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With the lifeboat labeled “Royals” floating away beyond the horizon, the Twins find themselves adrift at sea with two options: sink or swim. Sitting four games out of 1st place with just 19 games left to play, Minnesota opens a make-or-break 5 game set against the division-leading Guardians tonight in Cleveland. The Guardians made a huge statement by sweeping the Twins in Minneapolis last weekend, and Minnesota would very much like to return the favor. In reality, the Twins almost must win at least 4 out of these next 5 games to have any realistic chance at making the postseason. Anything less will leave the team in serious trouble, and it goes without saying that …

I was waiting for someone to remind me of the game thread I need to write and finally gave up waiting. I decided I needed to get on my butt and get it done. I guess I've learned I shouldn't sit around waiting for people to remind of my obligations. That, and I managed to remember that I needed to do a game thread. Well, the Twins split the doubleheader (probably would have won the first if they could have batted Polanco back to back) by pounding the ball over the fence in the second game. The Sox have gone into rebuild mode and are debuting a starting pitcher by the name of Lucas Giolito. The Twins are trotting out Kyle Gibson on this fine evening. Why is it a fine …

Ok, hands up, who saw that coming yesterday eh? Well the shock waves have subsided somewhat and the magnitude of the news is starting to sink in. On the field it was a matter of the more things change, the more they stay the same, as they ushered in the Rob Antony era picking up right where they left off, by losing. 1-0 Rob, pretty much a must win tonight now that Jimmy has found his pad of pink slips. Not going to do another TR post op for the Game Thread, we have enough of those in the forums Let's get right down to business. Things to think about. 1. Media guides, who knew these were the blueprint for successfully running an MLB franchise? Unfortunately the Tw…

How not to take things too seriously. Never go there. If i you never go to the town Seriously, it stands too reason you wont take anything from or too there. I am ahead of the game. I don't even know where Seriously is. In view of that... Happy mathematical elimination day! I looked at the standings as part of my research for this game thread (dedicated, ain't i?) and Detroit is a half game out of the Wild Card race with 75 wins. We go 88 losses. Season being 162 games, winning out gives us 74 wins. Which doesn't catch the final team not in the play offs. We can get back to playing for the joy of the game and all. Which is really what it is all about. Yeah... we …

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. TWINS: SP, Darnell Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Willingham LF Suzuki C Vargas 1B Colabello DH Parmelee RF Escobar SS PALE HOSE: SP, Sale Eaton CF Beckham 2B Abreu 1B Konerko DH Ramirez SS Gillaspie 3B Flowers C De Aza LF Sierra RF -------------------------------- And here we go ... it's Brian time! ----------------------------------------- OH GOD... HELP ME... The White Sox Again. Things to Think About: 1. The White Sox again... I don't like the White Sox... So much so... that I can only take them for 3 or 4 days…

I didn't see a game thread started yet, so here is one. TWINS (yeahhh!) : Mitch Garver [R] C Jorge Polanco SS Nelson Cruz [R] DH Eddie Rosario [L] LF C.J. Cron [R] 1B Marwin Gonzalez 3B Jonathan Schoop [R] 2B Max Kepler [L] RF Byron Buxton [R] CF Michael Pineda [R] SP ASTROS (booo!) : George Springer [R] CF Jose Altuve [R] 2B Alex Bregman [R] 3B Michael Brantley [L] LF Carlos Correa [R] SS Yuli Gurriel [R] 1B Josh Reddick [L] RF Tyler White [R] DH Max Stassi [R] C Wade Miley [L] SP One Thing To Think About: Kepler is not leading off against the lefty. His R/L splits are still small-sample-size, but are poor on the lefty side of the ledger. The rest of the line…

OK, so I live in Cleveland again. I grew up there and moved away in 1996 thinking I'd never move back.. well, then my wife decided to take a job in Cleveland, and since my job is mobile... well, I'm back there again, and it is all the fault of a woman originally from Michigan... think about that for a second. Things to think about. 1. I hate Indians fans. They were non-existent in the 80s... and suddenly die hard fans in the 90s... Most don't know baseball either. So yeah, let's take it to them. 2. Michael Pineda. He had a pretty good spring, so no complaints there. Then again, against the Indians lineup, he might look like Cy Young. Heck, Odorizzi certainly did ye…

Game Thread: White Sox @ Twins, 6/23 @ 7:10pm CT The White Sox are in town, and they are looking to fall further in the standings in hope of getting Robin Ventura fired so that they can have a new manager, but Rick Hahn doesn't seem like he is very interested in firing Robin, so Jeff Samardzija is going to have to continue his good work. Speaking of managers being fired, the last time I went to a game the opposing team's manager was fired directly after, so maybe I need to go to this one as a good luck charm for the South Siders. White Sox - Jeffery Alan Samardzija, (4-4, 4.67 ERA) Minnesota Twins - Michael Alan Pelfrey, (5-3, 2.97 ERA) Here we go on your five thi…

Good morning, good afternoon and good night, fellow baseball enthusiasts, Twins lovers and masochists. Today I have the honor of kicking things off game thread-wise, and it couldn’t come at a better time in the Minnesota baseball club’s season. Game #62 on the season against the Boston Red Sox, and Game #1 on my watch, as the home club nine seeks their 19th win of the season and looks to avoid a sweep at the hands of the New England squad and salvage a respectable-ish 4-6 homestand. I know there is a no mandated game thread format, or at least not one that I can discern. That said, I think we have a winner in the Riverbrian "five things" pattern, so here goes, five thing…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Fuld RF Dozier 2B Willingham LF Parmelee 1B Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Nunez DH Escobar SS ROYALS: SP, Shields Aoki RF Infante 2B Hosmer 1B Perez C Gordon LF Butler DH Moustakas 3B Cain CF Escobar SS ---------------------------------------------- And now .... Brian! Please join us! ---------------------------------------------- I'm Joined and it feels wonderful!!! Things to Think About: 1. Kansas City -- While it is unknown and undocumented how the City of Kansas City got started. It is widely believed that people just starte…

Since my last game thread intro, nothing about the state of the Minnesota Twins has changed. They are still playing poor baseball despite having a talented roster on paper, they are playing sloppy, and a player gets hurt nearly every game. This seems to be how things will be remembered for this 2021 Minnesota team, which is sad, but expected as a Minnesota sports fan. With that said, the Yankees come to town for the first time this season, and we know the Twins do not like facing the Yankees. They turn into a shell of themselves and play horrible. With the way this year has gone, I fully expect a sweep because it simply would not make a difference, and of course we would …

Welcome to the Stopper Edition of the Twins Daily Game Thread series, as Dylan Bundy takes to the hill to face Lucas Giolito in a game the Twins badly need. After a truly masterful performance (and it pains me to say this about any Team That Shall Not Be Named player, but it truly was masterful) by Dylan Cease, the afore-referenced-but-not-named team has climbed within a game of our Twins, who trail a recently renamed, but still disliked, team by a single game. Should all things turn out well today, our Twins will exit the weekend tied for first and three games up on the third-place team. Usually when I write a Game Thread edition, I try to come up with a witty them…

Thanks, Skywalker! I really get tired of putting in that stuff ... it was a huge help, and I appreciate it immensely. But 2047? Don't you think you could have given us a game review rather than preview? Seems like common courtesy to help alleviate the stress of the game somewhat ... but oh well ... no worries and welcome to Twins Daily. Here are your five things to think about: 1. Jose Ramirez – I’m pretty generally a fan of the bat flip. If pitchers can come off the mound pumping their fist and swearing into their glove, what’s the matter with a bat flip? But last night Ramirez took it a little too far. Intentionally throwing the bat at the Twins’ dugout? I want to see…

1. Everyone remember to schedule an appointment with your manicurist after last night? There may be unreasonably long waits for walk in business after last night... 2. Hindsight: Any take-aways from last night's game? Can Buxton get a bunt down? Should Sano catch a pop-up? Does Grossman steal a base? Glad Dozier can clear the monster, and hopefully Sano can keep up the pop... Gibson sure settled down after the first! 3. Foresight: I'll let you all settle into this once the line-ups come out. But last night they mentioned Nolasco has a .500 record on the road. What's up with that? Does it bode? 4. Beantown: Beans are the musical fruit, and Boston is somewhat known…

Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey CF Mastroianni 2B Dozier 3B Plouffe RF Arcia DH Doumit LF Willingham C Pinto 1B Colabello SS Florimon White Sox: SP Jose Quintana CF De Aza SS Ramirez LF Viciedo DH Dunn 1B Konerko RF Danks 2B Beckham C Phegley 3B Semien Things to Think About: 1. Think about Josmil Pinto... As of September 2013... He's the best person to think about right now... Brian Dozier is here to stay... Joe Mauer is not around... Colabello has been around for awhile... Josmil is the fresh shiny package around all the unwrapped and played with toys. 2. Think about Joe Mauer... He's been gone along time now. It's not PC these days to make light of concussions. W…

Unlike my predecessors on this thread, I will neither write 3000 words, nor have 5 thoughts. While I think my spell check could handle the 3000 words, personal history tells me that 5 interrelated and concurrent thoughts are not likely due to a significant loss of temporal lobe structure. Whether this could be the result of binge watching "The Gong Show" at too early an age, has not been determined. That said, I sure do miss that show. But I digress, on to today's game! Baaahston v Twins. Being a fan of "This Old House" and "Car Talk", I can pretty much understand most of what they say in Boston. So if I had access to NESN I could probably understand their d…

Yeah, grief is supposed to be good... So i am told. Today, i felt it appropriate to honor Charles Schultz. I am sure he would approve Minnesota's baseball team and its stick-to-it-ive-ness in the face of welming odds (no just welming, we only wish they were over) I am too lazy to track down an iconic baseball image, or rather taking a small look, that the series ran almost half a centrmury, i am awed and humbled by the creativity inherent in such a run. Anyway, mad props go to.who ever can track down the image what best represents the Twins season so far. Even as kids we appreicated the strip, as i have vag…

Lineups: Twins: Clete Thomas CF Joe Mauer DH Ryan Doumit C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Oswaldo Arcia RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Brian Dozier 2B Pedro Florimon SS (P.J. Walters P) Royals: Alex Gordon LF Alcides Escobar SS Eric Hosmer 1B Billy Butler DH Salvador Perez C Mike Moustakas 3B Lorenzo Cain CF Elliot Johnson 2B David Lough RF (James Shields P)

The Twins face the Tigers in a doubleheader in Detroit. Detroit and Kansas City are well behind the leaders in the AL Central. The Tigers appear better, but still aren't contenders for postseason. They face Matthew Boyd and Terik Skubal, both left handers. Boyd has struggled so far while Skubal is making his third start. The Twins open the series as co-leaders along with both Chicago and Cleveland. They still are struggling offensively and the bullpen has lost a couple of games in part because the starters aren't giving much length. They will probably go with a bullpen game in Game 2, most likely using 29th man the so-far disappointing Lewis Thorpe and new call-up (and…

This afternoon is the final game of a four game series at Target Field. Twins will look to even the series before Cleveland comes into town this weekend. Start time: 12:10 CDT Weather: http://static6.depositphotos.com/1000366/543/i/950/depositphotos_5439919-stock-photo-rainbow-in-the-dark-blue.jpg Today's starting pitchers: Seattle: Ariel Miranda (6-2, 3.67) Minnesota: Jose Berrios (5-1, 2.84) Lineups TBA More on today's pitchers. Ariel Miranda: Other than a very poor outing in early May, looks like Miranda has pitched very well, pitching at least 5 innings and allowing no more than 2 runs in his previous six starts. Jose Berrios: We all know the B…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. Twins: SP, Pino Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Escobar 3B Fryer C Fuld CF Angels: SP, Richards Calhoun RF Trout C Pujols 1B Hamilton LF Aybar SS Kendrick 2B Cron DH Green 3B Iannetta C -------------------------------------- Okay ... time for Brian's thoughts ... please wait patiently. He doesn't like impatience. I found that out and was called out for it. So please be patient. ------------------------------------- I scream C'MON!!! at the Microwave... I don't have all second. Things to Think About: 1. Garrett Richards -- Anot…

Lineups: Twins: Phillies:

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Ryan Doumit C Chris Parmelee RF Wilkin Ramirez CF Brian Dozier 2B (Scott Diamond P) Red Sox: Jacoby Ellsbury CF Shane Victorino RF Dustin Pedroia 2B David Ortiz DH Mike Napoli 1B Jonny Gomes LF Will Middlebrooks 3B Stephen Drew SS David Ross C (Ryan Dempster P)

Forecast: 75 degrees and clear Lineups: Boston Red Sox 1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 2. Mookie Betts, CF 3. Pablo Sandoval, 3B 4. Hanley Ramirez, LF 5. David Ortiz, DH 6. Mike Napoli, 1B 7. Xander Bogaerts, SS 8. Brock Holt, RF 9. Blake Swihart, C Pitching: Rich Porcello ® Minnesota Twins 1. Brian Dozier, 2B 2. Torii Hunter, RF 3. Joe Mauer, 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 5. Eduardo Escobar, DH 6. Eddie Rosario, LF 7. Chris Herrmann, C 8. Aaron Hicks, CF 9. Danny Santana, SS Pitching: Phil Hughes ® Things to think about: 1. The chance to move to 10 games over .500. I was mildly optimistic about this team, but that optimism was based on a few things happening. None o…

Welcome to my first dabble into game threads! I would have volunteered to write more game threads this year, but we’ve been busy growing our family. Baby # 3 was born on April 10th. My relatives say that we should have enough kids to field an entire baseball team. I think we should have named baby # 3 Shohei so that we only need to have 9 kids. Series Recap: The Yankees (14-9, 2nd in AL East) are hosting the Twins (8-11, 3rd in AL Central) for game 4 of a 4-game series. The Yankees have taken the first three games of the series and outscored the Twins 29 to 8. The Yankees have won 5 straight, while the Twins have lost 6 straight. The Twins are playing like the ‘bes…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. TIGERS: SP, Price Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Castellanos 3B Holaday C Romine SS Davis CF TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Nunez SS Hicks RF Schafer LF ----------------------------------------------- Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Brian! ----------------------------------------------- Thank You Ed!!! Things to Think About: 1. Spoiler -- The Twins did a little spoiling last night and the Stupid Royals failed to take advantage of it. Now the Twins gotta do it aga…

So this game is meaningless. At the beginning of the season, all I hoped for was for the Twins to be playing meaningful games in September. And then this happened. We can't win enough games to catch the Yankees for home field advantage. We've already won the division, so losing games now doesn't matter. We're now playing meaningless games in September -- just as I had feared. I signed up to do the opener for a meaningless game because, of course I did. And I sense many of you also feared this would happen. So much thought and emotional energy has gone into doubting this team: The front office didn't do anything to address our bullpen in the off-season.The front offi…

ANNND Welcome back! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line on a Sunday. I hope you all enjoyed Minnesota Twins County Fair yesterday! LL Cool Bean brought the roof down at the beer garden last night, literally. The pig pen was stinking up the whole area, so we had to move on to another town... We've been searching for the right words to describe what happened in the game yesterday. Instead, this gif accurately shows how we all felt by the end of it: Much like Kevin Kiermaier, we're tough as fans. A little ice, heat, and stretching, and we're back at it today. The Twins are taking on the Blue Jays, and looking to snap a 9 game losing streak. This is all sounding like deja …

Good afternoon and welcome back to the Minnesota Twins baseball Game Thread! After watching the game last night it got me thinking about the direction this team is headed...Still in first place after May 22nd and it looks like we're only getting better. If Ervin and Jose can keep throwing well and Mejia steps it up the season could get very interesting during the late summer months. The youth and energy on this team is fun to watch! I read a few Game Thread posts last night about people still not "believing" in what this team is doing right now. Yes, we have holes to fill but try to sit back and relish what these guys are doing right now. After living through last …

ANNND Welcome back weirdos! To another episode of Minnesota Twins Whine Line: Take a Chance! Edition. We got some things off our chest yesterday, and that didn't help get the win... Today is all about taking chances and being BOLD. Before we talk about that, let's do the baseball stuff. It's going to be a beautiful spring day in Minneapolis! 64 degrees at first pitch with partly sunny skies. REAL FEEL of 72 degrees with winds out of the ENE at 8 MPH. Minnesota Twins (18-23): 1. Brian Dozier (R ) 2B 2. Max Kepler (L) RF 3. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 4. Eduardo Escobar (S) 3B 5. Logan Morrison (L) 1B 6. Mitch Garver (R ) C 7. Jake Cave (L) DH 8. Gregorio Petit (R ) SS 9. B…