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Third. I mean third. Oh well... Not goin' any further, sadly. Still 1-0 cubs' cbu

Not to belabor a point, but look who's on first!

1-0 half way through 3 on a sac fly. Gibson didn't quite escape that one... Now is the time to get it back. (Oh yeah... CBU)

Not complaining... Oh, 0-0 in the bottom of the second, after stranding 3 cubs in the top.

I wonder if a hamburger joint ever had an infield fry rule promotion...

Enjoy the game!

Summer Solstice: When that pitch which is the earth's orbit begins to break. (It must be a pretty good spitball, as no one's managed to hit it yet!) Forecast for Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. (Old Mother) West Wind 5 to 10 mph. Happy Thursday! Fa-thursday, that is. With a tip o' the hat to Riverbrian and his tree elephant: I meant what I said and I said what i meant. An Elephant's faithful. One Hundred Percent! And more as the exception that proves the rule: My name is Sue How do you do! Both quotes from well known poems on the subject of Fathers, i figure they need no further explanation? Anyway enjoy The Day of the Dad Alright Now.. Forcus on this game: Their Pitcherin': Jake Arrieta (North Paw) Walked 6 batters last time. Patience may be a virtue. Our Pitcherin': Kyle Gibson (North Paw) Almost a month since his last win. Though a Quality Start in Busch Statium is nothing to sneer at. Their Batterin': 1. Dexter Fowler CF 2. Anthony Rizzo [L] 1B 3. Kris Bryant [R] 3B 4. Miguel Montero [L] C 5. Starlin Castro [R] SS 6. Chris Coghlan [L] LF 7. Chris Denorfia [R] RF 8. Kyle Schwarber [L] DH 9. Addison Russell [R] 2B Our Batterin': 1. Brian Dozier [R] 2B 2. Eddie Rosario [L] LF 3. Joe Mauer [L] 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 5. Torii Hunter [R] RF 6. Eduardo Nunez [R] DH 7. Chris Herrmann [L] C 8. Eduardo Escobar SS 9. Byron Buxton [R] CF The basepaths are not to be traveled lightly. Don't stop to smell the flowers. Reflexively, cut off the hit-man! Er, i mean hit the cut-off man. Right. More succinctly... Play Ball!

Can't complain too badly about taking it to extras... One of these days though, we'll remember what it is like to score.

Alright... The key to coming back is not to get out. Got it? Good.

Extras at Target, with the home town Twins holding the Hammer...

Gravity fails Mauer... Oh well. We still got Plouffe at the plate.

Concur.

If it's all the same, i'd prefer the Twins win... But really, i'm not that picky.

The silver lining, i suppose, to Rosario's pick off is that Mauer gets to lead off...

I wouldn't complain if it weren't solo...

But in Target Field, there is no ceiling...

It's mentorin' time!

Yeah, Plouffe didn't give him much of a chance, did he? Oh well. There's still a few more innings...

Concur.

Oh well. At least Buxton took a walk!

How is getting 2 runners in scoring position for Dozier here different from a shave savings? One is a double steal, and the other is a stubble deal.

Vargas flashes the leather for a line out double play...

Bringin' out the kinda "Cub fans" i can enjoy...

May gets a backwards K.

And Carlin is funny. Thanks! Oh, and Suzuki scores from home. Clever, that!