Blake

I'm pleased you think that highly of us, well, me.

Does she owe any money on credit cards? I ask, because I think she needs free cash flow to buy a beer now and again. But, that's the practical side of me coming out.

Obviously, you weren't getting on Chief, otherwise it would have been "I mean a bench day, you pedantic old something-or-other.

Well, the Twins definitely have caught it.

I'm old enough to remember those days. Tuning in the wireless, trying to catch the faint am signal in the early evening. Although, back in those days, we call it "The Marconi."* *I might have just made that up.

Probably in black and white too.

And yet you make fun of Chief's age?

I thought you were dead?

I volunteer Sir_Eugene11 for game threads as long as the Twins keep winning!

Escobar and Mauer are the hot hands at the plate yet Escobar is batting sixth. Watch, the Twins will bat around the 1st inning now that I've said that.

Yeah, when your first opponent is the last undefeated team and your next opponent is the reigning WS champ it makes for a tough way to start the season.

Swap the triple AAA club for the MLB club and see what happens.

I dunno, at the rate the Twins are going this year, we full time fans may be entering Cubs fan territory. The great thing about bandwagon jumping is the lack of angst when the season starts out poorly. Fairweather fans can hoard their strength until things turn around. Fairweather fans are probably less susceptible to heartburn and liver failure too.

You know, Red Shirts meant death in Star Trek episodes. And the Twins debut the new Red Shirts Friday. Hmmm. Coincidence?

History is being made right before our eyes. Not exactly the history we expected, but, still....

How about "Taps?" or the "Funeral March?" Dirge?

this is an awesome game...if you're a masochist....

So, you're basically saying you're confident one or both of those skills will be mastered in the near future?

And that is a brilliant display of sarcasm.

The Twins have never started 0-7* *though there is a first time for everything.

I think the erratic strike zone of the first few games got inside his head.

You mean you're not?

I see Marney is talking about the stadium rather than the Twins. Omen?

Let's just say that had the passing fool heard what I said, they and their truck would have burst into flames. Honestly, to this day, I have no idea if the guy in the truck realized or cared what he did. However, I suspect he thought he was invincible because he was driving a 4X with a lift kit.

I was driving a U-Haul towing my car...and had some fool with a death wish who was in oncoming traffic, decide to pass..and there wasn't enough room. I made it onto the shoulder so as to avoid a head-on collision but it was pretty dicey.