King of game threads, and game thread to the Kings. (same movie referenced further down, and left as an exercise to the descerning game threader, but it is a half hearted attempt to establish a theme... And my humble apologies for the stepping on toes, but i see it is an open date in Chief's ol' list, and it being day of, and considering the newish freedom, i figure forgiveness the better part of permission... or something) 1. For some reason i remember watching a Boston baseball game on the telly long ago, and they highlighted local celebrity types. And the one that stuck was the somewhat prolific author Stephen King. I think technically he is from Maine, which used to be Massachusetts back in the day. I kinda just assumed they split off due to under representation. Or maybe taxes. There was a lot of that going round back then. 1eh. Maximum Overdrive. Just figured that deserved special mention as the movie what King was involved with. 1bee. I leave it to the reader to identify the relevence of King's work to the Twins current season, if there is one. 2. The emperor's new closer. It just sounded good. But in all seriousness, Morrison is back. Santana is back. Even Polanco is back. We are getting the team back together. The obvious conclusion is that we must be on a mission from God. Not sure if it has anything to do with taxes... But we'll never get Mr. Fabulous back, will we? And we need that fat sound... Er, i mean bat sound, of course. Anyway, i'd like to place an order for 4 fried chickens and a coke! 3. The Twins key to victory today is that the pellet with the poison is in the flagon with the dragon. The vessal with the pestle has the brew that is true. 4. "You have reached Joe Mauer's cellphone." I can't talk now because the season's on and i am focussing on the ball. But if you leave your name and number and a brief message, i'll get back to you after the season ends." Hi this is sampleSizeOfOne. No need to get back, i'm just making an homage, and don't really know the other Joe M's. Please keep the season going as long as possible. 5. But if this series or season doesn't quite go my way... I'll just ponder the following quote..."Sure i could have stayed there. Maybe even been King. But in my own way, i am King." -an S-mart sales person. Minnesota Twins Starting Pitcher: Kyle Gibson (R ) Lineup: Tba Boston Red Socks Starting pitcher: Brian Johnson (L) Lineup: Tba