Welcome Back Baseball

After what seemed like a 10-day break for the All Star Game, it's good to have baseball to watch again. Especially since the Twins gained some ground on Detroit and Chicago.

Recap:
Friday: Twins 5 - Rangers 3
Saturday: Twins 4 - Rangers 1
Sunday: Twins 3 - Rangers 5 (12)

Twins take series 2 - 1

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So just before (and during the break), the Twins shook a few things up. It's easy to get lost in the shuffle. It's time for another review (mainly because I'm always expected to answer the question "who's that?", "when did we call him up?", etc. so I have to look it up anyway):

Morales (C) down to the minors; Kevin Mulvey (RP) up to the majors. (7/15)
Tigger Tolbert (2B) down to the minors; Lexi (2B) up to the majors. (7/12)
K-Slow (SP) to DL; Anthony Swarzak (SP) up to the majors. (7/04)
Sean Henn (RP) down to the minors; Brian Duensing (RP) up to majors. (7/02)

How far back should I go? One more:

Luis Ayala (RP) outsville; Bobby Keppel (RP) up to the majors. (6/22)

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Up next:

West coast games -- A's then the Angels.

Sleep fast guys, 'cuz it was a long night and it's a long trip.

Hello and Ha Ha

In keeping with recent tradition, the Twins have signed an aging, possibly washed-up pitcher I know nothing about. I looked at his numbers briefly, and it seems to my untrained eye that he's no better than the relief pitchers we already have. But, if he can help keep the bullpen effective and healthy, then I'm all for it.

Welcome to Minnesota Luis Ayala. Let's take a look at the most important thing...his looks:


Photo by User Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia

Hmm...not bad; not bad at all. Ok, I guess I'll cautiously approve.

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This cartoon made me laugh my head off...however it might be a tad risque for some. So, to my niece, nephew, and mom, just keep reading. The rest of you, however, enjoy.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/base_system.png

A big hat tip to my Twitter friend cmroy for the laugh.

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When Bad Grammar (or Spelling) and Baseball Collide...Part II

My daily web surfing stops includes Ben Mahler's Rumor Page through FOXSports.com. They compile rumors and other newsy things from around the country, and it's kind of fun to see what other papers are saying. But they had kind of a rough week. And it made me snicker.

A selection from Tuesday:


[When I first saw this, I thought they were saying something like "them there chances" or something similarly stupid.]

And from Wednesday:


[Big League's what?]

And from Thursday:


[Comerback? Is that like a come-backer?]

Now I realize that Mr. Mahler and FOXSports just hire some intern to write the HTML and post the links. But, since this is supposed to be a professional website, I think they can do better.

That's all for now. I'm going to proofread this now to make sure I don't have any mistakes. ;-)