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1. Kansas City – It’s a nice enough city… just a step above Tulsa, Oklahoma in my opinion, and we all know how average Tulsa is. So… clearly Kansas City is someplace we all must go to visit. In order to properly think about Kansas City with a clear mind, sing a couple verses of any Beatles song in your head… this will remove previous stuff that was rolling around your brain and give you a fresh palate. Then stop singing that Beatles song and immediately think Kansas City and whatever pops into your head first is what you think about Kansas City. I did that and I thought it was going to be Barbecue or George Brett but it turned out to be Yoko Ono. It’s a fun exercise… Give it a try and see what you come up with.
2. The Royals – I’m happy for them… World Series champions. And they did it without spending gobs of money. Lots of speed… great defense… contact hitters up and down the lineup... and a bullpen that knows how to hold a lead. I have no problem with these AL Central rivals winning the World Series. If it was the White Sox… I would have had a problem. The Royals were always the harmless little koala bears of baseball. That’s over now… they had their day in the sun. They are no longer cute and cuddly… they are like a child actor all grown up. We know what they are about… we can typecast them and read the tabloids for the reports of their demise.
3. Strikeouts– Many have been concerned about how our Twins have whiffed their way through the first 3 games. To Whom It May Concern: Don’t worry about it… it’s only been 3 games. Plenty of time for them to strike out more or less over the next 159 games. That’s right… I said “Less”. Always try to look at things on the bright side of life. The Twins struck out so much in the first 3 games. It is now possible for them to strike out less in the next 159.
4. Koala Bears – In Thought #2, I compared the Royals to koala bears so now koala bears have become my Fourth Thought. Actually koala bears mixed in with Yoko Ono. There she is… Yoko Ono… all furry and sitting in a tree eating leaves and those leaves have caused her persistent cough to be sufficiently suppressed.
5. A $76 Seat on Amtrak – Leaving Grand Forks bound for Milwaukee on Amtrak at 1:07AM is going to mess with your day. Well, at least it’s going to mess with mine because I can tell by the snoring going on around me that some people are going to be somewhat functional when they arrive wherever they are going. I found it absolutely impossible to get any sleep at all. I brought a pillow… my seat tipped back just fine but there is just no way to get comfortable enough to get any sleep close to what can be termed as restorative. Eventually… it’s 6 in the morning and you just fall asleep and wake up 5 seconds later because you are not comfortable and then you repeat the process. Kind of like trying to get a good night's sleep when you are in church Sunday morning. I found sleeping in this environment to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Here’s an updated list of the 10 hardest things I’ve ever attempted to do.
Moving away from my Family to live by myself for a job.
Sleeping in a $76 seat on Amtrak in the middle of the night.
Cleaning up barf produced by someone else without adding to the pile.
Coming up with the correct answer for any question asked by my wife that she already knows the answer to. Like why is the kitchen light on in the middle of the day?
Trying to convince someone that the Twins roster will be OK with Eduardo Nunez on it.
Getting out of a small space without making a noise that lets everyone know that it was hard for me to get out of that small space.
Teaching a cat English.
Trying to figure out what is draining your cell phone battery.
Trying to read and comprehend the language in any written contract.
Staying clothed when you really just want to be naked.
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Lineups:
TWINS
Brian Dozier 2B
Danny Santana LF
Joe Mauer 1B
Miguel Sano RF
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Byung-ho Park DH
Eduardo Escobar SS
Kurt Suzuki C
Byron Buxton CF
Santana P
ROYALS
Alcides Escobar SS
Mike Moustakas 3B
Lorenzo Cain CF
Eric Hosmer 1B
Kendrys Morales DH
Alex Gordon LF
Salvador Perez C
Omar Infante 2B
Reymond Fuentes RF
Ventura P
Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny/partly cloudy, 0% chance of precipitation, winds at 15 mph from NNW.
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