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Twins 9 - Royals 8 (10) [seriously? cool!]

Well that was unexpected. And cool. And … wow! Nice work, Mr. Monroe and Mr. Morneau.

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I have to admit that I didn’t see very much of the game. I got home when the score was 6 - 2. I hung around until the score was 8 - 3, then sighed and thought “oh well, can’t win ‘em all”, and turned to a rerun of CSI: NY to kill time until the news came on. (I know, I know, I need to work on my loyalty and optimism skills, but I was tired.) Anyhoo, I flipped back during a commercial break, and the score was tied. (What??? How did that happen?) Fortunately, I’m dorky enough to record every game with my DVR (I **heart** my DVR), so I simply rewound it and saw everything.

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Just wondering: is “rewound” the correct verb to use while talking about a DVR? There’s no tape, so no actual “winding” is occurring. Hmm.

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Monroe’s homerun reminded me of something my kids would pretend in the back yard:
It’s the ninth inning, two on, two out, full count. And here’s the pitch - it is high, it is deep, it is GONE!
However, they’re usually pretending to win the World Series with an at-bat like that.

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The best part of Monroe’s homerun: Dick’s reaction. He was so happy and excited and thrilled and gleeful; it was like he was a big kid. It was so fun to listen to him.

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And finally, the “Does He Get a Royalty Check for That?” moment of the day: Proof positive that when first-basemen and base runners talk, they don’t really say anything: Yesterday, my son was playing first, and I noticed he talked to everyone who reached. Later, I asked him what he was saying, and he said that he was singing the FreeCreditReport.com jingle. Why? Just to bug them.

 

Twins 9 - Sox of the Red 8

Miss me? I guess I have some catching up to do. I’m also watching the game as I write this, so I’ll be flip-flopping between my thoughts of the past week with my thoughts of the game. Forgive me if I’m confusing.

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First of all, Happy Mother’s Day! If you’re a mom, I hope you enjoyed your day. If you’re not a mom, I hoped you hugged a mom.
To my mom: Love you. Sorry I didn’t actually hug you today. I told the cat to hug you for me; I hope she did.

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Top first: Hey Eeyore, nice job striking out Youkilis and Lowell. *grin*

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Speaking of Mother’s Day, mine was very nice. My kids gave me a really cool Twins shirt. I think they’ve got me pretty well figured out.

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Tuesday’s game: Gavin Floyd nearly no-hit the Twins. That must’ve been ugly. Thank goodness for Joey to break that up for us.

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Bottom second: Nice jack, Craig. *woot* Hey, has anyone come up with a good nickname for him yet?
Seriously? Adam “Adam” Everett hit a homer? Cool.

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Wednesday’s game: Go-Go hits for the cycle. I loved that. And I also loved reading his quotes. Fun stuff. I was also very impressed with Livan for taking a shutout to the ninth and completing the game.

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Bottom third: Who put the fear of God into Mike Lamb lately?

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The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Ok, so how many times did Morgan-n-Miller say the word “knuckleball” tonight?

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Thursday’s game: I actually caught part of that game on a lunch break. But it was a big yawner.

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Bottom fourth: *snicker* Big Papi was goofing around when they were interviewing Francona. In fact, he was way more interesting than Francona.

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Notes to the Injured:
Dear Pat-Pat, I wish I could take it away from you so you can get better. Rehab well and come back next year better than ever.
Dear Nicky, Get better quick.

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Friday’s game: Wow. A come-from-behind win and Lammers is the hero. Way to go!

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Bottom seventh: Hello again Mr. Monroe!
What’s up with Mike Timlin’s camouflage glove?

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Top ninth: Dear Nathanator, That was waaaaaay too interesting for my liking. But you managed to do the job, so thanks.

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And finally, one thing I learned about Vancouver that surprised me: I expected hockey to be very popular. They’re still following the Stanley Cup playoffs closely even though their team is out of it. Between hockey games, they do follow baseball. I figured that since Vancouver is so close to Seattle, they’d follow the Mariners. Nope. They follow the Blue Jays, even though they’re three time zones away. I guess all of Canada follows Canada’s only team, eh?

 

Twins 4 - Detroit 1

Once again, I have to admit that I was worried about this game - this time when we found out that Scotty was coming out and Brian Bass was coming in. Thank goodness for Brian Bass. Big congratulations on your first major league win. But more importantly, thank you, thank you, thank you for pitching bueno. I want to dedicate a picture to you, but I can’t decide which one was best. So I’ll give them all to you.

  

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My Dearest Scotty,
Please get better very soon.
Love,
k-bro

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My Dearest Twins Players,
I have grown weary of writing get well letters. Please consider not getting hurt.
Thank you,
k-bro

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Speaking of Scotty’s injury, how many times did we hear the word “groin” tonight?

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Hey Craig, nice jack. Against your former team, too. Sweeeeet.

Twins 5 - Oakland 4

The Twins traveled to sunny California to celebrate Earth Day by facing a Green Team.  Luckily, Craig Monroe realized as he stepped up to the plate for his first at-bat that the A’s aren’t really a Green Team, but merely a team that happens to wear green.  Big difference.  I think the ugly white shoes tipped him off. He showed his distaste for the posers by going 3 for 4 and driving in 3. Nice work, Craig.

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Dear Go-Go,

Honey, going for the Golden Sombrero is no caliente. In fact, it is muy feo. Please avoid doing that in the future.  Thanks.

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Reasons I dislike playing Oakland:

• The games are usually on after my bed time. When one is my age, one needs as much beauty sleep as one can get.
• Those blasted aforementioned white shoes. They look especially ridiculous on the players who wear tall socks because the socks are dark green. And I normally love tall socks.
• The people in the stands with the annoying horns.  I know many stadiums have fans with horns, but Oakland is the only place where it bugs me so much. And I noticed a new wrinkle last night — fans with whistles.
• Dick-n-Bert go on and on and on about the amount of foul territory there. WE KNOW!

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They have the “Ode to Joy” commercial on the Twins website now (thanks Krissy for the heads-up).  I’ve seen it at least 25 times, and I still think it’s the most hilarious thing ever. Love it, love it, love it.

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And finally, the “I got it, I got it, I got it, I ain’t got it” moments of the game: How many bloop hits did the Twins get in front of Oakland’s outfield — three or four? I know they got one in front of Go-Go that he overran, but I felt much better about it when they were doing the same thing with much more regularity.