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Ha! I never noticed ... thanks, Chance!

Being hit with lots of slowness ... especially annoying when trying to move and post threads.

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. Twins: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Parmelee RF Suzuki C Kubel LF Escobar SS Hicks CF Gibson P Giants: SP, Lincecum Pagan CF Pence RF Posey 1B Sandoval 3B Morse LF Sanchez C Crawford SS Hicks 2B Lincecum P ------------------------------- Brian's up ... on deck ... AND in the hole ... ------------------------------------------------- In an attempt to make the set up more concise. Let's play ball.

I was going to use that exact word!

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Well, and hate to get this one started, but Ryan hasn't been in the forefront, either. So who knows really who is making what call.

Getting a bit off topic, but I think he was referring to Luis Castillo?

yeah ... the times you wish you were a fly on the wall in these decisions. you know there is more to the story and it's somewhat maddening not to have all the answers.

It's reopened so I've merged these.

Wow, nice play there

Okay, this is the inning.

Not gonna bite on that comment.

Was gonna make a snarky comment about Mauer taking another walk, but , well, would've been just too easy.

Lol. They rigged it so Bert couldn't circle anyone.

Wish I were going to SF. It's one of my favorite cities.

Heh, Bert's with the Padre TV crew

Okay, they are gonna break it open this inning.

Okay, they are gonna break it open this next inning

Sparse crowd here tonight too

Depends ... how scary is it for you on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most?

heh ... I didn't have the Twins lineup yet when I posted that, but I was betting that Hughes would be 9th. And I was right! (yeah, big stretch)

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. Twins: SP, Hughes Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Parmelee RF Suzuki C Kubel LF Santana SS Hicks CF Hughes P Padres: SP, Ross Cabrera SS Smith LF Headley 3B Alonso 1B Gyorko 2B Venable RF Maybin CF Rivera C Ross P ------------------------------------- What will Brian reveal tonight on the inner workings of his mind? Check back if you dare. Scary stuff! ------------------------------------------ Dang Right I'm scared... I gotta get to the baseball diamond and coach some Babe Ruther's in a half hour and I still gotta grab some food before I go and I've wasted all my time for game thread thoughts in another thread defending the virtue of Ben Revere. My fault... Poor Planning... So Quickly... Things to think about: 1. Phil Hughes -- He's good... And Now he only has to face 8 legitimate batters as opposed to the 9 he faces most nights in the American League. The way Phil is throwing and in consideration of this being a national league game. Phil might allow -2 Runs today. I hope we don't lose -2 to -3. 2. Pinto-- Where is he? It's not a knock on Suzuki... How can I knock Suzuki... He's playing very studly at the moment but it's Pinto's turn. Suzuki can play tomorrow. 3. Kubel -- I see where he is... I personally wonder why? A little Nunez in LF would be alright with me tonight. 4. Santana -- Great guitar player... Great Pitcher... Over Rated Catcher/3B and a Fast SS who is fun to watch. 5. Time -- Ummm... Time sure keeps ticking... I gotta run... I'll game thread with you all when I get home from the game.

So does amaretto.

Good inning

And the pitcher gets an rbi.