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On short notice, Five things: 1. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy. 2. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either. 3. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn’t find any. 4. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says Dam!" 5. The Twins are carrying 13 pitchers. That's it. Someone please post the lineups. Thanks!!

We welcome you back to your game thread fix with the 8th game from these two storied teams. Both teams enter into it with a 5-2 mark, though the Tigers managed to take game 1 on a 2 run home run that proved to be the only runs they needed. The good guys will be looking for revenge, hoping to continue the surprise run that leaves them 3 games over .500 this early in the season. The winner will get bragging rights for the day, as they will hold a 1 game lead on the AL Central. Things to think about: 1. Entrepreneurial spirits. Michigan was once storied for their ingenuity with the invention of the motorized carriage, which put our own USAChief's horse raising busines…

Welcome to another exciting Twins Daily Game Thread! I am writing this introduction today from the beautiful Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. I had an entirely different introduction planned for today until I found out at the last minute my high school senior decided he really wants to join the Corp of Cadets at Virginia Tech the NROTC program and go to college here...This weekend was our only chance to tour and visit before he commits so I thought it best we stop here one more time before he makes the big decision. What does any of this have to do with baseball you ask? Well, leave it to me to draw the connection. On the plane ride out here from Minnea…

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…

As per usual, I decided to do some in-depth research, for this thread, (some might call it wiretapping) into clubhouse shenanigans. The following is a transcript of a recorded conversation. However, to protect the innocent, I have put this in the form of an award winning screen play. (Thank you. I’ll put my participation trophy on the wall next to my participation plaque) Scene: meeting between baseball master minds. Shot starts wide showing a comfortably appointed office with 4 people seated on tasteful furniture reminiscent of the Art Deco era of furniture design. Camera slowly zooms to closeup of the Manager as he chats with Owner, GM and POBO. Manager: 13 pitche…

First, a brief history of the number zero: According to Live Science, the Babylonians borrowed the concept of zero from the Sumerians, the first people in the world to develop a counting system. (probably invented the accountant, tax shelter and tax collector, too) Also, thanks to the invention of Zero, we’re able to perform sabermetrics, calculus, differential equations, algebra and show the real balance of a checkbook. (yeah, yeah, I know, sometimes the balance of the checkbook is less than zero. However, negative numbers aren’t a part of this thread. The TD Game Thread style sheet expressly forbids mentioning anything negative) Now that we’ve covered nothing, let…

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 ...

1:05 PM ET Twins Ervin Santana ® Red Sox Rick Porcello ® Projected lineups: 1. J.B. Shuck (L) RF 2. Danny Santana (S) CF 3. Ben Paulsen (L) 1B 4. ByungHo Park ® DH 5. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 6. Matt Hague ® 3B 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) 2B 8. Chris Gimenez ® C 9. Benji Gonzalez (S) SS 1. Dustin Pedroia ® 2B 2. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B 3. Xander Bogaerts ® SS 4. Hanley Ramirez ® DH 5. Sandy Leon (S) C 6. Carlos Quentin ® LF 7. Nick Longhi ® 1B 8. Cole Sturgeon (L) RF 9. Joseph Monge ® CF Gametime Forecast: 84°F • Clear • 0% PoP Hopefully it is on 96.3 FM so I can follow and post intelligently (?) All I can say is 84 degrees and Sunny? WHY am I in Minnesota????? And W…

Sorry if i hog the spot light, but 20 minutes to first pitch, i figure if someone else was doing it, they'd a done it? Anyhow... Spring cleaning. 1. I might get distracted from the game. I decided today was a good day to do some tidying up, where the term tidying, as usual, might be an understatement. 2. Twins seem to be on the same page. Joe Mauer is cleaning up today. Not sure which is more common, this observation or the last. 3. Monty Python made 3 movies. And the number of movies shall be 3. I personally like the Crimson Permanent Assurance. 4. The other team. Are they any good? I hope they prove a worthy challenge, so as we improve by playing them. So no …

Things to think about. Why we can't have nice things. I don't know. Why can't we have nice things? No, really. Thinking is hard. Lets watch baseball. What a coincidence. It is already going... 5:05 PM CT Twins Phil Hughes ( R) 1. J.B. Shuck (L) CF 2. Danny Santana (S) RF 3. Ben Paulsen (L) LF 4. Miguel Sano ( R) DH 5. Jason Castro (L) C 6. ByungHo Park ( R) 1B 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. Tommy Field ( R) 3B 9. Benji Gonzalez (S) 2B Pirates Ivan Nova (R ) 1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B 2. Josh Harrison (R ) 3B 3. Andrew McCutchen ® RF 4. Starling Marte (R ) CF 5. David Freese (R ) 1B 6. Jordy Mercer (R ) SS 7. Alen Hanson (S) LF 8. Jacob Stallings ( R) C 9. Ivan N…

Decided at the last minute to come to the game. Likely won't be here the whole time but I'm here for now. Van, see anyone you like? Today's vantage point for a couple innings.

Today history will be made, a few mods will make the grueling trek to Sarasota to watch the Twins try and secure a second tie in a row against the same opponent. The stakes are high. Things to think about. 1. Speaking of history, a number of important historical events occurred. In 1911, the triangle shirtwaiste fire occurred, killing 145 NYC residents. In 1774, the Boston Port Act was signed in reaction to a rather large tea party in the Boston area. And in 1982, Danica Patrick was born. 2. Demotions. I think we've all had the occasional work experience that didn't go well. Perhaps it wasn't a demotion, but just an improvement plan. Chargois will be headed …

Okay, my 2nd ST game, not counting parts of some minor league games I've seen. Minor league games are great fun. But the totally geeked out participants make me a little nervous. Pictures of this will not be posted to protect the not-so-innocent geeks. (You know who you are.) I'll post lineups once in my seat, but for now this is my vantage point:

In the beginning there was TwinsDaily. But the moderators were bored. So Chief said "Let there be Game Thread" and there was a game thread. And it was Good. And after many strange and bizarre evolutionary processes i won't even pretend to understand, but others are welcome to enlighten if they feel like it this arrived today... Now! Twins Pitching. Phil Hughes ( R) 1. Drew Stubbs ( R) DH 2. Benji Gonzalez (S) 3B 3. Matt Hague ( R) 1B 4. Chris Gimenez ( R) C 5. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 6. Tommy Field ( R) LF 7. Danny Santana (S) RF 8. J.B. Shuck (L) CF 9. Ehire Adrianza (S) 2B Astros: Pitching. Dallas Keuchel (L) 1. George Springer ( R) CF 2. Josh Reddick (L…

You guys post the lineups. Here's my vantage point:

Kepler is back on the field. Good to see. And that opposing pitcher seems somehow familiar... But as the game is coming fast and furious, and i... things... do... um, well the least i can do is get the thread started on the right foot... Ouch! Note to self... invest in safety shoes... Sans further ado... Twins Tyler Duffey ( R) 1. Brian Dozier (R ) 2B 2. Drew Stubbs ( R) LF 3. Byron Buxton ( R) CF 4. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 5. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 6. Max Kepler (L) RF 7. ByungHo Park ( R) 1B 8. John Ryan Murphy (R ) C 9. Matt Hague ( R) DH Blue Jays Francisco Liriano (L) 1. Troy Tulowitzki ( R) SS 2. Russell Martin ( R) C 3. Josh Donaldson ( R) DH 4. Kendrys M…

This is the last ST game I will be watching from afar. Well, sort of. I won't be at all the remaining games, just the ones in Fort Myers. But I'll still be in Florida so the away games will still be watched not from afar but from nearer. The Twins game yesterday ... um ... no comment. But when I got home from work last night, I turned on the action of the WBC. As some of you know, I'm not the biggest fan of the WBC, but hey, it's still baseball. As long as it's there, I'll watch it here and there. And what a game to catch. All kinds of excitement. Everyone is abuzz about Stanton's homerun, but for me it was Adam Jones' catch in deep, right center, robbing his Orioles …

Books have intros that tell ya what's so good about 'em. Problem is, of course, that it turnsout not to be so good when it isn't a surprise. If ya already know the Butler did it before ya read the first chapter, that kinda puts a damper on some of the suspense. So i encourage you to skip this intro and get right into the game thread... That said, things to high five about: Framed, i tell ya! Our pitching couldn't have improved that much, could it? Well tempered expectations are not too be discouraged, but where's the fun in that? Buxton. He fast. Faster than the verb to be. Not exactly a slouch in linguistic terms. I'll slow down and get it right this time. He is …

Good morning, everyone! The weekend is upon us. And we all know what that means. Yes, it's time to not work at work and work around the house. While working on house maintenance may be the lesser of two evil, remember, the lesser of evils is still evil. The Twins will tussle with the Rays today. Mr. Hughes will start for the Twins while Mr. Ramirez will start for the Rays. The crack mod staff has put up the thread volunteer requests. Being the kind and generous person I am, I volunteered a lot of Twins regulars for game threads. Just trying to make life a bit easier for you. You'll soon know who you are and thank me for relieving you of the burden of trying to avo…

Anyone here interested in the inner workings of Mac computers? Unfortunately, since I'm trying to get some Mac's to behave, I'm having trouble thinking beyond ssh, scp and Linux. How any of that ties into baseball is anyone's guess. And it certainly bodes ill for a baseball thread. Baseball threads should be newly mowed grass, hot dogs, beverages, alcoholic or otherwise, with the occasional wisecrack thrown in. Maybe a musical interlude will liven things up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos Pitching for the Twins: Gibson Pitching for St. Louis: Rosenthal Play ball!!

Looks like the Twins just got their first hits of the game in the bottom of the 3rd. Runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. No score yet in the game. And now Polanco just walked ... bases loaded for Mauer.

Hello Everyone! I'm your game thread host for the day. Being as it is also Spring Training for our humble thread authors, I thought I'd toss out a few ideas and see where things go from there. 1. Kraft Mac & Cheese: Good idea or of the devil? 2. Take your base or 4 pitch walk: Good idea or of the devil? 3. Miller Clear: Good idea or of the devil? (that one should be obvious) 4. Velveeta: Good idea or of the devil? 5. Allowing me to write a game thread: Good idea or of the devil? Play Ball!! Lineups to follow.

Split squad. Coaches went with the B-team and minor leaguers up to Bradenton. A-team staying back and playing Baltimore B-team. Polanco just hit a granny. Buxton having good at bats. Hughsie getting roughed up a little.

Okay ... woohoo ... televised and radio-ized! Well, not by the MLB network, but if you have the MLB package you can tune in (if out of FSNO viewing or 96.3 listening area). But, well ... not trying to take the excitement out of baseball ... Trevor May. No words, just tears. <reallysadface> Umpires today: Rehak (H), Culbreth (1B), Hudson (2B), Blakney (3B) Weather: 77 deg F, sunny, winds at 10mph from R to L Lineups: REDSOX Marco Hernandez 2B Chris Young LF Andrew Benintendi DH Sam Travis 1B Jackie Bradley Jr. CF Bryce Brentz RF Rafael Devers 3B Christian Vazquez C Deven Marrero SS Henry Owens, P TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano 3B ByungHo P…

Okay, everyone, listen up: The Twins take on Miami today at Miami. Hopefully, the trip will not wear too much on the hometown 9. Pitching for the Twins: Tyler Duffey And someone named Chen for Miami And, with that stuff out of the way, we go on to the usual stream of consciousness known as a "game thread." 1. There have been both a Chief and Riverbrian sighting. I guess they're both coming out of hibernation and checking out the lay of Twins baseball this year. I'm not sure how to interpret the shadows Chief and Brian cast, other than, well, it's Twins baseball. 2. Anyone seen Twinsnorth? Or does Vanimal have him locked up producing SWAG for the "Whine Line?" …

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Cardinals are up 1-0 in the top of the 4th. Gibson appears to be pitching well, and is still out there. Twins: 1. Byron Buxton ® CF 2. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 3. Miguel Sano ® 3B 4. Max Kepler (L) RF 5. ByungHo Park ® DH 6. Jason Castro (L) C 7. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 8. Drew Stubbs ® LF 9. Eduardo Escobar (S) 2B Cardinals: 1. Kolten Wong (L) 2B 2. Aledmys Diaz ® SS 3. Randal Grichuk ® LF 4. Stephen Piscotty ® RF 5. Jedd Gyorko ® 3B 6. Tommy Pham ® CF 7. Chad Huffman ® 1B 8. Patrick Wisdom ® DH 9. Eric Fryer ® C

Okay, threaders ... guess the only ones listening today will be those with the MLB package as I don't think it's on the radio locally ... not that I saw, did I get that wrong? Anyway, the team makes the 2.5-3 hr drive to West Palm Beach on Florida's other coast (I like the west coast side better) to play the Nats. I just looked up their ST facilities ... it looks pretty nice. One day (i.e. in my retirement) I'll make the trek to all the other ST complexes to compare and rate. For now, I'll just say we have the best. (Oh, okay, I have been to Jet Blue ... the parking situation there is awful, so it dampens any positive position I might have on the place.) Anyway ... I'…

Hola amigos. It's been a while since I rapped at ya. My buddy Ron was signed up for the game thread this morning, but he texted me last night to say he would be too hung over to get it posted. I told him I'd do the deed in exchange for a cold six pack and he agreed. Anyway, it's my first spring training game thread, and coach is only giving me 40 words to get it done. So I gotta make it short and sweet. In a word, yours truly is feeling great today. I pulled a double shift last night and made some serious tippage. On the way home I swung into the Quik Pik and filled the tank on the Festiva. And check this out. I also picked up four - yes four - pizzas for the freez…

Today's tussle features May and Hellickson toeing the rubber. Lineups to follow. Some things to think about: 1. Where's Riverbrian? 2. Where's Chief? 3. Where's Waldo? 4. Did we win yet? 5. Are the concessions at Spring Training as expensive as the concessions at Target field? Play ball!!!