David HK

Chicken dinnah!

Haw haw! I also bought a #21 jersey, but only because I loved Stan Mikita, and it's the number I wore in HS hockey. Then, the next year, it became Delmon's jersey. I think it may still be in a box somewhere, cuz I didn't wear much after that.

"This kid really makes things happen out there." For better or worse.

Sheesh, Eddie.... Welp, gotta go to class anyways. Exit, pursued by a bear........

Heh.... Man, Jiminez can even look like a butcher on a ball he catches!

Reason #487 why I love baseball. Check out Stashak- he looks like he'd fold up in a high wind like a patio chair. Check out these bruisers on the Sox, like Palka and Cordero- Right now, this game, Stashak > the Bruisers. It doesn't matter how big your biceps or your beer belly are, you can excel in this game if you've got the right stuff inside.

Yikes- who is this linebacker on the mound? He looks like he should be playing for the Bears.

Just took a glance at the box score. 6 innings in the books, and... what's with all the goose eggs? (This is an actual selfie I just took. I really look like this).

Ahhhhh.... back from class just in time for a Jake-spolsion about to happen! (Cue announcers: "This all happened with two outs...") **Welcome edit addition** Whew! Somebody's 15-year-old son comes out of the pen and shuts the door! And good luck on that Geography quiz tomorrow, Cody!

Steve Stone talked about this stuff in his opening monologue when the series began. The topic was how bad the Sox record was when they don't hit a HR, (something like 11-50), but he branched off into how many stupid mistakes they make on the basepaths and in the field. Then, lo and behold, Moncada has that game where he gets thrown out, picked off, and loses the plot on Arraez' cue shot. This team, like a lot of bad teams, is its own worst enemy.

Wow! This really is a magical day! Just checked in, and saw the Tigers scored an actual run!! (Oops, so did the Sox...) But magic number? It's a lucky one!

Apologies in advance, but this is truly a magic number.

Good thing we have our highest OBP guy hitting right in front of him. Rocco... fer the luvva.....

What did that earlier poster say? "Schoop'd again." Drat.

Heh... I remember listening to Mike North one day, back in the 87 playoff chase. They were trying to come up with a "Spahn and Sain" saying for the dropoff to Les Straker et. al. One guy called in and said," Frank and Bert, then hit the dirt." I dunno what we can say this time around. Maybe.... "Jose and Jake, then shake and quake?"

Welp. Gonna need more than 5, it seems.

They were checking on Gonzalez for a physical injury. They might have been checking on Detweiler for an emotional one.

Come on, now, LaTroy... We just had a guy suspended. "Get the testosterone going..." We all know what you meant, but... Heh. Feels like watching the Sopranos crew hanging around the Bing. "He's the hair apparent." "That's the flying ointment." "He's creating dysentery in the ranks." OH! Almost forgot my all-time favorite: "You know, Quasimodo predicted this..."

Why is Rocco so stubborn, when we've got what amounts to a prototypical leadoff man already on our roster? I swear, every time I see Garver or Kep in the 1 spot, with their 30 homers, and the guy with the OBP 50-60 points higher, a guy who sees pitches, and makes the pitcher work, hitting in the 7 hole.... Why not get a guy on in front of your top HR guys? Yeh, yeh, 'they only lead off once a game," but it's way more than that- they're in front of guys who produce big flies. And unlike Buxton, he's not even hitting 9th, so he could be in front of them a time or two during the game. Just ridiculous. *Edit time- today, for example- your highest on-base guy is not hitting in front of Polanco and Cruz, he's hitting in front of Schoop and LaMarre... SMH

Heh.... I remember this guy from some ad years ago. Don't remember what the product was, but always remember the dude's rockin' moves... Get down, son!

Just tuned in. It'll be interesting to see who's on the mound the next couple of innings: Berrios, or Bury-us.

Cheers, Nick. Great stuff as always. I'm glad the team stepped it up like they did on Saturday. But I REALLY disagree with Rocco about resting everybody on Sunday. We should have gone all out to bury those guys as deep as possible. This race is not yet over, and it feels like we just handed them a game playing a 4A lineup. Go all out, I say, start Berrios, and rest on Monday against the Sox. And Tuesday too, for that matter.

That was a TEAM win. And what a win. I woke up this morning to see the Twinks had the 1st game in hand, and even the Gophers had eked out a win. Left for a hike after the 1st inning, and got back just after the Sano Salami! The grizzled vets stepped up and bailed out the kid, and it was a beautiful thing to see. It's quite a nice surprise that the much-maligned Twins BP has really stepped it up this month, and especially in those 2 games today, when it counted most. We got a series win, which is what we needed, and the rest of our schedule is against the Central's bottom-feeders, but this ain't over yet. Let's go out there tomorrow, boys, and bury these guys in front of their own fans. There's a sweet, small indie movie called Jawbone- the tried-and-true aging-boxer-in-search-of-redemption tale. The anti-hero goes into the intimidating atmosphere of the undefeated stud's gym, in front of his family, friends, and rabid supporters. His calm-demeanored corner man tells him, "Look over there. He's a bully. And he's surrounded by bullies. When that bell rings, I want you to walk across that ring, and break his heart." That's what I want. I wanna break their hearts tomorrow. Does that make me a bad person? ;-) *Edit time: I see we're also tied for the season series, soooo......