My daughter had a friend over last night and wow, did they fight sleep for as long as they could.
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There will be no "This Week in Twins Transactions" this week because there were no Twins transactions. This Week In Ex-Twins will be coming up later this morning.
You've got that wrong. The world will end the day after the Vikings win the Super Bowl.
That would be too satisfying for a Minnesota sports fan. The world will end with 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter of a sure Vikings victory.
I can see it now. I'm in my family room (or some dude who's married to Miss SBG or her son or grandson or somewhere further down the family tree) and I yell, come here, honey, the Vikings are going to win the Super Bowl and I want you to see it.
Not knowing of course that the sun had exploded five minutes earlier and was about to fry the entire planet.
Its funny, the History Channel pumped out about 50 programs dealing with the end time because of the Mayan calendar, but not one program about this.
Southern bias.
I blame the Illuminati.
Ireland-England in the 6 Nations right now. Only decent matchup of the weekend. France got shithoused by Wales yesterday, and Scotland-Italy was predictably awful this morning.
An uninspiring first half, to say the least.
TRY!
Shit. Penalty and try in quick succession to England and it's 13-10 to them.
NO! That's why you don't give the fucking hooker the ball the open field.
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Apologies for language about the early BPL game today, but ...
Fucking Chelsea flopping pieces of shit. It only took about ten flops for those bastards to finally steal a goal on what shouldn't have been a set piece. Also, Ross Barkley needs to get his head out of his ass.
And to top it off, The Human Piece of Garbage scored.
I didn't even want to acknowledge that. I'm pretty sure Torres or Ramirez just fell down again just out of habit.
Looks like Fulham had an actual lead for awhile, then let it slip. Today is only the 2nd time in 7 games they've gotten even a point. The other was the 2-2 at Old Trafford.
Souhan, again bemoaning a "lack of personality" in the clubhouse. But, he does suggest that having a crappy team makes it hard to be a great leader and that some of his cherished leaders also played on crappy teams. Then this: "My view: The Twins’ clubhouse has lacked personality since Hunter left, but what is far more important is the lack of quality starting pitching." Well, hell. I'll bet a lot of guys would be great leaders if the starters gave them a chance to win most games.
Souhan: Twins I look for leader to fill void left by Puckett and Hunter
FTFY, poultry dude
Also, this from LENIII in an online chat.
I would like to see Mauer try third base. He's agile, has great hands and a strong arm.
by La Velle E. Neal III February 18 at 12:10 PM
The Star-Tribune, gearing up for another year of excellence in baseball coverage.
Thats your BBWAA President.
In the final month of 2012, he compared Trout and Cabrera for MVP and concluded Trout deserved it despite Cabrera probably winning the Triple Crown. When the results are announced, he says he voted for Cabrera because Triple Crown.
Plus the whole Pedro debacle.
I had the Lumberjack from the Blue Door for lunch. Sooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooood.
That is licherally the greatest burger I have ever eaten.
Shroom's Burger, some pink, char-grilled, at Plan B in West Hartford.
You've got 6 days left to sneak one in this year! And yes, sooooooooo goooooooooood.
I leave for Williamsburg again on Monday for four days, so no chance. Damn.
#mntwins offer to Matt Garza included a 4th-year vesting option at $14M. So max value was $56 million, PWDK tells me. Signed 4-$50M w/MIL
Huh. Turned down more money to pitch in Milwaukee.
Actually, I'm seeing Brewers offered fifth year vesting option. Nevermind.
And he spelled DPWY wrong, too
Haha - everyone knows that's DPRK.
Help me out - what is that actually supposed to stand for?
Dread Pirate Ron Kittle?
"person(s) with direct knowledge"?
PWDK is that. Berardino uses that acronym a lot.
Pirate Who's Dreaded Kittle?
Pirate Will's Distant Kin?
My wild Saturday night is sitting at home watching my roommate's dog while she's at her cousin's bachelorette party. But I don't need to be going out, because I'm going curling in the morning.
Laundry and Timberwolves for me. wooooo party animal.
I'm only not doing laundry because the dog flips out every time someone goes in or out. I'm gonna do laundry tomorrow while my roommate is home so the dog is a little more chill. Olive (the dog) is barely a year old, so she's still skittish, but she's a lot calmer with the RM around.
There are worse things.
I'm in a keeper league that is looking for 1 more player. It's an annual $50 buy-in, with first three spots paying out (1 more player = 12 teams). It's a head-to-head league, and a quality group of guys. Just in case anyone is looking for something on the more serious side. We're only keeping 4 players per team this year, and last year was my first year in the league, and I still managed 3rd place, so you're not too far behind (and a number of the teams are less prospect savvy than most WGOMers).
Kevin Love needs one assist for a triple double.
Although that is burying the lede because Love has another 30+/10+ game
He'd have another 40/15 game if he played the last 8+ minutes of the fourth quarter, but it doesn't look like there's any reason to do that.
At least he got his triple-double before Adelman pulled him, this time.
Yeah, he killed his chances for a 50 point game by scoring 22 (!) in the 3rd.
What a ball hog :p
Two off the franchise record for a quarter. He was simply amazing tonight.
Rubio was 5-for-7 from the field. That might be more encouraging than Love's line considering we know that Love is great.
There will be no "This Week in Twins Transactions" this week because there were no Twins transactions. This Week In Ex-Twins will be coming up later this morning.
I always thought that according to the Viking Calendar the world ended sometime before the playoffs started.
You've got that wrong. The world will end the day after the Vikings win the Super Bowl.
That would be too satisfying for a Minnesota sports fan. The world will end with 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter of a sure Vikings victory.
I can see it now. I'm in my family room (or some dude who's married to Miss SBG or her son or grandson or somewhere further down the family tree) and I yell, come here, honey, the Vikings are going to win the Super Bowl and I want you to see it.
Not knowing of course that the sun had exploded five minutes earlier and was about to fry the entire planet.
Its funny, the History Channel pumped out about 50 programs dealing with the end time because of the Mayan calendar, but not one program about this.
Southern bias.
I blame the Illuminati.
Ireland-England in the 6 Nations right now. Only decent matchup of the weekend. France got shithoused by Wales yesterday, and Scotland-Italy was predictably awful this morning.
An uninspiring first half, to say the least.
TRY!
Shit. Penalty and try in quick succession to England and it's 13-10 to them.
NO! That's why you don't give the fucking hooker the ball the open field.
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Apologies for language about the early BPL game today, but ...
And to top it off, The Human Piece of Garbage scored.
I didn't even want to acknowledge that. I'm pretty sure Torres or Ramirez just fell down again just out of habit.
Looks like Fulham had an actual lead for awhile, then let it slip. Today is only the 2nd time in 7 games they've gotten even a point. The other was the 2-2 at Old Trafford.
Nobody writes about the Wolves better than Britt Robson.
USA! USA! USA!
Talk about burying the lede. If you can wade through that whole thing, you'll find the lede right there in the last line.
FTFY, poultry dude
Also, this from LENIII in an online chat.
The Star-Tribune, gearing up for another year of excellence in baseball coverage.
Thats your BBWAA President.
In the final month of 2012, he compared Trout and Cabrera for MVP and concluded Trout deserved it despite Cabrera probably winning the Triple Crown. When the results are announced, he says he voted for Cabrera because Triple Crown.
Plus the whole Pedro debacle.
I had the Lumberjack from the Blue Door for lunch. Sooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooood.
That is licherally the greatest burger I have ever eaten.
Shroom's Burger, some pink, char-grilled, at Plan B in West Hartford.
You've got 6 days left to sneak one in this year! And yes, sooooooooo goooooooooood.
I leave for Williamsburg again on Monday for four days, so no chance. Damn.
Huh. Turned down more money to pitch in Milwaukee.
Actually, I'm seeing Brewers offered fifth year vesting option. Nevermind.
And he spelled DPWY wrong, too
Haha - everyone knows that's DPRK.
Help me out - what is that actually supposed to stand for?
Dread Pirate Ron Kittle?
"person(s) with direct knowledge"?
PWDK is that. Berardino uses that acronym a lot.
Pirate Who's Dreaded Kittle?
Pirate Will's Distant Kin?
My wild Saturday night is sitting at home watching my roommate's dog while she's at her cousin's bachelorette party. But I don't need to be going out, because I'm going curling in the morning.
Laundry and Timberwolves for me. wooooo party animal.
I'm only not doing laundry because the dog flips out every time someone goes in or out. I'm gonna do laundry tomorrow while my roommate is home so the dog is a little more chill. Olive (the dog) is barely a year old, so she's still skittish, but she's a lot calmer with the RM around.
There are worse things.
I'm in a keeper league that is looking for 1 more player. It's an annual $50 buy-in, with first three spots paying out (1 more player = 12 teams). It's a head-to-head league, and a quality group of guys. Just in case anyone is looking for something on the more serious side. We're only keeping 4 players per team this year, and last year was my first year in the league, and I still managed 3rd place, so you're not too far behind (and a number of the teams are less prospect savvy than most WGOMers).
Kevin Love needs one assist for a triple double.
Although that is burying the lede because Love has another 30+/10+ game
He'd have another 40/15 game if he played the last 8+ minutes of the fourth quarter, but it doesn't look like there's any reason to do that.
At least he got his triple-double before Adelman pulled him, this time.
Yeah, he killed his chances for a 50 point game by scoring 22 (!) in the 3rd.
What a ball hog :p
Two off the franchise record for a quarter. He was simply amazing tonight.
Rubio was 5-for-7 from the field. That might be more encouraging than Love's line considering we know that Love is great.