Playtime is over Josh. The wife has joined the trip, which should surely change the dynamic after two weeks of Bob A. and his dirty politics and Jonny R. and his NY style sarcasm. However, Suganya may get Josh to eat a vegetable. I believe the first time Josh ate anything green was a couple days after his 30th birthday. And he wonders why his hair isn't so thick anymore.

Jason Kubel (right), plated the only Twins run Saturday with a homer.

Suganya joined the trip in Minneapolis on Saturaday after Jonny left for PA. The newest Thirty27 team member watched the Twins game and then got right into the heavy driving. The duo's Sunday game was a late afternoon first pitch in Arlington, Texas, a mere 1,020 miles away. Josh and Su have a long history of performing incredible drives like these. I don't know the exact details, but I recall a road trip to Alaska that was performed at such speed I wondered if they ever got out of their vehicle. There was also that time they went hundreds of miles out of the way just so they could clip Louisiana in order for Su to "check it off her list of states". So this, a 1,000 mile overnight ride to Texas, was nothing. And nothing that hasn't been done already on this trip, when Bob and Josh drove overnight from San Diego to Denver.

Josh reported that they easily made the first pitch in Texas. After the game they headed to Houston, where another compled Hilton hotel room, and much needed sleep awaited them. Tonight, Thirty27 will catch the Dodgers/Astros game, before performing another hell-bending drive to see everyone's first place Rays in Tampa.

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Some notes from the weekend action....

----The Chicago Crosstown Classic on Friday was reportedly a great game to be at. Trash-talking Chicago drunks, fan ejections, fist-fights, and all those Comiskey Park mullets made for a great game. "The Swish" hit a granny and Dempster finally got lit up. Josh also consumed his 56th stadium pretzel, approximately four per ballpark.
----Thirty27 saw the Twins get their 10-game winning streak snapped on Saturday. Manny being Manny Parra won his sixth straight start for the BrewCrew. If you've ever been to the Metrodome, you know there is that recorded message that constantly plays on speakers outside the ballpark. It usually mentions the starting pitchers and gametime and other shit. Yeah, that was there 10 years ago when I went to the dome. And it's reportedly still going, and still annoying. I'll never forget the monotony of that voice, "Brad Radke vs. Jaret Wright...." over and over.
----Texas Rangers' Ballpark at Arlington near Dallas but closer to Fort Worth. After the Angels' team name debacle, I can just see this whole Rangers naming rights getting ugly. What must have been a tired Thirty27 team watched a pitchers "duel" between Jamie Moyer and Eric Hurley of Sikeston, Missouri.

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posted by Sven (http://www.60ft6in.com , http://metsthing.blogspot.com)