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Stauffer CBU: 1 up, 1 down.

Now, how do we score us some runs of our own?

I expect that's true, and not even close... I am not without some experience playing stupidly through injuries myself. Anyway, Toronto plays the small ball, advancing to second on Hunter bobble, being bunted to third, and coming in on a sac fly. 3-1 CBU, eh?

Even plausible that he can throw just as good, but the injury created something which tipped his pitches... Line between success and failure for a pitcher can be awful thin. (Not that i saw anything, it just could be...) That said, if we knew that's what would happen, we can still wish it hadn't.

I would also say that you may not know how something is going to effect you until you actually do something.

CBU remains steady at 2-1 Toronto after a second inning. Or is that at the start of the third?

Hicks steals second.

Done and done. But a bases loaded 2 out looper scores 2 to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 CBU through half of 2 innings.

Oh, sorry... Ricky Nolasco had a twinge after a pitch, Molitor came out to see what's up. He threw a few trial pitches, then the game continued with two solid hits by the Blue Jays (including a Colabello hit that extends his streak to 11 games) and leaving runners at the corners in an outless inning. Now Graham, our rule 5 draftee from Atlanta, is taking the mound for the damage control. Satisfactory CBU?

Or at least the Rochester coaching staff, and he will feature prominently in the ensuing discussion...

I too am speculating who comes in... I was kinda hoping it would be Graham, and Gameday confirmed it for me.

Thanks! (I'm going to remember to look both ways before updating the circus boy...)

Well played, sir! I'm doubly glad when they get stranded there. Especially when we don't do it.

Another Blue Jay left in scoring position. Strandard operating procedure, even if it doesn't constitute a CBU.

Indeed, i could use a whetstone... I'm sure it'll be less of an issue once i've baseball to occupy myself with.

That indeed satisfies the pertinence and the Holmes quote... The one i'm too lazy to remember is something about eliminating all other possibilities, and then else about no matter how improbable. But i'm too lazy to go further, i think. Because i have a new one: The game is afoot!

Capital thread starter, as always, speaking of groove and comfort zone. 20% pop sounds like it's inviting a joke about what the other 80% is... And by a process of elimination (there's a pertinent Sherlock Holmes quote i'm too lazy to find), i gather Santana is playing... Shortstop? But i like to think he's covering the entire field...

Will i get the last word in before the thread is archived? Wait and see... It is good to know the bullpen can handle themselves for a game without Perk. A chance for someone to step up, try a new role, learn something.

You were thinking things through. I think i was just doin' 'em whenever i felt like it. And then i nodded off something serious. I got a lot of game thread to catch up on, and i just vaguely remember that the Twins won... I assume it wasn't part of some strange dream, but i wouldn't be too sure yet... Yup. Now i'm happy having read to the end. I can go back to sleep now that all is right with the world.

I must admit it. You are better than i.

4 innings in the books (available at your local library?) Twins lead by the slimmest of margins, 2-1.

Herrmann... Touches them all.

Now all we need is a trapeze act in the outfield, and for the batters to jump through the ring of fire. Or i'd be satisfied if they simply caught fire...

1-2-3 double play. CBU says knotted at naught halfway through the third.

My bad. I shoulda learned my lesson from earlier in this game thread. Anyway, we'll start cooling the plate for him. G'night (this time for reels)