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Hot dogs might actually hit the spot... Oh, and running over apples with a lawn mower isn't exactly the best way of making apple sauce. But i'm sure the deer and woodchucks won't complain...

Extra innings... Who'da thunk?

Yup. Yankees exploited it to good effect.

Go ahead. Do that. Just whatever ya do, don't throw 'em into the brier patch... er, i mean the post season.

Inning ain't over... Plouffe and Hunter at the corners. Whatcha gonna do this time, Rosario?

Fien hooked him. Okay, 2 run deficit. We can get this! But as DaveW saith... (3-1 halfway through the 7th, a U for those CBs)

He's been mostly dead all day...

Do we got their number?

One doesn't seem good enough at this point. (But i can't complain about a Rosario triple, nor that Suzuki got him in.)

TV's kinda small to play a game on... CBU says 0-0 after the first inning. And Gophers got that there touchdown, to go into the locker room at half time with a 10-0 lead. And alas, lawns don't mow themselves... (Nor do other chores... I might be distracted for a while... Oh, why should i do spring cleaning when it isn't even spring.)

What was the promotional? "Snapper mow 'em down inning?" Is that still a thing? Meanwhile, back on the football field, Gophers in a pitching duel, leading 3-0, but threatening with a minute to go in the half...

Case closed, eh? I bet folk is watchin' the Gophers. Can't complain, 'cause i'm keepin' an eye on 'em too. Other distractions will include well, all other football games, and the two minor league play off games what the Twins' affiliates be hostin'... Just too much to do.

Game Thread Twins vs Angels 09/18/2015 @7:10pm 09/19/2015 @12:10pm The case of the missing game thread... Facts of the case: 1. When i went to bed, there was a game thread. I wake up this morning, and low and behold, it's not there! 2. I called out the usual suspects: Mike Pelfrey said he was going to pitch, but got pushed back to the evening game. Did he want extra rest? Kyle Gibson got promoted to pitch 7 hours earlier. Maybe he didn't want to wait? Torii Hunter needs his beauty rest? Mauer wanted to be with the twins, but which ones? Too many Eddies for Everyday? Terry Ryan is behind everything... Keyser Söze hadn't been spotted recently. Just biding his time? Going through the rest of the line up, can you help spot any holes in their alibies? I got my doubts... 3. I called out the unusual suspects: These were some real Angels... Yeah, right. Mike Trout seems to be good at baseball. But could he do it in the rain? Or on a train? Or with a goat? Andrew Heaney was going to pitch... is pitching... but will he pitch? well? seems suspicious, no? no. I guess not. The Aybar of justice? Mr. Freese sounds a lot like a batman villain... Taylor Featherston, i presume? I just can't figure 'em out... But if not one of the Twins camp, then it must be... 4. This was proving to be a real poser. A puzzle. A brainteaser. A head scratcher. I wasn't used to these. I don't like no one but me to scratch my head. I was all for knee slappers and milk snorters. That sort of thing. But this had me confused, bamboozled, flustered, flabbergasted. So much so, i had to hunt down a thesaurus... Most people think they're extinct, knocked off, kaput, dead, but they aren't. Not if you know where to look. It's not a lost world to everyone... 5. It couldn't be anyone who likes baseball, could it? So anyone who could hold a ball of any size would want to enjoy watching a game? nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands. So ya'll, pay attention. Be alert. Watch. Note everyone's cummings (eesy eh) and goings (a littler harder)... Oh, the scene of the crime: Weather: Today - Sunny, with a high near 70. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. For starters: Angels: Andrew Heaney {L} Twins: Kyle Gibson {R} Line ups: Twins: 1. Aaron Hicks {S} CF 2. Brian Dozier {R} 2B 3. Joe Mauer {L} 1B 4. Miguel Sano {R} DH 5. Trevor Plouffe {R} 3B 6. Torii Hunter {R} RF 7. Eddie Rosario {L} LF 8. Kurt Suzuki {R} C 9. Eduardo Escobar (S} SS Angels: 1. David Murphy {L} LF 2. Kole Calhoun {L} RF 3. Mike Trout {R} CF 4. Albert Pujols {R} DH 5. C.J. Cron {R} 1B 6. Erick Aybar {S} SS 7. David Freese {R} 3B 8. Carlos Perez {R} C 9. Taylor Featherston {R} 2B Oh, my. Who is going to solve this mystery?

I thought of a head scratcher... (at least for me, which is to say, it's a real question i don't know the answer to) Which came first, the chicken, or the chicken dinner?

But who's relating the problem? What if it isn't the honest politician. Food for thought, anyway... I got thrown by yes/no question tied to the numerical question.

Hope that means you'll be awake for the 9th... Thanks for the company, even if there wasn't much baseball. Apparently Mike Trout has something to learn about meteorology...

Figured out how... Second home run gets hit in the top of the inning in which the game is called, having gone long enough to be official. Home run is hit, but doesn't get taken into account as the home team doesn't get a chance to complete the inning. Gimme another puzzler like that!

And i got up just in time... Well... how should i pass the meanwhile?

Gosh, is there anything he's not good at? Oh yeah, congrats to Kepler* for hitting a grand slam and a solo shot in the same game yesterday. *-The member of the Chattanooga Lookouts, not the one who explained retrograde motion. Just figured that should be clarified.

Time for some shuteye... Thanks for the company.

I don't have this person's number...

I think we finally found a pitcher to quell the Angels... Nicely done Mr. Tonkin.

What is the fan vocalization in the background?

What kind of ice cream does the dog get?

Dozier orders take out, gets Mauer on first to replace him. I still could get excited by this inning...