Stuck at work.

But hey, my mlb.tv account works.

Viva Eovaldi!

[see what i did there?]

I think so!
It was as funny as a mandolin concerto!

[3] i'm saving my humor for my "Best of Tacet" CD.

Oh, right.
I really wish more drummers would appreciate the virtues of tacet.

The Twins' batters certainly seem to. Good thing we aren't superstitious here.

[4] you should see the transcription of the Triangle Concerto i had to "play" in college.

Beltran's line since May 1st is pretty frickin' awesome. had a bad month, that's it. i still love the guy.

and, i guess, since there's barely anyone here i can say it - i don't dislike drew...

[ducks and covers]

2-run BOMB - 2nd decker - for Bird.

Go, kid, go!!!

Papa-ooma-mow-mow!!!!

headley's been hot.

two-out double.

rbj said he'd be following on mlb.tv, but it looks like just the two of us for the Banter action, huh?

[12] and i'm about to get ready for work. i'll be in/out for the next hour or so.

Lonely guys? Can I play?

(Don't tell my clients)

[2] Las Vegas?

The bird has landed. Tex Pipped?

Yeah, I'll be out soon too. Actually I'll probably tune in to John and Suzyn, on and off for the rest of the game.

Hmmmm. Nate's high pitch count is likely to present Joe with a difficult decision. I wonder how long he can go out there in this weather? I mean, not exactly stressful innings, but I think he's on pace for, let's see, 128 pitches over nine innings.

[14] I thought it was a bit of musician wordplay.

damn, dozier.

Oh like Viva Vivaldi?

[14] RI was correct. it was for Vivaldi (think Four Seasons)

Lamont can catch and write soul classics

[18] [19] gotcha

Damn, Nate hits triple digits.

nice, nate!!!

3-0 to 3-3!

Ohhhhhhhhh.

Well, now I can leave with a clear conscience.

Okay, keep it together, dude. Let's keep the important zero up there.

ah, crap.

get back to it, nate!

hey, how do you do the strike through of a word? apparently, i forgot.

nice barehanded play by headley.

Yipe, I thought that was an infield hit. Great bare-hand play by CH.

Great bare-headed play by Handley.

dozier is dangerous. biggest at-bat of the game right here...

Use the 'strike' tag.

Dang.
Eovaldi threw the high ball three at 102 mph. But, can't keep it consistently in the zone.
Can he blow Mauer away with the heat?

Oh, crud. Goddamit.

motherfucker.

one strike away. tied game. why not blow it past him?

get through this inning tied. maybe start the 7th...

[31] i did. i tried strike and strikethrough. neither worked. i did it with the [strike] and [/strike] commands. i think i'm close...

another walk to load the bases.

bad inning for nate who'd been great.

get through this tied and then it's bully time.

Hm, but did you try ⟨/strike⟩?

Shit on a stick, just end it...

Goddamnit Man Up. Fucking guy is throwing 100 mph. Get out this, dude.

I mean, using the angle brackets ⟨ ⟩.

ooh, fuck you, angel hernandez!

he went.

This is not fun to watch. Fuggin RBI for nuthin.

you've gotta be kidding me.

shoulda been rung up, now we're losing on a fucking squibber.

goddamn baseball.

Jesus.

fuck

oh yeah!

It shows how quickly it can go bad with a little loss of concentration and unfortunate luck.

Frustrating that Eovaldi fell apart there. And again with only 6 innings. Doubt he'll come back for another one. Disappointing.

shoulda thrown a 108mph fastball to mauer and the worst ump on the planet shoulda rung up plooooof.

Okay, boys, time to get it back.

[47] well, 6 innings and 3 runs is a quality start and he was perfect through 5. it's not like he was hit hard that inning. shoulda been tied on the missed check swing.

i doubt he'll come back for the 7th too. we've only scored 2 runs. it's disappointing that we're losing, but i'm not upset with Eo. he kicked ass.

Plouffe's parents wanted to make sure he would be harrased in school, the name Plouffe is not enough...let's name him Trevor.

[47] well, the two 2-out walks were certainly frustrating...

ok, bird. do it again!!

WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!

2 Birds in the bush?

Papa oomamowmow!!!!!

"It's bye-bye Birdie. The Birdman of New York does it again!"

Oh Sterling. I would've still preferred "And your Bird can sing."

Pipp Pipp Hurray!

Baby Birdie did it again!!

have yourself a day, kid.

curtain call!! i didn't see the parental units. did they show them?

YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAH.

A star is born.

Or Bird is the Woid!

Ornithology.

What's that Chinese proverb? Something like "a bird sings not to say something, but because it has a song in its heart".

[61] I like it.

nate the great still on the bump.

Yeah, my two exclamations [10] [56] are the "Surfin' Bird" middle part words. "Words."
But it's understandable that Sterling would go with a Broadway musical.

still throwin' triple digits.

100 mph? Keep pouring it in, Hoss.

Great fucking comeback inning by Eovaldi. Well done, Hoss.

that makes his line better. 7 innings. 120 pitches...

let's get some geico runs!

Nice game by Eo. Now just win it.

Good work, Nate.
I wonder who gets the eighth.

Okay, gotta go. Hold the fort.

What is the Yankees record against the Twins over the last 20 years? It's got to be pretty good.

Haven't been able to keep up with the game, stupid work has been interfering. New students come in tomorrow.

Two homers for Bird?

Strikes motherfucker, throw fucking strikes, dammit.

[75] yup.

I'm starting to like this little engine that could. Line up Tanaka-Nova-Pineda-Severino in the post-season with Nate and CC in long relief and that pen, and we might make some noise yet.

Nice.

78) Since CC doesn't pitch well late in games, if he can wrap his preparation around pitching out of the pen, that could be a good idea.

Fucking Mauer.

Corey Kluber is going today for the Tribe, so we won't see him this week.+

Is this a good matchup?

Shreve making it interesting...

Change up nice!

83) I guess so. Excellent job Shreve!

They let Santana pitch to Bird again?

What a bum. Send him down.

Go Git 'em Brooklyn.

Triple digits

I like this young Rosario rookie Minny has...

Betances is so awesome.

Pour it in there, Dellin.

91) Agreed.

And Fuggin A.

Beautiful win.

In Dellin we trust.

Nice win! Beata money again.

Dellin has a 242 ERA+ through 4 years (Obviously that's mostly 2014-15). Geez that's pretty good.

Can anyone remember the turn of phrase either Jack Curry or Bob Lorenz used to describe Greg Bird's seeming lack of nerves? It was a great old-timey-ism, and I forgot to write it down.

Hm, don't remember that, Dillon. What inning was it?

In the post-game recap, he said something. One of those things where, maybe since I can't remember it, I'm thinking it was more brilliant than it really was. Whatever the case, it was a compliment, and a well-deserved one for an exciting young player! Won't complain about that.