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And it says it's the free game on mlb, if that helps. Welcome back! Hope it don't disappoint... (neither game nor thread)

Plouffe brings Dozier in! Good to get an early lead, now and then...

A long foul, then a single for Dozier. Nice start...

(I am Game Thread) Game: Twins @ Cardinals, 6/16 @ 12:45pm CT 9. Byron Buxton [R] CF 8. Kyle Gibson [R] P 7. Shane Robinson [R] LF 6. Kurt Suzuki [R] C 5. Eduardo Nunez [R] SS 4. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 3. Joe Mauer [L] 1B 2. Torii Hunter [R] RF 1. Brian Dozier [R] 2B Minnesota Twins Symmetrical Lineups (or downs?) Saint Louis Cardinals 1. Kolten Wong [L] 2B 2. Matt Carpenter [L] 3B 3. Jhonny Peralta [R] SS 4. Mark Reynolds [R] 1B 5. Yadier Molina [R] C 6. Jason Heyward [L] RF 7. Randal Grichuk [R] LF 8. Peter Bourjos [R] CF 9. Michael Wacha [R] P Weather: Currently Partly Cloudy and 78F = 26C (within some rounding error, i'm sure) Forecast: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, with a high near 82. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Thoughts, such as they are... 1. Byron Buxton. By which i mean Kyle Gibson. In theory, the person who has the greatest potential effect on the outcome of the game is the fellow tagged by the manager as the starting pitcher. By which i mean, if he doesn't get tagged by anyone else, we aught to do pretty well. Of course that's in theory. In practice, it still remains a team game, and there's only so much that can be done if things don't work too well around him. Er, 2b. Byron Buxton John Lackey. Lackey's gonna get some good defence behind him, and pitch pretty good for a whole 8 innings, allowing only 2 runs, the second being the first triple by Byron Buxton followed by Dozier Sacrifice Fly. Very noble of Dozier, and well done by Buxton. Oh i found an article on Lackey that i found interesting. Finest news and all, even if it pertained to him in his Angelic days: http://www.theonion.com/article/superstitious-john-lackey-has-to-build-destroy-a-l-6885 3. Byron Buxton A Dozier walked into the batter's box, and deposited the ball in the bank beyond the left field wall. (#2 batter) walks into the batter's box and says "i'll have what he's having." But of course what i mean to say is batting is important. So let's do it. 4. Byron Buxton If someone is really good at catching, throwing, and picking the ball, might they be known as a prince among fielders? Oh, sorry, that's a series late, isn't that. I mean to say, how important is fielding? Discuss. 25. (That's 5, 5 times. Not to be square or nothin'... Numbers are sometimes important. Fielding position 2 cubed, and batting 3 squared. And i forget, what's 2+3?) Byron Buxton I'm still looking forward to him being tested more significantly, but at least i can stop thinking of him, 'cause i can watch him instead. If i had someone else new to watch, well, i wouldn't say no... Anyway, enjoy!

Oh well. Torii Hunter got on base. Suzuki hit a liner to the 3rd baseman for a final out. Could have gone down with more of a whimper, but there's always another game. G'night all! And congrats to the Blackhawks. I'm still trying to think of good animal/bar jokes...

Byron triples? Who saw that happening?

I was wondering the same thing. I think the only thing that kept his at bat in the 4th inning from being a triple play was there was 1 out.

Details matter, don't they...

And the rider flies off.

Twins turn a single play.

CBU: 3-0 Cards after 4. Back to back homeruns is for the birds.

Good pick by Escobar. Sorry the fella beat it out...

Oh yeah. CBU, the Cardinals scored a run in the 3rd due to Buxton missing after a long run going for a triple. (Like several of those against the Rangers) 1-0 after 3. Now Dozier's on second, and that's halfway to evening the score, in some estimation...

Yes. In Boston, Joe sacrificed to give the Twins the lead. Well, courtesy of the pitcher going for the lead runner at third, and throwing it through I Don't Know's legs.

Yeah, tomorrow, he makes that catch.

I saw someone peal an Avocado...

I am remembering my sesame st songs... 123456789,10 11 12 (2 innings) 0 to 0 as the CBU

There's more than one way to get new shoes...

It just occurred to me... I don't know how to peal a siren.

Oh, rain delay is over, but the jokes can keep comin'... CBU: It were a 123456 inning. 0-0 after 1.

So Gibby (and apologies for failing to capitalize) said something (if memory serves) about perhaps starting another restaurant, but looking for someone with a masters in business to help out. Or something like that anyway. And the joke that came of that was "there's no taste for accounting..." And i guess the continued pondering is perhaps to set it up better so folk might actually get it and appreciate it...

Anyone know any good jokes or riddles whilst we wait at the weather's beck and call? I got one (joke, not riddle) i've been ponderin' inspired by something gibby said a while ago...

Yeah, turning 40 is nothing. I remembered once when i turned 1300. Vaguely. It was when i read War and Peace for Russian Lit. At least i'm pretty sure it was more than 1300 pages long... I admit i don't remember very much. I'll have to do it again sometime... But really, it isn't you getting older, it's the rest of the world getting younger and perhaps a little bit more foolish. Hard to say...

Does that mean whoever's doing tomorrow's game thread intro can cut and paste thought 2? Or should they counterbalance it by thinking of how Lackey did today?

Happy birthday to ye! (and a very merry unbirthday to the rest, ala Lewis Carroll...)