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Centeno got the bunt down. Nice to see.

Gloves have an inside and an outside...

Meh. No blood, no foul...

I think i do too... Excuse me sir. Your bat has offended me. I demand satisfaction.

Like watching a glass flower garden... Growing panes are hard to take sometimes.

Could be more to come... Anyone else enjoying the game thus far?

May we disturb now?

... inalienable rights, amongst which are the bunt, the hit and run, and the pursuit of an outside breaking ball.

Dozier ties it up. Huzzah.

Perhaps well is a sliding scale. Or the other team bats better. That can happen too.

Is there hope if we get Pedroia out?

Half inning in, and we're not down yet. Scratch that. Another lead off homer... At least i got to see this live on a screen.

Fair enough. On a sad note, i finally figured out why no one brought up Dennis in last night's game thread...

Aaaaay! Thank you.

My bad... Um... Does the Fonz have anything to do with the game?

When in the course of sporting events it becomes necessary for one base ball team to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes, and take arms against a sea of sorrows, end them, well, the tough get going, and the weird turn pro, then run out of bubble gum, that game threads of the people, for the people, and by the people, and with the people, and to the people, shall not parish from this internet. Whoa. Lost my train of thought. Boston. Their caps have a B on it. B side. Plan B. B..n town. All the themes i could have chosen for this here thread... If i'd prepared. My apologies for swinging at the first pitch, and nubbing it down the 3rd base line... If i hurry, i might still be able to beat it out. If i'm lucky, maybe i can use one of them next time, assuming i don't get pinch hit for... Last night, we got knocked down. But we'll get up again... Chicken. Starts with C. I wonder if there are hats for that. On Cambridge Street in Cambridge (cross the river from Boston) there is a sign with an outline of a chicken and a memorable slogan, which i'm too lazy to verify my memory of it. Anyway, i wanted to bring up that chicken is also a name of a game. A very basic one which perhaps has the very basic lesson to teach: the only winning move is not to play. That's the way it goes, but every so often, it goes the other way. D. All of the above. Um, goes into the game thread intro. 'Cause the game starts a little more than an hour off, and i want to strike in the hustle and bustle before. The Dread Pirate Roberts takes no survivors! (Sadly, i think that line goes to David Ortiz...) On with the thread... Gametime Forecast: 87°F - Partly Cloudy - 1% PoP Twins Kyle Gibson (R ) 1. Eduardo Nunez (R ) DH 2. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Brian Dozier ( R) 2B 5. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 6. Max Kepler (L) RF 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. Juan Centeno (L) C 9. Byron Buxton (R ) CF Red Sox Eduardo Rodriguez (L) 1. Mookie Betts (R ) RF 2. Dustin Pedroia ( R) 2B 3. Xander Bogaerts ( R) SS 4. David Ortiz (L) DH 5. Hanley Ramirez ( R) 1B 6. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF 7. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 8. Sandy Leon (S) C 9. Brock Holt (L) LF

We can score 11 runs in an inning. The trick is not to get out...

Ortiz? I thought he was justa slap hitter?

Bottom of the 8th down 9-2. What we got here is a range war... No need for concern, sir it is only natural for the more timid element to run for cover...

Oh, to keep with the theme... "I do not like green eggs and ham." Would you eat them with a shark? Or on a bun in Fenway park? (from an early draft, i believe)

And 3 guesses who has the 2 runs...

CBU: 7-2 in the 6th as i return from my game thread break, which i pretend to call real life. I tried to play trumpet, kinda in public... at least with other people around...

That'll do, Don, that'll do. I am pleased to point out that the number is perhaps not first on the list of ridiculous things in this thread...

You had bladerunner quickness...

Taken as a friendly amendment.