Squirrel

Fizzled? I say to Hell in a handbasket it went.

It doesn't take them two numbers to tell us. It takes us two numbers to understand.

Oh I wish! Sigh. I love Paris ...

Lol. Not in that way. I'm with my dad. My mom and I took him out of rehab facility this evening to take him for a drive. A storm swooped in and it is POURING out; driving visibility was pretty scary but I managed to get back to the rehab place. But it's still POURING and THUNDERstorming so we are unable to get from the car to inside the facility. So have the game audio going on my phone while we wait for the rain to let up.

Heh. I am in a VERY unusual place right now following the game

Lol. And that was much tamer than what I first thought to say.

Hard to say. I don't really lick it. I just stick it in my mouth and suck it until it dissolves down to the chocolate part.

I thought the things affecting Hammond Stadium itself was to be done this winter. At least that's what I interpreted listening to the 'locals' at the game last night.

I'll enjoy the changes. As a figure at spring training for many years now, I'm looking forward to these improvements. However, as Target Field was to the tax payers in Hennepin County, Lee County Sports Complex and Jet Blue Park is to the tax payers in Lee Country. As the county commissioners here cut and threaten to cut helpful services, millions go into the baseball stadiums. While it would be fun to have a trifecta of teams, I sort of hope they don't commit more millions to lure the Nationals to City of Palms Park. Not sure the residents here should pay the cost of yet another baseball team. And, Thrylos, that retention pond isn't going away; it's just being moved. While the mosquitos are annoying, the retention pond serves the purpose of collecting water used for watering the fields. At least that's what the retention pond near my parents is for.

Glad I was able to make the game in Ft. Myers. I thought it was Pettersen who missed the tag, not Michael? IMO, it was a play that could have and should have been made. Whoever it was, the throw to him was not high. It was a good throw and playable. Might have been a game changer had he applied the tag and not missed the runner.

Yeah, took my mom. She needed a fun break from the caretaking. And I actually made it to Sunday's game, too, but on my own.

Man ... it was a stellarly pitched game up to that point; and the crowd got instantly hostile. Oy. I kept thinking that the minor league crowd was such a different baseball crowd, like parents watching their kids play. And yes, then became 'little league ugly' parents. I really was quite amazed. Anyway ... Top of the 10th ... 1st batter got a single, then stole 2nd; and, imo, AJ Petterson should have gotten him on that. The throw was perfect but the runner kind of didn't slide, sort of, and AJ missed the tag on him. As I said the throw was there, AJ was there, he shouldn't have missed the tag. Then the 2nd batter walked. Then there was a sac bunt, moving the runners to 2nd and 3rd; 1 out now. During the intentional walk of the next batter, the pitcher threw a wild pitch ... just threw a bit too wide and high and hard ... and a run scored. And he almost did it a 2nd time, too, but the batter took his base without more runs being scored. Runners at the corners, 1 out. Next batter pops it up on a bunt attempt. 2 outs. Next batter walks; bases loaded, 2 outs. Next wild pitch, 2nd run scores, and runners move over. 3rd out was a strike out. Feel bad for the guy, but whatever, his fault. But man, he throws hard ... mid-90s. But, have to also mention, both Vargas and Buxton had opportunities to be heroes, with runners in scoring position, and didn't get the job done. Had either gotten timely hits, the 10th would never have happened. Such is life. Then in the bottom of the 10th, umps blew a call. If ever there was a balk ... everyone saw it, I saw it ... it was the most obvious balk I have ever witnessed. Mientkiewicz appealed to all four umps. Was a plain out very bad missed call. The Miracle got 1 run back in the bottom, but alas, it ended with a great catch in deep center.

Did you see it?

Omg major bad call

And this isn't going to end well, I fear

Still there. Top of the 10th now. Score is still 0-0

I'd say the pitcher, Taylor Rogers, is the superstar so far tonight from what I've seen

This game as in baseball, or this game as in this particular game of Twins v Astros?

Do any of you use a tablet? What do you use? Thinking about an iPad Mini ... not sure I quite want to pull the trigger.

keerap.

Okay, Hermann ... just do it!

The best, though, is when you aren't really looking to buy anything but find the perfect something for whatever, that makes your day complete.

Shopping isn't buying. Like today. Was an half-hearted effort. No buying.

lol ... so would I! Not sure agreeing with me on that is a good thing ... but I guess we all have our preferences.

Well ... when you put it that way ...