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Despite our starting Pitcher, i gotta give the scrabble advantage to the Pirates with Gonzalez and Frazier... Hope we get the triple word scores! Twins: 0. Griffin Jax (R ) P 1. Luis Arraez ( L) LF 2. Mitch Garver (R ) C 3. Jake Cave ( L) CF 4. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B 5. Brent Rooker (R ) RF 6. Kyle Garlick (R ) DH 7. Willians Astudillo (R ) 3B 8. JT Riddle ( L) SS 9. Andrew Romine ( S ) 2B Pirates: 0. Chase De Jong (R ) P 1. Adam Frazier ( L) 2B 2. Ke'Bryan Hayes (R ) 3B 3. Bryan Reynolds ( S ) LF 4. Gregory Polanco ( L) RF 5. Will Craig (R ) 1B 6. Jacob Stallings (R ) C 7. Brian Goodwin ( L) CF 8. Erik Gonzalez (R ) SS 9. Cole Tucker ( S ) DH Same bat time, same bat channel.

Oh yeah... Winnah! Oh Yeah!

Pretty sure the DH rule allows you to bat a DH for your pitcher, it doesn't require you to.

I believe our front office is not averse to trading prospects for a star in a role that we need. Wasn't there a few summers back where we wanted a Mets ace, and were basically told the price included Buxton, and predicably that went nowhere. They ended up being traded to Toronto for a package we could have matched and beaten.

Noon game! The antiwitching hour? High Noon? A showdown in the classic western style? Remember, rifle beats pistol. Spin rate is important. But metal plate beats rifle. Here zone coverage is important. Braves: 1. Ender Inciarte ( L) LF 2. Jake Lamb ( L) 1B 3. Austin Riley (R ) 3B 4. Johan Camargo ( S ) 2B 5. A. Almonte ( S ) RF 6. Cristian Pache (R ) CF 7. Alex Jackson (R ) C 8. Ryan Goins ( L) SS 9. Kyle Wright (R ) P Twins: 0. Jose Berrios (R ) P 1. Max Kepler ( L) RF 2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Jorge Polanco ( S ) 2B 5. Byron Buxton (R ) CF 6. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B 7. A. Simmons (R ) SS 8. Jake Cave ( L) LF 9. Ryan Jeffers (R ) C Have at it!

And for all who like me weren't paying attention la bomba squad was in fine form today, with 6. Let's see... if we average that, 6*162=972, right? Nice!

The Kepler situation is "Totally and in all other ways inconceivable".

Got it. Alas, then i was a mite premature on my chicken breakfast from bk.

Do eggs count?

I am sad if i don't get to see Baddoo or Wells play at Target (for the home team) but seeing how many players we got on waiver claims in February, then snuck through themselves, i think we came out ahead. And that wouldn't have been possible with a full 40. Time will tell how the decissions turn out. I do hope our losses take their opportunites and run with them.

Oh yeah... Winnah. (better late than never)

Again, another evening game starting round 5pm. Hope it isn't past anyone's bedtime. Bedtimes are important. As are beds themselves. Did you know there is a size of bed named after our baseball team? I think it is even the most common single occupancy size of bed. Not many teams can say that. Anyway, i might get some beauty rest in before the game. Not for me of course. Tampa Bay: 0. Michael Wacha (R ) P 1. Manuel Margot (R ) CF 2. Randy Arozarena (R ) RF 3. Francisco Mejia ( S ) C 4. Austin Meadows ( L) LF 5. Mike Brosseau (R ) 3B 6. Wander Franco ( S ) SS 7. Rene Pinto (R ) DH 8. Dalton Kelly ( L) 1B 9. Miles Mastrobuoni ( L) 2B Tiwns: 0. Kenta Maeda (R ) P 1. Luis Arraez ( L) 2B 2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Byron Buxton (R ) CF 5. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B 6. Mitch Garver (R ) C 7. Andrelton Simmons (R ) SS 8. Kyle Garlick (R ) LF 9. Willians Astudillo (R ) RF

They won. Hurrah for the midwestern state of New Jersey.

I still have hard time thinking of Rutgers as big whatever it is called... If they win, will that be an iota of redemption?

And fell in overtime. That's 2 big ten teams upset.

What happens after you try to pick off the runner twice? Can they now take a 45 foot lead, as they just have to beat the pitcher back to 1st? And what if there are runners at 1st and 3rd? Does a throw to 3rd and then to 1st count as 1 or 2 pick offs? And does include the catcher?

And Purdue has tied it...

No one is accounting for inflation. One person back then was worth 10-20 in terms of today's folk. Paul Bunyan statue up by Brainard was merely lifesized.

Thayer-time. "The score stood two to four with but an inning left to play"

And for basketball folk, Purdue is down in their game, and Wisconsin up. I am generically rooting for big ten teams, despite the Gophers not making it.

And down 4-2... Thielbar got hit a bit.

I'm letting things get by me, too.

Er.. Rortvedt? I am off my game...

And no further. Game still tied an inning later.

Adrianza walks and advances on a ball Garver kept in front of him.