Texsox

On a night when everybody is hitting, Grandal manages four walks. It's truly amazing to me that a guy not hitting his weight can draw so many walks. You expect guys like Frank or Babe to draw walks as pitchers pitched around them. Grandal may have the best eye for an umpire's strike zone I've ever witnessed. Minnesota was hitting everyone's bat yet he kept his bat away from the ball. I'm impressed. There must be NL pitchers with higher averages and they don't get walked.

Kerouac would have enjoyed that post. Just like some crazy baseball junkie blowing jazzy rifts that have never been played before or after. ?

Attitude is taking this team a long way. I also give credit to Pujols who offered key praise that led to the veterans and leaders on the team giving him a chance. Don't stop believing

Story trigger. My first wife was an xray tech at Lake Forrest. I was picking her up after work and wound up in a waiting room with Bears QB Steve Fuller. (Who was not very big). While we were talking Keith Van Horn ducked through the massive doorway. Holy crap. Biggest human I’ve ever been next to. I said to Steve you are underpaid with guys his size chasing you. When I read years ago Van Horn was part of a group suing the NFL for pain meds practices I remember how mangled his hands were. Every bone had been broken at least once. Plus the other broken bones. The NFL line is brutal.

A couple of bold predictions. Minny will have more errors than runs today in a 4-1 losing effort. In other words the Twins will gift us a win.

My high school of just over 3,000 students has their graduation at the Alamo Dome. We were just informed that the [previous announced restrictions of each graduate being limited to six mask wearing guests has been lifted. We will have unlimited seating without masks.

You know it’s bad when we look forward to Eaton returning to the lineup.

“Doc, I’m out of Norco, could you call something in?” ”Are you still in pain?” Tex shown as him the Sox line up and drives to pharmacy.

As bad as this lineup looks is still better than most from the last ten years. Oh how we suffered.

I was on the same track as you. I guess if you trust the guy to be in the two spot you should trust him to swing away. I have such a low opinion of Eaton I expected a couple foul bunts then a swinging third. So advancing the runner was a bonus.

A lot. Regression to the mean was my thinking. He just hasn’t had many two hit games the past couple of years. I don’t like Eaton in the 2 hole to begin with. I was clearly wrong today. He had a great day today with four quality ABs. He certainly deserves another day in that spot.

How much are you factoring Eaton's .200 average and 2 for 11 over the past week?

No one here will admit they where less than perfect in their analysis.

Well little buddy SS stepped up and offered an Ivy league presentation on the subject. Ol' Tex will tell y'all what my grandpappy told me when I was just a Lil Tex . . . when you gotta slop the hogs, dig a well, and plant the back forty before breakfast, you ain't got time to notice the outhouse needs a paintin'.

Eaton has been trash at the plate for much of the last two seasons? Two for 11 this week?

They suck against lefties. He’s only hitting lefties.

It looked like he was safe to me. His arm went over the tag.

All the correct moves today.

Well that sucked ass

Cute how Nick is trying to grow a beard like the adults

Nicky

Mr. May

He’s gonna rip this wide open

Leery! My guy.