Minnesota: Walters (2-4, 6.70 ERA)
Cleveland: Huff (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
My fellow Twins fans, our long Midwestern nightmare is almost over. The baseball season works; our great schedule is a list of games and not of men. Here the umpires rule. But there is a higher Power, by whatever name we honor Him, who ordains not only righteousness but the starting rotation, not only justice but the bullpen.
As we bind up the internal wounds of the 2012 season, more painful and more poisonous than those of the mid ninties, let us restore the golden rule to our baseball process, and let strikeout pitchers purge the batters box of walks and home runs.
Before closing, I ask again for your prayers, for Joe Mauer and his family. May our former MVP, who brought joy to millions, find it for himself. May God bless and comfort his wonderful fans and family, whose love and loyalty will forever be a shining legacy to all who bear the lonely burdens of the label Jebus.
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SEND HIM!!
Didn't that have 5 !'s just a minute ago?
Some of sean's black magick
SEND HIM!!!
It wouldn't redeem the season completely, but another Mauer batting title would take some of the sting off of 90+ losses.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
PJ Walters is channeling is inner Liam Hendriks
A good 200 showed up for THE RACE FOR FOURTH! (cannon shot)[EXPLOSION]
there might be more people viewing this blog right now than at the game.
Mauer up to .324.
Joe Mauer (.324) has just passed Derek Jeter (.323) on the batting average list.
Jeter sucks!
Max Scherzer left the game with 'right shoulder fatigue'. thats never good.
Sounds made up.
bilateral arm weakness
The non-throwing arm is the one that'll get ya.
Joe batting .324? Passed Jeter?? Two goals (for now) down, one to go!
Now just 27 more steals to go for Revere!
well, yes, but I was counting Joe's last goal: the AL batting title!
Carroll showing why he's better than Mauer.
Did Robbie just say the Timberwolves are the best team in the WNBA or did I mishear him?
I see Robbie's mouth move a lot, but I don't know that I've ever heard anything worthwhile come out.
Earlier this game, I heard him say something about hookers and blow. It made me wish I had listened more closely.
If can't win/place/show, spoil.
Riot!
Mauer .325 now.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Huff man is out of the game. OH YEAH!
Lame.
How many liners to left do we need to hit before we get a double?
ewwww, Cabrera leads the AL Batting race -- Jeebus NEEDS to win now! For the children!!
For the
childrenwomen!FTFY
I'd really like to make it to the end of this one, but I've got a sleep deficit and I just ran 8 miles, so I'm pretty exhausted. We'll see how it goes.
8 miles. Not bad. You training for something or just that cool.
Yep, I'm training for something.
Way cool. Am doing a half in October - Up to 12 miles this Sat. Haven't been carrying water, but everyone else has, so I think I need to buy something. What do you carry?
Lately I've just been running a 4-mile loop and then stopping at my car to get water, but I also own a Camelbak. I like it, but it gets kinda hot in warmer weather. There's also the issue that it's more weight to carry around. When you get to the point where you're running an hour or more, you definitely need something.
Yeah, our training coach does the Camelbak. I'm thinking plenty of water during the event, but for training will need to get something to avoid the bonk.
Which half are you doing? I'm running the Baltimore half in October and then the big show in Richmond in November.
ING Hartford Half, 10/13.
Fun! You should have pretty good weather up there in October, I'd think.
Hope for the best, planning for the worst.
On the other hand, maybe I should just go to bed now and assume they won.
Ruh-roh. Walters see-ya.
AAA Championship series is on NBCSN, if you get that channel. Pawtucket BoSawks are involved 🙁
So Valenshia could snag a ring?
swag livin
a triple play would be the correct play here.
Not a triple play, but that was a pretty nice slider.
cr@p, Trevor.
Muffed by Ploof. Say that 3 times.
There goes the lead and the Plouffe.
To Rochester?
Oh, for Plouffe...
Should have gone to bed.
Yep. I'll watch the Twins hit and then I think I'm done.
Plouffe 🙁 🙁 🙁
Their Marney is about a million times better than our Robbie.
Can you hear the guns, Dernando?
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Denardo
Revere strikes out looking.
It will be a long while until you see that again.
5 clicks in the stadia, jeesh. In the old days christians/lions would bring them out. Not that I approve of that approach.
With that walk, Joe is cementing his lead in the OBP race.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you know what else increases your OBP? home runs.
Praise be.
You don't get on base with a home run. You just run around them.
Screw that. I'd stop at third.
Willingbiscuit brings it!
Sweet single ham.
Night!
Doumit double.
Anagram fun: Vinnie Pestano == Ape Inventions.
Man, its raining hard, here.
SEND HIM!!
Nice AB by Carroll.
If Laddie can steal on a pitch out then SEND HIM!!!!!!! again!
Ay, Laddie.
SEND HIM!!
Dspan2000!
Terrible call. Robot umps now.
it's a conspiracy to keep Mauer from raising his batting average
The Spanish Inquisition!
The beauty of that is that Trout, Jeter, and Cabrerra can still go down.
Jeter's wont tonight because the Yanks were rained out.
ugh, Caberra has 2 dongers and is 3-4. now at .333
FREE BASEBALL! FOURTH PLACE SHOWDOWN GOES TO EXTRAS! (gunshot)[Roman candle]
[kazoo choir]
Good to see someone is excited about this game.
OMG 'Lexi, FOCUS!
Laddie, that ain't no way to end the game.
the more relievers you bring in, the more likely you are to find the guy who just doesn't have it tonight.
This game is going on; it is Joe's...DESTINY
wiggle wiggle wiggle.
The Toons are the Twins' twins in futility.
SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!
dont SEND HIM!!!
awww nerts
SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!!!!!!!!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!!!!!!!SEND HIM!!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!SEND HIM!!!!!!
My first time. How did I do?
It worked!
He heard you!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Twins have scored more 2-out runs than anyone in
the ALall of baseball? I'm guessing they've given up the most 0-2 HRs, too.Twins baseball!
that was some shrewd baserunning. and idiotic infielding.
SEND HIM!!!!!!!.
*ahem* I believe it only works when Beau does it.
hey, it was my LTE that the macro was made from in the first place
Sour grapes.
coming right up
Huh, look at that. That's a run, right?
FOURTH PLACE is so close I can taste it!
The Indians pxp dudes are not happy with LaPorta.
It's very disappointing for the two dozen fans still in the stadium.
well, half of them are Twins fans
hey, i just realized i could have been listening to dick'n'bert all this time. oh well.
You can hear every single one of the thirty five people in attendance on the broadcast tonight.
Let's give Perk some breathing room, eh guys?
And that's why we give Perk some breathing room
I walk away for 5 minutes and all hell breaks loose.
That's why there are insurance runs!
Well good thing the Twins got that second run.
I think I'll take full credit for this victory
If the Twins played the Indians 162 times a year they would probably make the playoffs.
And so it is now all tied up for fourth.
The quest continues tomorrow...
Glad to see that while I was gone, the Twins stayed on track for 75-87.