Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 60.

 

Twins:

SP, Hughes

 

Dozier 2B

Mauer 1B

Plouffe 3B

Parmelee RF

Suzuki C

Kubel LF

Santana SS

Hicks CF

Hughes P

 

Padres:

SP, Ross

 

Cabrera SS

Smith LF

Headley 3B

Alonso 1B

Gyorko 2B

Venable RF

Maybin CF

Rivera C

Ross P

 

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What will Brian reveal tonight on the inner workings of his mind? Check back if you dare. Scary stuff!

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Dang Right I'm scared... I gotta get to the baseball diamond and coach some Babe Ruther's in a half hour and I still gotta grab some food before I go and I've wasted all my time for game thread thoughts in another thread defending the virtue of Ben Revere. My fault... Poor Planning... So Quickly... Things to think about:

 

1. Phil Hughes -- He's good... And Now he only has to face 8 legitimate batters as opposed to the 9 he faces most nights in the American League. The way Phil is throwing and in consideration of this being a national league game. Phil might allow -2 Runs today. I hope we don't lose -2 to -3.

 

2. Pinto-- Where is he? It's not a knock on Suzuki... How can I knock Suzuki... He's playing very studly at the moment but it's Pinto's turn. Suzuki can play tomorrow.

 

3. Kubel -- I see where he is... I personally wonder why? A little Nunez in LF would be alright with me tonight.

 

4. Santana -- Great guitar player... Great Pitcher... Over Rated Catcher/3B and a Fast SS who is fun to watch.

 

5. Time -- Ummm... Time sure keeps ticking... I gotta run... I'll game thread with you all when I get home from the game.

Edited May 21, 201412 yr by Riverbrian

They're not going to let this TBA guy bat more than once. That's baseball 101.

They're not going to let this TBA guy bat more than once. That's baseball 101.

 

If TBA is shorthand for Pedro Florimon, I bet they let him bat as often as he wants.

heh ... I didn't have the Twins lineup yet when I posted that, but I was betting that Hughes would be 9th. And I was right! (yeah, big stretch)

 

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What will Brian reveal tonight on the inner workings of his mind? Check back if you dare. Scary stuff!

 

Is that a double-dog dare? Or just an ordinary one?

Is that a double-dog dare? Or just an ordinary one?

 

Depends ... how scary is it for you on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most?

I predict multiple hit games for Hicks and Parmelee today.

Awesome a 9:10 pm EST start time maybe I'll make it to the 4th inning tonight.

Depends ... how scary is it for you on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most?

 

I did in fact check back, so no need to even dare the likes o' me. Thus it would be a waste of a double dog dare...

 

Hope the Babe Ruthers have a good game!

 

I'm bad at all the satisfaction survey scales...

 

I'll try my hand at google image search, and see if i can find something appropriately scary.

 

Um... Best i can do, i think:

I did in fact check back, so no need to even dare the likes o' me. Thus it would be a waste of a double dog dare...

 

Hope the Babe Ruthers have a good game!

 

I'm bad at all the satisfaction survey scales...

 

I'll try my hand at google image search, and see if i can find something appropriately scary.

 

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Scary, yes. Freshman year. Roommate.

 

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So that's what an invisible barrier looks like...

Hughs just looks like a pro out there, but then he did do the barbershop quartet commercial.

Another sparse crowd at Petco Park, where fly balls go to die.

Sparse crowd here tonight too

Kubes, that's awesome.

sure, mlb.com falls apart and I miss a Kubel stolen base??? What???

Can you pound hard cider? I cant drink this stuff without chugging it.

sure, mlb.com falls apart and I miss a Kubel stolen base??? What???

Not the back end of a double steal or a two out full count! Bonus was that Bremer said how unlikely it was they'd send Kubel a pitch or two before the steal.

Phil Hughes and Glen Perkins are starting to resemble each other.

Okay, they are gonna break it open this next inning

Can you pound hard cider?

 

Home Depot help line person says no. Still on hold with Menards'. They're probably still high-fiving and laughing about Kubel's shocking act of larceny.

Phil Hughes and Glen Perkins are starting to resemble each other.

Their pitching, or like how some people resemble their pets?

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/13/08/1308654cf67fe54a59829fb43e3e9697.jpeg?itok=0na6k8g0

That thing is ugly by Bulldog standards.

That thing is ugly by Bulldog standards.

And so is the dog...

Their pitching, or like how some people resemble their pets?

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/13/08/1308654cf67fe54a59829fb43e3e9697.jpeg?itok=0na6k8g0

 

Like that.

 

Or like how some husbands and wives start to resemble each other over the years -- which is even weirder if you think about it.

[h=3]Hiyoooo![/h]

Dick with an incredibly subtle shout-out to his boothmate. He pronounced Cabrera's first name "Ev-er-eth", three distinct syllables. It's spelled Everth, and everyone else probably mispronounces it too. Still, it was like a little tip o' the cap. To me and zero others.

This game is a good sleeping pill so far.

Okay, they are gonna break it open this inning.

Heh, Bert's with the Padre TV crew