David HK

Concur. He's got to be in a not-very-good head space right now. And he's putting his team into not-very-good advancing runners mode, too.

Holy Cow, I just noticed that the middle of the A's order are all drowning below the Mendoza waterline. Duff, you'd better not disappoint.

Cripe, this guy is throwing the same speed we hit against playing old man ball back in LA. Gordon should just wait til he throws it and jog down to second.

Then, of course, there is the Yankee black hole in the 4-5 spots...

Holy Molitor, Batman. Garlick batting 3rd. I hope he crushes one. Or slices one off the foul pole. My he can chop one down the line for a double. As long as he doesn't wind up being minced by one of those 'crafty lefties.'

Back in my UND daze, I lived in a downtown apartment with the Red as my backyard. I used to catch those mucky things for my dinner on a regular basis, saving big $$ as a starving student. I think I was actually munching on one watching the news, when they talked about the chemical runoff, and not to eat any fish out of there more than once a month or so. Ulp...

Just checking in before classes- Wow, Dave! Big congrats on your book! You actually did what so many of us only muse about doing! I can't wait to read it! And also- Chris Archer starting. To paraphrase the Great Mae West, it's gonna be something of a bumpy ride.

Brings back memories. I was something of a rhubarb-whacker back in the day, too.

Sweet. That got a chuckle out of me. I remember having this one:

OMG, I finally caught one of those "Freedom" ads people have been grumbling about. No kidding, I'm gnashing my molars at the very first one. ?

Well, let's see. Given the discussion about the young guys hitting higher, Celestino followed by Lewis should be the 1-2 hitters, rather than 8-9. Come on, young fellas!

I know this one. It actually hurts.

Just tuning in from HK, and right on time for Gio's and Miranda's heroics. Games usually start around 7 or 8 AM here, which is a nice distraction during the school day mornings, and especially on a lazy Sunday. First off, I would like to thank the Wolves and Wild for keeping in step with the "Minny One-and-Done Dance," so I don't have to worry about waking up early for playoff excitement. Now I can focus on brave but not always effective pitchers, and a Molitor-level head-scratching lineups. Or I could just do some laundry and watch the rain.

And among the watchers and listeners.

As long as I was riffing on historical vibes from Lewis, here comes Pagan, giving me Ron Davis chills...

For God's sake...

Hey ump! Check that baseball! He ran his hand through that greasy meth-mop before he threw that awesome breaker.

Wow. I've gotten a Derek Jeter vibe ever since I first saw this kid. And he's wearing Sandberg's number besides. Double vibe of two all-time greats. I wonder if Correa is thinking about that option... ?

Just checking in between classes. So let me get this straight- we're expecting anyone to get a hit off Verlander when the best hitter in this lineup is Gilberto Celestino? ?

Good point. Although Paddack looks like he's actually been fed recently, as opposed to existing on Cheetohs and Mountain Dew in between sudafed runs.

Re: Sneed. Why don't the Twinkies have any of these meth-mullet dudes on their pitching staff? It seems a requirement that each team have one, or even two- looking at you, KC.

Pffft... Not a problem. I'm sure somebody in the office has Drew Butera's number in their rolodex.

Perhaps he means only the product of the world's finest Brewers can get us through this season. In copious amounts.

Cripes, the Meth Brothers Barlow and Staumont are really cookin' our lineup. It's like Twins hitters had too much sudafed.

Welp, finished my zoom classes, caught the end of the game, now time to make some lunch. This loss looks like it's on Rocco. Cheers, folks.