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A little inside baseball this weekend as the Twins visit the Rays and that covered construction that they play in.
The Twins had a great series with the Indians as we watched our young players perform very well and when the young players perform well it fuels the dreams for the future. Yeah… it’s all about dreams for the players and for the fans… and it’s really all about dreams for me.
I got home late last night after visiting my Dad and when I have to get up early for work… the only chance that I have to write this game thread opener is to write in my sleep. So… yeah… I wrote this as I was sleeping and this is how it turned out.
Here are some things to think about:
1. Counting Sheep – I really don’t know why sheep were chosen as the animal to count when trying to get to sleep but I can tell you this… it works. It shouldn’t... but it does. My uncle had a farm and he had sheep for a while and the mere idea of sheep being able to effortlessly jump over fences kept him up at night. My uncle became so worried about his sheep jumping over the fence that he would go out nightly and take inventory by counting them all… which of course he couldn’t do because it put him right to sleep.
2. Nightmares – I actually woke up screaming around 2am because I was having a nightmare. I went back to sleep with ease because I realized that the nightmare was impossible and could never happen in a million years. It was so absurd because I was having this nightmare that Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton were our presidential choices in November.
[Edit: Despite being Brian's nightmare, let's not turn the game thread into a political 'discussion.' We have the Sports Bar Forum for that. Thanks.]
3. Snoring – I’m honestly not aware of my snoring but my wife claims that I snore. According to her… that’s the reason that I’m getting blasted nightly by that taser she bought.
4. Stealing the Covers – OK… maybe I snore… however… early in our marriage my wife was an extreme cover stealer. Every night… I’d wake up cold and all of the covers where on her side of the bed. Eventually I got used to it and now I go to bed without them and my wife adapts well because now she has started covering me up in her sleep.
5. Waking up this morning – You know how... you sometimes… wake up numb because you slept in a weird position? This morning… I woke up with absolutely no feeling in my right arm. This was an extreme case. I picked up my arm and let it drop and it dropped straight down with a thud. I rubbed it and I felt no sensation at all in my arm. I pinched it... again… I felt absolutely nothing. I was kinda nervous at this point because normally you can at least feel a tingling but I was feeling absolutely nothing… so… I grabbed a pin from the night stand and I jabbed into my arm… my wife screamed.
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Lineups:
TWINS
Brian Dozier [R) 2B
Joe Mauer (L) 1B
Max Kepler (L) RF
Miguel Sano [R) DH
Kurt Suzuki [R) C
Robbie Grossman (S) LF
Eduardo Escobar (S) SS
Jorge Polanco (S) 3B
Byron Buxton [R)
Ervin Santana [R) P
RAYS
Logan Forsythe [R) 2B
Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF
Evan Longoria [R) 3B
Brad Miller (L) DH
Nick Franklin (S) 1B
Corey Dickerson (L) LF
Steven Souza [R) RF
Tim Beckham [R) SS
Luke Maile [R) C
Blake Snell [R) P
Game-time forecast: Who cares? It's indoors.
Go Twins!
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