Game 160: Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins, Oct 2, 2009 8:10 PM EDT
Um, he looked good mopping up after Liriano crapped the bed on Sunday? Yeah, that's about what I have for positivity.
His groundbreaking work on Laverne & Shirley has yet to translate to success on the major league level.
- Jose Mijares has been fined but not suspended for yesterday's dust-up.
- Chicago and Detroit start playing at 6:05. Peavy v. Jackson. Peavy dominated them last week.
- Joe C. advises us to remember 2006.
Kansas City
1. Willie Bloomquist, LF
2. Mitch Maier, CF
3. Billy Butler, 1B
4. Bryan Pena, DH
5. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
6. Mark Teahen, RF
7. Miguel Olivo, C
8. Alex Gordon, 3B
9. Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
Twins
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Orlando Cabrera, SS
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Jason Kubel, RF
5. Michael Cuddyer, 1B
6. Delmon Young, LF
7. Bredan Harris, DH
8. Matt Tolbert, 3B
9. Nick Punto, 2B
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Was just about to post that. CHI/DET is on ESPN, in case you don’t know.
by RandBall's Stu on Oct 2, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
really?
there is all the trashing talking the White Sox have said when the Twins won the division…
- the better team on paper didn’t win
- who cares if they make the playoffs they are just going to lose in the first round
not quotes of course… but yeah…I don’t like the Sox but I love them for the next 3 games…
cats laying w/ dogs
up is down
white is black
the things I’ll do to help cheer the Twins to a division title
Jermaine "when will this season end" Dye
just drove in a run on a play that Guillen butchered in LF 2-0 CWS
that is Stu's signoff.
just a little toughy tonight as they are giving me the KC feed not the Twins’ feed.
But yeah, the season isn’t over yet and it feels like he is saying it is, just a little touchy sorry.
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Ohhhh... I usually skim the opening.
Maybe he meant “Enjoyed the season” or “enjoy the remainder of the season.”
It flowed better than “the rest of the season.” Good night so far, yes?
by RandBall's Stu on Oct 2, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Win Twins!
I won’t be around for this game – somebody get the rally Glenn Beck loon ready if we need it!
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Oct 2, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions
thank god
let’s clean it up a bit Manship. You dumbass.
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Watching Mauer touch his helmet over at 1st
Among other things
Can you pick a worse person to be up here?
Cause I cant
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Boy, am I glad I didn't go to HS football game tonight
Can’t say I was expecting such a rout by both good guys…
i probably just jinxed the sox and twins, didn’t I?
I hate being slow
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get. ~Homer Simpson
by thewild_viking_twins on Oct 2, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
7-0 SOX
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get. ~Homer Simpson
by thewild_viking_twins on Oct 2, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions
peavy
can we take peavy out now and have him available for pen duty on sat or sun?
who else
wishes it was 6 0 in the 8th right now
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How the heck
did he not get doubled up? Delmon is slower that christmas
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
WTF
Radke Manship is looking pretty good!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
As my father is fond of saying
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Thinking back to last week
Remember when Detroit came back from 0-5… That’s not happening today
Keeping O-Cab
Is there any chance that we’ll keep Cabrera for next season (or beyond)?
I love this team.
LOVE. That’s really all.
Oh, and thank you, Sox.
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Oct 2, 2009 9:14 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
...
You’re so wrong….so, so wrong
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
My bad, my bad…
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Manship still going to be a prospect next year or will he have had pitched too many innnings this year in the big league?
why would he give up baseball at this point,
to go looking for precious minerals in the ground?
seems silly.
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
yeah, too early for him to retire
he can always go back to the minors if he doens’t make the big club next year
Brilliant
Reminds me of one of my favorite jokes, which works MUCH better when said rather than read, but I’ll throw it out anyway.
Yeah, my buddy’s kind of in a weird mood lately, he just found out the girl he was dating is a minor. I knew all along because of the hard hat and pick axe, though.
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
BWAHAHAHA Some Drunk Tigers fan just Yelled "OZZIE YOUR TERRIBLE" Right into the camera haha
THATS WHY YOUR LOSING YOU DRUNK IDIOT!
Any chance...
I don’t suppose we can bank some of these runs and put them towards the Greinke game?
No dice, MLB? What a drag!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
if he goes 10-11 the rest of the way out
what will he be hitting.
cuz that’s what he’s thinking about doing
Dear White Sox
pleeeeeeeeeeeease do that tomorrow and Sunday
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If, if, if...
If we had ham, we could have ham sandwiches, IF we had bread!
and if my aunt had nuts, she’d be my uncle
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
i was thinking more the tenor of everything would be so different
we’re still kinda hanging on to hope, but it’s still subdued.
If we’d taken 3of4, and this stuff tonight was happening as it is, we’d be sooooo much more excited.
No guarantee
that the stuff tonight would have been the same
TOO BAD
We’re all going to jump down your throat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
idk for sure
he just had a strain or something that kept him from starting that game a long time ago. I saw him in uniform yesterday
but
we all know Gardy won’t do the right thing so there’s no sense in me hoping for it
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The Question is..Would that playoff be during the day time?
because they aren’t changing thelocation of the Vikes game.
No
It would be on Tuesday, and then the winner would be HOSED going straight to NY the next day
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh dear god...
Please, don’t say that, my heart can’t take another 1 game playoff.
How’s about just a double sweep!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate to talk hypotheticals, but...
If the playoff did happen, we’d have Scott Baker going on full rest. The best they could put out is either Edwin Jackson on three days rest or Rick Porcello. I like our odds in either matchup.
by JTW on Oct 2, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
awwww
I was hoping for the shutout
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
For you Hockey Fans out there
Marion Gaborik just got his first goal as a New York Ranger.
not cause I'm a wilds fan
screw them. Pens baby
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Boooooo!
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s obvious he didn’t want to be here, might as well have let him go
by JTW on Oct 2, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Easy Sir..99.9% of the state of Minnesota is a Hockey Fan...
no dissin Hockey.
Yeesh
I’d rather be HIV positive than soccer positive!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
People like me are why America is the greatest land of them all
Now I’m going to go eat a block of cheese while watching TV
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
You're so close...
put the nozzle in your belly button and let your pet fish it out while reclining leisurely on the couch!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
edited for correct grammar:
boy am i glad you said belly button and not a certain part about 6 inches south of there
Possibly
Could throw Gabino in there as well and tell him to get the final 4 innings or else he’s deported.
by JTW on Oct 2, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh
We need to trade that kid to Pittsburgh for a bucket of balls or something…
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
If I were him
I’d see if that Football scholarship was still good…obviously not gonna make it in this game
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally
Did you guys see how bad Christian Ponder looked in last week’s game? Mauer would obliterate college defenses, who are captivated by his perfect sideburns and gorgeous looks.
Ha
I got to see him play both in high school (he was a year behind me and I lived 30 minutes away) and he could’ve done either. Hell, he could’ve probably made it in basketball, too.
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
So, is anybody going to call it
the “Mall of America Field at the H.H.H. Metrodome” for the Vikings?
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions
????
Que?
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
The new name of the Dome
after the Twins leave it. Personally, I’ll always call it the piece of shit
I agree
To me, it was always the Twins first, then the Vikes. I’ve only been to one Vikings game… and that was to see the Packers play :o)
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh dear god
Have they no sense of decency? At long last, have they left no sense of decency?
I’m still holding out hope that they name Target field after Wellstone or Mondale.
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
...
Not that it’s a democratic thing, MN just doesn’t have too many distinguished republicans
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anybody do that anymore?
I thought that they just had corporate buy-ins for the naming rights instead of naming it after somebody that actually did something.
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
well
i can’t think of another stadium that’s named after a politician… why should minnesota continue where they left off? mondale already got the U law center named after him, and wellstone never really did much
True
Mondale did get the law center.
Yeah, I guess there aren’t any other politician-stadiums…I guess I just really hate all these corporate names…at least name it after a famous Minnesotan…like…Fitzgerald Field…yeah, that’ll go over like a fart in church…
I guess I let my personal feelings about Wellstone cloud my judgement.
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Might as well just name the field after Favre
with the media coverage, you’d have guessed he’s already thrown 80 billion touchdown passes for them by now.
No, you fool
the correct count is 80 Ga-Jillion
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrong!
Upon further inspection of the stats, I’ve gotta break this out again… he’s thrown ∞ TD passes
Also
His piss smells like lilacs
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh no!
What will we do for cancer in little girls?!
Mauer’s sideburns shavings!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Teahen giving a shoutout to Twins' management that he wants to be part of our team,
with those circle me Bert gloves?
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions
Has anybody noticed
that we only lead by 6 now
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
yeah, but come on
blowing a ten-run lead to a last place team? that's like impossible
Hey, don't worry
If they get too close Gardy will threaten to put Mijares in! KC will surely roll over with that threat!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this...
Could we really do this to ourselves?
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
...
Anybody itching to put Casilla and Huber and Swarzak in now?
cricket
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
You do know that some people could misintrpret your moniker as
HawaiinHomo … don’t you?
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I figure it's safe here
in Twinkie Town
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions
It's pretty diverse
here in the 50th state
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
...
You guys do realize you’re not really a state, right?
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
We're trying...
We like to think that we’re important :)
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, I got a Q?
What the hell is going on on Lost? You guys know, right?
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, they got junk going on all the time downtown
They just erase your memory after taping like MiB so it doesn’t leak out
by TwinkieinHawaii on Oct 2, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!!!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
...
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
no thats what they call 2009 Liriano
(kidding, but I couldn’t pass that up)
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Oct 2, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
Is no one going to keep it going with the Royalle with Cheese comment?! Or at least a “Le Big Mac”?
I’m not mad, I’m just…disappointed…
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
i HEAR THAT'S HIS MIDDLE NAME DOWN IN CHICAGO
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoa, sorry about the 'caps lock' there.
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy Cats!
When did you guys get internet in Montana? I thought you guys were still operating with tin cans and string! :)
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
now I can follow Sara Palin's career more easily...
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
lack thereof?
WTF? Isn’t she the Vice President? That’s what our Montana radio broadcasts report
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
+ a million
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
and the latest in female sheep fashions.
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey
Better ewe than me!
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
My favorite...
If anyone lives near Alexandria, MN you can tune into PBS and see square dancing on a regular basis
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Well, so did my prom date, that doesn’t mean I want to be hanging around with her now
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Way to go
What was with that unauthorized sequel to the Bad News Bears?
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
OUCH!
Sheesh, that was a bad little break there with Span
If it weren’t for bad luck we’d have no luck at all
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
oh we had a little those first couple of innings.
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 2, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah yeah yeah
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
What'd I tell ya!
The royals got too close and now we bring in THE PUNISHER!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
holy shit
It’s like I have a 5th sense…
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
...
Whatever happened to Bat-Girl
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
good for her
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I just regret that her last real post was about how delmon young would make us immeasurably better.
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
was it?
I remember the “all good things come to an end” post… but I don’t remember what else she wrote in it
No
It was a cross-post a MN Gameday
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
If we blow this
I’m either going to gain 10 pounds via ice cream or murder 10 people
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the bullpen's "slow pitch softball" program kicked in
It’s like watching a disaster movie, wondering whether the dam is going to hold.
Hey, now he'll own the franchise record
Instead of Everyday heart attack Eddie
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
WTD?
how did it get 10 – 7
and why did Big Sweat 2 hit another batter?
maybe this is why Detroit shot fireworks tonight?
HA!
My sister and niece have Celiac disease (gluten allergy) I need to buy this shirt for them
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy hannah
what was it?
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by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
John Gordon was mentioning some people from the Twins All-Time Metrodome team that wouldn’t be at the festivities on Sunday… Knoblauch came up and Gladden said something to the effect of that he’s got bigger issues to deal with at the moment
Hey!
What does Knoblach’s wife do when she gets back from the battered wives shelter? The dishes if she knows what’s good for her!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
HEY!
What does Chuck tell his wife when she has 2 black eyes? Nothing! he’s already told her twice!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
He claims he hurt that hand in the war. No, no ,no he caught her too good one night
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Time to Bring in the Hammer..Joe Nathan
The Same Hammer that Patrick Reusse says the Twins should trade this off-season for a Ryan Franklin type player..
1.95 ERA & 43 saves ....
Franklin’s not been bad.
I wouldn’t have traded Nathan for him – just saying.
The same Reusse
that said he wouldn’t vote for Grienke for Cy Young because he didn’t have enough wins. And he has an AL Cy vote!
is there anybody more irrelevant (other than Sid) in the journalism field in the Twin Cities right now?
Jesus Christ
I stopped watching when it was 10-2. What the hell happened?
Joe looks like he has his body going at home plate tonight
OT – did Liriano ‘round off’ his breaking ball with his body in ’06 like he has this year?
It looks awful.
take another look at that bag
soggy, tattered, about to fall apart …
thankfully the game ended before the bag did!!!
Hey!
I got even odds that the Vikes/Packers game ends in the same score!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
Now
Can the Twins beat Greinke?
And will the White Sox give us some more help behind Garcia?
Game
so glad they didn’t lose after having such a lead.
The Twins can not do this tomorrow and win though…better bring your A game boys
Blackburn's gotta go out there and pitch the game of his life
Cuz we’re not going to be winning any lopsided games vs. Zack Grienke.
Honestly
If I had anyone on the staff to do it, I’d probably go with Blackburn. After last years game 163 and the later part of this season, he seems to be clutch
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Oct 2, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate to sound like Joe Morgan
but he does seem to really step up in big situations. He’s always been a much better pitcher at home than on the road for whatever reason, and if he can get the inexperienced Royals hitters to chase junk out of the zone he’ll do just fine. I’d still rather have Baker, but Blackburn is #2.
Just got back from the game.
AMAZING! TWINS WIN! It was SO cool to have the crowd screaming their heads off every time the ChiSux scored. And Delmon’s grand slam in the first was UNREAL. Awesome game!
I always loved that one.
Sad
Crain’s scoreless streak ended tonight
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Oct 3, 2009 12:05 AM EDT reply actions
TWINS WON!!!
1 GB!!!
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