36 thoughts on “March 28, 2019: Happy Baseball Day!”

1. DVRing the game. Now have to remind myself not to check my phone or talk to adult humans after work.

   1. Can't do it. I'll listen on the radio and hope that Newbish lets me continue doing so when I pick him up.

      1. You're bigger than him.

   2. Good news! I'm the boss so everyone gets out at 3 for the game!

      1. I hope pregame coverage starts maybe 10, 11 this morning, I'm ready.

      2. My good news is that Fox Sports Go isn't blocked here at work so I can catch the first few innings before I head home.

   3. I will be on the road for today's game, listening on the radio.

      1. it's all good!

2. I love this time of year, when every team is in the playoff hunt -- besides Oakland which is nearing elimination.

3. Crack!

   The solidly struck baseball careens
   toward the right center gap
   bound for
   the verdant grass
   of the freshly mown
   outfield.

   As if triggered by some long sharpened instinct,
   Byron Buxton’s cheetah-like pursuit brings him to the
   exact spot where the dying ball
   nestles….
   sweetly….
   into….
   his outreached leather glove.

4. Lets remember some Twins players who started Opening Day

   Jeff Cirillo

   1. Tony Batista

   2. Tsuyoshi Nishioka. Tony Batista. Jordan Schafer. Livan Hernandez. Brendan Harris.

      This is the first non-Mauer opening day (2009 excepted) since 2003. Also the first home-grown starting pitcher since Light Rail in 2010.

      1. Jordan Schafer! Thats some good remembering.

         1. good Google-fu, you mean

      2. There's a Nishioka jersey sitting in front of me

         1. i had a shirsey. i really wanted him to click.

            1. HPR has a shirsey. Bought the day of his last appearance.

   3. Rich Becker

   4. Vance Worley

   5. Mike Lamb

   6. Butch Huskey.

   7. Juan Castro!

   8. Willie Norwood

5. MLB aims high with the free game of the day and picks White Sox vs Royals.

6. So who gets to be the WGOM correspondent?

   Nothing can go wrong with this. You want to cover the Saints. for a game. Now is your chance. First come, first serve. One person per game to be an honorary media member. MUST have a platform to cover us, social media counts. Sign up for ONE date here: https://t.co/gwK6yw2eOk https://t.co/NhlEvaxvIN

   — St. Paul Saints (@StPaulSaints) March 28, 2019

7. ball's flying out in Milwaukee

8. Performance of new Twins when I've seen them live:

   CJ Cron: 333/400/333 in 10 PA's (with both a SB and CS)
   Nelson Cruz: 417/417/1250 with 3 HRs in 12 PA's
   Marwin Gonzalez: 222/364/444 with 2 2bs in 11 PA's
   Jonathan Schoop: 333/333/444 with 9 PA's

   Martin Perez: 0-1 with 6.94 ERA in 11.2 IP (4 HR's allowed!)
   Michael Pineda: 4.50 ERA in 4 IP

   1. Can Cruz get one of the Twins bullpen pitchers to throw to him whenever he's up?

9. Dick is looking very.... red.

10. glad there are no opening day games in StL today; we've got gully washers a-comin'

11. Kevin Harlan is the best: "We have suffered a major power outage in our truck. The arena is lit. The game is lit. We... are not lit."

    1. great minds think alike

    2. "Every basket that goes down is a CELEBRATION!"

       1. That was quality. The game, not so much.

12. Grand Slam!

    Who's ready for #OpeningDay?

    Which @MLB team do you route for?#Baseball #League #Sports pic.twitter.com/jhD8hPLUpL

    — U.S. Army (@USArmy) March 29, 2019

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