D. Hocking

Twins Daily -- I come for the sharp game analysis and stay for the timely pop references so I know what the kids are talking about.

This might be the most exciting upgrade since the arrival of the mouse -- congrats on the update.

So you are saying there is a chance?

I feel like I have heard someone say he does not, but I could have imagined it like I have imagined a number of walk-off wins that have not happened.

like watching a rerun from a really bad Brady Bunch episode of the Cousin Oliver era..

It would be ideal if we simply score in this inning, and then pitching won't be an issue.

I forgot how close he was too it -- he was practically in place to catch it himself. I am sure his eye sight and concentration is much better than it was 11 years ago.

At this rate there is a small chance we might not have to worry about Cuzzi making a bad call in a Twins play-off came this season.

yes, but they were probably against the Twins bullpen...

Twins get some clutch hitting and retake the lead. The bull pen is lights out and Cleveland does not get another man on base, although some of that is due to some incredible defensive plays in the field.

I remember Ruesse said Molitor probably deserved manager of the year more for the year he got fired than the year he got the award due to how the team played and actually improved after they dismantled it in July and the team started playing better rather than completely collapsing after losing some of their bigger players.

The radio made it seem like it the coaching staff did not realize it was the second visit, and they did not mean to remove him.

I just heard the replay of the overthrow - Dan's groan was heartfelt.

Now you are just tempting fate and challenging the baseball gods.

It is hard to figure out what just happened on the radio - but seems like it was not good.

I don't think Simon & Garfunkle deserve to be associated with this team at this point...

as expected.

So you are saying we are not yet mathematically eliminated from the play-offs - possibly getting a second wild card slot? I do kind of think of the first couple weeks of April as not being much more reliable than spring training in telling how the team is going to end up (except perhaps when they started 0 and 150), but right now a miracle turn around win would still make me feel a little better.

I am oversimplifying, but as fun as the homeruns were, I think the team took all of the bomba squad talk to their head and felt they could win every game with powering home runs. When you are on hot streak, you can get away with that for awhile, but when you are not going on all cylinders you get a lot of strike outs or warning track outs. It was 1 to 1 when my meeting started and had to check out -- I might check out again. Walking the dog in the rain might be better.

Twins have been outscored 9 to 0 in the ninth inning this year - they might need to work on that - hopefully starting now.

There are times when I am not sad that I have to listen on the radio... I swear I heard them say this is the coldest game Boston has played since 1979. It is cold - but not freakishly cold - and it is Boston - surely they have had some low 30 temp games in the last 40 years. The defense sounds better anyways.... Sounds like I did not want to see that homerun. I did find Astudillo's slide online.

The radio crew was not even sure if Cruz was still at the stadium.

You are still bitter about the demise of the Whig party aren't you?

You are not alone. If I am listening to the game while driving, I often have to flip the station for awhile to get a breather from him. He would make Gilbert Gottfried seem understated. I think he has a decent radio voice, if he would just tone it done he would be a lot more bearable. I have not listened to his radio show in a long time. That was even more painful. I also like Corey. I have grown to like Dan with Corey, but I think Corey does the lion share of the work now. I remember in the semi-distant past getting in the car and getting frustrated because more than an inning would go by before I would get a score update.

Mike Redmonds's triple is still one of my favorite baserunning moments. At 5:25.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1eoANG7r4M