hello?
is anybody there?
if you can't hear me, say something!

something

...is it safe?

shhhh... I think there's a cougar in the corner.

oh, crap. i'm scared of huge cats.
(ever since that little incident by my neighbors)

Then by all means surround it with all the catnip that you can find. 'Cause there's nothing safer than a stoned cougar, I always say.

Catnip? Someone needs catnip? My catnip plant is out of control. Free, fresh, organic catnip! Come and get it!

Once again mlb.tv refuses to work. Thankfully I didn't pay for the whole season...

you know, everybody on this website has a cat, used to have a cat, or is obsessed with cats?
doesn't anybody like dogs anymore?

hee I feel like I'm always the one who drags things off topic...

dogs are Satan's pets. Haven't you ever heard the phrase hounds of hell?

i'm so sorry.
i didn't mean to add a question mark on the end of that sentence.
please forgive me. i don't want to stir up another grammar discussion again.

kierra,
I like dogs. But I'm not going out at the crack of dawn in the depths of a Minnesota winter to walk one! Hence, I have only cats. :)

WHAT?!?!
i love my little bundle of energy.
he's so cute, and he never chokes on chicken bones.

Mark -- you may be able to get some money back for MLB.tv, i did the same thing last year (bought a month) and it was crapping out on me so they gave me my money back.

I currently have MLB radio and I like it a lot

my cousin used to have this cat, and it was the grumpiest thing i've ever known.
compared to that, i'll take an everloving dog.

dogs and cats are both great to me, both have very different but admirable qualities

whats the saying....

For anyone to understand their true worth they must have a dog that adores them and a cat that ignores them....

twinsfanCA- you should be a diplomat.

Tonight's lineup:

Stewart LF
Punto 2B
Ford DH
Morneau 1B
Hunter CF
Jones RF
Tiffee 3B
Redmond C
Castro SS

ALL RIGHT!! this is going absolutely great so far! keep it going, guys!
LNP, Stewie, you deserve a pat on the bat.

Another Vote for dogs, I have a weimaraner. Of course the virginia winters are not so bad :)

wow... another game for Redmond - which I assume means that Mauer isn't quite 100% yet. I have to give kudos to Redmond for his stamina. I think this is his 4th game in a row - all of them extra innings...

I would like to see some early runs - I agree with Bert.

in the pregame gardy said he could pinch hit but isnt ready to run the bases, so he better just hit homeruns

I like just about all animals.. but my work schedule would just be cruel for a dog. My two cats can keep each other company since I am never home but a dog, well, it would need more attention.

RATS!

Oh dear. Bad K for Torii, and now it's up to JJ.

DYNOMITE! time for JJ. Cmon buddy we need something.

In the interest of 'it could be worse', and noting that BG's motto is 'less stats' not 'no stats', I'll point out that Twins opponents are actually hitting worse with the bases loaded than the Twins are - in 25 tries, they've got three singles, one double, and two walks.

this futility with the bases loaded has gone way beyond rediculous

hehe...jinxed us

:)

yipes! tuning in to *another* bases loaded situation! be still my beating heart!

yes, Sir, Mr. Jones!!!

and no bases-loaded jinx either... That feels good at least for a start.

he he...reverse jinks there

wow... so that's the deal, the twins can't hit until there's TWO outs with RISP... ;-)

Well, yeah, that's the 'clutch' situation, right?

read something today in the twins' usenet group about the jays claiming that santana is tipping his pitches. the jays have hit santana HARD in all three of his last three starts against them... thoughts?

allright, lets go johan

in the pregame there was some talk that johan was tipping his pitches to the Jays. Gardy brushed it off saying they pay close attention to that stuff. He did say if they knock Johan around he will just have him pitch right handed...

Ummmmm is this the place to talk about Yankees/Red Sox series???

what?? I have crap announcers...

You know, brink, I'm starting to wonder...

Oops...

Maybe time for Mr. Santana to change gloves...

*gulp*

hmmm maybe time to turn santana around

Worldwide Leader,

Nothing to see here. Move along...

MK

But why would you make it known that an opponent was tipping his pithces? That doesn't make any sense...

fudge! it's deja vu in the worst way!

yeah it really doesnt. It may just be to get in his head. other times players have been known to tell opposing players as a courtesy...kind of weird though

those of you who don't know me (which would be most everyone) i'm from so. cal, but glad to say i'm sitting here in good ol rochester, mn watching the twins play right now.

I suspect we will end up talking about the O's and Mets before the night is out, but I don't mind that - the Yanks and Red Sox will get plenty of attention without us.

Good point, CA. I could see it as being an effective way to get in a guy's head.

stopped by the spam museum today in austin. ;-)

Yeah, isn't it nice to see that a series between teams that are fourth and tied for second in their division is the Biggest Series Ever?

dang! long fly ball... thought we were REALLY in for some deja vu there... phew!

Brink -- heading down to so.cal in about an hour (san diego)

They also have a Spam Festival in austin, not sure when

brink,

I'd say that I'm jealous, but my annual pilgrimage to Roch is next weekend, and I think I can be patient for a few more days.

...

Right?

MK

twinsfanCA--are you in the LA area? i live out in moreno valley...

alright guys, I am headed off to a birthday dinner. I leave things in your good hands and confidant in our boys and Johan K Santana.

I will try to catch up with you later.

Brink -- no i am in nocal (San Jose to be exact)

I don't know if anybody has heard this one already, but Redmond was on KS95 Moon and Stacy this afternoon. And they got talking about American Idol.

Apparently LNP and Cuddy TIVOed it and were showing up at the Stadium early to watch the tapes later on.

It sounds like the guy who does the filming for Twins games would pick up the American Idol feed and let Punto and Cuddyer watch it the next day.

bye babs!

shannon rocks.

Have fun, Babs - with any luck the game will actually be over by the time you get back!

Ding! Shannon! Woo-hoo!

ROCKIN

I see Stewie's putting his plans into action much earlier than usual.

"Victory Is Mine!"

Victory really is Stewie's, it seems!

Torhu - I caught that, I also found it amusing that someone though LeCroy models for Wal-Mart???

Good to see LNP back too.

But wow, the park is DEAD. Completely absent of Twins fans apparently.

Was it this quite when they scored their run? I just tuned it on now...

twinsfanCA--i love a lot of the south bay area. gilroy, san jose, and then of course down the coast, santa cruz (and up north, mendocino). the drive up 101 is a favorite.

Wow. Great day for the top of the order already.

man, more 2 out hitting. keep it up!

Well, things are looking good so far. And DMW, me and Carrie might talk about the Orioles and Mets but we ARE Twins fans... we're not obnoxious (don't need to name names) fans who just show up everywhere to be disruptive and taunt other teams' fans. Cut us some slack, willya?! :-)

*snip snip*

*hands Laurie slack*

Cue the conga line music...

Cool, got my mlb.tv working again. After having heard several of the other team's announcers now, I have much more appreciation for Dick and Bert...

and some for Carrie...

ok, I'm going to check out for a bit. back later I"m sure.

*snip snip*

*hands Carrie slack*

Mark, I looked at my VERY PRICEY MLB Extra Innings sked last night and after the next few games, I don't get Dick and Bert again until June 14th. :-(

The Doctor is slumping. :(

If it must be, let it be brief!

Laurie,

Didn't mean to sound snide or anything - it really doesn't bother me at all to talk about other clubs, especially if there are ex-Twins to root for.

If there's any game in the big leagues tonight I'm not interested in following, though, it's gotta be Yankees/Red Sox.

... and tonight is my first visit with Dick and Bert since May 20th. This really bites.

morneau's slumping. he's heading for the boggs line!

Laurie, wow. I don't know if there is a way to tell which station we're getting day to day with mlb.tv. I pay for audio for the NFL to listen to the Vikings, and you can usually choose either team's feed.

Too bad. I'm hoping that the Doctor hits a monster shot in his Home and Native Land. There's still time, though...

hey laurie,

where do you find who the announcers will be? the link i use just shows date, time, channel.

and the thing that ticks me the most about extra innings--the games that are inexplicably not televised! i mean, i know that they're locally carried, but EI? nada!

I'm back, after 4 days of listening to the Twins on a static-ridden AM 610 out of Duluth while vacationing in Grand Marais. Or maybe that static was the surf of Lake Superior? Anyway, it was a lovely vacation, but it's nice to be back!

DMW, I'm interested in following it, for the same reason I follow the BI**H-SOX ;-)

But not here.

WOW. castro's a lot of fun to watch in the field.

That was an awesome play.

Did you get rained on alot Kurtis? Regardless, I love that area. I need to get up there sometime this summer.

another thing i've noticed laurie--in nearly every "away" telecast, bert gets some facetime. the other announcers seem to geniuniely like him...

anyone going to the game on tuesday (CLE @ MIN)? it'll be my first twins game at the dome in 2 years...

Brink:

try this:

http://www.indemand.com/sports/mlb2005/schedule/schedule.jsp?prodId=30175&titleFilter=Minnesota

torii's continuing to pick it up...

shout out to laurie! thanks homegirl.

Bert just said that we must have picked up our hitting shoes in customs. Or maybe that's where the real bats were being stored??

Brink, you'll get Dick and Bert for at least some of the Yankees series. I won't. I'll be blacked out and have to watch it on the Yankee channel (the Yeccccccchh Network). I can get the WCCO audio feed on XM Radio, but there's a 30-sec. delay. Tough to follow the game that way.

What is the opposite of "assbats"?

After last night, I'm not getting too cocky.

that was really cool how tiffee saw that the pitch would be hard to handle to he purposely waved his bat toward the ball to distract the catcher so torii could score on the PB. i've always thought terry was a heady player!

Mark,

Probably even less printable on a family website...

I don't like him tonight.

I thought the opposite of "assbats" was just "bats" or, to be more specific, "real bats".

uh oh, tifee is below the rivas-line

redmond is no slouch. the guy continues to get it done! not saying i don't miss mauer but can't say i'm pining for the days of blanco...

That would've been the #1 webgem.

Yay, Comrade!!!!

cool... twins are putting the wood to the jays. great way to start the weekend.

aaaaand the Twins blow it open.

yeah i am REALLY happy blanco got all greedy on us

Holy...

I remember reading in the Strib that the guys were looking forward to getting out of Cleveland, but I had no idea they'd celebrate like this.

So we've settled on Comrade? Has the Crain Train now become the Vulture or are both acceptable?

if punto hits for the cycle, do we start looking for the four horsemen?

wow already ten hits, i dont think we got that many in the whole cleveland series...

wait make that 11 hits

Laurie, I think both are acceptable for Crain. I personally prefer the Crain Train, just because the Vulture is... recycled. :)

I personally have settled on Comrade for now, but if something better comes along, I'm not too attached.

No, first Dougie has to go 4-4.

i was thinking the same thing Brink...

We were getting a bit silly last week here and came up with GTX (Castrol) for Castro. Yeah. I know. I take full blame for that one.

DMW,

Tell us about it! I was wondering where all this offense was in Cleveland. Turns out it was shipped north a few days early...

MK

Some Twins fans up in the hotel just got circled. Go, Kafumbly & Co.!

Nick - not much. I was glad to have a little storm because I love it when the lake turns mean. We stayed inside that day and did a jigsaw puzzle.

I think they'll be behind 3rd base on Sunday. Watch for a white Lewwwwww shirt and that will be our little Kafumbly.

I loved how Dick just read the Yankees-Red Sox promo. When he read it the first time, I thought he sounded annoyed. Then he revised it to say it was a battle for second place in the AL East.

Kurtis, I'm glad to hear you had good weather. I agree, mean lakes can be fun, but you don't want too many days like that. :)

that strikeout pitch had some GIDDYUP on it... i think it left a vapor trail...

BTW Brink -- the drive on 101 is about as good as it gets...the drive on the 5 however comes somewhere between watching grass grow and paint dry

lol @ dick... classic...

Man, I've missed Bert.

yeah, twinsfanCA, 5 is expedient while 101 is elegant. if you're in a hurry, take 5. if you want to enjoy yourself, it's the 101...

My man Torii is getting H-O-T.

So, we finally get the nice, quiet blowout that Kafumbly always asks for and where is she? On the road...

Laurie, I'm ready to give you full credit for Torii's recovery now.

No she's watching the game at some bar with heraldguy. In Brooklyn something (I only know one Brooklyn, and it ain't in Minnesota!)

I think Kafumbly is actually at a bar right now, not on the road.

mlb.com's photo of Josh Towers makes him look like doofus.

I wish the DR. would smash a hit.

lol Brooklyn Center.

I also find it apt that Josh Towers' Gameday mugshot looks a little like he was kicked in the groin 3 seconds before the picture was shot.

(Bowing) Thank you, Edge!!! :-)

(singing) "That's the powwwwwwwwwer of looooooove..."

Laurie,

My bad. At least she's enjoying the game.

MK

I would've liked to go watch the game with the other Batlings, but I figured the traffic going out there would be utterly horrid today. But on another day, I'd surely go.

Well, she's got booze and no a**bats. She's probably having a SPLENDID time!! LOL

off to san diego...everyone have a great holiday weekend...go twins

Travel safe! :-)

See ya twinsfanCA - good luck with the travel!

Towers had a lower ERA than Santana heading into the game . . . not anymore . . .

I am listening to the Toronto announcers on XM and they are giving the DR. some major props for being from B.C.

The twins have a big lead....johan on the mound...time to relax...When's the last time the twins won big?

Popa Chubby If The Diesel Don't Get You

Nick same here. IF it had been on my end of town I'd have been there.

Yeah, it was a bit of a trek for me, too... ;-)

A meager

J J J J J

today.

lol, you can come to town and stay on my couch just so you can go to the bars with us.

Alex, I hear you . . .

These last few games with the Indians have been a stress festival. It makes you think . . . why do I care so much? What else could I be doing with my life than obsessing over every AB?

MK, it's still early. Wow, that place is empty!

Well, Aurora, my trusty pocket schedule tells me that June 23rd is Michael Cuddyer Poster Day...

Laurie - I'll put your reservation down. It's a very comfy couch. My first big girl purchase.

Congratulations, Aurora! :-)

C'mon, LNP!

oh Nicky. oh well.

Since Stewart was a stud when he played in Toronto, the home team announcers are giving him the big build-up . . .work ethic, etc.

They are right of course. I would hate to see where we would be without him.

good to see practically the whole team using towers for BP. meanwhile the white sox wunderkind is getting paddled in arlington...

well, (knocking on wood) looks like the twins have this game well in hand. gotta run! been fun, see you next week, same time same bat-channel. i'm off to the bustling "town" of dover, mn.

Poor Towers. What a horrible night he's had.

The Texans have a good team. Let's hope they bring the damn Bitch Sox back to earth.

well funoka...there's something about baseball..everybody in my house knows they can ask me at anytime about the score, the standings, whatever, and I can update them...we've all given up questioning it...just accept and enjoy...
sure like to see more strikes from johan and a hit for tiffee...

Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers Drive To Survive

Have fun, Brink! :-)

Wow, it's been so long since I've had Dick and Bert that I haven't heard the new "MORE-no" before tonight!!

So far it's:

JJJJJJ

"I don't try to strike everybody out, they just swing and miss." J. Santana.

Mr. Towers needs to go to the showers.

How true, Alex. Yeah, I could be out doing God knows what else tonight (and every night!) But in reality there's nothing I enjoy more than baseball. I'd certainly rather be watching baseball than overpaying for food or a movie, or listening to some loud band. So I just accept and enjoy, too. I'm doing this by choice... not because I'm a loser.

I am seeing a loud band TOMORROW night.

LOL, funoka!

I watch baseball because I love baseball. But don't get me wrong, I'm still kind of losery. :)

With each passing baserunner, Towers' mugshot becomes that much more apropos. I'm starting to feel bad for him...

Hey, why is Mauer sitting again? What are the locals saying about this sore groin. I got lost in the euphoria to notice NPB is in the lineup.

I definitely feel bad for him.

Gosh, Dougie is just breaking my heart. Don't know how much more of this I can take.

the jays must have some bullpen problems to leave towers in so long..he's hanging on though..and we didn't get our Tiffee hit

Todd Snider Easy Money

Alex,

That would make the most sense.

MK

Well, the more innings he goes, the less damage to his ERA... poor thing.

Man..Johan seems all over the place tonight...but no hits since the first two batters...

Eric Clapton Don't Think Twice It's All Right

J J J J J J J

The Sporting News I got in the mail today said the Twins are a WILD CARD Contender. Yuck!

Towers is a good pitcher, he just had the misfortune to catch our boys on a 'makeup' day.

What's the deal with Speier being in? I thought he was the closer?

What did Bert mean by that? "I'm not even getting into that..." about kids having to learn Spanish?

Alex,

You get the feeling that Johan hunted Koskie in order to get his mojo back ("Happy Birthday!" indeed...), only to find that it had been diluted a tiny bit...

MK

Batista is the closer now. Speier is now the mop-up man.

Laurie,

Bert was born in Scand-whoovia somewhere and had to learn English, so maybe he thinks everyone should. Just a guess, cause I am listening to Toronto annoucers.

A big "mock cheer" from the Toronto fans for that double by Shea.

Gotta be honest, Funoka. Made me a bit uncomfortable. Went a little like this:

Dick: "It's gotten to the point now where Spanish should be a required class for kids. Especially in California..."
Bert" "I'm not even getting into that."

Shea Hillebrand will someday play for the Mets.

Funoka, he almost did!

Laurie, I think these blow out games get announcers into areas they should not go.

Yeah, well that comment gave me goosebumps, frankly.

We need another J here.

Actually Bert was born in Zeist, Holland - he is The Dutchman.

JJJJJJJJ

and I don't mean JJJJJJJJason Fraser.

Right on D! I'll remember next time!

I'm going to hope I misinterpreted it and enjoy the rest of the game. :-)

3-0 to More-no.

I like that that rhymes.

Yep, aurora.

Does baseball have 'garbage time' like basketball does? 'Cause hearing Dazzle talk about his garden would be one sign we've reached it, I'm thinking.

The SF Giants announcers are the funniest in garbage time and extra innings. Sometimes I'd swear they were drinking.

Hey, everybody get to see the online Rake story about BG?

I see Shaggy...why do I see Shaggy?

DMW,

Yes. We were all either congratulatory that she got to meet her biggest fans, jealous that she was in the clubhouse, or both.

MK

Stacy,

Because Scooby was unavailable?

MK

hehe, makes sense, mk, makes sense

I'm wish Bert on this soapbox.

I think he's dishy.

OK, Matt, close this one out. No walks, no screwing around.

That makes sense, mk, lol.

Shaggy got 2 quick outs. Wow.

Hey y'all. The game's in good hands, and Tinger's mom's gala 50th birthday party is tonight, so I don't get to stay around and chat all evening. How about offense instead of suspense, eh?

Way to go Shaggy in Garbage Time!

AT, but Bo Bice is being interviewed live on CNN for an hour... your family is bypassing that?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TINGER'S MOM!

I am liking this game...a lot.

Lose, Bitch Sox, Lose!

Hey, everybody get to see the online Rake story about BG?
Posted by: David Michael Wintheiser at May 27, 2005 08:19 PM

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what is this 'Rake' ?

AT . .. some hits, an HR, and we love those first inning errors, too!!

Excellent! 3 more, Shaggy.

Texas 4, Bitches zip in the 5th. All on dingers.

VERY off topic and I apologize, but this is funny.

Speaking of Bo Bice though...if you go to bobice.com, it's for some old real estate dude, BOB ICE!

HAHHA. is anyone listening to the radio?

Dazzle is all upset that that was scored a single.

I like it when Dazzle gets on his rants

Laurie - DON'T TELL TINGER'S MOM.

She actually parties pretty hard, and she's already at the place, so I'm not too concerned.

btw, my cousin is here, and he wants to talk about Aaron F'ing. Oh, he doesn't even know...

Stacy, that's hilarious. LOL

James,

Try http://www.rakemag.com/angle/detail.asp?catID=40&itemID=20777

You won't be disappointed.

MK

AT, we can handle your cousin...

Laurie,

The things my mother and her co-workers discover during the day amaze me sometimes...lol.

Wow, now it's Texas 6, Bitches zip, all on dingers.
Bitches, objects in your rear-view mirror are closer than they appear.

Bob Ice could make himself a few bucks selling that domain name. It's probably already in the works.

Dougie watch... he's up again. 0-2 so far tonight.

And... a K.

Come on, Dougie!

thank you MK

Err...nevermind...

(And a woot for the Twins victory. Woot!)

Shaggy Guerreir is on the radio

Wow, that was fast.

Especially after the last few nights.

OK, Twins win, off to the party. Have good nights, people!

Shag's probably on so everyone else can scurry back to the locker room in case Hurricane Koskos blew through SkyDome...

Wow, man. Shaggy has a good ERA now.

I do feel bad for the Doctor, not getting a hit on his native soil. At least he drew a walk so did didn't feel completely left out.

Dang, quick game indeed.

Good seeing everybody - remember, tomorrow's game is earlier than this.

on a complete side note

did anyone see Mark Prior go down today

OUCH

but as of now, it looks like nothing broken, just a deep bruise

I don't know why I find it so entertaining that the Doc is Canadian.

well now what do I do... It so early...

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!:

"A sparse crowd at Toronto's Rogers Centre didn't pay much attention when Morneau batted in the first inning, but one fan in particular was cheering; Morneau's mother, who celebrated her birthday by flying across the country to watch her son on native soil for the weekend. Mother and son were planning to go out for birthday dessert after Friday's game."

Anyone notice how the boys did after the third inning? Anyone notice how frequently this happens? Morneau now has as many h.r.s as Shannon. However 4 out sounds better than 6 out. Al.

Stacy, that's great!

There's nothing better to take the sting out of a 0-for-4 night than to go out for ice cream.

Al,

I will gladly take three innings of strong offense, since the boys generally have 9 innings of strong defense and pitching.

MK

And since nobody else wants to do it, I'll nominate Stewart as BOD. But please don't add his Hottest Chick photo. That was *scarring* yesterday...

Ok.. I had a GREAT evening. Had steak & Lobster for dinner with a great glass of wine - and they had the game on in the bar so I could catch the score. What's fun is that I actually watched all the Twins scores while we were waiting to be seated. After that, apparently nothing much happened!!

I must say guys - todays thread was extremely weak on game details, and then I realized that there just weren't that many game details. And only 9 innings!?!?

now we are back at my house for a piece of cheesecake and a cup of coffee.. What a GREAT birthday baseball game and dinner. Of course, since tomorrow is my ACTUAL bday - they have to win for me then too.

Yeah, Babs, this was the shortest game thread I've seen in a while. This must be what happens when the team plays only nine innings like they're supposed to. At least the Twins were nice enough to score all their runs while you were watching.

Since I'm likely going to be away from the computer tomorrow, I'll have to wish you a Happy Birthday today.

Happy Birthday!

Happiest of Happy Birthday's Babs.

Good night, Bitch Sox.

This is the kinda game we needed after that Cleveland series. Little drama (cept for JJ's bat in the 1st) and an excellent performance (for the most part) by all aspects of the team.

Shoutout to my man Castro for that suprise 2-run shot, which to me was the knockout punch for the BJs.

It's great to see McCarthy for the Sox getting wasted out there. There was some Sox fan who was talking a big game about this rookie they had that was blowing guys away, and how Minnesota was the "maven" of Minor League talent anymore.

I'm so glad he got lit up for four dingers in 5 innings. YEEE-HAW!

ha! you guys are funny... heraldguy and I will be on the road tomorrow, bright and early at 6am! we hope to be within radioshot of a Jays affiliate by at least the end of tomorrow's game. so take good notes, because we'll be able to check in from Oakville, and we'll want to know what we missed! :)

and I promise to take good notes FROM the game on Sunday! woohoo! I'm getting so excited!

but I must say, this game today really was exactly what I've been needing. get it done in the third inning, and coast in to the end. just for today, though... a coaster game was simply called for after this rough week. they'll have to get back to some excitement by Sunday. I want a close game so I can see my boyfriend Joe Nathan. and an appearance by my boyfriend The Vulture would be nice, too, since I'm sure he wants to pitch a Major League game in his native Canada, also. Justin can't hog the whole country!

okay, well I have to head to bed now. early mornin' tomorrow.

have a great weekend, everybody!

oh, and Happy Birthday, Babs!

Kafumbly and heraldguy, I wish you all the best. May you have safe travels and fun times this weekend, and Go Twins!