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Color me mildly disappointed, but i note that no one on this thread has addressed @denardedas Captain Obvious. Let me here now confer the rank of Acting Captain of Obvious Company to denarded, henceforth to be addressed as Captain or Sir by anyone who is not unusually devious*. Now, carry on with speculating about the juicy tidbits which may go into next season's** rotation! * or perhaps a moderator. I'm not up on TD ranks and privileges pertaining thereto. ** seasons' rotation if you're feeling your prognostication oats.

Doh... sorry for the misquote. Evidentily if you quote someone, you don't get the quote within their quote (unless you have super ashbury powers) but you can select a few words within the subquote, and it will attribute it to the person who posted the quote, not the person who said it originally...

Serving size for the critic,. who doesn't count, so i'm told, so measuring it would be pointless.

Gant with a W...

RBI Arraez!!!

Simmons on base again. Can't complain.

Escape!

we should strike! (but i can't waltz...)

Buxton catches that. As expected.

Some no-no bids are still intact... Balks and hit-batters, for example.

Hurray!

When a pitcher opens a game on the mound, that pitcher is starting. If the pitcher takes the place of another pitcher in the middle of the game, that pitcher is said to have relieved the other pitcher, making him a reliever. Mr. Gant was doing the latter with the Cardinals, as well as his first few outings as a Twin. Now he is doing the former. Does that help?

What i miss?

AL Wild Card elimination numbers are off as stated on MLB's standings, They are calculated based on Boston's win total because NY is half a game ahead of Boston. But NY has few wins, so they should be using NY's win total. It reassures me to know we have a slightly better chance than they say we do of earning a wild card spot.

Nice.

I had some non-game related chicken, and then slept through the game...

Me too, now that you remind me!

Wait... What do i want? I wanna know what i want...

I see we won. And i was busy elsewhere. Wonder if there is a connection?

A chance to introduce a thread about a game, and subsequent discussion as that game plays out? Like this: https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/53213-game-thread-twins-v-rays-94-305pm-ct/ Which is along way of saying you're not really missing anything. But we connoisseurs of said game threads are missing out on your creativity, that's all.

If we are giving Mr. Buxton a break late in a game which is already decided, and want to see how Mr. Gordon handles a pinch hit opportunity, perhaps it makes sense.

Game thread intro! Please? And if you space the writing out over several days until the next free game, maybe you can fend off carpel tunnel...

maybe next time...

Refsnyder!! Let's get him in, please?

A goose egg for Tampa, finally!