IndianaTwin

Gotcha. Sorry, it's a bit late on Eastern time.

Loved the locks. Really enjoyed the Shipwreck Museum. Excellent lighthouses. But probably the biggest highlight was the Toonerville Trolley and a long boat ride to Tahquamenon Falls.

From Clyde's?

We loved the locks, followed by the burgers from Clyde's Drive-In.

We went around Lake Michigan one summer, with most of the time in the UP. The other time we made it to Munising before needing to get back home.

I used to run regularly, so the thought of trying to get into Grandma's Marathon was intriguing.

Haven't been there (winter or summer), but I'd love to. Plans were to go a couple summers ago, but a family emergency arose when we were midway through the Michigan Upper Peninsula. Hope to try again sometime.

And I hear it's uphill both ways.

When I heard the name Kaleb Ort, I wondered if he's Dutch. And then Provus said he's from Grand Rapids, Mich., which increases the likelihood of that. He didn't pitch at either of the small colleges where a lot of Dutch kids in that area go (Calvin or Hope), but he did pitch at Aquinas, an NAIA school. He was undrafted and is an independent league alum.

I think they just sent him out to pick up snacks. In Duluth.

Lot of Dodgers prolly going to be taking the yellow brick road back to the dugout.

Arraez caught stealing. Bummer. I guess that's why they call it the blues.

We knew we could count on you, Chief. That's what friends are for. Can you feel the love tonight?

A couple of days ago, Mrs. IT said to me, "Have you seen that new couple that moved in across the street? Every morning, I see them out on the porch when he leaves for work, and he gives her a great big kiss. Why don't you do that?" "Well," I said, "First of all, it's Saturday. And second, I don't even know her."

If, say, 17 of those wins come against Cleveland and Chicago, I'd think the odds are pretty good. ? But 86 wins would require Chicago to go 23-11 to tie, which seems doubtful. Cleveland would only have to go 19-17 to tie, which is doable.

I don't think his hitting will be much of a factor. Beckham got 25 plate appearances in roughly a month. As a 14th man, I'd predict 15 or less plate appearances for Hamilton, even if he plays in 15 or more games.

For those who might like a snapshot of the remaining schedule (and even for those who don't want it), here's what I'm showing in terms of games remaining: I was on the fence on whether to consider Boston a "contender" or "non-contender." It would simplify things for the Twins to go ahead and sweep these three in order to clarify that distinction.

I'll post this elsewhere as well, but here's a snapshot of the remaining schedule:

Again, as noted, my post was more about recognition for Bundy than bashing on Ryan. (And I hope I didn't jinx Bundy's performance tonight! ?) For Bundy's "clunker," I threw out his worst game, a five-run, four-inning performance against Milwaukee. Yes, small sample size. I chose June 10-ish as the break point, since that's the time each came off the IL. If you want more recent action, the last four starts actually favor Bundy by a greater margin -- 5 runs in 19.1 innings vs. 9 runs in 22.1 innings. As to opponents, common opponents are Cleveland, Colorado, White Sox, Milwaukee, Texas and San Diego. Ryan got the Dodgers and Bundy got Houston as their toughest opponents. Ryan also got Seattle, Baltimore, Detroit (2x), Kansas City and San Francisco. Bundy got Arizona, two more against Texas, two more against the White Sox, Toronto and the Angels. I don't see that as appreciably different. In eyeballing, I also see Bundy getting four games against their primary opponents (White Sox/Cleveland) vs. twice for Ryan and Ryan getting three against KC/Det vs. none for Bundy, so one could argue that Bundy certainly got the more key opponents. Again -- I'm glad to have Ryan on the team, including going forward, but let's quit bashing Bundy. (And to anticipate the "but he doesn't throw many innings" comments, since they each came off the IL in early June, Ryan has thrown 70 innings in 13 starts (5.38 innings/start), Bundy 62.2 in 12 (5.22) and Gray 67 in 13 (5.15), which is hardly an appreciable difference.)

Fair enough -- take out that one and Ryan is at 3.44 during this period. But if you also let Bundy take out a clunker, he falls to 3.07. (But to clarify -- my point isn't so much about Ryan struggling, but about that Bundy has actually been better than he's given credit for.)

Pitcher A: Pitcher B: Pitcher ? (The start date is June 12 for all three pitchers. The dates just indicate the first time they actually pitched after that point.) Q: So, based on the last couple months, which two would be your choices to start the first two games of a playoff series? -------------------------------------------------------------- A: If, like me, you chose A and B, you chose Bundy and Gray over Ryan. Point being, I don't get the Bundy Hate on TD (not necessarily in this thread, but elsewhere). He's arguably been our best starter the past two months, and we'd probably be out of the race without him.

Have you considered that a factor in not attempting many steals is that they don't have much speed? With a 14th roster spot available this week, that's definitely a factor. Not to mention, if Leon makes the last out of the ninth in a tie game, would you rather have Leon or Hamilton standing on second base in the 10th?

If Pagan comes up one short in his saves incentive clause, he’s gonna be TICKED!

Looks like Garlick can mash right handed pitchers too!

Is Chief still around? I bet he’d be impressed with the new pen I bought. It writes under water. And a lot of other words too!