First off, Batgirl has spent at least 75% of the content of this blog bitching about the Bitch Sox TV announcers, and it is certainly true that her hell will feature them running on a continuous loop, and they are largely the cause of her enmity toward the fair team on the south side, so therefore she must take this opportunity to say she's listened to their radio announcers the last two days and they are quite good—knowledgeable, respectful, and, despite a lengthy conversation about closet organization, interesting. They also spent a good deal of time on sartorial issues, and it sounds as if most players survived these two games by dressing roughly like the little kid in The Christmas Story, which might explain the Twins offensive production, as well as Cuddy's giant brain freeze on the basepaths on Sat.
LNP suits up.
Not Justin Morneau, though. The stalwart Canadian wore nothing but a moose-hide thong for the weekend's tilt, and, when confronted with a fat rookie pitch with two on on Sunday, he shouted, "I've never felt so alive," except he shouted in French, because that's just how Canadian he was feeling, and the next thing you know, well, the rookie said merde, the Twins were up 3-0, and pretty soon Morneau was throwing his thong into the stands. And that makes you, Dr. Morneau, the
Boyfriend of the Day.
Goober/ Justin 2, BabyDash/Bart 1, Sooz/Cuddy 1, Batgirl/ Chairman 0, BatCub/Torii 0, Jeb/LNP 0, Readers/Field 0.
Thank heaven for Canadian MVPs on chilly days (and for Johan Santana, as always).
Posted by: Spacey Stacey at April 8, 2007 03:48 PMI can't stand the TV announcers either, but I love being able to watch the game on cable, rather than the laptop once in a while.
You know what helps: If you are fortunate enough to watch a Sox telecast when the President is pitching, you can yell "HeGone!" after El Presidente sits the B**ches down! I find it makes the broadcast a bit more bearable!
Happy Easter Twins Nation!
Posted by: TX Ken at April 8, 2007 03:53 PMWait...Morneau? Not the pitcher that gave up 1 hit in 7 innings while sitting down 9? I understand the BODSHC has the final say, but this one, this must be a test, right?
Sorry, Johan, you must now pitch 10 innings while giving up -2 runs in order to get the BOD.
Today's game was an enjoyable one to watch. I only wish it didn't get quite so tense at the end. I think my heart skipped a beat when Dye sent that ball to left.
Posted by: Will at April 8, 2007 03:55 PMJohan Santana makes me believe in God. Happy Easter!
Posted by: barty_is_my_love_pie at April 8, 2007 03:56 PMDid anyone else see Bert's hood/hat after the game? Too funny.
Posted by: Jonzard at April 8, 2007 03:56 PM>and pretty soon Morneau was throwing his thong into the stands.
Er...is it warm in here?
Posted by: infield at April 8, 2007 04:04 PMDear Mr. Will,
Five walks is not a BOD-worthy performance for El Presidente. Also, of course, Team Batgirl Boyfriends get precedence.
Helpfully,
BODSHC
Dear BODHC,
Santana only walked 3. He has 5 walks on the season.
Nitpickingly,
neut
Also: 1st place!
Posted by: neutrino boi at April 8, 2007 04:40 PMHow sweet it is that the final out of the game was awarded to Anthony John. Maybe his elbow is still sore from last week's game.
Posted by: Luv 4 57 at April 8, 2007 05:08 PMGod, it's good to have you back, BG.
And Johan, Johan, Johan. *love* Admittedly, if you gave him the BOD on days when he was merely spectacular, as opposed to only on days when he was truly supernatural, he'd be winning the BOD... how many starts does he have in a season? Anyway, you have to be sparing with the Santana BODs.
Although I suspect Goober will indeed be kicking everyone's ass this season.
Posted by: CarrieICL at April 8, 2007 05:20 PMIf Justin keeps this up, he will have to have the Santana status and get BOD's sparingly.
Posted by: Nora at April 8, 2007 05:40 PMAh, LNP is delievering a *special* Easter Basket to the Bitches. ;)
Posted by: Piranhtachew at April 8, 2007 05:47 PMBODSHC,
Even with Johan's three walks, he only gave up 4 total bases over 7 innings. That's remarkable. Good power hitters hit a home run once every four or five games. There's not a pitcher out there capable of giving up 4 bases in 7 innings once every four or five starts.
But you are the BODSHC after all, so it's your call. I just think, in the future, when Johan does something truly remarkable, we might want to encourage such things with even just a co-BOD. That way, should there ever be a time when Johan's incredible level of awesomeness becomes too much even for him to sustain and he needs the power of BODs to keep him sitting bitches down, we'll be prepared.
Posted by: Will at April 8, 2007 05:54 PMLest we forget, the BODSHC spent approximately 86 years putting up with assbattery. Therefore, when we score all our runs on one hit by a team BG boyfriend, its really hard to argue; I will always maintain that Justin's stellar performance in the BOD competition won him last years MVP.
But yes, Santana is definitely every twin's fan boyfriend. And whenever he delivers a performance like he did today, it is a great, great day for Twin's Territory.
Posted by: Bob at April 8, 2007 08:52 PMYou can put it on the board.....well, maybe not today.....
Posted by: LeftWingCracker at April 8, 2007 09:38 PMThe BOD competition is between Team Batgirl's boyfriends.
Posted by: Jeb at April 9, 2007 07:44 AMSo, this season, the Readers/Field line on the scoreboard is meant as an almost-never-used accessory, like, say, A-Rod's glove, or a (no offense, Mr. Heintz) third-string catcher?
The MVP is the BOD. And ¡Johan Santana es el hombre!
Posted by: Franorama at April 9, 2007 08:24 AMWhen you're as en fuego as Johan is all the time, your standard of excellence has to go up as well. Surely Johan knows this and allowed those few walks so that the BOD love can be shared amongst his worthy teammates. But I'm sure it's safe to say that as the season progresses, he'll jump in and score a few BOD points for us patient readers.
Posted by: Spacey Stacey at April 9, 2007 08:36 AMI listened to the B. Sox radio announcers on XM on the way home from another Nationals loss yesterday.
They are not nearly as bad as the TV guys -- however I think they are helping jinx the Sox by begging for home runs all the time -- as in --
"a blast here gets us right back in the game."
Jinx away Ed Farmer.
Posted by: funoka at April 9, 2007 09:03 AMExcellent choice! I was listening to the game on an AM radio station I picked up driving to the Indy airport. In the late innings, the two announcers engaged in a discussion of last year's MVP award. They were surprised it went to a player on a small market team, dropped the discussion of Morneau - who was batting at the time - and went on for a good 3 minutes about Jeter, his stats and why they call him G-man when his name begins with a J. I almost drove into a bridge abuttment in my blind rage.
Posted by: Spike at April 9, 2007 09:51 AMLast year in S.Dakota -due to unfortunate circumstances- we had to watch several Twins/Sox games on UPN, and after about 20 minutes of listening to those two announcers (I call them Bo and Luke Duke b/c they think they are bad-asses)I actually had to get a labotomy because I developed tourettes, saying "he gone" at inaproppriate times.
Posted by: CJ at April 9, 2007 03:15 PM"Did anyone else see Bert's hood/hat after the game? Too funny."
YES! I was laughing so hard. I had my mom come into the room so I could share the hilarity.
Posted by: TwinsPrincess at April 9, 2007 03:16 PMYou should've asked a Batling to put a bottle in front of you, CJ. :/
Posted by: Piranhtachew at April 9, 2007 09:22 PM"The stalwart Canadian wore nothing but a moose-hide thong for the weekend's tilt"- Oh My Gosh.
I thought us Minnesotans were tough, who would have thought we'd lose to Canada?!
Great stuff, fricken hilarious!!
Hot damn! Way to go Justin! I see Canada already has a good showing.
If you think that's impressive, just remember: he's from the warm part of Canada, you should see what a real Canadian can do...
Congrats to the Doc, and I raise my glass to many, many more homeruns.
Posted by: ClosetJaysFan at April 12, 2007 05:07 PM