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The Twins will try to close out June with a win tonight. The pitching probables are Phil Hughes (6-6, 4.20) versus Anthony DeSclafani (5-5, 3.35), both righties. Game starts at 6. Weather forecast: Summerlike, good chance of scattered t-storms. Lineups TBA. Note: With the Twins in a swoon, we will go light on baseball in this set up and instead celebrate the "Mid Season Game Thread Awards" in this post. This will attempt to pull some of the best of the best from the game threads from the season up to this point. Some posters may see their names (fake names) below. Read on... A couple quick things to think about: 1. Ever noticed how TD Posters only use their dogs…

I’m pretty cynical about the Twins these days, so here my take on the Twins’ Halsey Hall-vintage broadcast intro song, updated to late 2022: We’re gonna lose, Twins. We’re gonna score (maybe). We’re gonna lose, Twins. Watch that baseball soar (into the catcher’s mitt). Crack out a foul ball; Shout a “Hip-Hooray.” (Yet, despite it all) Cheer for the Minnesota Twins today! So here’s what I’ve got for tonight: Rookie Josh Winder starts for the Twins, with his 4-5 record and 4.20 ERA. So much has happened since April that it is difficult to realize that he had never appeared in a major-league game until 2022. Missing much of the season through injur…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, Correia Dozier 2B Escobar SS Plouffe 3B Morales 1B Willingham LF Arcia RF Colabello DH Fuld CF Fryer C Mariners: SP, Iwakuma Saunders RF Jones CF Cano 2B Hart DH Seager 3B Morrison 1B Zunino C Ackley LF Miller SS -------------------------- Brian is back home and thankfully did not crash while on the road yesterday, so thoughts will be up shortly. -------------------------------------------- While Driving through Wisconsin we did not crash at all. Although I was able to point out to my kids the places where others did. Wisconsin is a popular spot for cr…

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…

The Minnesota Twins look to sweep the Blue Jays in their three game series north of the boarder, and look to take home the season series win 4-3 with a win tonight. Kyle Gibson will look to bounce back after a rough outing, and the pitching staff will look to throw a third straight shutout. Vlad Guerrero Jr. has been given the day off from the Blue Jays lineup after struggling to get going in his first go around in the show. The Pitchers: Kyle Gibson (2-1, 4.68 ERA, 29 K's) vs Trent Thorton (0-3, 4.08 ERA, 38 K's) The Twins lost 6-5 in Gibson's first go around against the Blue Jays. Gibson threw 5.1 innings, giving up 4 runs on 4 hits. He also walked three hitters, w…

Hello everyone and welcome to the game thread for the Royals vs. Twins on Joe Mauer Day. The weekend is all Joe Mauer all the time and his elevation to the Twins' Hall of Fame along with the retirement of number 7 has brought back many Twins' greats and Mauer teammates. There will be a sellout crowd tonight and I would expect the game to start later than the posted 6:10 start time. Mauer and his career have been discussed to death on this site, so I will leave that topic and concentrate on the game. First thought--With now a two-catcher rotation and ten very capable players everyone is getting days off. Adrianza is in the lineup at least twice a week and Gonzalez gets f…

After today, the Twins will be halfway through the regular season, with a record of 20-10 or 19-11, and on top of an increasingly competitive AL Central. While the White Sox have powered their way into contention, the Indians have pitching, pitching, and more pitching. Looking at the roster, Cesar Hernandez, Jose Ramirez, and Franmil Reyes are the only above-average hitters. However, the Indians' rotation is preposterous to think about. Even without Clevinger and Plesac, the Indians still have a Cy Young contender in Shane Bieber, future All-Star Aaron Civale, vet and cancer survivor Carlos Carrasco, and rising star Triston McKenzie. Lineups Minnesota Twins Startin…

I'm wiggin' out, man! I can't take the pressure! An hour to game time, and the Twins line up hasn't come out! Is Cave batting behind Sano? Will Simmons turn the line up over to Kepler? Or Garver? All i got is John Gant all alone on the mound facing this vaunted NY line up: 0. Jameson Taillon (R) 1. Luke Voit (R) DH 2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B 3. Aaron Judge (R) CF 4. Joey Gallo (L) LF 5. Giancarlo Stanton (R) RF 6. Rougned Odor (L) 2B 7. Andrew Velazquez (S) SS 8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C 9. Tyler Wade (L) 3B Ah, sigh! There it is! (did i just for get to upda…

Twins: Brian Dozier 2B Jamey Carroll 3B Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau 1B Oswaldo Arcia LF Trevor Plouffe DH Chris Parmelee RF Aaron Hicks CF Eduardo Escobar SS (Mike Pelfrey P) Blue Jays: Jose Reyes SS Jose Bautista RF Edwin Encarnacion 1B Adam Lind DH Colby Rasmus CF Rajai Davis LF Maicer Izturis 3B Josh Thole C Munenori Kawasaki 2B (R.A. Dickey P)

I can't believe no one started this ... I mean ... come on! It's a game, a real, live Twins game! Yeah, okay, it's only ST, but it's a real, live Twins game! 'Nuff said. TWINS Buxton CF Nunez 3B Vargas 1B Sano RF Arcia LF Park DH Polanco 2B Murphy C Tovar SS Hughs P RED SOX Betts RF Pedroia 2B Bogaerts SS Ramirez 1B Sandoval 3B Young LF Swihart C Craig DH Bradley CF Owens P Weather: OMG ... it is GORGEOUS here in Fort Myers today. Just beautiful, warm, sunny! Hope y'all are listening or watching!

Another day, another baseball game. What could be better than that? For those of you off work today, not sure if you will be able to watch or listen to the game as I don't see any availability for TV or radio; maybe the Rays will have a radio broadcast you can tune into. Well, or you could watch Gameday ... I think I'll opt for the concert at work today ... Not sure I want to see/listen to how many errors Nunez will make today at short, but maybe if I don't watch/listen, he'll be perfect ... But Sano is athletic! DiscGolfer drinks! Not so sunny today in Port Charlotte, but it's warm ... 80 deg, cloudy, 15% chance of rain, winds from the S at 9mph. TWINS: Buxton CF…

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!!!

Miguel Sano is back and the Twins are coming off yet another road victory as we enter Wednesday night's game against the White Stockings. We've got Phil Hughes (4-1, 4.32) against Derek Holland (3-2, 2.02). The Twins are 8-4 on the road this year, how about that? I missed last night's game due to being on the road myself, stuck in Miami International airport for 10 hours. Lucky for me, I found the Miami Airport Hotel, a hotel IN THE AIRPORT that rents rooms for half-days. Best $50 bucks I ever spent, every airport should have one of these things! Speaking of airports, here are some quick random thoughts on some airports I've experienced: 1. Singapore's Chang…

Alas, the Tigers came back last night: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ltlPINPn8UU As you might guess, that weighs heavily in my thoughts today. Not that my thoughts are particularly heavy. Although i suppose they are for their size... Other things that come back: Yo-yos. Boomerangs Undeliverable first class mail Salmon TD readers, i hope. But i don't expect that to shed to any light on how to prevent it in future games. I would like to parody the whole "for want of a nail" sequence, but i am not thinking hard today. Feel free to add more steps. For want of a pitch, the game was lost. And wanting to appear helpful, but fall entertainingly short, i started thinki…

Let's all load up our baskets and blankets, and enjoy a nice socially distanced picnic while we watch the game: 2 fine teams competing for the shere joy of it. No tricks, no weapons. Just skill against skill. Sportsmanlike. Hmmm, i wonder how old is the value of sportsmanship? Ship... does it originate in maritime practices? Or perhaps it was originally sheep... coming from those good old shepharding days, ever since David bested Goliath... Well, we need only to watch, and find out which is the sheep, and which the goat... Twins 0. Jose Berrios (R ) P 1. Max Kepler ( L) RF 2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS 5. LaMonte Wade…

April 1st...the day of office pranksters and foolish little kids all around the world. That jar at work that you think is M&M's probably has a mixture of skittles with it. Your fridge? Better make sure it's not running away. However, there is one thing today that is not a joke. BASEBALL. IS. BACK. The Twins travel to Milwaukee for a three day set against the Brewers, which means that the Twins will not be able to use Nelson Cruz because the league hates the game. Nor will a majority of fans across the league be able to tune into todays game because Fox Sports Bally Sports (Whatever the heck that is) hasn't made a deal with television or streaming providers. They also…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Brian Dozier SS Alexi Casilla 2B Drew Butera C Jamey Carroll 3B Carl Pavano SP Brewers Lineup Corey Hart RF Nyger Morgan CF Ryan Braun LF Aramis Ramirez 3B Jonathan Lucroy C Rickie Weeks 2B Tyler Green 1B Edwin Maysonet SS Yovani Gallardo SP

Lineups: Twins: Brewers:

Gametime forecast: 75 deg, rain, 72%PoP (looks like we're headed for another cancellation) Twins: SP, Pelfrey Dozier ® 2B Suzuki ® C Mauer (L) 1B Willingham ® LF Kubel (L) DH Plouffe ® 3B Arcia (L) RF Hicks (S) CF Florimon (S) SS Red Sox: SP, Peavy Nava (S) LF Victorino ® RF Pedroia ® 2B Napoli ® 1B Sizemore (L) CF Bogaerts ® SS Carp (L) DH Middlebrooks ® 3B Ross ® C <Brian's 'Things to Think About' here; tba, check back later> Thank You ChiTown Things to think about: 1. Chance of Rain -- With the possibility of a washout... I wonder if there is any reason to go outside. Is there any reason to think about things to think about at all? Too late I'm …

Game-time forecast: Cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 45. Royals: SP, Vargas Aoki RF Infante 2B Hosmer 1B Butler DH Gordon LF Perez C Moustaka 3B Cain CF Escobar SS Twins: SP, Correia Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Colabello RF Kubel LF Pinto DH Suzuki C Hicks CF Florimon SS (Hmmm, this is starting to look mighty familiar.) –------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. Jackknife Replication -- At a certain point... Numbers will replicate and repeat themselves. It's how a political exit poll sampling can lead to a winner being declared accurately and quickl…

TWINS Danny Santana SS Kurt Suzuki C Brian Dozier 2B Kennys Vargas 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia LF Miguel Sano DH Jordan Schafer RF Aaron Hicks CF Nolasco P PIRATES Josh Harrison 3B Gregory Polanco RF Andrew McCutchen CF Neil Walker 2B Starling Marte LF Andrew Lambo 1B Jordy Mercer SS Chris Stewart C Gerrit Cole P

A green monster with two heads! or Two for the price of... two. Dedicated to USAFChief (and Chief Jr.) who are reputably at at least one of the games, and who unequivocally and infallibly will tell you if the Twins will win or lose... "yes". and to River "Old Hoss" Brian, being inducted into the Game Thread Hall of Fame (if he can find it) as we speak. Or type. Hard to say, really. Oh, I'd heard the story of Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, and as it is a story which sticks in the mind, i couldn't recall the name. So i looked it up, and the caption under the boston beaters photo in wikipedia is priceless. A 59+ win season as pitcher, and the first photograph of a Trudeau…

1. Everyone remember to schedule an appointment with your manicurist after last night? There may be unreasonably long waits for walk in business after last night... 2. Hindsight: Any take-aways from last night's game? Can Buxton get a bunt down? Should Sano catch a pop-up? Does Grossman steal a base? Glad Dozier can clear the monster, and hopefully Sano can keep up the pop... Gibson sure settled down after the first! 3. Foresight: I'll let you all settle into this once the line-ups come out. But last night they mentioned Nolasco has a .500 record on the road. What's up with that? Does it bode? 4. Beantown: Beans are the musical fruit, and Boston is somewhat known…

Well, we’re back to real life after a good, long weekend. I hope we’ve shaken off our hangovers, at least gone through the motions of another workday, and are ready for some more Twins baseball. I had quite a lot of time recently to think about the Twins and what they mean to me. You see, I took an intercity bus ride yesterday afternoon that was supposed to last four hours and took nearly nine, all the while sitting in the seat directly in front of a woman whose voice was slightly more pleasant than a war crime. I made it through the ordeal, which is, incidentally, just about all that can be said for the experience of being a Twins fan the last several years. Knowing th…

Today is a momentous day, in that I bid farewell to regular season game thread duties. Hard to believe, 159 games later, it's time to move on, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D6xSDffm6c and look forward to the playoffs. Yes, the playoffs go through "those guys" in a town memorialized by the "Chairman of the Board:" *Frank's voice is decent but the big band behind Frank makes the song. This season has been one heck of a ride: And the ride couldn't have ended in much better fashion. Well, the regular season ride, anyway. But, one last stop in KC, taking on the Royals and this series also represents the swan song for Mr. Ned Yost. It's going to be …

Pun noun a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. (courtesy of google search) I fogured i'd just encourage folk to get them out of your system now before the game starts. If people can mean several things with the same word, well, how do we know what they mean to mean? That way leads to chaos and anarchy. Did you hear about the Twins new pitch combining a slider with a sinker? It slinks. I'll show myself out. But not before sharing the lineups, and pointing out that Buxton is in center, so all is right with the world. Tribe: 0. Aaron Civale (R ) P 1. C.…

Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome back to more game thread fun! Today the mighty Minnesota Twins (and current AL Central Division leaders) take on the NL Central Division leader Milwaukee Brewers. Unlike the drivel Rosenthal discusses in The Atlantic about the Twins collapsing in the second half of the season and getting lapped by the White Sox and Cleveland, I think the Twins are going to run away with the division. Tonight's game will be a good test for the Twins! Not only do I think the Twins will dominate the AL Central this second half but I think they will dominate tonight's game. The Twins lineup looks good and ready to roll. Buxton and Correa are both in…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Brian Dozier SS Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Scott Diamond

Red hot Wednesday evening spring training action, guaranteed to hold your attention for at least an inning or two Excitement abounds as the Oriole lineup features former Twin stalwarts Casilla, Valenica and Jason Pridie Scoreless after 1.

Can you imagine playing 53 games in 44 days?!? That's what the St. Louis Cardinals face for their final stretch of the season, after a COVID-19 outbreak led to games being cancelled for over 2 weeks. This season has been very odd, but luckily for the Twins, today's doubleheader was caused by weather, and not a virus. Jake Odorizzi and Jose Berrios will start today with a well-rested bullpen and possibly an extra player on the roster. Lineups Twins Maximilian Kepler RF Jorge Polanco SS Nelson Cruz DH Marwin Gonzalez 3B Miguel Sano 1B Luis Arraez 2B Byron Buxton CF Alex Avila C Jake Odorizzi P Royals Whit Merrifield CF Jorge Soler DH Salvador Perez C Hunter Dozi…