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We got to play another half inning at least... Now all we need to do is score 4 more runs to send it to the 10th. If only Sano had checked his swing...

Call it an early testing of the jinx detection grid. I want to know what i can get away with by the time spring training ends. Naturally i was talking about digging a hole, only to find water... He has it in hand.

Boshers has this well in hand.

Back roaring come we. 5-3 Twins and still batting in the 8th. Not too shabby.

Their number nine hitter too Gibson deep inthe fifth. One - love Phillies bottom of seventh. CBU, closing in on its second anniversery? Or only first? I wasn't paying attention...

Concur. So good he can frame the other teams pitches!

I guess he didn't check in time? At least we loaded the bases.

Well. let's just stick this data point in the control group. We wish to be rigorous, no? I remember being entertained by an article critiquing the adoption of the use of parachutes due to lack of control in test cases.

I am thinking... "i can cut and paste with the blurst of them..." They want lineups... They get line ups... Phillies Jake Thompson (R ) 1. Chris Coghlan (L) DH 2. Howie Kendrick ( R) 2B 3. Odubel Herrera (L) CF 4. Maikel Franco ( R) 3B 5. Michael Saunders (L) RF 6. Tommy Joseph ( R) 1B 7. Brock Stassi (L) LF 8. Bryan Holaday ( R) C 9. Freddy Galvis (S) SS Twins Kyle Gibson (R ) 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Byron Buxton ( R) CF 3. Brian Dozier ( R) 2B 4. Max Kepler (L) RF 5. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 6. Jason Castro (L) C 7. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 8. ByungHo Park ( R) DH 9. Danny Santana (S) LF What have i missed?

Pie for breakfast. And Twins win 8-2. Now that is the Life. Must remember though... Corelation does not imply causation.

Clap on? Liriano escapes a Dozier walk and stolen base. Maybe Dozier got to greedy trying for 3rd.

Kind of like Groundhog day? Hmmm... Groundhog pie day. No i can't say that makes me happy...

Kepler is back on the field. Good to see. And that opposing pitcher seems somehow familiar... But as the game is coming fast and furious, and i... things... do... um, well the least i can do is get the thread started on the right foot... Ouch! Note to self... invest in safety shoes... Sans further ado... Twins Tyler Duffey ( R) 1. Brian Dozier (R ) 2B 2. Drew Stubbs ( R) LF 3. Byron Buxton ( R) CF 4. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 5. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 6. Max Kepler (L) RF 7. ByungHo Park ( R) 1B 8. John Ryan Murphy (R ) C 9. Matt Hague ( R) DH Blue Jays Francisco Liriano (L) 1. Troy Tulowitzki ( R) SS 2. Russell Martin ( R) C 3. Josh Donaldson ( R) DH 4. Kendrys Morales (S) 1B 5. Darrell Ceciliani (L) RF 6. Kevin Pillar (R ) CF 7. Ezequiel Carrera (L) LF 8. Darwin Barney ( R) 3B 9. Ryan Goins (L) 2B Gametime Forecast: 70°F • Clear • 0% PoP

Look at me! I'm 3rd from the right. Er, i mean front. It indeed was the blurst of game threads...

Sounds like i just need to be confusing, which i do okay on without even trying. Millennium hand and plate of shrimp... dinner! We won, after all. 13-8, was it?

Please sir, may i have a question?

Go Twins! To JetBlue Park! Oh, and play good!

Thank ye kindly for the update. Meanwhile, back on the field, we apparently lost us a lead. CBu of Boston 12-5 after 9 innings. But we'll come back during the post game interviews...

Personally i hope Mr. Santana can find that BABIP magic he had at one point. Maybe he could even share it. And Spring Training is the time to quest for such things. Anyway, i said i might do things, so i am off to do them, maybe. Take good care of the game for me!

Or out right?

Don't worry. He'll make up for it with the bat. And spring training is the time to get this sort of thing out of one's system.

But two are so much alike... And hopefully they still are, though Panda has tromped on a hand.

Yes. But next time i hope Mauer can stretch it into a bouble...

Play bill! Er, i mean play ball!

Books have intros that tell ya what's so good about 'em. Problem is, of course, that it turnsout not to be so good when it isn't a surprise. If ya already know the Butler did it before ya read the first chapter, that kinda puts a damper on some of the suspense. So i encourage you to skip this intro and get right into the game thread... That said, things to high five about: Framed, i tell ya! Our pitching couldn't have improved that much, could it? Well tempered expectations are not too be discouraged, but where's the fun in that? Buxton. He fast. Faster than the verb to be. Not exactly a slouch in linguistic terms. I'll slow down and get it right this time. He is fast. Sano, Dozier, and Park have a propensity for what is commonly referred to as "the long ball" I, for one, approve of souvenirs. I have it on good authority that Kepler is the spiciest meme lord. One of those facts which, for some reason, once known, are hard to unknow, and apparently i have Jeopardy to thank for it. Can Mauer now be considered underrated? And if folk think Dozier's last year a fluke, we may yet surprise someone. Hopefully me. I like surprises. We are home. Rumor has it 76F and clear. Boston Red Sox P. Rick Porcello ( R) 1. Dustin Pedroia ( R) 2B 2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF 3. Mookie Betts (R ) RF 4. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B 5. Chris Young ( R) DH 6. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF 7. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B 8. Brock Holt (L) SS 9. Blake Swihart (S) C Minnesota Twins P. Ryan Vogelsong (R ) 1. Brian Dozier ( R) 2B 2. Byron Buxton (R ) CF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 5. Max Kepler (L) RF 6. ByungHo Park ( R) DH 7. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 8. Jason Castro (L) C 9. Danny Santana (S) LF