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Crap. Glad I went out for dinner and drinks instead of go to the game

C'mon Waldo!

Back from dinner. <hic>. What'd I miss? <hic>. Think I'll just go to bed

It's LaLa weekend ... which makes it the worst ever it could be.

Brian ... just so you know ... I'm not going to the game tonight. I'm only a couple miles away from the Cell, but traffic is already just too much, I know I wouldn't make it. Maybe tomorrow ...

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. TWINS: SP, Darnell Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Willingham LF Suzuki C Vargas 1B Colabello DH Parmelee RF Escobar SS PALE HOSE: SP, Sale Eaton CF Beckham 2B Abreu 1B Konerko DH Ramirez SS Gillaspie 3B Flowers C De Aza LF Sierra RF -------------------------------- And here we go ... it's Brian time! ----------------------------------------- OH GOD... HELP ME... The White Sox Again. Things to Think About: 1. The White Sox again... I don't like the White Sox... So much so... that I can only take them for 3 or 4 days at a time and then I need awhile to recover. We just got done playing them and here they are again... Way too soon... I need some Mariners... Some Orioles... Some University of Minnesota Duluth in between. A little session against the Royals is not going to clear the palate. 2. Kennys Vargas -- Hey Look... A new toy... A new star to wish upon tonight. Everybody always get excited about the kids when they arrive and I admit that I do to. The reality is... they usually struggle because I think they try to prove too much too quickly and end up swinging at crap. I think it's also possible that they haven't seen this kind of crap so they swing at it... for that reason. But Hey Look... A new Toy and I am firmly behind Mr. Vargas and I hope he changes the reality and starts getting it done right out of the gate. It's important to point out that Kennys is just one Kenny... He's not two guys named Kenny and called Kennys. His family named him Kenny and an S came out of nowhere and attached itself to his name. You may be thinking he's plural but he is not. He's from Puerto Rico and those that have seen him... say he looks like David Ortiz in stature. He's a long baller hitter by all reports and I hope he cranks it out tonight. 3. Chris Sale -- HIs ERA is 1.88... If it's August and it is... and your ERA is 1.88... You are a ridiculous talent on the mound. Kershaw and Sale are about has dominating a left handing duo as the majors has seen in quite some time... I absolutely hate that Sale is pitching for the White Sox and while we are at it... Good Luck to Kennys Vargas... You are making your major league debut against Chris Sale. Sometimes life isn't fair. 4. Kurt Suzuki -- Let's wait for Milone to get here to talk about Milone... Today... Suzuki is a worth thought. The Twins have extended him for two years... They didn't trade him in sellers mode... They extended him and this will keep Suzuki behind the plate in Minnesota for a couple more years. How do I feel about that... I'm ok with it and here's why. It's how much he cost to retain. It's that simple to me. Is Pinto ready? I don't know... The Twins obviously don't think so... and if or when Pinto is ready... He will play. Suzuki won't block him. The Twins will be looking at Meyer and May coming up soon. A veteran catcher to work with them will be a plus. Working with Pinto would be like the blind leading the blind. It's the catcher position and Suzuki may never hit .300 again but he will get his hits and he will lead our pitching staff forward. So... the extension??? I'm for it. He earned it and that's how much he costs. 5. There ain't no cure for the Summertime Cold -- I woke up this morning with a chest cold. My wife had one last week. I was fine... She's fine now and now I got one. I could feel like something wasn't totally right yesterday but I was in good shape. But this morning... I woke up and there it was. A Chest Cold in the Summertime!!! I'm not going to the doctor... I'm going to ride it out. Last time I went to the Doctor for an illness... She asked me if "I had been to another doctor before her". I told her "No... I just went to the Pharmacist". She replied "I wouldn't have done that... What kind of stupid advice did he give"? To which I replied "He told me to see my Doctor".

Careful ... I wield power ... and I'd be well within my rights to exact it on you for putting me in with that lot.

Mine never changed ... you made me Imelda Marcos and I was Imelda the whole time there. Shoes, anyone?

It was there when we were testing the site, because it was something that you 'fixed' when we noticed the embedded video 'overhang' the comment box.

Ugh

Woohoo! Good start!

Meh, I think both of you are jinxing things with any talk of outcomes, good or bad! Yes, I'm a superstitious sports nut. Go figure.

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. TWINS: SP, Correia Danny Santana CF Eduardo Nunez SS Trevor Plouffe 3B Josh Willingham DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Chris Colabello 1B Chris Parmelee LF Eric Fryer C Eduardo Escobar 2B ROYALS: SP, Ventura Jarrod Dyson CF Omar Infante 2B Eric Hosmer 1B Salvador Perez C Alex Gordon LF Lorenzo Cain RF Raul Ibanez DH Mike Moustakas 3B Alcides Escobar SS ------------------------ Batter up! (Yes, Brian, that's you. Now get in there!) --------------------------- I apologize... I'm jammed for time and only have time for a thought or two. Things to Think About: 1. The Trade Deadline -- Wow... Billy Beane is fearless. Trading Cespedes takes balls of steel. Trading him for what could be a two month rental in Lester. He must feel that the A's are ready to go for it and he wants it. And While he was wheeling and dealing... He also shipped Tommy Milone over to the Twins for Sam Fuld. Never in my wildest dreams did I think the Twins could have gotten a quality pitcher for a guy we picked up off waivers. Milone doesn't throw hard and there will be some members of TD who will write him off because of that. But... He's tricky and he has produced an ERA under 4.00 since hitting the majors and that isn't easy to do. Incredible deal for the Twins. Meanwhile... Willingham is still here and I assume he will get dealt in August. 2.3.4. The OF -- No Fuld... So now the Twins need help in CF again. The Twins did a poor job planning for this position this year. There is no other way to put it. 5. Oops -- My wife did something nice for me yesterday and in my attempt to show my appreciation... I gotta little mixed up and told her "That she has made a happy man very old". I didn't catch it when I said it... She did... Oops.

Please direct further trade discussion to this thread. Thank you.

That was for real? Didn't realize

We didin't really run out of them. That was a joke.

sigh.

Santana home run! That would do it for me!

His purdy lips are better than Dozier's head on the Kool-Aid man.

Woohoo!

If it is, that would be really sad.

Well ... you just gotta go for it ... it very well could be ... 1 ...

The Blue line goes to the west side ... the green line also goes to the west side and south side

I missed 3 somewhere ... so ... 2 .... the countdown continues ....