May 4

Roll call: Scott Magner, STAN!, Minnesota Twins, Jamie Moyer, Raul Ibanez

Final Score: Twins 3, Mariners 4: Roof = closed, then open.

Jamie Moyer is on the mound, and we’re partying like it’s a season other than 2004. 8 amazing innings of two-hit baseball,
dropping his ERA to a more manageable 4.50.

Of course, the ERA would be lower, but the two hits were four baggers, his 6th and 7th of the year. Still roto gold, just not a full pan.

Of course, 6 for 6. Raul Ibanez drops a beauty into the exact seat I was discussing with STAN!, the very same one the HORRIBLE DRUNKEN FAN occupied to send the game into extra innings two weeks ago.

I called Rick, he said he was pointing. Stan mentioned early in the game that perhaps the mojo only worked with no runners in scoring position.
He may well be corect, because Raul’s baserunner was on first when he sent it sailing. Tomorrow will tell the tale.

Did someone say Extra Innings? That’s right, campers. Eddie Guardado enters in relief in the 9th, then rapidly puts two men on base. Of course, the $50-buck-a-game official scorer rules the first guy on
with an error (Boone should appeal, but the E helps my roto team, so I’m torn).

Run gets around, then it’s

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BASEBALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

In the 16th, in an eerie bit of deja vu, a run scores from third on a weird play. Scott Spezio sends a nubber towards the gap, but the 2b wisely chooses to stop the run at the plate.

Or try to, anyway. It’s a bang-bang play, but the tag is applied at the end of it, instead of the beginning.

M’s WIN!. M’s WIN!

Record = Scott 4-5, Stan 2-0. Raul 6-6, Jamie Moyer 1-2 (still. Again. What’s a brother got to do to get a win in this town?), Ron Villone, 3-0 (apparently, come in after two of the better closers in the AL bleep the pooch)

NOTE: For you STAN! fans, STAN! is scheduled for four more games this year. Should help us with the pennant, I’m thinking.