20.08.08
Home is…
…where you’re on the electoral roll, I guess.
Tuesday night box (Game #125)
OAK/0/1/0/1/0/0/0/0/0// 2/ 6/0
MIN/0/3/3/0/4/3/0/0/X//13/16/1
The Twins win big to dispel some of last night’s disappointment.
CWS also won so the gap stays at 1…
19.08.08
The kind of day I’m having
Five eggs left for two omelettes.
Decide on two tonight, three tomorrow (delayed gratification, that kind of thing).
Choose two eggs at random.
One turns out to be a double-yoker.
Coding again
How come I keep forgetting how much I enjoy knocking up code? Hmm…
Changed
A sea-mist rolled in over the Straits of Gibraltar last night, blanketing the rock. Everything is subtley different, especially the sounds. Even the tankers’ foghorns are distant and muted, like ghost-ships out there somewhere, crossing between a mythical Atlantic and a fantastic Meditteranean. Meanwhile the air is full of moisture, in fact, it’s gravid with water: this morning it felt more like swimming than running, more like drinking than breathing.
The forecast of course is for mid thirties celsius and sunny, so the mist will have burned off by mid-morning - but it certainly made for a change.
Monday night box (Game #124)
OAK/1/0/0/2/0/0/0/0/0//3/ 7/1
MIN/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/2/0//2/10/2
Gah, hate losing 1-run ballgames, especially when your team outhits the opponents but can’t get men across the plate…
CWS won inevitably so the lead swings back their way…
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One of the latest:
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17.08.08
Sunday night box (Game #123)
SEA/0/0/0/0/0/4/2/2/0// 8/16/0
MIN/5/0/1/0/2/2/0/1/X//11/17/1
After leading 8-0 at one point, the Twins did their best to make it “interesting”…
CWS are well in front at Oakland, but even if they win it’ll still be tied at the top of the ALC…
Great quote to start the post-game download by the way:
Just your typical 19-run 23-runners left on 33-hit afternoon at the Metrodome!
[UPDATE: The White Sox did indeed win, leaving the ALC race tied. We now swap opponents, Oakland coming to the Twin Cities for a 3 game series while CWS host Seattle.
Some kind of crazy day in the American League yesterday by the way, with 115 runs scored off 200 hits in just 7 games...]
Saturday night box (Game #122)
SEA/0/0/0/0/0/6/0/0/0//6/10/0
MIN/2/3/0/0/0/0/0/1/1//7/13/0
Exciting finish to a game that the Twins had in their pocket for five innings but in the end had to dig deep and play some great small ball to get the win.
CWS won tonight too so it’s still all-square at the top of the ALC, looks like it’s going to be a long run-in…
16.08.08
Friday night box (Game #121)
SEA/0/0/0/2/0/0/0/0/1//3/ 6/1
MIN/2/0/0/7/0/0/0/0/X//9/12/1
CWS lost on the same night so the ALC lead is now tied…
13.08.08
Wednesday night box (Game #120)
NYY/1/0/0/0/0/0/0/1/0//2/5/2
MIN/0/0/0/3/0/1/0/0/X//4/7/0
Great performance, couple of scary moments but well-held. Level at the top of the ALC now with CWS to play at 8EST tonight…
Tuesday night box (Game #119)
NYY/1/0/0/2/1/0/1/1/0/0/0/3//9/16/0 [12 innings]
MIN/0/2/0/1/0/0/0/3/0/0/0/0//6/12/1
Afraid I’m all out of sport as life / life as sport metaphors today.
CWS won, so the lead swings back their way.
12.08.08
Monday night box (Game #118)
NYY/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0//0/4/0
MIN/0/2/0/0/0/1/0/1/X//4/7/1
Yesterday’s doom and gloom dispelled with an unlikely shut-out of the Yankees while the Red Sox beat the CWS, Twins into the ALC lead again. This one is going to go right to September one suspects.
Truly a case of sport inversely reflecting life!
11.08.08
Sunday night box (Game #117)
MIN/0/0/2/0/0/0/2/0/0/0/0/0//4/ 7/2 [12 innings]
KC /0/0/0/0/0/2/0/2/0/0/0/1//5/13/0
Very disappointing loss, this game should have been done and dusted, alas two very costly fielding errors - and leaving ten men on - led to dropping with W. With CWS beating the Red Sox, it’s back to half a game out of the ALC lead - with three games against the Yankees coming up, and look how well we played against them last time we met…
10.08.08
Saturday night box (Game #116)
MIN/0/2/0/0/0/5/0/0/0//7/11/0
KC /0/0/0/1/0/2/0/0/0//3/ 8/2
Second straight win for Liriano means another series the Twins can’t lose, leading 2-0 with one game to play.
Red Sox also beat CWS so the Twins take the lead of the ALC again, by half a game. Day games on Sunday against the same opponents - KC for us, Red Sox for CWS - so possibly a chance to consolidate the lead for a change rather than letting it slip straight back…
09.08.08
Friday night box (Game #115)
MIN/0/0/3/0/0/0/0/0/1//4/ 6/1
KC /0/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0//1/11/2
Great defensive win, allowing only one run to cross despite KC’s eleven hits.
CWS beat the Red Sox, so the gap remains half a game at the top of the ALC…
07.08.08
Wednesday night box (Game #114)
MIN/0/4/0/0/0/0/0/3/0//7/11/0
SEA/0/0/1/0/2/0/0/0/0//3/11/2
Back to winning ways. CWS won also, keeping the gap at 1 at the top of the ALC.
06.08.08
Tuesday night box (Game #113)
MIN/0/2/0/0/0/1/0/4/0//7/14/1
SEA/0/0/4/0/0/2/0/2/X//8/15/0
Another loss to Seattle late in the game. To make matters worse, CWS beat Detroit (14th inning!) to pull out a 1 game lead again at the top of the ALC.