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September 5, 2011: Long-Term Commitments

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These two at my house still won't stop fighting, and it's going to make my decision to move on from this house easy. They've been together for ten years and are still trying to figure out if they're right for each other. I've known them for three weeks and I'm dead certain the answer is no. I probably shouldn't say anything, but damn, I could save them from wasting more time.

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Our Lady Peace – Starseed

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jobu e-mailed me recently saying we were about due for a theme week. After tossing around some ideas (shark week, nfl countdown week, and a week of albums that let down as much as the 2011 Twins) Michael Cuddiier helped us out and gave us a theme. With his High School like gossiping to reporters and it being back to school time jobu and I decided to crank tunes we loved while we were in High School. Pardon us if we show our age here.

Anyway, growing up so close to Canada I grew up on Canadian radio. Just like Geddy Lee I was cranking CFNY. What makes Canadian radio great is they have to play something like 2 Canadian bands every hour, or something like that. Because of this I got a steady dose of bands like I Mother Earth, Moist, Treblecharger, and OLP. This matured into Sloan, Broken Social Scene, By Divine right and other excellent Canadian bands. Anyway, here is one of my early most favorite bands, Our Lady Peace.

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Toronto, 1995.

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2011 Twins Game Logs, Minnesota Twins, MLB

Game 139: Twins at Angels

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Draft Day alert!! Don't forget the WGOM football draft is at 7 p.m. CDT today. Oh, also there's a baseball game today.

Slowey vs. Piniero

If Kevin Slowey ever wanted to get out of Gardy's doghouse, this would be his best opportunity. The Twins' bullpen was overworked yesterday when Duensing left due to an injury and the Twins have a doubleheader on Monday and are unsure of who will start in Tuesday's game, so the pitching staff is a mess right now. A complete game from Slowey would make him a hero. Eight innings would leave his manager pleased. Seven innings is almost required.

The Twins have scored19 runs in this series, which just about matched their run total from August. The last time the Twins face Piniero in this ballpark, it resulted in an 11-4 win. A win today would even the season series with the Angels, which would be ... something. GO TWINS!!!

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of 9/3

Rochester 6, Pawtucket 3 in Rochester.  The Red Wings closed out their home season with a win.  They trailed 3-0 after six, but scored three in the seventh and three in the eighth.  Chase Lambin and Aaron Bates each singled and doubled, with Bates raising his average to .316.  Brandon Roberts had two hits.  Jeff Bailey hit a home run, his fifteenth.  Andrew Baldwin got the win, giving up three runs on nine hits and three walks in eight innings.  Kyle Waldrop struck out two in a perfect ninth for the save.

New Britain 10, Trenton 9 in New Britain (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Rock Cats had leads of 7-2, 9-5, and 10-8 before holding on to win.  Yangervis Solarte singled, doubled, and homered, driving in three and making his average .323.  Brian Dozier and Joe Benson each singled and doubled, with Dozier's average going to .314.  Chris Herrmann drove in three.  Logan Darnell lasted just 4.2 innings, surrendering eight runs (five earned) on nine hits and two walks.  Tyler Robertson got the win in relief, giving up a run on three hits while striking out three in 2.1 innings to raise his record to 10-3.

Trenton 6, New Britain 5 in New Britain (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Rock Cats led 5-4 after four, but the Thunder scored in the fifth to tie and in the seventh to win.  Mike Hollimon doubled and homered, driving in three.  The home run was his sixteenth.  Chris Herrmann singled and doubled.  Yangervis Solarte and Nate Hanson each had two hits, with Solarte's average going to .324.  Starter Steve Hirschfeld pitched just two innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks.  Dakota Watts took the loss, giving up one run on two hits and two walks in 2.2 innings.  Reading defeated Binghamton 6-5, so the Rock Cats are a game out of the wild card race with two days left in the season.

Ft. Myers 7, Jupiter 0 in Ft. Myers (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Miracle jumped to a 2-0 lead after one, made it 3-o after five, and put it away with four in the sixth.  Danny Rams singled and homered, driving in four.  James Beresford had two hits.  Angel Morales hit a home run.  Edgar Ibarra pitched a complete game, giving up five hits and a walk while striking out six.

Ft. Myers 1, Jupiter 0 in Ft. Myers (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings).  Alex Wimmers threw a no-hitter, walking two and striking out five.  He faced the minimum twenty-one batters thanks to a caught stealing and a double play.  The lone run of the game came in the fifth.  Aaron Hicks singled and tripled, driving in the run.

Wisconsin at Beloit.  Cancelled.

2011 Twins Game Recaps, Minnesota Twins, MLB

Game 138, Injury 139: Angels 10, Twins 6

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Ho-hum. Another day, another injury.

This game went far too long, so I'll keep it short.

It's truly amazing how much injury this team has gone through. And then it seems like all the injuries seem to pile up in one part of the team. The Twins trade Delmon Young because they have too many outfielders, but suddenly Joe Mauer has to play right field. In the first part of the season, the rotation was the one part of the team that wasn't hurt much by injury, just ineffectiveness. Now the Twins have three members of the rotation on the DL and Duensing is probably headed there as well. What would a Yankee fan say if he was told that Carl Pavano was the only member of the rotation to stay healthy?

And finally, is it me or does every former Twin have like a 1.500 OPS against the Twins this year?

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.