Working feed of the Minnesota broadcast:

http://wely.com/modules/Live/wely.m3u

Merry Christmas!

Twins play-by-play guy's having a lot of trouble saying Catalanotto.

Hey, how'd you do that? When I click on the link, it brings up Itunes on my Mac and plays beautifully.

That's never happened before.

Found it by checking all the potential Minnesota feeds at http://thegamelive.com , which is a great site. That was the first one that both worked and was running the game.

And I'm running it in iTunes, too. Woo!

Any Game updates would be appreciated.

I'm working, so I can't do a good job of it, but...

Cat bounced out
O-Dog struck out
Vernon singled
Hillenbrand grounded out.

Shannon Stewart beat a throw to first
missed who was at bat, Rios made a great shoetop catch

Bottom of the first, Stewart on first, one out, Mauer up.

the lineup is (by position, not batting order):

bush - p
zaun - c
hinske - 1b
hudson - 2b
adams - ss
hillenbrand - 3b
rios - rf
wells - cf
catalanato - lf

stewart is on, 1 away, no score.

Mauer hits into a 3-6-3 double play, inning over.

Twins announcers think the Jays are much improved.

Hinske's batting cleanup.

No problem NFH , i was just looking for any updates , anything is better than nothing ...thanks

Zaun vs. Lohse, Zaun fakes a bunt then singles on the next pitch.

Rios hits into a fielder's choice, Zaun out at second. Myers up.

Whups, I missed Hinske drawing a walk before Hillenbrand grounded out in the first inning pbp. Sorry.

Rios caught stealing. Myers still up, two out.

Myers strikes out.

Morneau grounds out 4-3.

Torii Hunter grounds to short, Adams' throw was high but Hinske jumped for it and tagged Hunter. Two down.

Jaque Jones flies out to Cat. Two innings finished, no score.

I'm out to grab lunch. Anyone want to take over until I'm back?

I'll do my best.

Russ Adams up. Base hit to right.

Catalanatto up. Fly ball to Stewart in Left. One out

Hudson out in a fielder's choice. Adams on second. Wells up.

Thanks Flex

Wells hitting lots of liners foul. His hit in the first was hard too. Seems to be coming around.

Wells strikes out on full count. No score after two and a half.

No sweat, Jdog. Kinda fun.

Ford leads off against Bush.
Announcers like Bush, the like his off-speed stuff.
Ground out to third. one out

Cadayer (sorry, no idea how to spell this) gets a base hit liner to centre.

Cuddyer or something close to that anyways

Rivas (close?) gets ahead 2-0. Bounces one to Hudson, unassisted double play to end the inning.

Something just happened to the feed. I'm gettin' nothing.

Yup you got that one

Feed's still down.

I likewise lost the feed. Darn.

And "Cuddyer" is the correct spelling.

I lost the feed as well. It's a shame I was starting to enjoy my day at work :(

Silence is so lonely.

Geez, I go for lunch and you guys break the internet. Nice going.

Anybody got a joke they want to tell?

I've still got the feed...

1 out (didn't catch who), no one on in the 4th
Bartlet batting -- strike 3 called..

Mauer...hits a double

Hey NFH, I want my money back on this link you gave me.

Morneau batting, 2 away with Mauer on 2nd.

Swing and miss, strike 3...end of 4th innning

I guess they realized that they were supposed to be blacking it out and pulled the plug. Oh well. It's worse to hear the start and then have it cut off then to not hear it at all.

Thanks for the pbp, binnister.

Thanks for picking it up binnister. Looks like you got the real feed and NFH sold me some kinda cheap knockoff. ;)

Hey binnister:

Are you using the link that NFH posted or are you on MLB Audio?

Top 5th
Rois thrown out.
Meyers singles.
R. Adams up....

nope, didn't work for me the first time...

So, when to the page he mentioned (GameLive?) and went to the Baseball-MLB-AL-Minnisota page and choose the 3rd (or 4th?) station down.

Adams -- Fielders choice
Next Guy (didn't catch name) -- out at first

Score: 0-0
Bottom of 5th

mms://azul.streamguys.com/rjdeboer

that might only work in Windows Media Player. either way you likely have to open WMP, then go "open URL" and paste that in.

but it works. sorry to the Mac'ers

T. Hunter -- count 3 and 2, walk issued.

.....but then is caught stealing (in a run down).

1 out.

Yup:

3rd one down - shhhhhhh.

Those of us with Macs just have to download Windows Media Player for Mac. :)

Thanks for the link, listening again.

Thanks jsut. You're my new best friend.

Jones - pops out to Adams
Next Guy (Again, missed name..damned workmates) -- out at first, thanks to a throw from Hilly..

Inning over...

So, who wants to take over? Although fun, my fellow workers keep bugging me about 'work'.

I can in a couple more minutes.

Mulholland relieves Lohse. O-Dog, Vernon, Hinske go three-up, three-down. Half way through six, no score.

Terry Mulholland pitching for the Twins. First appearance of the spring. Lost the end of the inning to buffering but it sounds like he put the Jays down in order.

Given Gibbons' pledge to play the starters, should we take it as significant that Gross isn't playing today?

Bush is still pitching for the Jays.

Cuddyer singles.

Hudson reached out and speared a Rivas line-drive. One out, Cuddyer on first, Stewart batting.

should we take it as significant that Gross isn't playing today?

Nah, Gross has played a lot.

Hard hit ball skips to Hillenbrand, who throws out Stewart at first. Cuddyer moves to second, two out.

Chulk is warming up in the pen.

High fly ball to the track falls between Cat and Vernon for a triple. Cuddyer scores, Bartlett at third, Mauer up. Two out.

Mauer singles, Bartlett scores. Two nothing Twins. Morneau up. Hines pinch-runs for Mauer.

This announcer is really bugging me. He keeps saying "CaTALanato."

Bush walks Morneau. Runners on first and second, two out.

Pitching change.

In the first he was saying "Cantala.. Canala.. CATalanando..."

Bush hit the wall with a bang.

The Incredible Chulk vs. Spidey. It's like a Marvel Team-Up!

Bush was looking great right up until half-way through the sixth.

Hey, Flex, how's your feed? Mine's skipping and buffering all over the place. Want to take over pbp until mine clears up?

It's not just you. I'm having the same trouble.

But I'm happy to do pbp for a bit, if people don't mind my spelling.

I'm guessing that Chulk got Hunter, because now I'm getting snippets of a really annoying singing cowboy pizza commercial. It puts the Epson Cowboy to shame.

There's a lot of buffering on this feed. It's better than nothing, I suppose, but it's still annoying.

This radio announcer is just full of excitement, isn't he?
"Swing and a miss. He struck him out. After 6, Twins 2, Blue Jays 0."

Wilner, on the other hand, would be like this:
"Swing and a miss! He struck him out! After 6, Twins 2, Blue Jays 0!"

too many people are listening and now it's buffering badly :(

Mine just totally dropped. Blah. Any other feeds to share?

Yeah. You guys all sign off so I can listen to the game in peace.

Hillenbrand out on a groundout i think, one away

It puts the Epson Cowboy to shame

Nothing puts the Epson Cowboy to shame. It was made better by that second ad, the Epson Lounge Singer? Or whatever that was supposed to be...

Zaun hits a double.

zaun doubles. babe comes to the plate :o

Gross is up to bat. Twins guys are saying Jays should make room for him.

I heard "Rincon" and then a long gap and then "Zaun...extra bases..."

Ooh, and Gabe Gross is up! The Twins announcers are expressing disbelief that Gross may play in AAA to start the season.

Gross hit another one!

On my feed Gross struck out. What are you smokin', Rob?

That was a request by Rob, not a call. Gross strikes out.

This feed situation is getting ridiculous.

I just wanted to see how many people I could fool. There must be a few who are refreshing and not listening to the radio feed. Thanks for ruining the prank, though. :)

I figured I would throw the Gross HR in there, since my feed is now like this:
"Strike three...How about Ichiro?.....579...the Mariners...iners..for Seattle...and you're one for 18...out to the ballgame!"

Nevertheless, Rob may still be smoking something.

"...Myers... speaking of... (garbled)... Greg Myers... speaking of guys that are tearing up... Ichiro?... Myers... speaking of guys that are tearing up springtime, how about Ichiro? ...Myers... Ichiro?... speaking of guys who are... Ichiro?"

I love the internet.

Of course, I can hear every commercial in its entirety, no buffering at all.

Rain, folks. They called the game.

Hey, it's still sunny on my feed. What's that you're smoking, Rob?

Rob has been shopping at The Magic Dragon again.

It's been fun, guys. Thanks NFH. Rob, you drive carefully now.

Am I making this up? I don't even know anymore.

There's a monsoon in Ft. Myers now. I can hear loud, frantic squeaking in the background. Now they're on Break 20.

Sure they are, Rob.

I don't know if you're making it up or not -- I shut down the feed when I was getting "579... 579... 579... 579... 579..." like that Beatles song but with 570 added to it.

Yup...game over...no problem with feed (since all you guys left)...

2-0 Twins

Called after 6 1/2 innings because of rain.

Haha Ya that would suck. I was getting pretty frustrated because my I Tunes never picked up the feed to begin with.

O well, no baseball, no class, no assignments. I might mosey on down to the Magic Dragon Cafe... If I only knew what that was.

Caino, they run the ad on Q107 every dozen minutes or so. It's a riot.

DEEP VOICED MAN: Come to North Toronto's newest herbal smoking accessory shop, the Magic-gic-gic-gic Dragon-gon-gon-gon-gon-gon.

It's nowhere near as disturbing as Admiral Mikey's Enchanted Shanty. ("Canada's Own Neverland Ranch, just minutes from Toronto on the 401")

Just saw the Wells commercial...yikes.

He does look a lot like Dr Evil though, w/ the bald head and the same nose.

Hey Kids, don't delay in getting your home opener tickets. I just called today and I got put in the very last row of the SkyDeck. It's a near sellout already.

I was at the game today - wow, the storm came on quick - almost as quick as Bushy fell apart ...

A few drops fell, then a deluge, with winds over 50 miles per hour. From behind the press box glass, it looked like someone was spraying the window with a firehose. I couldn't even open the door to head for the elevator because the wind was holding it closed. Fort Myers had aluminum, pieces of rubble, roof tops and everything scattered everywhere as we drove through the streets.

I am on to Dunedin tomorrow for the Jays game vs. the Phillies tomorrow. Forecast calls for 79 and sunny which is a far cry from the 10" of snow falling at home right now - hope I can get home tomorrow night.

I am guessing Chacin is pitching tomorrow - which is awesome! I hope he does well.

I have taken some of my best photos ever down here, mostly of the Jays and their prospects at Jays Minor League Camp. If anyone is interested in getting any prints made up, please email me offline.

I met up with Alexis Rios, Gabe Gross and Russ Adams today and got some great shots - I also got some great shots of Dave Bush pitching, as well as ODog, Hinkse, Myers and Zaun, Hilly, Vernon, Cat and Chulk.

I called the Jays a few minutes ago. They said that there have been over 45,000 (!) tickets sold for the game which is just under last year's attendance. Of that, about 7,000 tickets have been bought by people in New York and hardly any have been sold by people in Boston.

I encourage everyone going to the game to invest in a good cowbell. I've got one myself and am arming the 10 people I'm bringing with thundersticks.

The Dome needs more cowbell.

I'm at the last row of section 525 (which is behind home plate). I asked if there was anything lower moving away from home plate, but apparently all other sections are "not available", possibly sold out. I'm told the entire 100 level is sold out.

200-level outfield has lots of seats available, these are usually the last to go because you can't see the JumboTron, or whatever is going to be there now.

I'm with a group and I was originally going to wait until I got my Toronto Star Pass before getting the Home Opener tickets. Tomorrow is the day when Star Pass holders can get their opening day tickets. By then, the guy told me, it might be very difficult to get 5 seats together in the SkyDeck.

Still... I hear on the radio that if you buy a 'flex pack' you get a Home Opener ticket. I wonder how many of those "not availables" are just being held for Star Passes and flex pack buyers.

The Home Opener is essentially a big marketing tool for the ticket sellers, more power to them!

I hope it's mostly Blue Jays fans there, and I think that will probably be the case. Despite the last place finish and losing Delgado, the Jays have had a pretty upbeat offseason:

- signing Koskie
- John Gibbons in the media
- purchase of the SkyDome
- Ted Rogers bump of pay-roll
- stadium renovations
- Sports Illustrated cover
- promising spring training
- no steroid scandals

With no hockey, and with media outlets giving quite a bit of attention to the Jays, I think Toronto is getting used to the fact that they're not the Red Sox or Yankees, or even the Blue Jays of the early 90s, but they are a good group of players who could surprise some people this year. This city is ready for baseball. Let's hope the Jays get out of the gate strong.

The Dome needs more cowbell.

No bullpen woes this year, baby. Don't fear the reliever.

Damn, I guess I should buy opening day tickets, even though I bought a Star Pass (it hasn't arrived yet). I was hoping to join a Cheer Club thing on that day, but it's looking to be too crowded, so I'll have to make other plans and just buy any ticket I can get online.