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And ghost runners are perfectly acceptable practice in kids ball if ya don't have enough players to lod the bases. But i'm not sure i'm not familiar with zombie runners... Is that what happens when your helmet comes off while running the bases? The zombies can now smell your brains and come after you?

I also think it is appropriate to bring up considering the recent todo about foreign substances on baseballs. But i finally watched the whole thing last month, and he gets away with it.

If this is the case, i certainly hope we grab the Mauer sized pen to make something happen. I do feel that how we deal with Maeda's contract has some baring on if we can negotiate incentives laden contract in good faith. And yeah, i wouldn't be surprised if there is still a sour taste in Bixton's mouth over how 2018 played out. I also think that Rocco as manager could go a ways to helping make this work. Otherwise, i am grateful for the report, but won't conclude it means anything is going to happen. The caution that keeps us from the Mauer sized offer likely will also keep other teams from meeting our ask in a trade. And yeah, who knows how the collective bargaining will play out?

Ah, but can they sustain it? Tune in tomorrow to find out. (Same batless time, same batless channel?)

Sigh. I thinki will be rolling over and going back to sleep. Thanks all for partaking of the game thread.

Oh well. I am used to not being heard.

Our turn again. In play, run(s) please!

5th inning stretch... Not sure i'd heared that before. If i tell Kirlloff to start off a big rally now, will that be early enough he'll hear?

5th inning stretch....

Yeay, a tie game!

Please don't have a stroke. Unless of course you're talking about golf, although even then they are undseired...

Meh, i am in my comfort zone, with an uphill battle... Donaldson!!!! Bats himself in.

Nah, i just didn't factorin the speed of sound, and my distance from the ball park. Shoulda said it earlier.

Maeda didn't hear me... 3-1 Tigers in the 2nd (logical 4th due to 7 innings) courtesy of a bases loaded triplefrom Baddoo.

C'mon, Maeda, put him away!

A double for Sano!! A flower for Algernon...

May i present a new forrest for everyone's barking pleasure... Conifers: 0. Kenta Maeda (R) P 1. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 2. Trevor Larnach (L) LF 3. Nelson Cruz (R) DH 4. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 5. Alex Kirilloff (L) RF 6. Ryan Jeffers (R) C 7. Max Kepler (L) CF 8. Miguel Sano (R) 1B 9. A. Simmons (R) SS Deciduous: 0. T. Alexander (L) P 1. Akil Baddoo (L) LF 2. J. Schoop (R) 1B 3. R. Grossman (S) RF 4. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH 5. J. Candelario (S) 3B 6. Eric Haase (R) C 7. Harold Castro (L) 2B 8. Zack Short (R) SS 9. Derek Hill (R) CF Check in 5:10pm cdt or so to see if there is more lumber this time.

Oh well. We'll get to 'em next inning.

Well, we caught up in the errors column....

Seems to have setttled in? Sure hope that isn't the only run of the game...

Should we let them ripen a bit more?

You're right. It is Righties vs. Lefties, pretty much. Based on the movie Platoon?

Yawn. I am having trouble waking up after the all-star break. I had this weird dream, that lots of our players were getting injured and nobody knew how to pitch, and that we were in the bottom of the standings. Anyway, time to stretch out those disused baseball commentary muscles, throw the ol' ball around, and settle back into the season. Let's check the line ups... Minnesota: 0. Charlie Barnes (L) P 1. Luis Arraez (L) LF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Trevor Larnach (L) RF 4. Nelson Cruz (R) DH 5. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B 6. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 7. Max Kepler (L) CF 8. Ben Rortvedt (L) C 9. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS Detroit: 0. Jose Urena (R) P 1. Robbie Grossman (S) RF 2. Jonathan Schoop (R) 1B 3. Eric Haase (R) LF 4. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH 5. Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B 6. Isaac Paredes (R) 2B 7. Zack Short (R) SS 8. Jake Rogers (R) C 9. Derek Hill (R) CF That seems almost normal... in my nightmare, looking at Detroit line up was like looking into a bizarro Twins team. 2 old Twins players i can stomach. And the standings... What!? We're at the bottom with Detroit and Kansas City?! How can this happen to the Bomba Squad? No! It's not possible. I must be on candid camera, or crank yankers, or some other crazy joke world.... I'll be right back.

One more day of all star break! At least Detroit is also rained out, so we won't lose ground in the standings to them...

So... a game maxes out at 180? There goes my dream of golfing a perfect 300. I always figured that would be easier than bowling one. (but i bet i can still bowl 10 under par...)