I'm first! I'm first!

Is it broke yet?

I'm going to catch this game and bits and pieces because of an outdoorsy party (nice day for it). In fact, I'll only be able to catch one game -- Sundays -- between now and next Friday. That bodes well for the Twins. Seems I miss all the good ones.

Hurrah..Lets hope theres not a meltdown and lets hope good old chief and our boys with the boom boom stick can keep up the 3 game winning streak.

Am I going to be forever banned from BG's site if I leave at 8:30 to go to Star Wars? Lew will still love me, right?

Yay, game thread!!!

Joel,

I'll have to leave at 9:30 (Twins time) for the same reason. So if you won't tell anyone, I won't.

MK

Does everyone see the test post above?

I see it. Very pretty.

Dear Joel,

I promise you won't be. Just come back.

Sincerely,
BG

So is the game on TV tonight in MN?

Yep. At least I'm getting it on FSN.

Thanks BG! Now, how about that musical baton? ;-)

AT, the sweet sounds of Dick and Bert are blaring from my TV as I type this (OK, it's a commercial, but you get the point). Yay!

OK, so I think I found the baseball channel, but it doesn't work! I'm going to be distraught.

(what an ugly word, distraught. I had to look it up to make sure it was really that ugly.)

MK, your secret is safe with me... and the internet.

I caught the 1:45 pm Star Wars today, so I'm ready for the game, IF it bothers to show up on my tv.

uh oh, i forgot carlos lee plays for the brew crew

*grumbles* stupid baseball gods, screwing up my TV so I can't watch the Twins... Tinger's mom is gonna be all grumpy about it too...

well, at least I get radio, which is better than usual.

Well all i have is gameday...though i am almost convinced to buy MLB audio

I usually live in CT, but get a couple of weeks in MN, and maybe i'm being whiny (OK, I AM being whiny), but I just want to see the Twins on TV.

i cant blame you...

Classic Punto AB

C'mon Mau Pow

Dang, the Chairman got robbed.

Does anyone else keep wanting to call this pitcher Gary Glitter?

I must say, the sweet sounds of dick and bert are also coming over mlb.tv. also you guys leaving the game for star wars are slackers. I saw a 12:01 showing on thursday!

Uh-oh. Bags juiced.

Bases Loaded. Is this good or bad?

Cuddy's sending good vibes to Hunter from the Dugout.

Good Lord.

...First pitch

yeah saw that coming...so much worse to actually see it on TV.

AAAARRRRGH!

Ugh, I knew that wouldn't end well.

How many times is Gardy going to have to tell him...FIRST PITCH SWINGNING = bad!

dangnabit

yup everyone knows he is swinging at the 1st pitch...he is never going to get his pitch...thats just flat out dumb baseball by torii

Oh, Torii... bummer. And my TV just worked again for like 30 seconds, during a commercial. Nuts.

Typical rally-killer Tori Hunter, on one pitch no less.

And that's why Morneau's going to have a heck of time getting a good pitch to hit.

They don't have to pitch to Morneau because they can just rely on Torii to end whatever situation they're in.

TwinsinBoston,

Sadly, I couldn't get out of work last night--unlike tonight.

MK

Speaking of first-pitch swinging, Silva's thrown 13 pitches in two innings -- an average of less than two per batter.

The difference is that the Brewers' strategy is probably to swing early. Glover's been struggling with his control, and we should definitely be taking early.

2 IP, 13 pitches

So are the Twins pitchers now planning on having the fewest pitches thrown per game to go along w/ the fewest walks per game

mk, it was thursday morning

well, at least we got out of that quickly. someone neets to smack torii around a bit in the dugout though

Gardy has to move Torii back in the order - I CAN'T STAND to watch him GIDP with the meat of our order juicing the bases. Unacceptable.

Realistically, if he starts trying for slap singles in those situations instead of trying to be the hero, we're 2, 3 games behind the White Sox. Torii hitting like that in the 5 slot could cost us 10 or 12 games over the course of the season.

I think Nick's got a point about the Brewers. Twins pitchers are throwing strikes, they're known for getting that first pitch in there.

So they swing because they figure they're going to get a not to bad pitch to start out.

Bert--"well, when you hear me say it's a duck fart, that's a texas leaguer".

I missed Dick and Bert

Good movement on the bases for JJ. A good throw gets him at second, but the Brewers' catcher has an arm about as accurate as Big LeRoy's.

TwinsinBoston,

True. I work second shift and don't normally get out until around midnight, so my sense of "today" and "tomorrow" is a little skewed...

MK

So if my TV doesn't start working soon, Tinger's mom and I will be watching Muppet Wizard of Oz, which I admit to being excited about, but I'd much rather watch the Twins and just wait til that Muppet deal comes out on video.

Attaway, DJ!!

aight Cuddy, get Jacque in

Yay Cuddy! That's how it's done!

Oh, Cuddy!

(Batgirl LOVES Muppets.)

Woo! Way to be DJ!

Good job Cuddy

Nice RBI there, Cuddy!

And the Hit/Run! Executed like we know we can do it.

BG,

Who doesn't love Muppets?

MK

Yay! Cuddy didn't get hit by the ball this time. :)

Now Juan's chipping in! Let's go STEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW

Yay! A duck fart!

VICTORY IS MINE! exclaimed Stewie with the duck fart.

STEWWWWW!

hahaha!!! That was awesome!!

So far, so good!! Great hitting tonight.

Seen on the news ticker on the Gameday screen:

"Baseball as America" stops in Houston.

So, what about the baseball west of Houston?

Family Guy references rule! Thank the Baseball God's we've got a Stew on our team ;)

Now if only there was a Peter. Duck fart would work well with that one!

LNP!

mk, i see, well enjoy the movie. It's pretty good and answers a lot of the questions.

let's just blow this open now!

...and the merry-go-round goes round and round...

Great observation about LNP -- he's seen more pitches from Glover than the Brewers have seen from Silva. And there he goes. Da duhh da da... hey!

Whoo hoo! Hey BG, why don't people's names give their e-mail addresses anymore?

Oh, and that observation was from Dick/Bert, not me. Don't want to sound cocky or anything. :)

I must say, since I am in WI I am watching the Milwaukee broadcast, its nice to hear visiting announcers who are respectful unlike some.

Plus, LNP does it again!!

Nice--chased him in the 2nd. Not that I would have minded had he stuck around a little longer...

They should've walked Punto to load the bases. They didn't realize we can't hit when the bases are full.

If not for Torii...we'd probably be in the first still ;)

ok, so i step out of the room and we're up 3-0, i come back and the inning ends...
I'm gonna step out of the room for a bit and hopefully when i get back there will be a massive lead

So I have ESPN news on in the background (I'm watching the Twins on mlb.tv)and right in the corner is "Brandon Webb has a no hitter through 6 innings".

Now, that's just not fair. I mean, it's hard enough to throw a no hitter. Then you factor in the radio and TV announcers for both teams jinxing him (you know they are, b/c that's the kind of stupid things that announcers do). Then add in all of the opposing teams fans trying to jinx him (kinda like what we did w/ Kazmir) AND THEN add in ESPN news broadcasting this jinx. I mean, at that point, it's guaranteed he's going to give up a hit.

Too bad he doesn't play for CHW. His own annoucer would do it.

OOOH! No place to put Morneau now!

Dang it... I tried to tell the Chairman not to take a walk here. I really did. Well, let's go Doctor!

Hey, Brandon Webb is on my fantasy team!

Hehe, Dick and Bert telling us to turn away. *sigh*

ok, never mind me, im just crazy, i looked away for a sec and when i looked back it was in commercial. time to simulcast with sportsline so i dont act stupid again

I LOVE DICK. You can turn around right now twins fans as the bases are loaded...haha

Always makes me happy when the first thing an opposing pitcher does when he comes into the game is give up a walk!

gotta love Bert's optimism.

Come on Dr.!!

If i were them, I'd walk him to. Better 1 run than 4.

It's Deja Vu all over again.

Dear Twink,

We have no idea. We're working on it.

Love,
BG

Good call, Torhu!

I'm starting to think Dr. should strike out so we can put the 2-out mojo up against the bases loaded bad luck.

Hm, a walk. Intriguing. Didn't really see that coming.

Somebody get a dictionary, I think we've got Irony here.

Thank God, he missed the first pitch.

Wow, walking in a run as the 2nd thing he does is even better! I think I like this pitcher better than the last!

C'mon Torii!!! Shut up all the critics and hit a bomb!

This is Torii's spot in the lineup at stake right here.

Wow. Just wow. He did it again. You almost have to try to do that.

I hear boobirds. That's completely justified.

Jeez, Torii...

....I'd drop him to 7th behind Jones and Cuddyer tomorrow.

Oh, Torii.

It is almost impossible to make 4 of the first 6 outs in a ballgame, but the rally-killer somehow managed it.

Torii... wtf? wtf?

What??? How the hell....

Ugh.

AGAIN????

What's wrong with torii?

Okay, if this happens every inning, projections on what the final numbers will be?

Torii what the hell was that? Man, I was hoping he would strike out instead!

Is there address I can send hate mail to?

How would you like to be Morneau? It's not fun to break up double plays every inning. Hunter's going to get him killed.

^&$#^&%#^E#^###&^$&^%$&^%&^

That's all I have to say.

Poor Torii. Maybe everyone ripping on him will have the same effect on him as it did on Cuddyer.

It looks like Torii caught whatever hitting bug Cuddy had picked up in April.

Pudge broke up the no-hitter with one out in the 7th.

Yay JJ!!!

::applause!::

If I were Morneau "aztTwin", I'd be pissed. I'm getting on base now, and he's not doing anything to help that.

Meanwhile....WOOO! That's the play he NEEDED to make. See, Jones learned from his mistake Torii!

YAY JACQUE!!!!

No mortal could possible overcome the amount of jinxing that Webb was facing. Basically, only Randy Johnson could.

And WHAT A PLAY BY JACQUE!!!

"Baseball as America" is a photo exhibit.

WOOOO!

Man, Jacque's cannon makes another appearance. What a play!!

WOOO! What an inning!

Bandwagoner,

I know. I'm just noting how absurd the headline sounds out of context, is all.

MK

Ouch.

LEEEEEEEWWWW!

And hits for all*

LEEEEEEEWWWW!

Good job Lewwwww! Now Torii, please please watch Mikey!

Hey, double the post for a double for Lew!

....That was a mean pitch.

uhmm.. next time :)

Well, at least Hunbter can't make 2 outs this inning. :-)

I guarantee the Dbacks' announcer Thom Brennaman mentioned the no-no as well during live play. He's done it before. And it appears Webb lost the no-no right about the time it began to be mentioned...hate the "jinx."

Hehe, sorry...I got some wierd error message.

That, or I'm just so excited to A) be able to watch the game here in 'Sconnie, and B) that we're getting hits with RISP!

OK, apparently Darth Vader is calling a little early. I have to meet my party at the theater a bit earlier than expected. Keep it up Jackal! Go Twins!

Pitch count after three innings:

Brewers: 79, Jackal: 23

Joel,

I hope your trachea recovers from Vader's call!

MK

Wow, Mays is such a natural!

Wow!!! Castro is so fabulous in the field.

*drool*

THAT is a shortstop.

That was just an INCRDIBLE play by Castro!
Now THIS is the Twins defense that we've been used to depend on seeing!
Web Gem!

Boy, playing like this, Castro would've been the opening day SS for sure.

Hey, Lew's wife is in the booth! This is a good thing. Maybe they should do a split screen with the booth on one side and the game on the other...

And she's a very articulate woman, too. Lew's a lucky man.

where is the legovision?

As opposed to making 74 errors during spring training!

Legovision of what?

Come on, LNP. Dare to dream!

Punto + Stewart = 6 - 6

I agree Nick. Lucky Lew.

Is LNP throwing down the BOD gauntlet on Stewie???
It's like that Mia Hamm/Michael Jordan commercial...

some legovision artwork in that book they are promoting...

Way to set the table guys!

Who's the second wife?

Oh, hey! Where's the Legovision!

That would be the lovely Second Lady, Torhu.

Please, please Doctor! DO NOT walk!!

Mrs. Vice-President.

So *that's* what the QuickSwing is for!

Here's the thing. If Morneau walks...it's a chance at redeption for Torii.

Or course...with his day, it'd be a Triple Play.

Whew... he struck out.

...1 out, man on first. Yep, must be a Hunter at bat.

ratz... I guess I should watch out for what I wish for!
That's ok... go Torii!

Torii: "...but this time it'll *really* work!"

Well, he gets an RBI.

Hooray! A good result!

Here's what I wondered, when they aren't in the booth, do the wives have a section where they go for games?

Well, Lew. Your wife is watching. Don't screw up ;)

Oh, I hope she stays up in the booth for the pitching change. This has a chance to be an all-time great moment in the cuteness department.

They all sit behind home, about halfway up!

Oh, poo. But she still loves him.

What's the pitch count right now?

They need to stop this part of the stadium thing. We're getting the stadium...I WANT the stadium.

Geez, why not be fair and find somebody who doesn't want it or doesn't care.

I just want to have a team.

See what they did! They bring up the stadium thing and look what happens.

Torhu,

As of now, Brewers: 108, Jackal: 35

Amazing.

Alright, gave up a longball. No big deal, you had a bad inning. Mays did too and still had a great night.

Don't worry, Silva. The hitters will come up here and get a run to make ya feel better bout losing the shutout.

44 pitches through 5 innings. It's a Mays-like effort for the Jackal so far. I love this!

That is one GONE ball.

And there you go!

Wow, nice shot Castro!

???

!!!

Wow, someone must have told Castro that chicks dig the long ball :)

He must've heard that the Mrs. Ford and Nathan were in the booth ;)

BOD! BOD! Punto's probably SEEN as many pitches as Silva's thrown tonight.

Sorry for the stats, but a couple of quick calculations (...carry the 2...):

Punto's seen 30 pitches so far.

There we go. Now smile for the audience :)

Way to make up for the last play.

You beat me to it, MK.

LNP had just a four-pitch AB in the fourth when he doubled. :) Otherwise, he's faced 11, 7, and 8 pitches.

And how about that? A three-pitch inning, and there was even a hit! I'm not sure I've ever seen that.

Now *that's* economy.

that had to of been one of the ugliest DP's ive ever seen... that thing looked like it would fall apart on both throws

nice 3 pitch inning by silva. radkesque looking

Silva just caught up to Glover's pitch count--when he was pulled in the second inning!

That's incredible, for both Punto and Silva.

The Jackal's on pace to complete the game on 70 pitches according to Dick. My Minnesota math indicates that that's about right.

Somebody should tell that while it's important to get to Radke and Santana early in the pitching count, its NOT the right way to attack Silva! or wait.... lets not....

Let's not jinx Jackal.

Good point, Torhu. My new prediction is that he'll throw 50 pitches in the next inning.

Cant' hit a DP with nobody on base. Now what ya do Torii?

That'd have been a DP. Way to stay on track ;)

wow...he took the first pitch. It's a start

44 PITCHES THRU 5 INNINGS. SO WHAT DO YOU DO ? 3 BATTERS SWING AT FIRST PITCH EACH ? PATHETIC !
DOUGIE UPDATE - STRUCK OUT WITH BASES LOADED IN FIRST (HE FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE CURRENT GROUP); ERROR IN 6TH ALLOWS YANKS TO EXTEND THEIR LEAD. WE MISS YOU DOUGIE BASEBALL. NOT !!!!

Has Torii looked this bad at the plate all season? He almost looks indifferent up there.

Torii Hunter is my Twins boyfriend...especially defensively. But lately with the GIDPs and bad at-bats, I am wondering if I should dump him for, say, LNP.

Whoa, Anthony. Slow down, take a couple of deep breaths. It'll be okay...

AFJ...what was that? Dougie makes a rare error and you hop on him just like that?

Question about the dome. I always notice that the section in foul territory next to theleft field foul pole is always empty. Does anyone know why this is?

Seven pitches. Wow.

Jeez...7 pitches.

I wonder what the fewest pitches thrown in a complete major league game is.

TIB, that section is I think 10 or so dollars more than the HomeRun porch.

So when people see that those are the only seats left in that part of the field, they figure just move over a section and get in homerun territory. Save some money that way.

TIB: I always thought it was because the left field seats are cheaper, but better. They actually face the plate, for one thing.

Red Barrett of the Boston Braves tossed a fifty-eight pitch shutout over the Cincinnati Reds on August 10th for a 2-0 victory and a Major League record for fewest pitches in a nine-inning game. The outing itself set a record as the shortest night game ever at one hour and fifteen minutes.

From Baseball Almanac

What they should do is take those two sections and put the price in between that of the foul section and that of the homerun section.

Thanks BAT Band:

I knew someone would find that factoid!

Pitch count through Gordo's National Anthem:

Brewers: 144, Jackal: 54

1944 BTW

Unreal

This would be a really short game (timewise) if not for Milwaukee pitching (not that I am complaining...)

Man, seriously...what's gotten into Cuddy? Not that I'm complaining :)

True the seats just next to it are cheaper, but the section is always emptier than the upper deck outfield seats during the mid 90's. there must be some people who would rather sit there than a similar seat in the upper deck. plus the not facing home plate thing isnt all that bad. Ive sat in seats in fenway that you are looking into the bullpen if you face foreward.

I just may have to purchase a copy of the Baseball Almanac.

Minty just got a hit in the Mets game. woo hoo.
Beat the yankees.

sorry yankee fan. but must despise yankees today, must destroy evil empire.

Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets. Come right out and greet the Mets.
The two best lines in the greatest sports song ever.

That is what the Twins need, a theme song like "Meet the Mets".

Well, despite the Jackal's best efforts I must make my run for the Sith. BG, I'm happy that the Game Threads are back in order!

The Twins do have a theme song, Metsfan. It's fabulous.

We have a theme song

We're gonna win Twins
We're gonna score
We're gonna win Twins
Watch that baseball soar

Knock out the homeruns
Shout a hip hooray
Cheer for the Minnesota Twins today

metsfan-our theme song is pretty good. Especially if you listen to the second verse. its ridiculous.

ok, silva time.

baseball-almanac(dot)com

:)

:)

TIB: Upperdeck through the whole stadium I think doesn't get higher than $10.

Any idea as to what the other spots behind 58 would be? Let's say he ends up going 70.

Those jerks! They're not going to swing to ruin his count!

tell Silva he's supposed to get people to ground out...not steal Johan's strikeouts

10 pitches, 2 K. Not bad!!

long inning, 10 pitches

Sometimes I hate ESPN.

Jim Caple [quote] ' "We're Gonna Win, Twins" (the lamest theme song in baseball history)'

GRRRR - I LOVE the Twins theme song

Oh man...10 pitches. Silva's losing steam! LOL

what? he gave us a bonus point in his stadium/team rankings for the theme song.

Geez-looks like the ass-gloves got routed to NYC tonight...Mets/Yanks with 5 errors total so far...

He threw 13 in the sixth, and 10 one other time. So five innings so far in the single digits for pitches!

if he throws under 80 pitches does he get to start again tomorrow???

Poor Punto. If it weren't for Silva he'd be the guy having the night ;)

LNP BOD! LNP BOD! LNP BOD!

I'm just saying...

I am in a quandary: Should I keep sweetcheeks as my Twins boyfriend, or should I dump him for LNP...

The Brewers announcers are raving about Carlos' 64 pitches. Man, if the Jackal keeps this up-and with LNP being solid, that Eric Milton trade continues to look like sure genius.

Oh, and here's verse 2 of the theme song, i managed to download it a couple months ago.

We're gonna win Twins
Give it our all
We've got the guys who'll knock the cover off the ball
minnesota Twins!
Lets hear it now for the team that came to play
Cheer for the Minnesots Twins today

Dump him. Teach him a lesson for his DP addiction.

Yes, but look at the TBBs too! Stewie's had a very good game!

Okay Hunter. I think everybody tonight has a hit cept you.

Let's not stay that way k?

And everyone has a hit but sweetcheeks...
NO DP!!! GET A HIT!!! PLEASE!!!

That GIDP thing has seriously gotten to me...

At least it's only ONE out this time.

LOL

I seriously would think about moving him down in the lineup. Reward Cuddy for his prowess lately.

Gotta love LNP advancing whenever it's humanly possible.

maybe they should swap DJ Cuddles for Sweetcheeks in the lineup

Torhu: stop reading my mind!

This pitcher is one seriously funny looking dude.

TIB, so you actually have an mp3 (or another format) of the song? Boy, I'd love to have that. Any idea where you got it?

True dat, BG!

I think that'd work. They don't worry about Hunter enough to actually pitch to Morneau. Get a guy whose hitting well, and they'll HAVE to give Morneau a decent ball.

It's kinda like Bonds in SF. They'd just walk him because the guy hitting after him never could do anything.

Nick, I have the MP3 too

he looks funnier than Bronson Arroyo with the cornrows last year. And that was definitely the most ridiculous pitcher look of all of last year

re: TBB

Punto was at the mercy of Hunter's AB's...

Nick, it's an MP3, i got it on i2Hub, but i could send it over AIM. It's not that big.

That guy's so worried he can't keep his gum in.

TBB=Team Batgirl Boyfriends!

Has he even walked one?

Regarding # of pitches in a complete game. What's the record for fewest since they lowered the mounds? I forget what year that happened but it definitely made it a lot harder to pitch complete games on low pitch counts.

Oh, man.

74 pitches!!!

74 PITCHES! KICK A$$

Silva rocks!

amazing, just amazing.

No Walks. 5 or so strikeouts...DANG!

Nick, I also have the "Talkin' Baseball" song from a few years back on MP3, let me know if you want them, I can send them via email

Nice to see the a hell of a pitching performance!! And I do believe the boys are now 4-0 in the blue home alts!! Keep wearing 'em!!

IP H R ER BB SO HR
9.0 5 1 1 0 3 1

Oh hell...sorry...conditioned response to a lifetime of baseball stats...I was thinking Total Bases...although not quite sure what I thought the second "B" was for...ok, I WASN'T thinking...heh, heh

Besides, it's more in keeping with Punto's "secret identity" that he continues to finish a "close second."

Anybody have Circle Me Bert? I only heard the song once.

TDOW, if you would, I'd love it if you'd email those songs to me. Send them to hydu0011 -at- umn dot edu.

Thanks! And Silva rules!

It looks like the pitcher once again makes the BOD a no-brainer. Way to go, Carlos.

There's a "Circle Me Bert" song??

Boy, the Twins pitching staff really has me optimistic for this season! Radke-Santana and now Silva-Mays plus Kyle had a good game last time. Throw in our lights out bullpen and I'm liking the Twins chances.
I believe, that the Twins now are #1 in complete games in the American?

I know the mounds were lowered in '69...and that's a great question. I'll see if I can find it though.

I believe the Jackal is hands down BOD

If anyone has an mp3 of the Circle Me Bert song, please e-mail me. Thanks!

I'm still just stunned.

I seem to remember a Metal version of the Twins theme song by the regional band Slave Raider from either 1991 or 1987

Doh! My name usually links to e-mail but not anymore... it is [my first name]@umn.edu. Thanks!

- Kurtis

Checking in way late to see the amazing outing by the Jackal.

I needed this happiness . . . just got done watching Hotel Rwanda on DVD.

"Sterling Silva"

I like that. ;)

We're having a bug, Kurtis!

People, that was beautiful. Just beautiful. When my TV started working I had to go upstairs to watch the game with Tinger's mom. She loves a dominant complete game, as does the whole family.

Good times. Go Twins.

TODW, any way i could get the circle me bert song as well? my email is modestus59 {at} hotmail {dot} com

Radke and Santana have some good vibes coming into their starts now this weekend. Hopefully Radke can stay reliable, and Santana can be inspiried.

People, we didn't just see good pitching tonight, our defense and hitting were on.

Today everything game together, and it was beautiful.

Oh, and CBS Sportsline already has the game recap up. of the 74 pitches, 54 strikes

They better make a big deal about the Jackal's outing tonite on BBT or I'll be a little cranky! He deserves the recognition for his pitching!

I don't think it'll get more than a mention (thoguh Kreuk gave us the nod for the "Most Important Thing" last night for Mays' 94 pitch shut out)

We barely got noticed for that 3-Straight CG Shutout Miracle against KC last year.

Sigh.... you're probably right Torhu. It's already starting, on the FSN BBR, it started with Bonds' knee and then concern whether Steinbrenner is still mad about the Yankees poor start... grrr!!
Baseball DOES exist more than 100 miles west of the Atlantic coastline and outside of San Francisco.

That's always how it is. Bad or not, the Yankees will make the news. And Bonds makes the news when he SNEEZES.

What? He did. Last year he sneezed and pulled a muscle. Left him on the DL for like a week or two.

I do not have the Circle Me Bert song....but I would like it. mrsdude @ earthlink dot net.

TDOW,

I too would love the "Talkin' Baseball" song, and if you have the Twins theme as well, that would be cool. bubblemint16@msn.com

Batgirl,

I also love the Muppets. And "The Wizard of OZ". I was so grateful to be at the game tonight, and even as I sat there in the first couple of innings, I was in a good mood knowing I had my VCR running at home to tape the "Muppets Wiz of OZ".

Who knew how good a mood I'd be after watching history in the making at the Dome this evening?

And to think I allowed myself to be distracted by the swastika thing on the ceiling for about 45 seconds.

Oh, and to everyone who was going to see Star Wars, I hope you enjoyed it. I went last night, and though I wouldn't ever say it was as good as the original, it was definitely the best of this trilogy.
I came close to tears looking at the two suns of Tatooine...made me want to run home and watch "A New Hope". I didn't, but it probably won't be too long before I do. ;-)

Oh, and to anyone else who's as big a geek as I admit to being, I now admit that I DID cry at the final episode of "Enterprise" last week.

Just knowing it really is over, at least for the forseeable future, really hit me unexpectedly.
I had watched the whole thing, never even choked up.
Wasn't even close to tears.
Hadn't even really thought about it.

Then suddenly:
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: "Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission..."
Captain James Tiberius Kirk: "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations..."
Captain Jonathan Archer: "to boldly go where no man has gone before."

I lost it. Completely sobbed.
I can't even believe it.
What a weenie baby geek I am.

I wonder if Lew felt the same way??

OK, I just got back. 74 pitches!? Whaaaaaaat? Is that even POSSIBLE for 9 innings? I'm speechless. Holy cow.

As for the movie, I'm not a huge SW buff, but hearing that first Vader breath gave me chills. Yipes. Good flick.

74!? !

Where can I get the "Circle Me Bert" song. I guess there is an "It's Bert's Birthday" song too.

Bubblemint, I say cry at whatever TV/movies you happen to cry at, and that's fine, and don't apologize for it. Recently I've started crying at movie previews, which is pretty ridiculous.

And I'm jealous that you taped the Muppets. I was flipping to it between Twins innings - I missed Carlos' 3-pitch inning for the Muppets. Oh well.

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I always cry at the Wizard of OZ too.
Especially when Dorothy says to the Scarecrow "I think I'll miss you most of all"...

I suppose I'll probably cry when Dorothy says it to Kermit the Scarecrow too. Though I don't know if Kermit will be able to convey that look of love and concern on his face as well as Ray Bolger does so beautifully in the original.
Much as I love Muppets, they are rather limited in their facial expressions at times.

I'm also curious to see what it is that Gonzo the Tin Thing asks for from the Wizard...a nose job perhaps? ;-)

I think I'll go watch it now and find out.

Goodnight!!