Niiice entries!

As long as we are talking about hair, I got some pics of Johan's new 'do from tonight's game. I apologize for the bad quality, but hopefully they are good enough you can get the general idea. Click my name and brace yourself, lol!

Good luck with the move, BG! Just be forewarned that all the hot weather you just experienced is no sitting over the East Coast.

Most impressive guys! Joe should be proud.

Yay Son O' K-Bro! Very nice work.

Personally, I'm far better qualified for the El Presidente Beardito contest.

Yipes.

Liriano scratched from start

Minnesota Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano has been scratched from Wednesday's start against the Texas Rangers because of inflammation in his elbow.

"It's not an elbow, it's just in the forearm, it's muscular," Minnesota pitching coach Rick Anderson said after Tuesday night's 9-0 loss to Texas. "It's just more of a precaution. You don't want to mess with him. If we were to run him out there and it's not 100 percent and something happens you'd never forgive yourself."

Anderson said Liriano would likely miss one start, adding that if it were late September he would likely start.

"He could pitch, but we're not going to let him pitch," he said. "He doesn't want to do this, but we made him do it."

Liriano is 12-2 with an American League-best 1.96 ERA in 26 games, including 14 starts. He has struck out 137 batters, fifth-best in the league.

Boof Bonser, who was 2-2 with a 5.30 ERA in seven starts for Minnesota earlier this season, will be recalled and start Wednesday.

-- Associated Press

Yikes. I needed to spike my tea with a shot of whiskey after that game. Great sideburns, though! Definitely a tough choice.

What's next? A "Johan's wacky new do" contest?

Nice burns!!!

Confused on the Cisco Kid: elbow inflammation, but it's muscular, not in the elbow? Huh? Whichever it is, it's not good....

I was real torn between #2 and #11. I think length is very important: it should go at least halfway to your shirtcollar. I voted for #2 because the #7 made the difference.

Props to #10 also, my third-place.

BTW, I might thave entered, but I already wear a full beard and didn't want to shave back to sideburns. also, a sideburns-shaving seemed against the spirit of a sideburns-growing contest.

Gentlemen! Well done! This is a very difficult choice. I have to come back and look them all over again later, and then vote. It's too close a call right now.

Son of K-Bro, you rule!

Boo-urns...Boo-urns...

YF

Son of K-Bro is awesome!!!!

Yes, he is very cute

Some formidably hirsute fellows, to be sure - I voted for myself, of course, but who knows which set of 'burns that might be? Only Batgirl and I know for sure...

Yes, son of K-bro is so cute w/ the fake 'burns, and the whole catching outfit is very suiting. Well done, everybody.

Talk about day and night with the last two games! Well, let's win tonight to win the series- poor Cisco.

*shakes head, confused that he shows signs of being human*

I will also have to purchase my first Sports Illustrated on the stand, due to the incredibly hot baseball player on the cover.

*off the stand*......duh.

Great job K-Bro Jr!

Very tough choice on the voting. Nice job guys, all around.

JC

damn, i should have entered too. i've had sideburns since high school. maybe i'll grow them to mauer-esque proportions for my wedding (a month from today!). i think that would probably be my best insurance of lifelong happiness, more important than the blessings of a priest...

Yes, very hard choice, a nice collection of sideburns. Extra points for caps and/or jerseys. But I might have to go with #9 under the perhaps entirely mistaken impression that he actually grew the sideburns specifically for this contest. (Or, maybe his facial hair is just thinner, I don't know.)

I voted for #3 because of the sheer ridiculous length. Though #2 was a close second. I found it especially fascinating to note how different peoples' ears are different distances from their jawlines. I guess diversity is what makes the world go 'round.

P.S. I also really appreciate the The-Count-From-Sesame-Street spelling of "clever" (clewar) in the item on the SI cover. Brilliant. :)

Great 'burns all the way around. I read the SI article, and it's Joe being all modest again, though not his Grandpa. On another note, did anyone else see the regularly anti-Minnesota Sports Guy's column today on ESPN.com? He refers to Justin Morneau "inexplicably" turning in to the 1927 Lou Gehrig...

EJT,

Do you really think the Sports Guy is anti Minnesota? I can see how the all Boston, all the time angle might turn some people off, but I don't think it's any worse than the East Coast media bias that I've come to expect. And you've got to admit, nobody saw him kicking his average up 100 points this year, did they? I'm as big a Twins/Morneau fan as anybody, and I'd have been thrilled if you'd have said he'd hit .275 this year.

Chuckles, I know the Sports Guy is Boston-centered, and I'm OK with that. It's just that he tends to slight Minnesota teams and players more than others, even though I admit I may be overly sensitive :). So more than anything I'm happy Justin got some love for all that he is doing for the Twins, even if it comes with the inexplicable label.
P.S. The Sports Guy, a while back, did put Minneapolis ahead of Boston on the "most totured sports cities" list, even before the 2004 Series.

Doesn't seven look kind of like Jason Bartlett with a full gotee?

EJT,

I just read the article, and if anything I think he's flattering Morneau. The '27 Gerhig was pretty decent. Now he was not quite so flattering about TK later in the article, but I can't say he's wrong, either....

By the way, you wouldn't happen to be related to the Umpring Tim Tschida would you?

I liked #12. It may not be the best or biggest sideburns but, man, if it doesn't look exactly like Joe's!

I voted #2 since I feel his in the *style* of the Chairman's sideburns.

Otherwise, I would've voted for #8 since I like the "porkchop" style.

Chuckles,
Sports Guy is absolutely flattering Morneau, which is very unusual for him, but which makes me very happy...I believe Morneau's numbers may be unexpected, but not inexplicable. Sadly, I am unrelated to the Ump Tim Tschida, as far as I know anyway. I'd know more about baseball if I were.
On the sideburns note, I believe #11 is the most Chairman-like.

Can I get a link to the Sports Guy story? I want to see for myself...

I totally don't want to distract from the contest at hand, but I just saw a thing to vote our lovely Doctor Justin Morneau, M.D. for this thing called the Aaron award. It's for the best offensive player in each league. I think we need to get the polls going again. Go to minnesotatwins.com for more info.

OK, this is serious: Why the hell are the Twins leaving WCCO??? I could listen to them at night all the way down here in Memphis, and it was kind of cool.

KSTP? Do they even reach the Iowa border at night?????

http://www.startribune.com/509/story/586702.html

at least tyner got a #1 webgem today.

I know. Isn't it sad? Apparently they didn't want to pay 'CCO the kind of money they've been paying them. I think it's disgusting that they would abandon the huge fan base that WCCO allows them to have. There's supposed to be an expansion of KSTP affiliates, but I doubt it will be even close to the same.

It's a very sad day indeed. And if John Gordon doesn't keep doing the play-by-play, I may stop listening all together.

Oh for goodness sakes all you have to do is change the dial. If you are a fan of the Twins it is not difficult to do.

Ah but Nora, some people that are Twins (and BatGirl) fans don't live near enough to pick up KSTP radio. I know I'll have trouble picking it up here in Bemidji!

There are plenty of affiliates, and I've read that more will be added. There should be few, if any, folks who can't listen to the Twins on the radio because they're leaving 'CCO.

Back on topic, way to go, guys! It takes some guts to not only post your picture on the internet, but to even have people comparing it to others and picking a favorite. I'm having a tough time; it's a tough call!

Carmen,

Here's your link.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060802

Carmen,

You've harped on this theme repeatedly lately, and I just wanted to ask (and I'll keep this as BG-friendly as possible):

You, um, know that, um, John Gordon, um, isn't, um, very good, um, at all, right?

I voted for 12, bur they are all amazing, guys!

Mr. Young. (And I'll keep this as BG-friendly as possible):

I love John Gordon. I've grown up with him. What's your problem with him? If you're, um, going to, um, harp on someone, um, harp on Herb Carneal.

Thanks for the link, Chuckles.

>If you're, um, going to, um, harp on someone, um, harp on Herb Carneal.<

Good gracious, no. A thousand times no. Please do not make a fool of yourself by defaming a Hall of Famer. I cannot put this strongly enough. Forgive them, Herb, they know not what they do.

And, on-topic, I voted for #2—because it appears he's had those sideburns quite awhile and has patiently waited for the contest to come to him.

All,

Out of respect to the sideburn contestants, please keep comments in this thread focused on the competition.

Thanks, RD

You mean John Gordon and Herb Carneal aren't entered? I coulda sworn they were in there...

Tied for last place. I must have accidently grown the ass-burns.

Ok, don't contemplate that..