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If such a list includes shoes, it is probably too restrictive to be useful...

Herrmann LF Fuld RF Hicks CF That would be the defensive out field, i assume? I don't have a problem with that...

Yes. We can. (Don't know if we will, but i'll do what i can...) 8-4, bottom of the 8th... We want to score 6 runs in 4 outs... But i guess 4 runs in 6 outs will do too.

Note to self... Some clever joke can be made about what age one should aver... that being the aver-age... Stick in back pocket. One never knows when it might come in handy...

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Once more into the breach --er, up to the plate!

Now that's thinkin' ahead! On the other hand, if they were out of Butterfingers, an excuse to return to see if they're back in stock isn't a bad thing. My current guilty pleasure is simpler... Cheetos and Mountain Dew. (Which long ago, i dubbed Ambrosia and Nectar) Just gotta remember to clean up the orange dust...

So... How many walks will it take to get back into this game?

But, someone might notice the Dilly Bars missing from the fridge? Might want to zip out and replace them? And so the the life cycle of the Butterfinger Dilly Bars continues...

I'm strangely comfortable with that... (Pinto got on base too)

Nice pick by Plouffe. Guess that's why it's the hot corner. And, Butera is on base again.

Yeah, i liked that catch too.

If i had to guess at 26th man, might they give Nunez another look-see? Figuring the bullpen to be plenty rested at this point, and not thinking too hard about a 40 man roster move to make Parmelee possible... Was there a point where they have to use an option on Nunez to keep him in AAA? I wasn't paying that close attention when people went over it. But we'll find out soon enough, i'm sure. Anyway, hope the weather clears up to get all the games in!

Would that mean they get to call up a 27th player? More realistically, who do folk figure they'll call up for the 26th player?

For some reason, i wanted to say cats in the cradle and the silver spoon. But unless Paul Bunyan has silverware, that sounds like a really small cat... If the dog's in the house, doesn't that mean you're in the house too? Oh well. Change is strange. Alas, we don't get to see what we can do against Verlander. Hope Mr. Rainout soaks in, rather than runs off...

Thanks for the clarification! (and no, hockey didn't really help. Guess i'll have to hope the Twins can get the game in today?)

Gosh, i hope not! (Rereading earlier post... ah, Rope is a her...) Hard to tell, and i guess that's the point of euphemisms. But the sympathy probably is appreciated either way. If i may, i'll embrace the farm euphemism, and imagine Rope battling her tail off at triple A, and making it back to the majors as a tiger like other great former twins... Cats have 9 lives after all. (What's the song with the refrain -- "But... the cat came back.") Anyway, now i'll distract myself with hockey, if it's okay.

May it land on all four paws! (and Rope is an inspired name!)

Florimon batting 3rd! May want to save the score card...

True. Though how close did he come to makin' the catch? (was slightly distracted at the moment it happened, but was under the impression it was close...) Anyway, i really hope we can make up two runs. Especially now that we're at bat.

A week, you say? Sorry for complaining so soon then...

Great, now i got mack the knife stuck in my head. And i'm wondering why players don't have more interesting knick-knames...

It does. A friend once voiced the opinion, that one thing that made baseball great is that it is possible to come back from any deficit so long as you still have an at bat left... We still have a ways to go, though it gives one hope that those who just put the dent in the score are coming up again.

That is one way to start reclaiming interest...

Now the age old riddle... How does one maintain interest when it seems a game is decided early on, and not try to beat the traffic? (especially strange to feel this with no traffic to beat...)