Riverbrian

5 would be greedy.

If the race was scheduled... I'd show up to watch.

Correct me if I'm wrong but those games were played with actual Argonauts... Led by Jason himself.

Chief remembers when that happened. They had just invented the typewriter around that time and Chief had to learn the new fangled gadget.

And if keeps collecting those things. He'll get a coupon for a free Butterknife Steak.

C'mon May... You gotta lead... Try to hold it.

My wife wears something called "Not Tonight or Tomorrow".

Better chance then June Juning it.

I would be asking myself... This stuff is prepared how? With what?

Everybody sing The Wheels on the bus... Come off on Bauer... Off on Bauer... Off on Bauer.... The Wheels on the bus... Come off on Bauer Send him to the Shower

"Rock the Boat" "Beyond Cozy"

Schaefer... Hustle after that ball!!! Damn it!!! I hate half ass play like that.

Let's see how May battles out of it. It's a good learning moment for him.

I couldn't decide... So I went with a different color on each nail. My favorite is the Robins Egg Blue on my left hand index finger.

I've been really trying to spread my influence across the world. So far it's just resulted in a rare respitory virus spreading across the Midwest.

I'm home and ready for the battle of the Trevors... And my nails look great!!!

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. My afternoon schedule is looking full so I thought I should get the game thread thoughts together early. This is... of course... way too early for ChiTown who typically sleeps until 2PM. She'll post those lineups right here after she wipes the sleep from her eyes. Brian, pfft! I'll have you know I stumbled out of bed at noon, and then went and had my nails done. In a little bit I'm off to the dentist and have to stop at Target for a few items. Oh, and have to return some clothing items I purchased. All in all a productive day, don't you think? My last week of freedom until I'm back at work under constant deadlines. But tour is coming soon enough. TWINS: SP, May Schafer LF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Hicks CF INDIANS: SP, Bauer Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Kipnis 2B Chisenhall 3B Gomes C Murphy RF Walters DH --------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. Cleveland -- Cleveland is often called the Mistake by the Lake... Today it is known as the Love Capitol of Northeastern Ohio... The Kevin Love Capitol to be exact. Cleveland is the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cleveland was chosen as the home of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because the term Rock and Roll was coined there by Alan Freed. I guess it's possible that Alan Freed could have coined the term in Chattanooga and that's where the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would have been built. But No... Chattanooga has a Choo-Choo instead... Cleveland also used to have a Choo but he's now in Texas. Cleveland has 3 major sports teams and not a single one of them as ever won a championship and to add insult to that injury... There isn't really any major college programs in Cleveland that have a decent shot at winning a championship in collegiate sports. In consideration... Two Giant L's are being constructed to be placed on both sides of the city on I-90. 2. Progressive Field -- It used to be known as Jacobs Field but the naming rights were purchased by the Progressive Insurance Company which is based in Cleveland. After the naming rights were granted to Progressive... The Indians organization attempted to purchase an insurance policy to protect the franchise in case they have a losing record and they were quickly denied. Since 2008... Flo has been serving as the teams General Manager. 3. Trevor Bauer -- I've already done a thing on Trevor Bauer. Since July 23rd... The Twins have faced Trevor Bauer twice and managed to push across runs against him both times. On August 19th... The Twins scored 5 runs on him in 4.2 innings. There was a time when Trevor Bauer was considered one of the top pitchers in the Minors. His Current ERA for 2014 is 4.10... Let's say he's a work in progress and unless the Indians tire of him. He will be probably facing the Twins for awhile. We should probably get used to him. 4. Trevor May -- Yep... We got to think About Trevor May today... It's a battle of the Trevor's. Let's try and forget about the first 5 May appearances with the Twins. Let's just chalk those up as nerves and focus on his last start. He only walked one batter while giving up 3 runs in 5 innings pitched against the White Sox. It's one step at a time... Hopefully Trevor can build on that start and avoid the bad inning. 5. School -- School has started and my son already brought home a 100. He Got a 40 in Algebra and a 60 in History. I'm so proud!!!

3rd verse worse then the 2nd verse which was worse then the 1st Verse. I'm starting pitcher the VII I am.

Hicks... Been a different guy since the recall. I'm ok with him on the big club next year.... With... A.. Safety net!!!

2nd verse much worse then the first

Darn Good Darn L

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. One Batter followed by another and you got a lineup. ChiTown is a lineup professional and she'll post them shortly. Brian ... I'm only a lineup professional if I were paid to create them. But whatever, here they are ... and I didn't create them, just typed them up. Free of charge. ANGELS: SP, Rassmus Calhoun RF Trout CF Pujols 1B Kendrick 2B Aybar SS Freese 3B Iannetta C Boesch LF Cron DH TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Hicks LF --------------------------------------- Things to Think about: 1. Cory Rasmus and His Committee -- It's the hot new band sweeping the nation... Featuring Corey Rasmus on lead Right Arm. Corey is supposed to throw a few innings before they sit him down regardless of production and move on to the next guy. It's quite possible that the Twins will face a different pitcher each time through the order. I hope at least one or two or three of those pitchers are bad. Cory Rasmus by the way is the younger brother of Blue Jays Outfielder Colby Rasmus. They faced each other once and Colby hit a double off his brother. Mom was both Happy and Sad about it. 2. Twins Offense -- It's actually been kind of fun to watch them do their thing lately. Against the Angels... The Twins have produced against a couple of pitchers who haven't been allowing a bunch of production. That's nice to see... However.. The Pitching has been questionable and therefore all that offensive production has been kinda wasted as far as the Win Loss Column is concerned. Keep swinging boys... We got a decent pitcher going tonight. 3. Phil Hughes -- He's been our primary decent pitcher thus far. I kinda look at tonight's game as a test of sorts. The test is something that people rarely think about. When Twins pitching and defense give up a bunch of runs... Is it because of the pitching or is it because the other team is swinging well. Sometimes we judge our Twins like the other team has nothing to do with the outcome. Fans of the Angels or any other team does the same thing. Hughes has been good... If the Angels put up a bunch of runs tonight... I think you can give them credit and even consider that when forgiving Nolasco and Gibson. Forgiving Nolasco... Ha Ha... I Crack me up!!! 4. Santana in CF and Hicks in LF -- This may draw some comments from TD Faithful... Hicks is playing in LF while Santana is playing CF. Myself... I'm perfectly OK with Santana switching back and forth between CF and SS and I think it's possible that Gardy doesn't want to move Santana to a different OF Position after he has invested so much time in CF. I assume since Hicks has more OF experience that he will move to a corner easier. I know some would like to park Santana at SS for the rest of the year and let it buck. I hear ya... but I'm not totally on board because Escobar deserves SS playing time and I like the versatility that Santana is acquiring. 5. September -- When it comes to the Twins... have any of you noticed how quickly it goes from... I can't wait for the season to begin to... screw this... to... the month of September. I'm thinking about this today and I believe this is exactly how I have aged very quickly.

There was a time that I wondered that exact thing. After a lot of thought... I decided it was exactly how I should spend my nights.

You didn't see the Giant Lizard walking down 1st street. Everyone running for their lives... Helpless people on the light rail screaming "My God" as the lizard looked in on them.

Can we do it again... We've been coming back all game long.