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Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature near 90. Getting an early start on the game thread today in a hotel room because I'm not sure what I'm doing later. I don't think Gardy has the lineup ready yet. ChiTown will post it later. INDIANS: SP, House Jason Kipnis 2B Asdrubal Cabrera SS Yan Gomes DH Carlos Santana 1B Ryan Raburn LF Nick Swisher RF Roberto Perez C Lonnie Chisenhall 3B Mike Aviles CF TWINS: SP, Johnson Danny Santana CF Brian Dozier 2B Trevor Plouffe 3B Kendrys Morales 1B Josh Willingham LF Kurt Suzuki C Chris Colabello DH Chris Parmelee RF Eduardo Escobar SS …

Twins (70-64) vs Kansas City (66-67) Target Field, 7:10pm Onelki Garcia vs Kyle Gibson Starting lineups TBD The Minnesota Twins Baseball Club tries to even the series against the Royals, after losing the opener 7-6, with the game ending on a strike out with the bases loaded. The Twins almost came all the way back from a 7-3 deficit, but couldn't quite pull off the improbable two nights in a row. Luckily the Yankees and Angels both lost, so the wild card chase remains kind of similar to the day before: 1. NYY, 71-63 2. Twins 70-64, 1 GB of the Yankees 3. Angels 69-66, 1.5 GB of the Twins 3. Orioles 69-66, 1.5 GB of the Twins Tonight the Twins start polari…

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/1 @ 7:10pm CT Location: Ye olde field of the Target. Weather: Isolated showers, 20% chance of precipitation... (from the airport) Humidity 69% Wind Speed S 10 mph Barometer 30.03 in (1017.0 mb) Dewpoint 49°F (9°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Last update 1 May 2:53 pm CDT Line ups: Chicago White Sox: Pitching: Jose Quintana {L} 1. Micah Johnson {L} 2B 2. Alexei Ramirez {R} SS 3. Melky Cabrera {S} LF 4. Jose Abreu {R} 1B 5. Adam LaRoche {L} DH 6. Avisail Garcia {R} RF 7. Conor Gillaspie {L} 3B 8. Tyler Flowers {R} C 9. J.B. Shuck {L} CF Minnesota Twins: Pitching: Kyle Gibson {R} 1. Brian Dozier {R} 2B 2. Torii Hunter {R} RF 3. Joe Maue…

Game Thread, Twins @ A's, 7/18 @ 8:05pm CT weather: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 73. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Line up (not to be taken lyin' down) Twin Phil Hughes hurlin' rightly. Twin batterers: tbd A Scott Kazmir hurlin' leftly. A batterers: tba Alas, i'm not RiverBrian. As he offers things to think about, well, not bein' him, i figured, i should offer things not to think about... What not to think about? 1. The batting orders, respectively. They're not out yet, so don't think about 'em. Don't think about how well Sano's doing considering his youth and inexperience, or how Dozier can just turn on anything up and in, or how Hunte…

Roster Moves: The Twins have placed RH RP Jhon Romero on the 10 day injured list with right bicep tendinitis. Romero was placed retroactively to April 20th, so he is eligible to come back on April 30th. The Twins have also moved RH RP Jorge Alcala to the 60 day injured list after he was placed on the 10 day IL over a week ago. Alcala is dealing with elbow inflammation, and tried to resume throwing but things did not go well. The Twins have added C Jose Godoy from St. Paul. Godoy was on the 40-man roster this spring after being claimed on waivers, but was DFA'd and waived prior to the season. He cleared waivers and accepted STP assignment. Godoy figures to stay on the rost…

"Monday is World Turtle Day" quoth the the voice over the radio the other night. Thought 1: Is that every Monday? Or just today? Thought 2: Is it Just for World Turtles? The only one i know of is the Great A'Tuin, and tickle me pink if i can't start a discworld flavored game thread. Thought 3: What other turtles deserve to be mentioned? The laserdisc turtle. The one at the beginning of El Mariachi. Those of the Teenage Mutant variety. Mr. T in the dialogues of GEB. Yertle the Turtle Filbert from Rocco's Modern Life (note for future potential silly game thread intros) and more... …

Whoa Nelly. First game day thread ever. Here goes nothing for the finale of a weird 2 game series. 1) San Diego-Our visiting team today is also home to the avocado capital of the USA. Which makes sense because guacamole is delicious. The avocado is also the state fruit of California. Which doesn’t make sense because I always thought that it was a vegetable and not a fruit. But in a world where the tomato and cucumbers are considered fruit, who knows. I think they’re just making things up now. 2) The Padres. In a rebuild now and now also the only show in town outside of SeaWorld and the San Diego Zoo now that the Chargers have bolted for Carson…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. Twins: SP, Gibson Daniel Santana CF Kurt Suzuki C Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Kendrys Morales DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Eduardo Nuñez SS Eduardo Escobar 2B Tigers: SP, Smyly Ian Kinsler 2B Austin Jackson CF Miguel Cabrera 1B Victor Martinez DH J.D. Martinez RF Don Kelly LF Nick Castellanos 3B Alex Avila C Andrew Romine SS ----------------------------- Well, Brian, think! Think hard! Oh, but don't give yourself a headache! ------------------------------------------------------ OK... But I just ate a bowl of ice cream real fast. Things t…

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to the Twins Daily game thread experience. Let me begin by saying everyone needs to take a deep breath and relax! It's not time to panic yet! By the way, did you read the thread Brock started the other day about "it's time to panic"? Loved it. Made me laugh out loud. But seriously, the two game losing streak the Twins have been on stops today. We have our big boy Ace Berrios throwing tonight and our lineup looks ready to again score a bunch of runs. I know our bullpen is the weakest link at the moment. However, I feel confident this front office will bring in reinforcements soon. The way this team is structured right now …

Twins | 44-53 overall, 15-31 on the road, 5-5 in their last 10 Adalberto Mejia, LHP | 0-0, 9.00 ERA, 2.25 WHIP, 0.33 K:BB Blue Jays | 46-52 overall, 27-25 at home, 5-5 in their last 10 Luis Santos, RHP | 0-0, 7.88 ERA, 1.88 WHIP, 2.25 K:BB Lineups: Additional notes: This is just the second start Mejia will be making for the Twins in 2018 after making 21 starts for the big club last season. He's been pitching well down in Rochester, posting a 3.32 ERA and 1.19 WHIP while averaging 8.8 K/9. Unfortunately, Mejia is coming off his worst start of the year with the Red Wings. He gave up seven runs in six innings of work last Tuesday. The Jays were hoping Marco Estra…

With the finish line in sight, it’s now or never for the Minnesota Twins. And with the division-leading Cleveland Guardians coming to town, the opportunity to reach the postseason in 2022 takes center stage. Coming off a grim 2-5 road trip in Chicago and New York, the Twins somehow still remain just 1.5 games back of the Guardians, who arrive in Minneapolis today to begin a 3-game series at Target Field. A lot can happen in one weekend: a series sweep for Minnesota would see the teams switch places in the standings, and the Twins could enter next week with at least a share of first place. Minnesota sends Dylan Bundy (8-6, 4.34) to the hill tonight, and one coul…

Wednesday 5/18, 12:10 PM CT at Target Field TV: FS-N, MLBN (out-of-market only); Radio: Go 96-3, TIBN Weather: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Lineups: BLUE JAYS (24-15) 1. Bautista, RF 2. Donaldson, 3B 3. Encarnacion, DH 4. Smoak, 1B 5. Saunders, LF 6. Tulowitzki, SS 7. Martin, C 8. Carrera, CF 9. Goins, 2B Aaron Sanchez (3-1, 3.29 ERA) TWINS (10-30): 1. Dozier, DH 2. Nunez, SS 3. Mauer, 1B 4. Sano, RF 5. Plouffe, 3B 6. Polanco, 2B 7. Grossman, LF 8. Centeno, C 9. Santana, CF Tyler Duffey (1-2, 1.85 ERA) Five things to think about: 1. I hope I'm not overstepping boundaries by making …

Etc etc etc Go twins! My prediction: dozier with a double and a home run, buxton with 3 hits, 3 runs and 1 SB. Twins win 8-2

Noticed this hadn't been started and the time is now. Devin Smeltzer (L) Martin Perez (L) 1. Byron Buxton (R) DH 2. Carlos Correa (R) SS 3. Kyle Garlick (R) RF 4. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 5. Jose Miranda (R) 1B 6. Gio Urshela (R) 3B 7. Gary Sanchez (R) C 8. Gilberto Celestino (R) CF 9. Nick Gordon (L) LF 1. Marcus Semien (R) 2B 2. Corey Seager (L) SS 3. Mitch Garver (R) DH 4. Adolis Garcia (R) RF 5. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B 6. Jonah Heim…

This series has been pretty bittersweet. Some good individual outputs, but poor pitching has led to some bad results. We have seen GarvSauce make his final appearances of the season (as he is going to have surgery on a torn flexor tendon). I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he is playing his last game today. Salvaging a game here would be awesome, and if Bundy performs like has recently, there will be a good chance of that. 1 1B Luis Arraez 2 SS Carlos Correa 3 DH Byron Buxton 4 RF Max Kepler 5 2B Jorge Polanco 6 LF Alex Kirilloff 7 CF Nick Gordon 8 3B Jose Miranda 9 C Ryan Jeffers P: Dylan Bundy 1 3B Josh Smith 2 2B Marcus Semien 3 …

Clear and 83F 9. Darwin Barney ( R) 2B 8. Ryan Goins (L) SS 7. Russell Martin ( R) C 6. Kevin Pillar ( R) CF 5. Kendrys Morales (S) DH 4. Jose Bautista (R ) RF 3. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 2. Josh Donaldson ( R) 3B 1. Teoscar Hernandez ( R) LF Hope the Jays are happy with Happ (L) pitching. That's the Blue Jays. 9. Max Kepler (L) RF 8. Chris Gimenez ( R) C 7. Mitch Garver ( R) DH 6. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 5. Byron Buxton (R ) CF 4. Eduardo Escobar (S) 3B 3. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 2. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 1. Brian Dozier ( R) 2B And we call on Colon ( R) to toe the rubber. That's our Twins. Things we thought about: 5. Oppo Day. You might notice something different here.…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature near 70. Twins: SP, Correia Dozier 2B Escobar SS Mauer DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Parmelee 1B Pinto C Hicks CF Yankees: SP, Tanaka Gardner LF Jeter DH Ellsbury CF Teixiera 1B -Roberts (PH/6) 2B McCann C Soriano RF Solarte 2B-3B Johnson 3B-1B Ryan SS -------------------------------- And we patiently await for Brian's morning coffee to reach his brain ... check back soon-ish. ----------------------------------- No Problem... I just poured the coffee directly on it. Of course my skull was in the way but I found that the burning sensation did jump start me …

Now that the Astros have been lulled i to a sense of security,... It is time to strike! (but not out. Nor for better working conditions) Old tried but true: 5 things to think about, assuming it doesn't cause a stack overflow error, or something. (We'd have to wait for the official scorer to rule, though) 1. Knock knock jokes. They play off meeting folk for the first time. Yennier Cano finally got to throw his first pitch. And Contreras came in for Buxton. Welcome to the bigs! Maybe you can have your own knock jokes now. 2. Limericks. But i don't know... Will Puckett make us more or less likely to get in trouble for mentioning Nantucket?…

Game Thread, Twins vs Tigers, 7/11 @ 3:05pm CT An exercise in Team effort: Great and glorius was the game thread intro i planned Pining for poetic precurser for our past time. I alighted upon old school epic alliteration Fell me with a feather, finale last night is a fine theme! Waking with wooly eyen, my wits wax but weakly. But, as our brethren of the bats battled last night For naught if but one failed or faultered Preciously posting, courteously crafting I beg, with thy bold swings, line by luscious line Recount the rally, a righteous and rich retelling! (i actually want this to almost work, so forgive my single mindedness, i'll not distract ya, except to say...…

Astros: SP Jarred Cosart SS Villar 2B Elmore DH Castro 1B Wallace C Corporan RF Krauss 3B Dominquez CF Barnes LF Grossman Twins: SP Samuel Deduno 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau RF Doumit LF Arcia 3B Plouffe DH Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to think about: 1. Think about Gardenhire... He's wasn't happy yesterday. I wasn't able to watch the game but Gardenhire was upset primarily over the defense displayed in yesterday's loss to the Royals. (Private note to Ron from Riverbrian...Please respect that privacy) Dear Ron... I'm glad you finally went public your disappointment over sub-par defensive play in yesterday's game. I have been disappointed with …

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll 3B Joe Mauer C Ryan Doumit RF Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Oswaldo Arcia LF Clete Thomas CF Eduardo Escobar 2B Pedro Florimon SS (Mike Pelfrey P) Phillies: Michael Young 3B Ben Revere CF Jimmy Rollins SS Ryan Howard 1B Domonic Brown LF Delmon Young DH John Mayberry RF Freddy Galvis 2B Steven Lerud C (Tyler Cloyd P)

Lineups: Twins: Clete Thomas CF Joe Mauer C Ryan Doumit DH Justin Morneau 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia LF Chris Parmelee RF Eduardo Escobar 2B Pedro Florimon SS (Kevin Correia P) Royals: Alex Gordon LF Alcides Escobar SS Eric Hosmer 1B Billy Butler DH Salvador Perez C Mike Moustakas 3B Lorenzo Cain CF David Lough RF Johnny Giavotella 2B (Ervin Santana P)

Time for some more Twins baseball! Today's game could be fun to watch with our ace Berrios on the mound. I think our lineup today will be dangerous as well. I suspect the bats will really break out and we can score some serious runs. Enjoy the game! I might have to flip back and forth between the Twins and the Masters. Tiger has a shot at winning today. The Tigers do not! Go Twins!

Sunday 5/24, 1:10 PM CT at U.S. Cellular Field TV: FS-N, MLBN; Radio: Go 96.3, TIBN, BOB FM (Sp.) Weather: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Line ups: TWINS (24-18): 1. Dozier 2B 2. Robinsobn LF 3. Mauer 1B 4. Plouffe 3B 5. Hunter DH 6. Escobar SS 7. Hermann C 8. Rosario RF 9. Hicks CF Kyle Gibson, RHP (3-3, 2.98 ERA) WHITE SOX (19-21): 1. Adam Eaton CF 2. Melky Cabrera LF 3. Jose Abreu DH 4. Adam LaRoche 1B 5. Avisail Garcia RF 6. Conor Gillaspie 3B 7. Alexei Ramirez SS 8. Tyler Flowers C 9. Carlos Sanchez 2B Jose Quintana, LHP (2-4, 4.13 ERA) …

Good afternoon to all of you wonderful Twins Daily Game Thread participants! Beautiful day here in Minneapolis to watch a ball game. The bats woke up yesterday for our beloved Twins and I think it will continue tonight as well... Tampa Bay is a very good baseball team. The fact we beat up the reining Cy Young award winner last night says a lot about the potency of this lineup. The fact Tampa even has a Cy Young award winner seems crazy. I was living in Tampa/St. Pete when that team came to be. Went to a lot of games but just couldn't get excited about the team back then. I was then as I am now, too much of a Twins fan to switch allegiances that easily. This Ta…

it's Double-Header day. Does this mean ... double the joy? Double the pain? Or double the 'eh, whatever, the season is over with anyway'? Hope for the joy, prepare for the pain, and eh, whatever for whatever. I have nothing really to say. Baseball is a very long season so I'm usually a proponent of 'just wait and see.' I don't like to prognosticate because, frankly, I'm not very good at it, especially not in a sport where the impossibly good or bad can and does seem to happen when we don't think it should. But man, this has really sucked so far this year and I am pretty sure the nail is in the coffin. But, as my brother always says, "I see something I've never s…

It was the June of 1994 and our local lads, the Twins, ripped off 11 wins in 14 games to become briefly relevant in the newly created AL Central after playing .500 ball through the Spring. It was a momentous time. O.J. Simpson was soon to captivate the nation in his white Bronco, our great nation hosted the World Cup for the very first time, and Ken Griffey Jr. was on track to make Babe Ruth a #2. This tale, on the other hand, can only be appreciated by a true Twins degenerate. I shall now regale you all with the story of Jeff Reboulet and Chip Hale swinging some hot bats. It all started innocuously enough on June 4th when Hale came on in relief of the sturdy Pat Meares…

The two ex-Senator franchises square off in a final session before recess. I will be content if none of our Senators decide to take the mound only to fillibuster. I almost typed Sano-torros just because. As the saying goes, "Go bid or go home." Since we are home, that only leaves one option. I think i'm okay with that. Things to think of: Miller's Crossing - closing lines of opening scene: "Tommy, you know i don't like to think." "Well think about whether you should start." The Secretary will now call the roll: Washington Ex-Senators: absent Texas XX-Senators: 0. Jose Leclerc (R ) P 1. Shin-Soo Choo ( L) DH 2. Willie Calhoun ( L) LF 3. Elvis Andrus (R ) …

And we're off...yes, a new game thread and a new day of Twins baseball! (insert approximately 2,000 words of positive remarks regarding the Twins. And if you don't know what they are, I'm not going to tell you. I'm not going to do all the work. Sheesh. Oh, all right, here's a hint: battled their tails off, got after it) Over a third of the way through the season and what can we say about Twins baseball? I think Thomas Hulce (Mozart) said it best in "Amadeus:" Antonio Salieri(Mozart rival): How... Did my work please you? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I never knew that music like that was possible! Antonio Salieri: You flatter me Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: No, no! One hears …

The Almost Right Stuff I like learning new stuff. Apparently that’s not normal. My wife can attest to the fact that I’m not normal. Therefore I am. People in general don’t like learning new stuff, because they don’t already know it. That makes new stuff unsettling. So sometimes the best way to teach “normal” people new stuff is to lace it with old stuff that they think they already know. Assuming of course they remember the old stuff. Which becomes problematic as you get older. That’s because the older you get the more stuff you have to try to remember because you’ve been around the block a time or two. Which sometimes makes it difficult to remember which block yo…