::Fears for Twins' hitters.:: :0

Warning next time, infield?

Tiny Supes must've mixed Doc's Slurpee in a *Northside* Seven-Eleven. ;)

I was watching an Indians vs. ChiSox game on Gameday on my laptop in bed the other day when I saw that picture of Aardsma. I screamed and pulled the blankets over my head. He's got a bit of a scary clown vibe goin' in that picture, it's true.

By sabermetric figuring, the Twins will only win 117 games. I'll settle for that less optimistic projection.

So if one UW-Madison girl taking summer classes decided to take a road trip to Chicago to see the Twins play the Bitchsox in July... would she be able to see both games of that double header?

Maybe Jackie Robinson will be channeled through Mr. Sweetcheeks during that game... strike outs? No. Grounded-into-double-play? NOOOO.

hee. tyner. knees.

*snort* Knees.
Oh my God that picture is awefull!
"skipping onto the field. Sometimes truth is funnier than BatGirl." How true.
Oh, and from twinsbaseball.com,

//Multiple 42s: It won't just be Torii Hunter who will don the No. 42 next Sunday, when the league honors the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's Major League debut.

White and first-base coach Jerry White will also take part in the celebration. The league made the decision to allow multiple players and coaches on each club to wear the retired number in honor of the event.

"That's a great honor," White said. "I was honored that Gardy called me in and asked me if I wanted to wear it. I want to make sure I get to keep that jersey, too."//

So the question(s) is/are will White be wearing his socks the right way? and will White be wearing his socks the right way?

Also from twinsbaseball.com,
"I have something for him next time," Guillen said of Santana after Sunday's spotless outing. "I'm going to call my mom in Venezuela to come here and cook for him. She'll poison him. My mom is a bad cook and if Santana eats my mom's cooking, he will have trouble pitching."

I went to Chicago for the game on Friday. I'm a little bitter. I think I saw Paul Konerko at a sports bar, but it may have been someone just wearing his jersey.

Will someone buy Boo a guide to sleeping properly - it seems that he tweaked his neck by sleeping the 'wrong' way so he said in the paper Sunday. He does this a lot.

Good Luck tonight Mr. Ponson -

Much Love
Wonder Woman

It may be summer in Chicago in time for that doubleheader in July.

But having recently booked an airline flight and hotel for the Twins/Offensive Cartoons series at The Jake from May 15-17, my greater hope is that it will (please, please, please) be spring (loosely defined as sunshine, flowers, temperatures above freezing on the Fahrenheit scale and, above all, no Bertin' snow!) in Cleveland by then.

Aardsma's pic is DEFINITELY freaky. O.O

BG -

As for Young Dash's phone bill: The flat-rate $50 plan from Verizon (all domestic long-distance included) is really quite useful.

Sadly, for those weekends when the telephone just won't do - no direct flights. Which means Dash will need a chaperone to change planes in Detroit ...

Does anyone know if the game on XM tonight will have the Yankees' announcers or the Twins announcers ?

The season is only 5 games old and I am already tired of listening to Suzyn Waldman. Who are the Twins radio people and are they any good ?

p.e.m.

PEM,
John Gordon and Danny Gladden.
I like them. But not everyone does.

PEM,

The main broadcast team is Dan Gladden and John Gordon. Jack Morris and Kris Atteberry also contribute to most broadcasts. IMO, Atteberry's the best of the lot (those of you who heard him when he was the star broadcaster for the St. Paul Saints know what I'm talking about!), but he doesn't get much air time. Morris is usually entertaining, but again, not much air time.

As far as the big team, Gladden's pretty good, and Gordo's not too bad when he can be kept on topic. He tends to ramble. A lot. Gladden has gotten pretty good at reining him in over the last year, though--you'll rarely miss more than one at-bat to Gordo's digressions these days.

--infield

I see the Cleveland-Angels series is going to played in Milwaukee - it just wont stop snowing in Cleveland!

I hope the powers that be are watching and reconsider a retractable roof - not that I would mind sitting outside on a cool day in October - but it does make it hard to catch a fly ball in five inches of snow =)

Much love
Wonder Woman

And if we can't have 162-0, let's at least try for 161-1.

I don't know if it makes that picture any funnier, but Aardsma was the badass reliever for my alma mater the year we won the CWS and the school's first national championship in anything. All during that tournament, any time Aardsma was pitching the focus of the announcers and the rest of the TV crew would cut away from the game and to David Aardsma's Sister, who was always in the stands and fairly fetching. If the ESPN television folks had their way, that freaky picture of Aardsma would probably be covered up by a picture of a blonde, cheering David Aardsma's Sister, Hottest Chick-style.

Hey, I like Suzyn. I mean, as long as she doesn't talk too much.
Dang, Pavano is playing like an actual MLB player this evening.

Here's a taste of how long Pavano has been out. MLB.com was auctioning a game used hat by Pavano. On eBay, I found the same hat listed under "antiques".

Wow that stunk.

I dunno, when I think Knees, I think Torgo. But maybe that's just me.