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It would be very helpful to Brock if you have an errant ad, to take a screen shot of it and send it to him.

I think it's possible we may play this game tonight. Tomorrow? That may be another story.

Used by everyone, not just body builders, to shrink the bags under their eyes. That's an old trick ... although I've never tried it.

Yup. I was sidelined about 6 months with my shoulder impingement. Not fun.

Well, yeah ... the minutiae is a bit off track, but the larger issue is not. Berrios did not do well in his call up last year ... whether that was due to confidence, normal adjustment, or the fact that MiLB uses a different ball than MLB ... is pertinent. All of these things or one or a combination of these things could have led the Twins to hold him back until now. It was widely reported last year that many of the young pitchers were having difficulties adjusting to ML ball last year and that the ball itself was a suspect in that. As for 'pushing in their chips' I want to see how Berrios does over the next month before I do that ... but I'm feeling more and more hopeful that we have a genuine, strong #2 starter here.

If we are rolling both Dakotas and Canada into one, four.

What tag? A signature? I wouldn't see that because I have all signatures hidden so I don't have to read anyone's. And I knew yours was a 'tongue in cheek' post to start ... but it still gave me an opportunity to soapbox for 2 seconds.

Dinger can PM you and give you specifics, but he came up with this idea when he was approached to do a game thread. He basically started the game thread with all the pertinent info and lead ins then gave the link to his audio broadcast and encouraged people to listen while being active on the thread here, online. His audio link had a place for people to 'chat' as well, but we encouraged people not to chat there, but here. Dinger can tell you how it went but from my perspective, there would be a couple of things I might change, or at least think about going forward; and I'm sure dinger has his own list, too. One, he did his broadcast when it wasn't Dick n Bert, but rather Dick n Torii, and a lot of people wanted to hear how Torii would do. Two, he did a weekend thread, and I think participation was down on the thread, as well as listening, due to it being a nice weekend day. And three, I think Dinger found it difficult doing it alone. Moving forward, I'm not sure trying to do more than a game here and there, at least for this season, would be a good idea. I think one needs to look at the schedule ... both of the Twins games and who is in the broadcast booth ... and identify games where it would be really good to have an alternative. And build audience first before opening up with more games. It's a really good concept ... you and Dinger, obviously both great minds thinking alike ... but I think you need to start out with a game here and there and build once there is solid following. And start by really pinpointing good games to do this with ... I'd choose a weeknight when both Dick n Bert are in the booth ... not sure how much the opponent would fit into this and if an away vs home game would be better. I'd choose an away game because there are a lot of us 'out of market' folks who might also want an alternative to the home team's and the Twin's broadcast. Anyway ... PM Dinger and ask him his thoughts, but those are mine. Maybe the two of you could do a joint broadcast/game thread going forward? Hmmm ....

I'd like to use that with everyone I disliked or got frustrated with but then we'd have no website, or rather, a very small group discussing Twins issues. So the better solution might be to learn to get along; barring that ignore, report and/or walk away. Or use PM's to have at it with one another away from the public forums. Learning to agree to disagree seems not to work well when one or both take inflammatory approaches to posting.

Too bad you guys weren't here when Dinger did this a couple weeks ago.

And Chief is over the age of 32 33 times

Yes, wise I will claim.

Well, tbh, I didn't understand any of it so if there was math in it, I missed it, but I suspect there was

I'm allergic to clams. But I did have some New Haven pizza so next time we get into a Nee York vs Chicago pizza discussion I'm going with Nee Haven pizza.

Well, not exactly. I was listening to a dissertation lecture: Rare-event searches in liquid xenon with the LUX and LUX-ZEPLIN detectors

I wasn't trying to be nor was I claiming to be.

New Haven, CT

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I'm so jet lagged, I might have to go to bed early tonight. This broadcast isn't helping me stay awake, either.

Btw ... the headless leg statues have a companion now. It's good ... the Buddha can help guide them. I mean, without heads, they can't see where they are going, so this is good. http://www.publicartinchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/LI-bs-003.png

Don't spill any ketchup on that or won't be welcomed in Chicago

A room full of people who think they are the funniest guy they know yet I've laughed at nothing so far tonight.

Well, I don't exactly like to call people Dick ... unless they actually are one.

Yeah, he sounds a little nervous