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G' Night ashbury! You chose... wisely.

What i miss?

Did he get involved in a land war in asia? It would fit with the theme...

Thanks! Getting Astudillo a little action, keep him sharp? Or perhaps he is solider fielding? Don't know...

I think i got the honor of introducing the game thread... 2 years ago? And so i've probably worked out a well travelled groove of Star Wars jokes already. You all are welcome to make them, i'm going to devote this here intro space to pontificate upon the acknowledged inspiratoin for Star Wars: The Hidden Fortress. I highly recommend you watch it if you're into that sort of thing. Indeed, pretty much any Akira Kurosawa movie is worth seeing at least once (with subtitles as needed) If i had to (and that's the corner i'm painting myself into) summarize a baseball related theme of the movie, it's... Free Agency (with nod to player development) it has epic showdowns. Our R2D2 and C3PO characters get called up to the majors in the beginning of a long west coast road trip, and well, high adventure ensues. There is a fire festival, where our heros' bats really heat up (that is a stretch, but an entertaining one) and they get a key free agent for the stretch run. Sorry i'm too lazy to develop theme more substantially, and perhap it would be running amiss of my main job... to introduce the game! Rangers: 0. Kyle Gibson (R ) P 1. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R ) SS 2. Nick Solak (R ) 2B 3. Nate Lowe ( L) 1B 4. Adolis Garcia (R ) CF 5. Joey Gallo ( L) DH 6. Willie Calhoun ( L) LF 7. Charlie Culberson (R ) 3B 8. David Dahl ( L) RF 9. Jonah Heim ( S ) C Twins: 0. J.A. Happ ( L) P Er... TBA. As usual, i know next to nothing about our opposition, save that Kyle Gibson on the mound is a familiar name. Folk here have named him after Leela's pet on Futurama, though i'm not sure i get the connection... Of course, i wish him the best, though i hope to get to him, not for his misfortune, but i just hope we are better. I always am happy to watch Buxton playing, and i hope today is no different. I am pleased at the bat Kirilloff is swinging (well more how he is swinging, rather than what he is swinging) And Simmons is fun too. Heck, they're all fun at the best of times. Anyway, enjoy the game, and if you really want to celebrate May 4th, feel free to chime in on which Twin is which Star Wars character. And ya don't have to limit yourselves either to just the good guys, nor the original trillogy. The whole far faraway galaxy is fair game. Oh, while waitin' for the Twins' line up, i check the news... Arraez is on the 7 day concussion list with Nick Gordan being called up. Both Lin and Riddle apparently have clear waviers. Good for us! Er... Them? Well, simpler for them, probably not better. Perhaps that is how come the line ups are slower today. No, i don't know about Sano... Alright, i'm done waitin'... Someone add ye olde Twins side of the lineups to the thread!

And sorry for not checkin' in more often. I knew y'all were on top of it.

So i am not sure i was exposed to Lim and Amber (i wanted to think you meant L'l Abner for some reason), I definitely heard some Fibber McGee and Molly (Johnson and Johnson wax for the shine) and i heard of The Life of Riley, but i don't i recall anything specific about it. Nah, what stuck with me were things like Harry Lime as The Third Man. And of course we tuned in for Prairie Home Companion. And i believe i often was conveniently being picked up from something in the car as Paul Harvey came on with the rest of the story (so i knew what Dastardly meant in a previous game thread)

And alas i let too much time go by to fix it... trained professional: Evel Knievel.

It also needs a "diagram not to scale" warning too. I am not sure. But yeah, zounds do i need an editor!

I do miss a good radio drama. As i grew up, mpr had Star Wars, and Hitchhiker's guide on Saturday mornings at 8:30. And in the winter evenings, we could just barely get wbbm from chicago with old time radio at 8pm each evening. Sigh, i suppose even then i was behind the times on my media consumption.

Not to mention those kids toys for matching shapes. My humble opinion is this intro should have an Evil Canevil style warning: Dastardly is a train proffssional. Do not attempt this at home.

Sadly, i am not yet a septuagenarian... I may not be totally lost about a septic system, but i claim no special wisdom there. Likewise, i am no lumberjack. And i'm okay with that. But if you wish for comments... i can say... um... tents are important while camping, and while modern backpacking tents have very flexible bungied up tent rods, the old posts of good canvas wall-tent are reassuring. I don't think beavers would be very good at building dams and making their homes without wood. On the other hand, in the serengeti there is much less wood available, so lions' hydrologic efforts involve chasing smaller animals across the fields into a target stream, where they fell down too tired to get out, and eventually block the water flow. This practice is known as damming with faint preys. It really isn't a pretty sight... Is that the sort of observations on in the importance of wood you were seeking, Dastardly? All that said, i sure hope the Twins still have their hot bats from yesterday!

Garver too is finding something...

Yeay!

Back, but distracted, and still catching up with thread...

I am wandering off... Take good care of the game for me!

Sorry about that.

Either way, i'm thirsty.

Did i say innings? Ithink i meant runs... yeah, that's what i mean.

Yeah, but only for 9 or 10 innings. We'll get to him eventually.

Could be a fast game....

Garver guns the runner down. Sounds like we are playing good.

If that pitch had bite... could it be termed an ankle biter?

Not sure... But where could we find 12 impartial jurors to try it?

Stopper Berrios.