The ALDS finally comes back to the Metrodome tonight with Andy Pettitte pitching against Carl Pavano. I'm sure the smartest man in baseball is hungry for a win against his former team. On that note, be prepared to mute TBS when they start bitching about the contract Carl had with the Yanquis.
It seemed that the 2009 squad thrives during elimination games. Or maybe that was just last week; either way, worrying about playoff games this week has been a welcome change from worrying about whether the Twins would ever have a record that was not some form of .500.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Twins exchanged the white chalk foul lines with strobe lights for tonights game. You know, to help out the 2 EXTRA umpires on the field to do their job.
Lets keep this series going because I'm not ready for the 2009 WGOM game logs to end. Break out the Puppies, Chairman Mauer, Unicorns, and that witch from charmed: It's game time.
Go Twins!
FIRST1l1!!11|||111!!!!
After watching the crap fest known as the Buffalo Bills I need a win tonight.
I saw that FTLT, and I felt for you.
Dude, I'm a Browns fan, and all I can say is that's a game nobody deserved to win.
I can't believe I watched the whole thing. With the amount of alcohol consumed during that game I will be lucky to stay away through this one.
Dude, I'm a Browns fan, and all I can say is that's a game nobody deserved to
winwatch.Fixed it for ya.
I'm leaving for the dome in about 15 minutes. It's a good thing the Twins are going to win tonight, because I might have a shot at a seat right behind the plate for the game tomorrow. I'm pretty excited about that.
What's amazing to me about this series so far is that the Yankees have held both Orlando Ballgame and Delmon's Beast Mode completely in check. NOT WITH ME IN ATTENDANCE, BABY! THE BEAST IS GONNA BREAK LOOSE FOR THE CYCLE AND ORLANDO BALLGAME IS GONNA SLEEP WITH KATE HUDSON AND PHIL CUZZI'S WIFE AFTER THE GAME! RALLY CAPS LIKE GANGBUSTERS TONIGHT!
For those without cable, it appears that the 5th website down on the basketball links is carrying the game tonight.
Gomez back on the bench for Morales.
Pretty inevitable after the last game, I guess. (Even though Gomez did work a really important walk in the 8th of that game.) At least Pavano's something of a groundball pitcher. Hopefully he can miss bats and get the Yankees to pound the ball in the ground.
Carl Pavano Fun Fact!
1.1 WAR -- Pavano for the Yankees, career
1.3 WAR -- Pavano for the Twins, career
And we didn't have to pay $40M for him, either.
Another must-win game, huh? That's all right...so far we've had one less week of offseason than 22 other teams.
Uh-oh...someone wants to challenge SoCal for "resident optimist"...
Hey, it's a lady!
"You bad mailman"
"Dabutt?"
You're killing me, smalls. I'm so glad you got that.
+1 Fish sandwich.
Ha... Hope Floats on one of my 4 tv channels at the moment. I guess I'll have something to watch if the game gets out of hand.
My viewing strategy today: Listen to the first ~2 hours on mlb gameday audio at school, then walk home and go on media blackout until I can watch the remainder of the game on the mlb.tv replay. Waiting until the replay is available can work, but this should get me some extra sleep tonight, which could be nice.
Resident optimist? Are you talking about me? Yeah...I'm a glass half-full kind of person. That said, these games have been giving me headaches & bleeding ulcers since last Friday. :-)
Hey, eye eye wants to play the Twins!
From the horse's
assmouth:There might be some mothers who would quibble with Hunter's assertion that he raised some of their sons.
Gameday is currently unavailable for this game. Please try again later.
Don't they know THERE IS NO TOMORROW!!?
Does this work for you?
Actually, it does. How did you do that?
I logged into gameday a while ago. Sometimes I think it works a little better if you beat the crowd, though I'm not really sure of the details regarding how gameday serves up their content.
Except for when we play the Yankees tomorrow. The Minnesota Twins are going to win this game!
atdhe dot net !!!
There's a game tonight?
Clearly Jeter didn't get a hit there because it just wouldn't have been dramatic enough.
I did not know Pavano signed a large contract with the Yankees and didn't pitch for most of it. Please, inform me more.
Well, you see, when a big market franchise loves a free agent very much, and that free agent loves money very much, they sign a very large contract and....
+ 2 birds and 2 bees.
w00t missed bat!
This would be a good time to plunk Teixeira. Just sayin.
Don't really want to get thrown out in the first inning, though, just in case Wegner is feeling an itch in his trigger finger.
Strategy, ubes. Plunk him in the first inning, get warnings issued, take inside corner away from Pettitte for entire game.
That'd be nice to see Gardy on the front end of a post-plunk warning instead of blowing a gasket when the Twins' ability to retaliate is taken away.
Also takes away inside corner from Pavano, too. Do we want to get in a slugfest?
No, sir. No we do not.
Ummmm, what he said.
Ugh. Teixeira has such a smugly face.
Just finished supper while watching the first inning. I must have missed the introduction of the umpires - I hope Cuzzi is manning a position he's used to tonight.
I hope Cuzzi is manning a position he's used to tonight.
For some reason, I picture him behind Ned Beatty.
What did you say?
+ one squealing pig
Gameday has him at 3B. The nice thing about that from his standpoint is that there's no real hard-and-fast rule about what constitutes a checked swing.
A-Rod was a jerk to Pavano while he was on the DL-- Pavano comes back and gives him a delicious Millano.
Nice cookies.
Okay, I hear Twins fans booing the Yankees as they are walking up to bat. Who is there that you wouldn't boo in the Yankees lineup, though?
Jeter -- represents the Yankees, and thus represents pure evil. Verdict: BOO
Damon -- sold out on his facial hair and former team. Verdict: BOO
Teixeira -- sold out on his home team. Verdict: BOO
A-Rod -- biggest phony around. Verdict: BOO
Matsui -- okay, maybe not so awful. Still, he signed with the Yankees. Verdict: ?
Posada -- made 2007 All-Star team over Mauer. Verdict: BOO
Cano -- okay, the Posada thing was a stretch, can't think of anything bad about Cano. Verdict: no boo.
Swisher -- traded to Yanks, tough to fault him for that. Verdict: no boo
Cabrera -- same as Cano. Verdict: no boo
Okay, so I guess it's mainly just the top of the order that would make me want to boo.
I have pretty much the same breakdown as you, ubes.
Bronx cheers all around.
Swisher has the ex-A, ex-Bitch Sox thing going for him. I'd boo.
I think you could boo Swisher just based on past facial hair.
Or not knowing the count.
I want to agree, but I'm almost sure he did that for charity.
Yeah, and apparently he's done a lot of charity work. So I can't hate Swisher even though superficially I feel like I should dislike him.
HHH is 38F.
Post-season play at LOL field will be parkatic.
Do you think if all fans refer to it as LOL Field that it might catch on and Land o Lakes will finally pay up?
Like butter.
One of the farm kids on the school bus I rode as a kid in Hubbard, Minnesota had a LOL butter package (as displayed above). Where the Indian maiden was holding a package was a little flap. If you lifted the flap, you could see her knees. High camedy on the prairie.
I know that trick. ;)
Cuddy's going to go boom.
[TBS cuts to a shot of Pettitte in the dugout]
Mrs CH: Who's the male model?
Me: Andy freakin' Pettitte
[I then explain Pettitte & Clemens' history of bromance/attached-to-the-hip-ness to Mrs. CH]
Mrs. CH: Huh, maybe they were having an affair.
Me: o_O
Chip Caray is jealous.
What sort of image would be appropriate for Pavano's Ks?
UNO!
Not that we really have a better option, but I have a feeling that Kubel is going to be totally abused by Pettitte today.
Not a difficult prediction given his handedness and what Kubel has done in the series (and the postseason in his career for that matter) so far.
Right, definitely not the world's biggest surprise, but with Kubel's success this year, it seems easy to forget how bad he is against lefties.
Totally off topic: does anybody else find it odd that that Bengals coordinator went ahead and coordinated like 3 days after his freaking WIFE DIED?? The whole postgame bit was weird too. Dudes with bales of testosterone have a different take on the world, I guess.
Or maybe the wife dying was in reality kinda convenient or something.
Teams like that become a second family, so I'm sure being around everyone actually helped in some way. The fact it was also his place of employment I think would be secondary.
yeah, it was just that their version of sympathy was like "yay we won!" I'm not sure how "rah-rah this one's for you buddy" would go over if MY WIFE DIED. But like I said, I'm probably really different than people whose careers are in pro sports, football in particular.
People deal with grief in different ways. I've never had anything that traumatizing happen to me, but if I did, I could see where I might want to do something that requires focus and attention to keep from getting totally overwhelmed with grief.
Absolutely see wanting to bury myself in something. It was the scenes of interpersonal interaction in which real emotion seemed to be replaced with made-for-tv "yay we won this for you yay" stuff... I dunno, it just struck me as unforunately apropos of a bunch of emotionally stunted manly man. Bizarre. Anyway.
My only regret with having Crede around this year is that I wonder how Harris would have done if he would have been given the everyday 3B job. I have this feeling that if he gets a chance to be a regular there he could ease into a Casey Blake-like career.
Well. He would've done well.
Except Harris has less range than a statue. That's a problem at the hot corner.
That was always the knock on Blake, too. I have never thought Harris was a good defender, but he's always been asked to move around a lot over his entire career. And I don't think that that's a good idea with players who are good defenders. If he was allowed to settle in at third base, maybe he could be just a slightly worse-than-average defender there. I just think it'd be an interesting experiment.
Not as much as as short. At third, reaction time/agility are as important as range.
NOICE.
Dear Ron Darling,
Why would Tony Larussa be asking Rick Anderson about how he should manage the pitching staff?
Signed,
FTLT
Also, Nick Swisher is an idiot.
Anyone seen Tex?
I have a feeling that Punto would have been much closer had he actually gotten up to throw there. He's taking the Caray/Darling man-love too much to his head.
I see you are still watching the games?
I considered it drunken self-pity. I've got an episode of The Wire loaded up and ready to go, just in case.
which season?
I'm still on season 1. I just got done with episode 10, and have one more to go on this disc.
I did the entire series in (no shit) one week. I didn't go to work one day. At the end I felt weary but satisfied.
My roomates in college tried to do that with The Sapranos, and that's just too much for me. Its why I never got into that show.
I'm also doing this through Netflix, so that helps spread it out a bit.
I know about where you are. Boy oh boy.
My next one will be season 4, episode 11. It's perhaps the best season yet, but really, it could be any of them.
Yeah, the end of episode 10 was pretty intense.
Nice to see Jeter make two outs on three pitches.
UNO!
Chip: Harris has hit Pettitte well, that's why he's starting tonight.
Me: Other than he's the Twins' only real option, especially against a lefty?
Evening WGOMers
Evening, Banjo.
Nice to see our offense is in top postseason form.
quick quick quick. i don't have a feeling about this one either way yet.
I'm not sure if I have a feeling about it yet, but I'm pretty sure that ANDY PETTITTE IS PITCHING A NO-HITTER. Just a little observation I thought that I would make.
The question is, does Chip realize it, and (when) will he say anything about it?
Not just a no-hitter, but a PERFECT GAME!
Huh. That's interesting THAT HE'S PITCHING A NO HITTER, MEANING HE HASN'T GIVEN UP ANY HITS OF ANY KIND TO ANY TWINS BATTERS.
This AutoTrader radio spot knows more about hitting than Delmon Young.
Sit down Bitch.
Did TBS just show that Damon is 1-11 in the NLDS?
They just showed it for the Douche, too.
Does anybody have any idea what George Lopez is up to these days?
Pooping on comedy?
Bringing the party back to late night, I believe.
Shut the fuck up Tex.
KKKKKKarl Pavano pwns the Yankees. He purposely hurt himself while playing for them due to his immense hatred of everything they stand for.
Strike 3 to Teixeira seemed generous, but not totally out of line based on Gameday.
Based on PitchTrax, it was who the hell knows where.
PitchTrax is a representation of the strike zone like a Mark Rothko painting is a representation of anything.
It seems like it would've been cheaper for them to just work out a deal for Gameday's data, but apparently they weren't down with that.
They use different data sources?
I'm not sure that PitchTrax even uses data. I think they just have Phil Cuzzi's brother up there eyeballing it.
Oh, I was thinking of pitch f/x. I don't even know what pitchtrax is, come to think of it. (If it's a TBS thing, I'm on mlb.com with the 4 corners/no graphics thing)
Based on my fairly limited comparisons, they seem to be using different data sources.
You best not be slogging Rothko, sir. :)
I was always more of an Edward Hopper/Thomas Hart Benton kind of guy.
You guys are so smart. This is what makes the WGOM so wonderful.
\hugs/
I wasn't a fan until I saw his work in person. Then I quickly became one. One of the greatest rooms I've ever been in was at the MOCA LA. 4 huge canvases that nearly took my breath away. Interestingly enough, nearly every painter that I know loves him, too, regardless of their style. I'll stand on Thomas Hart Benton's coffee table in my paint spattered boots and say it: Rothko rules.
Who's this Hopper you speak of?
Tex is so easy to dislike.
How about a hot shot off Pettite's knee..
arl Pavano!
Trying that again:
STOP CHASING BAD PITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gordo wondering if the pitchtrax box is too small. I think that's an interesting observation in that FSN Northwest used to have a similar pitch tracker where the strike zone was quite obviously drawn too small. That one seemed pretty accurate overall if you just accepted that the zone was about a ball width bigger than what was drawn on the screen. When I was watching the strike zone earlier in the series, the problems with TBS' PitchTrax didn't seem that clear cut.
Nice hurlin' tonight.
Soooo...quick game, eh?
I'm not all that big on the fact that ANDY PETTITTE IS STILL PITCHING A PERFECT GAME.
I'm now ready to pluck somebody and take away that ridiculous inside corner Pettitte is getting.
Yeah, I guess with a slugfest we've got a better shot than we do if Pettitte is going to pitch a PERFECT GAME.
Yankees haven't hit one out of the infield yet.
I had just hit send when Matsui hit it up the middle. My bad.
What the hell? Did Young just make a play?
Delm?n
WHOA, Delmon.
Whew! Few things are scarier than the thought of Delmon Young diving for a ball in a 0-0 pitcher's duel.
Although "diving" may not be the most accurate adjective here.
Yikes. Delmon. Fuck you Yankees.
CuDDyer!!!!
F*CK YEAH
That was a great "WTF?" moment on both Cuddyer and Matsui's part.
Sweet DP!
The girl will do anything to get ahead, which is why she leads me by something like 265 IMDb credits...
With a face like that, you have to be willing to do anything....
Kelly Wells is fugly.
Spooky doesn't appreciate that.
All I can be is myself.
Nice, quick inning, but I didn't like how hard they hit the ball that inning.Good 'D' from the much maligned Delmon and CuDDyer.
Cuddyer seems like a better fit defensively at 1B than in RF.
Morneau to RF! I wonder if he'd do better than Kubel.
If anyone is still watching TBS, Astro Boy is totally a Mega Man rip off.
Not to ruin your fun, but Astro Boy predates Mega Man by 24 years.
I stand by my comment.
Yeah, but Mega Man is way less lame.
Hey, no arguments there.
HE SAID IT. CHIP SAID "PERFECT!" HERE WE GO!
How many time do you see a guy make a great play in the field and then...
I was just going to type "how many times do you see it? A guy makes a great play in the field then leads off the next inning and breaks up a perfect game."
Michael gets some good, Norwegian wood.
I love it when a no-hitter is broken up with a leadoff hit. Except when it happens against the Twins, of course.
This would be a good time for Kubel to prove Ubelmann wrong.
RALLY BEER TIME
Furthermore is some good shit. I had some pretty good conversation with them a couple years ago at the beer fest out in Mount Horeb.
I highly, highly recommend their Makeweight, which I think I still saw at Woodman's on the west side. Amazing stuff.
I've had the Makeweight, the Fatty Boombalatty, the ThermoReFur, and the Proper, and never once have I been disappointed.
I had an out of body experience when drinking the Makeweight. Truly an amazing beer. I've never had the ThermoReFur, I need to pick that up if its still around.
Not Cuddy's best base running there. Not much you can do about it though.
He did exactly what he was supposed to. Unfortunately, he just wasn't fast enough to get to second. We still came out ahead on that play. If Cano comes up with a short hop, that's an easy double play.
Aw, shit. My bad, guys.
How many pitches was that after the leadoff hit? Four? That was awful.
The nice thing about the Twins never having baserunners is that the Yankees don't need to have several mound conferences an inning. There was a stretch in Game 2 when the Yankees had 4 conferences in the span of 6 pitches.
I pointed that out, somewhat drunkenly, Friday night and I was told that it was the Twins fault for putting so many damn people on base. Yep.
So that WAS some sort of porno lady? I assumed as much given her general look and the comedy that would thereby ensue, but I dint know fer shore.
I assume you're speaking about the girl above? Yeah, she's a porn star with whom I happen to share my first and last name, so when we need a porn star for a photo, she generally gets the call.
Eight pitches that inning. Let's just swing at everything!
Fuck you Swisher.
Every game they show a stat to highlight Jeter and every game Mauer has a higher total. It's quite comical.
When Mauer is good enough to play for the Yankees, then his stats will count.
Little know fact: Every player in the HOF is a Yankee.
I was there, I saw it with my own eyes.
That was the dreamiest shown bunt I've ever seen.
Oh, so that's what a fair ball looks like.
Shouldn't that have been ruled foul?
That was foul by at least -3 inches!
Jeter might as well get a double. After a two-out single, he was going to steal second off Pavano anyways.
Sure, the one that hits the line they get right....
HELL YEAH
I have to say, this series has featured some damn fine starting pitching.
If the Twins go as Punto goes, and they won 36 of the 48 games in which he scored at least one run, then how did they win any of the remaining 114 games they played?
That must be a legitimate hit if Cap'n D couldn't flag it down.
That looked like a strike.
Yeah, it really was. We got a gift.
Steals off Pettitte without a throw! Sweet!
ORLANDO BALL GAME KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF A WALK.
M(VP)auer!
MVP! MVP! MVP!
JOEY JO JOE!!!
Atta Jesus!
JOE MAUER KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF AN RBI!
Three words. M. V. P.
Glad we scored, but what a bad Cuddy AB. There seems to be a managerial mandate on attacking every pitch.
Cuddy, you cannot slice that high cheese.
Did the Joe Mauer Walking on Water image originate here at the WGOM or was it imported?
Please, please, please hold this lead!
Chip N Ron, coddling the Yankee fanbase with non-stop "it's ok, they can come back" commentary.
I put them on mute right from the start. They've supplanted Buck/McCarver and even Hawk/that other guy as my most hated announcing duo....ever.
Chip says Pettite hasn't lost to the Twins since 2001. He's pitched FIVE games against the Twins since 2001. Oh, and the Yankees lost one of those games after Pettite left.
Is it just be or are the Yankees fouling off far less balls than usual? It is really unusual for this team. I like it.
TBS guys keep mentioning Mauer had no RBIs in the series. That was his third at-bat with a runner in scoring position.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK THAT ASSFACE DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT
Aw, shit.
Cheaptoy, don't you say a word.
Hey man, no matter what happens here, I got some of this to keep me company (and calm):
I am slumming it with well whiskey. Maybe I should switch to Blue.
I lied. It didn't keep me very calm on that play.
fock
I'm so happy that little bitch finally found his postseason stroke and silenced his critics. So mothereffing happy.
FUCK THE NEW YORK FUCKING YANKEES
Double shit.
motherfocker
I think someone needs to punch that Yankee front running asshole out there with the "sweep" sign in the testicles.
I couldn't agree more. (My initial thought was a gunshot, but tha's some serious prison time...)
Baseball is an American aquarium drinker
+1 filled ashtray.
Hopefully, in the ninth we'll have someone on base when Mauer, etc. come to bat.
The Twins are trying to break our hearts
Hmmmm. Ron Darling says Pavano is no longer keeping the ball down.
Must be a league-wide color guy memo...
Fucking fuckstains.
The Yankees have hit three balls in the air to the OF. Two have gone over the wall. Oy.
Oops, I meant four balls in the air. I forgot about Jeter's double.
That Posada homer could have been taken away by a good left fielder.
Dude's looked like a lady in in the ALDS.
Get angry, kid.
Chip Carey: For a Twins team that stresses putting the ball in play so much they haven't do that so much this series
FTLT: THEY LEFT SEVENTEEN M#$%@$ F@#$%@ BASERUNNERS ON BASE LAST GAME!
Ding Dong Delmon. Ouch.
My six year old: "The nuts! Have a good time checking that out."
More proof that someone needs to kick Delmon in the nuts every now and then.
Delmon!
Uncle Bryon: Why's the trainer laughing
Dad:That hit him in the place that's funny if it's not you.
[Replay]
Me, Boog, Dad, UB: OOOHHH!
DelmOn!
Kudos to Delmon for running like that after taking one in the beans.
Carey has all the charm of a game show announcer. (Apologies to Don Pardo.)
I'd have gone with carnival barker.
Fuck you Chip.
I am so writing the letter I promised to write the other night. (although I have on idea what the fuckstain just said.)
Fucking Cuzzi. Fucking Cuzzi. Fucking Cuzzi.
I said the same thing, only out loud to my tv.
Worst... umpire.... ever.
I actually yelled, go jump off a fucking bridge.
I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHER TRUCKING
SNAKESTIME OUTS IN THIS MOTHER TRUCKING GAMEPLANEHonestly, I could do without Jose Morales this game, strike that, series.
Yeah, Morales. Swing at that pitch. Not like the entire fucking season is riding on this game. Just swing at whatever. FUCK.
That was a good at bat for Morales, right up until it wasn't.
Morales has been horribly over-matched. Hey, who saw that coming?
would gomez be any better?
If Gomez plays, then DSPAN2 is in right and Kubel is the DH. That's definitely better.
Okay, I dislike the Yankees more than the Red Sox, for sure.
Let's get a rally started this inning.
SoCal Jr.: I think they're saying "Jeter rocks."
Don't ruin it for him.
It is bizarre how NOT pissed I am that LNP is in the lineup right now.
How about now?
How 'bout the rarest of all things, a LNP homer? Then again, that'll do.
POOOOOOON!
Nick Punto = David Eckstien.
Nick Punto = Fucking moron who fuckin pissed me off
Let's try this again.
FUCK YOU NICK PUNTO
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!
With every fiber of my being, Punto.
Oh, Frick!
WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU EVEN SAY TO THAT SHIT?
I take it all back. You thoughtless, impetuous, wanna-get-on-sportscenter idiot. I hope Gardy spanks you especially hard tonight, LNP.
We don't deserve to win a game with dumbass plays like that.
This has been a great series for Punto, right up until it wasn't.
**Sigh.** What a crappy time for a boneheaded baserunning error. :-(
How sad is it that I knew Punto was going to go too far around third once Jeter cut the ball off.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
I think it might be time to turn off the TV.
GOS....
Also, Cuzzi finally made a right call in this series. How fucking ironic is that?
Soon you'll be able to say: you were there at the turning of the tide.
Or so I hope.
Justin Morneau is being a more quality player than LNP just by sitting on the bench.
I really don't want Nick Punto to be involved in my final memory of the Dome.
Ted Nugent's Cookbook???
Host Monster: Now with Same Day Service!
Heh. I happen to own a copy of said cookbook, Bootsy. Intended as a gift for Brother S.
Way to have our Loogy in there right now. I know Teix is a switch hitter but I just want to be pissed off, let it be.
After the Punto double I was writing a comment about how it always seems like an unlikely hero emerges in the post-season and even if the Twins lose, Punto is that hero. I was just about to Mail My Letter! when that little baserunning blunder happened.
Would've liked to see Nathan face Rodriguez, if only as a second chance.
Wow, you can see the resignation in Mauer's eyes. That really makes me sad.
Ugh, the shot of the Twins' dugout doesn't leave me feeling any better.
Neck Tat got totally robbed on that ball two call. Perfect strike, right on the low outside corner. A-Rod should have been punched out right there.
Oh, I almost forgot. Fuckity fuck fuck fuck.
DItto ball two to Matsui. Twins pitchers lost the bottom three-four inches.
Oh, Mijares, how
niceawful to see you.Kee-rist.
Gardy to need a bigger doghouse now that Mijares taking up residence.
Granny time?
I hope not.
Grand Dad time.
Oh holy crap that stuff is gross.
We still have the last at bat. We can do this. Assuming, of course, Twitchy doesn't allow anymore runs.
Sh!tty assumption.
Awwwwww..... :-( So, so sad.
Shades of i-i. I hate shades of i-i.
Circling the drain.
Still time to give up the granny...
Okay: BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. Well, it could happen.
Busting out the rally homebrew.
Me too.
So you invented Rust-Oleum to supplement your painting income?
Mine has more bubbles. Not a lot more, but still.
Do not let Morales bat. Then again, who the hell is on the bench.
IS THAT NEW GUY ON THE FIELD?
I thought the same thing.
STRIB GIY!
C'mon, it isn't New Guy who does stuff like that. It is his friends who start fights at the Arctic Moneys concert.
I am going to cry if/when the Twins lose this game. I think crying in baseball is acceptable in this case. My hubby doesn't understand why a baseball game would make me so sad.
Here you go, Tricia.
She may not look like much, but she
's gothad it where it counts, kid.Good night, citizens.
Good night, season.
It turns out that when you can spend $200 million + on a team you will beat teams with a third of that payroll. WHAT. A. FUCKING. SURPRISE.
I dislike the Yankees.
No, it just means you will stay close enough for them to screw it up and hand it to you.
With Morneau and Crede out, the Twins are effectively a $50 million team. A friend texted me during game two and asked if I was nervous. I said no, because the $200 million team is going to beat the $65 million team 9 out of 10 times.
Not expecting to win softens the blow of losing, but not entirely. Fuck the Yankees. Go Angels.
Go Angels? Go to April, that will be the next time I care about baseball.
That's why I'm thankful for OOTP9.
I said no, because the $200 million team is going to beat the $65 million team 9 out of 10 times.
Not to nitpick, but it was 10 out of 10 times.
FIRE GARDY, VAVRA, PUNTO, NATHAN, GOSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EFF YOU DEREK JETER!!!!
Man, that really fucking sucked.
Time to take a shower so I can leave the house to drink.
That effectively kills my interest in the rest of the postseason.
I'm glad the Twins gave me a hell of a regular season ride, though.
Pettitte had people praying for him.
So there you have it.
Even God is a Yankee fan.
I'm going to throw up now.
In all seriousness, it was nice to be along for the ride this season. We had a fighting chance every single game and who knows what would have happened had Morneau/Slowey been there. Let's just hope Mauer believes that too.
I may just be super optimistic, and think the best of people, but Mauer's a Minnesotan and I gotta believe he understands the Morneau/Slowey thing and what he means to this team. Here's to hoping there's at least one decent professional athlete.
Cheers, kid. All of you. We'll get 'em next year.
Is that my girlfriend?
Can I just throw out one last "Fuck you Chip Caray" and "Fuck you TBS for employing that asshole"?
Yes. And fuck the Yankees. Fire up the Rally Monkey. I'm looking for Thunder Sticks to pound in my living room the rest of the way.
Go Rockies!
THIS
The offseason sucks.
It's nights like this that make me wish I'd never given up smoking.
Trust me, it doesn't make it any better.
Depends on what you're smoking.
Depends on what you're smoking.
Missed it by that much.
Im not angry at this game as I should be. I dont know why...maybe I have nothing left after Friday's debacle. Im not angry at Punto for not stopping at third. Im not angry at Kubel for striking out 517 times. Im not even angry at Chip Carey. Ok..I had a little anger for Alex Rodriguez. Man that guy is a Twins killer and a happy fun times buzzkill. The last month of the season, the Game 163... Im taking positivity into the off season.
Maybe one of the off season requirements is find a pitcher who can actually get A-rod out
Preferably a relief pitcher.
That finally is GOSO. Frustrating way to end, but it was a fun ride the last month. Don't let the last couple games overshadow what was accomplished here. I will be getting my Twins 2009 AL Central Champions T-shirt next week and wear it proudly. Let the Mauer watch begin (and let it be a short one).
Some series numbers:
Base runners: Twins 39, Yankees 30. Hits with RISP: Twins 7, Yankees 5. HRs: Yankees 6, Twins 0. Boneheaded base running mistakes: Twins 2, Yankees 0.
I think Brent Gardner might argue with you about your tally here
Just 176 days until Opening Day! And just over four months until pitchers and catchers report. Hopefully, Justin Morneau, Kevin Slowey, and Pat Neshek will all be back to 100 percent.
Well, bummer, huh? It was a damn excited game for 7 innings though, because holy crap Carl Pavano. Probably the highlight of the night though was when they played an anti-steroids PSA on the big screen and the entire crowd started laughing. Sometimes I wonder what it must be like to be as reviled as A-Rod. All in all, I'm glad I was there and didn't watch it on TV. Somehow a crushing loss doesn't feel as bad when it's not narrated by Chip Caray.
Yeah, I think being at the game was much more calming than having to watch it on TV. For starters, you can't tell if there are bad strike/ball calls from the upper deck. And being with friends instead of with Chip Caray helps a ton.
Oh, and one final note: I hope the security guards went Rodney King on the pig who interrupted the game. Dude, if you're going to be a total douche, at least tackle Mariano Rivera and give us a fighting chance.
I miss Morgana "The Kissing Bandit."
How about this Carl Pavano dude though? Other than two mistake pitches, that was a big-time performance.