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1. Houston – When you combine nearby oil and a good port, a connoisseur will probably notice and spit it back into the glass. Every sommelier will also tell that the combination also creates a boomtown and this boomtown is still booming. Demographers have said that Houston will surpass Chicago shortly and become the 3rd largest city in the United States and maybe then… Houston will finally get a hockey team. Houston city planners are obviously zoned out because the city doesn’t have any zoning laws and this means a Dunkin Donuts can be built right next to your house or you a factory next to a church or train tracks above a left field wall or a hill with a flag pole next to center.
2. Our Twins – All-Star Break Math for You. The left hand column is bigger than the right hand column with a record of 45-43. The Twins are in 2nd place in the AL Central, 2.5 games behind the Indians and currently just one game out of the Wild Card behind the Yankees and Rays. The Twins are 18th in runs scored and 28th in runs allowed. As it stands… the Twins will draft 20th next year while the Cubs draft 18th. Jim Pohlad is worth $3.6 billion and Seth Stohs is worth a little less than that. Alright… obviously… I can’t verify the previous sentence with complete certainty.
3. The Astros – How good have the Astros been this year? Here comes the perspective… last year the Cubs won 103 games with a .640 winning percentage. The Astros right now have a .674 winning percentage so they have been better. Yeah… I know… stats can be twisted into anything. OK… how 'bout this… last year the Twins won 59 games and the Astros have already won 60 this year. However… as good as the Astros have been… they do not have the best record in MLB, because that distinction belongs to the Dodgers who have been buoyed by getting rid of Jose DeLeon. It is rough getting the Astros when you are fighting for a playoff spot in July but it could be worse. Just imagine, hypothetically, if we had to face the Dodgers in July as well… Uff Da. Sometimes hypothetical situations can be quite scary with an active imagination. We should probably do without hypothetical situations to keep things calm so I’ll just imagine a world with no hypothetical situations.
4. Today’s Joe M Conversation:
McCarthy: So, the Cubs picked up Quintana from the White Sox. How do you feel about that, Joe?
Maddon: I am head over heels happy about it.
Montana: Umm… everybody’s head is over their heels. That is normal human… umm… stuff.
Maddon: OK… I’m just happy then.
McCarthy: Congratulations, Joe… we should go celebrate. Let’s try that new Italian place.
Mauer: No, no, no… I’m not paying again. I always pay when we go someplace.
Montana: We’ll go Dutch.
Maddon: That’ll work.
Mauer: No, no, no… I’m not wearing those uncomfortable wooden shoes again.
McCarthy: If you don’t wear the shoes… we can’t go Dutch.
Mauer: All right… damn it… I’ll pay.
5. Exception to the rule – I really don’t know what to do with this new information I just read about. Scientists in New Mexico have discovered that there is an exception to the rule that states that there are exceptions to every rule.
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Lineups:
TWINS
Brian Dozier 2B
Zack Granite LF
Miguel Sano 3B
Max Kepler RF
Robbie Grossman DH
Kennys Vargas 1B
Jorge Polanco SS
Jason Castro C
Byron Buxton CF
Jose Berrios P
ASTROS
George Springer CF
Jose Altuve 2B
Josh Reddick RF
Carlos Correa SS
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran DH
Yulieski Gurriel 1B
Marwin Gonzalez LF
Alex Bregman 3B
Charlie Morton P
Weather: 89 deg F with 72% humidity = a heat index of 97. Yuck. But that's better than the current 100 with 73% humidity = a heat index of 119. Double yuck. Partly cloudy with a breeze at 8mph from the SSE.
Play ball and keep hydrated!! Go Twins!
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