Riverbrian

I haven't had a chance to really game thread tonight. I'm watching the game... My Wife Called and I got to do some Michigan State Trivia Hunting for tomorrow. I'm heading to Lansing... I'm going to be on the ESPN Game Day stage during commercials to Pump up the Crowd... GIve away stuff and ask trivia questions and other things. Michigan State vs Oregon should draw a decent sized crowd. I'd think.

For Today I hope some TD Posters will have the decency to clear Hunters name with the same publicity with which they now have besmirched it. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OU8RvacrOxk/VdkQCriipoI/AAAAAAAAGn4/WF_L-JpLkzg/s1600/Godfather%2BMichael%2BSenate.png

LOL... Minnie ad Paul in the Background... Shakin Hands.

Plouffe not worthless that time

Alright... replace the Spartan and Badger Helmets with a Viking Helmet and the Helmet worn by the Great Gazoo.

I agree... We KNEEDED him to do better.

Are we talking like Yoda again today?

That at bat he was... But... Sometimes he's not.

Bummer.. That isn't the White Sox I'm used to seeing.

Hey Bark We need the ESPN College Game Day Set... With the Anchors faces replaced by Sano... Escobar... Rosario and Buxton.

Used to seeing stuff like that from the Sox.

When I started posting bizarre things 12 thousand posts ago... It took about a thousand posts before I realized that I had to start typing... "I'm Serious" and "It's True" or "Actually" when it was kinda factual and I think this need developed because of every other post I made.

It's the Twins vs. the White Sox. Twins fans are heading into Chicago with a positive vibe after the excellent extra inning win in Kansas City; and we've had day off to feel good about it. We were worried about Sano and his hamstring and that hamstring kept him out of the lineup on Wednesday; but this turned out to be good because Sano hit the game winning pinch hit home run. If he was in the starting lineup he could only hit where he hits in the order and maybe is pinch run for. If allowed to pinch hit... he can pinch hit whenever he is needed at any time and so it isn't unreasonable to say that the hamstring issue helped us win one. With that said... put him in the lineup against the White Sox. Let's not roll that dice again. Here are some things to think about: 1. Chicago -- Lake Michigan... because of it's sheer size, it is nearly impossible to drive across; and because of this... anyone driving from west to east and east to wast are forced to turn right or left and roll through Illinois and Chicago in an attempt to drive around the lake just to get to the other side. Illinois quickly realized this strategic location and put up toll booths every 75 feet to take advantage of this natural bottleneck. This was a boon for the Illinois DOT budgets, but on the downside... in order to control major transportation routes in America... Chicago will become a key early target. Chicago will be an easy capture because everybody is drunk and can't shoot straight at this moment. Things are safe for the time being because in Canada... everybody is also drunk and they don't own weapons. 2. White Sox -- Raise your hand if you remember when the White Sox were based out of St. Paul. For those of you who raised your hand... put your hand down now or a nurse will show up to empty something. The White Sox were the Sioux City Cornhuskers (this is true) when they were purchased by Charles Comiskey in 1894 and then moved to St. Paul to become the St. Paul Saints (this is also true). Six years later they moved to Chicago to become the White Stockings (this ist true, too) and they have been around since and have functioned as a 115 year old marketing stunt (I'm saying this is true). The White Sox are well loved with fans around the entire world (this is not true). 3. Hamstrings -- Migual Sano has become the favorite Twin for nearly everybody. When he isn't in the lineup some fans decide to watch re-runs of Little House on the Prairie instead. Sano has been slowed by a sore hamstring, and by slowed I mean... Trevor Plouffe is now faster. In order to talk about a hamstring intelligently I used Wikipedia for a simple explanation of the hamstring. It turns out that I don't know what semitendinosus and semimembranosus means so now I'm more confused. I can tell you that I've eaten an actual string that was tied around a ham by accident. 4. Catcher -- After Kurt Suzuki received a suicide pass from Blaine Boyer on Wednesday night, Zuke had to be helped off the field and the replay showed an unusual bending of the leg around the knee area. If Kurt is out for an extended period of time this means that the Twins will have to reach the world series with someone else behind the dish. Current Candidates for this position are Chris Herrmann, Eric Fryer, Josmil Pinto, Joe Mauer and Sid Hartman. Of the 5 candidates... Sid Hartman has the highest on base percentage. 5. Calf Injury -- I've never pulled a hamstring in my life but I've injured a calf while eating some veal. ------------------- Game-time forecast: It's currently gray and rainy and gloomy in Chicago. I need to get to the gym and this weather is not conducive to physical activity indoors, let alone outdoors. However, by 7pm this rain should have moved on, be partly cloudy, with still a small chance of precipitation but probably not. It will be a chilly 62 deg F with winds from the N at 15mph. I'll be wearing long pants and a sweatshirt to the game tonight; and I'll bring my rain gear just in case. Lineups: TWINS Hicks CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Sano DH Plouffe 3B Rosario LF Hunter RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Santana P WHITE SOX Easton CF Abreu DH Cabrera LF Garcia RF LaRoche 1B Ramirez SS Brantley C Olt 3B Johnson 2B Johnson P Go Twins! Play ball! Click here to view the article

I was thinking 79% So we are close to agreement.

It's not gonna stop for my Eastern Time Zone Bed Time Either.

It's Ok Dave... I don't recall where my car keys are sometimes. It happens.

In case he has to sit down in the new spot?

He'd be on my Roster in 2016. The Twins stopped calling me for advice along time ago though.

I think Sano has been reading his press clippings a little bit. He's been swinging hard at some stuff he wasn't swinging at before. I think he's going through a little "I'm a big strong guy who can do anything stretch' and he's gonna have to go back to not thinking that way to become that again. Just a guess based on no inside information at all.

I know Yet somewhere on Twins Daily... Someone is trying to throw him off the roster.

Us Out of Towners have to use the MLB Package and we can choose what broadcast to view. Unless you live in Iowa.

GLORM!!! How Do You Do? Now You Type: I don't know but I know that I don't do as much as I used to.

Nice

(Stunned Silence) There's goes the plan to I had to re-populate the earth after... I don't know... Whenever it's needed.