Squirrel

This was all amazing stuff! Thank you! Instead of a pub crawl, maybe TD should construct it's own 'hill drill' contest?

Um, Hughes? Maybe?

And we all share different opinions on what is best for the Twins going forward.

Hicks is having back issues.

I can live with that. Thanks for the report.

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. INDIANS: SP, Kluber Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Murphy RF Gomes C Kipnis DH Chisenhall 3B Aviles 2B TWINS: SP, Swarzak Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer DH Vargas 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Pinto C Hermann LF Schafer CF ------------------------------------------- Thoughts? Brian will be up soon to share his. In the meantime, I'm sure y'all have plenty to say about Santana playing short, and Pinto catching. ------------------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. The Vikings -- Yes... It's Sunday and I'm gonna think about NFL Football today. The Vikings are 1-1 and they take on the 0-2 Saints down in New Orleans. Cassel will have to play better than he did against the Patriots to win. Let's see if it happens. 2. Baseball -- OK... Baseball... Let's give that some thought. I don't know... I have no momentum since I missed last night's game. Until the loss last night... I was feeling pretty good about the offense of late. I don't know if last night would have changed that good feeling of late. 3. Lack of playing time -- TD'ers have been complaining for quite some time about a certain catcher and his lack of playing time. With no playoff spot to be gained... there are many who feel that this month is a chance to work on the development of a talented prospect. Well for today... He's in... Yep... Herrmann is in LF. 4. Trevor May -- I'd like to talk about Trevor's performance because I think each and every time he starts... it's important. I can't talk about his performance because I didn't see it but according to the scoreboard... He gave up a few runs. Two BB's and 3 K's was a change from his last performance against the Sox. I'm not concerned... I think he will pinball for awhile. 5. Cell Phones -- Nearly everyone has one these days. I'm thinking about this today because as I walked into the Football Stadium last night. I was walking behind someone who was walking by himself and carrying on a conversation. I didn't think twice about it... It was obviously a cell phone conversation. Turns out it wasn't... This guy was crazy... He was just having a bizarre conversation with himself... No Cell Phone involved. Thinking about that some more... It's possible that maybe crazy people who talk to themselves aren't crazy at all. Maybe they just have a special ability... Maybe they don't need cell phones. Maybe they are laughing at us because we require cell phones to talk to someone else.

Yes, it was. He has a stiff back.

Lineup is fixed above. Nuñez comes into play LF, and Schafer moves over to CF.

Happy Birthday, Brian! 49! Not quite dead ... yet! Enjoy!

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. INDIANS: SP, House Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Chisenhall 3B Gomes DH Murphy RF Perez C Aviles 2B TWINS: SP, May Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Arcia RF Nuñez LF Schafer CF ------------------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... GO! ------------------------------------------ Where? Things to Think About: 1. Birthdays -- Hey all... It's my Birthday Today!!! I'm still collecting these things... Today... I got my 49th. I'm keeping them all in the basement with all the other things we haven't looked at in awhile. Next to all my other birthdays... We have old hockey sticks that my kids out grew... I think there is a George Foreman Grill unopened down there as well. Oddly we also have the empty boxes from other stuff that we actually use. We will try to get rid of some of this stuff at the next rummage sale. Not sure what to charge for my old birthdays. 2. Tigers/Royals -- We have to pause from the Twins/Indians matchup today and take a look at the Huge Tigers/Royals series because The AL Central title hinges on it. Well the Tigers won last night and they won again this afternoon. That puts the Tigers firmly in control of their destiny and it's looking like the Royals will now have to fight off the Mariners (or A's) for a wild card spot. It's about the only race left... The A's Mariners and Royals and two wild card spots. One team will be golfing. If either of these 3 teams are golfing... It's will be a major major disappointment for any of them. 3. September Twins -- Our hometown nine have been playing real well lately... They have won 4 of their last 5 and the one loss contained a comeback against Max Scherzer. I know it doesn't matter... The 2014 fate was sealed along time ago... But I'd like to say this. Compared to September 2013... September 2014 has been much better. September 2013 was horrible... It wasn't worth watching at all. I even got the impression that very few were even trying. Not this year... There has been an offensive spark and defensive improvement in my opinion. The Pitching on the other hand... Well... That hasn't improved yet. 4. Trevor May -- In his last start against the lowly White Sox. Trevor Struck out 10 and he walked none. That's encouraging and that's all we need from Trevor tonight. We just need him to be encouraging. The Twins pitching staff needs to improve and that improvement... most likely... in my opinion... Will come from guys like Trevor May. If we try to sign someone like Nolasco for big Money... I don't know if that will work. I think we need May to be as good as he can be. 5. Cleanliness -- My Mother In Law likes to keep things clean... She's kinda obsessive about it and I asked her why and she replied that "Cleanliness is next to Godliness". I immediately thought this was wrong so I looked it up in the dictionary... It Turns out that "Go-Cart" and "Goggles" are much closer to Godliness.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Extra innings is showing the post game!

Stringer, you are so very lucky. <glares>

Omg! You guys never learn. SHHHHHHHHHH! Sheesh! You are all such jinx magnets.

Well, if you are in the condo right across the park from me, I can see you quite well. Especially with my binoculars.

Yeah, that would kill my spirit. Can't imagine not being able to play tennis.

The guys will give you a pass, but the woman will glare at you willing you not to use that word freely but won't give you a naughty mark, unless you want me to.

Let me guess. Your jammies are zubaz with giraffes on them.

<hic>What? <trips> Ouch

<hic> What? <trips> Oops

Yes.

I've posted with the phone version. If you find it too confusing you can always switch to the full version.

You back already? You obviously already drank your mission.

This game bites. I need to bake cookies tomorrow and wash floors.

Er, I quoted glunn and not Chief?