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Elmer Fudd game thread. Is it... 1) Rabbit season? Them rascally varmints tend to get everywhere and eat everything. And around my wanderings, they don't much bother to keep out of sight. Bold as brass. 2) Baseball season? Not much more happening. Glancing at the standings, some games might mean something. But i've been here before. pretty much a foregone conclusion, that someone in the New England area will think up a fancy slogan, and the Red Sox will bring another championship back to New England... But there have got to be smaller reasons to care. What are yours? 3) Football season? Minnesota pro and college teams are both undefeated. Whoop didoo. I will let you fill in the foregone conclusions, You probably got all the fine details i haven't noticed, not being around all that much. 4) Duck season? Not that i have anything against ducks. I here you get down off a duck's back. They should have a season. 5) Fall? You might not have noticed, but in northern latitudes, days are now shorter than nights. I think day light savings time is just there to drive it home. Like a designated driver. One should not put with a driver... Well, whatever it is, there will be a baseball game played at Target Field, so i hear. Mariners 0. Taijuan Walker (R ) P 1. Guillermo Heredia (R ) LF 2. Franklin Gutierrez (R ) RF 3. Robinson Cano (L) 2B 4. Nelson Cruz ( R) DH 5. Kyle Seager (L) 3B 6. Dae-Ho Lee ( R) 1B 7. Leonys Martin (L) CF 8. Jesus Sucre ( R) C 9. Shawn O'Malley (S) SS Twins 0. Hector Santiago (L) P 1. Brian Dozier (R ) 2B 2. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 3. Joe Mauer (L) DH 4. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 5. Max Kepler (L) RF 6. Kennys Vargas (S) 1B 7. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 8. Juan Centeno (L) C 9. Byron Buxton ( R) CF 65F Mostly cloudy, 0% precipitation

trombones lead the big parade... Wait. That doesn't sound quite right...

Duffey time!

I am to infer we have a lead and it's past the 5th? I ain't missed a Dozier Dinger, have i? Might a possible dinger warrant the risk of a bullpen implosion?

Doh. I always forget about fluffest... Almost. Maybe that will make up for lack of crawling...

Ever hear of a dry pub crawl?

Red balloons? I like billy's balloon myself.

Saturday is here... http://twinsdaily.com/topic/23981-game-thread-twins-vs-mariners-610pm-cdt-9242016-ad/?do=findComment&comment=548123

I finally figured out how come no one volunteered for this here game thread... It conflicts with the Twins Daily Pub Crawl. Well, conflicts is perhaps the wrong word. It is one thing more to pay attention to, and when one tends to travel light on such endeavors. ya don't wear a Duluth pack on a marathon. Or schedule a job review, for that matter. So in honour... er, to commemorate... rather to commiserate with those on this trail of beers for the season, my theme would be crawling. 1. "What starts out on four legs, then goes round on two? And finally walks on three before it's through? 'Well a baby, then a man' i said 'that's plain. and finally an old geezer with his cane." - Oedipus Tex You gotta crawl before you can run. Not exactly true in the specific, as i have heard of more creative ways of self-propelling, but works as a generalizing before toddling benchmark has been achieved. We got a whole host of young players. Who do you like seeing get their feet under them at the majors? 2. "Four legs good, Two legs bad." -Animal Farm Problems tend to snowball, and we are looking at a change of leadership with the departure of Terry Ryan. I haven't been paying any attention to the transition, although i did notice an article saying that they had a finite (5?) set of candidates to replace him. Is there hope? 3. On the Tree. Traffic sometimes crawls, forcing cars into low gear. Which seems to be how the Twins are finishing the season. Which players and prospects have the power to be valuable in low gear? We might have a few, or so i am lead to believe. 4 Better or worse. A comic strip, and not bad at that. I like Cul de Sac, myself, which has the Ut Oh baby of doom. But i am happy reading the comics. The internet though means i kind binge on one at a time. You all got an favorite strip? 5 Where do these stairs go? They go up. -Ghost busters. But... stairs aren't made for crawling. We gotta learn to stand eventually. But i suppose i can stand not standing for a little longer, if ya understand me. Anyway... Enjoy the game! Lineups and weather i leave to a later post... Sorry. Things to do...

I kept trying to click on it, but either my cell phone browser froze or i was just too impatient. How did they arrive at the 79% stat?

Thus begins the uphill struggle... Down 1-0 and counting in the 3rd.

I thought "yes" would be the easy answer. Is Mrs. Howell (ps?) left out of the discussion intentionally?

I wouldn't complain if it were revisited. But i don't know that i had thought that far ahead...

Second verse same as the first... Still not losing... Total silence. 2 can play at this game... Evidently more than 2 can.

Not losing after 1 inning. Hum hum hum... Now sit right back and you'll hear a tale.

Won't that be nice!

Er. This season. This game would be a good start. But only if ya feel like it. Don't let us tell ya what to do...

I have my reservations about this...

Great job with the game thread end game, Twinssporto. That is well thought out and well executed. Like washing dishes and putting them away after a fine meal, the effort is appreciated.

We lost again, eh? I wonder when we will be found...

Centeno with a dinger to half the deficit. Not bad...

Um, acceptible losses?

The joy of being right. How sweet is it?

Doh. What i said to mean was 3 and half floppies aren't floppy. Guess i was a little short. In so many ways... Sorry about that. Memories... Whatcha gonna do? Anyhowsers, there is another game coming up soon, right?

I am missing an exciting game, it would seem...