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Happy Wednesday!

1. I didn’t see any of last night’s game because I was working, but I did catch snippets of it on the radio . It sure sounded like the greatest game in Major League history. Last night’s win will work in one of two ways against the Yankees. It will either serve as a catalyst for the team and and cause them to tear through the Yankees like a chainsaw through butter, or last night’s win will serve as an awesome memory to fall back on when the powerhouse that is the Yankees brings the Twins back to earth.

My money? The Twins win in 5.  Punto will hit 9 homers in the series and during the celebration on the mound after the Twins have pulled off the impossible, Joe Mauer will piss all over the field in Yankee Stadium and scream, “NEVER! I WILL NEVER BE A YANKEE! SUCK IT, JETER!”

I’m in a weird place right now. For the first time in the nearly ten years that I’ve lived in the Twin Cities, I followed the Twins much more regularly than I did the Cubs. I don’t know what it is but after two straight playoff appearances and exactly zero wins to show for those appearances, I just didn’t have the mental energy for another Cubs heartbreak. I’m glad that the Twins have been there to remind me that I can root for a team without all the emotional wreckage.

Happy Tuesday!

1. For some reason, and you may not necessarily see it, but my sight appears to have taken on an all italic flavor. Let me assure you italic haters out there, that there is absolutely NO REASON this should be happening. I’ve checked, double checked and triple checked the site’s design and shouldn’t be happening.

…Or maybe the italics were always there and I just noticed now. Whatever. I hate it and I want it gone.

2. Heading down to Chicago with the mainstage cast of the Workshop (Minus pretty boy Bozic) for some Sketchfest fun on Thursday. Should be a really good time.  We have two shows on Friday and Saturday. Stop by if you want to see some comedy. Like I said,  it should be fun. Unless for no reason whatsoever the entire festival is awash in unwanted italics.

3. Congratulations Ricky Henderson and Jim Rice. You’re both worthy of the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Sorry Andre Dawson. You’re still my favoritest player ever. One day you’ll get in! I just know it! You just have too! Whoa! Sorry about that. My inner 12 year old snuck out for a second…

Mike