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I kind of like the fact that he's clearly not checked out of the game. I pretty often feel like Bert is, although to be fair, he might be less so in the ninth inning with a lead.

You know, it was kinda funny seeing the pitcher trying to hold the phantom runners. But with the three errors tonight, I'm not sure we should make too much fun of fundamentals.

Hey, we'll take it. Sure haven't been getting hits with guys on third, so... take what you can get, I guess.

That was laughably bad fielding by the Brewers. Good to know we don't have a monopoly on that.

Well the mlb.tv feed is back on. So I got to see that...

I'd contribute something, but mlb.tv is so buggy right now it's literally unwatchable. I have no idea what's going on in the game. Did we win? Did someone bean Ryan Braun in his awful little face?

Thank you for posting that. I really didn't want to. Adrianza at first? Sano is benched? GIMENEZ at cleanup!?

Welcome to Sabado Espectacular! The best knock-down, drag-out fight west of the Mississippi!* In the southern corner, we have the Texas Rangers, and in the northern corner, your Minnesota Twins! Pictured: 70charger and Mrs. 70charger waiting for show to begin. *Offer only valid within a three-mile radius of the Mississippi. The backstory The Rangers and Twins are back at it for their third game this series. It isn’t a rubber match, because it’s a four game series. Also, I recently learned that “rubber match” is a term that comes from cricket, and cricket is truly quite stupid, so it’s relieving in a way. The good news from last night is that the Twins won, evening the series at one apiece. The bad news is that there is now a team with more complete games than Ervin Santana. Yes, Bartolo Colon pitched a big, sexy, complete game last night to pick up a win in a Twins uniform, and his ridiculous 21st win over the Texas Rangers. Brian Dozier also hit two home runs last night. Is he going to go on one of his tears? I hope so. Pictured: How Brian Dozier treated Martin Perez last night. The warriors Okay, let’s get to the action! Who’s got top billing? Who’s on the undercard? Let’s introduce the warriors. As in any good match, we’ve got tecnicos and we’ve got rudos (known north of the Rio Grande as faces and heels). Good and evil. Heaven and hell. Twins and Yankees. Miguel Sano. Rudo. Big, powerful, independent. His nickname growing up was Bocaton, or Bigmouth. Total rudo. This guy’s definitely at the top of the card. He’s new on the scene, and the crowds love him. 

 Ring name: El Gato Grande
 Nemesis: Señor Strikeout
 Finishing Move: The Third-Decker Brian Dozier. Tecnico. Not the biggest, nor the strongest, but when he’s on he’s got all the power you need. One drawback is that he doesn’t play well with tag-teams. He prefers to do his work solo.

 Ring name: Huracan del Sur
 Nemesis: El Corredor de Bases
 Finishing Move: The Dead Pull Byron Buxton. Tecnico. Young and fast. He may not outmuscle you, but he’ll outrun you. He’s got a ways to go yet before he takes down the big boys, but he’s shown he belongs, at least on the undercard.

 Ring name: El Rayo
 Nemesis: La Curva
 Finishing Move: The Hustle Triple Kyle Gibson. Rudo. Brought up as a tecnico, Gibson has seen the crowd turn on him starting last year. He maintains a small but loyal fan base, though most agree that he’s turned heel. 

 Ring name: Lanzador Quinto
 Nemesis: El Contacto
 Finishing Move: The Quick Hook
 Joe Mauer. What is Joe Mauer? Is he a tecnico? He certainly was for near a decade. Is he a rudo? He does seem to have lost the crowd. He’s still good at what he does, but his lack of dominance post-injury has made him the man the crowd most loves to hate. Is he dispositionally capable of being a rudo? What on earth is he? 

 Ring name: El Gran Silencio
 Nemesis: El Monstruo Jonron
 Finishing Move: The Ball FourI could keep going, but I’d like to hear what you all have to say. Any great nicknames I missed? Any nemeses? What would Bartolo Colon’s finishing move be? Let the games begin.

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Oh man, Sano got them good painkillers.

Post of the night.

Quality start for Colon, eh?

Dozier is on pace for 9 home runs this game.

Did Robbie Grossman actually hit a home run? Really!?

But they had that fireballer on the mound who reached up to the high sixties at times.

I put "big sexy colon" into Google, and boy was I surprised at what I found! Did you know that he has a career ERA+ of 108!?

This pitcher is pretty good. ...wait. Gee, this pitcher is really good. (Am I doing this right?)

Back in ...I wanna say 2010, I got tickets to go see Ubaldo Jimenez vs. Francisco Liriano at Target Field. I think both of them had ERAs in the 1s at the time. Yeah, that game ended up like 9 - 1.

That's basically a home run for Grossman.

Yes.

And Mauer's first error in a year. Not a fun inning.

Welp.

Four strikeouts. 34 pitches. What would the odds be that he's actually only gotten four outs?

Oh good* Kyle Gibson is coming back. *I don't think it's that good.

Mora? Mora!? You kiddin' me!? Mora!?