Beautiful British Columbia – The Best Place on Earth?
By Concerned Citizen of Canada


     This year, British Columbia will celebrate its 150th year. It has been said that its beauty made it to be the best place on earth to live. Is this for real or just a fact?
     People came to Canada with full of dreams thinking that this is the land of promises. Promises that will give them chance to fulfill their aspirations in life. In reality, this is not the best place to live. Everybody here is busy making ends meat. Trees here are not bearing money to pick it up. In as much as possible you must have three to four jobs to pay your taxes, mortgages, car loans and others. You don’t even have time to enjoy. And mind you this situation will become worst after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. If you have heard and seen those statistical data through our modern technology such as; internet, television, radios and newspapers, those were just factual information that hasn’t been proven throughout the Olympic history. Many of those countries who’ve hosted this kind of event suffered from deep debts. To name a few are Montreal who just happened to pay their debt after three decades, Salt Lake City who’s until now on their way of solving the economic downfall, Turin, Italy and many others. It’s the taxpayers who are handling the problems created by bureaucracy and managed by the greediness of the government officials and the elite groups who happens to be part of the International Olympic Committee.
     What’s happening now to China is an eye opening for all nations. Demonstrations on streets can be seen around the world, mass killings and many others. These were the results of abusive empowerment of people in position. In Vancouver, you can see more of the result of the Olympic preparations in the east-side of the city with many homeless citizen. With these, people should be aware of the false impressions created by the VANOC officials on Olympic venue sites. Human deficit has been created by unscrupulous government officials of British Columbia who have failed in social policy on its inhabitants.
     People of all nations, it’s time for us again to fight back. We don’t need high explosives or heavy devices. We only need “MASS CONSCIOUSNESS”, the power of mind intent. This is the most effective way to prove our worth. This is a tool to change weather patterns. Yes, February 2010 will be rainy, foggy and windstorms may occur to southern coastal regions of British Columbia if we will join together using our mind. We could completely wash-out Olympic Organizers and its allies. This will be a great humiliation to the whole world.

Stars of the game:
3. NBP
2. Cuddy
1. Mays

Um, hmm, I can't seem to post. Hmmmm.

(Off to email webguy)

If he's upset about it, he can just groove to some fine tunes and he'll feel better!

yeah, DJ will have his day, soon enough.

it should be enough for him that he's my (secondary) boyfriend. ;)

Later all...back to the real world...*heavy sigh*

Cuddy seems like he's pretty easy-going. I'm sure he understands that today was clearly Joe's day, and there will be no backtalk... Not that BODSHC would tolerate it anyway.

Sure does, Fran.

As en fuego as Cuddy is, he still gets upstaged for BOD two times in a row. I think that bodes very well for the Twins and I bet he doesn't mind. Cuddy will have his day.

Ooo, good spot Twink. Any CGS is even hotter with no walks.

That's just the way it goes in baseball heaven.

Another game with no walks given up!

Your mom says so too.

Cuddy was the man yesterday with the 3-3 ball game with a jack

G'night T.

g'night, Tinger.

Yes, BG he did

yeah, Cuddles was 3 for 3 yesterday.

Sleep tight Tinger zzzzzzz

yes, he did, BG.

Got give the B.O.D to Diamond Joe

(Night Tinger)

Did DJ Cuddles go 3 for 3 yesterday?

i've seen alot of crazy stuff today, and alot of not very good crazy stuff, but this whole Joe Mays complete game shutout puts a great end to it all. Must be time to send out some emails and go to bed.

P.S. Jason Bartlett is my Boyfriend

Ok, 93 pitch shutout, the total pitches didn't update for me right away.

Still, awfully good when we needed another good outing.

Yes. Yes it is. It's got to go to him.

hi honey... i'm home to get the computer to bring it to your old classmake Poike.. he just opened up a computer fix it shop in town

This is huge for Mays.

It sounded like Cuddy was pretty good today, but I think Mays deserves this... He didn't hit the wall!

As always, it's up to BG and her amazing wisdom to pick the BOD, but I've gotta say you don't see an 86 pitch complete game shutout every day...

My goodness Joe Mays! Unequivocally B.O.D.-worthy!

he hasn't made it through the 7th inning until today... my love to DJ, but I think Mays deserves it!

and only 93 pitches!

I don't know what my problem is with weeping lately, but man the waterworks kicked in as soon as I heard "It's popped up!"

I'm so dang happy for Maysie, this is going to wonders for his confidence.

It seems like every time we think Cuddy will get it..someone outshines him..oh well his turn will come..Mays gets my vote today!

Awesome. Gotta love a CGS. Good game boys... even though i just saw one inning... and that was on sportsline...

Tough call there, BG. Cuddy's at bat was absolutely lovely, but how long has it been since Joe pitched a complete-game shutout?

whoo hooo...party...whoo hooo...JOE MAYS...Whoo hoo..Michael Cuddyer..whooo hooo

As fabulous as Mays has been, I still throw my hat in for Cuddy as BOD.

gotta go to Joe Batgirl

Oh, yeah, and uh, Hi everyone. And Hi Mom. Shouldn't you be at work?

Wow, I was going to give the B.O.D. to Cuddy, but...

Wow, Diamond Joe, that was lovely.

*screeech* and he misses the wall completely!

NOW it's a complete game! and a shutout! hooray!

Wow....nice game Joe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AT- yeah, i don't have to be up until 11 tomorrow, and thats just becasuse we decided we should lay on the trailer in 101 degrees for an hour before work.. so now i'm here

Crap

Joe's working fast this inning...

Wow, it must be Mays' day. Even the liners (or 2 of 3 this inning) are making outs.

Hiii Tinger!

Jon, it wouldn't be so impressive if they hadn't gotten rid of Corky (Corky) Miller... that 0.00 average really brings a group down!

yeah, SDave, he's close to the wall...

Do it Diamond Joe, Do it!

our Old catchers aren't doing so badly either - glance at AJ's stats some time.

Yes, I suppose you have to let Joe try for the complete game but I sure would rather hear that one of the young guns was coming out to pitch the 9th.

Go Joe!!!!!

What's going on with Gamecast?

I've been looking at LeCroy 0-1 bottom of 8 for about 6 minutes now...

Tinger, isn't it past your bedtime? Or are you up all night again. Oh, and your mom says hi.

Sucks i have to show up for the last inning... oh well... nice to see a 4-0 game anyway

Is it just me, or is it absolutely ridiculous how much our catchers rule this year, I mean who would have guessed that both of our main catchers are hitting over .315

"8-hit shutout" lacks a certain poetry, but on somedays I'll settle for prosaic excellence. Go get 'em, Joe.

TINGER!!! Wb buddy... nice to have you come in on a game where we are kicking a little ass.

Okay AT, Diamond Joe is coming out. You got your wish!

I can only think of it as US Bitchular field now... it's stuck.

Looks like we bout have this one under control huh?

NBP NBP..show us some NBP

I think "the Joan" is hilarious for the place in Chicago.

Edited by author 05-19-2005 03:23 PM
oh, okay. that makes sense. I think the Radke one is what confused me.

kafumbly -- A pitcher can only have a complete 8-inning game if he's playing away and his team loses... no need to pitch to the bat guys in the ninth. Bradke has one this year.

if he loses on the road, kafumbly.

Oh, c'mon. Mays is still dealing, kinda, and he's managed to get out of these last two innnings, and he hasn't thrown many pitches, and it's not like there's a Lyle in there, is there?

Sorry, that was an atrocious run-on. But I still want Mays to get the complete game shutout, because I think it's about the hottest thing in baseball.

I like "Diamond Joe"

My fav nickname is still the one my friend came up with for US Cellular Field... he calls it the 'Joan' because of all the friggin US Cellular commericials with Chicago native Joan Cusak. I swear you can't swing a stuffed animal kitty without hitting a Cusak/US Cell billboard in that city.

kafumbly -- no, i don't think so. *knocks on wood*

Not a problem for Diamond Joe

yay! complete game for Joe Mays!

(don't they call it a comlete game when a starter goes 8 innings?)

Hey....it worked. I was just kidding Joe - I had COMPLETE confidence ;-)

Rios fly out to Rivas

Oops, and now there's another one. My bad.

ok, now I'm officially nervous. Top of the order up, two on. Time for a Crain.

Hillenbrand got to second last inning, but he's the only one to get that far for the Jays.

Not to jinx Joe, but am I right that no Jay has reached second base today? And good defense, too. Baseball heaven!

I like Crain-train or MTA. Since the feel of a train or bus rushing by you is probably what standing in the box against his fastball feels like.

ok, it might be time

My buddies and I call him Justin Moreyes!

methinks it would be too confusing with two doctors

but Doctor is already taken by Dr. Morneau.

Kurtis -

Baseball can't be a country, because it's already a church (just ask Annie Savoy), and the two have to be separate.

oh, my! Mays is back!

Yo Joe!

The only nickname that I will ever support for Jesse Crain is "The Doctor". It fits ---i.e. Doctor Crain, and it just rules to say that "We'd better get the Doctor up in the pen"

Intermission: "This body of water gave Salt Lake City it's name?"

If Mr Mays takes the "Diamond Joe" nickname, does that mean he'll start talking like Mayor Quimby on "The Simpsons"?

NO YELLING ON THE BUS!

I think it's time for Lew to do some mid-game shaving...

Crain nicknames and shortened versions?...

the Crain-train - the CT - the MTA (Minneapolis Transit Authority... sit down bitches, you're on the bus)

Ichabod Crain - the IC - Icky - the bod - I-Crain

I am guessing no...it is slowing down his velocity..

I think Joe Mays should carry the nicknmae of "Diamond Joe"

Lew, no!

I feel responsible. I told him to steal second, although I DID say, "but only if you can make it!" apparently, he didn't listen to that last part.

Oh, Lew. Silly basestealing. Has he shaved his face yet?

Those of us who are cheap, however, are working with Gameday. (Which makes me wonder: how come my wife's about to order $122 of stuff from the Vermont Country Store, and I can't seem to extract $14.95 from the budget for MLB audio? Kind of a rhetorical question, really...)

Don't worry Carrie, it's early yet and KC will probably hand those runs right back to the O's

oh yeah, Kurtis. I forgot about MLB tv. whoops.

yay Lew with a hit!

heraldguy,

If baseball was a country, I'd move there.

I am getting a pic of it right now...maybe Lew could make him some type of computerized flying contraption..

Oh, O's... *sniffles*

Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

And now the DP. Mays needs a proper nickname; if he has one, I missed it. He's very Jackal-like in his getting all the Bs to ground-into-sitting-down, and he's something of a perfectionist, right? And anyone who dominates like he is today needs a decent nickname, I think.

Kafumbly,

People out of the Twin Cities with MLB tv access can watch their exclusive coverage. Of course on that little screen, it would be hard to tell if Joe is levitating.

who... me? ;)

Hey now...thats just selfish;)

Joe just needed to practice the GIDP pitch.

yay! GIDP!

I hope Crain comes in. wait, no... I want him to be able to come in tomorrow, when I'm at the game. go JC! :)

Crain please!

Still irks me...

Gordo, Major League Baseball is not a sovereign country. It cannot have a national anthem.

whew. there we go.

Hooray for Blue Jays GIDP! And Crain and Romero are both warming up.

Kurtis, this one isn't televised, unfortunately.

damn, i jinxed him.

Well I guess we better get the Doctor up in the pen..... Doctor Crain

Time to talk about something else...doot de doo

Crap. I think I just jinxed him.

whaddya think? too much too soon?

Now that the giddiness has worn off after the big clutch hits by Cuddyer and Redmond, I'm struck by the fact that Joe Mays is pitching one hell of a game. Is anyone watching the game? Is he glowing? Hovering an inch off the mound? Just wondering.

Could this be the game that Daima Joe gets back to his 2001 form. Back then everybdy knew that he had the nastiest stuff in the league

Mays isn't pitching so much as he's painting today. Painting the corners into a compositional masterpiece. Green visor! You cannot stop the metaphors, you can only hope to contain them. Keep it up Joe

SDave, dude... you need to stop with the mental imagery. seriously. :)

I just hope they're going to watch his pitch count. I think he should be limited for a while, so he doesn't hit that wall and die.

Maybe Joe threw a naked bullpen yesterday

I guess he answered that question...ready he was!

Dear Joe-
Whatever you had for breakfast this morning..please keep eating it...
Stellar!

Big K, nice to see that following the long layoff that was the bottom of the last inning.

Sit down bitch!

Wow...very nice inning boys. Finally some timely hitting! I hope Mays kept a hot pad on his arm during that. Hopefully he borrowed a heating pad from Onterio Smith's Whizzinator kit and is warm and ready to go

Nice to see Daimond Joe Mays working on a gem today

And it looks like Mays could throw 15 innings tonight, so that's pretty exciting.

Nifty, nifty, nifty inning.

Sorry, SDave, I didn't mean to blow up at you. And the call for a hit to left is much better than the DP was bad; think if they'd been reversed! I say you did good.

1 for 3 isn't a bad batting average. Certainly better than Rivas is pulling off right now...

*sigh* well, I guess it had to end at some point.

but what a ride! woooweeee!

SUPER DUPER INNING BOYS!

crap....now I'm 1 for 3

louie's trying for 14 pitches now

I suppose that offsets my call for a hit to left

Oh well...you can't get them ALL right

sorry

Just tuned into the game, due to a meeting at work (darn work!). I was apprehensive, due to all the recent sucking...wow!! Go Mays, go 6th inning bats! Oh, except for the GIDP.

ha! Rsmithx, that's one of my favorite SNL skits.

SDave, you just had to say it, didn't you? I was avoiding it, hoping that if we forgot that outs existed, there just wouldn't be one. oh well.

dammit, Shannon.

:( Twin GIDP's make baby Jesus cry.

I completely forgot that, SDave! This could be a monster inning...

You're right, noplot! It was an epic battle of wills!

*visualizes Cuddy with a lightsaber bat...*

And STILL no outs!

Check below for more details, Aurora. Bases loaded and Cuddyer comes to bat and eventually hits a double in an epic battle of wills on the 13th pitch he faced, scoring Morneau and Hunter. Jays switched pitchers at that point, which doesn't seem to be working out well at all right now...

"You can feel it... it's electric..."

I enjoy the widely varied expressions of joy when the Twins come through. And Castro, too? Beautiful.

MORE COWBELL!

is this kid seriously trying to pick off Redmond? does he really think Redmond is going to try to steal second? *laughs*

Aw, yeah. *grooves*

My heart grew three sizes. Thank you N-BP, thank you.

Redmond! way to go man!

and Redmond continues the clutch hitting!

haha, "Crawl" Daddy..b/c thats his speed!

PILE ON! PILE ON!

NBP! Wow, what an inning!

Good job NBP!

if it had been anyone but Crawdaddy at first, that would have been three runs.

but we'll take two!

ok what'd I miss?

If we happen to win, Cuddy deserves a serious BOD nod for that at-bat.

I had to take my contacts out...clean them..and replace them....NOpe, I am seeing things correctly!!!

13th pitch. Two balls, a swinging strike, and no less than NINE fouled off. That's patience for you!

That AB was poetic. It was a stand against what has been the Twins weakness this season.

well hot damn... I guess they didn't feel like they could score without me watching huh?

not going to complain - apparently I have pretty good timing today. Way to go Cuddy!

How many pitches was that AB? That was gorgeous.

YAHOOOO!!!!!

DJ comes through in the clutch with a freakin' DOUBLE with the BASES LOADED!!!

he's just moved up to secondary boyfriend. Jesse Crain is tertiary. Lew... sorry, hon, but you're relegated to the #4 spot.

Working it on the 12th pitch! Dude!

We got a base hit! With the bases loaded! A hit! Runners scored and everything! And it was a base hit!

Cruddy no more !

DJ!! Wicka-wicka-wick-wicka

I was wrong...we'll take it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luv You Cuddles

incredible AB...nice job cuddy

Cuddy, I just may have to make you my honorary boyfriend for today, since Joe has the day off!

SDave with the called shot even!

Wow, Cuddy really has beeen turning it on lately, eh?

like I said...time for a hit to left

great at bat cuddy!

wow...what a battle hang in their cuddy

Be still my heart!

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

As many as possible. Chachi's next pitch makes 105.

Cuddy, you're going to give me a heart attack yet! I'm only 23... I'm too young to die like this!

Has Chacin asked him where he wants it yet?

I've aged many years during this at bat!

pitch 14 will be a base hit..

holy long at-bat, Batman! wow! go DJ!

time for a hit to left field - nothing hit there yet today

holy crap... exactly how many pitches is Cuddy going to make him throw???

ok.. so I am finally able to check on the game..

sometimes my job just doesn't let me sit and watch baseball for three hours. I ask you, is that fair!?!?!?

My good lord!

Well, he's working the count, anyway...

Oh Cuddy, please please please! Just think of hugs and kisses from your mommy!

I dread bases loaded situations.

Bases loaded; no outs. Let's be happy to get one and hope the bullpen can save the day.

Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no...

'Pocket full of Kryptonite' AHHH...

Bat Kitties untie (errr... unite)! Common Cuddybear, break the bases loaded hex!

oh dear.. here we go

oh, please DJ...

Darn, looked at the lineup wrong...C'mon, Matt!

Mays has only faced 19 batters in six innings, one above the minimum. I just tuned in (sorry, doing errands)--must have gotten one out on a double play, huh?

C'mon Cuddles!

"coaching visit to mound"

I bet he's saying, "okay, now walk LeCroy to load the bases, and then we'll get out of this inning in no time."

What's Lex Luger's, I mean Gustavo Chacin's, favorite song?

Ever since I saw the lineups I have been waiting for someone to make the joke, since no one else was stepping up to the plate I thought I had better put it out there. Glad at least someone else got it. :D

Yay Canadian boyfriend!

Maysie is doing a stupendous job out there. Let's hope he doesn't hit that wall and give up runs though.

a hit! a hit! Justin got a hit!

55 pitches thru 6 innings ! The moment of truth (aka - the 7th inning) awaits for Joe.

Um, anyone got an updated pitch count on Joey? 'Cause this is pretty nifty.

Ryan~ even better than a Star Wars ref. Gold Star-smilely face

I heart Huckaby (popups)

You betcha. Dhat's the truth y'know.

We all like Leeewww ! But he is not producing. Time to have LeCroy as a full time DH (Tiffee on occassion against tough righties) and have Lew strictly as a fourth outfeilder.

Y'know, Chacin just ain't this good.

As in go away No. 2? In Canada-speak that's 'take off, eh'

and Lew should NEVER swing at the first pitch.

Rivas, that's not what I meant.

I forgot that sometimes you have to be specific with these guys... "go get a base hit, number two!"

GO NUMBER TWO!

He's dealin' isn't he?

alskn, I like the image of Mays in the outfit. Just showed up; is the other guy doing much worse?

No, I was complaining about the ass-bats.

I mean, Joey's pitching a beautiful, classy performance! He needs support! He's not like Bradke -- he's tender and needs encouragement.

And aurora -- you go, girl.

Mic-
Personally, I wouldn't mind...

Mays must be wearing the green visor and a print vest tonight...

I keep debating that one

hey, not only am I at work, i'm interviewing a client across the desk from me right now...

OK, so I manage a health club..you think the members would freak if it put the sterio on the Twins game?

Edited by author 05-19-2005 02:20 PM
oh, no, Carrie... Hinske? Gameday shows him just coming up...

edit: no, they all got out. you had me worried, chica.

Okay, boys, when we requested some run support, THAT WASN'T WHAT WE MEANT.

>Gardy: Voila!<

He should have said "Viola!" and make Joe pitch like Frankie. That would be even better.

That would have to hurt like a bitch.

haha, I just got a mental pic if Naked Batting Practice stole and slid into second headfirst...haha

The Canadians don't make bionic parts like they used to, I guess. Poor Corey, it's always something.

PRE-GAME:

Gardy: Joe, I have a present for you.

Mays: What's that.

(Gardy walks over to spherical object draped by king sized bed sheet Homer Hanky)

Gardy: Voila!

Mays: The Way-Back Machine!!! Thanks skip!!!

Gardy: No problem. I should stop asking Bartlett to step in here and travel back to '01....

True. All the man-bonding probably makes the rest of the team uncomfortable. Apperantly, Canadian baseball players are more comfortable in their masculinity than American baseball players. Or that's what the Doctor and Koskie tell themselves when they sit down to watch the six-hour version of Pride and Prejudice with tissues and a box of Oreos.

heh... Gameday is funny. "defensive switch from designated hitter to designated hitter for Menechino."

and it says Koskie injured his wrist/hand. oh no!

Run support would help right now..but that is a no brainer...
and no looking around for me...for I am the boss!!! :)

So this is a collective shirking today... what would Ayn Rand say? Haha

42 pitches. 26 for strikes.

Maybe they didn't want to see him crying with Justin?

And it didn't do them any good.

Anyone have a pitch count going on Joey? It sure would be nice to give him run support with this lovely performance he's turning in.

*raises hand* - Good one Attyfan. There is a great disturbance in the force... how else do you explain never scoring runs with the bases juiced?

*looks around for boss, raises hand*

I would raise my hand, but I'm not hard at work, I'm simply at work. watching Gameday. and posting. and listening for footsteps approaching my cube.

Wait, they're pinch hitting for Koskie in the 4th inning? When he got one of the two hits so far?

Nope, no silencing. I'm still crying out in disappointment and rending my clothing.

*hand raises*

Sit Down Rios Bitch!

And Mic, my hand is raised.

Everyone who is at work right now raise thier hands...(I won't tell)

*hand raises*

I felt a great disturbance in Twins Territory - as if thousands of fans cried out in disappointment and were suddenly silenced.

"QJW, my broadcast is so far behind yours I know what happened before I hear it."

Oh. Yeah, radio broadcast = real time.

Now, I must bid you all adieu. Go Twins!

I bet Chacin walked Lew on purpose... the little rat bastard.

*low moan*

Apperantly, the arm-linking thing only works when LNP is in on it.

Why did we have to load the bases?

That's typical bases loaded performance.

OK time to drop the ass-bats!

oh, I swear.

that's just...

grrr.

Oh Torii...

Let the wailing and gnashing commence

Cya later Aurora! We'll cheer for u!

grr I have to go see a client, now I"m going to miss the game.... *grumble*

Torii took the first pitch for a ball. That's got to be a good sign, right?

Bad boyfriend! And my other boyfriend has the day off...

Oh, Justin....

omg, Justin... extra BP for you!

ugh, bad call ump, bad call...

*&^&*&*()&*()__+^% NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I CAN'T HANDLE IT!

nose/elbow typing is hard

QJW, my broadcast is so far behind yours I know what happened before I hear it.

Justin, keep in mind that chicks dig the long ball. Strikeouts = not sexy

"QJW is like one human spoiler..."

Huh?

so hard to type with arms linked, took me like 4 minutes to type this... and moving the mouse to hit submit is even harder.

linked

Okay, Doctor Feelgood. Ducks on the pond, buddy.

QJW is like one human spoiler...

/arms linked

Quick, everyone link!

Now Doc now!

*linking arms*

Walka, walka, walka!

Pat on the head to Rivas, my boy-on-the-side, for the bunt.

Linkin' arms, yes?

Oh good Dr., how about a first career grand salami?

OK, Canadian Boyfriend, time to show Corey just how good you are!

uh, oh... LINK ARMS!

Okay, Lew. Ducks on the pond, buddy.

whoa, Rivas just put down a good bunt and didn't get out! very nice, former boyfriend. well done.

Edited by author 05-19-2005 01:47 PM
I'm listening to the radio. GameWhatzit must be a good bit behind.

3 innings, 28 pitches. Love it, Joe. Baseball heaven!

>Did Gardy just call LeCroy Big LeRoy?<

Don't all/most of the Twins call him LeRoy? Newman was on KFAN last week and called him LeRoy.

Edited by author 05-19-2005 01:46 PM
Wait, huh? Is GameChannel really, really behind? Otherwise, no rooting for offense when the other team's up, it's bad, very bad...

Edited to add: And then GameChannel made itself better. Okay then.

Edited by author 05-19-2005 01:45 PM
Time for some (run-scoring) offense, d*mmit!

LMAO..too funny..i love that show!

My favorite line about walks comes from King of the Hill.

Hank: Swing the bat, Bobby. You can't get on base if you don't swing the bat.

Bobby: He could walk me.

Hank: It's baseball, son. Not lawyerball.

Torii... tsk tsk tsk.

The acting wasn't good, but after the Days of our Lives acting of Attack of the Clones, I was willing to forgive anything. You can check out my webpage for my sleep-deprived spoilerlicious review.

yahoo Crawdaddy!

oh, fielding error. well, we'll take it! thank you, Toronto.

So Carrie, how did you like EP3... I thought the acting was probobly the worst acting of ANY of the episodes, and yet it was my favorite. After the first 30 minutes I was begging for the movie to slow down I could barely keep up with all the action, then Anakin and Padme appeared on the screen together and I was begging for the movie to pick back up.

Eh, it's okay. It woke me up.

That was a pretty little inning.

CarrieIC, I am sorry for what happened with your soda. I will be try to be mindful that you are sleep-deprived!

Koskie should know better than to try and steal on Torii, way to get the ball in quick Torii.

Er, GameCAST, that is.

well, there goes the no-hitter. :)

omg, Carrie... ha!

Aw, Justin.

Ew. I just pulled a six inch blade of grass out of my sister's cat's nostril. It's been a hard week for kitties in general.

they must have had a tearful conversation yesterday when Koskie was on first. he's not over it yet.

Has anyone noticed that ESPN Gameday thinks Justin Morneau is right-handed?

He will have no one to talk to on 3rd:(

He's distraught because Corey is DHing again...

Justin, you are not supposed to do that!

QJW -- I just snorted Coke out of my nose and it's all your fault.

this is the lefty lineup. Chacin is a lefty.

Sorry, late to the gamethread so if it has already been discussed I apologize, but what a wacky lineup today.

No Bartlett in the afternoon "B" squad lineup? Guess Bartlett is the starter after all.....

CHEEEEEWWWWWW!

I think the worst is Joe Mauer.

E -- Oh, God. That's too awful to contemplate.

And I bet Lew likes Chewie, but if he's going to sneak into a theater in disguise, he's better off with Vader. Facial hair doesn't seem to be his strong suit.

Yay, good start Stewie!!

Oooo, I like it so far, Joe. 10 pitches, 3 innocuous grounders. C'mon, bats.

how cool do you have to be to get sunglasses in your official mug shot? Any chance Chacin is blind?

Mic-
I thought Mays did a particularly good job of reading the promo. Cuddy also did a good job promoting the whiffle ball set. The worst one had to be big LeRoy promoting the DQ caps.

Yay Stewie!

argh, I wish I could watch this game. I wanna see Chacin pitch.

(and lose, of course... or get a ND)

Mic, I noticed the same thing! he actually didn't sound as though he were reading cue cards.

He's probably extra mumbly if he staked out the Apple Valley theater. Seeing as the damn film burned up with less than five minutes left in the movie and the ensuing eight year wait during which they planned to "try to get it running again" nearly ended in a mass riot when refunds were slow in coming.

Lew with a Vader mask?

I guess I see him as more of a Chewie admirer.

Ok... I just missed the entire half-inning because my phone and radio are conspiring against me. If my phone isn't ringing, my radio is cutting out. Stupid work.

Did anyone see Mays read the whatever they are doing at the dome thing last night? He was by far the best of any I have seen. He even had a little expression in his voice! Kick Butt Today Joe!!

You're welcome!

And now, to get ready for The Black Hole--er--work. See everyone on the other side!

But would he be able to recognize Lew if he had his Vader-mask on?

I'm enjoying Joey's grounding out. The Jackal spirit seems to be more in the rest of the team than it has been in Carlos himself lately.

Mays seems to be a magnet today. both of those grounders came back to him.

Thanks, MK, you just gave me today's entry!

I remember -- from the Twins/Cardinals '87 Series -- a television shot of a fan standing amid the otherwise-seated crowd at the Dome after a St. Louis pitcher had issued a base on balls. He was holding a sign: "Walks Haunt". First time I had seen that.

Short, sweet and brilliant.

Extra-mumbly, huh? Maybe he caught the midnight showing of Revenge of the Sith. You know, to make sure none of his players snuck in or anything...

Though, let's face it, the nickname is not hard to come up with.

I swear I just heard that too, BG. But Gardy did seem extra-mumbly today.

Did Gardy just call LeCroy Big LeRoy?

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Fewest walks (in the majors - not just AL) is certainly a nice stat. Even better, however, they also have the lowest WHIP at 1.15 and also lead the majors there. Now those stats combined with a very low ERA certainly confirms what we all know...we have a GREAT pitching staff.

Now if we could just get some great situational hitting....

Hey, OMM is cute, in an older shaggy sort of way.

According to that stat calculator, the Twins are all kinds whomping everyone in MLB on BB numbers, not just the AL.

And the Marlins... any team that posts a collective ERA of 3.07 is really f**kin' scary.

probably looking for dates...

OMM can walk me across the street any time!

Of course, I don't think that figure includes walking old ladies across streets.

I hear Mulholland's fond of that sort of thing...

Yeah, we're spoiled, Flit. There's nothing more irritating than walks. When it's your guy issuing them, anyway. Another bit of paradise here in baseball heaven.

As I recall, the Twins have walked about 10 people thus far this season.

Today's "You Could Look It Up" moment:

Figures for American League Teams
Most Walks Issued: D-Rays, 171
Second Fewest Walks Issued: Yankees, 98

How many walks have the Twins issued? Where do they rank?

You could look it up right here. Or not, depending.

See! It all relates!

QJW -- dude, I was up all night at Episode III. It's just too early for puns.

Sore CALF muscle? Didn't we just get the explanation for the origin of bullpen?

Sore calf muscle. Uh-huh. Sometimes the bartender at my job says that after he's been at the redneck bar across the street the previous night.

Sore calf muscle... Probably tripped over his toga.

I, too, miss LNP. but he should be back tomorrow! hooray!

(you'll have to pardon me if you ask me a question today and I don't respond. my computer at work is wonky, and the browser doesn't refresh, so I don't see new posts until I post something new, myself, and by then, I'm way behind.)

sore calf - might be back tomorrow

Where is LNP? Still hungover from Hotel Joe?

I miss LNP too. sigh.

The Twins have scored at least 6 runs in each of their Thursday games, and have scored 10 runs twice. So things bode well for the offense.

Rivas batting second? interesting.

I miss LNP. Feel better soon, little guy.

I just had a client return our tickets for today. Section 121 Row 25. Four tickets - free. E-mail me (dave-at-airtechweb.com) if anybody wants them. You'd have to pick them up at my office in Oakdale

Shannon Stewart, LF
Luis Rivas, 2B
Lew Ford, RF
Justin Morneau, 1B
Torii Hunter, CF
Matthew LeCroy, DH
Michael Cuddyer, 3B
Mike Redmond, C
Juan Castro, SS

He forgot about my favorite... Peanut Butter

Quote from today's PiPress:

"Gardenhire, in response to a reporter's question about the possibility of splitting up 3-4 hitters Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau: "I don't know why you would want to split them up. M&Ms are good — chocolate or peanut."'