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Arraez avoids the AB with a SF.

Polanco!!

And this is the '87 match up. Maybe if we don't pinch hit for Les Straker this time, we can take game 3.

And as i think about it, i really like the fact Cardinals' uniforms have multiple Cardinals on them, contradicting the implication that each player is a Cardinal.

Oh yeah. I meant to express a moral about using humor to handle adveristy. But i suppose i am premature, as morals come out at the end, after the game...

Spent more of the subsequent afternoon than i care to admit down an Allen Sherman online rabbit hole, particularly records i never had as a kid...

But not as much as Ober. Ober 's gonna K lotsa batters.

What was Louis saint of? If i had to guess, my first one would be the Blues, but that would be another sport, so i'm probably wrong, especially as cardinals are not blue. And they have pointy heads (some say those are hats, but i am not so sure.) But then i remember a song from my childhood, which i am pretty sure was part of a rich oral tradition passing down history that otherwise would have been forgotten, and lo and behold, the internet has the song! Of course we all know what Paul is Saint of, how he persecuted Minnesotans until Babe Ruth appeared to him in the form of a big blue ox, and he became a lumberjack, and he was okay, making bats that can take the ball out to all fields. I am pretty sure Minny is the patron saint of pitching to contact, but that is hard gospel to preach, and has yet to be recognized as canon. Some even demonize it as relying on craftiness more than straight honest dealing, associating more the works of Loki, Hermes, or Puck... ol' Robin Goodfellow. Anyway, that is all ancient history, which some may not credit. Currently the Twins season leaves something to be desired, and i sure am gonna miss Berrios! I'm verklempt... Talk amongst yourselves! Twins 1. Max Kepler (L) CF 2. Brent Rooker (R) LF 3. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 4. Luis Arraez (L) 3B 5. Miguel Sano (R) 1B 6. Trevor Larnach (L) RF 7. Ryan Jeffers (R) C 8. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS 9. Bailey Ober (R) P Cardinals 1. Dylan Carlson (S) RF 2. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B 3. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B 4. Tyler O'Neill (R) LF 5. Yadier Molina (R) C 6. Harrison Bader (R) CF 7. Tommy Edman (S) 2B 8. Paul DeJong (R) SS 9. Jake Woodford (R) P

Pretty sure they charge for tickets to minor league games too, just perhaps not as much money, nor of quite so many fans... (well, there was this one time when the box office's credit card machine wasn't working, and they quietly gave tickets anyway, but that's just the exception (and not even one that proves the rule at that))

And just to be clear, we don't have to make room for Aaron Judge or Kris Bryant on our 40 man roster? It would be a travesty to lose Astudillo or Cave.

So, more Weebl and Bob than Danny Kaye, in my limited media consumption: [swim, disco]

Details, please on this... doge coin? Always wondered what a doge was ever since seeing the court jester:

I don't know... did he only throw inside (hard not to pull the ball) or did someone mistake him for one of my fingers and just wanted to hear me toot?

Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.

Didn't know he was loaded...

Roster moves in mysterious ways, man!

Oh well. At least we kept battling our tails off.

C'mon, just 3 more runs!

Did we win yet?

I assume if it worked, the Vikings would already be bankrupt...

Anyway, i am hitting the hay. Thanks for the light hearted banter and polite conversation.

This exercise requires creativity, and min seems to be ebbing... Pen o' sesame? Like serving it up on a bun.

When you say gifted...

And counting... (as much as i'd like to believe we will win the rest)

We still got this. Just gotta plate a run, that's all.