sampleSizeOfOne

You are correct! (Gosh, i best work on my short term memory, or something) Speaking of which, can anyone remember the jokes Chief used to tell?

Sano also is probably not on the pinch hitting plans either.

As best as i can tell, Henri is likely to make landfall Sunday? So tonight's game is the most likely to get played, i think? Well, we don't have long to wait to find out...

What's that leaf shaped flag in the picture? I didn't know they had leaves in the Bronks. And coping with complex situations, it often helps to see it from all points of view. Think how it must feel to be a Yankee or a fan of that team, mercilessly crushing the Twins at every opportunity. Must be pretty good... (I'm playing the long game here, knowing the if we succeeded at this, the Twins would win just to spite us)

Doh! We lost! The horror! The horror!

Enjoy. (sorry i was slow to say so. kept waiting for a punch line)

Take two.

Cave gets that. As expected.

Sorry i fell asleep a moment, and woke up to an 0-4 deficit. And now i see it is 0-6. I'll take the blame for that.

What with uniforms and all... How can a team be indecent?

Ride of the valkyrie. As helicopters fly over the jungle.

I was also thinking of the smell of napalm in the morning, and the musical accompaniment there... Least with the Twins at bat.

Fair 'nough.

Could just turn on some ol' Ludwig Van in the back ground.

So noted! Positive posture conveyed!

Word is he wanted to start, so i'm glad they accommodated him. And as i just saw, a few new arms may be here, so they don't exhaust him.

Concur. I just know we get the wrong end of the stick for no apparent reason more often than we should when facing them... And listenin' to the music i started thinkin' i lost an opportunity to try my hand at a "heart o' darkness/apocalypse now" style parody. Oh well. As long as the Twins don't squander opportunities, i'll be just fine!

When it rains, it pours... (i am sure someone else noticed this elsewhere on the site, but game thread should know too!) Andrew Albers is coming up! Bringing Kyle Barraclough with him (i'm gonna have such a hard time not thinking of him in terms of donuts) and hidden down at the bottom of this article... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/08/twins-to-select-andrew-albers-kyle-barraclough.html Buxton will be on rehab assignment tomorrow! Be still my beating heart (but not too still)

I'm wiggin' out, man! I can't take the pressure! An hour to game time, and the Twins line up hasn't come out! Is Cave batting behind Sano? Will Simmons turn the line up over to Kepler? Or Garver? All i got is John Gant all alone on the mound facing this vaunted NY line up: 0. Jameson Taillon (R) 1. Luke Voit (R) DH 2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B 3. Aaron Judge (R) CF 4. Joey Gallo (L) LF 5. Giancarlo Stanton (R) RF 6. Rougned Odor (L) 2B 7. Andrew Velazquez (S) SS 8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C 9. Tyler Wade (L) 3B Ah, sigh! There it is! (did i just for get to update a webpage?! or were they really this late) 0. John Gant (R) P 1. Max Kepler (L) RF 2. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 3. Josh Donaldson (R) DH 4. Luis Arraez (L) 3B 5. Miguel Sano (R) 1B 6. Nick Gordon (L) CF 7. Ryan Jeffers (R) C 8. Jake Cave (L) LF 9. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS They sure had me goin' there... And now some calming music until the game starts... (be still my shattered nerves)

Not used to having to deal with games in hand in baseball... We're even in the Loss column with KC, but they got 2 in hand, so they could make up the 1 game they are behind us. Likewise, Detroit and Cleveland are even in the win column, but Cleveland has 3 games in hand.

Anyway, winnah! I never woulda expect Polanco of all folk to come through for us!

Polanco at the bat.

They have a Garza? We got one too, don't we?

Gordon is none too shabby out there either.

It was pretty impressive!