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Sniff.

Pwetty nawsty cuttah right the'e.

Xandah Bogae'ts with a two-out double, then Sandy Leon takes ball fou' and heads down to fi'st base. Castillo singles to Hicks, Bogae'ts sco'es. Sandy Leon out at thi'd on the throw by Aaron Hicks. Acco'ding to the Boston announcahs, Pelfrey's a big dude.

The Red Sox TV broadcasters are praising Dozier's defense to the skies over Fenway Pa'k..

Finally MLB has something to say about your rags-to-riches Minnesota Twins!

Uh...question...are those supposed to be baseballs or stones? I can't quite place it. They look about as realistic as the women's beards.

Monday 6/2, 6:10 PM CT at Fenway Park TV: FS-N; Radio: Go 96.3, TIBN, BOB FM Weather: Is it raining in Boston tonight? Is it cloudy on Cape Cod? Are the Red Sox in the race? They'll just blow it again, by God. A chance of rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 51. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Line ups: TWINS (30-19): 1. Dozier, 2B 2. Hunter, RF 3. Mauer, 1B 4. Plouffe, 3B 5. Suzuki, C 6. Rosario, LF 7. Escobar, DH 8. Hicks, CF 9. Santana, SS Mike Pelfrey, RHP (4-1, 2.77 ERA) RED SOX (22-29): 1. Pedroia, 2B 2. Betts, CF 3. Ortiz, DH 4. Ramirez, LF 5. Sandoval, 3B 6. Napoli, 1B 7. Bogaerts, SS 8. Leon, C 9. Castillo, RF Clay Buchholz, RHP (2-6, 4.33 ERA) America(n League)'s team? The rags-to-riches Twins No squad has captivated MLB fans like the Twins, favorites who maintain an underdog feel. I know that's a play off of an MLB article concerning the now 2nd place Royals, but it's just too absolutely true to not borrow. Now, I know that MLB fans still aren't captivated the way they should be, but it'll come, and I'm more than willing to wait. While our bandwagon still isn't quite full yet, there's a long waiting list at the bus stop, and to tell you the truth, nobody in the world has captivated anybody quite the way we have (pretend I couldn't have said that last year). So I'll repeat: Favorites who maintain an underdog feel. Oh yeah!! Now, in case you just got back from a long voyage to Mars (or some other faraway land like Toronto that measures temperature in Celsius, length with the metric system, and time in half), and last you heard the Twins had had back-to-back 90-loss seasons, I'll give a little overview of recent Twins history before your Things to Think About. On Sunday, the now 30-19 Twins won their 20th game of the month, doing so for the first time since what I believe was the year 1990. On Sunday, the Twins pulled ahead of the Astros for the best record of any team in the AL (.612), doing so for the first time since...(can someone else do the research for me?). And on Sunday, the Cubs beat the Royals, putting them in a respectable 2nd place behind our rags-to-riches Twins. Also, my sincerest thanks to SampleSizeOfOne for letting me take today's game after being rained out yesterday. 1 - Pelfrey-Buchholz - Remember the last time those fellas pitched? I won't bore you with the details because it just happened the other day and you should still remember it - unless you did indeed just return from Mars or Toronto - but I just have to throw that one out at ya'll. 2 - Red Sox - Nobody likes teams like the Red Sox and Yankees; even fans of those teams will admit that that statement is at least half true. So while sweeps are always exciting when they go the Twins' way, last week's series when we hosted the BoSox at Target Field and swept 'em right back out of town was made doubly exciting by the fact that it was indeed the Red Sox, a team we've been struggling against for years. Of course, the icing to the cake was the fact that we brought ourselves 10 games above .500 and tied the Royals for 1st place in the AL Central since that same day they lost their 18th game (ironically to the Yankees). 3 - Boston - It's not easy to find very many true baseball fans in Boston. They all jump on and off the bandwagon as their team wins the World Series one year and then slips into the rear box car spot in the division the next. I have a theory about this, though. Take the 2013 World Series for instance. Enough of the Red Sox players to count as the whole team grew beards so long that if you didn't know any better you'd think they were a pack of homeless people hijacking Fenway Park. The problem is, they won the World Series, and all the Bostonians (and, I am sorry to say, people from various other parts of the world) jumped onto the bandwagon and tried to pretend that they were lifelong fans. People ran around with fraudulent facial hair hanging from their ears and cockamamy baseball hats with red B's on the front perched insolently atop of their craniums. Everyone claimed that this team was going to be the Yanks of the 21st century. And, needless to say, the vagabond players were now too well known to be able to get any peace while roaming the streets of Boston anymore. They were reduced to the sad state of having to purchase a razor with their remaining pennies and shave their beards so that they would no longer be so identifiable by the common populace (meaning bandwagon fans). Of course, the true fans of Boston (if there is such a thing) still knew what was up, and there were some bandwagon fans who continued to keep up the farce, but what happened? They ended the season with only one more win than the Twins. But I shouldn't be mean about bandwagon fans. They do have something over me; all that jumping has to keep them in remarkable shape, whereas if I were to merely run around the bases of a field with major league proportions, I'm afraid I'd be out of breath by the time I reached third. I can't say conclusively, though...I've never tried it...and that pretty much sums up how athletic I am. 4 - Brad Pitt - Okay, I know....You're saying "Who's he?" or at least "What does he have to do with us?" Well, here we are in Beantown to take on the BoSox in Fenway - which reminds me that we should expect Joe Mauer to hit his 2nd home run of the season in this series, smashing the ball high and deep over the Green Monster. But to resume, I think that one of the main reasons the Red Sox made an offer to Brad Pitt to become their GM after the 2002 season was because they wanted to change the spelling of one of Boston's many nicknames to Beanetown. But as it is, Pitt chose loyalty over royalty - which is exactly what we Twins fans have done the past few years, and now we (the Twins fans, not Brad Pitt) are being rewarded. 5 - No Sox - I was raised on Beatrix Potter. I remember one scene from The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle with a hen named Sally Henny-Penny who ran around clucking, "I go barefoot, barefoot, barefoot." That's definitely how I feel right now, and for more reasons than just the fact that it's summer and has been...uh, warmer...(?)...lately. The Twins have been playing the Sox teams a lot lately, and I'm going to express my solidarity with the losing Sox by joining in with the speckled hen's chant. Take 'em on, Twins!!! Pull off their stockings and stand 'em on their bare tootsies to welcome our dear friend Brad Pitt at the end of the week with all reverence due to the prince consort of Moneyball!

You sound hopeful.

Don't know if anyone wants to hear a Bostonian's point of view, but there's one line that's pretty good, and, seeing we swept them last time, I'm feeling pretty good about Boston right now and don't care who's side I'm listening to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qSl9tCjaCM

Luke Westphal pitched 3 innings in relief yesterday, replacing Aaron Slegers after he gave up 8 runs in the first 3 innings of the game. Luke allowed 2 hits, 2 walks, and struck out 1 without giving up a run; his ERA is now down to 3.64. I must say that I am very proud of my prospect, even if he's not a top 100 or anything like that. He's quietly found a spot in Fort Myers, and though he struggled at first, he's out there getting the job done now.

D.J. Baxendale started the game on Saturday, May 30, against the Biloxi Shuckers. It was a blowout game right from the start, as Baxendale allowed 3 runs in the 1st inning, giving up a leadoff single and 2 doubles before finally getting out of it by striking out his 2nd batter of the game to end the inning. Coming back out for the 2nd, Baxendale allowed a leadoff double but was then able to get off without a problem, sending the next 3 batters down in order. However, when the 3rd rolled around, our Oswaldo Arcia's little brother Orlando led off the inning with a leadoff double. I'm telling you, that kid is hot. Then Baxendale proceeded to walk the next batter, which of course is no fun, but to top it off he gave up a 3-run home run to Shuckers' Michael Reed to make it a 7-0 game. Doug Mientkiewicz had had enough by that time, and he pulled D.J. from the game before he had recorded an out in the 3rd inning, replacing him with Madison Boer. Biloxi won 11-8. Baxendale's ERA is now up to 3.47. I seem to have adopted him at a most inopportune moment in his career. However, as a baseball fan, all I can do is keep hoping...and updating.

Dozier would have lead off with a double but would be stranded at 3rd. Pelfrey would have pitched a perfect inning.

Ha. And I overheard my mom ask my little brother if he wanted to go on a walk, and I was like, "What?!?! It's raining out." Go figure that one.

Chief being out of town - if he is - do I get tomorrow or the make up game? Edit -- or both? I'll take them if they're free, specifically because I had today's ready and it won't make up for the make up game.

None - if I may answer for Bark. http://rlv.zcache.es/medio_lichenologist_medio_ninja_camiseta-radece49cb179417c82bc079d1dc93946_8nhmp_512.jpg

Uh...14 hairs? If I counted correctly. (Either I need to go back to school or else he needs to stop that incessant wriggling.) ETA: At first I thought he had been scalped.

Sisters who root for the Blue Jays...?

Only 6 pages in...what can I say? The Twins won!!!!! NOW we're at the top of the division!!! I'm slowly laboring my way through the thread. Can I safely assume that this is the post of the day?

Your word is their command.

Oh, sorry. I'm putting on my face of utmost penitence. Oh, and hopefully I'll never have to say anything in prison.

Now look what you've done.

Oooh, Colo, I do love you so.....said me never.

I'm glad you saved your wife the trouble of cleaning a stain off your shirt.

Not sure, but I do know that it would be fun to be his wife. http://www.playerwives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brian-doziers-wife-renee-dozier-meetup.jpeg

So is Photoshop.