Twins at Bitch Sox. Bitch Sox 11, Twins 0.

"Hubris!" cries loyal and prescient Batgirl reader Cassandra in the comments section of last night's game recap. Hubris leads only to pitching suckiness Batgirl! Be careful! But that is the trouble with being named Cassandra, no one every listens to your warnings, no matter how apt.

And Cassandra is not alone. "Hubris!" cries Goober in his Goober's Goat of the Day, making Batgirl said Goat. I? Moi? Batgirl? Yes, okay, yes; I should have known. The collective psyche of our pitching staff is such that it is most prudent never to mention the pitchers at all. Who knows what we might say? Who knows how our words, our syllables, our very tone of voice might affect them? Please, whatever you do, do not pet the pitching staff. Do not tap on the glass. Do not try to pick them up, or acknowledge their presence in any way. Carry on about your business. Nothing to see here.

It should be noted that despite his rousing success thus far in BULLPEN IDOL Grant Balfour didn't exactly have the best game today. There were some walks. And some runs. And not very many outs at all. All leading to an ERA of 40.50, which is sort of impressive, in a way.

Silva only lasted three innings today, but this is his first really bad start all year, and as long as he doesn't make a habit of it…

We lost. Big. But I care not. You hear me Goober? Everyone has to lose sometimes, and whether we give up one run or 24, several of those times are going to come against Mark Buehrle. We took the series and came out two ahead of the Bitch Sox and Frank Thomas got ejected from the game for arguing balls and strikes.

That said, I will be more careful in the future, Cassandra. It's about time people listened to you.