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Roster Move: The Twins have placed RHP Chris Archer on the 15-day IL with a hip issue and have recalled RHP Josh Winder to start tonight. The Pitchers: RHP Josh Winder (3-2, 3.06 ERA, 24K, 36.1IP, 0.6 bWAR) vs RHP Michael Kopech (2-5, 2.78 ERA, 63K, 68IP, 2.0 bWAR) Winder was very good his last time out against the Guardians in which he threw the 2nd game of the doubleheader, going 6 innings while allowing 4 hits but no runs. He walked one and struck out one while throwing 81 pitches. Winder hasn't been great at getting the strikeout this year, but has been good in all other facets. The White Sox lineup is the second best lineup he's faced on paper behind…

Goooooood morning Twins Territory!!!! For the last two days, we’ve been treated to the Gameday thread starter’s stories of experiences in the Tampa area. I too have an amusing Tampa tale. This took place just after Christmas, 2010. Mr. and Mrs. Yarnivek were taking their honeymoon on a cruise that departed from Tampa Bay. If you recall, a major blizzard was hitting the east coast at that time. Naturally, our early afternoon flight from MSP was scheduled to connect in Philadelphia. By the time we woke up (5 am or so), the flight from Philadelphia to Tampa was already cancelled. It was another couple hours before the flight to Philly was officially c…

Once upon a time, there was a little boy who grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. He sometimes did his homework, when there wasn't a Vikings or Twins game to listen to on the radio. He postulated that when he was responsible, and actually did his homework, the sports teams for which rooted would do well. And while he didn't do a comprehensive stastical analysis of that hypothesis, it seemed to make sense at the time. Probably a strongly affected childhood sampling bias in play. "It was the 80s. Reagan was president. These things happen." Now you must content yourself with just imagining what an odd 30 years does to a growing boy, all the strange adventures he must have gott…

Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier 3B Carroll C Mauer 1B Morneau DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Colabello CF Thomas SS Bernier White Sox: SP Jose Quintana LF De Aza 2B Beckham SS Ramirez 1B Dunn DH Konerko RF Garcia 3B Gillaspie C Flowers CF Tekotte Things to Think About: 1. Think about Power... Justin Morneau is finding the seats and so is Oswaldo Arcia. It would be nice if we added some hitting from the rest of the lineup but Morneau and Arcia on a roll is a nice thing to see. 2. Think about AAAA... At AAA... Chris Colabello at age 29 produced a .354 BA along with 24 dingers in 322 at bats... OPS 1.084. Colabello still ranks as the top hitter in the Internation…

Sorry for the delay everyone, I am busy setting up for graduation, so just getting this put up. Won't have too much of a write-up, because once again, I am getting set up for graduation. Appologies to everyone. Go Twins. Just like Brian Dozier, I am a streaky game thread intro performer. I promise I'll go 4-4 next time. Twins Lineup: 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Brian Dozier ® 2B 3. Eduardo Escobar (S) 3B 4. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 5. Robbie Grossman (S) RF 6. Logan Morrison (L) DH 7. Byron Buxton ® CF 8. Ehire Adrianza (S) SS 9. Bobby Wilson ® C Angel's Lineup: 1. Zack Cozart ® 3B 2. Mike Trout ® CF 3. Justin Upton ® LF 4. Shohei Ohtani (L) DH 5. Andrelton Simmons …

Good afternoon and welcome to more Twins Daily Game Thread action! I had a whole different introduction planned for tonight but guess what? My plans changed. They changed for the better...my vendor came in from out of town and invited me to play golf today. Teeing off in 1 hour! Can't say I play golf very well but I like the free drinks that will come with it today! It's 90+ degrees in Minneapolis today so I'll probably drop a few pounds too. Seems like a win, win proposition to me. Now a win, win, win proposition would be the Twins putting (no golf pun intended) a thumping on the Indians tonight. Tonights Lineups: Twins: 1. Max Kepler (RF) 2. Jorge Polanco (SS)…

Game Thread: Astros @ Twins, 8/10 @ 7:10 CT Probable Starters: Dallas Keuchel (7-11, 4.56 ERA) vs Ervin Santana (5-9, 3.62 ERA) 1. Jose Altuve The current favorite for the AL MVP, Jose Altuve is just killing MLB pitching. Altuve is batting an insane .361/.427/.570 – and that’s no small sample size. He’s whacked 19 HRs – which is pretty darn good for a guy with 36 total career HRs in 5 previous seasons. He’s also had an amazing K/BB ratio of 49/48. He’s also fast, stealing 26 bases in 31 tries. What can’t this guy do? Move over, Mike Trout, ‘cause Altuve is no doubt a superstar in his own right. And he does all this at the tiny size of 5’6” & 165 lbs! He’s basicall…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 85. YANKEES: SP, Kuroda Gardner LF Jeter SS Ellsbury CF Teixeira 1B McCann C Beltran DH Roberts 2B Suzuki RF Johnson 3B TWINS: SP, Nolasco Dozier 2B Nunez SS Parmelee 1B Willingham LF Arcia RF Suzuki C Plouffe 3B Colabello DH Fuld CF ------------------------------ Brian is on the road, and his thoughts are with him. So, no masterful '5 Things to Think About' from RB today. While a loss for us, maybe we all can bridge the gap. If you have 'something to think about' for today's game, feel free to share! Let's get this…

The Twins look to bounceback on Sunday after taking a beating in yesterdays game. The Twins started off the homestand with a convincing win over the ALC leaders after 3 weeks, and look to close out the series with a victory today. We know the Twins aren't going to go on a 30+ game win streak like the Indians did a few years ago, so they must take these small victories as they come, and that starts with winning series. The Pitchers RHP Jose Berrios (2-2, 3.04 ERA, 33 K's, 26.2 IP) vs RHP Brad Keller (2-2, 9.00 ERA, 13 K's, 18 IP) The Twins turn to arguably the best starter we've seen this year in Jose Berrios, while the Royals will send out one of their worse arms in B…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. ChiTown will have those lineups for you once released to the general public. Lineups can also be purchased through Ticketmaster... Along with Creedence Clearwater Revisted Tickets. Sorry for my tardiness ... I was at a special dinner for the orchestra ... TWINS: SP, Pino Dozier 2B Suzuki C Parmelee 1B Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Escobar SS Fuld CF MARINERS: SP, Wilhelmsen Chavez LF Jones CF Cano 2B Seager 3B Hart DH Morrison 1B Saunders RF Zunino C Bloomquist SS ------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. Pacific Time -- C'mon... …

ANND Welcome Back! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line on a Sunday. It's a bittersweet day... The last game thread of the year for ol' Vanimal. Thank you to everyone who has stuck it out this long. I certainly would have checked out in April if it weren't for this community. We've got a special story to share... A story we like to call "The Moderator Club". Before we dive into the story, let's get the weather and lineups out of the way. Partly cloudy skies and 80 degrees F at first pitch. Real Feel of 87 degrees, and heating up as we go along. Swirling winds from the SSW at 8 MPH. Minnesota Twins (55-94) P - Kyle Gibson ® - 8 IP 5 H 1 ER 4 K in a WINNING effort last sta…

It'll be a comfortable... Willard Scott approves Night at the ball park. Light Winds with the exception of that Hurricane Force wind tunnel that flys thru the open area in right field Indians SP: Trevor Bauer CF Bourn SS Aviles LF Brantley 1B Santana 2B Kipnis C Gomes 3B Chisenhall DH Walters RF Dickinson Twins SP: Kyle Gibson CF Santana 2B Dozier 1B Mauer DH Vargas RF Arcia 3B Plouffe C Suzuki SS Escobar LF Schafer Things to Think About: 1. Indians -- Louis CK has a great bit on Indians. "And they weren’t even Indians... We called them that by accident and we still call them that. We knew in a month that it wasn’t Indians but we just don’t give a &*%…

Once more into the breach! The good thing about baseball is that there is another game to try to win. We got 2 1 run losses in a row. But tonight is a new night. Anything could happen. Oh by the way. I turn jinxes off a few weeks ago. It didn't seem to matter. I tried to turn them back on today, but i'm not sure i got it quite right. Can you help me figure out what's wrong? And yeah, this is the time to try new material, if your working on jokes. Or curtains. Or if you have something to figure out, that has nothing to do with baseball, sometimes a good distraction helps. Apparently today is coffee day. I have heard adverts for both McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts …

Lineups: Twins: Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Chris Parmelee RF Oswaldo Arcia LF Aaron Hicks CF Eduardo Escobar SS Jamey Carroll 3B (Kevin Correia P) Rangers: Ian Kinsler 2B Elvis Andrus SS Lance Berkman DH Adrian Beltre 3B A.J. Pierzynski C Nelson Cruz RF David Murphy LF Mitch Moreland 1B Leonys Martin CF (Alexi Ogando P)

Do we even bother? At the game. Small crowd, but a good day for a game. Cloudy and a bit breezy, but not quite as warm. When the line ups were announced Park received the loudest applause. Batting 4th, playing 1st. And here we go ...

Gametime Forecast: 70°F • Overcast • 0% PoP According to the Twins Daily Style Sheet supplied by USAFChief, I'm allowed to write just about anything but have to avoid "excessive negativity." Excessive negativity seems to be somewhat of a subjective term so, we'll let loose and see where things go. Last night the Twins were bad, then good, then awful. I didn't know the Twins could show three different personalities in one game. Instead of the "Three Faces of Eve" we had "The Three Faces of the Twins." That said, I think it is time to quote Donald Sutherland in "Kelley's Heroes:" Oddball: Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how…

Mostly cloudy throughout the day, with a high temperature of 80° around 3 PM, and a low of 68° around 11 PM. The sun rose at 5:57 AM and will set at 8:00 PM. Line-ups For the Twins, RHP Mike Pelfrey 1. Brian Dozier ® 2B 2. Torii Hunter ® RF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Miguel Sano ® DH 5. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B 6. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 7. Aaron Hicks (S) CF 8. Eric Fryer ® C 9. Danny Santana (S) SS For the Angels, LHP C.J. Wilson 1. Johnny Giavotella ® 2B 2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF 3. Mike Trout ® DH 4. Albert Pujols ® 1B 5. Erick Aybar (S) SS 6. David Freese ® 3B 7. Chris Iannetta ® C 8. Matt Joyce (L) LF 9. Daniel Robertson ® CF When you are in a slump and face some challenge…

"In the 8th month, the winds are willing!" Words from a medallion, that mean adventure to all true believers. Not sure what's so important about the number 8? Just listen to this! In fact, i was lead to believe that 8/8 is an auspicious wedding day, so let's get started... "Mawige, what bwings us togethah today. That bwessid awangement, that dweam within a dweam (stand your ground!)" Skip to the end! "I now pwonounce you man and wife. You may pitch the ball!" Twins: 0. Kenta Maeda (R) P 1. Max Kepler (L) RF 2. Brent Rooker (R) DH 3. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 4. Mitch Garver (R) C 5. L…

Game 2 of the four-game series features Michael Pineda versus Gerrit Cole. The Twins currently have the second-best record in MLB while the Astros are percentage points ahead in the AL West. Pineda has been inconsistent so far, while Cole has been disappointing. It would figure that many more runs will be scored tonight in cold, wet Target Field. Today marks the end of April and the Twins, in addition to their 17-9 record, have some good stats going for them. They lead in homers per game, OPS, and are in the top quadrant for runs per game. Pitching is middle-of-the-pack. They have out-homered their opponents by a 50-29 count. Even in good years, the Twins haven't outho…

No series preview against the Yanks, sorry. I was just too cramped for time to do it last night or this morning. Lineups: Twins: Clete Thomas CF Brian Dozier 2B Ryan Doumit C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia LF Chris Parmelee RF Eduardo Escobar SS (Scott Diamond P) Yankees: Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix SS Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells RF Travis Hafner DH Zoilo Almonte LF Lyle Overbay 1B Chris Stewart C David Adams 3B (Andy Pettitte P)

Ode to TD Baseball Threads: I sat reading through TD game threads, When a thought went rumbling through my head, (although at my age, it might have been something better left unsaid) My muse had returned to the marvelous Twins, And, even though the team is doing quite well with their wins, It seemed the team and front office must eventually pay for their pitching sins. Yet here the Twins are, in the hunt, playing KC as part of a road trip stay, A team with which the Twins had their way, Back when the season started early during the light of day. I wrestled with and discounted my thoughts of gloom, For Twins Wins have continued to bloom! But alas, I…

Welcome back to the Twins Daily game thread party! After a rare Friday night off the Minnesota Twins will take on the Seattle Mariners this afternoon at Target Field for the second home game of the season. I have high hopes for the Twins today. Big Mike Pineda will be throwing the ball and our lineup looks decent. I still wish Donaldson was playing today, although I think he will be back in the lineup next week. I'll be listening to the game today and trying to post some as I pack up our basement. After 16 years in the same house my wife and I decided to sell our home as the kids have all moved out. Do you realize how much crap we accumulated over the years? I've mad…

The first ever game thread on Twins Daily was posted by Seth on Feb. 29, 2012. It was for a 'B game' scrimmage against the Red Sox happening the next day. The original post wasn't a tribute to the local college's creative writing course; nor was it an in-depth analysis covering every statistic in every corner, with charts, graphs and video; nor was it the 'ponderings' of someone who missed his calling in comedy. It was more 'Here's who will be starting today.' It wasn't even a lineup, just who we were going to see in the game. Thus were the simple and humble beginnings of the game thread. The game threads continued into the regular season. When I saw in the archives the…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from the west 5-10 mph. Temperature around 73 degrees. Twins: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Colabello RF Kubel LF Pinto DH Suzuki C Hicks CF Florimon SS Rays: SP, Price Zobrist 2B Jennings CF Joyce DH Longoria 3B Loney 1B Meyers RF DeJesus LF Escobar SS Molina C ----------------------------- Provided Brian isn't in a chocolate bunny leftovers coma, his thoughts will be coming shortly. ------------------------------------------------------- Aww Thanks for worrying about me!!! I'm fine and you did provide thought number one. I had a thing on quantum physics but now Chocolate Bunnies have moved that though…

The Twins and Red Sox will play tonight at Hammond Stadium on FSN-Plus at 6:05 central time. Here is the lineup according to Tyler Mason:

10 years ago today, the Minnesota Twins became my favorite sports team, and Jason Kubel became my favorite player. After getting home from school (yes, I am a younger fan on this board), I went to the living room to watch the Twins take on the Angels. Jason Kubel had started the game off strong, but the bullpen had seemingly blew the game (sound familiar?). After some terrible defense on a "triple", Kubel just needed a homerun to complete a cycle. The game was 9-4, and the TV was only kept on FSN due to the chance of a cycle. During the 8th inning, the Twins slowly climbed back. Justin Morneau was intentionally walked to load the bases. And then: https://www.youtube.com/…

Twins SP: SP Gibson and Hendriks Game 1: 2B Dozier C Mauer DH Willingham 1B Morneau RF Colabello LF Arcia 3B Plouffe CF Thomas SS Florimon White Sox: SP Danks and Leesman Game 1 CF De Aza SS Ramirez RF Rios DH Dunn 1B Konerko 3B Gillaspie 2B Beckham LF Viciedo C Flowers Things to think about: 1. Think about the White Sox... I hate the White Sox... With every fiber of my being. In all sports at all levels... I can't think of another team that I hate more than the White Sox. I hate them so much... I've thought about them 12 times yesterday. I hate thinking that the White Sox could end up drafting ahead of us next year and at the same time... I would hate …

Lineups: Twins: Mariners:

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. YANKEES: SP, Phelps Ellsbury CF Jeter SS McCann C Teixeira 1B Beltran DH Roberts 2B Suzuki RF Soriano LF Wheeler 3B TWINS: SP, Pino Dozier 2B Suzuki C Parmelee 1B Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Escobar SS Fuld CF ---------------------------------- Brian will be up shortly with his thoughts on the matter ... hopefully the fireworks from last night aren't persisting in his head this morning. --------------------------------------- I did see fireworks last night... I'm not sure but I think they were the s…

Good evening and welcome back to the always fun Twins Daily Game Thread! Get ready for some exciting baseball action along with a few laughs. I think Maeda is going to throw a real gem tonight. Sitting with a 2-0 record and an ERA of 2.65, Maeda is looking like a great addition to our rotation this year. I apologize for posting this late today but I got stuck on a conference call at work and couldn't get them to hang up. By the way, tomorrow I'm turning 49 years old. Somehow I just woke up one day and realized I'm going to be almost 50! Where did the time go? If any of you have hit 50 does it feel weird? I probably have more years behind me than I do in front of me (ho…