David HK

Oh, I see. It looks like Barlow and Staumont can trade shifts at the trailer. But they're both Jesse's, no Walt. Staumont appears to have sampled the wares, too...

RBI! Who's a good boy?

Glad we've got that hella big target over there at first.

Or maybe he was... ?

This Barlow looks like he wants a quick inning to get back to cooking up in his trailer...

Nice to see JC Romero back, and dealing heat at his age.

I was dumbfounded losing Rorty.

I was always hoping for Ozzie. There's lighting a fire. Can you imagine how he'd love to stick it to the White Sox?

Correct. Both Taiwan and SKorea responded to the challenge swiftly and decisively. Widespread testing and contact tracing was the key, and remains so. They squashed the curve very quickly because of it, and gradually, they are both on a path to a sense of normal. Needless to say, they responded far better than some other countries have, even in 2 nations that have massively crowded urban populations in some cities. Of course, there are no fans at the games yet. That probably won't happen for some time to come, but slowly, life is returning to some semblance of normal because their leaders did the right thing at the right time, and their populace acted responsibly, and continue to do so.

And in still other news....... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29112258/former-boston-red-sox-star-manny-ramirez-hoping-return-baseball-chinese-league

For those of you on pins and needles-- the Brothers came up with 2 runs in the top of the 12th to take the win over the Monkeys, 10-8. And if you needed a good chuckle, check the translated version of the play-by-play here, to find out just how the Brothers scored... In action up north in SK, the Twins beat the Doosan Bears 3-2 in a preseason matchup.

This is a small thing in our big world, but-- It's 9:20 PM in HK right now, and I am watching live baseball from Taiwan. Just now, the Monkeys put up a 5-spot in the top of the ninth to storm back and lead the Brothers 8-6, until the Brothers tied it up with 2 in the bottom of the 9th! We're going to extras... Cheers, y'all.

An organization that wasn't tone-deaf or just didn't care whatsoever would find a way around this. So, even if it's a rule, it's a buyback "option" they don't have to take. Or they could take it, and then turn around and donate it again. You'd think that someone, anyone who gets paid to be a PR person, or heck, OWNS THE CLUB would figure this out. I hate them even more now.

Yes.

Oh, thanks a lot, Seth. Now I'm gonna be grumpy all day remembering that Bruno-for-Tom Herr trade. What a travesty that was.

Go Twins!

I like this kid even more, knowing about the Dizzy cheeks.

Man, these recaps bring back a hundred old memories! Dean Chance, Perry and Kaat, Dave Boswell- the Twins were loaded with good pitchers in 69, as well as that early version of the Bomba Squad. Boswell was my fave pitcher that year, 'til Billy took him out behind the old Lindell AC that night in Detroit. He missed about 3 weeks, but still won 20 games, even after having his 6'3" a** handed to him by a pint-sized old man... What a year that was.

The 70s, as a Twins fan, was a lo-o-o-o-o-ong decade. There were bright spots, here and there, 76, 79, but for the most part, it was just as you said. Killer, Tony O, others got old, and Calvin let all the stars go for a pittance. But still, we never gave up!

Jeepers, how many of those highlights from other teams in that video were against the Twins?!? And how about those attractive White Sox / Carpet Mart softball uniforms? Remember the shorts?

Yeh, that was in the lean years, when it was a crapshoot for the AL to have to pick one guy from the Twins... I wonder if they actually used a dartboard?

I would add Allan Anderson to the list, too. His 1988 season, where he led the AL in ERA was awesome, and he backed it up in 89 too, with another solid year. But then, like Keyser Söze in Usual Suspects... Poof! He was gone...