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Milone covers second, another assist to Buxton on the lost popup.

He has a lot to learn about camouflage, but yeah.

Buxton keeps it only a 1 run deficit. 2-1, half 3rd. (CBU-- not SXO)

And would only a Twins fan be proud of that? Count me in, for sure.

I know this is a while ago, and it coulda trivially been verified by google and wikipedia, but i finally came across the Annotated Casey at the Bat on the shelves again. In front of version 1 is the following paragraph: "THIS is the original version of Casey--word for word, comma for comma--exactly as it appeared in the fourth column of the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday morning, June 3, 1888." (I don't entirely believe it, as there are lots of little numbers referring to notes on later pages, but i bet in this case, that's what "annotated" means...) Of further interest, it appears version 25 is "Cool" Casey at the Bat, by the editors of Mad, originally published in October '60.

True dat. Poor choice of words on my part...

That was my figuring, especially with a lefty on the mound, but i saw some value in the latter as well, so it was worth trying to provoke discussion... on a thread... about the game.

Is the decision to play Nunez at short rather than Escobar riding the hot bat? Or is it giving him a chance to get comfortable at the position as well as more playing time in general?

Wait, What?! Buxton is the lead off batter? And no one hithertofore has commented thereupon? I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear; But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near; I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; ... then the door I opened wide. Should be a good game, independent of whether Vargas and/or Buxton are suffering some growing pains. Anyway, i approve of the moral of the snake. It's not the outside of the bunny that matters: it's the bunny inside. Snakes apparently know this instinctively.

If you're unfamiliar with the young chronicles Bark, give 'em a shot. The stories vary depending on the history it is set in, but on the whole, they are worth it. I think they're good enough that the sucked me back into watchin' the high adventure WWI episodes. I'd lend my support Sean Patrick Flannery as well, who i'm otherwise familiar with because of Boondock Saints. Anyway, i've often been tempted to bring up the Tolstoy episode in game threads, as there is nice baseball connection there (along with the prevailing Russian Lit theme)... Off to bed. Sorry I wasn't up to the usual attempt at poetry for today's game thread, as per my previous Sunday intros...

In hopes of returning the favor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p1JIdxSpxU

I think i'll take ya up on that recommendation! (I think there's a vhs copy of it somewhere abouts... Ha! got it)

Well... Could have been worse. We kept it within range for most of the game. And their pitcher knew his business. Thanks all for the company!

Yeah, they're kinda the master of awkward humor. This is spot on with that as well.

Pssst. Try turning around in the other direction a couple of times... Who knows, it might work.

What we do in the dark. Thought it was pretty good take on the vampire mockumentary genre. But i'm a sucker for anything concerning Flight of the Conchords folk...

Not to be confused with pitching... It's not over yet!

Well, if we'd done that, it'd have tied the game. Oh well. Bases empty. No outs. Kinda like a new inning?

You can fool all of the people some of the time...

Hit it where they ain't.

Could be... I didn't know what i was asking for, so i'm still trying to sort it out.

I'm putting off answering either of these in the hope that it soon will be recent enough i don't have to think hard...

I guess some ducks are just better behaved than others... Now i wonder... If something baseball related were named for the Canada Goose, what would it be?

Perhaps, though i postulate there are other more pressing needs... Not that i'm gonna think that hard about it. Oh well. 2-0 as Buxton watches something out his reach.

Was Hunter's hit there a duck fart?