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Hank. Can't forget him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Spelling Apparently the most prolific television writer. Learn something new every day...

If i go with the traditional sort o' things to think about for tomorrow's game, may i use this?

I liked the stolen base too. Been a while since i watched the prisoner, but one of my favorite lines from the episode where they have elections in The Village. "Are you going to run?" "First chance i get!"

Santana breaks his slump. (little flare to left falls in)

The game to start. Time machines and rocketpacks would be kinda fun. I wonder what the time machine driver's license test would include?

I was talking to him of course. I'm the new number 2... (Thanks for getting the reference. Though i'm pretty sure i've made the reference on a game thread before. Please let me know if i ever become a broken record...)

Line ups... Twins Pitching: Mike Pelfrey [R] 1. Danny Santana (S) SS 2. Brian Dozier [R] 2B 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Kennys Vargas (S) DH 5. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 6. Oswaldo Arcia (L) LF 7. Chris Herrmann (L) C 8. Shane Robinson [R] RF 9. Jordan Schafer (L) CF White Sox Pitching: Jeff Samardzija [R] 1. Adam Eaton (L) CF 2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF 3. Jose Abreu [R] DH 4. Adam LaRoche (L) 1B 5. Avisail Garcia [R] RF 6. Alexei Ramirez [R] SS 7. Conor Gillaspie (L) 3B 8. Geovany Soto [R] C 9. Micah Johnson (L) 2B Now take a good look... Do you recognize the person amongst them who let down your expectations? (get it? like a police line up? oh well. Humor doesn't always work, i guess.)

Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/11 @ 1:10pm CT 411 that's information, right? There's some saying about how the beginning of wisdom is when you how much you don't. know, that is. It's to be Sunny with a high near 61, so they say... 0. What's the line up? Minnesota: Mike Pelfrey Pitches. 1-9? Chicago (in the white sox) Jeff Samardziga Pitchest. 1-9? 1. Escobar. He's played half our games. Congrats on the new family member! We'll miss you, but sometimes somethings are somewhat more important than baseball. Then my question would be, folk were dubious about him replacing Arcia in Detroit against a right hander. How do folk feel about that after the fact? Did the ends justify it? And what's more important than baseball? 2. Rest of the infield. Will Santana be better for the rest? Will Nunez get some playing in? And will anyone be able to get him out? 3. Rest of the outfield. Hunter stole that base! Is the ice on the basepaths broken? 4. (See Riverbrian's 4 from yesterdays' game thread.) I didn't give all the thread my full attention, but i didn't see anyone answer about the current rotation... I speculate he might have been satisfied with an answer of "Hughes, May, Gibson, Milone, Pelfrey" but maybe not. 15 degrees an hour? I think that's the earth's rotation, and no mound visit is likely to change it. or is current rotation a fancy name for that 3 phase electric power? Er... I know i should be asking about the bullpen, but they've seen low leverage situations predominantly, so i'm not going to ask. Yet. 5. Are people happier now that we won something? Is it good to get monkeys off our backs? Even Rally Monkeys? Announcers made a big deal about Hunter in Detroit, I wonder what he thinks of that rally monkey? And if the monkey's off, did it leave a chip on your shoulder? 6: You are number 6.

Hope everyone is okay! And glad the dogs could find a silver lining. Looking at the pictures, i now am wondering if they make hazmat suits for dogs...

I thought that could be the case too, though the replays they showed weren't the best to judge from. More perplexing, was the intentional walk respecting Suzuki? Or less so to Shafer?

Vargas employs the ol' "bounce it off the pitcher" strategy to reach first.

does that mean we can capitalize again? (and spell?) well done dozier.

what if there's a finite amount of capitilization. would us doing so make it less likely the twins will? i will put it off for the good of the team! oh, i've missed a low impact game, it would seem?

Concur. "So now i'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive..." is what music that 3rd base post evoked...

Thanks! I'd actually fallen asleep there, and missed the run. But an 80s SNL reference is always appreciated. And now as some things are connected to others, i've got the theme song for "Tunces the Driving Cat" in my head. Having been desensitized by the last two games, my only current disappointment is the prediction that the game would end when the Wild game began is not quite right. What am i to do with myself for the next 15 minutes?

Hey! 2 fly ball outs! Is the world back in its orbit?

Don't count your goose eggs before they hatch...

I just figured it out. Hicks absorbed all this misfortune, and without him it's running amok.

And Pinto hits a double to plate Hicks and Rosario for two insurance runs in the top of the 9th in Buffalo. Now to settle in for the game... Anyone else still paying attention?

That would be continuous sports. I'm sure nature will let up shortly. I'm back and ready to pay attention, even if i should have done a few more errands...

So i haven't missed much yet? Am waiting in line at Walmart, an all american activity.

Shoot. Game's about to begin, but i got me an errand i've been putting off, and while perhaps i can put it off a bit longer, i shouldn't. I'll chime in as i can. And i trust Escobar will do fine. We're keeping the other team off balance. That's it.

Any news? Looking at the radar, um, i think the heaviest locally is on top of 'em now. But something heavier is perhaps an hour and a half away? Hard to judge sometimes. But if they made it a night game (less likely, being a travel day) i'd kick myself for not including the following youtube snippet. In part so i get used to dealing with media as a communication skillset (like going the other way with outside pitches? but that's a stretch) but mainly just 'cause i like the actor what played the father in that 70s show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWXDuZXMAo Did it work?

Ah, i finally caught up on news. At least Nolasco let folk know right away, so it doesn't mushroom into something worse. And if it's bad, well, it may end up being an excuse to see one of the fellas left behind in Rochester whom folk were so anxious to see when Santana was disciplined by the league. It might not be a silver lining, just a somewhat less dim spot.