!!!

PsyMar:

We are on the same page, for I use the terms "marmot" and "ferret" interchangably.

Thanks, C.Babs.Al

Of COURSE!. Perhaps we could ensure that the animals are all Tigers and Rally Monkeys.

I don't know where this ferret talk came from, but one of those things bit a friend of mine a couple of months ago, and I haven't trusted them since. I can't think of ferrets as anything buy vindictive ankle-biters, though I have no idea how such things would affect any rally.

PsyMar, Dearest Hawk (a former Boyfriend) does his very best work as a setup guy. I understand.

Twins win, Cubs win, Yankees lose, O's (for CarrieIC) win, ECBS lose, Bitches are losing at the moment. Nice.

hehehe... umm.. I think an unopened package of cookies is more likely to keep us out of the stalker column but that is just my opinion.. *laugh*

Whoa, so marmots and ferrets are the same? Really? 'Cuz I'm scared of marmots too. sheesh. The only rodents I want to deal with are Gophers, preferably the ones wearing breezers and mouthguards.

Urbina just got out of the eighth for Detroit, stranding A.J. on first.

Detroit 2, Bitch Sox 1 after eight full.

I don't think they're exactly the same, but they're in the same family of pole-cats, I think. Cute, wiggly little rodents. And yes, they bite ... but so do our Twins, if you cross them. THEY BITE!

We'll just say we're with Batgirl. It shouldn't be a problem.

Ferrets aren't rodents, they're mustelidae, aka weasels.

We'll just say we're with Batgirl. It shouldn't be a problem.

I use the word "rodent" loosely.

Marmots ARE rodents.

Anyway, I think we should celebrate Minnesota life by having a Rally Walleye.

I just got home--I'm very pleased about the game! But what's wrong with you guys? Only 328 comments? C'mon, didn't anybody have anything to say? Pretty sad when you can't even crack 400.

Kurtis, should I ask why you know so much about small mammals?

Rally Walleye, i like that.

P.S. i was only 27 minutes late for work! WHOOOHOOOO! GO TWINS! hehe

luckily i'm the only one here today. if i'd have known that, i'd have taken my sweet ass time!

I like little furry things, Andre, and have several living in my home.

Pepper, we were trying to take it easy on BG's poor server.. Kind of.

Pepper, its tough to get the posts going when half our normal crowd is at the game cheering.

Clearly, Pepper, everyone was at the game. And we were taking in probably the best Twins win all year. :P

Ugh. Percival blows the save, and they go to the tenth at The Bitch.

What happened to Troy Percivel? The guy's about as reliable as Esteban Yan.

Closers who close the damned thing seem to be in short supply. I am going to say a prayer in gratitude for Joe Nathan.

Percival blew the save for Detroit (infield hit, walk, hit batter, sac fly), but then he got two guys out with the winning run on third. So it's extra innings in Chicago, 2-2.

I just want to say, however, i'm a huge fan of monkeys, they're my favorite animal ever, but just not RALLY monkeys. They're little bitches. But just regular monkeys that eat bananas, swing in the trees, scream alot, and throw poop, now THOSE are cool animals.

Hi all. I love the fact that this is now a Bitch Sox vs. D-town thread.

In other news, CBS Sportsline reports that Troy Percival is currently the recipient of a coaching visit to the mound. Despite the fact that the Tigers are up.

At a glance, I thought my own window how had the WhiteSox manager on first base for the Tigers. But on closer inspection it's a different Guillen.

That's some coaching visit!

The Bitch Sox are pinch-hitting for Everett. That's weird.

I love the bases loaded dps. They make the games fun and exciting. That's one of the reasons why I was so frightened when I thought he was out for 80 games instead of 10. We could find decent replacement pitching. We could not find anyone as exciting.

I think I have to come to grips: Carlos "The Jackal" Silva is my NSMC.

Nick, they pinch-ran for Everett in the ninth when he represented the potential winning run. So the pinch-hitter in the tenth was actually for Ozuna, the pinch-runner.

End of 10, still tied 2-2.

We understand, amr. We understand.

Thanks Rieux. That makes a lot more sense.

Let's go Tigres.

I think Ozuna pinch ran for Everett in the 9th. I could swear I saw that on MLB.com gameday, which is frozen with Carlos Guillen on first. Wierder things could happen. He could be playing 3B. But! He's their backup catcher. If AJ gets hurt, they'll have to give up the DH (probably) or have their emergency catcher (who is...?) catch.

Not like us Twins. Twins have 3 catchers plus a LeCroy.

Yeah, I'm using the CBS Sportsline GameCenter. According to that, Ozuna is still an available bench player, which is clearly wrong. Wouldn't it be great to be the guy who updates those? That would be a wonderful job.

Alright los Tigres! Way to take advantage of a horrible pitcher. Now hold that lead with your horrible bullpen!

NOOK!!!!

Way to go, Nook "Nook" Logan!

Good one, Adam. Attaboy, Nook!

Please don't score in the 11th, bitches.

Strike out looking. Why doesn't Pudge do that when he's playing *my* teams?

If the BitchSox lose, tonight will be the night of incredible baseball awesomeness (see QJW's post above).

BitchSox lose!!

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

Bitches lost!

Sehr gut gemacht, Franklin. Du bist bestimmt "Herr Mann."

3-2 Detroit. Ausgezeichnet!

Woot. Fabulousness reigns tonight.

So, to sum things up:

The Twins win.

The Orioles win.

The Yankees lose (and additionally, Randy Johnson gets the loss).

The Bitch Sox lose.

The East Coast Bitch Sox lose.

Today is an incredibly good day.

*tingles*

i love the bitchsox losing.

*adds to Carrie's list*

The Cubs won.

One more for the list: The Mariners are ahead.

my mom is back from the game, and she turned on the computer for me...

MY BOYFRIEND RULES!!! LNP is the bestest boyfriend, ever!

amazing defense, lovely bunt, great baserunning... and he's just so cute! I could eat him up! er, I mean... I could just purr at him all day long. yeah.

so I have some observations about the game tonight...

Twins are down 4-1, and my friend Mike is doubting.

I said, "relax. they'll come back. give 'em a couple minutes. they just need a few innings to find the good bats."

he shook his head and looked down at his score card.

4th inning, it's 4-2. 5th inning, LNP scores to make it 4-3. Mike is getting optimistic. 6th inning, Lew scores the Doctor to tie it up, and DJ Cuddles is at the plate. Mike gets worried again.

I said, "don't worry. DJ can do this. he's gonna get a double." I stared him down from my perch in 227, sending him good bat vibes. I told him he could do it. I told Byrdie to flap his arms again and send Cuddy Bear a pitch he could hit.

AND DIMPLES HIT A DOUBLE. I'm a friggin' genius.

and to think, I almost removed my hat and replaced it with the free DQ one I'd received upon entrance to the game.

and when DJ Cuddles was at the plate again, I told him there was no reason he couldn't get another hit. I said, "he's gonna do it again, Mikey, just watch."

AND HE DID IT AGAIN.

Cuddly Bear, I love you! you can be supplemental boyfriend #3.

and then joy of joys, Yo Joe! made his way to the mound, picked at his glove between pitches, and made my heart go pitter pat as he sent the bitches crying back to their dugout. Joe Nathan is my boyfriend.

I can't wait to rewind the tape in my VCR and watch it all again tomorrow morning. it's gonna be better than Saturday morning cartoons!

p.s. I can't forget to give my love to my second boyfriend, Lewford Rex, who was, once again, a studly DH who makes my heart go all a-flutter.

and the Yanks and Bitch Sox lost... I'm just so very happy.

OH! and humorous moment of the game:

the guy sitting next to me suddenly noticed the video commercial board...

"Don't Be Blah Pork the Other White Meat"

hahahahahaha... somehow, I don't think that's the message they want to convey...

You and me both kafumbly...Joe Nathan is our boyfriend, and we are friggin' geniuses. ;-)

As I watched from my own perch in 224, I said to the guy I was with, "If Cuddyer could just get a hit tonight, just one...then I could justify calling him "Cuddles", just for tonight."

He promptly retorted, "If Cuddyer gets a hit, I'LL call him "Cuddles" ", at which point the woman sitting in front of us turned to him, and shook her head, saying "Now that's scary..."

I then asked my friend to call Cuddyer by a nickname that I have hated since he started using it. "The Can't miss Kid". He obliged my request, and Cuddles hit his first double. He did it again the next time he came to the plate.

I also would like to give credit to the magical popcorn that I always purchase from Candyland in St. Paul before I head to a game.
There's just something special about a mixture of classic buttered popcorn, with a little bit of cheese popcorn mixed in.

Works every time.

ha! from the recap on mlb.com:

"But as negative at-bats mounted throughout this month, rookie Terry Tiffee played well in a brief callup. The natives were getting restless, with some fans wondering if Cuddyer was the right man for the everyday job. Others wanted Cuddyer moved to second base to clear the way for Tiffee."

this guy totally reads Batgirl.

Dear readers,

What a glorious night indeed. Bless you all,

Love,
BG

p.s. Worry not about BG's server. We'll fix it on Monday.