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Was gonna say there's absolutely nothing wrong with this. A creative outlet is its own reward.

Slightly less interesting now, with one out. A 3-2 pitch, foultipped into Herrmann's glove, which gets knocked out by the back swing.

YES! (Thanks, Plouffe)

"Truly you have a dizzying intellect." (I think it has been fairly well established that PB references in game threads are for everyone.)

Hi Riverbrian! Indeed it is!

Vargas hustles into scoring position on a short bouncing wild pitch.

I'm tempted to say the new Punchline Contest requires an Australian accent, and starts with "That's not a jinx. THIS is a jinx..." But which would be worse: the resultant jinx, or that this might win...

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/3 @ 1:10pm CT Weather Currently: Mostly Cloudy 64°F/18°C Humidity 65% Wind Speed S 13 mph Barometer 29.77 in (1007.9 mb) Dewpoint 52°F (11°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Last update 3 May 9:53 am CDT Detailed Forecast for Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. (all from weather.gov, 'cause i like it i guess) Lineups Chicago White Sox: Pitching. John Danks [L] 1. J.B. Shuck [L] CF 2. Melky Cabrera LF 3. Jose Abreu [R] DH 4. Adam LaRoche [L] 1B 5. Avisail Garcia [R] RF 6. Alexei Ramirez [R] SS 7. Gordon Beckham [R] 3B 8. Geovany Soto [R] C 9. Micah Johnson [L] 2B Minnesota Twins: Pitching. Mike Pelfrey [R] 1. Brian Dozier [R] 2B 2. Torii Hunter [R] RF 3. Joe Mauer [L] DH 4. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 5. Kennys Vargas 1B 6. Oswaldo Arcia [L] LF 7. Shane Robinson [R] CF 8. Chris Herrmann [L] C 9. Danny Santana SS 1. a team that played in a dome now calls target field its home of late lost a lot are they now hot? so get on that field and show'm 2. Mike Pelfrey now stands pretty tall he's finally hurling the ball what pitching's about is getting that out, so outfield don't let them fall. 3. now raise your voices ye singers our team has got us some swingers whether ball or strike if it's what they like there's a chance they'll turn into dingers. 4. the long season should never grow stale and though once in a while, we fail it's still a team game so play it the same and remember to always bust tail. 5. so here is the game for today you're all invited to stay pull up a chair forget a care toghether we'll watch the Twins play.

I saw all the runs scored before i finally fell asleep. Sorry i wasn't with ya all at the end.

I am taking notes. I've watched some of these (particularly Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy) looking for something my Dad would like. I'll look at the others. I don't know if it was Saturday morning show, but i really liked the Richard Greene Adventures of Robin Hood.

Now he's got his second, on a strikeout/throwout. Could be worse...

It was a really long review. Certainly a fine throw by Suzuki.

Hunter ties the game. I like.

2 runs in, but they challenged the first base call, and got it overturned for the out, and caught someone trying to go to second on a throw home (or stretching a double, it wasn't entirely clear to me)

And i'm guilty of not having a tv when i was growing up, with summer interludes where my grandma made me run around the house during commercials, as i watched too much. My appreciation are more along the line of Animaniacs, and Samurai Jack, and what i distracted myself with this morning when i shoulda been napping: Rocko's modern life.

Looks like it might be more of the same in top of the second, with a bloop single.

Weather: Forecast: Sunny, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Currently at Airport: Fair 69°F/21°C Humidity 47% Wind Speed S 7 mph Barometer 29.91 in (1012.6 mb) Dewpoint 48°F (9°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Last update 2 May 10:53 am CDT Lineups: Chicago White Sox: Pitching: Hector [R] 1. J.B. Shuck [L] CF 2. Melky Cabrera LF 3. Jose Abreu [R] 1B 4. Adam LaRoche [L] DH 5. Avisail Garcia [R] RF 6. Alexei Ramirez [R] SS 7. Conor Gillaspie [L] 3B 8. Geovany Soto [R] C 9. Micah Johnson [L] 2B Minnesota Twins: Pitching: Ricky Nolasco [R] 1. Brian Dozier [R] 2B 2. Torii Hunter [R] DH 3. Joe Mauer [L] 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 5. Kurt Suzuki [R] C 6. Eduardo Escobar LF 7. Oswaldo Arcia [L] RF 8. Jordan Schafer [L] CF 9. Danny Santana SS

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/2 @ 1:10pm CT Weather. Line ups. 1. Ssssh, this is the "don't wake 'em up" game thread. Those who follow the Wild probably had a hard night last night. I bear some responsibility, perhaps jinxin' 'em at the end of the Twins game thread. Also the Twins game wasn't over until the end, with only a run lead and runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 out, when Perkins reared back for the 3 pitch strike out to end the game. So yeah, let 'em sleep. It might improve their disposition. Speakin' of not sleeping in (as obviously i'm not) is it true that the historical institution of Saturday Morning Cartoons has finally seen it's last? I heard the rumor, was sad, but in these days of watchin' what ya want when ya want to, perhaps it isn't a big deal. What all cartoons would you be watchin' now, if you had your d'ruthers? 2. Control. But alas, i'm tired too, and severely tempted to say "every scientific experiment needs a control group to validate the data. I perhaps might say this is the placebo game thread to verify all our effort is worth it, but for the fact i told Chief i'd do it, and he'd probably be nonplussed if i didn't. Don't non-plus Chief. You wouldn't like it when he's nonplussed. (CArko, did Avengers have that catch phrase somewhere in the movie? Or has it gotten used to death?) Besides, i might get the label of a control freak if i did. So i'll try to shunt this non productive thought to how the twins pitching is doing regarding the walk? Not to bad, only 6 teams have issued fewer walks, one being the White Sox (but with 3 fewer games) Not quite as good as the hay-day of Rick Anderson, but respectable. 3. Pitching backwards Um, yeah. I got the silly out of the way first, now i should buckle down to some interesting baseball related thoughts... It's meant to keep you, the batter reader on your toes. Nolasco is coming off the DL. It'll be good to see what he can do. And the White Sox counter with Hector Noesi, who has started almost as rarely, having his spot skipped, then a game cancelled in Baltimore. Who'll get their rhythm first? 4. The slumping Vargas, Schafer, and Escobar are batting south of the mendoza line. It was good to see Vargas rip the long single last night, and i guess we didn't need a second run as much as we'd have liked one. Hope they all can get going pretty good sometime soon. 5. Fielding Yeah, Santana didn't quite make some of the plays, and Escobar sent folks' hearts into their throats in the 9th with that bobble. But folk came through. There were some pretty good plays to counterbalance them. I liked seeing Hunter hit the wall again. Anyway, last night it had a happy ending, and maybe they'll get better before this afternoon. Er, getting up early and getting some work in. Or perhaps resting if they've been working too hard. I guess i only pay attention to the game, so i don't know what's the right course to get them on track (or is it untracked? never figured that one out either. E-writer of game thread intro.) Well, sleep well all! Without the cartoons, i might actually join ya. If i oversleep, can someone save my bacon with the lineups and weather and whatnot? Thanks in advance!

Oh yeah. Point taken. That was pretty good as pitching goes. Especially with 3 errors behind 'em. Thumbs up to Gibson!

Gosh, i don't know. Perhaps we'll find out tomorrow.

Sorry for my hubris. Unbeknownst to me, they'd already scored one, and scored another just as i turned to the game. And no thanks to me, it is tied now.

Never doubted Perkins for a second. 8 innings from Gibson isn't bad. Vargas had himself some smart running as part of the only run, though he also had some that was perhaps less smart. But now we can look forward to tomorrows game, and folk who care can concentrate on coming back from a 3-0 deficit on the ice. (Don't try this at home, kids, it ain't as easy as it looks.)

Yup, let the White Sox Rest in Peace... Not a bad nickname for a closer...

It's a lead. I won't argue with that.

And Torii makes the catch.