They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. So I hope Bob is conducting strict bed checks tonight. Game 1 of the series is in progress.

(The Rangers’ alleged scoreboard sponsor, according to Gameday, because we already had a lock on Otter Pops.) I hate it when I make a game thread and they’re already three runs down.

A fine old song, if you don’t know it:   I hope all FKers who desired a bobblehead received one.  The lines are reportedly long.   US: Burns, Fuld, Valencia, Phegley, Canha, Butler, Reddick, Semien, Sogard.   Doubront. (Or Doubrant. There is some controversy on Twitter.) THEM: Rollins, Hernandez, Turner, Gonzalez, Van Slyke, Puig, Guerrero, Ellis, ...

Joined in progress, please consult your friendly Gameday or see local listings for the radio or TV station nearest you.  Why do baseball radio announcers use the phrase “up and down the XXXX radio network”?  I never hear anyone else visualize a network of stations as having that kind of directionality. Burns Fuld Lawrie Butler Valencia ...

Burns, Davis, Reddick, Vogt, Lawrie, Sogard, Semien, Fuld, Chavez.  The National League is dumb.

Joined in progress, or maybe regress, with Pomeranz pitching in place of the dear departed and down 2-0 in the second.

Burns, Vogt, Zobrist, Reddick, Butler, Davis, Lawrie, Sogard, Semien: Hahn vs a bunch of guys who I’ll never think of again after today Blackmon, LeMahieu, Arenado, CarGon, Rosario, Paulsen, Hundley, Descaiso, (Not-Michael)Ynoa: Bettis   Krazy George is at the game, so be prepared for STOP DOING THE WAVE

*one of a very few major league game threads to originate in Hibbing, MN and Grand Forks, ND In the lineup: Burns, CF; Reddick, RF; Zobrist, 2B; Vogt, C; Butler, DH; Lawrie, 3B; Muncy, 1B; Semien, SS; Fuld, LF On the mound: Hahn In the bullpen: “I don’t know,’’ Abad said Wednesday. “I come to ...