Game 156: Twins @ Tigers -- POSTPONED
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 28, 2009 7:50 PM EDT
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PrintSorry, folks. Tonight's opener between the Tigers and Twins has been postponed.
The weather has been cold, windy, and rainy all day in southeastern Michigan (and throughout the state). So the chances of playing tonight's game never looked all that good. At least they got in the pre-game ceremony (though no one appeared to be comfortable in those conditions).
There will be a doubleheader tomorrow. The first game will be played at 12 noon, and the second will be played at 7 p.m. Both times Eastern.
As Tom Petty put it, the waiting is the hardest part. We'll see you in about 16 hours.
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I was at the 2006 NY-Detroit rain delay game
that they called off after making us wait 3 hours. As I recall it was the turning point in the series. Let’s hope this becomes a pattern.
I'd love to call in sick tomorrow
But I was on vacation all last week, and still have to get things back organized. I’m going to be so braindead.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
true
And my throat is a little scratchy.
Maybe if I get enough done in the morning, with periodic coughing fits, I will just leave at lunch to go home and “take some medicine and take a nap.”
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Yeah, maybe I should've just changed the front post...
Except SBN might end up deleting it anyway because GameThreads are separate from story posts. Oh, this is so complicated now.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 28, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
which makes them hard (impossible?) to search for
Or is there a way to seasch through just gamethreads that I failed to find when looking for something once upon a time?
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And I don't think it should be erased, anyway
There is a lot of good scared stress there! If the thread is erased, it all goes back into our bodies and makes us even more nervous. If the thread is still there, then the stress stays there, too. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Chet Lemon Re-post
(For an ornery ol’ guy I take instruction well…)
….
Chet had his spleen removed shortly after retiring, and now coaches junior baseball in Florida—I’m not sure how he is healthwise, or what happens when you go about spleenless
BUT he does have a son Marcus who is in the Rangers minor league system, so there may be a future Lemon to follow!
Here’s a pic of Marcus with mom and dad…
spleen has an important function in immunity
So maybe he doesn’t travel any more than he has to in cold and flu season.
Nice looking family. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Nice Looking
Yeah I was thinking the same thing—I saw another picture of Marcus and thought, hey he’s got the big Chet smile. But darned if it doesn’t look like mom’s got the same thing going.
Sorry to make you re-post
But I’m still not sure what will end up happening to that original GameThread.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 28, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
heck, at least it means that people will have two chances to see it!
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Can’t simulate a rained out game.
One thing I wish the MLB powers that be could fix, is having the W.S. extend all the way until the very end of October or early November (like it did last year). You play a long grueling 162 game schedule, which doesn’t even include an offseason free agent signing period and a month of spring training, just to play your most important games in inclmate weather. Just doesn’t seem right. Last years W.S. was heavily affected by weather in the games in Philly.
vr, Xei
That shot makes me laugh every time
Just the fact that he’s trying to jog around the bases and jump for joy at the same time with that stupid hood on.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
oh my gosh
That is one of the best pictures I have of that playoffs. Instantly recognizable.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
That reminds me
Are they using those earflap hats that the Rays and Phillies got last year?
I want a Tigers one of those! And I want to buy it at Comerica Park during the playoffs.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 28, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I saw some of them during the home opener
At least, I remember some of the Rangers wearing them.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
so should I wash my porcello shirt?
GOD THIS COMPLICATES THINGS SO MUCH.
I forgot to wash it for tonight. should I leave it be or wash it!??!?
that would be my assessment also
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Well, goodnight everyone.
My brains may explode and leak out of my ears, but I will try to check in when I can. I will be with you all in stressed-out spirit!
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
whoa
I just heard a huge crack of thunder outside
too bad it doesn’t mean the rain was moved to here completely.
at least with a game at noon
Maybe Madpoopz will get to see it before he goes to work? Depending on his schedule, of course. That would be good for him.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
According to Jason Beck
The pitching matchups will be the same
Porcello vs. Blackburn in Game 1
Verlander vs. Duensing in Game 2
Anyone else find it a bit weird to be playing a doubleheader and it’s NOT against the White Sox?
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Saw that some jackass from Twinkie Town...
took it upon himself to say that there wouldn’t be much effect on the crowd size tomorrow since no Detroiters have jobs.
CRAM IT.
We’ve heard all the Detroit jokes. They aren’t funny, pal. Let’s just watch baseball and leave the civic insults out of it. We’re not eight year olds.
Now that I got that off my chest, two quotes (in the spirit of Ian’s citing Tom Petty) for what’s going on tomorrow:
“It’s a great day to take two”. My high school baseball coach.
“Nobody gives it to you. You have to take it”. Jack Nicholson in The Departed.
I plan on talking about that insult to baseball...
that they lovingly called the Metrodome. Hellhole.
It will be very interesting
Playing early and late season games outdoors. I wonder how many off-days they will lose and if they are going to have any “home” games moved to another park because of blizzards?
Did they not even consider a roof, or rule it out because it was too expensive? I don’t remember all the details of the negotiations.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
I don't know this to be true....
but given their cost-cutting acumen, I’m sure the roof proved too expensive.
April and October games will be miserable. That is a long ways north.
A Minnesota fan's p.o.v.
Honestly I think that we’d been struggling to get a stadium passed for so long that we were willing to ignore a few (HUGE) problems. Also, I’m pretty sure the state legislature expected Pohlad (may he Not rest in peace) to contribute more. The biggest problem that I see is they’re not even building it to be retractable roof compatible. That way in a couple of years once they see that we have snow in April and May they could’ve put a roof on, but sadly they didn’t.
I’m ‘marginally’ excited about Target field. Though I wish they’d do something classy and name it after Wellstone or Mondale like they did with the Humphrey-dome!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Sep 28, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
everything has to be named after some g.d. corporation nowadays
I was living in the Baltimore area when the Ravens’ new stadium was built, and the public outcry about the corporate name of “PSINet Stadium” was incredible – it didn’t help that the stadium was replacing Memorial Stadium, which had the names of veterans on the facade as a tribute, and that it took about a year to get the naming rights sold, so everyone had gotten used to calling it just “Ravens Stadium.” Then Johnny Unitas died and the lines of people waiting to view him stretched for blocks, and it took hours for people to get in and pay their respects, and the ownership could have endeared itself to the fans forever if they went with “Johnny Unitas Memorial Stadium,” but instead they sold the rights to a bank in Buffalo NY. :(
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Also...
As a poster over at Twinkie Town, I apologize for the ‘detroit jobless’ jab.
Though you have to admit that the headline “Washington Bails Out Detroit” after yesterdays Lions win was classic!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Sep 28, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah sorry about that joke
it didn’t speak for all of us
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Sep 28, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
we know it isn't everyone
It just gets tiring hearing the same old stuff, when the whole country is suffering economically. It’s pretty cold to make cracks like that when if the person making it doesn’t have a family member or friend in the same fix, they should be down on their knees every day thanking whatever deity they believe in that the people they care about are employed right now – because they might not be in another week – instead of indulging in hurtful gallows humour.
It’s a minority, but unfortunately (as is so often) a loud and annoying one. Hope you and yours are well, at least.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
I just didn't want you guys to get the wrong impression of Twins fans or Twinkie Town
We are usually a pretty laid back group.
Hopefully the economy will turn around soon. I wouldn’t wish unemployment on anyone. Best of luck to you and yours as well.
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Sep 28, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Minnesota and Michigan have similarities beyond the letter "M"
We can only go so far afield from the “polite Midwesterner” stereotype. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
One final point
This, this right here is why I won’t mind if the Tigers end up winning the division. Talking to Tigers fans is like having a level conversation with someone you disagree with but can get along with. Talking with White Sox fans is like Keith Olbermann going after Glenn Beck. Things devolve too quickly and we forget that we’re talking about a game!
Best of luck to the Tigers and moreso best of luck to everyone in this economy. I’m a theatre artist and things are never good for us, but especially so in this economy.
But, all that being said…GO TWINS!!!
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
by Daniel Louden on Sep 29, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Go Twins!
To Florida. To golf in October. ;)
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions
another Twins fan here
I didn’t see the rude remark but I still renounce it! He did NOT speak for Twins fans.
I also have a soft spot for Detroit — both the city and the Tigers are okay in my book.
So go Twins — but if it’s not the Twins, I’ll be rooting for the Tigers big-time to represent our division against the Yankees. I hope one of us goes all the way.
So
I get to watch from my Islam class tomorrow afternoon. At least there’s a different god to pray to. Covering all our bases, I suppose.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
I have Human Interactions in Healthcare at noon
So I guess I’ll be trying to sneak glances at my iPod during class.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Take notes on our laptops
So gameday here I come!
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Sep 28, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Being in class during a game is not as bad as being at work or in lab
In class, I have my iPod that I can take a look at (unless there’s an exam, of course). I can’t use it in lab because we’re not allowed to use cell phones or “electronic devices” even though there’s quite a bit of downtime (It’s considered “unprofessional”). And there’s no wifi at work, so the only way I can check on a game is if a pharmacist needs to give me internet access for some work-related reason or if I sneak off to the restroom with my mini-radio.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
i wish i had something for my geohydrology class
i am really debating skipping it tomorrow so i can watch this game, since i’m working during the nightcap.
I Like Pie
Don't know
I planned on working out, doing homework, and studying for Wednesday’s exam during the game. And I didn’t do a damn thing. Now I’m just waiting for the Rangers game to come on.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
This waiting is killing me
Is there some way I can go comatose until, like, Thursday night with no lasting damage?
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I was just out walking Turbo....
thinking that in 24 hours, we’ll know a lot. Or maybe we won’t. i don’t know.
How dare they do this to me...
I spent 7 hours behind a damn deli counter worrying about how my Tigers are doing in what is probably the most important series they have played so far and I come to find out that it is postponed? ALL THAT WORRYING FOR NOTHING!
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
I know the feeling
I am gonna be a nervous mess at work tomorrow, which is probably not a good thing when you work in a pharmacy as busy as mine (Curse you, drive-thru!).
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Gardy said...
Mauer is not likely to catch both tomorrow. DH for the second, most likely.
I wonder if we will see the Master and Ruler tomorrow.
If we do, it'll be the first game
The Twins are starting a lefty in the nightcap and Leyland doesn’t want to break up Verlander and Laird anyways.
Of course, he did have Dusty Ryan catch both games of a straight doubleheader last year.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, last year I liked it whenever Dusty Ryan was catching...
Mostly cuz that meant that Brandon Inge would likely be playing third base instead of looking miserable behind the plate.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
How is it that he's not in our system anymore?
One minute he was in our bullpen to start ‘08, next thing I know he’s making starts for the Astros. I don’t remember him getting traded.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
er not DFA to someone
obviously, someone picked him up. according to wikipedia, the astros picked him up. I guess florida had him before us and that is what I was confused about
Bazardo
Actually the Mariners had him briefly between Florida and us. And after we waived him the Phillies picked him up, then they released him and the Astros picked him up…5 teams in 4 years, the Bazardly One gets around…
oh yeah, I didn't read close enough
guess the phillies weren’t very impressed either. maybe next year will finally be his time.
We sent him packing after he lost his father and had a few bad appearances. I thought it was a bad move in many ways, considering the year he head in Toledo and a few good spot starts he made.
by StringTheory on Sep 28, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Dusty
I don’t know if you ever did any of those What is My Stripper Name things in the days of internets past…
But Dusty Ryan has the best Tiger stripper name, no contest.
(Although Dusty Teagarden would be the best dime-store romance novel name…)
don't get me wrong, I love the big A
but angels fans can be so annoying and dumb. they go apeshit over bloopers and pop-ups that are so obviously getting caught. they’re too busy messing around on their cell phones to see where/how the ball was hit.
More Random and Bizarro than Bazardo
How is this for a pitching line:
17 – 9
ERA 3.06
167K, 31BB (! that’s like Ed-Jack with half the walks)
That’s once-upon-a-Tiger Seth Greisinger last season for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan.
The year before he was 16-8 2.84, and this season he is currently 13-5 3.06.
And, unsurprisingly, one of the highest payed players in the league.
I remember that name.
Unfortunately, unlike Jackson, it appears he actually gets some run-support.
by StringTheory on Sep 28, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like the Angels are gonna clinch tonight
6-0 Halos in the third. It wasn’t Tommy Hunter’s night.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:08 PM EDT reply actions
sure wasn't
I like dustin nippert. hope he fares better
also this photo of him with the little kid just kills me dead
Cute
I have one somewhere of Armando high-fiving a kid in the bullpen. I like how they have the kids take the field during day games. When I have kids, I want them to be able to do that (though I have no idea how they select them).
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
During the pregame show for the last game in Cleveland
As they were going to commercial or doing a promo, there was a shot of Don Kelly holding a baby (belonging to one of the fans at the railing, I assume). Cabrera (who was nowhere in the shot to begin with) came rushing over and started making weird faces at the baby. It was really funny.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
some people are like that
The sight of a baby immediately triggers the “must make goofy faces!” instinct.
Twelve and a half hours. I’m going to die before then.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
You kind of had to figure that would happen, though...
…since Miggy is often prone to the “must make goofy faces” instinct even without a baby in sight.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Miggy's a riot.
At the Cell on Saturday night, he was busting Magglio so loudly that you could hear him from the stands in pregame. If someone says these guys are tight, well, they weren’t that night. Maybe Miggy knew something everyone else didn’t-that he was about to go 4 for 6.
he is always messing with the other guys during bp
at least, the times I have gone. he walks around with this look on his face like, “who can I mess with next”. it’s so hilarious. I have a pic of him somewhere with that exact look on his face, let me find it..
Hee hee
Such a devious expression. I love that photo. It’s right up there with the photo of him with Van Slyke.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Miggy...
When Polanco leaves (hopefully later rather than sooner, imho) Mig can be my Tiger.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
Due to his contract,
I think many take Miggy and his production for granted sometimes. It’s a treat to watch the guy hit. He’s also kept himself in great shape this year and made himself a pretty good first baseman.
Yep
Has anyone seen what he looked like back in ’07? Not only was he kind of chunky, but he had sort of a mini-afro for most of the year.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's a photo of Miggy from his late Marlin days
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
During this past offseason, I saw a replay of that infamous (to Cubs fans) NLCS game with the Bartman incident back in '03
My first thought was that the ’03 Marlins had some really talented players.
My second thought was “Holy crap, Cabrera’s skinny.” And he played right field in that game.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I also thought G$ got into excellent shape as well
I wish I knew who we should thank for that, directly. haha
Every time I see his career stats pop up when I type his name in on googlepedia...
I just think about how amazing this guys career is going to be.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
There's Pujols...then there's Mauer.
Those two are a cut above (Pujols two or three cuts above).
Miggy’s next, in a small group.
except Miggy's got the Old English D on him...
that makes his career extra awsome.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
He's still only 26
He’s got some time to make another leap.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm still mad,
this game got ppd. How have the Tigers done in double headers this year? (I can’t remember the few situations they’ve arisen in and I’m to lazy to find out. Some more active idividual can do my research for me.)
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
I think they've only had two, both against the White Sox
They split in Chicago, and swept in Detroit.
It’s very weird going into a doubleheader and the opponent is NOT the White Sox.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it will benefit kid rick in the first game
I’m wondering what will happen with the catching, though. will Our Lord wind up catching one?
also I forgot to say WHY it'd benefit the kid
duh, he always looks good after some extra rest. well, he always looks good, but, you know.
hurrr
Well, then there's this
This came up in the Google Image search when I was looking for pictures of Cabrera:
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I certainly wouldn't recognize him without the name printed on it.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 28, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The Twins Benefit
I can’t tell you exactly how or why, but they do.
Besides, I’ve heard a bunch of people referring to tomorrow as a “Twinbill,” so I know it’s true..
Being the pessimist that I am...
I thought so too, on first blush. But anything that gets Mauer off the field (he’ll likely DH the second game) is a help. It’s probably a push. I’m sure both team just want to get the thing started.
I've settled on this theory
The Twins have to win the opener. If they don’t, oh, they will be looking down the barrel of a gun in the nightcap.
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun...
Reminds me of a great song line:
Now then Mardy Bum
I see your frown
And it’s like looking down the barrel of a gun
And it goes off
And out come all these words
Oh there’s a very pleasant side to you
A side I much prefer…
-Arctic Monkeys
“And it goes off / And out come all these words…” priceless
Well, I'm off to bed
Long day tomorrow. Class, then work. And this nerve-wracking doubleheader through all of it. Eeeeeesh.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 12:00 AM EDT reply actions
twelve hours
I’m going to die. For realz.
bleargh!
Night, peoples.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
less than six hours left
And I’m already nervous. But not this guy.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Yay for penguin
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 6:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, I'm off to school
I am so terrified right now. I’ll try to follow the game on my iPod during Human Interactions in Healthcare. One thing’s for certain: I won’t learn a thing about cultural competency today.
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Nor will I
On Islam and Islamic taboos.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I can't help it
I keep thinking of the 2007 Rockies. Rick needs to help me banish such visions from my head.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 9:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
i have softball. dont want to miss it...
But I may have to.
by rook34 on Sep 29, 2009 9:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm already thinking about flaking, but my friend will be so mad at me.
I guess I’ll see how we do today. if we have a chance at clinching tomorrow I may have to get out of it.
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