BG,

The Twins did indeed have a good week, and the series sweep was awesome, but in fairness to Johan, he didn't allow as many runs as Boof did in this series. So perhaps Johan's punishment by spanking can be reduced.

ubelmann

Well said BG. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one wondering about JS's hair.

On to Anaheim. To those of you who live in MN, be VERY glad, you still get Dick and Bert, those of us who use MBL Extra Innings have to deal with three games being called by the worst announcing duo in the Majors, Physioc and Hudler (yes they are even worse then Hawk and DJ, at least those two give credit as to who is the best pitcher in the AL).

Your Batness, Boof gave up 4 which is more than 3, which is what Johan gave up, but math can be tricky for us verbally inclined, and this point has been already made. H.r.s by Castro and Ford will tend to keep them in the lineup, which is a bad thing. The h.r.by the Dr. was his first in 14 games, and that is a good thing in the sense that 1 h.r. in one game is better than 0 h.r.s in 13 games.

BG,

Humidity also makes my hair do crazy things, but I didn't see El Presidente's hair. I was baby-sitting for a 4-year-old who has the attention span of a gnat. And they CLOSED OUR POOL today. WHAT IS THAT CRAP? What's a humidity-susceptible girl to do?

DL

I'm going to dance, too, but not with a protective cup. I'll dance with Tumbleweed, thank you very much!

I like this "winning" thing... it's fun!

Richie Sexson had an O-fer today, and I think it was because I wore an old Brewers Richie Sexson #11 Autograph hat to the game as a hex on Sexson. Well, El Presidente certainly helped.

The Dr.'s homer was pretty. I had just said to my wife something about Justin hitting it into the football press box. He didn't, but that's really OK. I hope he knocks one into the fake waterfall at Anaheim.

Jim H.

As a Mariners fan, I must say that that was the most embarassing piece of gaming I have ever seen any team playing (on our side).

You guys got handed those wins. Lucky stiffs.

I realize this is a PG-13 site. But spanking, flagellating yourself with a dildo? Batgirl, must have been at Sexpo '06 last week.

*puzzled*

oh.... spanking Johan was a PUNISHMENT!??! ok.. that's the piece that I was missing.

*wink*

I'm voting for Bonser's nickname to be Pope, since his name was John Paul Bonser.

And I don't know if I really want to see Lew blow when Mr. Winkles tells him to.

Enjoyed the heck out of the game today. Gave the guys next to me a good enternaining half hour while my cousin and I were comparing tan lines. Get out the brooms and long live Lewwwwwww...

Winning sure is a lot of fun.

And it was great to see how excited Lewwwwww was after his walf off homer. He's like a 12 year old kid out there playing pro ball, and that's why everyone loves him.

Dear David,

We did a lot for ourselves in these three victories. Today maybe was a bit of help from the Mariners...but Saturday and Friday were all Twins.

Scotty,

Those on MLBtv might get (hopefully) a game or so with Dick 'n Bert. I, however, living in SoCal, get those idiots on the Angels broadcast all the time (and the MLBTv feed is blacked out when the Angels play the twins, grrr).

On the other hand, the Dodgers (with Vin Scully) is the other local team. There's nothing like Scully--I learned more about the twins when they played the dodgers and Vin was announcing as I ever knew.

Finally, the video clip on the Twins official website is actually our local announcers! (Check it out if you didn't get to hear Dick say "Lewwwwwwww!")

I had the Mariners' broadcast on MLB Extra Innings yesterday and they were showing the hatless Prez in the dugout. He looked like he was wearing--dare I say it--a frightwig. Loved it.

Shane, agreed on Scully. I used to hate him because he just never shuts up (not that he has a choice...). Then a couple of years ago, during a Dodgers-Cubs broadcast, I realized I learned more about my idol Greg Maddux in one hour then I learned in over a decade of idolizing him.

Scotty, NO ONE is worse than the f'ing Hawk. Those Brewers idiots are close, though. We're getting the Angels' crew for the whole series? It figures. DicknBert appearances have been few and far between for us this season, haven't they?

Dear BatGirl, et al.

I regret to inform you that, having watched the entire season via television thus far, President Santana's hair had nothing to do with humidity. The pouf has been its natural state for the past 2 or 3 months. I've been greatly concerned, and kept meaning to start a "Get Johan a haircut" campaign, but BG never said anything, and I didn't want to incur her wrath. But yes, I think that his less-than-stellar year so far has something to do with the fact that he needs to go back to his former, sexy, shorter cut. Can we do something about that?

Respectfully,
Georgia "Oh my GOD I love Castillo" Girl.

PS. Please tell BG's close personal friend that the book was awesome, if a touch Pullman-esque, and I will be anxiously awaiting the next installment. Thank you! :)

I had tears in my eyes reading that last paragraph. Thank you Bat Girl.

Yahoo Sports says the Red Sox are looking at Kyle Lohse.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=rotowire-yleohseedoxnterested&prov=rotowire&type=lgns

The force is strong in the Lew.

Jeb beating on Ewoks? Must be Darth Jeb, unless they were singing the Yub Yub song in which case they deserved it.

Getting a sweep was great.

I used to live in So Cal and Hud can be annoying but they normally give props to the other team to the point that you think they were trying to suck up.

As for Vin, there is nothing like him. I grew up a 10 minute walk from Dodger stadium and listening to Vin on the radio. There was no MLB TV and no internet and Vin calls a great game.

If he speaks too much for some, remember he is in that booth by himself every game, so he's doing the talking for two.

Go Twins!

Any bay area Twins fans here? If so see y'all at Oakland on Thurs. thru Sun. Maybe we can have a Twin pregame tailgate????

all hail to the Twins (and B.G., of course). A sweep, a game grabbing h.r. by LEEWWWWW. A lovely weekend, indeed.

Boof's nick name??? I suggest the Boof of Bonser.
There is no better Boof than THE Boof of Bonser.
I am envious of his name. What a GREAT name.

As an original "Hope springs eternal" gal I believe we can still be contenders when the season is older.

sign me, hope springs eternal kal

Runs die on basepaths.
My god not the bunt again.
Hargrove drives us mad.

NOTE: This is double-posted under BOD because Rd got a little carried away with his cursor, which is better than getting carried away with cursing when it comes to the Twins.

Johan's hair was indeed the topic of conversation between RD and Sweet-N-Sassy, which was nice because it seemed to indicate that we felt the game was in hand, even when the Twins were trailing. There was even a lazy-Sunday nap to be taken midgame. It was a weekend when the Twins made things look pretty easy, which was aided by the Mariners' situational playbook. When Ichiro is making bad decisions on the bases, that means EVERYONE must be playing tight. It was a nice weekend for the Mariners to come through town.

As for the hair, if we didn't know better, we might have thought that was a hairpiece gone bad. As funny as it looked in the dugout, I really wanted Johan to walk out through the Metrodome doors to see the wind-aided look.

Maybe another time.

In the meantime, RD wishes his biggest worry about Radke tonight was his hair! Enjoy the Holiday afternoon.

"NO ONE is worse than the f'ing Hawk. Those Brewers idiots are close..."

Laurie, I agree on the second part--but on the first--Jerry Remy of the BoSox is the absolute pits and he is worse than the Squawk as I prefer to call him.

But lets rejoice over the Twins OF in the 10th with outstanding catches first by Cuddles then by Torii then Lewwwwwwwwwwwwws walk-off giving the Twins the sweep.

To the Seattle fan who said the Mariners gave away outs--you gotta point--the Mariners god awful baserunning cost them at least 2 runs in game 3 and probably a couple of more over the weekend.

DAM

Ahhhh BG ... Only you could make me actually laugh out loud over my team being swept.

DAM... dissin' the Rem Dawg... LOL!! But come on, worse than "he gawn!" and "the score, bad guys 3, good guys 1"? Not even close. I don't want to strangle Rem Dawg every time he opens his mouth. And he doesn't force me to watch games without the sound. I just hate the f'ing Hawk.

Cal, I know Scully is in the booth by himself and talking for two--that's why I said "not that he has a choice." :-) It's amazing, though, the stuff he comes up with. He really does his homework.

RD has been giving the Hawk a pass because he was so much fawning over Santana when the B-Son were at the Dome.

I listened to Scully last summer on XM when the Twins were in L-A. I keep waiting for him to slip, on account of age and working solo, but he's like an amazing church soloist.

*totally understands BG and El Presidente's hair troubles*

i will second that. perhaps the four of us should have have a little tête à tête and see if we can come up with a better way to deal with it.

we really should.

BG, care to set that meeting up with El P?

Boo walks a .190 hitter, Morneau can't scoop up a throw, Castillo has a ball smack off his glove, Rondell gets picked off on a 3-and-0 count, Jesse Crain is asked by Gardy to pitch a THIRD inning and then delivers the pickoff throw from hell. Those mistakes are bad enough, but even worse when we hafta stay up past our bedtimes to watch 'em. Grrrrrr. It's not fair to America .. and certainly not fair to Batgirl!

With all due respect to Cal and others, we really must have a new nickname for BOOF. One consonant away from Boob, and, jeez, it just ain't baseball sounding. Not tough anyway, More like POOF. Awful name, just awful.

Oddly, I ended up not paying attention to the Mariners at all this weekend, since I was out of town watching the Phillies kick butt instead. Perhaps that was the problem; the Mariners realized that I was seeing my ex-team again, which I am in a long-distance relationship with, and they're not dealing well with this "just friends" thing we have going on. I mean, it was one thing to yell another team's name during Take Me Out To The Ballgame, but now to ignore them during their weekend of need, when they were getting swept by the Twins... ah well. We play the Royals next weekend; I'm not too worried.

Also, I got to stalk Matthew LeCroy before last night's game, which is always a nice way to start off an evening. The Nats' navy blue batting practice shirts are rather flattering on him, I think.