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I stand corrected. He's at least a face card, though, right?

Is that 3 hits by the sox? At least they ran into an out, in scoring 1 run...

Two aces face off A veritable pitchers duel Twins win, Ten to nine? Can't wait... (but i must. my time machine is stuck in first)

Who won? (the debate, i mean) (er... in haiku...) Will a live Twins game be worth it although one must endure White Sox fans?

Concur.

And Nunez today. The patience of all these fans earns extra credit. (Although obviously this is consistent with the starting pitcher, unlike the complaint referred to in the original post)

You are quite right, and tryin' to squeeze stuff into haiku doesn't lend clarity. "3. But 3 have 4 hits: Dozier, Mauer, and Schafer. Road trip ends; sun shines." Was referring to season totals, which don't mean much 5 games in. Oh well. But who knows... Thinking of the recent Red Sox - Yankees game, he could enter as an 8th inning replacement and still get 4 at bats... Again, sorry if my unclearitude caused any consternation.

Meh, it's a learning curve. I been tryin' to hide somewhat my lack of content behind a creative form. I'll start training for my next chance by reading a couple of decades of Mad Magazine... I'll try to follow baseball more closely and even *gasp* form my own opinions on a few things. In the meantime, i'll blame it on framing. And thank everyone for putting up with my AAAA material (being generous to myself) And if my efforts make it easier for the next non-Riverbrian, that's good enough for me. "You do the best with what ya got." Oh, to take ya literally, how many games longer will the season be? I'd willingly let him off the game thread hook for that.

Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/12 @ 1:10pm CT 0. Gusts, partly sunny and nearing Twenty Celsius Spring becons baseball Line ups in haiku would a thing of beauty be. they must write themselves. 1. The windy city welcomes pitcher Chris Sale back. Are twins on attack? 2. Phil Hughes to the mound What need he prove or improve. Have no second thoughts? 3. But 3 have 4 hits: Dozier, Mauer, and Schafer. Road trip ends; sun shines. 4. Accountable remarks: crime of high jinx guilty found a-needlin' game thread. 5. Battles for last place Some day shall end, but how long Must we sing this song? (Extra bonus haiku for next game... just because it includes a really really bad joke) Mound of target field from the shores of triple A Will pitch Trevor May. Y'all are better than i at the line up haiku. If ya feel like putting the names in and positions, here are the details. Have at it! Minnesota Twins: Pitching: Phil Hughes [R] 1. Danny Santana SS 2. Brian Dozier [R] 2B 3. Joe Mauer [L] DH 4. Torii Hunter [R] RF 5. Trevor Plouffe [R] 1B 6. Eduardo Escobar 3B 7. Kurt Suzuki [R] C 8. Eduardo Nunez [R] LF 9. Shane Robinson [R] CF Chicago White Sox: Pitching: Chris Sale [L] 1. Adam Eaton [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. Tyler Flowers [R] C 9. Micah Johnson [L] 2B

Hank. Can't forget him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Spelling Apparently the most prolific television writer. Learn something new every day...

If i go with the traditional sort o' things to think about for tomorrow's game, may i use this?

I liked the stolen base too. Been a while since i watched the prisoner, but one of my favorite lines from the episode where they have elections in The Village. "Are you going to run?" "First chance i get!"

Santana breaks his slump. (little flare to left falls in)

The game to start. Time machines and rocketpacks would be kinda fun. I wonder what the time machine driver's license test would include?

I was talking to him of course. I'm the new number 2... (Thanks for getting the reference. Though i'm pretty sure i've made the reference on a game thread before. Please let me know if i ever become a broken record...)

Line ups... Twins Pitching: Mike Pelfrey [R] 1. Danny Santana (S) SS 2. Brian Dozier [R] 2B 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Kennys Vargas (S) DH 5. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 6. Oswaldo Arcia (L) LF 7. Chris Herrmann (L) C 8. Shane Robinson [R] RF 9. Jordan Schafer (L) CF White Sox Pitching: Jeff Samardzija [R] 1. Adam Eaton (L) CF 2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF 3. Jose Abreu [R] DH 4. Adam LaRoche (L) 1B 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 Now take a good look... Do you recognize the person amongst them who let down your expectations? (get it? like a police line up? oh well. Humor doesn't always work, i guess.)

Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/11 @ 1:10pm CT 411 that's information, right? There's some saying about how the beginning of wisdom is when you how much you don't. know, that is. It's to be Sunny with a high near 61, so they say... 0. What's the line up? Minnesota: Mike Pelfrey Pitches. 1-9? Chicago (in the white sox) Jeff Samardziga Pitchest. 1-9? 1. Escobar. He's played half our games. Congrats on the new family member! We'll miss you, but sometimes somethings are somewhat more important than baseball. Then my question would be, folk were dubious about him replacing Arcia in Detroit against a right hander. How do folk feel about that after the fact? Did the ends justify it? And what's more important than baseball? 2. Rest of the infield. Will Santana be better for the rest? Will Nunez get some playing in? And will anyone be able to get him out? 3. Rest of the outfield. Hunter stole that base! Is the ice on the basepaths broken? 4. (See Riverbrian's 4 from yesterdays' game thread.) I didn't give all the thread my full attention, but i didn't see anyone answer about the current rotation... I speculate he might have been satisfied with an answer of "Hughes, May, Gibson, Milone, Pelfrey" but maybe not. 15 degrees an hour? I think that's the earth's rotation, and no mound visit is likely to change it. or is current rotation a fancy name for that 3 phase electric power? Er... I know i should be asking about the bullpen, but they've seen low leverage situations predominantly, so i'm not going to ask. Yet. 5. Are people happier now that we won something? Is it good to get monkeys off our backs? Even Rally Monkeys? Announcers made a big deal about Hunter in Detroit, I wonder what he thinks of that rally monkey? And if the monkey's off, did it leave a chip on your shoulder? 6: You are number 6.

Hope everyone is okay! And glad the dogs could find a silver lining. Looking at the pictures, i now am wondering if they make hazmat suits for dogs...

I thought that could be the case too, though the replays they showed weren't the best to judge from. More perplexing, was the intentional walk respecting Suzuki? Or less so to Shafer?

Vargas employs the ol' "bounce it off the pitcher" strategy to reach first.

does that mean we can capitalize again? (and spell?) well done dozier.

what if there's a finite amount of capitilization. would us doing so make it less likely the twins will? i will put it off for the good of the team! oh, i've missed a low impact game, it would seem?

Concur. "So now i'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive..." is what music that 3rd base post evoked...

Thanks! I'd actually fallen asleep there, and missed the run. But an 80s SNL reference is always appreciated. And now as some things are connected to others, i've got the theme song for "Tunces the Driving Cat" in my head. Having been desensitized by the last two games, my only current disappointment is the prediction that the game would end when the Wild game began is not quite right. What am i to do with myself for the next 15 minutes?