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Okay ... starting this after the start ... in case anyone is able to break away from Easter services, dinner, egg hunts, family, whatever ... I don't 'do' Easter, so I'm watching the game. TWINS Santana CF Nunez 3B Dozier 2B Arcia LF Park 1B Escobar SS Centeno DH Murphy C Mastroianna RF Hughes P YANKEES Ellsbury CF Gardner LF ARod DH Teixeira 1B McCann C Beltran RF Headley 3B Castro 2B Gregorius SS Eovaldi P

Two games ago Arcia hit two homeruns. Yesterday both Plouffe and Suzuki hit two homeruns. So, is third time a charm? Will three go twice yard? WATCH and find out! Yes, a televised game. Woohoo! Each day is one day closer to opening day and regular season play. I'm still hopeful of the possibilities ... so let me enjoy this with no naysaying of the probabilities. You just never know how things will break, who will break out, who will regress, who will get hurt ... this is the phase of the season where anything is possible and I ride that high into the season. So, enjoy your day and enjoy the game! PIRATES: Richardson CF Rodriguez SS Joyce RF Goebbert 1B Ortiz LF Stewart …

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…

Twins Dozier 2B Santana CF Park 1B Arcia DH Kepler RF Sweeney LF Escobar SS Murphy C Beresford 3B Milone P Marlins Gordon 2B Osuna CF Yelich LF Stanton RF Prado 3B Bour 1B Realmuto C Hechavarria SS Conley P

Woohoo! A televised game I can watch ... sort of ... on my iPad at work, since I'm the only one here today. Hey, it's better than nothing ... yay! And for those out of the viewing area without an MLB.TV subscription, it's being shown on the MLB Network today, if you have that in your particular cable, direct TV or other package. So, one way or another ... covered! Hopefully. And there's always Nick on TD Twitter. More cuts today and the field gets narrower. More decisions to be made before April so I'm sure we'll see some of that reflected in playing time. But for now ... today ... RAYS: Lee CF Hager 2B Decker RF Roller DH Leonard 3B Seitzer 1B Robertson SS Field LF D…

Split squad day, it would seem. Line ups to follow, but a cursory glance at scores says we are ahead in both of them. Today is a good day!

Okay ... how boring ... no televised feed, no radio feed. Really? I'd expext at least radio given it's a home game. So ... we take you to an in progress game ... if you can tear yourselves away from a televised NCAA basketball game. PIRATES: Jaso 1B Figueroa 2B Freese 3B Marte CF Goebbert LF Rodriguez SS Ortiz RF Stewart C Nicasio P TWINS: Buxton DH Santana CF Dozier 2B Quentin 1B Arcia LF Sweeney RF Escobar SS Suzuki C Nunez 3B Gibson P In progress ... bottom of the first ...

There are a lot of Yankees fans in the Fort Myers area. The Yankees only come to town once during ST so the crowds are always to capacity. Whenever I'd go to these games the spectators always seemed to be an equal mix of Twins, Yankees and Red Sox fans. And while the Twins fans would watch the game and cheer on their team, the Yankees and Red Sox fans in the crowd would spend their time cheering against one another. Today would be the day to use my trick for getting a drink rail seat in the shade, but you'd have to get there early. YANKEES Gardner LF Hicks CF McCann C Headley 3B Ackley 1B Denorfia DH Kozma SS Torreyes 2B Gamel RF Nova P TWINS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Sano RF…

The Twins bus just left for Bradenton where they'll take on the Pirates. Here is the Twins lineup, with Tommy Milone on the mound.

Twins have right hand pticher Tyler Duffey on the almond joy... i mean mound. 1. Brian Dozier ® 2B 2. Danny Santana (S) CF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B 5. Oswaldo Arcia (L) RF 6. John Hicks ® C 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. John Ryan Murphy ® DH 9. Ryan Sweeney (L) LF Red Sox pitcher is the left hander Roenis Elias 1. Mookie Betts ® RF 2. Dustin Pedroia ® 2B 3. Xander Bogaerts ® SS 4. David Ortiz (L) DH 5. Hanley Ramirez ® 1B 6. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 7. David Murphy (L) LF 8. Andrew Benintendi (L) CF 9. Christian Vazquez ® C And bean town crew is making life interesting by scoring a run in the first.

Listening to the game on the radio. I probably won't participate much tonight, but I thought I'd get this going for you guys as we're 2 1/2 in and not a peep out of you yet. TWINS Polanco, 2B Nunez, SS Sano, RF Quentin, DH Rosario, LF Park, 1B Kepler, CF Murphy, C Rogers, P ORIOLES Machado, 3B Jones, CF Davis, 1B Trumbo, RF Alvarez, DH Hardy, SS Schoop, 2B Kim, LF Joseph, C Wright, P

Okay ... another televised game ... woohoo! I think it's also on MLB.TV. About at the halfway mark, or a little past, and I bring to you another meaningless ST game. I'd say the lineup looks like the A team, other than no Buxton, who was scratched due to illness. I said ILLNESS not injury. Don't get all panicky here. Anyway, here we go ... RED SOX Lineup tba Buchholz P TWINS Dozier 2B Rosario LF Mauer 1B Sano RF Plouffe 3B Park DH Escobar SS Suzuki C Mastroianni CF Gibson P Game time temp, 75 deg; partly cloudy, winds from the WNW at 9 mph.

This game is being televised on the MLB Network today, if you get it ... which means it will likely be streamed for free, yes? Anyway ... I will get to watch it on a real TV today. Yay! Lineups: TWINS Polanco 2B Rosario CF Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Park 1B Arcia LF Escobar SS Hicks C Kepler RF Milone P CARDINALS Carpenter 3B Piscotty RF Holliday 1B Grichuk CF Gyorko SS Adams DH Garcia, A LF Garcia, G 2B Molina C Leake P Umpires: Buckner (h), Hernandez (1), Estabrook (2), DeJesus (3)

Posting from my phone. Someone else will have to post lineups. Nice day to be at the ballpark.

The Orioles have yet to win a ST game. Will this be their one? With their 'home team' lineup against our 'away team' lineup, there are possibilities. And Trevor May gets the start ... exciting times! I'm showing that this one won't be televised, but there will be radio. Enjoy! Baseball yay! Can't get enough of it, but tomorrow I head for home and the Twins don't hit Chicago for a bit. TWINS: Buxton CF Nunez 2B Quentin 1B Park DH Arcia LF Sweeney RF Britton 3B Suzuki C Tovar SS (I always think Cesar when I type that name! ) May P ORIOLES: Reimold LF Machado 3B Jones CF Davis 1B Trumbo RF Wieters C Hardy SS Schoop 2B Marte DH Jimenez P I don't know the weather in…

I'll post lineups as soon as I am able. Another great day. Warm, some clouds, breezy. If the clouds dissipate, it's gonna be HOT! No worries, though. I have a nice seat in the shade and up high to catch the breeze. And, Vanimal? It's a happy day! MARLINS Gordon 2B Ozuna RF Yelich CF Bour 1B Johnson 3B Dietrich LF Realmuto C Hechavarria SS Gillespie DH Cosart P TWINS Dozier 2B Rosario LF Mauer DH Sano RF Kepler CF Park 1B Escobar SS Murphy C Nunez 3B Gibson P If I got any of this wrong, pardons. I'm on my cell phone.

Can't believe none of you started this, especially since last I looked we were up 7-0. Playing at Jet Blue today and Price gave up two solo shots. The next one in have up another plus some walks, hits, a WP and there you are. Santana made it through 3 allowing nothing and struck out the side in the 2nd.

GORGEOUS day at the ballpark today! Yes, another live game for yours truly! Will post the lineup as soon as I take a picture of it! PHILLIES Quinn CF Galvis SS Blanco 2B Franco 3B Knapp DH Goeddel LF Stassi 1B Rupp C Hunter RF Elfin P TWINS Polanco 2B Nunez SS Mauer 1B Park DH Rosario LF Kepler CF Mastroiani RF Centeno C Tovar 3B Milone P Looks like a last look for some before impending cuts. No picture lineup after all. Too hard looking at it sideways.

Today is for the birds? No, the Twins are just facing two other pro teams that just happen to have avian mascots... Line ups to follow, just figured i'd get my foot in the door...

Not sure how closely I'll be able to follow the game today (more on that later), so I'm relying on you all to provide some play by play details! TWINS DSantana CF Dozier 2B Quentin RF Vargas DH Rosario LF Park 1B Escobar SS Murphy C Nunez 3B Gibson P RAYS Mahtook CF Jennings LF Longoria DH Loney 1B Beckham SS Rivera C Franklin 2B Moyer 3B Decker RF Odorizzi P

Nice day at the ballpark. Here are the lineups:

Rhett Bollinger tweeted the Twins lineup and it looks pretty solid, like the possible Opening Day lineup: TWINS Brian Dozier 2B Eddie Rosario LF Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Byung Ho Park DH Eduardo Escobar SS Kurt Suzuki C Byron Buxton CF Tyler Duffey SP I'd doubt that Duffey will start Opening Day, but the lineup could. I would personally move Rosario after Plouffe and move everyone up, but should see the lineup through the first 4-5 innings tonight on FSN-plus.

TWINS: Santana 3B Nunez SS Vargas 1B Quentin DH Sweeney RF Murphy C Arcia LF Kepler CF Polanco 2B Milone P PIRATES: Harrison 2B Polanco RF McCutchen CF Matte DH Cervelli C Mercer SS Jaso 1B Rodriguez 3B Figueroa C Liriano P For those interested, it's being televised on the MLB Network, which means it's also probably streaming online for free.

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!

Things to Think About: #1 - Last Year - Last year at this time we had a very uncertain future, Gardy had just been fired, and there was speculation that Ozzie Guillen might be our next manager, but we ended up with a much better manager, and also an almost completely new coaching staff, Ervin Santana, and Torii Hunter, which made us quite a different team, but the best free agent signing was Tim Stauffer, who gets to go to the playoffs with the Mets. #2 - This Year - We had a season that was better than many expected, with dance parties, an above .500 record, and arguments about how we should get into the postseason this year, which was something that hadn't been realis…

Once upon a time in Twins Territory there were three men who were known as Jeff, Dick, and The Holy, Holy Vicar, but if it was their names that were the reason that they became famous they would have been a boring trio, which was not the case, so let's get started with the story. Jeff was known as a respectable working man with long hair, a large beard, and a pine tree in his front yard that was rotting out at the base. His neighbors didn't exactly like him, due to his loud music and fireworks that he shot off at their houses, but all people have their annoying habits, and that is what makes us so interesting. Jeff didn't always get along with Dick and The Holy, Holy Vi…

Thanks, Skywalker! I really get tired of putting in that stuff ... it was a huge help, and I appreciate it immensely. But 2047? Don't you think you could have given us a game review rather than preview? Seems like common courtesy to help alleviate the stress of the game somewhat ... but oh well ... no worries and welcome to Twins Daily. Here are your five things to think about: 1. Jose Ramirez – I’m pretty generally a fan of the bat flip. If pitchers can come off the mound pumping their fist and swearing into their glove, what’s the matter with a bat flip? But last night Ramirez took it a little too far. Intentionally throwing the bat at the Twins’ dugout? I want to see…

After a nice win to usher us into the second game of the double header, the Twins are now officially over .500 this season and half a game closer to the playoffs. Veteran players came through strong today ... Mauer had his greatest antagonists crying "Mauer Power!" as he stepped to and from the plate, and random Twins fans were heard shouting "MVP!" all the way from NY when T-Nutts doubled to drive in 3 runs in the 4th. The youngsters weren't bad either ... the Buck had an RBI single in the 7th and then a solo shot to lead off the 9th. Both times I had just tuned in to see what was up without knowing who was batting. Methinks this should become a habit. Kyle Gibson was st…

(Note: If you want to jump in where today's postponed game thread starts, click here.) Tuesday 9/29, 6:10 PM CT at Regressive Field TV: FS-N; Radio: Go 96.3, TIBN, BOB FM Weather: Temperature: 70 °F Dewpoint: 65 °F Heat Index: N/A Surface Wind: N 7mph Sky Cover (%): 100% Precipitation Potential (%): 80% Relative Humidity (%): 85% Rain: Occasional (80%-100%) Thunder: Slight Chance (10%-20%) Lineups: TWINS (81-75): Brian Dozier R 2B Joe Mauer L 1B Miguel Sano R DH Trevor Plouffe R 3B Eddie Rosario L LF Torii Hunter R RF Aaron Hicks S CF Kurt Suzuki R C Eduardo Escobar S SS Kyle Gibson (11-10, 3.96 ERA) INDIANS (77-78): Jason Kip…

Game Thread: Twins @ Tigers, 9/27 12:08pm CT Yesterday was my first attempt at authoring a game thread I the team delivered a winnah! Here we go fellow TDers, let’s go for two-in-a-row, get me that Chicken Dinnah! (photo) Here are some things to think about: 1. Guess there is an illness issue of some kind in the clubhouse and apparently Plouffe and is out on account of it and Rosario is sitting because of LHP Wolf. Molitor said there's "a bug going around the clubhouse ... Temperatures ... Bodies aching." 2. Santana on the mound. Probably the best arm the team has at this point in the season….let’s go! 3. Buxton is playing (Put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, tod…