FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BDB]

Only highlight so far came in a Dairy Queen commercial. 

They were showing a bunch of Twins crowd shots and they showed a gal with a St. Benedicts T-shirt on.

So, that's how exciting this game has been. 

frank +k on 500 posts.

[BDB]

They just showed a feature on Hunter. Supposedly he's 100% when he get's off the DL tomorrow and will start.

Says he feels better than he has all year. 

[Kilted Rat]

They just showed a feature on Hunter. Supposedly he's 100% when he get's off the DL tomorrow and will start.

Says he feels better than he has all year. 

That makes me feel better too especially if it means Tyner moves to RF and Rondell and Rabe DH.

[Kilted Rat]

Everyone else got your Rally caps on?

[BDB]

KR, Don't even ask me to explain the bottom of the 8th!!!!!!!! 

Walks, errors, short hops, a bases loaded balk....weird weird weird half inning for the good guys!!!

[Kilted Rat]

How rare is it that a pitcher gives up a run on a bases loaded balk?

Ladies and Gentlemen and TDT,
The Curse is Back!!!!!!!!!!!

[BDB]

The Curse-O-Thon is more powerful than ever!

Orioles stage a 9th inning comeback to beat the White Sox!

Man, the Twins were pumped up at the end of the game. 

[Kilted Rat]

UPDATE on KR's ability to curse MLB Players[/b][/u]
*Photos removed to save space

1.  7/16 posted picture of Nick Punto captioned "Tyner on Deck, Punto in the hole" by Whoa Nelly.            7/17 Punto leaves the game early with an injury


2.  7/18 posted picture of Scott Kazmir and his Batting coach Butcher saying: "Butcher:  "Dude, all I am asking is that you hold one of them and I turn my head and cough, what's so hard about that?"" by Mighty Royal
7/18 Kazmir, dubbed one of the best young guns in MLB gave up 7 hits and 4 ER over 6 innings en route to a Twins 8-1 win.


3.  7/19 posted picture of Jae Seo upset because "What do you mean, nobody watched the World Baseball Classic?  It was great!" according to Johnnie Esq.
7/19 Seo gives up 7 ER in 5 2/3 innings on 11 hits with 1 walk and HE GAVE UP 2 Home Runs and a double to Rondell White!!! (3/3 against Seo on the day)

4. 7/19 posted picture of James Shields pondering "I wonder if anyone will notice that I shaved my pubes and put them on my chin?" according to Mighty Royal
7/20 WITH KR in attendance, Sheilds gives up 8 hits and 5 Earned runs in 4.1 innings.


5. 7/20 Posted pictures of C.C Sabathia and
7/21 he proceeded to give up 8 runs (3 earned) on 6 hits with 4 walks in 3.2 innings.


6. 7/24 after brief hiatus from cursing due to weekend spent in MN, posted picture of Javier Vazquez showing how to juggle balls
7/24 Vazquez goes 6 innings giving up 8 hits and 5 Earned with 2 homers

7. 7/25 posted picture of Jose "I have layers like an onion" Contreras with Ozzie Guillen whispering sweet nothings in his ear
7/25 Contreras pitches 7 innings giving up 7 hits, 4 earned and HR's to Jason's Kubel and Bartlett, it was Bartlett's first homer of the season.


8.  7/25 posted picture of Jim Thome adjusting and showing Bert what to circle (accodring to Whoa Nelly) and Mark Buehrle informing David Wells that the Hokie pokie is not in fact a warm up exercise (according to Kubiak).
7/26  Thome goes 0-4 with a strikeout
Buehrle gives up 7 runs on 10 hits in 5.1 innings and the Twins win 7-4


9.  7/28 posted picture of Zach Miner admiring the funbags on a hosehound (Cobbernation) and Pudge Rodriguez calmly explaining to the Umpire that he has people skills
7/28 Pudge sits out the game with a thumb injury, Miner pitched 6 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits, for the first time, the curse fails to ensure a Twins victory

10.  7/29 posted picture of Nate Robertson trying to knock a seagull off the backstop (Chris56317) and Magglio Ordonez writing "SHORTY'S BAR AND GRILL, CHATTANOOGA TENNESEE." on the crotch of a life sized cutout of himself (Blue Devil Bob by way of JanesvilleFlash).
7/29 Robertson gives up 5 ER in 4 innings on 9 hits, Magglio goes 1/4, despite facing Radke twice and Lohse once on a night when Radke gave up 7 hits in 3 innings

11. 7/30 posted picture of Jeremy Bonderman doing the Vogue (PC)
Bonderman gave up 6 runs, 3 ER in 7.2 innings as Twins rally with 6 run all in the 8th to win 6-4

[Willy Wonka]

UPDATE on KR's ability to curse MLB Players[/b][/u]
9.  7/28 posted picture of Zach Miner admiring the funbags on a hosehound (Cobbernation) and Pudge Rodriguez calmly explaining to the Umpire that he has people skills
7/28 Pudge sits out the game with a thumb injury, Miner pitched 6 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits, for the first time, the curse fails to ensure a Twins victory

My Packers #89 quip was good enough for instant K, but has since been demoted to second string? Weak sauce, KR.

Rumor on the street says TDT gave up on the Twins in the 7th inning to go lounge in his pool with the case of O'douls he asked his mom to pick up yesterday. Apparently he barely put a dent in it last night, as he was "feeling a little tipsy" after two.

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Lohse will be gone by tomorrow. Matt Guerrier will be back from broken thumb to replace him. Torii Hunter will also be activated tomorrow, with the Twins sending down Eyre to reduce the staff to 11.

Lew Ford for Rabe. Maybe Chris Heintz for Rodriguez/Tiffee in the next couple of weeks.

Saved by the Bell: True Hollywood Story is on. Sweet.

I realize you wrote this before Rondell's hammy pulled him out of the game. So, Rondell goes on the DL, making room for Hunter. Lohse will be traded, even if is for a low Class A prospect (hopefully to an NL club, because I still think the kid has the mechanics to be good). Guerrier and Ford are a week or so away form being activated, although Ford is useless; as bad as Rabe played today, I don't care which is the last OF on the bench, Rabe or Ford. Tyner moves to left full time, giving us a solid, respectable OF.

If they bring Garza up, DO NOT WASTE HIM IN THE PEN!!! Put either Baker or Silva in the pen. My guess is they will send Baker back down to make room for Guerrier, and the Lohse spot will be occupied by Garza.

[Kilted Rat]

UPDATE on KR's ability to curse MLB Players[/b][/u]
9.  7/28 posted picture of Zach Miner admiring the funbags on a hosehound (Cobbernation) and Pudge Rodriguez calmly explaining to the Umpire that he has people skills
7/28 Pudge sits out the game with a thumb injury, Miner pitched 6 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits, for the first time, the curse fails to ensure a Twins victory

My Packers #89 quip was good enough for instant K, but has since been demoted to second string? Weak sauce, KR.

It was a great quip, however Cobbernation made a Dumb and Dumber  reference regarding funbags and hosehounds. How can you argue with that?

[Ryan Coleman]

Can I get you to curse me please?

UPDATE on KR's ability to curse MLB Players[/b][/u]
*Photos removed to save space

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Congrats Frank....+k to you

KR-- I serious hope you meant Tyner to LEFT not RIGHT....Cuddy is solid out in RF, and his cannon arm has opponent's wary of attempting to stretch hits.

BDB--- I too can't explain the bottom of the 8th and I was there. I will say this much-- the crowd (98% of whom stayed) was wild.  The Tigers showed many moments of being a WS dynasty during the series. Today they showed plenty of flashbacks to their 2003 ineptitude, between the errors and Bonderman's balk and Inge's failure to tag out the runner at 3B.

Bonderman nearly had a no-hitter going into the 8th (Castillo's hit in the first was sketchy from my seat) and he looked awfully good thru 7... Santana looked Radke-esque with moments that bordered on Lohse-like. Somehow, though, he kept the tem in striking range.

When Neshek was warming up in the 8th, I said to former FPM "wouldn't it be sweet if Neshek comes in, gets out of the jam, and ends up getting the win?" He laughed as did the people behind us. But then came the wild, wacky bottom of 8th and Neshek nails down his first MLB win. It's nice to have 2 local boys making good in The Show.

[BDB]

I am feeling so good about the C-O-T tonight, that +k all around for everyone the last 2 pages! 

(sorry KR, PC won't let me) 

mm, That must have been a blast being there!

[Kilted Rat]

KR-- I serious hope you meant Tyner to LEFT not RIGHT....Cuddy is solid out in RF, and his cannon arm has opponent's wary of attempting to stretch hits.

Yea, my bad, I love Cuddy in right, we definitely could use the speed and fielding ability in left not to mention Tyner's ability to get on base.



RC,
I will curse you only if you meet one or more of the following criteria:
a.  starting pitcher for a team facing the Twins
b.  cut me off on the highway
c.  are an MLB player playing against the Twins
d.  you start hanging out with TDT, which is a curse in and of itself.

Why do you want to be cursed anyway, or are you referencing Bonderman's first 7 innings?