YAY! What a great moment to bring to life with Legovision! What a day this has been! What a perfectly wonderful day! Who else got a kick out of El Presidente cheering for his team in the latter innings?!

I second that thought, Newton! It was great to watch the small ball piranhas in action! And that steal by Joe, he was totally ahead of the tag, @$$#o!e 2nd base ump...

*squeals with delight at Legovision*

I completely missed the game this afternoon. Thanks for telling me what happened, BG. It's almost like I was there!

Awesome!

Couple more days like this and I won't need the shrink I had to hire in early May...

Wow. that was some amazing replay! and the game was awesome, too. wouldn't mind seeing that again.

is anyone else having trouble playing the twins fantasy football draft? mine won't start playing...

One would think that with a role this entertaining and crucial, Spiderman Lego would have been willing to pay you. I mean... how many Legos even get to be in any LegoVision recaps, much less one where he (it?) would get to be this dominant and dynamics?

:shrug: Actors.

I have a feeling that the Spider-Man Lego demanded some sort of vehicle to take him to the set of the reenactment and that Bat-Girl just wouldn't give in.

He probably wanted somthing outragous--along the lines of a limo, or a personal jet, or to be packed with all the other legos and then put in the back of a moving truck to take him from Minnesota to Boston-- something like that.

(Thanks for the great posts Bat-Girl-- I read every day)

okay, now that i've seen the video, i find it hysterical!!

I think you better keep the Legos handy. We will need a reenactment of Shaggy's first MLB win on Tuesday as he makes his first start of the year.

Hooray for Legovision!

You haven't lived until you've managed to call up your MLB.TV subscription on a hotel computer that does NOT have speakers. The "silent" game I viewed was Saturday night's outing. But I guess "silent" really isn't the right descriptor because, boy, was I ever cheering our guys on.

Good thing I was the only geek in the business center that night...

How tough is it, exactly, to get a Legovision photo with that Lego "ball" in the air? Because it looks like it would be really, really tough.

I mean my spelling is awful and everything (blame a great 70's teaching idea called Initial Teaching Alphabet that left half a generation of English kids unable to spell) but I'm pretty sure there is an i in Legovision, two i's in fact, which gives free rein to all kinds of prima donna's.

here's a more sensible thought; isn't the wild card great. The Twins are going to catch the Tigers but at the point when they got (really) good they were too far back to realisitically have a shot, but they could still go for the wild card, kept going and there they are, division title in sight. Wild Cards give hope and hope leads to all kinds of wonderfullness

That was the winning run, of course, but the Twins scored another 10 just to make the Ligers feel bad.

Nicely done. Legovision makes the world a happier place. I feel compelled to point out, however, that despite Johan Santana's overpowering greatness and continued schooling of the Sox, Jon Garland still has more wins in the last two years than any other pitcher in baseball.

[Just to clarify: Johan doesn't just school the Sox.
Helpfully,
Jeb]

I will mention run support as being part of wins. And that Bartolo Colon was not a better pitcher then Johan just because he had more wins last year. Wins to me esp. what happened to Santana last year seems to not prove who is the best pitcher.

Jlubby and I were there. That was a fan-fuckin'-tastic game. And the Twins have a little Piranhas graphic now for the away boards -- the other teams logo being nibbled away by piranhas in Twins caps! It was awesome!

BG, quick question -- why hasn't the Legovision Archive been updated this year? Are you waiting until the end of the year? No pestering, I'm just idly curious.

Awesome! If you missed it live it's up at mlb.com.

New-legoviisiion Torii obviously did not want anyone to acuse him of bat-flipping so he carried it around the bases with him!

Extra kewl. ;-)

Joe looked like he was so disappointed in himself when he was called out at second. Poor kid.

"I'm a piranha too!"

Ha ha ha... yes, Torii, you are indeed.

And can I just say for the record that I love Johan Santana so much it hurts me? Because seriously. I do.

Torii Hunter is looking great. He is "the spark of hustle." My guru Dan Gladden says it doesn't take talent to hustle. But it doesn't hurt, I suppose. Nor does it hurt to be handsome.

The video worked for me. The Veep is super cute. :) Almost as cute as the idea of Joey talking trash. *snicker*

"I'm a piranha too!"

*sigh* It's that warm, fuzzy...like season 7 of Buffy when all the little girls of the world find out they have a little bit of slayer in them...

I was there! It was such a great game! Almost as good in person as in Legovision. Our boys hit and hustled and did those Tigers in! I bow in Twins adoration!

Yes there are two i in Legovision, but there is no I.

I watched the Fantsay football draft video and i Demand to know who took a Kicker before the last round!

Ok, Garland has 1 more win than Santana in the past two years, but his offense scored 6.76 runs per game as opposed to Santana's 5.25, and that's just this year alone. I think we all know how many runs the weak hitting Twins scored for him last year.

But Garland is definitely the best pitcher... for the white sox :-)

Hey, does anyone know when rookie dress up day is? Can't wait to see Neshek in a pink dress of some sort!

Brilliant! Legovision rules!

Gina,

I think the rookie hazing day is ususally the get-away day for the last road trip. Which would put it this very Wednesday. I think.

Yeah, Boof in go-go boots. Heh heh.

k-bro

Oh man I completely forgot about Boof! That is going to be hilarious! I hope someone takes lots of pictures. Who is the mastermind behind all of the costumes for the Twins? I bet it's Silva, or Juany.

Sweet, I love LEGOs!

Click on my name
Very interesting story on Ortiz. I have to say I agree with a lot of his points esp. about Jeter. But if you're gonna promote a player for the MVP who isn't in a playoff race, you cannot forget about Hafner. Hafner has the best offensive numbers in almost every category even though his season is over and sadly no one is talking about him in the MVP race.

Oh, my poppy just surprised me with a Smell 'Em t-shirt. I'm pretty amped about it. That must mean he's got plans for another road trip to the Metrodome. Excellent.

Jeb-
I totally agree, Johan owns everyone. But I am a Sox fan and I wanted to make it clear that I respect Johan, and all the Twins players, for that matter, before delving into the murky waters of commenting on a rival team's website.

speaking of pirahnas...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AjqKzDyUPgaBN19fKqdNMvMf0bYF?slug=jp-piranhas091006&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

yay lego Vision =)

There are four Venezuelans the yahoo writer forgot about Boo =(

Batgirl - have you seen the new star wars legos -they even have one of Princess Leia in the famous bikini - EKE!!!

Carlos - please pitch like I know you can pitch tonight - I will be at the game cheering you on =)

Much Love
Wonder Woman

Ahhh, Legovision. Just what I needed. Brilliant.

Alright, Silva. I know you have it in you. (Though I am hoping the intestinal vexation is NOT in you tonight.) Go forth and kick ass.

I LOVED the video. Justin Morneau!!! He's soo HOTT!!!

I was at the game--just a Perfect Baseball Experience. One funny thing about Torii's hustle was that several casual, bandwagon fans behind us couldn't believe that a runner could tag up on a foul ball. One guy even pulled out his cell phone and called a friend to ask if it was legal (as though seeing it with his own eyes wasn't proof?!) Still I have to admit that I wasn't sure how to score Torrii's advance to third. I settled on Fielder's Choice, though I don't think Wilson realized he had a choice until after Torii started running. What a great play. (There are two ii's in Torii).

HA! I love the phone-a-friend option.

Now I won't be able to rest until I find out how to play extreme cribbage.

BG,

I can't believe you lost the spiderman legoman!

Love Legovision,

LTLC

Gus-

I was wondering the same thing about Torii's advance. It would appear that the play-by-play people doing online box scored didn't either. The play-by-play (link in my name, look at the 2nd inning) game summary at Yahoo Sports never shows him advancing to third. It makes it look like he scored from second on Tyners foul ball, which would be even more impressive.

BG-
the legovision reenactment was exactly like I remember it from the game. Right down to Brent "Who?" Clevlen playing centerfield with a crossbow.

It was the only game I made it to this season, and boy did I pick a good one!

Welcome back Cisco! I'm about as excited about this as I am about Santana's next start!

The quote of the day actually belongs to Ozzie:

''When you're a pitcher and don't throw strikes, you're going to get whacked."

His pitchers thought he was speaking metaphorically until he reached for the .32 revolver and gave each of yesterday's Ninth Inning Six a big kiss on the cheek.

I don't know if anyone has already posted this, but Justin and Joe are going to be on ESPNews Hotlist tomorrow at 3:30 ct.

Oh joy! I felt so bad I didn't get to see my BF's steal and when finally after a long day log on to -double joy- Lego reenactment.
Thanks BG. You made my day.

Happily, I have great, awesome, wonderful friends who gave me a seat at Sunday's game, so I got to see the whole beautiful thing. I'm an old fart and I love old time, small ball. And Torii's baserunning in that inning had me apoplectic with happiness. Thanks, BG, for a great replay!! Of course, I also like great pitching, and Santana's 10-pitch inning was loveliness and beauty personified. You could really see the shift when he went into that 'zone' where his pitches become surgical strikes. My friend Amy (she and her husband are the season ticket holders who gave me my seat) said that prior to that, Santana walked off the mound and stared down the homeplate ump all the way to the dugout. Game over!