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2013 Game 156: Tiggers at Twins
Verlander (13-12, 3.66 ERA) vs. Pelfrey (5-13, 5.34 ERA).
This only ends one way.
Play ball!
2013 Game 149: Twinkies at Pale Hose
I was at the store the other day and noticed that, after a bankruptcy forced hiatus, Twinkies are back. I may be late in making this observation as I lead a pretty oblivious life, but I'm taking it as a sign that next year the Twins will rebound and have a great season. Because unreasonable hope has kept me going for about half a century now, and I'm just too old to give it up.
On the hill tonight we have Liam "Hard Luck" Hendriks (1-2, 5.25 ERA) looking to get some run support from the Twins offense, versus Erik "The Winless Wonder" Johnson (0-2, 4.66 ERA) for the White Sox in a completely meaningless game for either team or their fans. So, you know...go Pirates!
Play ball.
2013 Game 142: Angels at Twins
So the Red Wings fall in the playoffs and we get to see The Replacements tonight as the Twins call up seven players from Rochester for a September cup of coffee. I'd suggest getting that coffee to go, boys. Something about the barely replacement-level quality of this team and these call-ups is leaving me feeling so...unsatisfied.
Pedro Hernandez (3-1, 5.19 ERA) vs. Jered Weaver (9-8, 3.33 ERA) in a makeup game from April. Aside from the chance of getting shut out, I don't much like our chances tonight. Play ball (anyway)!
2013 Game 136: Twins at Astros
After taking two of three from the AL West leading Texas Rangers and coming tantalizingly close to a sweep, the Twins mosey on over to Houston for a three-game set with the Astros. You think the Twins season is en route to hell in a hand basket? The Astros have already lost 91 games and are likely on their way to losing 100+. That's a heaping helping of futility right there. Both teams are sending out youngsters to pitch today, Albers (2-2, 2.92 ERA) for Minnesota and Paul Clemens (4-4, 5.81 ERA) for Houston. Alex Presley will be back out in center field, he went 3-4 with an RBI in his Twins debut yesterday. Buy American, look for the union label, and play ball!
2013 Game 128: Minnesota at Cleveland
Didn't see a game log so here you go. Liam Hendriks, 0-1, 3.94 ERA, is looking to notch his second career win tonight. Zach McAllister, 6-7, 3.59 ERA, will pitch with his right hand for Cleveland. Play ball.
2013 Game 123: Metropolitans at Twins
DAY GAME ALERT!
Remember when it snowed in the middle of April and the final game of the Twins series against the Mets got postponed and it seemed like winter was never going to end and a few days later it snowed again and I got appendicitis and shoveled snow anyway and my appendix ruptured and it hurt like bloody hell and I had to have emergency surgery? Well, it happened whether you remember it or not, and I've got the scars to prove it. Today the Twins and Mets are going to play that postponed game and the Mets have a chance to sweep a series that they won more than four months ago by taking the first two games at Target Field. The Twins send Kyle Gibson to the mound. If he sucks again, I'm demanding an immediate MRI. The Mets counter with Dillon Gee, who doesn't suck but doesn't exactly sparkle like unicorn farts, either.
Play ball!
The Who – I Can See For Miles/My Generation
From the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, originally aired on September 17, 1967. Happy Friday. Really lookin' forward to the weekend, you guys.
httpv://youtu.be/FYkGimCrcRg
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Loading... Rock & Roll All-Stars – Tulsa Time
From the 1983 ARMS (Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis) charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, John Paul Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, et cetera, et cetera. This was the first time all three of The Yardbirds lead guitarists played together in public.
httpv://youtu.be/zyocwLHksT0
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Loading... R.E.O. Speedwagon – Golden Country
When I was in junior high school in Indiana, R.E.O. Speedwagon was touring hard, making a name playing armories and field houses in cities and towns all over the Midwest. Long before Kevin Cronin turned them into a pussy commercial pop band, R.E.O. rocked with the best American bands of the 70's. Back then lead guitarist Gary Richrath was the band's driving creative force, and that dude could shred.
http://youtu.be/Se3O2vHG1So
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