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First off, let me say Joe Mauer is better than Babe Ruth, Seabiscut, really good beer, and a weekday off from work combined. I was going to start throwing around some numbers today to show the historical significance of what he is doing right now but socal beat me to the punch. After that I thought that maybe I could write a piece about how Joe Mauer makes me feel like I am an eight year old girl and reminds me exactly why I love baseball in the first palace. But then Joe Posnanski had to go and do that. So here I am without anything to write about. And sadly, I don't have the time to come up with a new idea or the patience that would be required to do research on such a topic.
I do have one additional thought on Mauer's performance as of late; this, right now, is better than Santana's prime to me. After Johan was dialed in, striking out batter after batter, we had to wait four more days before we could see him do it again. With Mauer, each day is a new adventure. If Baby Jebus does something out of this world, like hitting a 2 run, pinch hit, home run in the bottom of the ninth, we only have to wait 24 more hours to see what he would be up to next. We are watching something special right now.
Enjoy.
Joe Mauer is better than the Voca People.
Duh.
I had to stop to go reread the Riley column after that.
Go Twins!
[caps]This might be the most important game any baseball team has ever played since the beginning of time. This is of god v. ditka proportions. The Twins are betting the farm on this one. They need to stop the bleeding now before the season is lost. game over. season over. [/caps]
We need a SF picture/logo.
SF is like Tony Batista. Had him for part of a season. Not sad to see him go, but we can't stop quoting him.
Destined to become a cult classic.
Will that do?
Whoops! Will that do?
Yes. That is amazing. You can clearly see him battling his tail off.
It is weird that when I did a google image search that there was a MSpainted "TC" on a guy in a blue shirt yelling at a laptop. A little too appropriate if you ask me.
I've got Brewers-Cardinals on the ESPN. Steve Phillips is picking up right where he left off with teh stupid. Apparently, every team needs a "baseball" player on their team, a guy like an Eckstein (in this case, Counsell).
His continued inability to get back to a GM position is mystifying!
I do wonder, had he not gone to work for ESPN, would he have had a second chance to make a team suck?
Hey, gang.
Nick Blackburn, strikeout machine?
has a better ring than Double Play Inducer.
There goes Span, being all not right for the leadoff spot.
The Nation holds it's collective breath...
I figure a Strib Guy appearance is called for after that double play...
evening all. sad to see ortiz's legs beat out cuddy's arm...
I thought for sure he was gonna be thrown out by 30 feet.
Maybe that's why he hasn't been hitting homers this year, been focusing too much on increasing his speed.
cuddy's revenge, though i would have expected the other to get the other's hit...
...and it's all up to Delmon...
*sigh*
And he strikes out swinging and missing at a pitch by 6 inches.
It's becoming all too apparent that Delmon is not good at baseball...
BUT HES ONLY 23!!!!
I think I would have preferred Span in left tonight. That isn't to say that Gomez wouldn't have missed that pitch too but what are you going to do?
At least Gomez has drawn a few walks this year, so that would have been more of a possibility than with _elm_n.
Blackburn, flyball pitcher
I could write a piece about how Joe Mauer makes me feel like I am an eight year old girl and reminds me exactly why I love baseball in the first palace.
...are you a mole, FTLT?
Wow, my picture didn't show up. F*&^ing shocking! This site must have different rules than any site I've ever posted anything at anywhere, because I saved the image to my Snapfish account before doing anything. Sigh.
I know your pain. I can never seem to get images to show up either. Cursed I tell you.
It's weird. Among my regular-world friends, I'm the only guy who really knows how to do it. On this site, I'm oh-for-about-twenty. I've literally never gotten it to work a single time. I know there must be a different rule, but I have no idea what it is.
Are you using the "img" button or trying it the hard way?
Both.
Well, that was the extent of my capabilities to help.
That actually is the one other exact card I almost used for my avatar. My vusyak humor is very sophomoric.
Where are you hosting it? What was your html? I have to know what I'm doing wrong. It doesn't make sense that I can pull the trick off everywhere but here.
Um, that should read "visual." Right hand in the wrong place. Oops.
I just copied and pasted the url. I'm not hosting it anywhere. I mostly wanted to see if I would have problems too, but it was also a great opportunity for a Rusty Kuntz baseball card!
Yeesh. So I'm technically doing nothing wrong...I just have craptacular luck. That's an onion in the ointment.
Okay...this time?
I just might put that one in the video queue...
I approve.
It has to be this computer or something.
I swear, I'm going to have to set up a WGOM post simply so I can try them until I get one posted up. Not having a single one go through in this many tries can't be possible without computer shenanigans of some sort.
are there bad opportunities to show off the Rusty Kuntz?
Amboy Dukes?
See, if there would have been a red squiggly line underneath palace I would have know I had made a typo.
I had a photo lined up of the book "Baseball Palace," which is obviously about Comiskey Park (is that obvious? I know the nickname, but I don't know if it's widely used). See how awesome that would've been?!?!?!??!?!?!?!
It would have been an awesome burn.
Isn't it great starting your inning with 2 automatic outs?
I at least have less of a sinking feeling in my gut looking at the lineup today as I did yesterday.
Just setting up for another 2-out Mauer home run!
Tolbert pops out, Punto ground out, the world keeps spinnin.
Beautiful, in its way.
Usually Punto pops out! Variety is the spice of life.
I don't think Span is mad at Lester. He's just in a lot of pain, and throwing the bat was letting off steam.
JOE MAUER WILL DRIVE DENARD SPAN IN THIS AT BAT!
Does anyone have Knockabout Pinball on their mobile? I just broke the game, by scoring 99,999,999 with nine balls remaining. My previous high score was 5 million.
I'm gonna go ahead and call "steroids" on this. That's an unreasonable spike in your score.
I plead ignorance!
The funny thing is that I tiled on my first ball and the second ball went down the chute right away. I had 35,000 after two balls.
We should round up $240 and get a WGOM etching on the Twins wall.
I could spare $10 or so.
That is a stellar idea!
I am good for a $20 spot.
I could be persuaded....
Whatever I give, I should probably also give to Sheenie. Maybe $10 each.
how do we do this? logistics? Do we commission E-6, or is there some other half-baked "art" house we go to?
I vote we commission E-6. Can we afford you, Bootsy?
Don't forget meat.
(And commission what exactly?)
Delmon!
Wow, that catch was so nice, I didn't even notice that it was Delmon making it!
I hope we're not back to the whole not getting hits with runners in scoring postion thing. That sucked.
But at least the Bloody Sox are suffering from it too.
Evening, folks.
Hey Twayn, just in time for _elm_n's latest strikeout.
that's ridiculously optimistic.
ahh. It's a lot funnier when the comment fits. I read that as "last strikeout".
Ha! that makes much more sense now. It would also have been acceptable had he hit into a DP.
Ah, shucks. Delmon's one hard-hit ball this week and it doesn't fall
evening, Peeps.
I was gonna say "evening BrianS, just in time for Punto's latest ground out." Then I saw "In play, run(s)" and was happy
PUNTO!!!!!
Twayn and me r bringin' da offense!
Boston sux. Muddy waters, heh.
Where did the homeruns go?
They were intimidated away by Boston.
Oh wait, there they are.
There they are!
Nevermind!!!!!!
The offense seemed to do pretty well while I was in St. Louis.
See how rusty I am? This was supposed to be a reply to brianS above.
walks with RISP are pussy.
Especially with that big looser Morneau hitting after him.
w00t! Earl Weaver!!!
My God, this team is fun to watch...
Lester was just flirting with disaster there with the Mauer walk.
Dazz: "Lester's mistake was walking Mauer."
Me: that's because Punto didn't bunt.
Wow. I thought that might hook foul, but he hit it so hard it didn't have time.
Sweet, Canadian sandwiches.
Zat a feature at Tim Hortons?
If it is, I wish there were a Tim Hortons by me.
Cheaptoy, it is time to drop the Tim Hortons talk, my man. Those mopes are trying to put me out of business.
Well, I'll tell you a little story about TIm Hortons then, and it might help persuade people not to go there:
Last summer, I conducted a test in my pilot plant for a client who wanted to pastuerize tea extract. They brought many gallons to me, and we tested it, we tested it and placed it in bags and boxes. These bags were then palletized and shipped directly to a couple Tim Hortons stores for immediate customer consumption. Now, I told them, I have absolutely no idea what sort of products have been run through these heat exchangers in the twenty years they've been in this plant. It could have been anything, from food stuffs to various chemicals. Yeah, we clean em, but we don't have to clean them to any food service standards. They insisted, and Tim Hortons appears to have had no problem serving something that 9 out of 10 people would say "hey, don't serve that".
Can I put that on a billboard?
Considering the company I worked for shut the facility down, I have no problems with that.
My goodness, this is like vintage 1965 Twins baseball or something.
Oh man Morneau smoked that one.
Harris > Buscher
Heck, right now:
The sandwhich I posted above > Buscher
Drenden Harris
Boys, I was thinking a WGOM plaque would be cool. The dishes are done, the kid's in bed, the laptop is on my lap, and the Twins are up 5-1. It's a good night!
7 Ks for Blackburn!
+one fat man
Great flick. Bogart rules.
Now listen, Precious. Miles has been shot...Yeah, dead. Now don't get excited...Now, you'll have to break the news to Iva. I'd fry for it...And keep her away from me...That's a good girl...Now get right over there...You're an angel. Bye.
I am not positive but I am pretty sure that I just saw myself cheering loudly from that shot on FSN after Johan finished out the 8th in his 17 K game. Ah, who am I kidding? .
Uno.
read up the thread, Bootsy. art has been called for.
gah. nice recovery, but gah.
Craptacular throw by Punto. I suppose when you are hitting .186, you have room to make a few bad throws, right?
He's got a chance for a "how many times do you see a guy _______, then leadoff the next inning with a _______" moment.
He's definitely been worth that contract. I'm glad he's locked up through 2011!
off to Costco to re-inflate the US economy. carry on.
They used to have Josh Bard as Catcher (traded to SF to get Mirabelli back because Cap'n Tek couldn't catch the knuckleball).
And now they have Daniel Bard as pitcher?
Man.... they could have had an all-bard battery.
Very nice night for Blackburn. 7IP, 8H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 7K. I'll take that every time.
Blackbird Bogarting innings.
28.2 IP, 23 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 9 BB, 19 K in his last 4 starts
Impressive
Punto makes up for the error, there.
And kudos to Span on bunting for a sacrifice instead of trying to drag it. Not that I think the bunt is the right call there, but it was a very good bunt.
joe for 3 with a dp and 2 ks? Barreiro and souhan are off the bandwagon.
+1 Prior commitment.
Sawks fear Canada.
everytime Mauer gets hurt I'm sure Gardy's stomach turns itself inside out
One helluva hook by the Mayor to get Bay.
good cheese?
Gruyère, baby.
LOL. Delmon may strike out twice here
evening, folks.
Painter.
*tips beret, downs an absynthe.
downs an absynthe
Is it really that kind of night?
Actually, its been more of a Labatts kind of night.
No. I've never owned a beret, either.
Smoking Loon cabernet.
I don't buy that for a second. ;)
OK, OK. It's leftover boxed red... ;)
Delmon definitely on the schneid.
Not the best of nights, but he did manage to hit the ball really damn hard a couple times.
Keys plz
+ jingle-jangle
Baserunner, check.
Wait for it...
BOOM!!!
Gomez is fast
Be nice if we could see how fast he was every day.
w00t! Twins Win!!!
Whoo!
Good starting pitching and a 3 run bomb. Earl is smiling somewhere.
That HR by Morneau was a real man's HR.
tonight was the 4th multi hit game for Nick Punto this year, the first since May 10. (the other two were back to back games Apr 10, 11)
Ok, I just went and read the referenced JoePos column. And let me just say that it made me angry and sad. That jerk is only 42!!!
Sounds pretty old to me. ;)
Get off my lawn!