Gardenhire is showing more faith in Burton than the Pope shows in God. Let's hope somebody is right.

Well, Gardy got thrown out, so he's not calling the shots.

Off topic: JB having some good wholesome fun at an Iowa family reunion:

 

 

Looks pretty good after our last annual Memorial Day reun-creation of where it all went wrong:

http://www.functionalhandstrength.com/images/dana_florence_bill_crawford_fianna_testing_stone.jpg

 

Your call, JB. Best way into your clan a marriageable female trailing the field, or kooky adoption scenario? Let me know soon. Sports hernia medicine has advanced, but it has farther to go than I can possibly convey without the use of a retired ICBM.

Burton does 100% of the work to get the save!

"Jered Em' All"!

Wow!!!

Within 2 games of .500 and Mauer appears to be back:D

Winnah!

 

gonna be a good week at work for Chitown.

Just like I've always said, Burton's my guy........

Had 'em all the way!

Burton...

 

Oh my gosh! hold me!

 

"In baseball, you don't know nothing." -- Yogi Berra

 

"Ditto" -- Twins fans

After this game, Sandy Koufax's plaque at Cooperstown will boast that his strikeout ratio was second only to Jared Burton's.

Swept Away ....

1-2-3! nice! I never had a doubt!

Looks pretty good after our last annual Memorial Day reun-creation of where it all went wrong:

http://www.functionalhandstrength.com/images/dana_florence_bill_crawford_fianna_testing_stone.jpg

 

Your call, JB. Best way into your clan a marriageable female trailing the field, or kooky adoption scenario? Let me know soon. Sports hernia medicine has advanced, but it has farther to go than I can possibly convey without the use of a retired ICBM.

 

Uh, in our clan, it's Kooky marriageable females!

I wonder what the tenor is at White Sox Interactive this weekend?

 

Probably not Mario Lanza.

This the one you're looking for?

 

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How do you like them rubber bands?

How do you like them rubber bands...

 

... man?

1-2-3! nice! I never had a doubt!

 

Liar!!!!!!!!!!!!

Winnah!

 

Chief, it always reads better coming from your fingers!

Time to trade Burton for Mike Trout before Twins change their minds....

Probably not Mario Lanza.

 

And let's hope the new Twins SP prep prospect they passed on from Bali Hai will come back to haunt them too.

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I think I had forgotten what a 1-2-3 9th felt like that. It just did not seem right with no one in scoring position.

 

I know this has been said 80,000 times, but even though the record is similar to this time last year, it feels different. It helps to play the White Sox for four games. If we somehow are in the race later in the year, I do not think it will be against them (unless it is race to stay out of the cellar).

 

Gladden really likes to bring up when the player's uniform is dirty.

I was thinking about how to circle back to that, without jinxing anything. Now the jinx is on you.

 

Yes, it's my fault the Twins won today. Thenk kew. Thenk kew very much.

Yes, it's my fault the Twins won today. Thenk kew. Thenk kew very much.

 

Props.

Props.

 

Some are born jinxes. Some achieve jinxness. And others have jinxness thrust upon them.

 

What can I say? It's a gift from the baseball gods. They will punish me in due season.

#5 -- Monkey DNA -- I was reading... It's rare but there are times when I read things and do some learning. According to what I'm reading... Chimpanzee's have 98% similar DNA as humans do. I read that and I let it roll around in my head a little while... 98%!!! That's a big number... Well... My first thought is this... It sure makes that 2% rather important and I want mine protected. I'd hate to have surgery or something... only to have the Doctor accidentally remove my 2% non-monkey DNA.

 

There's 3 billion nucleotides in the human genome... that 2% amounts to approximately 60 million differences.... That's still a lot.

There's 3 billion nucleotides in the human genome... that 2% amounts to approximately 60 million differences.... That's still a lot.

 

Still equals Bigfoot kind of scenario to me.

There's 3 billion nucleotides in the human genome... that 2% amounts to approximately 60 million differences.... That's still a lot.

 

I got 3000 million nucleotides but a monkey's tail ain't one.

Edited June 23, 201412 yr by ashburyjohn