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Not directly at least. But it's not entirely without effect. A few more pitches thrown, another batter comes up. If Twins win with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, strictly speaking, that batter might not have come up without the error. But yeah, far enough away, ya can't blame it directly. We're doin' pretty good so far, ain't we?

Tie game, with Hunter at second with 1 out. Santana had a single, Hunter a ground-rule double, and Mauer got the RBI with a ground out to Shortstop.

Oh, Ptewy. I meant to give a real shot at fulfilling Riverbrian's 2k requirements in post #1024. I guess i just got overzealous in yesterday's game thread. Not a bad thing, all things considered. And i've always wondered about the "delete" option next to edit. Would that reduce my post count? (Alas, i'm predominantly posting in game threads, which get archived, so i guess i'm out of luck even so)

Vargas spells Mauer at first, Mauer spells Vargas as DH. Didn't know they were interchangeable... I'm glad Vargas gets to stretch out his glove once in a while. Er... Let us go, 2 in a row? Or is that a column?

Wait a minute... That makes us undefeated in night games, right? This bodes well for the season, i think.

Oh, and remind me next time he has such an inning. I'll offer it a fien-nominal.

What's the recipe?

Rumor has it there was an open offer from my grandpa to pay for bag pipe lessons for any of us grandkids. I'm still surprised i didn't hear of it until after i'd left the nest...

That's a thorough safety check...

Sorry... Circus Boy update was preempted by Jimmer's DVR outage.

Circus Boy update. Plouffe was aboard on a soft liner to left-center, so the Arcia bomb picked him up. Twins up 3-1.

Oh, yeah, have Circus Boy updates gone the way of the rubber band? 1-0 after 1.5 innings. A sacrifice fly.

Is there some stigma associated with the name "Mary Kate"? I got chewed out by a friend for using the name (i think "Kate" was the preferred name)

Now can we hang with them?

A twin killer for us, for once.

Oh yeah, i meant to respond to #4 as well. I make it to ballparks so rarely that i've no informed opinion. All i know is the long standing tradition that popcorn does not a full meal make. I do have a soft spot for crab rangoons these days. Have they infiltrated the ballpark menu yet? I do wish to comment on the delicacy of milldaddy35 for leaving the word "wurst" out of a thread about the Twins.

I confess to asking a leading question... I hope the Twins find it so easy to take a lead.

We better get it out. I don't trust the talking eyes (or grammar) of any D&D monster... (Incidentally, wikipedia tells me 'bottomness' is the new beauty.) Only a half hour 'til game time...

I am the Optimistic, and will take the former on all of them, even the Twins hits over Gibson's Innings Pitched even though i expect Kyle to twirl a gem, so that's a hard call to make.

By "mean", do you mean... 1. Average? 2. Base? 3. Cruel? And more importantly, should i be trying to raise it or lower it (the IQ of this thread)?

Attention to detail is commendable in and of itself. (so say i, even if i'm not so good at it sometimes)

You mean like a stand up routine? Joking aside, it's still early. It may not be promising at the moment, but they can still turn things around. Especially as the minors have hit the ground running, so any promotions will likely carry do their best to carry that momentum. One of those "nowhere to go but up" situations. I ain't lost the faith...

Good reading whatever ya call it. To play off lookouts, i'd suggest outlook? Though i suppose that suggests a wider view than single game summaries. Chatter is good.

So of Brian's different options as home openers, which best characterized this game? (if someone actually cares, go ahead and set up a poll) My initial reaction to "blue ice" was the eyes of the others in the song of fire and ice, but having not read them in several years, and not following much of the hbo series, i can't really comment usefully there on. But does anyone have dragons we can bring to tomorrow's game? No? Just a thought... Thanks to all who sweated it out.

Plouffe approves...