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Am definitely a fan of Gaiman, and have read A Study in Emerald as well. Graveyard Book is the only book i've gotten the day it came out.

What exactly does the phrase "Bush League" refer to? Is this some Texas reference to the former President of the United States?

Hard to win if we don't score... But it's early in the game.

Glad ya made it safely back! Don't forget to clean the plate on your TV... I hear crumbs don't help the picture none.

Feel free to reverse the charges. I won't mind.

I am very intrigued by Lost in the Funhouse and will try to check it out from a local library at my earliest convenience, especially as short stories are about the right bite size for me these days. Have read 1984 (and kinda feel like one of the old impotent fellas at the pub of late) as well as the Dark Tower (assuming this is the Stephen King series) and the Game of Thrones (as much of it as there is) and Old Man and the Sea. Don't think i've read Jurassic Park, the Complete Sherlock Holmes (i assume you are limiting yourself to Doyle, and not all the Holmes inspired fiction?) and Where the Red Fern Grows, but at this point i've been contaminated by alternative media formats... I read a bunch of Doyle's less popular stuff: the Professor Challenger series, Brigadier Gerard, the White Company. Oryx and Crake sounds interesting, and i actually have not read any Atwood... Good first exposure to the author?

Don't count our losing streak before it happens... And all i know about headaches i learned from Allan Sherman.

So out of things in general, i vaguely knew the Daily Show was hosted by new folk, but hadn't kept up on it. Thanks!

I hesitate to ask... (cue the appropriate music) then what is ugly?

Having done more than my fair share of minimalist Game Thread Intros, due to trying to do other things, well, i was thinking of joking here that i'd been optioned to the AAA Game Thread Intro squad. So now that i'm back up, i gotta show i can get the job done, or Chief and ChiTown won't trust me to tow the Game Thread Rubber the next time round in the rotation... And actually i'm doing less today than i'd been doing the last few times. Life is still hecticker than i'd care to admit, and it is in fact my fault, but well, for one day, i thought i'd be able to get stuff done. So, subjects to cogitate upon... 1) I miss Buxton. Not to say i don't like having Granite around. But i still miss Buxton. I guess i should also miss Sano... 2) Did that pitch count? I read all about Rosario playing 7 instead of Polanco batting 7... As well as one of the Dodger announcers saying someone was doing good in the 8 hole, only to have the other correct him that's the 8th spot in the line up. We all make me steaks. Medium rare, if you don't mind. 3) Strangely many of these Dodger players' names sound familiar. I think it was because they were rumored to be in the potential Dozier package. Oh right. Packages. They weren't offering the entire team for him. We might actually have taken that offer... But somehow i doubt we'd have 70 wins at this point even if we had. 4) Books. Anyone read anything good lately? Just thought i'd ask... I keep meaning to read. It's the summer after all, with summer reading lists for everyone and their mother. 5) Success. Sometimes it means winning. Sometimes it just means improvement. And sometimes it just means getting out Dodge. So here's to success, with all 3 ss and 2 cs. But i still hope we win. Twins 1. Brian Dozier (R ) 2B (4) 2. Zack Granite (L) CF (8) 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B (3) 4. Eduardo Escobar (S) 3B (5) 5. Eddie Rosario (L) LF (7) 6. Max Kepler (L) RF (9) 7. Ehire Adrianza (S) SS (6) 8. Jason Castro (L) C (2) 9. Ervin Santana (R ) P (1) (R ) Dodgers 1. Chris Taylor ( R) LF (7) 2. Corey Seager (L) SS (6) 3. Justin Turner (R ) 3B (5) 4. Cody Bellinger (L) 1B (3) 5. Joc Pederson (L) CF (8) 6. Logan Forsythe ( R) 2B (4) 7. Yasmani Grandal (S) C (2) 8. Yasiel Puig (R ) RF (9) 9. Brock Stewart (L) P (1) ( R) Weather: It never rains in Sunny California. And someday i'll write a maximallist game thread intro to make up for the others. Not tonight.

What... You suggest they spend money on it?

Just think... Eventually you get to drive back. And i imagine it's uphill both ways? But perhaps you get to watch them redeem themselves one of the next couple of games?

Not yet out of reach...

And risk a GS? A Golden Sombrero?

Horizontally challanged center, please.

I can get behind this not being down thing...

Hey... We got a winning record on the road. And we're playing on the road. This should be fun!

I contented myself with a box of mac and cheese. Not thinking hard bout food at the moment.

Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of Kintzler--'s pitches...

Yeay, we scored a run since last i checked. Progress.

3 errors... And a homerun breaks the tie just before i check the score... Maybe i shouldn't have.

Escobar at the hot corner Makes sense to me. (If third base is the hot corner... does that mean first is the cold corner, relatively speaking? Not necessarily as cold as ice, nor willing to sacrifice. but still...)

Suppose for the 'nonce that i theorize that theory and practice are not the same? And i know there is such a thing as a tie, as i was forced to wear one on multiple childish occasions.

Glad we are holding a lead. Bring it on home! I am off to a tiny home warming party...

Reminds of https://youtube.com/watch?v=R6dS6Q4tD_g Which might not be the most perfect composition... but it isn't so bad.