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0-0! We ain't losin' yet! CBU oh, and play ball!

Oh yeah. I shoulda said it was day game too... Passing marks. (and yeah, i'm not going to individually hand out marks for my quiz. Suffice it to say "you've all done very well" ala Mr. Grace from are you being served?)

Passing marks. It reminds me of a (version of a popular) song a college friend sang... And indeed, i found it on the interwebs, and am pleased at the author to whom it is attributed: “Tell me why the stars do shine, Tell me why the ivy twines, Tell me what makes skies so blue, And I'll tell you why I love you. Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine, Tropisms make the ivy twine, Raleigh scattering make skies so blue, Testicular hormones are why I love you. ” ― Isaac Asimov But alas, neither explain the past 4 losses to pinstripy team...

"Gemme over" game thread Gametime Forecast: 85°F • Partly Cloudy • 0% PoP* * - i believe that's "probability of precipitation, and isn't a statement relative to the Twins' bats. Twins 0. Ervin Santana {R} P 1. Aaron Hicks {S} CF 2. Brian Dozier {R} 2B 3. Joe Mauer {L} DH 4. Miguel Sano {R} 3B 5. Trevor Plouffe {R} 1B 6. Eddie Rosario {L} RF 7. Eduardo Escobar {S} SS 8. Chris Herrmann {L} C 9. Shane Robinson {R} LF Yankees 0. Nathan Eovaldi {R} P 1. Jacoby Ellsbury {L} CF 2. Brett Gardner {L} LF 3. Alex Rodriguez {R} DH 4. Carlos Beltran {S} RF 5. Greg Bird {L} 1B 6. Chase Headley {S} 3B 7. Didi Gregorius {L} SS 8. Stephen Drew {L} 2B 9. John Ryan Murphy {R} C (Pay attention: You will be tested on this material.) 1. A bright new day, a bright new game. 0-0 is the score. Anything can happen, and probably will. Eventually. 2. Leads. We seem to have them a lot against this team. I bet we can get one again today. 3. Go Herrmann! If Santana is electric today, you gotta keep grounded. 4. No more running into outs, okay? Discretion is the better part of valor. 5. I advocate throwing ravioli instead of meatballs as get me over pitches. That way you can use cheese too. When all's said and done, I'd rather beat the Yankees at the top of their game, but today i'm not picky. Let's be a wet puddle to their brooms, rather than a dust bunny. I'm pretty sure they didn't bring a shop vac... And now for your Quiz: What thought did i leave out of this intro?

It's a clear "Ed, Edd, n Eddy" reference. We need some good ol' cartoon network culture here...

"Just talkin' about Shaft." As in "getting the", in this case, sadly enough...

Thanks all for the company. I wonder if this is one of those "character building" games... G' night.

Escobar will not go quietly into that dark night...

Robinson'll come up. He'll get the job done. No losin' hope. Just hold 'em for this inning and next. And maybe we could consider a little team conga line...

One run? Piece o' cake! I second the motion to come back.

Sorry i'm slow, i was tryin' to find a way to make my knee jerk reactions pertinent. Being a) heh heh, i got fire! it is at times like these i remember my Conrad. Baring the sword and oft times the Torch into the dark places of the world... c) woah... sorry, i was distracted. i just saw what Mr. Rodriguez did... I guess we gotta come back again. What would he do without us? Where was i?

I wasn't paying attention... was the Rosario incident something like this? "I have eaten Rosario who was in the icebox and which you were probably saving for the travel game Forgive me he was delicious so sweet and so cold" -Sabathia (er... something something, dot's poetry corner)

Sugar Shane plates a run. As expected.

I'm not very good at thinkin' out of the balks... I hope it ends in less than 60 minutes!

Sano-matic?

Sano knows how to brighten everyone's day, eh?

Thanks a bunch!

Let's see... a) Just Riverbrian took negative pills... Everyone kinda took 'em. I'm going with c. c) sabathia... er i mean... some of us took a double dose. That is. Not everyone didn't take 'em? Anyway, i gotta game to watch. These questions are too hard.

Not a free agent signing? I guess that's how come i like Mount Rushmore. That's home grown talent...

Waste not, want not. Let us bring Plouffe in...

Way to move his feet!

I'm tempted to ask which one, but i know the answer would be "yes" Hopefully someday they'll live up to your expectations. But in the meantime, don't compromise yer standards. High standards are worth 'em.

I missed a 1-2-3 top of the first, eh? But i'm back. Let's get this meeting underway...

I wasn't there, but i think i heard that Molitor called a team meeting before the Toronto series. Then before the home stand, the players called "players only" one. I think it's time for the fans to call a... "fans only" meeting All Righty Then! I call this "fans only" meeting to order. Will the clerk call the roll? Oh, we don't have one. Anyone want to be clerk? No? Well, um, all those absent say "absent" so we know... Anyway our agenda: 0. Approve the minutes for the last "fans only" meeting. Yeah. Right... 1. An open mind. Listen. Yes, what you have to say is more important, but it's a lot harder to hear while your talkin'. So pipe down a moment, ingest what others are sayin', perhaps regurgitate it a bit to make sure ya got it, then say your piece. and count to 3. 2. Perspective. First off, it's just a game other people play, leastwise from the role of a fan. You can live and die with the Twins, but you'll notice they don't actually die, and they probably would strenuously object if you actually tried to live with them. And being a game, it's 1 of 162 or so (hopefully more) this year. So it's watered down that much, and yet it's still pretty potent. Be careful with it, and don't take their troubles on the field into your life off the field. 3. Focus. A friend once explained that to the world at large, a Yankee was an American. To a Southerner, a Yankee was a northerner. To a Northerner, he was a New Englander, to a New Englander, he was a Vermonter, and to a Vermonter, he was one who eats apple pie for breakfast. I'm not sure if he was just being entertaining or instructive. Anyway, let's get us some apple pie today! 4. One game at a time. Today's tilt 'gainst them will bring problems associated with a scoring off this fella named Sabathia. He's been around for a while, in the olden days which are not forgotten, he played for the Cleveland team. We just took 2 o' 3 from 'em, so this should be a walk in the ballpark... And walking is usually a good idea. But he won't walk us so much unless we put the fear o' the batted ball into him. So stroke those strikes where they ain't. And we may be running like there's hay feaver in cold season. It's still their job to raise the white flag (by which i mean the handkerchief or kleenex) 5. Pelfrey. Let's catch the ball behind him. And in front of him, if he turns around. He'll keep us in the game. 6. Alright, ya got me. I got no idea how to run a "fans only" meeting. This is the internet after all. But i had fun tryin' to invoke a sanity check. And i hope i adequately morphed to a game thread intro? Anyway, I promised to run an errand shortly, so i'm off and running. But i'll be back well in time for the game. So let's take it to them, and thank y'all for followin' the game, especially to the moderator what updates the line ups and weather on my behalf. Forecast at the moment says there's an air quality alert. But isolated thunder storms expected before 3pm or after 3am. It portends to be another strange game. (line up place holder) Minnesota Twins: Pitchin': Mike Pelfrey {R} lineup tba New Amsterdam Yankees: Pitchin': C.C. Sabathia {L} lineup tba Meeting is now recessed for refreshments, and will resume around 6:05pm CT (Bangs Gavel with the imaginary authority of a Sano swing...)

We didn't win?! Inconceivable!