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Today is a very important day, as it is my sister’s birthday. I won’t bore you with how old she is, and she doesn’t read this site, but I’ll simply note that I’m proud of her and wish her a happy **th birthday. With that out of the way, we need to discuss far more important things to think about today, namely regarding our Twins and a game against another good AL contender. My last set of things to think about centered around the 5 stages of grief, and considering how we got our ***es handed to us by our AL Central rivals, it seemed fitting. Of course, the good guys show all that grit and hustle that would make Gardy proud. They went to Cleveland and beat the snot out of …

Twins: SP Pedro Hernandez CF Presley LF Mastroianni 2B Dozier DH Willingham 3B Plouffe 1B Colabello RF Arcia C Pinto SS Florimon Astros: SP Jarred Cosart DH Grossman 2B Altuve LF Crowe 1B Carter 3B Wallace RF Hoes CF Barnes SS Villar C Clark Things to Think About: 1. Think About Justin Morneau... He hasn't been in the lineup Sunday or Monday and he isn't in the lineup today. I haven't heard of any injuries so I assume that he ended up in the dog house some how.... Ummm... Yeah I know... Just Joking... Like I tend to do. 2. Think about Oswaldo... He's back and batting 7th... Nice to have the big part of our future back in the present. 3. Think about Pinto…

http://www.thegamblingforum.com/sites/default/files/field/image/twins%20vs.%20royals_0.png Welcome back to another exciting Game Thread installment brought to you by Twins Daily! The game last night was not fun to watch. Sounds like Odorizzi will be ok but probably very sore for a few days. According to reports from the Twins, Zach LittelI might be shut down for an extended period of time. Hopefully today's outcome turns out better. I am now officially tired of playing the Kansas City Royals. They're like an annoying fly or mosquito buzzing around my face...Enough already! I miss playing some of the other divisions. I miss playing AL East teams and I miss playing AL Wes…

Hi everybody, and welcome to today's game thread. I will follow my usual format of five topics. I don't typically include analysis or predictions because that type of thing can be found elsewhere on this site written by people more skilled at those things than I am. 1. Happy middle day! Today is the middle of 2022. There have been 182 days this year before today and there will be 182 days after today. To be more precise, 1:00 PM CDT marks the midpoint, which by coincidence happens very near the start time of today's game. 2. Today's game is the middle game of a three-game series between the Twins and the Orioles. Our team will secure a series win if we come out …

As the game thread went along yesterday, there was a person, who shall remain nameless, though his name rhymes with "pixel," who took a bit of umbrage at the game time being changed in the title.* *I hasten to add, it was all in good fun. Don't hurt me, chi, I mean, Carole! To go along with the game time confusion, we had baseball press who had the first game starting at 3:33am Eastern Time! * *Glad chief didn't see that 'cause he might have given me the "chief look" and wanted to know why I was slacking off! The Twins did well in their first game but ran into some trouble bringing home the chicken dinner in the second game. Stuff to think about:* *You t…

Lineups: Tigers: Austin Jackson CF Torii Hunter RF Miguel Cabrera 3B Prince Fielder 1B Victor Martinez DH Andy Dirks LF Jhonny Peralta SS Alex Avila C Omar Infante 2B (Anibal Sanchez P) Twins: Aaron Hicks CF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee RF Brian Dozier 2B Pedro Florimon SS (Kevin Correia P)

The Lineups... Hitters getting in a line... umm... upward and therefore... they line UP. Much more optimistic than a Line DOWN. ChiTown has them... Coming soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Here you go Minnesota Twins CF Santana 2B Dozier 3B Plouffe LF Willingham C Suzuki DH Vargas RF Arcia 1B Parmelee SS Escobar SP Pino Chicago WhiteSox CF Eaton 2B Beckham DH Abreu 3B Gillaspie SS Ramirez 1B Konerko RF Viciedo LF De Aza C Flowers SP Quintana - Things to Think About: 1, The White Sox -- I hate them so much... I've thought about them 6 times this morning. As Thought number one this would be the 7th time. The Twins…

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Two starting pitchers with sub-3.50 ERAs facing each other in a June MLB game that weren't drafted in the first round?! Or second round?! Or third, fourth, or fifth rounds?! This is crazy! Bailey Ober, the 2017 12th round pick out of College of Chaleston, will face Tarik Skubal, the 2018 9th round pick out of Seattle University, tonight in Detroit, MI. Bailey and Tarik took different routes to the majors after being drafted, but both were guys that returned to school after being drafted in a round in the 20s (Bailey 23, Tarik 29). After their return to school both saw a jump in their draft stock and were drafted significantly higher before starting …

White Sox: Jose Quintana CF De Aza 2B Keppinger SS Ramirez 1B Dunn DH Konerko RF Garcia 3B Gillaspie LF Viciedo C Phegley Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau LF Willingham DH Doumit 3B Plouffe RF Ramirez CF Thomas SS Bernier Things to Think About: 1. Think about Doumit... Ryan Doumit is back from the disabled list. I hope he was watching the power surge and decides to join right in. 2. Think about Colabello... With Doumit coming back... Someone had to go down... It's a log jam in the corner outfield spot so... Colabello it is... Are you kidding me... The guy was just starting to get on a roll... OPS .948 in his last 16 games. 3. Think ab…

Today being Flag Day in the U.S., I had prepared a thoughtful 55,000-word game thread introductory essay on the complex relationships between flags, baseball, and modern society that I wanted everyone to read and discuss. You woulda loved it, trust me. However, this four game series with Seattle has gone completely off the rails. The high scoring is more reminiscent of football than baseball, with Seattle and Minnesota trading 14-3 and 20-7 victories. It's good that these are blowouts, and not close games of the 10-9 variety, and I will leave it at that. Anyway, game thread reinforcements are needed. A new, fresher game thread arm is necessary. Therefore, I have dec…

Good Evening, aTwinsFanInMaryland here and happy to bring you tonight’s game thread. Your (14-9) Minnesota Twins take on the (8-15) Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park @ Camden Yards in game 2 of a 4 game series. Last night, I had the chance to take my wife and daughter to the game and see a Twins win. An added bonus, Chris Paddack threw us one of his warm-up balls (see attached photo). A fun night overall. Now on to tonight’s game! Roster Moves: No announced roster moves today. Roster stands at 26 men (14 pitchers, 12 batters) The Pitchers: Each teams ace makes there way to the pitching rubber. RHP #41 Joe Ryan (3-1, 1.17 ERA, 23 IP, 25K’s) vs LHP #50 Bruc…

http://i60.tinypic.com/2yy9fcx.jpg Good Morning and welcome to another Twins Daily Game Thread experience! So excited to be here today and cheer on the Minnesota Twins. This is the place where all of the cool people within Twins Daily come to hang out and socialize. It really is the place to see and be seen. I need to be completely transparent and honest with everyone today (because most of the other times I'm lying or making it up). I'm nervous about keeping up the Game Thread winning streak Blake started 4 games ago and Riverbrian kept alive yesterday. Can the Twins make it 5 in a row today? I'm betting they can. They seem to be playing with a lot more c…

Twins | 59-64 overall, 38-25 at home, 6-4 last 10 Stephen Gonsalves, LHP | MLB Debut White Sox | 46-77 overall, 22-38 on the road, 5-5 last 10 Lucas Giolito, RHP | 6.15 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 1.26 K:BB in 131.2 IP Lineups: https://twitter.com/LaVelleNeal/status/1031627532116873220?s=19 Additional Notes: HAPPY STEPHEN GONSALVES DAY!!!! Gonsalves is 12-3 with a 2.76 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 9.0 K/9 between Rochester (100 1/3 IP) and Chattanooga (20 1/3 IP) this season. Opposing batters have hit just .184 with a .586 OPS off him. Gonsalves' control has been spotty, as evidence by his career-worst 4.8 BB/9, but he's been much improved in that department of late, giving up just nine …

1. Francisco Lindor (S) SS 2. Michael Brantley (L) LF 3. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B 4. Edwin Encarnacion ® DH 5. Yonder Alonso (L) 1B 6. Melky Cabrera (S) RF 7. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B 8. Yan Gomes ® C 9. Greg Allen (S) CF Bieber P 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 3. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 4. Brian Dozier ® 2B 5. Max Kepler (L) DH 6. Robbie Grossman (S) RF 7. Miguel Sano ® 3B 8. Jake Cave (L) CF 9. Mitch Garver ® C Santana P

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Today, I thought I'd check in, and see how the Twins are faring in the standings: Surprise Surprise, the Twins are in first place in the Central. However, it is March, March 15th to be exact and, the long-time nemesis for the Twins are in town. Of course, it appears the Jays are trending down right now, though they do play in the AL East. Having watched the Twins early in the season, I've yet to figure out if the Twins are finding ways to win or if their opponents are finding ways to lose. Maybe a little of A and a little of B? No matter, the Twins lead the Central and have a respectable record. Pitching for the Twins: Martin Perez Pitching for the B…

Samwise Gamgee game thread intro: There is this one point in Two Towers where Sam and Frodo are resting on the stairs up to Cirith Ungol in a dark and dismal land and their conversation is about the epic tales and how the folk in them have no idea how they'll turn out, they just keep on going. I can't think what in this season might have brought that moment to mind... But in it Frodo jokes about wanting to hear more of what Sam says, as it makes him laugh. That brings me straight to a game thread intro... So... to run with a theme, Buxton and Sano are off enjoying ent draughts that will curl their hair, and we have the unexpected help of Faramir... er, i mean Fer…

Hey guys, long time-first time here with the game thread! It was so nice to see the boys break out of that funk and take out some the Yankee frustration on the Orioles last night. I was mildly worried I would be looking at my first game thread with a 4 game losing streak and an angry mob of Rally Rogers wielding pitchforks....with unparalleled pressure to start a thread that broke the streak. But.....I can breathe a sigh of relief. Growing up my father was an Orioles fan and I always heard the stories of Brooks Robinson, the 69 O's that lost to the amazing Mets and my favorite piece of trivia, the 1971 O's staff, the first and only staff to have 4, 20-game winners. …

You know, that C the Reds use as their logo looks strangely familiar... I confess, amongst the t-shirts i remember wearing as a kid was baseball player with a baseball head. I am pretty sure it was a Reds shirt. I have no idea why i had a shirt like that. Probably for the same reason i also wore a Mr. Bubbles t-shirt. The rest of my Cincinnati lore i attribute to Dr. Demento playing the following song: (Pop quiz: where did they get the video segments to go with that song?) Which would suggest a game thread theme to the astute TwinsDaily poster: The Horror. The Horror. Reds: 0. Luis Castillo (R ) 1. Shogo Akiyama ( L) LF 2. Jesse Winker ( L) RF 3. Joey Votto …

One If By Land, Two If By Sea Okay, our Twins won't have to go by sea, but they can take two from the Beantown Red Sox. I once dined on Boston strawberries and Arkansas wedding cake, washed down with Kansas sheep dip. And that’s no male bovine fecal matter. For those not up on their regional colloquialisms I’ll translate; I dined on baked beans, cornbread and sipping whiskey. No BS. Either with the meal or about the meal. I thought I’d throw that out there because you know, the Twinkies are playing in Boston which is awash in colloquialisms. Among other weird things. I was in Boston once. Spent a couple days there sight-seeing with the family and trying to learn t…

Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 8/7 @ 12:10 CT Probable Starters: Kyle Gibson (3-6, 4.94 ERA) vs Matt Andriese (6-2, 2.72 ERA) 1. Battle for the Best of the Worst Who is the worst team in the AL? Is it the Twins (44-66) or the Rays (45-64)? The Twins have been hot since June or the Rays who have fallen apart since then? Comparing them with Pythagorean W-L, the Twins are still the same distance back at 49-61 to Tampa Bay’s 50-59. I definitely believe the Twins are the better team at the moment though… but they’ll have to do better than last night’s game to prove that. 2. The Revenge of Kevin Jepsen and Oswaldo Arcia I was really hoping that Arcia was going to be healthy during …

Gametime forecast: 56°F • Partly Cloudy • 0% PoP A's: SP, Chavez Fuld CF Lowrie SS Donaldson 3B Moss 1B Cespedes LF Callaspo DH Jaso CF Reddick RF Sogard 2B Twins: SP, Hughes lineup tba --------------------------------- Check this space later, Brian's thinking: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks ChiTown... Umm... Where are my Clothes and La-Z-Boy? Things to Think About: 1. Phil Hughes -- 5 Innings in his last start... He was sharp until he fell apart... Hopefully today he can be sharp... without the falling apart part. Let's get 100 decent pitches out of him... If we can't get 100 decent pitches out…

Hello and welcome! I cannot believe it is already August. Here in Montana we had snow on the ground mid-way thru May leaving a very short Spring before really jumping into summer. Today is one of my childhood friends birthdays. Growing up August 4th was always a great time, his parents always threw the best parties but it was always bittersweet. His birthday was always synonymous with the stretch run of the Summer. Montana Fair will be next week and school would always start in 3 or so short weeks. Now that I'm old, things aren't that different. Yes, the party won't be as fun, we will probably meet up for a beer though. Yes, the fair won't be as fun as it was alw…

Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome back to more Game Thread fun! Well the big news that most everyone has already heard is Twins pitching coach Wes Johnson will be leaving the organization after Thursday's game against Cleveland to be the new pitching coach at LSU. I can't believe he would leave in the middle of the season but I guess he has his reasons. I suspect he wants to get there sooner in order to recruit new players to LSU. I've read he will be making more money but I doubt that was the reason. I know its all speculation at this point but I bet the MLB schedule, being away from family played a role. He might just like the amateur ranks more than the pro ranks..…

I attended today's Twins-Rockies game and watched our hero Erv Santana lit up for 5 runs, and the game seemed over pretty quickly. It was supposed to be Jose Berrios but alas, that ship sailed into the night game tonight. The weather was refreshing out at Minnie & Paul's where we were so lucky as to hear from an usher about his marital problems and his attempts to pick up young, drunk women at the game. Needless to say, we didn't finish watching the game from there.....yikes. I digress....I wrote last night's game thread starter for the inevitable rainout. I stupidly assumed that it would serve as the game thread for today's game since it was the same SPs, same l…

On The Cutting Edge. Anybody remember the original “The Cutting Edge” movie? D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice? I guess it’s probably considered a chick flick, but its got enough good laughs in it that a guy can sit through it without wanting to slash his wrists. And if you snuggle up to your wife during the entire movie, maybe make the popcorn, she just might feel like doing something other than slicing onions (sticking with our “cutting” theme) when it’s all over. Anyway, in the movie the father of this female figure-skater is looking for a “go-to-guy” to help his daughter win Olympic gold. Sweeney, playing the part of an ex-hockey player turned figure skater, …

The Twins are now up 4.5 games on the Cleveland Indians with a month to go in the season, and will have reinforcements from AAA Rochester coming up either tomorrow, or Tuesday after their season has concluded. I predicted the Twins would be up six games at the end of the month, and with a win tonight, and an Indians loss, my prediction can be within half a game. I'll gladly take that. The Pitchers: Martin Perez (9-5, 4.53 ERA, 116 K's) vs Matt Boyd (6-10, 4.47 ERA, 208 K's) The Minnesota Twins send lefty Martin Perez to the mound against the Tiger's best pitcher in Matt Boyd. However, Boyd has not been real good since the all-star break, and I am real surprised …

Full warning to everyone: I think my record in writing in game threads is like 0-5, so I could be single-handedly putting an end to this 162-0 dream. But seriously, how cool is this? We got robbed of a season of fandom last year; I personally still watched a lot of baseball, enjoyed the season, the postseason, all of that. But it's hard to keep a lot of hope in the Twins when they start 0-9. So without gleaning anything meaningful out of 4-0, let's just agree that it's a lot more fun and allows us to be fans. It allows for hope, which we all deserve a bit since last year. Chicago is a cool town, right? I've actually never been to Comiskey Park....that's not right....U…

http://www.rhinoden.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Good-Morning-Vietnam-robin-williams-30953060-2196-2136-610x400.jpg Goooooooooooood morning Twins Daily fans! Hopefully you could hear me through this post. It was my best Robin William's impersonation. Lot's to be excited about this morning: 1. Mauer's walk-off homer last night to beat the Red Sox, wow! 2. The Twins in first place in May, excellent. 3. Getting on a small fishing boat this morning to try and win the annual Ron Schara Minnesota Bound Crappie Tournament on Lake Minnetonka. 4. I will have my 1,000 post on Twins Daily today! As I casually mentioned last night during a Game Thread post, please c…

Well, this year is my fourth year of doing game threads. It's been fun and I've truly enjoyed the amount of freedom allowed when writing intros. Admittedly, when it comes to game threads and the Twins, there have been some highs and lows:* *When in doubt, post video. Today, though, is a special day, because today is a double header Tuesday. Which means:* *Not that there's really any such thing as too much baseball. Especially when the Twins win. In watching the White Sox, it's obvious there's some talent and it will be interesting to see the talent develop over the next few years. Meanwhile, though, the Twins need to show this young Sox team who's the bo…