First of all, for some reason, there’s all kinds of bad Cleveland “fight songs.” I mean, seriously, stuff that makes the Hormel RowHallof Fame song sound like Sweet Caroline. Whatever, here’s a link that’ll get you to some of them, and it would be good to pick your favorite and hum it under your breath while Cleveland’s playing the White Sox.

Let’s Go Tribe!

Weird dynamic at the Dome last night. The Twins were down early and badly, and people stayed in good spirits, probably because of the hangover from Thursday night’s game. Folks were still getting to their feet with two strikes even when the score was 6-0 and it was obvious that Liriano wasn’t sharp. Folks also were missing plays on the Metrodome field every now and again because they were watching the scoreboard updates out of Chicago. It was fun to listen to glum Ed Farmer call the final outs of the White Sox’ 11-8 loss on the way home.

The fan behavior is totally understandable, although I’m a bit concerned that Liriano has thrown two clunkers in his last three starts, with the only win coming at Tampa Bay the afternoon after the Rays clinched and presumably celebrated pretty hard.

It must be pretty pathetic to be the Royals and reduced to being excited about being a spoiler on an annual basis. We used to tell the joke of the Twins that must apply in Kansas City right now — the one about wondering whether the fan will remember to show up for Fan Appreciation Weekend. The best news in our row was when Ms. Baseball had her number pulled. Not that a Cub Foods gift card is anything to sneeze at, but you think that Trader Joe’s could sponsor the Twins the way they do the Athletics? Just askin’ for next season.

Back to baseball. It’s time for Glen Perkins to show that the week off from being skipped in the rotation will return him to mid-summer form. The solid hands in the bullpen all got the night off Friday, so they’ll be ready if he can go 6 or 7 strong. Time to recapture the midweek magic this afternoon and then check out Javier “Big Game” Vazquez when evening falls.

And speaking of music, remember this one?

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