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One run? Piece o' cake! I second the motion to come back.

Sorry i'm slow, i was tryin' to find a way to make my knee jerk reactions pertinent. Being a) heh heh, i got fire! it is at times like these i remember my Conrad. Baring the sword and oft times the Torch into the dark places of the world... c) woah... sorry, i was distracted. i just saw what Mr. Rodriguez did... I guess we gotta come back again. What would he do without us? Where was i?

I wasn't paying attention... was the Rosario incident something like this? "I have eaten Rosario who was in the icebox and which you were probably saving for the travel game Forgive me he was delicious so sweet and so cold" -Sabathia (er... something something, dot's poetry corner)

Sugar Shane plates a run. As expected.

I'm not very good at thinkin' out of the balks... I hope it ends in less than 60 minutes!

Sano-matic?

Sano knows how to brighten everyone's day, eh?

Thanks a bunch!

Let's see... a) Just Riverbrian took negative pills... Everyone kinda took 'em. I'm going with c. c) sabathia... er i mean... some of us took a double dose. That is. Not everyone didn't take 'em? Anyway, i gotta game to watch. These questions are too hard.

Not a free agent signing? I guess that's how come i like Mount Rushmore. That's home grown talent...

Waste not, want not. Let us bring Plouffe in...

Way to move his feet!

I'm tempted to ask which one, but i know the answer would be "yes" Hopefully someday they'll live up to your expectations. But in the meantime, don't compromise yer standards. High standards are worth 'em.

I missed a 1-2-3 top of the first, eh? But i'm back. Let's get this meeting underway...

I wasn't there, but i think i heard that Molitor called a team meeting before the Toronto series. Then before the home stand, the players called "players only" one. I think it's time for the fans to call a... "fans only" meeting All Righty Then! I call this "fans only" meeting to order. Will the clerk call the roll? Oh, we don't have one. Anyone want to be clerk? No? Well, um, all those absent say "absent" so we know... Anyway our agenda: 0. Approve the minutes for the last "fans only" meeting. Yeah. Right... 1. An open mind. Listen. Yes, what you have to say is more important, but it's a lot harder to hear while your talkin'. So pipe down a moment, ingest what others are sayin', perhaps regurgitate it a bit to make sure ya got it, then say your piece. and count to 3. 2. Perspective. First off, it's just a game other people play, leastwise from the role of a fan. You can live and die with the Twins, but you'll notice they don't actually die, and they probably would strenuously object if you actually tried to live with them. And being a game, it's 1 of 162 or so (hopefully more) this year. So it's watered down that much, and yet it's still pretty potent. Be careful with it, and don't take their troubles on the field into your life off the field. 3. Focus. A friend once explained that to the world at large, a Yankee was an American. To a Southerner, a Yankee was a northerner. To a Northerner, he was a New Englander, to a New Englander, he was a Vermonter, and to a Vermonter, he was one who eats apple pie for breakfast. I'm not sure if he was just being entertaining or instructive. Anyway, let's get us some apple pie today! 4. One game at a time. Today's tilt 'gainst them will bring problems associated with a scoring off this fella named Sabathia. He's been around for a while, in the olden days which are not forgotten, he played for the Cleveland team. We just took 2 o' 3 from 'em, so this should be a walk in the ballpark... And walking is usually a good idea. But he won't walk us so much unless we put the fear o' the batted ball into him. So stroke those strikes where they ain't. And we may be running like there's hay feaver in cold season. It's still their job to raise the white flag (by which i mean the handkerchief or kleenex) 5. Pelfrey. Let's catch the ball behind him. And in front of him, if he turns around. He'll keep us in the game. 6. Alright, ya got me. I got no idea how to run a "fans only" meeting. This is the internet after all. But i had fun tryin' to invoke a sanity check. And i hope i adequately morphed to a game thread intro? Anyway, I promised to run an errand shortly, so i'm off and running. But i'll be back well in time for the game. So let's take it to them, and thank y'all for followin' the game, especially to the moderator what updates the line ups and weather on my behalf. Forecast at the moment says there's an air quality alert. But isolated thunder storms expected before 3pm or after 3am. It portends to be another strange game. (line up place holder) Minnesota Twins: Pitchin': Mike Pelfrey {R} lineup tba New Amsterdam Yankees: Pitchin': C.C. Sabathia {L} lineup tba Meeting is now recessed for refreshments, and will resume around 6:05pm CT (Bangs Gavel with the imaginary authority of a Sano swing...)

We didn't win?! Inconceivable!

Double? No Prob. Just typical Perkins drama. Wouldn't have it any other way!

Perkins' time!

Molitor foresaw extra innings, else he'd have pinchrun for Sano. Shut 'em down (or up. Both are good) Jepsen!

What kind of fans should we squabble like... Wait, no. I get it. No squabbling at all. Ya know, why didn't i think of that myself! Shut 'em down this here half inning!

It's been bothering me the whole game and i finally figured out why it sounded so familiar! CMOT Dibbler... Bringing back to the beginning with the hotdog vender! Now i can give my full attention to the game again...

Alas, a pop up unsets it up... But that's okay. The DP is now equivalent.

I have not yet lost the faith. But alas, technically it is tied, so right now, we're not winning...

You mean TP.

I think so. Maybe even an actual happening game thread. One can hope. And the game itself ain't bad neither... (Didn't like seein' Mitchell go...)