sampleSizeOfOne

One moment... turning the game on. Sorry i wasn't paying attention... I coulda thrown something together.

xmas cam early for me, eh?

Toobas are good too...

Hoping for the best! I recall visiting my grand parents on Sanibel long ago...

Note to self. Post in this thread sometime next year. ("Bump" in the parlance of our times)

Dear Santa, I have tried to be good. I didn't make fun of Sano when he struck out a bunch. I didn't yell and curse when Royce Lewis got injured again. I even tried not to miss the Austudillo antics. I have followed Twins baseball games as much as i could, given all the things i try to get done. I've even remembered to write game thread intros. Perhaps they have been a little week in actual game info. I don't even know if Judge caught up to Arraez in the batting race. So please Anyway, since i have been oh so good, and i still don't know what i should ask for, as my stocking isn't large enough to fit a fully healthy Buxton season, or a good veteran free agent signing with leadership. Can you at least give me an exciting game to follow today, and a good thread with lots if people contributing? Even if there might be a few jokes from Chief sprinkled amongst them? May the best team win! Twins: 0. Joe Ryan (R) P 1. Jose Miranda (R) 1B 2. Carlos Correa (R) SS 3. Gio Urshela (R) 3B 4. Gary Sanchez (R) DH 5. Ryan Jeffers (R) C 6. Gilberto Celestino (R) CF 7. Jake Cave (L) LF 8. J. Palacios (R) 2B 9. Mark Contreras (L) RF or Tigers: 0. T. Alexander (L) P 1. Akil Baddoo (L) LF 2. Riley Greene (L) CF 3. Javier Baez (R) SS 4. Harold Castro (L) 3B 5. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH 6. Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B 7. Victor Reyes (S) RF 8. J. Schoop (R) 2B 9. T. Barnhart (S) C Sincerely, sampleSizeOfOne. PS. i think this is my last game thread intro. So i guess there are no consequences for disappointing me.

But it will be justified... Our starters will lead the league in warm-up era.

Wallner steals. Way to go!

Are the School of Rock clips from the Jack Black movie? Or something stemming from it? Or is that something completely different? I been meaning to shoehorn some tenacious D into a game thread discussion.

What i miss? 2-2 in the 4th? We still got a shot at this...

Do you want the short version or the short shorts version? Some people got injured. New folk came up. We lost more than Cleveland.

What i miss?

And i think technically i think we have the tie breaker with Seattle if they lose out and we win out (and the in-between teams lose enough for it to matter) so we're not entirely eliminated. Never say die! (What, never?)

And in case no one else mentioned it, i checked the score: Winnah!

I give up... Is there more excitement in the west? Or does it have to do with the Spanish Maine? Which o think is somehow responsible for planer rain? Or maybe it is all the milling around in the east?

I stand corrected. Now that i'm standing and not on my head. Sigh... Sorry i had (have) other things to do. What i miss?

RALLY CAPS! Gratuitous use of poor formatting practices in the hopes that it will allow that 1 in a million chance to come through. I checked the standings earlier today, and our elimination number for the wild card is 1. But i also vaguely recall we had tie breakers for the wild card folk ahead of us, So maybe westill have a chance? Do we get in if we win out and either Seattle or Tampa Bay lose out? And the other teams ahead of us lose just enough? I am too lazy to look. So i will keep left justifying this intro to show i still have hope. I have it on good authority 1 in a million chances come up 9 times out of 10. The trick is they have to be exactly 1 in a million. I also like to explore L-space whenever i get the chance. But i don't have the heart of gold, nor know where my towel is... But more importantly, let's get this over with! Play ball, White Sox: 0. Lance Lynn (R) P 1. Elvis Andrus (R) SS 2. Yoan Moncada (S) 3B 3. Jose Abreu (R) 1B 4. Eloy Jimenez (R) DH 5. Gavin Sheets (L) RF 6. AJ Pollock (R) CF 7. Andrew Vaughn (R) LF 8. Yasmani Grandal (S) C 9. Josh Harrison (R) 2B Twins: 1. Luis Arraez (L) 1B 2. Carlos Correa (R) SS 3. Nick Gordon (L) 2B 4. Jose Miranda (R) DH 5. Gio Urshela (R) 3B 6. Jake Cave (L) LF 7. Gary Sanchez (R) C 8. Matt Wallner (L) RF 9. Mark Contreras (L) CF

I am still confident we'll make some noise, but i probably should do something useful with my afternoon... You all, hold the thread down, and perhaps the game as ya can.

The authoritative text on the subject:

So... As if we got a bunch of werewolves on our team?

Just a single play. Rally is only mostly dead. Big difference between mostly dead and all dead.

Rally... Now that's something i haven't seen much of... I like the sound of it.

Winnah! Oh, sorry. Wrong turn.

My impression is experiments work if you collect useful information... So If this didn't work, then i guess we don't know if it is safe to say anything? My personal experience, it is safe to say things, though it probably depends what one says... as well as how, i suppose. Celestino stranded at second. This makes me sad.

A compound blunder...