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Thanks for picking up my slack. Knew i could get away with it...

And Twins gain... alas?

8 3 4 1 5 9 6 7 2

Thems 1. David Fletcher ( R) LF 2. Mike Trout (R ) DH 3. Albert Pujols ( R) 1B 4. Jonathan Lucroy (R ) C 5. Tommy La Stella (L) 3B 6. Luis Rengifo (S) 2B 7. Kole Calhoun (L) RF 8. Zack Cozart (R ) SS 9. Brian Goodwin (L) CF

And blog post what i mentioned: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/BrianSchmidt/20141104/229404/Interactive_Audio_in_Black_Knight_2000_The_Importance_of_Integration.php Sound effects are tuned to the background music, and get sounded on the nearest 16th note. After reading this, i look forward to an epiphany about the Twins use shifts, how they subtly fit into some master scheme.

Guess we're not used to being in this position... Gotta scoreboard watch while you can. Surf's up. Make hay. Sew yer wild oats and whatnot. Oh, as Blake has reminded me i have the super power of including media...

A get-away game thread intro... The theme for today is getting away with things. I'm tempted to end here and see if i get away with it, but i don't want to set a bad example. I will try to get away leaving lineups for someone else, because i'm posting this wicked early, as i'm getting away, by which i mean that i am travelling. Perhaps i can post them from the road. Certainly that's easier than this entire intro. Twins may not get away until after a night game, so it perhaps isn't a typical such game. I suppose it still is an away game though. I must say the Angels have been fine hosts. Angelic, even? I like to think i've got a way with words, but they get away from me so often i don't even know any more. Can i get away with bad jokes or obscure references? Yes. Concur. So now i'm tempted to go on a true story tangent, and try and tie it back in... (True Story this be...) I owned a pinball machine once. A friend got a Black Knight 2000 for his girl friend long ago. When they broke up, she returned it. Then when he moved out of town, he sold it to me for $200. I kept it in a common space for 8 or 9 years dubiously maintained but playable, with enough playfield elements working to make it interesting, then i gave it to someone who would do a better job maintaining it than i ever did, and who had an original Black Knight to keep it company. (True Story that were) It came to mind last night when everything suddenly started working for the Twins, reminiscent of a point in the game play of this pinball machine when everything gets lit. It is a dramatic moment. Anyway, feel free to find BK2K music and give it a listen. It's inspiring music, at least for an '80s pinball game, and there's a wonderful blog post online about the effort the designers put into integrating it with game play. Starting to hope our Managers and Coach are similarly effectual at putting the Twins together! But I suppose flippers and a pinball are a far cry from a bat and a baseball. Nor is it very informative of this upcoming game. On that note, can you come up with an even more remotely connected thing? Anyway... Twins Martin Perez (L) Lineups to come. Angels Matt Harvey (R ) Lineups to go.

Good night all! Thanks for the company!

Bring out... the Comfy Chair!

No one expects it. Keep everyone on their toes.

It's like we spelled RANSOM on a Black Knight 2000 pinball machine...

Arraez with another insurance run all by himself!

I didn't get to graduate from preschool. I'm green with something...

Are these insurance runs i see before me? Glorm would be happy..

I knew i was watching this game for a reason...

Lead is gone.

No more shut out.

It is the changing of the pitcher... Keep it goin'... Like Syssiphus and that boulder.

Yes. Oh... Good one. Ya got me. Very funny.

Yes.

Gone the no hitter.

Something fishy going on in this game thread...

And Trout is down.

Oh yeah... We have neglected our Circus Boy Updates... Angels are up 3-0 in the bottom of the third.

Ah, we're just bein' fashionably late to the scorin'...