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Ladies and Gentlemen, let's get reeeeaaaady to rummmbbllleee! In this corner, the division challenger, the MN Twins! And, defending division champs, the Cleveland Indians! Pitching for the Twins: Jose Berrios Pitching for the Indians: Corey Kluber Play ball!

She Put the Line Ups in the Coconut... She Drank Them Both Up She Put the Line Ups in the Coconut... She Drank Them Both Up She Put the Line Ups in the Coconut... She Drank Them Both Up Ha! She did not, but that's good enough to be a keeper! Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 50. Red Sox: SP, Buchholz Pedroia 2B Bogaerts SS Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Gomes RF Carp LF Ross C Middlebrooks 3B Bradley CF Twins: SP, Hughes Dozier 2B Mauer DH Plouffe 3B Colabello 1B Kubel LF Suzuki C Parmelee RF Hicks CF Escobar SS -------------------------------------------------------…

Welcome to game thread #487! Okay, I made that up and didn't really count them all. And if you include ST threads, it's probably short a few. Then add on play off threads ... oh ... Anyway, I'm kind of at a loss of what to say. I had this thing all written up yesterday, then tossed it out. It started with the 'oh so clever' quote (aka trite), 'Ask not what TD can do for you, ask what you can do for TD.' I went into this whole thing how people could 'get involved' through Adopt-A-Prospect (a really cool and useful thing you should check out); volunteer to start a game thread (there are always dates to be had, until there aren't, so fill them up!); start a blog (hey, rant…

ANND Welcome! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line: Beatles Edition! I'm your emergency host for the day, Vanimal. A game happened last night, if you didn't know! Today is the final game that the Twins will be in San Diego, which is sad, really. They barely had any time to enjoy the weather! Who knows, maybe they'll score a run this afternoon! Before we get into debauchery, let's talk weather and lineups: It's San Diego, so you know it's going to be sunny with no chance of rain. 80 degrees at first pitch. REAL FEEL of 94 degrees! Winds out of the WSW at 5 MPH. Minnesota Twins (50-54): 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Eduardo Escobar (S) 2B 3. Max Kepler (L) RF 4. Miguel Sano ® 3B 5…

Lineups: Twins: Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Ryan Doumit DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Aaron Hicks CF Pedro Florimon SS (Kevin Correia P) Red Sox: Jacoby Ellsbury CF Shane Victorino RF Dustin Pedroia 2B David Ortiz DH Mike Napoli 1B Daniel Nava LF Will Middlebrooks 3B Stephen Drew SS David Ross C (John Lackey P)

And the amazing technicolor game thread intro... Joe M conversation: Morgan: Why are there so many strangers here? Madden: September call ups. Give a lot of folk a cup of coffee and a chance to show their stuff in the big show. Mientkiewicz: Not all of us are even Joes. I shouldn't even be here. I got a minor league team to manage. Morgan: Don't we have something special today? Montana: Yeah, the annual I Spy championships. I have been training since May! Go ahead, try me! McCarthy: Alright. I spy with my little eye... something beginning with S. Montana: Sand. McCarthy: Got it one! Try this... I spy with my little eye something beginning with D Monta…

It's Tuesday, no baseball yesterday, well, no baseball that counts, which means Monday was an off-day for the home town nine and, it gives me a chance to toss some word salad and create this series opener thread masterpiece. The object of this opener, much like the opener used in games, is to get the ball rolling and then pass the baton to the bulk-writers. The guys who do the heavy lifting for the rest of series. Which brings me to the Rays. The Rays are credited with starting the "opener" then "primary" pitcher. Truth of the matter is, though, TD has long used this format. I think the Rays merely lifted the idea from Twins Daily and rebranded to suit their needs. …

Tigers: SP Max Scherzer Twins: SP Kevin Correia CF Presley 2B Dozier 3B Plouffe DH Doumit C Pinto 1B Parmelee RF Herrmann LF Mastroianni SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Max Scherzer... 20-3 is a pretty good record. If he doesn't win the Cy Young Award this year... You might as well give Bobby McFerrin a Grammy for "Don't worry be Happy" 2. Think about Clinching a division Title... The Tigers can clinch tonight with a win or Cleveland loss... They should be motivated for that... The Twins have to hang tough and "NOT ON MY TURF". Of course when the Twins say "Not on my Turf"... it doesn't sound like Clint Eastwood... It probably sounds more lik…

Roster Move The Twins recalled RHP Cody Stashak prior to the game today. Today is the first day that Stashak was eligible to return as he was sent down 10 days ago. To make room on the 26 man roster, the Twins sent LHP Devin Smeltzer to the alternate site. Devin pitched 4.2 innings yesterday, and looking very good in doing so. This move was made to give the Twins a fresh bullpen arm, as Devin would've been unavailable for at least 2 days The Pitchers RHP Matt Shoemaker (1-1, 6.28 ERA, 12 K's, 14.1 IP) vs RHP Wil Crowe (0-2, 12.00 ERA, 10 K's, 9 IP CAREER #'s) The Twins turn to Matt Shoemaker for the 4th time this season. We last saw Matt pitch in game one of the doubl…

Catch-Up Randy Dobnak actually had some double plays turned behind him, Sano might've very well found his swing, and today already marks the final game of the season (pending playoffs) between the Twins and KC. We're nearly at the halfway mark of the season and it's a three horse race at the top of the AL Central with Cleveland 0.5 games back and Chicago a game back so, as we all expected in this shortened season, every game counts. Where to Listen WCCO 830, TIBN, 102.9 The Wolf Where to Watch Fox Sports North Starting Pitchers Minnesota: Matt Wisler, 0-1, 1.50 ERA, 12.0 IP, 1.00 WHIP, making his second start as an opener.Kansas City: Kris Bubic, 0-3, 5.12 ERA, 19 K…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. DIAMONDBACKS: SP, Chafin Inciarte LF Pollack CF Lamb 3B Trumbo 1B Montero DH Owings 2B Ross RF Gregorius SS Gosewisch C TWINS: SP, Gibson Schafer LF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe DH Arcia RF Pinto C Nuñez 3B Hicks CF Escobar SS ------------------------------------------------ Okay, Brian ... I was working so hard today I almost forgot to do this. Hopefully you didn't forget to think today. ----------------------------------------------- What? Um? Sorry... I found a switch in the back of my head... Underneath my hair so I didn't know it was there... It t…

-excerpts from a strange poetry collection- (my apologies i could not remember it all) It is the Seattle Mariners Who have taken one of three. 'By thy encompassed hat, and enlarged glove Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Our leadoff man who should not fan now stops to scratch his neck, pulls up his socks in batters box and i am now on deck.' --- A curve ball hung is quickly stung now deftly splits the air it's flight doth cross an albatross but now it's not so fair. (editor's note: what joke?) --- Batters, batters everywhere Not one that pitcher faces Batters, batters everywhere can last to run the bases. (editor's note: yeah, Iwakuma apparently has been pretty eff…

Unrealized hopes game thread intro. I meant to write Twins version of But i have been too lazy, and rehearsal is starting... Without further ado: Mariners: 0. Marco Gonzales (L) P 1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B 2. Ty France (R) 1B 3. Jesse Winker (L) LF 4. Mitch Haniger (R) DH 5. Jarred Kelenic (L) RF 6. Eugenio Suarez (R) 3B 7. Julio Rodriguez (R) CF 8. J.P. Crawford (L) SS 9. Luis Torrens (R) C Twins: 0. Bailey Ober (R) P 1. Byron Buxton (R) CF 2. Carlos Correa (R) SS 3. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 4. Gio Urshela (R) 3B 5. Miguel …

The Twins entertain the Rockies tonight. It is Colorado's first visit since 2017, so previous matchups probably don't matter much. The Rockies are 30-40 in the tough NL West. They feature former Twin CJ Cron at first base. He leads the team in homers and RBI. I frankly don't recognize many of their players other than shortstop Jose Iglesias. Starting for the Rockies is German Marquez, who has poor numbers, but who doesn't when you pitch half of your games at Coors Field. The Twins are coming off losing two straight series, first losing two of three in Arizona and then losing two late-inning leads to Cleveland and surrendering first place to the Guardians. For the th…

The Twins play the second game of their trip to Tampa Bay this weekend, hungry for revenge after being completely **** on in the first game. Will they be able to avenge the Devil Rays? Let’s find out! Minnesota Twins (11-9) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (12-8) Venue: Tropicana Field - St. Petersburg, FL SP Matchup: Chris Archer (MIN) vs. Shane McClanahan (TB) Odds: Rays -1.5 (runs)

The Minnesota Twins just went toe to toe for 11 rounds with Major League Champions of the World, the Royals of Kansas City, and this with the Bullpen pitching more than half of it. True, they let a run slip in to end the 12th inning prematurely, but still 'tis nothing to scoff at. Reminds me of a passage from scripture... "my brains, your brawn, his skill against 60 armed men and you think a little head jiggle will make me happy?" Things to think about: 1) Our Assets: Stocked farm system, now surging into the majors. 2) Liabilities: Er, is total systems failure a liability? I would describe as a symptom. Our actual liability is a bunch of other competitive well…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, Hughes Dozier 2B Nunez 3B Suzuki C (!) Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Colabello 1B Escobar SS Fuld CF MARINERS: SP, Young Saunders RF Jones CF Cano 2B Seager 3B Morrison 1B Hart DH Ackley LF Zunino C Miller SS --------------------------------- Brian will be with us shortly ... --------------------------------- Shortly? I'm 5-9... I am always with you shortly. Things to Think About: 1. Jenny Jenny -- If Gardenhire would have done this... Some would have crucified him but when Joe Maddon of the Rays does it... He is seen as colorful. Last T…

Good evening Twins fans and welcome to the Game Thread "late edition"... The Minnesota Twins (35-27) head to the west coast to take on the Seattle Mariners (27-33) tonight. These west coast series are tough for the early risers in the midwest and east coast. However, our Twins Daily members on the west coast and Asia finally get some normalcy in their viewing schedule. If you're a night owl this is also a great game time for you! Speaking of owls, if you're from the midwest, remember Red Owl stores? Whatever happened to them????? The AL Central division leading Twins will try to protect their 3 game lead over the Cleveland Guardians tonight. Seattle is 6-4 in th…

I wonder if Matt Guerrier is playing OF Today? Find out when the lineup is posted here by ChiTown. / ashburyjohn: I'm not ChiTown but here ya go: Twins Lineup Brian Dozier 2B Eduardo Escobar CF (Originally listed as LF) Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Colabello 1B Jason Kubel LF (Originally listed as RF) Kurt Suzuki DH Josmil Pinto C Chris Herrmann RF (Originally Sam Fuld listed as CF) Daniel Santana SS (Kevin Correia P) Indians Lineup Michael Bourn CF Nick Swisher 1B Michael Brantley LF Carlos Santana C David Murphy RF Asdrubal Cabrera SS Ryan Raburn DH Lonnie Chisenhall 3B Mike Aviles 2B (Justin Masterson P) ------------------------------------------------------------…

The Pitchers RHP Michael Pineda (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 K's, 5IP) vs RHP Joe Ryan (2-1, 1.69 ERA, 16 K's, 16 IP) Old friend Michael Pineda returns to the Target Field for his second outing of the year. Pineda scattered three hits in five innings against the Yankees on April 21st, allowing zero runs. He threw only 60 pitches after missing the start of the year, which should put him around 75 pitches tonight. As we know, Pineda relies on three pitches, the 4S, changeup, and slider. Last season he threw the 4S over 60% of the time, despite the pitch sitting between 88-92 MPH. It was around the same velo in his start against the Yankees. All three hits Big Mike allowed ca…

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Good afternoon/evening Twins fans and happy FriYay from wherever you may be! Today is a great day for some baseball. After a day of rest, the Twins are back in action to take on the Kansas City Royals on the road. The Twins have a record of 9-8 on the road this season while the royals have a home record of 8-12. News: Per Dan Hayes, Fox has picked up the Twins 6/25 home game against the Rockies, which has shifted first pitch from 1:10 PM to 6:15 PM. Game will not be televised on Bally Sports. Let's get to the pitching matchups. For your Minnesota Twins, Devin Smeltzer is taking the mound. His only appearance this season …

Good evening Twins fans and welcome back to more Game Thread fun! Have you ever attended a MLB game and sat next to some over zealous fans? Did you sit next to fans that were knowledgable about the game and the teams that were playing? The Game Thread experience is all about that and more... As Twins fans this is our forum to debate and play arm chair quarterback. Don't be shy! Speak up and tell us your opinion about a specific play, umpire mistake or coaching move...Most of the Moderators on the site allow a little bit more leeway in what people say during the Game Thread. Please don't swear but remember, games that start this late a majority of Mods are aslee…

Indians: SP Zach McAllister CF Bourn 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis SS Cabrera LF Brantley DH Santana RF Raburn 3B Chisenhall C Gomes Twins: SP Samuel Deduno 2B Dozier 1B Mauer DH Morneau LF Willingham RF Arcia 3B Plouffe C Herrmann CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Andrew Albers... No Reason to think about Albers for tonight's game... But... How can you not still think about his performance. 2. Think about Sam Deduno... Sam has the talent to put a serious Monkey Wrench in the Indians post season plans. The Indians certainly don't want to drop two in a row to the Twins. If Deduno is on... The Indians won't be happy. 3. Think about Florimo…

I never, ever, never, ever thought the game would be played tonight. It is raining where I live and raining in Minneapolis according to weather.com. This is the Dodgers only visit to MN, so they apparently are going to extraordinary lengths to get the game in. I hope no one gets hurt. Archer makes his debut for the Twins. Author Posted 4 minutes ago · IP LA Dodgers (1-2) Season …

Roster moves: With the expanded 28 man rosters being cut to 26 following the games yesterday, the Twins were forced to make some decisions. C Jose Godoy was optioned to AAA STP, along with RHP Cole Sands, who made his big league debut yesterday closing out the Twins win. However, things were not done. The Twins added 1B Miguel Sano to the 10 day injured list, as well as OF Kyle Garlick, who had a monster series in Tampa. To fill the holes on the roster, the Twins recalled RH IF Jose Miranda, who is one of the Twins top prospects. Miranda will play primarily 3rd and 1st base, and will certainly be in the lineup against LHP, and will split time against righties. They also r…

A's: SP Jarrod Parker CF Crisp 3B Donaldson DH Lowrie RF Moss LF Cespedes 2B Callaspo 1B Barton C Vogt SS Sogard Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey CF Presley C Pinto 2B Dozier RF Arcia DH Doumit LF Willingham 3B Plouffe 1B Parmelee SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Jarrod Parker... He's unbeaten in 18 starts... He hasn't lost since May 22nd... That was right about the time that I dropped him in my fantasy league. It was early May and Parker was 1-5 with a 7 plus ERA. He's worked that baby down to 3.57. The Twins can stop that streak tonight!!! 2. Think about the A's lineup... I have some radical thinking and it's square pegs into Twins Daily round hol…

Here's the Game Thread... If someone would be so kind and post the lineups I would appreciate it. Tight Schedule for me today.

Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/11 @ 1:10pm CT 411 that's information, right? There's some saying about how the beginning of wisdom is when you how much you don't. know, that is. It's to be Sunny with a high near 61, so they say... 0. What's the line up? Minnesota: Mike Pelfrey Pitches. 1-9? Chicago (in the white sox) Jeff Samardziga Pitchest. 1-9? 1. Escobar. He's played half our games. Congrats on the new family member! We'll miss you, but sometimes somethings are somewhat more important than baseball. Then my question would be, folk were dubious about him replacing Arcia in Detroit against a right hander. How do folk feel about that a…

Indians: SP Corey Kluber CF Bourn SS Cabrera 2B Kipnis 1B Swisher LF Brantley C Santana DH Giambi 1B Reynolds 3B Chisenhall Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier 3B Plouffe C Mauer 1B Morneau RF Doumit DH Colabello CF Hicks LF Thomas SS Florimon Things to think about Today: 1. Think about -- The 3 Game winning streak... When you reach 3 in a row... It's a winning streak! Come Ride the Train... Hey Ride It. 2. Think about -- We out played them yesterday... We watched the well paid Swisher drop a ball at first... We watched the elite SS Asdrubal Cabrera fail to move one foot to his right and one foot forward to retire a hitter. We watched Drew Stubbs lay up on a b…