IdahoBert

A few of you have mentioned the absence of @Jim Cowan who was also Charles Liston on the old board and wondered what he was doing and if he was OK and I reached out to him through email and he said he’s doing just fine but that he finds his general interest in being a part of a message board on a daily basis to have waned and that it only has its greatest value as an all consuming passion which has for the time being ebbed. He said that he’s excited about McGonigle and the starting pitching and sent his best to a number of you. Since it’s a personal message, I don’t feel comfortable relaying too many of the details, but my own concern was that something healthwise had happened to him - we are both 74 so that can be an issue - and it hasn’t. Anyway, that’s the scoop.

I remember the World Series and Tim McCarver’s announcing and not being a very objective observer, but I didn’t realize until a few days ago he died three years ago, and I feel bad about speaking ill of the dead. I remember about a year ago recounting how badly 1968 must’ve affected him and relishing it and now I’m not particularly proud of my remarks.

Last place in the Central… The only place to go is up!

Loss. Oh well

The umpire is just awful

Kevin McGonigle doubles (5) on a line drive to right fielder Matt Wallner. Javier Báez scores.

Carp Ks. Sigh…

Ladies and gentlemen, Connor Seabold has entered the building! Ladies, please do not throw your room keys at him. Act your age, not your shoe size.

Kevin McGonigle singles on a line drive to left fielder Austin Martin. Spencer Torkelson scores. Parker Meadows to 2nd. We got our run for the game.

This is the second game in a row where a Twins starting pitcher has thrown over 100 pitches. I can’t remember the last time I saw that.

I think this is a bad streak and they’ll start doing something that we would consider normal before long, but that insight doesn’t make the present situation any more palatable.

Welp! 3-0.

This is sort of The Game of Living Dangerously for Skubal but he’s up for the challenge. It sure would be nice to give him some runs to work with.

You’d think people in Minnesota would be used to the cold. 40° isn’t that bad even for baseball, but I’m still surprised the stands are so empty. It’s not like everybody has to bring an unswaddled baby with them or anything.

We need a quick DP with runners on first and third and only 1 out please.

Load the bases and don’t score. Bah!

Gosh, the tigers are constantly hitting the ball directly to centerfield just short of doing any damage. I’ve seen it repeatedly so far this year, and maybe I just remember it because it bugs me, but it seems more than usual.

Crappy umpire calls Kevin out on a pitch 2 inches below the strike zone

Colt Keith struck out on three straight pitches to lead off. I give up.

At game time it’s supposed to be about 44° and it’s supposed to feel like 44° allegedly - at least according to my Yahoo Weather app - so it’s virtually a heat wave compared to last night. Sweeeet!

Keith DH McGonigle 3B Torres 2B Greene, R LF Dingler C McKinstry RF Torkelson 1B Meadows, P CF Báez, J SS

It’s good news that Friday the 13th comes on a Monday this April. Those are lucky days.

And by the way, Skubal is pitching tomorrow at 7:40 EDT. And yes, it will still be cold probably in the 40° range and with windchill feeling colder than that.

Really. The platooning thing is what you do when you’re dealing from a position of weakness. And yes, there’s a methodology backed up by data and I respect that and do not intrinsically dispute it, but wouldn’t it be nice to see several McGonigle type players in the lineup that you don’t have to pull again and again for late inning replacements? That’s probably asking for too much but I would still like it.