D. Hocking

And a very eclectic mix of 1970's guest stars. I finally saw the Muppet Christmas Carol a couple of years ago. While funny at times, it is pretty true to the story and.... Spoiler.... the Tiny Tim is dead scene with Miss Piggy and Kermit as the Cratchits is one of the more touching versions of that scene that I have seen.

How long have you known Chief?

I knew Chief's jokes reminded me of a classic comedian. I was thinking Henny Youngman, but really, it is this guy.

What a great night to be at Target Field. On a really petty, superficial note, I would not be sad if these uniforms were retired. The gold trim kind of gives them a cheap, flashy feel. The gift of by the second baseman was for naught.

I saw a stat recently that when you add the seasons of the four teams up - Minnesota has watched around 120 seasons of sports since the last championship. We had this poster in my bedroom - it did not survive my brother's pain and angst after one of the losses.

After the recent Wolves and Wild play-off series, I now fear any lead can be lost. Well, that and Minnesota sports history in general since the Vikings 1970's Superbowl streak...

WCCO showed a picture of Allianz field flooding commenting how its drainage system was being overwhelmed.

Nice song and good singer and performance, but I keep trying to figure out what that show this is. It is like they took a bunch of the Brady Bunch extras from the high school scenes, gave them valium and they are wondering why they cannot be at an Osmond's concert instead. Then at around 2 minutes there are strange puppet people that look like they escaped from HR Puffinstuf or Chuck E Cheese.

Too be fair I believe they might have had papyrus by then, although I think it was expensive and hard to come by, I think you would only use it for a play-off game.

Funny how this time of the season how much a week can make a difference in the feeling whether the world is ending. About a week ago each loss made people think it was going to be a 40-win season, where today there might be a little more perspective and less the sky is falling.

Chief was actually a pretty good bowler when he was younger.

Word is Buxton wanted to have the Ruddigore overture as his walk-up music, but they could not get permission from the Gilbert and Sullivan estates. I guess they were big White Sox fans.

I have heard this guy is good with RISP.

I just got home about an inning ago to turn the game on (which I can actually watch because it is on the CW, because the Wolves are desecrating Balley's tonight). Any talk of when Buxton might return?

As expected.

The image of all of the Chicago citizens arriving is rather horrifying.

I can understand why Barreiro and Common Man are popular, although Common would be better with only a two-hour show, but never understood how the morning schedule dominated any sports competition so much. Hopefully, this will just be a tweak that will work itself out quickly. I love (OK I don't) when you see twitter comments or Strib comments when someone is injured assuming that they themselves would be able to play through it no matter what the pain as they sit on their couch.

Is that one of the new offerings at Target Field this year? Do you get a TC Bear spoon with your purchase?

When a season is not going well, the definition of "fun" can often be a bit contorted from its traditional meaning.

The thunder is pretty steady in St. Paul, I cannot imagine it is not going to be at Target Field shortly.

Hard to tell from the radio, but sounds like it should have been a double play?

Does it seem like there have been a lot of hit by pitches this year?

Maybe there will be a RBI single?

that might coincide with how many innings they get tonight period.

I remember a Matt LeBlanc interview where he said his Heinz commercial allowed him to be able to eat for a few years while he was trying to make it big. That was just one commercial that ran a couple of years, People like Flo who manage to be a spokesperson for years probably have a nice steady income that allows them to act in theater productions that don't pay as well.