Yes -- a hearty toast to the pinchhitting crew.

But thank goodness you're back, Batgirl.

Wow. I do actually feel a lot better.

:)

Nothing's gonna stop us now!

oh most marvelous BG!! It is so wonderful to have you BACK!!!!

BG- great to have you back. Yeah, i'm down with standing up against darkness. Lets do this thing!

We'll start with helping the Twins conquer evil, and then hope that it spreads throughout the world so i can get my posterior home sooner!

Welcome back, BG. Please don't leave us again!

BATGIRL!!!!

"sobbing"...I have never, ever been so happy to see anyone as I am to see you this morning!!

bubblemint

Batgirl, let the record show that I tried my best. But after a while it just got too exhausting. I get enough of that negativity from being a Met fan... trying to combat it here as well pretty much sucked the sass right outta me.

Welcome back. Really. You were missed.

a sincere thank you to Skorch, kw, and the others.

Whew. Glad you're back, BG.

oh, gosh, and welcome back, Batgirl. :)

Thank you to all who helped out when BG was gone!! WELCOME BACK bat-girl! Lets get things back to normal again!! tWINs!!!!! Its the time!

I'm not an openly emotional person, but due to recent events relating to a certain mlb team from Minnesota and the inability to read new sass from BG.... I've been weeping daily for the last week and a half.

With BG back, I already feel better. I'll feel my best when my sweet, sweet Twins get back into their groove of kicking ass.

I pray that the Twins' troubles dry up like my tears, leaving behind a salty residue upon which we can all look back and reflect upon to fully understand that crappy baseball and a lack of sass is not the way.

Balance has been restored to the force.

I could just... weep...

OH YAY, BAT-GIRL, YAY! THE ASS-TIME IS GONE, and even if it's not, we will no longer thirst for optimism. Rather, we shall enjoy an open bar filled with tasty, sparkling, Happy Happy Fun SASS!

Welcome back Batgirl. Evil forces beware of SASS.

I will embrace the light!
And huge props to the guest bloggers.

BG, I'm so very, very, very glad you're back. Very.

cheers, aussie!

Welcome back, BG.

I humbly relinquish my keys to the secret Bat-HQ

After breaking lots of things after the 7th inning in El Presidente's last start, I've had to take a break from the Twins to recharge a little bit(aka not watching the actual game-the pinch bloggers posts were definately read and enjoyed)--but now that Batgirl is back to lead us, I'm ready to rejoin the fight against the dark

Let's go Twins!

Welcome back BG -
and thanks to your pinch-bloggers while you were gone.
I feel like that lost boy scout lost out in Utah. But you are back.

Please, BG, be our Moses. Lead us from exile (10 games back) to the promised land - (Div Champs, AL Champs, WS Champs).

BG...it was terrible...there were Double Plays...and Ass-bats...and Ass-gloves and pitching...and homeruns...

AND WE LOST TO THE GIANTS!!!

I apologize for my negativity in the game threads.

I just wish that annoucers and analysts would stop focusing on "catching the Sox" and instead focus on winning baseball games.

I'm thinking Chicago is having a year similar to that of the Mariners two or three years ago. The team should focus on putting together a few series victories.

I'm positive that we can still make the playoffs. Because for as far back as we are divisionally, we've still got only a few games between us and the other Sox for the Wild Card lead. And we still have a full compliment of games to play with them.

There's also Oakland, Texas, and Anahiem that we've yet to finish up series with, all of which are in the Wild Card race.

=)

Much Love
Wonder Woman

So long nasty game thread. That particulary one deserved to be deleted. Good move BG!

it's just sad that it had to be done.

out with the bad, and in with the sass!

I'm sorry for my own contributions to "the negativity." Although, to be honest, I'm not completely sure where the line is drawn between "expressions of disappointment during a slump" and "negativity." I need clarification.

I am definitely not sad to see that thread blown to smithereens.

Kurtis:

Good:"Oh man, that sucked. I hope he snaps out of this slump soon, we need his bat right now."
Bad: "Oh man, he sucks. Why does Gardy ever play him at all? We need to get rid of him and find someone who can actually hit."

Good: "He's really having a tough time out there tonight. It's not his night, is it?"
Bad: "He is the worst [insert position here] in the league. I wish we'd trade him. He blows every single solitary play and I'm embarrassed that he's in a Twins uniform."

Honorable mention:
Good: "It's so good to see him smile like that!"
Bad: "He's [fat, ugly, old, etc.]"

Disappointment, fine. Insults and overblown hyperbole/overreaction, notsomuch. Wanting the Twins to win, fine. Demanding that they be totally perfect every night OR ELSE, notsomuch.

Bless me Batgirl for I have sinned. I gave up on our boys during the game last night. However, I returned to my senses shortly thereafter and I promise not to do it again. As penance for my misbehavior I am going to watch
an inning of a White Sox game this weekend.

Well, I'm somewhere in the middle. I do apologize for giving into the dark side. I am restored by the return of the sassmaster. I also think it's a good idea to do away with the game threads. This is Batgirl's blog, and it was turning into just another discussion board (which boards, for the same reasons mentioned above, I no longer frequent).

Today is Turnaround Day.

- K.

My dearest Batlings,

Of course we are sucking right now and there is no way around it. But BG frowns on talk of murdering various players and of disrespecting the people who pinch hit for BG while she was gone. The point here is fun.

{BG edited this comment for precision]

Love,
BG

A very wise man wrote "...sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes... it rains. Think about that for awhile"

Today is a new day. Today is our day. Today we leave the sucking and sulking time in the past. Go get 'em, boys!

We missed you, Batgirl. Please help our Twinkies back to victory lane. Also, on a very strange side note. I saw Kirby Puckett in Longville, Minnesota last week (the Turtle Racing capital of the world, in fact). Strange, I know. I didn't approach him, however, because he looked kinda cranky and was surrounded by a bunch of huge, HUGE guys.

One more thing. Batgirl must ask, too, that people confine their comments to the post itself. This is not a chat room and not a place for chit chat. Batgirl feels her guest bloggers were disrespected when the threads derailed.

BG, the booing last night at the Dome was so loud and so constant that I thought I was watching a Mets home game.

People need to chill. You're darned lucky to have a team like this to call your own. Enjoy and appreciate them. They're doing their best.

*sniff*

Welcome back, Batgirl.

*sniff*

Who's "Batgirl"? And what's this "baseball" you're talking about? I thought this was a webpage for cute kitties and little nicky puntos.

el diablo has the sass shaking his ass at the return of Batgirl.

With all due respect to BG, I think the game threads (at least the ones pre-funk) were a great part of the site.

I understand the upset of the pinch-bloggers, but I also think eliminating game threads and/or comments is an over-reaction. I hope given some time, you will reconsider.

Welcome back Batgirl, I missed you quite a bit, I feel a tear coming. Perhaps with all of your batkitties in such a state of joy, are beloved Twins will get rid of their ass-bats, but really I love you Twins, and I want you to win, and I will not give up on you, etc.

Next time you go away BG take the Bitchsox's mojo with you rather than the Twins. Welcome Back

The game threads were getting pretty bad, though its hard to talk about the games and not be critical these days. But there are plenty of Twins websites where you can go turn over virtual busses and smash virtual windows if you want

There has been talk here recently of the need, perhaps, for a certain piece of clubhouse furniture to be, well, rearranged. In the spirit of creative destruction, I nominate the product found linked at my name. Sledge included.

As for this baseball season, I'd prefer that two teams from the Central make it to the playoffs this year, as long as A) one of those teams is my White Sox and B) the other team is not Cleveland, Detoit, or Kansas City. But it's only June, and this is baseball, so anything is possible. I mean anything.

Without making this a game thread, I would comment that clearly something happened in the first inning of Thursday's game to change the mind of the baseball gods.

I would submit they bowed to the return of BatGirl and recognized that they, too, had better shape up!

Welcome back!!

Detroit, you say? Never heard of it.

I'm confused. Do slumps suck or do slumps blow? We should hang flags in the Dome to find out, ala Alan Trammell.

It IS the 23rd. Thank god. I've been telling 'Sota Boyfriend that the sucking was only because BatGirl was away, and now she's back. *sniffle*

I think I'll cry. It will be ok now, won't it?

PS. Your books rock.

Welcome back, Batgirl. And thank you for the gentle chiding.

Maybe we need reminding -- I think I did -- what exactly is the purpose of this site.

Bat-girl.com is a blog belonging to a person calling herself Batgirl (hence the name) wherein she generously shares her witty thoughts and creative writing about a subject dear to many of our hearts, the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball Club. Then, she generously allows readers to add their own comments to the page, ideally adding to the wit and sass and enjoyment of the experience for all.

Bat-girl.com is not a chat room, public forum, or bulletin board promoting the free speech of people everywhere. It is a vehicle of personal expression to which we are --- if I may repeat the word "generously" -- invited to participate.

As the weeks and months have progressed, those of us fortunate enough to frequent the site have come to feel a sense of ownership and community which in itself is a wonderful thing, but which has led us to some behaviors which are simply outside of the realm of the purpose of this site. Some lovely and intrepid Batlings have worked to provide other outlets for all of the expressions of opinion, love, disgruntlement, and so forth, that are not appropriate for Batgirl.com, namely, the Batcave:

http://mntwins.proboards44.com/index.cgi

(Many thanks for this, BTW. Maybe someday I will have time to explore and join in -- I'm particularly eager to get On the Record.)

Anyway, this is probably already obvious to most if not all, but I just thought I'd put this On the Record for those who feel the elimination of the game threads and editing of posts are somehow arbitrary or unfair. You have to take a moment and put it all back in context. And then thank our lucky stars that there is a Batgirl and that we have her.

Love, Smitty

P.S. Attyfan, surely you could not have sinned so badly as to deserve such harsh penance.

Welcome back, Batgirl, we need you now more than ever!

Let the tiger-whoopin' begin.

Well said, WordSmith. I couldn't agree more.

Batgirl,

Glad to have you back, although your LeRoi, Naked Batting Practice and middle infielders should be applauded for their time in the starting lineup.

So how was doing press for your movie? Any good stories about Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes and maybe Tom Cruise?

This can't be right. Someone is telling me the movie is "Batman Begins." I'm certain that you'd respond to any emergency, called by the lighted outline of a clubhouse chair in the night sky.

Welcome back.

After being in attendance to last night's 'ballgame' your comments have helped my out look on the next 3 months of the season.

In sass-related good news, The Beleaguered Dougie Baseball just hit his 2nd HR of the week.

Hail to the Chief!

Da Da Da Dum, Da Da-Da Da-Da Da-Dah Dum.

Hey,

Nobody shed a tear for me when I returned!!! :)

All kidding aside, everyone in here rocks.

YankeeFan :)

WordSmith...I disagree with your treatise. I think to eliminate any part of bat-girl.com is to remove part of what makes it great.

Sure, there are other outlets for game threads and such, but why? It allows the spoil sports to win, and without much resistance. It's like taking the ball and going home.
Very disappointing.

As I said before, I hope this opinion won't be dismissed and that the decision will be reconsidered.

Well THAT was a nice welcome back for BG - I say Carlos gets an extra special BOTD award today.

fran, this is a blog, not a message board. Batgirl will run it how she likes, and I think we owe her the courtesy of respecting her wishes.

Yeah, kafumbly, I get that. I don't mean any disrespect to BG.

I will get over it. Doesn't change my opinion, though. I can still have an opinion, right?

Yea!!! So glad you are back!!

Dearest Mr. Fran,

No. No more opinions either.

Love,
BG

p.s. I do hear you. I tried to quell some of this awhile ago, but it was to no success, and I feel BG is a better place without them, as we had it last year. It was also becoming very stressful for me to monitor them, as I felt I had to do since it's my site. And costing me, too, in upgrades.

Dear Batgirl,

I agree with you completely.

And thank you for returning, and bringing our team back from the depths of suckiness.

bubblemint

Batgirl Returns (wasn't that a movie?).
Twins win.
All is right in the world.

(Note: this is no disrespect for those whose pitched in during BG's absence. You all did a wonderful job. Thank you. It's just that, this site is without BG is like a foot without a big toe. Thank you, BG, for being our big toe.)

Welcome back BG! I too was gone for a dozen days, and didn't seem to miss much good for our boys. But now we're on a winning streak and all is fine.

And hats off to the scrubs that filled in. I enjoyed all that I had a chance to read.

Welcome back! Glad to know that the universe will now begin to right itself again!

I'd also like to add my appreciation for the Batgirl bullpen.
RD, kw, Skorch and el diablo, many, many thanks.

Hey Batgirl,

Welcome back! I'm feeling a bit sheepish because I forgot to let folks know that the RD Fanimesto needed 36 hours to kick in. :)

And I also feel like I've earned the right to one off-point post. Here's goes:

Soccerfan, who do you like in Copa Libertadores tonight, Ateltico PR or Guadalajara? I'm taking the Fighting Guacs.

Whew. Reading the post below (which doesn't seem to have comments) I am glad I stayed away and confined my sordid rantings to places other than Batgirl.

So hows about this: Batgirl needs to stay chained to her televsion for the rest of the season no matter what. I say we try to make her mission as painless as possible and take up a collection for cool drinks, good food and perhaps even toys for the Bat-Kitties.

If Batgirl delievers for us a winning Twins team, then we should deliver for Batgirl, and meet her needs in this trying time.

So that's my idea.

Dearest Bat-girl,
You were deeply missed by the Twins, and the fans. We're very glad you had a fabulous bunch of pinch-writers who came in and did a very delightful job. They made us laugh each morning, when we'd be mourning another game that didn't go our way. However, as lovely as your pinch-writers were, it is just beautiful to have our star back in the sass game. Welcome home!

And, if it wasn't said well enough, thank you to all of the writers who filled in. I appreciated your work!

Just Beth