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Washed up... means his pitching is clean?

Almost a play at the plate... Astudillo dropped the ball.

We got warning track power, eh?

Hurrah for stranding (their) runners at 3rd. I approve.

Go Twins! I made it. I got no summer end of summer songs other than the grease one already mentioned...

Thanks for assigning me the weird games to introduce. This was right up there with the no hitter Maeda took to the 9th, only he wasn't greedy, and shared it with the other pitcher... even spotted him a sporting advantage.

That which does not kill you... Makes you bitter? And jaded? Pretty much the same as bitter, but more green.

Rooker on first!

Alas, i plan poorly (and am horrifically night shifted. I may end up missing ye olde game, despite introducing the thread. Take good care of it all! And happy labor day weekend!

Another fine Mess-age... I had an epiphony* as i pondered this intro. Detroit is actually Moe-town. I leave it as an exercise to the Reader which of the other Stooges corresponds to which Central Division Rival... But of course, that leaves the eternal question of self identity... if we know who we are, do we really need to know who anyone else is? It is undoubtedly open to discussion. Could any pair of comics epitomize our beloved Twins? If we was winnin' on the Road, Bob and Bing might be an obvious choice, but we ain't. Bud and Lou always seems too obvious, what with the oft quoted baseball sketch, but i would like to consider Stan and Ollie myself. Anyway, as far as the game goes, I'm pretty confident of our chances with Maeda on the mound, but this line up in particular makes me proud. Rooker batting clean up. Buxton all the way up to the 7 hole. And to get ya in the mood for a fine game: Tigers: 0. Tarik Skubal ( L) P 1. Victor Reyes ( S ) CF 2. Jonathan Schoop (R ) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R ) DH 4. Jeimer Candelario ( S ) 1B 5. Willi Castro ( S ) SS 6. Jorge Bonifacio (R ) RF 7. Christin Stewart ( L) LF 8. Austin Romine (R ) C 9. Isaac Paredes (R ) 3B Twins: 0. Kenta Maeda (R ) P 1. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS 2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Brent Rooker (R ) RF 5. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B 6. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF 7. Byron Buxton (R ) CF 8. Marwin Gonzalez ( S ) 2B 9. Ryan Jeffers (R ) C *No, not the Sondheim kind...

The Rhine inclines mein stein to down fine wine? I guess i'm not cut out for broadcasting... Now tell me about these "pranks" he talks about?

I slouch corrected... (gotta take my slumps)

That's right there with the hidden ball trick. Just as long as you don't accidentally smack the ump. There are places in a home ball field that have friendly bounces, and i've always wondered if a pitcher were good enough to hit that part of a backstop... I'm sure it could work once, maybe twice before other teams caught on.

Isn't this just about the time the games normally start? What kinda world we living in? 2 games down, and i still have to find something to do for the evening...

True. And perhaps that meant it was less risky. It won't always be, which i suppose means it might work in the future, but is just as likely to backfire, and result with a runner on third.

Posture is important.

Sure, those blocks of pitches in the dirt mighta been clean pick ups, but if felt at some point as though we were almost daring the runner on 2nd to try to advance on one of those. Gunning a runner down trying to advance on a little dribbler away from the catcher seems like a good way to eliminate that threat. I guess we gotta work a little more on it before we get someone on it... Edit: Ninja'd by jimbo... when will i ever have an original thought?

No wasted time. I hope he loses it again in 2020.

I look forward to hearing ya say that for years!

I hope he isn't hurt bad independent of how good Tortuga plays. But i do suppose i appreciate not being reminded of it by passed balls and stolen bases.

I do like the Peanuts gallery...

Ah... I just assumed the fact i didn't see a save credited... But the save credit was on the next line. Oh well. I've had egg on my face before.

Knocks Edit... i guess people are paying attention. And i can't get 4 straight posts to finish saying in a run.

Rooker!

Pretty sure it happened. It isn't a figment of my imagination. And just as glad the Tigers missed that too. Or at least enough of the pitches to allow it to happen.