Gonna watch Wisconsin football......better be a Twins win, when I come back, it's up to you all....at least I got score updating going     .....   keep it up  

That's right. They're playin' someone like Alabama, right?

 

As immortalized in song by those lyrics

 

"We'll try to stay serene and calm

when Alabama gets the bomb."

 

I can still try, can't i?

Though i do concede that perhaps discretion is the better part of valor...

Get in front of that scorching thing, if for no other reason that no one else will want to, and it could hurt someone.

 

You could call that "taking one for the team"

By my count this is Santanas fifth chance to come up big and earn some of his contract. He failed in Toronto and New York and was successful against the Angels and the Astros.

Looks like the good Ervin Santana showed up tonight. Good!

In the immortal words of Ash, "Good, Bad, I'm the guy with the gun."

1-0 Astros. Game over.

1-0 Astros. Game over.

2-1 Twins. Sano walk and Ploufe HR behind him.

 

Or maybe game over

 

No No ir...

It was a hot and humid Houston as i sauntered into my Private investigator's office. Business was slow, and i was even slower. Hadn't been any decent action in who knows how long. And i had gotten used to it, in a slovenly sort of way. I stumbled to the door, pulled it open, and got the shock of my life! There in my office was a sight to behold! But alas, it wouldn't do to discuss my clients...

Suffice it to say, someone got away with a crime yesterday, at trope i canna field i mean minute man maid field. maid... man... that could even be the problem.

On the outside, it looked like your average, even expected baseball game last night. A home team won going away, 8-0. But i'll have to dig deeper. There are play off implications. The whole country could be watching.

There's another game tonight. This time we'll catch the miscreants. I'm staking out Minute Maid Park, where, under the guise of an innocent national pastime, a most hanous crime might be recommitted. But this might blow up in my face, so i'm not going alone. I'm calling all my favors in... Every one of you's got my back, right?

Here's the files on the usual suspects:

(Please add anything relevant to these files, as "Knowing is half the battle" -GI Joe)

Twins
0. Ervin Santana {R} -- Done time for PEDs
1. Aaron Hicks {S} RF -- Fresh of the DL
2. Brian Dozier {R} 2B -- Demolishes fastballs of the high variety
3. Joe Mauer {L} 1B -- The Face
4. Miguel Sano {R} DH -- The Bat
5. Trevor Plouffe {R} 3B -- The Plouffe
6. Eddie Rosario {L} LF -- The canonical cannon
7. Eduardo Escobar {S} SS -- The spark plug
8. Kurt Suzuki {R} C -- Iron Man
9. Byron Buxton {R} CF -- The Kid

Astros
0. Lance McCullers {R}
1. George Springer {R} RF -- No relation to Jerry?
2. Jose Altuve {R} 2B -- Little Batting champ?
3. Carlos Correa {R} SS -- 1 upped the Kid in the Draft?
4. Evan Gattis {R} DH
5. Jed Lowrie {S} 3B
6. Carlos Gomez {R} CF -- The X factor
7. Marwin Gonzalez {S} 1B
8. Preston Tucker {L} LF
9. Hank Conger {S} C -- The center of last night's intrigue...

Gametime Forecast: 85°F • Mostly Cloudy • 2% PoP

 

I know better than to let the cat out of the bag. Just be ready for anything!

Say, what gives?  That's the most hard-boiled game thread opener since high-button shoes.  Why I oughta....  

CBU 1-0 Astros but something brewing.

 

Two one, none out, middle of order coming up.

 

Somewhere chief is saying to himself, "in play, run(s) please"

Ladies and gentlemen, that run courtesy of Mr. Byron Buxton.

Buxton 1, Astros 1

 

CBU

Before Buxton's double I was wondering if Hicks is almost as fast...

 

Nope. Buxton rounded first like he was on a two-stroke dirt bike.

Edited September 6, 201511 yr by jimbo92107

Too bad there wasn't more.

I am not a Jack Morris fan, but he makes a good point.......Why doesnt Dozier just try to go to right, WIDE OPEN, selfish or cant???

Late to the party-  been watching USA vs. Australia rugby, live from Soldier Field!  

Rugby CBU-  Autralia 14- USA 10 at half!

This is big----  after getting their arse handed to them by #1 New Zealand a few months ago, they spotted the #2 team a 14-0 lead, and came back and punched 'em right in the mouth!  Yee-haw!  There are some fearsome hits going on, in the last tune-up for both before the World Cup starts in a couple of weeks--

Go USA! 

 

How are the Twinks doing?

 

I agree with Morris the Dozier should try to go to the right side more, but then I said that all off season too.  He just doesn't do anything but pull the ball.

Say, what gives? That's the most hard-boiled game thread opener since high-button shoes. Why I oughta....

I wouldn't blame ya if ya hated me...

 

I set you up.

I was wondering last night if it was McHugh that had the high-rpm curve ball. No, it's McCullers. That's a really tight hook.

And each of the three young outfielders has a hit.

 

I wouldn't blame ya if ya hated me...

I set you up.

Why, ya dirty rat.   If I ever catch you around here again, they’ll have to pick you up with a sieve, see?

Yeah, McCullers has a breaking ball as good as Duffey's.

 

Yeah, McCullers has a breaking ball as good as Duffey's.

That thing is just nasty, and comes at any time.

The past robs the future. Darn you Carlos.

That was an elite catch by Carlos Gomez. Buxton could do that, not sure if Hicks would get there.

Good at-bat for Buxton. Three fairly hard hit balls tonight.

this umpire has a huge strike zone.  huge.

 

That was an elite catch by Carlos Gomez. Buxton could do that, not sure if Hicks would get there.

I think Hicks gets that too.

Wow, so Hicks has now gotten screwed twice on called third strikes? Bitch.

I think Hicks gets that too.

Hicks does get a quicker jump on the ball than Buxton, and Hicks takes a better line. He might just get there, true. On the other hand, Hicks has been misjudging balls hit over his right shoulder lately. It's like he's a bit wall-shy.

Buxton almost overran that ball :-)

 

That was an elite catch by Carlos Gomez. Buxton could do that, not sure if Hicks would get there.

You have been proven correct.