A Real Time Glance in the Mind of The Ace during Game 2 of the ALDS

5:07pm- Love the fact that the Twins are wearing the throwback uni's. Now lets see if they can play good, as well as look good.

5:14pm- Pavstache gets Texiera looking. Good start. Lets get the bats rocking. 0-0 Mid 1st.

5:16pm- After watching the 30 for 30, 'Four Days in October' about the Red Sox/Yankees 2004 ALCS, I have hope that the Twins can win this game, and take one in New York. Make Pettitte work for this one.

5:19pm- That's crazy that Pettitte has 4 T's in his last name, its half T's. Denard is really battling.

5:20pm- BEAUTIFUL 10 Pitch at bat by Span. Great plan for the Twins: Make Pettitte pitch 10 times to each batter...we'll have him out after the 2nd out! IALTO!

5:22pm- Nice work, O-Hud...takes you two pitches to ruin what Denard set up. Sidebar: Derek Jeter is phenomenal, as much as I hate the Yankees and everyone that wears that uniform, he's big time. C'mon Joe, get on and let Thome go nuts!

5:24pm- $184 Million gets you a 1-6 start to the playoffs. 0-0, End 1st.

5:25pm- Why is it whenever I see a John Hancock commercial, I can hear Beavis and Butthead laughing in my head?

5:27pm- Mustache back on the hill, and as I'm typing, 1 pitch, 1 out. Nice work.

5:30pm- Great running catch by Span, by far the Player of the Game so far.

5:31pm- Scratch that Span comment, bring back Torii Hunter, he'd of had that Swisher hit. I hated Swisher when he was with the A's, hated him when he was with the ChiSox, hate him as a Yankee.....LOVED him on How I Met Your Mother!

5:32pm- How sweet is the TBS Pitch TRAX? Good inning, Carl. 0-0, Mid 2nd. Onto my 3rd beer. (Since 4:30, easy people)

5:35pm- Since Dish Network doesn't have FSNorth anymore, I might jump to Comcast...they have it, they have the RedZone and MLB Network....why don't I have Comcast? Nice job Delmon, back to back lead off batters start innings 1 and 2, can we capitalize? Go Thome!

5:37pm- I'll take a Thome blooper, 1st and 2nd, no out. Lets go Cuddy!!

5:38pm- Ron Darling said that the 'October air is making the ball carry better at Target Field.' Yep, we found out it did for Toronto and Mark Teixera last nite. The concrete must of settled.

5:39pm- Cuddy advanced the runners....now we need more KUBEL!

5:41pm- 4 pitch walk to load the bases for Danny Valencia. This kid can make a name for himself right here. Already 30 pitches for Pettite and he's got 4 outs....Delmon Young tags. Sac RBI for Valencia.

1-0, Twins.

5:44pm- Lineout by Hardy ends the inning. 1-0 Twins, end 2nd.

5:46pm- I just saw a T-Mobile commerical. Apparantly I have the Samsung Vibrant...I've been telling people its called the Galaxy. Life is confusing.

5:47pm- Oh hey, Lance Berkman is still doing things.

5:49pm- Pettitte is having trouble releasing, I know the feeling. IALTO! Random thought: They should replace Ron Darling with Charles Barkley. How much fun would that be?

5:53pm- Pavano strikes out his 3rd victim, 1-0, Twins, Mid 3rd.

5:56pm- Denard is his middle name? Keiunta Denard Span. Hmm...thank you wikipedia. Two quick outs for Span and Hudson. Here comes the second coming of Jesus. Let's watch him earn his paycheck.

5:58pm- Butera....I mean Mauer, drops to 1-7 in the ALDS. 1-0, Twins, end of 3rd.

6:02pm- There are a few guys that I hate watching, because they always seem to have the Twins number. Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Mark Teixera and Curtis Granderson...the last two, are now 1st and 3rd with no outs.

6:04pm- I hate A-Rod...it could of been worse. Seeing all this CONAN stuff is really softening the blow.

Twins, Yankees Tied at 1, Top 4th, 1 out.

6:05pm- We need like, a guy who's about 13 feet tall to play Right Field. How tall was Paul Bunyan or the Jolly Green Giant?

6:07pm- 1-6-3. Could of been A LOT worse. The mustache gets out of the inning. Nice work.

6:11pm- Carl Pavano is trending on Twitter. In a span of 5 days, Pavano and Mike Tice were trending.

6:12pm- Man, Jim Thome breaks a lot of bats. Quickly, two outs here in the 4th.

6:17pm- I would love to see Ron Gardenhire and Brad Childress have a discussion. Probably the most boring conversation ever.

6:18pm- Lance Berkman just hit as many home runs in the playoffs as he did in the regular season, 1. Fantastic.

Yankees lead 2-1, Top 5th. 1 Out.

6:21pm- Inning over. The Twins need to break out their bats. Seriously.

6:26pm- Kubel and Valencia down...here comes Hardy...should I just move on to the 6th inning? I'll move to a 4th beer.

6:31pm- If Pavano can get past Granderson, Teixera and A-Rod, we should be in good shape with the top of our lineup in the bottom half of the 6th inning...but Granderson gets on. Time to turn 2.

6:33pm- By the way, if you're over the age of 10, or can grow actual facial hair, there is no need to wear fake Joe Mauer Sideburns or a fake Pavano Mustache.

6:39pm- Nice pop up to Cano, 2 outs now...lets make it 3 and get out of this and score some effing runs.

6:42pm- Pavano gets out of the jam. Now we go through our lineup starting from the top...lets pull ahead now and never look back!

6:49pm- GET OUT, ORLANDO HUDSON!! TIE GAME! Pettitte really left that one hanging!!

Twins, Yankees tied at 2, 1 out, bottom 6

6:50pm- ....and Joe Mauer is the buzzkill grounding out.

6:51pm- DELMON YOUNG'S GOT WHEELS!!! Granderson can't make the play, CLOSE play at 3rd! Here comes Thome!

7:01pm- Two straight nights where the pitcher stayed in 1 batter too long. At least Gardy gets tossed. That was horrible call, it was totally a strike.

Yankees lead 3-2, Top 7, no outs

7:05pm- Man, Brett Gardner is fast. They need some strikeouts right now!

7:09pm- Another run scores courtesy of Derek Jeter, and I'm going to smoke now. The only way the Twins ever advance in the playoffs, ever, is if they don't draw the Yankees in the ALDS, and they get knocked off by someone else, or the Yankees and Mets switch Leagues.

Yankees lead 4-2, Top 7, 2 out

7:16pm- I come in, bases are loaded for Rauch.

7:22pm- Those tattoos really are intimidating. Rauch gets two HUGE (pun intended) outs! Lets use this momentum for the bottom half.

7:28pm- Two quick outs, here's Valencia.

7:30pm- Valencia strikes out looking. It was off the plate. Yankees lead by 2 after 7 innings. Twins are 6 outs from this series heading back to New York and being all but over.

7:35pm- If the Twins don't pull this off, I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for canceling my DVR recordings of Community and 30 Rock.

7:42pm- Hardy caught looking at a sick Kerry Wood breaking ball. Here comes the top of the order.

7:43pm- 2 up, 2 down. Here comes O-Hud...hopefully the same result as his last plate appearance.

7:45pm- We go to the 9th...can't allow any runs, then the Sandman comes in with our 3 best. This series is ALL but over.

7:52pm- I'm going to predict the Twins 3, 4, 5 batters right now....Mauer, ground out to short, Young fly out to right, Thome strikeout.

7:53pm- It should be 5-2 going into the bottom of the 9th with Gardner stealing 3rd.

Yankees lead 5-2 in the 8th

7:58pm- Delmon Young saves his best defense for 3 outs away from being down 0-2 in a 5 game series. Glad to see we're putting it all together.

8:01pm- Make sure the last person out turns the lights off at Target Field...we won't need them to be on until April.

8:05pm- Let's see how my picks do.

8:06pm- Lead off single by Joe Mauer.

8:08pm- 6-4-3, 1 out remains.

8:09pm- Shallow fly by Kubel ends it.

Final thoughts-

I'm not sure what to put here in the final thoughts part. The Twins started off like they have the last 7 games in the postseason against the Yankees; with a lead. They couldn't hold it, again. I don't know what it is with this ball club and facing the Yankees. The Mariners went to New York and won 2 of 3...then split a 4 game series at home, the Royals went 1-3 at Yankee Stadium then 2-1 at home vs. them. Well, the White Sox went 2-4 vs. New York...which means even though we dismantled the White Sox all season long, we're still no match for the Yankees.

I said Twins in 5, I was being a homer. The Yankees will shoot the dying horse in the head on Saturday night. Thanks for having the best record since the all star break, Twins. This whole bullshit idea of resting players is bogus. Maybe you needed to clinch on the final day of the season, just so we know everyone is out there putting up 110%.

Future Thoughts-

There are a couple future thoughts that I have going into next season

1) Resign Michael Cuddyer and Jim Thome, at whatever costs. Morneau will get hurt around the all star break next season and if you don't have Cuddy, you don't have a reason to play.

2) Most importantly, if you pick up the option on Nick Punto (which is expected to be upwards of $6 Million) and you don't do either or of the previous request, you won't get a single DIME from me next season. If Nick Punto is on this team next year, there are probably two other guys that are off the team. Is his .230 batting average and 'should be a gold glover and all star hustle' really worth that? Fuck no.

Well, at least we can look forward to the Timberwolves season, they are 2-0 in the preseason and can take care of business against a New York team.

-Ace

Silver Fox to The Freak...and Baseball.

Obviously its been a few weeks since I've been on a blogging mission, but I figure that today is a good day to go about that.

So much to talk about in so little time...or maybe its so little to talk about in so much time, who knows? Let's do this.

The big news about 30 minutes before we started The Ace @ 8 last night was rumblings about Randy Moss being traded back to the Vikings from the Patriots. As we winded down the 2nd hour of the show, there was still no news on any confirmation of a trade. It seemed as if the trade was put to bed for the night, but it was still not dead in the water. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported this morning that it was a done deal, but give credit to Jay Glazer for being a machine and finding out all the cold hard facts. Even Bill Simmons deserves some credit for accidentially tweeting information regarding this potential trade. So, Randy Moss, the man who only pays 'Straight Cash, Homey' is (or well, should be) Number 84 again.

So what does this mean for the Vikings as well as the NFC North? Well, other than meter maids taking out new life insurance policies, it means a great deal to a very mediocre division in the NFL. Grant it, this isn't the NFC West (a combined 6-10) or the AFC West (1st place, 3-0 Kansas City Chiefs), but this is a division that in all reality is now down to the Packers and the Vikings. I think on Sunday Night vs. the Giants, the Bears showed us 'who we thought they were'. No one 'crowned' them anything. I think the Bears reached the peak of their season at 3-0...and are destined for 8 wins (+/- 1 or 2 games).

This will all come full circle for two straight weeks for the Vikings, October 24th at Lambeau Field where Favre, Moss and the Vikings will meet up with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. Ironically enough, the one aspect to the Packers game that has been struggling (380+ yards to Shaun Hill, I think thats more than a struggle) has been their defense, more importantly, their defensive back position. Atari Bigby and Al Harris are both on the PUP List right now and should be active to face 'The Freak' on Sunday Night Football. Then on Halloween...Moss and the Vikings go back into Foxboro to play the Patriots. Where clearly Moss will be looking for his revenge.

This improves the Vikings considerably, no question. Its a matter of putting all the pieces together and meshing as well as they did last season. Will it happen? I'm not sure. Could it happen? Most definetly, yes.

Onto something a little more relavant, the 2010 MLB Playoffs...I'll make my series predictions for the Division Series' and see how they pan out.

National League

Phillies vs. Reds
Prediciton: Phillies in 4

I love the fact that the Reds are back in the playoffs. This will be a team that will contend with the Cardinals and Brewers for the years to come. A sure fire MVP in Joey Gotto and a heck of a starting rotation, but they drew the Phillies. If the Reds would of drawn the other two teams in the playoffs, I'd say they would have a pretty good shot to advance to the NLCS. Reality is though, you're facing a team that is the favorite to get back to their 3rd straight World Series and when you're tossing Halladay, Oswalt and Hamels, they're going to be tough to stop.

Giants vs. Braves
Prediction: Giants in 5

The Giants are a team I had in the playoffs from the very beginning. They had a strong April and May...slumped June and July...then turned it back on for the remainder of the season. Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum are two pitchers I love to watch, the latter is one of my favorites in baseball. Jason Heyward and the Braves had a fantastic season, but I think the Bobby Cox Swan Song won't move on to bigger and better things, but they'll stretch the series to its limits, but McCovey Cove and the Giants will march onto the NLCS to face the Phillies.

American League

Rays vs. Rangers
Prediction: Rays in 4

The Rangers have never won a playoff series and are one of three teams to never reach the World Series (Nationals, Mariners). I think the trend will continue when they face the AL East Champions. Top to bottom Tampa Bay is one of the best teams in baseball and I really think their pitching will get them over the hump. David Price is a beast and should win the AL Cy Young. The homer in me wants the Rangers to win to benefit the Twins, but realistically, I can't pick that.

Twins vs. Yankees
Prediction: Twins in 5

Ron Gardenhire is 2-9 vs. New York in the playoffs in his career. The Twins didn't win a game vs. New York in 10 tries last season including the playoffs. This season they managed one in Yankee Stadium and one at Target Field. The Twins had 53 wins at home this season, the best in baseball. The Twins are throwing their 3 best starters on the hill in Liriano, Pavano and Duensing. The Yankees might have a stellar lineup, but their pitching has been suspect. We can get to Sabathia, Hughes hasn't been the same pitcher since the break, and Pettite has 1 start since the all star break due to injury. Jim Thome needs to motivate these guys and tell them all to hop on his big, broad Hall of Fame shoulders a-la Puckett and move on. I'm sure the NY Post article saying this should be an EZ Win for the Yanks will help too. The pinstrips have a giant Bullseye (no pun intended) on themselves, and this year, they haven't pissed off the little ole Twinkies, they've pissed off the fucking Twins!

-Ace

An 18 Game Season?

Right now, I'm currently pregnant with a food baby. I've never been to The Melting Pot before, but let me tell you....wow! I honestly don't think I've ever been this full in my life. Despite being this full, I knew I had to lay down some bloggin' tonight.

I think Packers expert from KFAN, Dave Sinykan said it best, 'Whoever had 2nd quarter of Week 1 of the Justin Harrell gets knocked out for the season pool, wins'. Obviously, I'm just delaying the inevitable by mentioning Justin Harrell but the big Packer news is that starting running back Ryan Grant will be out for the rest of the season after suffering a severe ankle injury. He will require surgery to repair damaged ligaments in his ankle/lower leg and will be on crutches for 10-12 weeks. Grant has been a starter since Week 9 of the 2007 season where the Packers lost to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game. He has not missed a game in his Packer career.

This is a significant blow to a team that many projected to go to the Super Bowl, and to be honest, its an injury to my favorite Green Bay Packer. You just hate to see anyone of that caliber to go down. As much as I hate the Minnesota Vikings, I don't wish season ending injuries upon anyone.

So, in a span of one day Kris Jenkins, Ryan Grant and (more than likely) Bob Sanders have been lost for the season, which brings me to the title of this blog: The NFL CANNOT BE SERIOUS into thinking that this game should have two additional games added to the regular season schedule. Look at the two other guys I mentioned. Kris Jenkins, tore his ACL in the same knee and was out for the year last season, and tore the ACL in his other knee in 2005. Bob Sanders has played in 47 games, but has missed 48 games due to injury. Players are constantly being rested in Weeks 15, 16 and 17. A huge example of that last year is Wes Welker with the New England Patriots, tore his ACL on the final game of last season.

Injuries are expected with this sport, I think we all understand that. No other sport has a regular 'Weekly Injury Report' like the NFL does, that should be enough to say that these guys are at constant risk of being hurt, and they want to increase that risk by adding more games? I think its ridiculous.

Obviously this is the upset Packer fan in me venting over the fact that we just lost our Pro Bowl running back. I do think Brandon Jackson will do a great job replacing him. He was drafted to be the future, he was there before Grant was signed and he has shown his skills on several runs over the last couple of years. We'll be finding out if B-Jack has what it takes!

Other NFL news...what a pathetic effort by the Dallas Cowboys against the Redskins. Baltimore and the New York Jets have fantastic defenses, but both offenses are a question mark and how about those Kansas City Chiefs? They have a fantastic array of coaches a good young QB and RB, and that defense was fantastic vs. San Diego.

The Minnesota Twins beat up on the Chicago White Sox tonight...increasing their division lead to 7 games and lowering the magic number to 12. I'm going to say the Twins will win this division, if they took one from the Sox its all but over. Good luck to them the rest of the way!

Check out an all new Jakey and The Ace Show tomorrow night at 9pm/CT. C-Mac Co-Hosts with me and we'll talk more about the Ryan Grant injury. Dave Sinykan might join us...check us out at www.blogtalkradio.com/jakeyandtheace or our dial in number is 917-388-4635.

Have a great night!

-Ace

NFL Week 1 Thoughts

Well, what an interesting first week of NFL action full of close games, controversy and long ass field goal attempts! I'm a huge fan of the NFL RedZone! I've had the great pleasure of interviewing the studio host Scott Hanson on The Jakey and The Ace Show. He truly does a phenomenal job of working 6+ hours with only a two minute bathroom break. Scott told me that there is truly no better job in the world than deciding what we get to watch on the RedZone, and he and the producers do a magnificent job from hopping from one close game to another. Again, huge props to Scott Hanson, NFL Network and NFL RedZone for making me enjoy my Sunday so much more!

I'll dabble on a few games, and then end with my thoughts on the Packers vs. Eagles.

Arizona beat St. Louis in what last year, would of been a dominant performance by Kurt Warner and company turned into a sloppy game on both sides by the Derek Anderson led offense. Anderson was not at fault, in fact, I think he played well despite fumbling twice and losing one. I started Tim Hightower in fantasy this week and he did a great Adrian Peterson impression by putting the ball on the carpet twice and losing them both. Arizona is a very lucky 1-0.

Houston beat Indianapolis for only the 2nd time in franchise history in what should be one of the better divisions in football this year. I love Houston. I have them in the AFC Title game. How about Arian Foster?? The undrafted 2nd year back beat out Steve Slaton to become the starter and what does he do on his first career start? 33 carries, 231 yards and 3 touchdowns. That boy came out ballin' today! I know he wasn't drafted until later in most fantasy drafts, but whoever took him will not leave him out of the starting lineup at all this year.

Chicago beats Detroit in a controversial finish. I personally think that neither of these teams will contend for a division title, but what a garbage call at the end of the game. Calvin Johnson catches a 'Touchdown' in the back of the endzone and pulls it in with one hand, rolls over and loses it. I don't like this call at all. They say that an inch of the ball can cross the goal line and its a TD, you can touch the orange pylon and its a TD, but you cant fall backwards with possession and when you roll over and lose the ball its not a TD? Unbelievable. The Lions were robbed.

In other games I really don't want to talk about:

Miami over Buffalo

Tennessee over Oakland

New England over Cincinnati

New York Giants over Carolina

Pittsburgh over Atlanta in OT

Cleveland over Tampa Bay

Jacksonville over Denver

Seattle over San Fransisco

So, Green Bay beat Philadelphia in a game that the hyped Packer offense didn't really live up to it. Aaron Rodgers said after the game he didn't like his performance at all and will improve it next week vs. Buffalo at Lambeau. Aaron threw 2 picks which is uncharacteristic from him after only throwing 7 in 2009. Clay Matthews is a freakin' stud. He can flat out play ball. I've been high on him ever since he really broke out vs. Minnesota on Monday Night Football last season. I won't forget him just ripping the ball from Adrian Peterson midrun. Aside from Michael Vick running circles around the defense, I wasn't too disappointed in their play. Thankfully, they don't play any more Michael Vick's the rest of the season. Ryan Grant sprained his ankle in what coach Mike McCarthy called 'a pretty good sprain that might keep him out Week 2'. I think Ryan will be fine, just shut him down for a week or two. Here's a guy who hasn't been hurt virtually his entire career, I think Brandon Jackson filled in just fine, and should play well against Buffalo.

NFC North Standings (with next weeks opponent in parentheses)

Green Bay 1-0 (Buffalo)

Chicago 1-0 (@ Dallas)

Detroit 0-1 (Philadelphia)

Minnesota 0-1 (Miami)

How about those Minnesota Twins today? I completely forgot about the game today! Winners 6-2 over Cleveland with the franchises 4000th win in history! The Twins improve to 85-58 and have a 6 game lead over the White Sox heading into a HUGE series at US Cellular Field in the South Side of Chicago. The Twins Magic number is 14. After this series it could be reduced to 8. I'll be frank, actually I'm Cory (rimshot), the White Sox NEED TO SWEEP THE TWINS if they have ANY shot of winning this division. If the Twins take 2, I think the division will be wrapped up by the middle of the following week. You couldn't ask for better starters for this series either:

Tuesday: Fransisco Liriano vs. Jon Danks

Wednesday: Brian Duensing vs. Gavin Floyd

Thursday: Carl Pavano vs. Mark Buehrle

My prediction: The Twins wrap up the division on Tuesday, September 21st vs. Cleveland. I only say that because I'm going to the game with C-Mac.

I'll toss another blog down tomorrow night and recap the Dallas/Washington, Kansas City/San Diego and Baltimore/NY Jets game.

-Ace

The Blog is Back...NFL Thoughts and Random Nonsense

Well, I haven't done this in a long time...almost a year to be exact. So much has changed since my last blog. I'm employed now, again by another bank...I don't ride any Stagecoaches....but I do represent the USA quite well....if you catch my drift.

I figure I should knock out some of these blogs on a regular basis, which I intend on doing, what with the success of The Jakey and The Ace Show on blogtalkradio.com. The show will be expanding from its regular Wednesday Night timeslot at 9:00pm/CT to start at 8:00pm/CT and go until 10:00pm/CT. The first hour will be fantastic, we're calling it The Ace @ 8 and I couldn't ask for two better co-hosts in C-Mac and DaneZone. I know the sports conversations will be incredible and our guests in the sporting world will also be off the charts!

Where to start? I was less than thrilled by the performance of both teams on the Thursday night opener. If you'd have told me the Vikings would put up 9 points against the Saints and the Saints would only put up 14, I would of thought you were insane. The Minnesota passing game was very shaky, at best. I'm not sure if its a matter of Brett Favre getting settled, Brett really missing Sidney Rice or Brett simply doesn't have it anymore. Two of his passes to Schiancoe were pretty good, but the rest of the game is shaky at best. I'm sure we'll see tomorrow how the Dolphins do, but they should be considerably better from their 7-9 showing last year. If the Vikings play that way in their home opener at Mall of America Field on the 19th, then they might have a bit of a problem on their hands.

Onto, my personal favorite football team, the Green Bay Packers. They open against Kevin Kolb and the Philadelphia Eagles tomorrow at 3:15. If you read all the websites, all the publications and listen to all the experts, you might as well just give the Pack the Lombardi Trophy. Do I think the Packers will be a playoff team? Absolutely. Do I think they will go to the NFC Title Game? Yes. The Super Bowl? Maybe. (Keep in mind, I did pick Green Bay over Indianapolis) You can't argue with the fact that Green Bay has an amazing offense. Aaron Rodgers had a great 2009, fantastic pre-season and should have would could be an MVP season. Ryan Grant didn't put the ball on the ground once last year and should have a 1200 yard/10 TD season. If their offensive line can protect A-Rodge, then they should be in great shape. Their question mark is obviously their defense. It was ranked 2nd last seasons, but honestly, rankings don't mean anything when you allow 51 points to Arizona in the playoffs. If their defensive backs can step up and remain healthy, again, should be in great shape.

How about those Minnesota Twins? 83-58, 5 games up on the ChiSox. At worst, they start their three game set next Tuesday night up 3 games. If you'd have told me that in the beginning of July, I'd have thought you were nuts. There's been no hotter team than the Twins since the All Star Break. Frankie and Duensing are going to be two awesome starters in the playoffs. Which Pavano will show up? Or will the bats show up for him when he starts? How comfortable will you feel when our staff goes Frankie, Pavano, Duensing and then Baker/Slowey? Man, if we draw the Rays and get home field advantage, I'm very confident in saying I smell the first ALCS trip for the Twins since 2002.

Watched the 4th quarter of the Gophers/South Dakota game. I don't care what you say, if Tim Brewster comes out saying how good of a team South Dakota was, I'll be sick to my stomach. This is a team that put up 220 yards and 7 points against UCF last week, and then they put up 41 points against the Gophers? Ridiculous. I swear, if there were two more Dakotas, Coach Brew and his squad would find a way to lose to them too. Good luck against USC next week, If I were the fans that go to the game, I'd plan on selling my tickets on Stubhub and catching the Twins/Oakland game at 12:10. I bet the Twins put up more on the scoreboard than the Gophers do.

That's all I can ramble about right now. I'll be back pretty frequently until the very first Ace @ 8 on Wednesday, September 22nd at 8pm/CT!

-Ace