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Was good hustle to make it close. But oh well. We'll get another chance, i'm sure.

Yup. Hope we can do more with bases loaded and 1 out...

I'm here too. Not payin' attention all the time, but that's okay (at least for me)

Congrats! Safe travels, and all!

Well, i think the original updates were on his behalf, bein' at work at the time, so quickly checking TD was an optimal way of keeping track of the game without getting in trouble. So all he need do is read to validate it as a CBU. You still out there followin' us CB?

Thanks. I owe you one. (To be redeemed in the form of a PLC)

Pinto and Hicks are combined 0-3 today, as Rochester is down 1-0 in the bottom of the 4th to Norfolk. Some bloke named Parmelee has knocked in the game's only run so far. (a Circus Boy Jr. Update? or just a minor league Circus Boy Update? What's the preferred nomenclature?)

Er, it doesn't look like i can. Maybe i only got one edit, and i used it on a typo rather than an update... If a kindly moderator, or one with moderatoresc super powers wished to do so, update that Eduardo Escobar is playing Left Field and Batting 6th in place of Schafer (and that he's a Switch hitter, rather than a Left handed batter) if you please.

I should update that, shouldn't i... Maybe Schafer isn't quite as full speed as we hoped.

Thank goodness, I'm not the only one.

That explains why their announcers call fly balls "cans o' corn." I always figured cans would be more difficult to catch than baseballs.

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/1 @ 7:10pm CT Location: Ye olde field of the Target. Weather: Isolated showers, 20% chance of precipitation... (from the airport) Humidity 69% Wind Speed S 10 mph Barometer 30.03 in (1017.0 mb) Dewpoint 49°F (9°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Last update 1 May 2:53 pm CDT Line ups: Chicago White Sox: Pitching: Jose Quintana {L} 1. Micah Johnson {L} 2B 2. Alexei Ramirez {R} SS 3. Melky Cabrera {S} LF 4. Jose Abreu {R} 1B 5. Adam LaRoche {L} DH 6. Avisail Garcia {R} RF 7. Conor Gillaspie {L} 3B 8. Tyler Flowers {R} C 9. J.B. Shuck {L} CF Minnesota Twins: Pitching: Kyle Gibson {R} 1. Brian Dozier {R} 2B 2. Torii Hunter {R} RF 3. Joe Mauer {L} 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe {R} 3B 5. Kurt Suzuki {R} C 6. Eduardo Escobar {S} LF 7. Kennys Vargas {S} DH 8. Shane Robinson {R} CF 9. Danny Santana {S} SS Mayday I know what you're thinkin'. May pitched yesterday. How can today be Mayday? Well, it is, just in a different context. Today is the first day of the month of May. As i learned from Episode VI, "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." Well, if i remember correctly, the proper way to celebrate Mayday, called a Maypole dance, is for the the Twins batters to stream line drives off the opposing pitcher, and run merrily around the bases. I don't know if there is supposed to be musical accompaniment or not. Maybe Morris dancers with bells about their ankles? Probably not. That's the danger of mixing points of views. You might get something strange thrown in to boot. It's not really a big deal though. You just gotta ask yourself "am i feeling funny?" Quintana I'm sorry. There must be something wrong with me. I can't hear that name without thinking of the bit part to end all bit parts, as performed by John Turturro in what has since become a cult classic Coen brother movie. "Bush league psychout stuff, laughable man, Ha ha!" But apparently this isn't that guy... This is a Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, who held the vaunted Royal offense in check last time out. So he could keep things close, despite the festivities of the day. Gibson His Twin counterpart, Gibson also had himself a fine outing against (rattle rattle*) Seattle. This could turn into another pitcher's duel. Like, um, last night's. 7 run inning Only Vargas did not register a hit or a walk in last night's game. He'll get it one of these days, even if AAA jogs his memory. Plouffe took 2 walks, and everyone else chipped in hit-wise. That's how a team gets hot, and keeps their foot on the gas pedal. Can we do something like that again? Watch and see. Distractions Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a draft city that isn't inspired by alcohol, and some might pay more attention to hockey. That's okay. I would approve of Circus Boy Updates if ya do. But you'll be missed here... "You must do what you feel is right, of course." Again, i started with a theme, and lost it. It worked well enough last night, and being giddy from starting a game thread when the team won for a change, i figured i should change my ways. If anyone else feels like chiming in regarding the first of May, or one's own point of view (just another way of talking about context), go for it. Yeah, what's your point of view on points of view? *I can hear my grandpa sayin' it, but i have no idea why/what it might have come from or referred to, so i'm seeking a reason to go with the rhyme... Teh Googless was unenlightening a moment ago. Anyone have enlightenment? (I have a few other open questions if this proves productive) Er... Punchline contest seems like a dynamic thing, but if, come the 7th inning, nothing is done, i'll think of something...

Spot on. And thanks all for the thread (before it gets archived and all.) It was fun, but don't worry, a new one will be here presently (now that lineups have been posted)

Ah, this would be the fancy new movie coming out, not the British tv series from the 60s. Glad to hear it did not disappoint. Someday i'll get a chance to catch up on the marvel comic universe...

Now it is.

Thanks for the update! Obviously, don't let us get ya into trouble, or stunt your flute playin', but i bet if you gain the skill of reading a line of music quickly, and keep playing it while looking at something else (a conductor or TD game thread) this skill will probably serve you well in your musical career... (I just speculate, i do not actually speak from experience) And yeah, context? What's that?

Boy, i got that just in time. 12-2 is the CBU

Nice poke by Herrmann! This game score now goes to 11.

Okay Vargas, time to bust that slump!

Thanks a bunch. Mad props to Cap'n Piranha on this one as well for his contribution to tonight's theme. I am cautiously optimistic the Twins record under my game thread hostage will regress towards the mean just a tad (they are 0-4, pending the results of tonight's game)

Is that a rally avatar? Can't say it didn't work... Thanks for the support.

And Sale doesn't want to give Plouffe anything to hit. 2 on, no out.

Twins have a knack it seems for bouncing the ball off defenders gloves and getting safely to base.

Done and done.

1-0 Minnesota after 1 inning of play. Circus Boy Update jingle (whatever it sounds like)