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Lol ...

True ... but I don't find you annoying ...

You could turn it all off ... no one is forcing you to watch/listen/comment ... I know, we all need a place to miserable together

Thorpe can come back. He was a 27th man addition, so I think he could come back up. Has Pineda been sent to the IL officially? I probably just missed that somewhere because ... well ... seems half the team is there.

Next time don't wait to be asked ... VOLUNTEER! (good start, btw) And that goes for anyone and everyone out there who wants to get the game watch started! Contact stringer today! May is full but I'm sure he will gladly accept volunteers for June.

Geez, @Brock Beauchamp, if I wanted to be on Twitter I'd go to Twitter ...

heh ... so glad I gave you a good opening for that line It was very Chief-like

omg ... I go to take a shower and wash my hair and I missed all this!

I still ❤️ Rosario

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Head to Australia for a roo burger

Have you ever had kangaroo? It's actually pretty good

Also ... if you hover your cursor over a user's avatar, their profile comes up and at the bottom you will see an 'Ignore user' setting you can click on

It's in your settings. 'Ignore users.'

Post lineups for the next game?

Yikes ... a jinx waiting to happen if ever there was one! Take it back! Take it back!

A lot of intentional yes moments in the game thread. Had to say something without saying much of anything. Kind of like the team in question.

The Astudillo: a stuffed arepa with everything in it ... a little shredded beef, chicken and pork, black beans, plantains, Caribbean cheese, guasacaca, tomatoes, rice ... yeah, I think that covers every position (Edit: if you've never had one ... go, find one now ... they are really, really good! Of course, I'd probably never order one with all of that in it, but ... there you go ... it's the perfect combo for Astudillo)

it's Double-Header day. Does this mean ... double the joy? Double the pain? Or double the 'eh, whatever, the season is over with anyway'? Hope for the joy, prepare for the pain, and eh, whatever for whatever. I have nothing really to say. Baseball is a very long season so I'm usually a proponent of 'just wait and see.' I don't like to prognosticate because, frankly, I'm not very good at it, especially not in a sport where the impossibly good or bad can and does seem to happen when we don't think it should. But man, this has really sucked so far this year and I am pretty sure the nail is in the coffin. But, as my brother always says, "I see something I've never seen before in most games." I think it's why he, and I, like the sport. Because you just don't know on any given day what you will see ... you might see the worst player have the best day, or the best player have his worst day, or a really odd play you've never seen before. It's just difficult to predict what will happen in the details of any particular game. Sure, the odds and the stats tell us a broad story of probability, but it won't tell you the day to day of what will be. In a season where everything seems to have gone wrong, seems to be going wrong, seems like it will continue to go wrong ... the day to day can bring something new, something interesting, something worthy of discussion or even something good. Is that my way to put a 'positive' spin on things, to find the hopeful, to be the Pollyanna? No. Anyone who knows me knows that's not really my personality. I'm actually , over all, fairly cynical about humanity, the planet and life expectancy, but in the day to day details, there is still good and fun and joy to be found. So, here I am ... and yes, I might just start singing, 'The sun will come out, tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar, there'll be sun ...' I guess my 'hope' in baseball is ... it's not about hope ... it's about perspective. It's just a game. For now, there's always a new day, always a new game. We may not be overly hopeful for its outcome, but ... yet, here we all are ... watching it, talking about it, spending our time and energy being frustrated about it ... is it because we live and hope for that one game, where we will see something we haven't seen before, where our team will actually win, will actually be good, where maybe a turn around is possible? Do we continue with baseball because of the day to day details that bring us ... something? Do we keep at it because we are still hoping? Can't say why we all are here for the daily grind. And maybe we are all just gluttons for punishment. Anyway ... for one who has nothing to say, I've gone on long enough saying very little. Here are the lineups for the first game. The lineups for the 2nd game will be posted in thread after the first game has ended. And let's (try to) have double the fun, regardless, and maybe something unexpected will happen to make it worth our while. ☮️ Go Twins! TWINS 1. Luis Arraez (L) LF 2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 5. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B 6. Willians Astudillo (R ) C 7. Trevor Larnach (L) RF 8. Rob Refsnyder (R ) CF 9. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS Lewis Thorpe (L), p ANGELS 1. Jose Iglesias (R ) SS 2. Phil Gosselin (R ) 1B 3. Anthony Rendon (R ) DH 4. Justin Upton (R ) LF 5. Taylor Ward (R ) RF 6. Kurt Suzuki (R ) C 7. Juan Lagares (R ) CF 8. Jose Rojas (L) 3B 9. David Fletcher (R ) 2B Alex Cobb (R ), p

According to the Twins website, it's Thorpe for game 1 ... but who knows? Haven't seen an official announcement. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-angels/2021/05/20/634465#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=634465

How do you know it's a guy? And how do you know that's a girl? I mean ... I think you are making quite a few assumptions about this photo.

My business has asked everyone to provide vaccination information ... privately. In order to create policies that are good for the whole, I think they want to know if we, as a group, who perform in a tight, enclosed, indoor space, is at least meeting the minimum standard for herd immunity. Until which time we reach that, protocols will remain in place. But we as a group don't know who is or not. If people don't want to provide that information, then it is assumed they are not vaccinated in terms of figuring out protocols moving forward.

As I said, I don't think it's enforceable. However, we are seeing some places come out with strong vaccination policies ... but we'll see if they are able to keep that. As I said, I have very mixed feelings about it. Private companies have a better ability to try and create policies for their own places of businesses, but we'll see. I mean, we only have one of these pandemics once a century. And it's not over yet ... but we are truly on the downside of the mountain now.

Well, mine is much smaller than an index card, but yeah, larger than a cc. Still, not sure how or if they can they can enforce that. I have mixed feelings on this, a vaccination passport sort of thing, but overall I don’t think it’s enforceable. It’s left up to individuals to be honest about their status. Those who have refused to wear masks, refuse to get vaccinated would just lie about it. However, I do think there should be some kind of accountability until we reach the herd immunity threshold. It helps that they are now vaccinating children 12yo and over

My club just sent out a notice that all those who are vaccinated can be without masks ... how they intend to implement knowing that and then following through keeping track of the vaccinated/unvaccinated is beyond me. But I'm vaccinated and intend to play tennis and work out without a mask ... yay!