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Every time announcers say Dalbec i think Dobnak...

Sano with a walk!

I wasted the down time before the game youtubin' G&S stuff (so i did my own extra credit... Of course i was referring mostly to Mikado songs) I was pleasantly surprised to see the are productions in the Twin Cities well represented on the youtubes.

I'll take the blame for the former, having jinxed by mentioning it in the thread intro... As for the latter... um... How else would we get Astudillo's bat in the line up?

Sac Fly!? That implies we score a run! (Be still my beating heart...)

The eternal optimist in me thinks we can get him a 4th plate appearance. What shall he do with that?

Thanks! Glad you've got matters in hand.

Stopper Thread! 5. Big Mike is our Stopper. Like a rubber cork in a fine wine bottle, nothing's getting through. I'm glad to get the "first to worst" losing streak over with now when it only had to be 5 games long, rather than later in the season when it would have to be a week or more... 4. Sequencing. Really important in setting up a hitter. But if they see it coming, doesn't that defeat the purpose? Unless... the object is to achieve non-sequitor effect. 1. Give the visiting Bostonians credited. They have executed so far. If nothing else, the are fine executioners*. And Boston has seen more than its fair share of historical events, some of which will be celebrated this weekend with Patriot's day. 2. Toppers (it looks like stopper, but as 2 seamer takes a dive instead of a hop, the reader swings over it and beats into the ground) Good hats are important to all fashions of er... fasion, just as good shoes to... walking. This is the way to go if you suffer from hair loss. Just think of the 80s "say no to rugs" campaign. You know the one: a picture of a clean frying pan subtitled "this is your brain." followed by a frying pan with roadkill subtitled "this a rug on your brain." 5. (3 sir...) To quote Harry S. Truman: "The Buck Stops Here" Tune in to the game to find out what Buck stops. (I am writing this before i see the line up, so i too might be disappointed...) Meh, i'm used to disappointment. And now, without further ado, Law & Order, in the form of Line ups: Red Socks: 0. Garrett Richards (R ) P 1. Enrique Hernandez (R ) CF 2. Alex Verdugo ( L) LF 3. Xander Bogaerts (R ) SS 4. Rafael Devers ( L) 3B 5. Christian Vazquez (R ) C 6. Christian Arroyo (R ) 2B 7. Hunter Renfroe (R ) RF 8. Franchy Cordero ( L) DH 9. Bobby Dalbec (R ) 1B Twins: 0. Michael Pineda (R ) P 1. Luis Arraez ( L) LF 2. Jorge Polanco ( S ) 2B 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Max Kepler ( L) RF 5. Willians Astudillo (R ) 3B 6. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B 7. Jake Cave ( L) CF 8. Ryan Jeffers (R ) C 9. JT Riddle ( L) SS 42 degrees Fahrenheit. Which... is like 6 degrees C? * There be Gilbert & Sullivan songs about executions (and with most "affecting particulars") but i shall leave that as an exercise for the reader... as it would be too non sequitor. No one would swing to that. Er... at that.

If Detroit and Chicago can both hold 6-0 leads, we could end the day last in the division. Nowhere to go but up, eh?

Welp. I guess that is it. East Coast teams sure like to make the Twins seem inferior.

The beard is on base with a walk.

Down to our last out. No more margin for error.

Sano walks!

6 runs in 2 outs....

Only 3 outs to score 5 runs... The trick will be not to get out.

Kirilloff is up. That answers my question.

Thielbar has stopped the bleeding. Let's see if my optimism proves valid...

I miss Simmons too. And Donaldson hasn't been back long enough for me to get down on him. Arraez hasn't been all bad.

Here, i hope. Just 'cause we don't doesn't mean we can't...

Fortunately, we got an offense that can answer this!

Stan Laurel agrees.

I don't know. But he keeps people from choking.

Sounds like a job for Heimlich...

Glad i'm not the only one who misses him. But given the choice of today or the next couple of weeks, i can live without him for a day.

Sounds like we should encourage slug festers, as long as the do so responsibly. There is worse festering to be had elsewhere... (Polanco!!)