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Minnesota scores two

Top of the fifth still 1-0 Cleveland leading Minnesota.

Sadly, the inning ends without an extra Guardian run, and this is probably the only time in my life I will ever say this.

Looks like it was an acceptable “neighborhood play” at Second.

It looks like they have a really decent daytime crowd there.

I thought about it too, but this will probably be OK.

Cleveland got a lead off homer so it’s 1–0 over Minnesota right now.

Hinch keeps emphasizing how they get these young players to “buy into the system“ at all levels. What we are seeing is that when they get to this level and it actually works, they have become devotees of a system that is working and it’s a part of their collective muscle memory. Our club appears to be developing a sort of Tigers Way.

In a way they appear to be playing less “self-consciously“ in the most ordinary sense of that term of not tripping over your own feet. They are taking all of the coaching and instruction they’ve had and just allowing it to be expressed on the field and it seems to be working

Andy really enjoys being on camera and appears to be having the time of his life.

I’ve stopped pinching myself to see if I’m dreaming in hopes of discovering what things are like when I wake up. I’m awake, and this is what things are really like. This club’s potential is being actualized more quickly than any of us thought possible, and it’s not just dumb luck. It’s intentional. It’s more than a monkey randomly tapping out words at a typewriter. The traction and momentum are real. It’s not like they’re using alien technology discovered at Roswell either. They are consciously utilizing their assets and getting more out of all their moving parts than other clubs.

I have a hypothetical question. Feel free to explain it to me as if I were a child. Let’s just say we’d had a really bad shortstop who played every game this season with only a -1.1 WAR, and through magic we were able to replace him with, say, Alan Trammell with a +6.0 WAR who likewise played every game in Ripkenesque fashion. I am assuming it’s more complicated than just replacing Trammell’s figures for the profoundly subpar player and coming up with a +4.9 WAR. But what would it look like? How much better would the team be?

Mickey York keeps saying that Jung had a “matrix like“ slide, which is encroaching upon Jason‘s territory for cultural references. I had the radio feed on for audio on TV though. Sports Illustrated called it “the coolest slide of the season.”

This is more fun than when we had teams that were loaded with all stars, Cy Young winners and future Hall of Famers because it is so surprising and unexpected. You expected those guys to win. And it hurt badly when it didn’t work out. But getting more than you bargained for is really something.

WOW

I like how at least a couple of the Royals pitchers have color-coordinated their mitts with their caps. It would be a really cute ensemble if they did their shoes too.

A couple more runs just to be safe would be really cool.

You are welcome, but I’m not taking off the tinfoil pyramid hat yet.

Both we unintentionally and the Royals on purpose are making this game more interesting than I was hoping it would be.

Looking forward to a double play.

That was an unfortunate play. I hope we don’t have to pay for it. He said as a run scores.

I can’t remember the last time I was checking the scoreboard to see what other teams are doing. In general, I’m just disinterested in other teams and they can just go to heck. I don’t dislike them. I just don’t care.

Brenan Hanifee Ks the side in the 7th.