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As we prepare for a home series with the Chicago White Sox there is something amazing happening that I need to let you all know about. I have this thing… I have a few things actually but specifically this one thing that is me. If I have been to a stadium… I buy a polo from that team and this collection of polo shirts have basically become my spring, summer and fall ward robe. It is mostly baseball teams but I have football teams and college teams if I have been to those stadiums. I have about 20 different team polo shirts and I have basically rotated them evenly with a new team each day. This is me… this is who I am and I know this is not that interesting so far but here is what is happening. Sometime last August I was wearing my Twins polo and a co-worker said, “Is that your lucky shirt?” I replied “Sure is.” The next day I was wearing a Royals shirt and the co-worker said, “The Twins lost last night so your shirt wasn’t that lucky.” And I replied… “Let’s see how the Royals do tonight.” And the Royals lost as well. It became a running gag and I kid you not… every single time for the rest of the season... whenever I wore a team’s polo… they lost that day… every single time.
It carried on to the World Series… I have an Indians polo and I have a Cubs polo because I have been to both stadiums and every time I wore Indians… the Cubs won and vice versa. When game 7 rolled around… I decided that it was too much power for me to possess so I opted to wear my Vikings shirt that day so I wouldn’t influence that final game.

Over the off-season I forgot about this shirt power but after the Twins loss on Wednesday it came back to me and I looked back at what I had worn so far this year and what days I wore them and yep… the streak was still intact. The Mariners lost… the Rangers lost… the Orioles lost… the Red Sox lost… the Giants lost… all on days that I wore the team shirt. So… yesterday… I pulled my Tigers shirt out on purpose and the Twins won.You are all welcome and I’m sorry but I don’t have a White Sox shirt yet.

I won’t get a team shirt unless I have been to the stadium… that’s my rule.
Here is the entire list of team shirts that I have yet to purchase. Yankees, Rays, Blue Jays, Astros, Angels, A’s, Phillies, Marlins, Nationals, Reds, Cardinals, Dodgers, Padres, Rockies, D-Backs and White Sox.
So… what is the purpose of this long story? This has been going on long enough, it is obviously real and I’m thinking of starting a fund me page to purposely get me to the other stadiums so I will have all shirts for total control and will therefore…

***GUARANTEE A WORLD SERIES FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS!!!***

You gotta ask yourself… how bad do you want it? Then start thinking of a proper donation!!!

Here are some things to think about:

 

1. Good Friday – My wife is a faithful practicing Catholic… I’m Lutheran so you can say that I’m a little more relaxed. She reminded me last night that it was Good Friday… so I got up at 3AM this morning to beat the crowd and buy me a new TV. My wife explained that I confused it with Black Friday and went on to explain that Good Friday meant that we were having fish for supper tonight.

2. Our Twins – We are currently 6-3 and this is so much better than the 0-9 start last year. I’ve read a lot of TD’ers talk about pulling the plug on Grossman… outfield defense has been one of the main motivations for those outbursts but you have to admit that he was one of our better hitters last year and he hasn’t stopped being one of our better hitters so far this year. And when you consider that he was fighting for a career last year and is doing what it takes to have a career… I think it’s a wonderful story and he will have my full-throated support which also means that it’s damn easy to choke on.

3. The White Sox – This our second go around with the Pale Hose this year. This time around I’d like to simply point out that Moncada, Giolito, Kopech, the other guy… and the other guy… are all in the minor leagues. I’m pointing it out so everyone can see that the Twins are not the only team who do that with prospects. The White Sox will start calling them up later this year… probably starting with the other guy… or the other guy. I’m not sure which one.

4. Today’s Joe M Conversation

Mauer: Hey Joe… Have you ever thought about how small we are compared to the planet and then how small our planet is compared to the solar system and how small the solar system is compared to the…

Maddon: (Interrupting) Yes I have… I’ve taken it even further… I’ve thought about fleas and ticks and how small they are compared to a dog and how small one of those tea cup Chihuahuas is compared to a Great Dane and stretched that all the way to the size of the universe. I’ve shouted to the universe at the top of my lungs “I EXIST” to make me feel not so small.

McCarthy: Did the Universe shout back?

Maddon: I thought it did but it was my wife yelling back, “Don’t remind me.”

5. Fortune Cookies – I’m making the declaration that I’m not opening up my stupid fortune cookie anymore. They no longer have fortunes in them… they have little statements like “Life is Beautiful” and that’s it. They used to have predictions in them… “Your Shoes Will Make You Happy Today”… “Stay away from people named Carole”… “Your friend who owes you money has enough to pay you back right now so hurry over and collect quickly.” I want that type of thing back in my cookie or I’m not opening it anymore. Of course with that stance… I’m not going to know if they go back to the old format.
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Lineups:

WHITESOX
Tim Anderson SS
Tyler Saladino 2B
Jose Abreu 1B
Todd Frazier DH
Avisail Garcia RF
Matt Davidson 3B
Willy Garcia LF
Kevan Smith C
Leury Garcia CF

Dylan Covey P

TWINS
Brian Dozier 2B
Robbie Grossman DH
Joe Mauer 1B
Miguel Sano 3B
Max Kepler RF
Jason Castro C
Jorge Polanco SS
Eddie Rosario LF
Byron Buxton CF

Adalberto Mejia P

Game-time forecast: 62 deg F, definitely cloudy, probably rainy, winds from the SSE at 14mph. Might be a late game if they push back the start time to after the rain. But, it's only a 73% chance, so that means there's a 27% chance it won't.

Play ball!

And stay away from people named Brian, too.

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As we prepare for a home series with the Chicago White Sox there is something amazing happening that I need to let you all know about. I have this thing… I have a few things actually but specifically

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I'm pretty sure that no player does that, as I believe you're confusing Ash Wednesday with Good Friday.

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5. Fortune Cookies – I’m making the declaration that I’m not opening up my stupid fortune cookie anymore. They no longer have fortunes in them… they have little statements like “Life is Beautiful” and that’s it. They used to have predictions in them… “Your Shoes Will Make You Happy Today”… “Stay away from people named Carole”… “Your friend who owes you money has enough to pay you back right now so hurry over and collect quickly.” I want that type of thing back in my cookie or I’m not opening it anymore. Of course with that stance… I’m not going to know if they go back to the old format.
 

 

It depends on who makes the cookies for the record.  The Chinese buffet we occasionally eat at usually has fortunes..

 

Fun fact for the day.  I worked at a fortune cookie factory in High School. 

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You call them polo shirts still?

 

I wonder what younger people call them, since Polo isn't really a huge brand anymore....

 

I call them golf shirts now, not sure why, other than most courses require collared shirts, and collared is more syllables than golf.

I notice at most stores, polo shirts are neatly folded on a shelf and golf shirts are on hangers. Why the difference??? Basically they are the same, but why the difference in display???

 

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Just curious but if a player is Catholic and goes to mass on Good Friday before the game, do they play the game with the ashes on their forehead?  Has anyone ever seen that?

I have never seen or even thought about that...and now I am   ;)

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Just curious but if a player is Catholic and goes to mass on Good Friday before the game, do they play the game with the ashes on their forehead?  Has anyone ever seen that?

I'm pretty sure that no player does that, as I believe you're confusing Ash Wednesday with Good Friday.

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Two deep thoughts from Jack Handey come to mind:

 

"I'll bet the most terrifying thing for a flea is to be trapped inside the face of a clock.  You don't even care, do you?"

 

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"If they ever elect a dog president, I hope they don't just automatically choose a large dog.  I'll bet there are some chihuahaha's out there with some good ideas."

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We laugh at fortune cookies, yet we trust economists.

 

For that matter, why are Chinese fortune cookies written in English? Did that start only when Diehard went to work for them?

 

Nope, I just a poor factory worker that needed money for college.

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Two deep thoughts from Jack Handey come to mind:

 

"I'll bet the most terrifying thing for a flea is to be trapped inside the face of a clock.  You don't even care, do you?"

 

and

 

"If they ever elect a dog president, I hope they don't just automatically choose a large dog.  I'll bet there are some chihuahaha's out there with some good ideas."

Just so the dog president doesn't have small paws.

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A few years back, ok maybe more than a few, the Twins played the Yankees on Easter.  My brother and I went up to this series.  This was back in the dome days and on Saturday night, Scott Baker threw a very good game and beat the Yankees.  The next morning, being a "good" catholic, we went to Easter service downtown and we walked in with Joe Torre.  He was very polite until some middle aged woman started bashing him for the Yankees losing the night before.  I was a little shocked that 1) someone would give him crap about the Yankees losing the night before and 2) that they would have the nerve to do it in church.

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