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Hey look, it's Dozier leading off again. Who gets to drive him in this time? Is there a designated driver?

Maybe he'll do something to make up for it?

Oh... Um. I thought Gibby had mowed my lawn... That's what he said.

Pretty good throw by Robinson, but far enough off that Suzuki couldn't apply the tag in time... Oh well. There are worse things than a tie game at 1-1 after 2 (CBU)

I need to do that too. Did a thing or two otherwise also needing done... Rain delay end surprised me, but i'm back. Started stuff what needs some attention, so it'll be divided.

Anyone got anything to do while we're waiting?

Hard to guestimate the length of the rain delay based upon radar... It's a drizzle, which doesn't show up to strongly as anything on the radars i'm looking at. Anyone got a better insight in the expectation of the length of that there delay?

Success on my end. But i'm east coastish, so outside these strange blackout zones... They also have a fancy new interface it seems, but i've not played around with it.

Does put a damper on the temporal relationship... Looks like the rain is kicking in now. Oh well.

And it says it's the free game on mlb, if that helps. Welcome back! Hope it don't disappoint... (neither game nor thread)

Plouffe brings Dozier in! Good to get an early lead, now and then...

A long foul, then a single for Dozier. Nice start...

(I am Game Thread) Game: Twins @ Cardinals, 6/16 @ 12:45pm CT 9. Byron Buxton [R] CF 8. Kyle Gibson [R] P 7. Shane Robinson [R] LF 6. Kurt Suzuki [R] C 5. Eduardo Nunez [R] SS 4. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 3. Joe Mauer [L] 1B 2. Torii Hunter [R] RF 1. Brian Dozier [R] 2B Minnesota Twins Symmetrical Lineups (or downs?) Saint Louis Cardinals 1. Kolten Wong [L] 2B 2. Matt Carpenter [L] 3B 3. Jhonny Peralta [R] SS 4. Mark Reynolds [R] 1B 5. Yadier Molina [R] C 6. Jason Heyward [L] RF 7. Randal Grichuk [R] LF 8. Peter Bourjos [R] CF 9. Michael Wacha [R] P Weather: Currently Partly Cloudy and 78F = 26C (within some rounding error, i'm sure) Forecast: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, with a high near 82. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Thoughts, such as they are... 1. Byron Buxton. By which i mean Kyle Gibson. In theory, the person who has the greatest potential effect on the outcome of the game is the fellow tagged by the manager as the starting pitcher. By which i mean, if he doesn't get tagged by anyone else, we aught to do pretty well. Of course that's in theory. In practice, it still remains a team game, and there's only so much that can be done if things don't work too well around him. Er, 2b. Byron Buxton John Lackey. Lackey's gonna get some good defence behind him, and pitch pretty good for a whole 8 innings, allowing only 2 runs, the second being the first triple by Byron Buxton followed by Dozier Sacrifice Fly. Very noble of Dozier, and well done by Buxton. Oh i found an article on Lackey that i found interesting. Finest news and all, even if it pertained to him in his Angelic days: http://www.theonion.com/article/superstitious-john-lackey-has-to-build-destroy-a-l-6885 3. Byron Buxton A Dozier walked into the batter's box, and deposited the ball in the bank beyond the left field wall. (#2 batter) walks into the batter's box and says "i'll have what he's having." But of course what i mean to say is batting is important. So let's do it. 4. Byron Buxton If someone is really good at catching, throwing, and picking the ball, might they be known as a prince among fielders? Oh, sorry, that's a series late, isn't that. I mean to say, how important is fielding? Discuss. 25. (That's 5, 5 times. Not to be square or nothin'... Numbers are sometimes important. Fielding position 2 cubed, and batting 3 squared. And i forget, what's 2+3?) Byron Buxton I'm still looking forward to him being tested more significantly, but at least i can stop thinking of him, 'cause i can watch him instead. If i had someone else new to watch, well, i wouldn't say no... Anyway, enjoy!

Oh well. Torii Hunter got on base. Suzuki hit a liner to the 3rd baseman for a final out. Could have gone down with more of a whimper, but there's always another game. G'night all! And congrats to the Blackhawks. I'm still trying to think of good animal/bar jokes...

Byron triples? Who saw that happening?

I was wondering the same thing. I think the only thing that kept his at bat in the 4th inning from being a triple play was there was 1 out.

Details matter, don't they...

And the rider flies off.

Twins turn a single play.

CBU: 3-0 Cards after 4. Back to back homeruns is for the birds.

Good pick by Escobar. Sorry the fella beat it out...

Oh yeah. CBU, the Cardinals scored a run in the 3rd due to Buxton missing after a long run going for a triple. (Like several of those against the Rangers) 1-0 after 3. Now Dozier's on second, and that's halfway to evening the score, in some estimation...

Yes. In Boston, Joe sacrificed to give the Twins the lead. Well, courtesy of the pitcher going for the lead runner at third, and throwing it through I Don't Know's legs.

Yeah, tomorrow, he makes that catch.

I saw someone peal an Avocado...