David HK

Yoiks! How many pitches would that take?

Sucks to have to fold up the tent in the 6th. Heck, I just finished my morning classes, and was looking forward to following the game during paperwork time. Ah, well. Can't wait for that Cleveland series. Let's see, if we get swept, which I'm totally anticipating, will we still be 1/2 game in front?

Man, that opener was a page-turning thriller! And it was nice to remember that day in that stands as a young lad, when Little Corcoran mowed down them Providence Grays! I was a mere child of 5, so my memory of it is not so good, but I do recall my Pa relating later on that I was already taller than the pitcher that day.

Man, I'm just ticking off the body parts I would have given up to see Corbin in a Twins uni this season.

Hm. Rendon must have tripped over his own scraggly-a$$ chin whiskers. Good.

At the prompting of an earlier post, I went over to Don Mossi's Fbook page just for the heck of it. He passed away quite recently. Here's a memorial post: I think it would be a gas if Joe's Animal Hospital received a handful of donations from some random Twins fans on some random day, just because of some random chat. Good for the heart.

Yeh, you don't want to waste your hottest HR hitter on a 2-men-on, nobody-out situation. Better to save him for one of those 2-out, nobody-on in the 9th situations. SMDH

I was on the Tortuga bandwagon, big-time. But there's a difference between just making contact per se, and making good contact. Swinging at pitches that graze your shoelaces ain't gonna get 'er done.

I'm kind of worried for TC Bear right now. Just wondering if Rodney's going to have a 'hit the mascot' moment.

Heh.... whomever post about Dozier hitting a tater-tot.... You got your wish!

Well. Just back from early classes- I see we had another starter take a step back when we need a step up. Color me surprised.

That was a sweet win. The only thing that would have made it better would have been striking out Dozier instead of Eaton at the end of the game.

Winna winna. Now, come on, Angels!

Whoa! Who is that in CF? Mandrake the Magician?

heh... had to step away for a bit, and paused the game- came back and thought Garv had hit a second HR! Crooked numbers! Yum yum!

I am really gassed to see Berrios and Rosario stepping up to do the heavy lifting when the team needs it most!

Always beware of the Wallabies...

Ha- early class done, now I've got a break to check out the action. Wow, Berrios stepping up big time this morning! But.... so is Anibel Sanchez?!? Bats gotta get going, but whoa, with all the dings and dents, looking at this lineup... It looks like a good ol' Molly Mish-Mash from seasons past. Come on, Twins! In the words of the immortal Mills Lane:

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I gotta harken back to the old Joe DiMaggio quote, when asked why he busted his butt on every single play, even late in the season, with nothing on the line. He said, in effect, that there was probably somebody in those stands who had never been to a game before, never seen him play, and may not go again, and he didn't want that person to see him dogging it, and have that be their memory. I switched over to the Cleveland broadcast to see what they were about, and they were totally roasting Puig, even moreso than Dick. They were really getting on him about being in crucial games in a pennant race, and acting like that, and they were speculating on what Francona was going to do or say, too. I like what he did, though. He had a quick word with Puig, and then he let his dugout leader, Santana, take him off to the side and deal with him. They had a looooong, and very one-sided conversation. I would have pulled him from the game, if I were Tito, but to his credit, he didn't, and Puig came through with good at bats afterward. He most certainly deserved every single boo, though, and then some. What a crappy example for every fan who busts his or her fanny all week, to spend an honest dime to go to a game; fans who can only dream about spending their working life on a ball field, and see a pro athlete behave like that. It's an insult to hard-working folks everywhere.

Well, once again, Cleveland defeated Rochester, and Clevinger pitched a gem, just as ace-type belly-itchers are supposed to do in a pennant crunch. But holy heck, I'm wondering if Clevinger and Hunter Wood and their scraggly mullets each live in vans down by the river, or if they share just one?