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My self editing super powers seem to have worn off... The line ups are: Baltimore: Pitching: Andrew Cashner ( r) 1. Tim Beckham ( r) 3B 2. Adam Jones (r ) CF 3. Manny Machado (r ) SS 4. Mark Trumbo (r ) DH 5. Chris Davis (l) 1B 6. Danny Valencia ( r) RF 7. Jonathan Schoop (r ) 2B 8. Trey Mancini ( r) LF 9. Caleb Joseph (r ) C Minnesota: Pitching: Aaron Slegers ( r) 1. Joe Mauer (l) DH 2. Eddie Rosario (l) LF 3. Brian Dozier ( r) 2B 4. Eduardo Escobar (s) 3B 5. Logan Morrison (l) 1B 6. Jorge Polanco (s) SS 7. Max Kepler (l) RF 8. Jake Cave (l) CF 9. Bobby Wilson ( r) C Now maybe i'll get full credit for this game thread intro?

Once upon a time, there was a little boy who grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. He sometimes did his homework, when there wasn't a Vikings or Twins game to listen to on the radio. He postulated that when he was responsible, and actually did his homework, the sports teams for which rooted would do well. And while he didn't do a comprehensive stastical analysis of that hypothesis, it seemed to make sense at the time. Probably a strongly affected childhood sampling bias in play. "It was the 80s. Reagan was president. These things happen." Now you must content yourself with just imagining what an odd 30 years does to a growing boy, all the strange adventures he must have gotten into in the meantime, how this strange naivite has both helped an hindered him through different life moments. It may be much less clear what his homework is today, but with an open eye, and a smile, today he is resolving to test this hypothesis once more. Homework is gonna get done. The Twins are going to up their game accordingly, or so he hopes. If it doesn't work out quite that way, at least there will be homework progress, which will be its own reward. If you wish to enter into the scientific spirit of testing this hypothesis, well and good. What homework are you up to? Subjects of interest: 1. Math: be sure to use an = sign if you do any because equality is important. I hope the final score is of the form Twins runs scored = Orioles runs scored + x such that x is a positive integer. 2. English: the proper use of dumpster fire pictures would be in the passive subjunctive. But i been camping enough i like fires as much as the next. 3. Drama: Bargain Bard quotes. "Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but [the hanging curve] will serve." 4. Geography: Baltimore. It's in Maryland, eh? I think it is the capitol, no? Well, of Maryland. Not the US of A. That would be DC. Whose got a fine motto, so i hear. 5. Elective: Shop? Music? Current events? This would be your higher grade show and tell part of the day. Do share! What do you find to be practical skills? Baltimore: Pitching: Andrew Cashner ® Batting Order: (with fielding positions) to come (as in round the mountain) Minnesota: Pitching: Aaron Slegers ® Batting Order: (with fielding positions) to come (as in the best is yet) 79°F= 26°C + rounding error. Clear? And this is out early because that is how homework should get done!

I am under the impression Stars and Stripes Forever was included in circus books, but never played in the normal course of the circus. It got pulled played when disaster struck so that everyone knew something was dreadfully wrong, a real emergency. Not sure this has anything to do with the Twins...

Yes.

Good to know. Then maybe there is still hope? Not that i would know...

First! (Wonder when that childish practice died out?) But i gotta do something to acquire a nickname like Who...

How quickly do jokes go bad in hot weather?

Having cake and eating it, eh. Yeah... Oh well. Is tomorrow another day? I hope so.

What happened to "nothing but rain"? Flies aren't supposed to drop. Will other teams come up and say "Excuse me, but your fly has dropped." Could be a mite embarrassing... But i suppose there are worse things than embarrassment.

Sorry i am missing such a fine pitching duel. I hope we can still eke out another run to take the lead again...

I think he was playing with a minor club a week or two back.

Wait... Where'd our three run lead go? I know we had one a moment back...

This game thread went to 11... Pages, that is. I am sad to say the Twins faired poorly in yon game of baseball. Perhaps i should have followed more closely... Sorry. My bad.

A W. I approve.

Yes! Too long has baseball been kept in the park. Eds and Dozier, please free the baseball!

Concur.

It is a good musical. I didn't know Far wrote it though... What else has Far written?

I will be distracted by my own softball game, where i probably will ground out to short stop. Last week the opposing short stop wore a Twins shirt. I think i gidp to him on one occasion, and was erased on the basepaths by him in similar fashion. But i got a liner by him that ticked off his glove. He repayed the favor by hitting a towering fly over my head, the kind my dad told me as a kid just to turn my back on the ball entirely and run. I did so, looking back for the ball over my shoulder in time to see it and fall clumbsily to the ground trying to adjust the last few feet, only to have it tick off my non-gloved hand... So close! Oh well. I'm used to disapointment.

"Hey Inego. I hope we win."

Baltimore and Tampa Bay seem unpopular in July... And strange, Mr. Chief hasn't included any October games in the open game thread list. We could get caught unprepared.

We won us a close game. There was much rejoicing. But we didn't improve our record in 1 run games. Oh well.

Pooh. Then they'd expect something from intros. I appreciate my Norville Barnes-esc naivite.

"Let us compromise. Our hearts are not of leather. Let us shut our eyes and talk about the weather. Yes, yes, let's talk about the weather! How beautifully blue the sky etc." (It fit so nice, he said i could keep it) Anyway, i miss the days when we didn't let the other team score much...

Something came back up. I can see the score again. Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.

Wouldn't mind a status update here or there, as i seem incapable of checking on my own...