Archived Game Threads

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 Thread: Twins @ Indians, 5/9, 3:10 p.m. CT Game-time forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 83 °F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Line ups: Minnesota Twins Phil Hughes {R} SP Brian Dozier {R} 2B Torii Hunter {R} RF Joe Mauer {L} 1B Kurt Suzuki {R} C Kennys Vargas {S} DH Eduardo Escobar {S} 3B Eddie Rosario {L} LF Jordan Schafer {L} CF Danny Santana {S} SS Cleveland Indians Bruce Chen {L} SP Jason Kipnis {L} 2B Carlos Santana {S} 1B Michael Brantley {L} LF Brandon Moss {L} RF Lonnie Chisenhall {L} 3B Nick Swisher {S} DH Michael Bourn {L} CF Roberto Perez {R} C Jose Ramirez {S} SS The Gardy Boys In The Case of the…

Game Thread, Twins vs. Athletics, 5/7 @ 12:10 pm CT Weather: We are not talking about neutered rams here, so I did not spell this “wether,” because wethers don’t have anything to do with baseball, unless the Cubs decide they would rather have “The Curse of the Wether,” but who knows? Maybe that is what is effecting the Twins these past years, but I don’t know how or why we would have been cursed. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 76. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. [ATHLETICS (12-17): Drew Pomeranz, LHP (1-2, 4.61 ERA…

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Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/3 @ 1:10pm CT Weather Currently: Mostly Cloudy 64°F/18°C Humidity 65% Wind Speed S 13 mph Barometer 29.77 in (1007.9 mb) Dewpoint 52°F (11°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Last update 3 May 9:53 am CDT Detailed Forecast for Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. (all from weather.gov, 'cause i like it i guess) Lineups Chicago White Sox: Pitching. John Danks [L] 1. J.B. Shuck [L] CF 2. Melk…

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/2 @ 1:10pm CT Weather. Line ups. 1. Ssssh, this is the "don't wake 'em up" game thread. Those who follow the Wild probably had a hard night last night. I bear some responsibility, perhaps jinxin' 'em at the end of the Twins game thread. Also the Twins game wasn't over until the end, with only a run lead and runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 out, when Perkins reared back for the 3 pitch strike out to end the game. So yeah, let 'em sleep. It might improve their disposition. Speakin' of not sleeping in (as obviously i'm not) is it true that the historical institution of Saturday Morning Cartoons has finally seen it's last? I heard the rumo…

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/1 @ 7:10pm CT Location: Ye olde field of the Target. Weather: Isolated showers, 20% chance of precipitation... (from the airport) Humidity 69% Wind Speed S 10 mph Barometer 30.03 in (1017.0 mb) Dewpoint 49°F (9°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Last update 1 May 2:53 pm CDT Line ups: Chicago White Sox: Pitching: Jose Quintana {L} 1. Micah Johnson {L} 2B 2. Alexei Ramirez {R} SS 3. Melky Cabrera {S} LF 4. Jose Abreu {R} 1B 5. Adam LaRoche {L} DH 6. Avisail Garcia {R} RF 7. Conor Gillaspie {L} 3B 8. Tyler Flowers {R} C 9. J.B. Shuck {L} CF Minnesota Twins: Pitching: Kyle Gibson {R} 1. Brian Dozier {R} 2B 2. Torii Hunter {R} RF 3. Joe Maue…

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 4/30 @ 7:10pm CT Game of Threads... 0. Weather and line ups: Mostly Sunny, high of 68F. Winds calm (as of 3pm) Visibility of 10 miles (as reported at the airport) which should be just enough to see where that Vargas home run lands. Line Ups... Chicgo White Sox: Pitching: Chris Sale {L} 1. Adam Eaton {L} CF 2. Alexei Ramirez {R} SS 3. Melky Cabrera {S} LF 4. Jose Abreu {R} 1B 5. Adam LaRoche {L} DH 6. Avisail Garcia {R} RF 7. Conor Gillaspie {L} 3B 8. Tyler Flowers {R} C 9. Micah Johnson {L} 2B Minnesota Twins: Pitching: Trevor May {R} 1. Brian Dozier {R} 2B 2. Torii Hunter {R} RF 3. Joe Mauer {L} 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe {R} 3B …

Starters: Phil Hughes (0-4, 4.39 ERA, 4.58 FIP) VS Shane Greene (3-1, 3.00 ERA, 2.97 FIP) 1: Phil Hughes – Will He Get That Win Today? It’s hard not to notice that 0-4 record of Phil’s. It seems like he just can’t catch a break. The Twins defense has been pretty bad behind him, but his 4.58 FIP suggests it’s more his fault than the defense’s. However, I believe one of the main reasons why is the lack of run support. Over Phil Hughes 4 starts, the Twins have scored… 4 runs!! Just 4! (0, 2, 2, 0) It’s kinda hard to win games when you have no offense to back you. Phil was in a groove last start, but so was Felix Hernandez, so Hughes got the loss. The keys to this game belong…

Starters: Mike Pelfrey (1-0, 2.65 ERA, 5.43 FIP) VS Anibal Sanchez (1-2, 5.96 ERA, 4.80 FIP) Hello, everybody! I’m going to be tonight’s entertainment, so please, sit back and relax. Let’s see how my first game thread goes. 1: Mike Pelfrey OK, let’s get a few things cleared up first. Some of you may remember me trashing Pelfrey and saying he doesn’t deserve any more chances in the rotation. But now I look stupid for saying that, don’t I? Pelfrey has an ERA of 2.65 and has had pretty good starts in the last two games. So what do I think about him now? The main thing is that he’s finally healthy. He’s throwing that fastball at 93 MPH and he’s clearly in better form than las…

Twins Win! Twins Win! Another chance today for a Series win. Both the Twins and Mariners are 7-10 and the Twins are in 3rd place in the AL Central, ahead of Chicago and Cleveland. We saw last night that the Twins may not have the worst defense in the league. Everything is a work in progress. The Mariners were originally scheduled to start righty Hisashi Iwakuma but he went on the DL this morning with a Grade 1 strain of his right lat muscle and will be expected to miss two to four weeks.(1) The Mariners are bringing up 26-year-old lefty Roenis Elias from AAA Tacoma. Like Trevor May, Elias lost a ST battle for the 5th starter spot. Unlike May, he did not…

Another decent start for Phil Hughes last night …. without any run support. It’s a pity that he is 0-4. He hasn’t pitched perfectly but he deserves better than this. I know King Felix is hard to hit but the Twins need to warm up those bats! It’s cliché but I’m thinking that they need to bring in a chicken or two – seems to me this would be a good task for Kennys Vargas. The Mariners improved their record to 7-9. After tonight’s game, I want to see both the Twins and the Mariners at 7-10. The Twins will put the ball in the hands of Trevor May. Trevor is from Kelso, Washington. Kelso is south of Seattle – almost on the Oregon border but he should have a lot of…

The Twins managed to lose last night. With their current bullpen, leads in the middle innings look very fragile. The Royals shut down bullpen shut the Twins down and the Twins bullpen allowed the tying and winning run to score. No surprises in that. The Twins stand at 5-9 and are looking up at the rest of the division. Meanwhile, the Royals are tied for first with a nice 11-3 start. The pitching matchup is probably the #5 starter for each club. Cuddy's old pal 36 year old Jeremy Guthrie has started twice. He has a win and a no-decision, he allowed four earned runs in each start and has toiled 13 innings in his starts. Gurthrie has had a bit of a resurrection since c…

This is my inaugural run at the mighty Game Thread. I thought I would follow Brian's design since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but decided against it. A copy of a Rembrandt is a pale imitation. Brian's format can be imitated but not duplicated IMHO. I instead will talk about why the Twins are 5-8 going into tonight while the Royals are 10-3. Maybe we can summarize and say "they have better players", but what fun is that? I don't claim to be a stats whiz, but we can see why what has happened has taken place. Royals: They are 10-3 because they have hit well and pitched well. How well? They are first in runs scored, have a team OPS of .810 (.66 be…

Lineups for today's game: Indians 1. CF Michael Bourn 2. 2B Jason Kipnis 3. LF Michael Brantley 4. 1B Carlos Santana 5. RF Brandon Moss 6. DH David Murphy 7. 3B Lonnie Chisenhall 8. C Roberto Perez 9. SS Jose Ramirez PITCHING: TJ House Twins 1. 2B Brian Dozier 2. RF Torii Hunter 3. 1B Joe Mauer 4. DH Kennys Vargas 5. 3B Trevor Plouffe 6. C Kurt Suzuki 7. LF Oswaldo Arcia 8. SS Eduardo Escobar 9. CF Shane Robinson PITCHING: Trevor May ------- Today's matchup: TJ House vs the House DJ [borrowed from someone on Twitter, I honestly cannot remember who, sorry to that person]... Trevor May, as many fans know, moonlights as a DJ spinning as DJ heybeef. Let's ho…

Lineups Indians: 1. CF Michael Bourn 2. 2B Jason Kipnis 3. LF Michael Brantley 4. 1B Carlos Santana 5. DH Brandon Moss 6. RF David Murphy 7. 3B Lonnie Chisenhall 8. C Roberto Perez 9. SS Jose Ramirez PITCHING: Danny Salazar Twins: 1. SS Danny Santana 2. RF Torii Hunter 3. 1B Joe Mauer 4. 2B Brian Dozier 5. DH Kennys Vargas 6. C Kurt Suzuki 7. LF Oswaldo Arcia 8. 3B Eduardo Nunez 9. CF Jordan Schafer PITCHING: Phil Hughes Well, how do we all feel compared to 5 days ago? Monday night at dinner our food probably tasted pretty bitter and, despite the fairly nice weather, our feelings toward spring and the upcoming summer were more negative than one might exp…

Forecast--mid to high 60s and partly cloudy skies Lineups: Royals 1. Escobar, SS 2. Moustakas, 3B 3. Cain, CF 4. Hosmer, 1B 5. Morales, DH 6. Perez, C 7. Orlando, LF 8. Colon, 2B 9. Dyson, RF Pitching: Jason Vargas, LHP Twins 1. Santana, SS 2. Hunter, RF 3. Mauer, DH 4. Dozier, 2B 5. Vargas, 1B 6. Plouffe, 3B 7. Escobar, LF 8. Suzuki, C 9. Robinson, CF Pitching: Tommy Milone, LHP Things to think about: 1. Tommy Milone--I don't care if he ends up being bad this year, or even an average 5th starter . . . just give the Twins one more great performance right now, buddy. 3-6 seems way better than 2-7 for some odd reason. .222 is closer to the Timberwolves winni…

The setting: Minnesota come's into this game with a record of 1-6, while Kansas City come's into the game with the best record of baseball sitting at 7-0. The line-ups: ROYALS: Escobar (Alcides) SS Moustakas 3B Cain CF Hosmer 1B Morales DH Gordon LF Perez C Infante 2B Dyson RF Volquez P TWINS: Santana SS Hunter RF Mauer 1B Dozier 2B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia LF Suzuki C Schafer CF Gibson P Can a mod please add these, I will be at church when they are announced! Thanks. (Edit from Chi: yes) 1st pitch Weather: 65 degrees, 0% chance of rain, and winds will be blowing SE at 13 MPH Things to think about: 1.) Kyle Gibson - Gibson has had some up's and downs …

Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/12 @ 1:10pm CT 0. Gusts, partly sunny and nearing Twenty Celsius Spring becons baseball Line ups in haiku would a thing of beauty be. they must write themselves. 1. The windy city welcomes pitcher Chris Sale back. Are twins on attack? 2. Phil Hughes to the mound What need he prove or improve. Have no second thoughts? 3. But 3 have 4 hits: Dozier, Mauer, and Schafer. Road trip ends; sun shines. 4. Accountable remarks: crime of high jinx guilty found a-needlin' game thread. 5. Battles for last place Some day shall end, but how long Must we sing this song? (Extra bonus haiku for next game... just because it inclu…

Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/11 @ 1:10pm CT 411 that's information, right? There's some saying about how the beginning of wisdom is when you how much you don't. know, that is. It's to be Sunny with a high near 61, so they say... 0. What's the line up? Minnesota: Mike Pelfrey Pitches. 1-9? Chicago (in the white sox) Jeff Samardziga Pitchest. 1-9? 1. Escobar. He's played half our games. Congrats on the new family member! We'll miss you, but sometimes somethings are somewhat more important than baseball. Then my question would be, folk were dubious about him replacing Arcia in Detroit against a right hander. How do folk feel about that a…

Game Thread, Twins @ Tigers, 4/9 @ 12:08pm CT This is it. Bottom of the eighth 2 out, Runners at the corners, Perkins comes in to protect a 1 run lead. The indomitable Miguel Cabrera shakes a weight from his bat, and saunters confidently to the plate. Perkins looks in for the sign, shakes Suzuki's first call off, and nods at the second. He gathers his thoughts for the pitch. The Tigers have had their way in the first two games of the road series, out scoring 'em 13-0, but that doesn't matter. This is now. This game. He rears back and fires... Ball 1 Ump replaces the dirty ball, Suzuki fires it back while Cabrera looks down the line. Again with the sign, this time nod…

Game Thread, Twins @ Tigers, 4/8 @ 12:08pm CT First! (Sorry, just had to get it out of my system) Weather: (Forecast from weather.gov... which calls Detroit "4 miles s hamtramck mi" now that's humor!) Showers likely, possible thunderstorms after noon. Cloudy, high about 47. Er, line ups: ---to be filled in either by me if i get up in time, or some kindly moderator type saving my bacon. (if posting this without full information is a rash move, then would saving my bacon be a rasher one?) Twins Pitching: Ricky Nolasco 1.Santana, D, SS 2.Dozier, B, 2B 3.Mauer, J, 1B 4.Hunter, T, RF 5.Vargas, K, DH 6.Plouffe, T, 3B 7.Arcia, O, LF 8.Suzuki, K, C 9.Schafer, J, CF Tiger…

TWINS: Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Hunter RF Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia LF Suzuki C Schafer CF Gibson P RED SOX: Betts CF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Ramirez LF Sandoval 3B Napoli 1B Victorino RF Bogaerts SS Leon C Masterson P ---------------- Not only was I able to put down the Twins lineup without looking (not really too hard to do), I was able to do the same with the Red Sox lineup up to Leon (also not really that hard to do) but that is way more familiarity with the Red Sox with which I am comfortable. Another beautiful day in Fort Myers; looking good for a ST finale ... clear, sunny, 81 degrees. Now is the time to shake off all your game thread rust. Looking forwa…

TWINS: Robinson CF Escobar 3B Nunez SS Ramirez RF Arcia LF Rodriguez 1B Hermann C Suzuki DH Bernier 2B Nolasco P RED SOX: Betts CF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Ramirez LF Sandoval 3B Napoli 1B Holt SS Victorino RF Hanigan C Johnson P ---------------------------

RED SOX: Betts CF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Ramirez LF Sandoval 3B Napoli 1B Victorino RF Bogaerts SS Hanigan C Porcello P TWINS: Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer DH Hunter RF Vargas 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia LF Suzuki C Schafer CF Santana P --------------- I have nothing to add. But I am looking forward to Riverbrian's activation just in time for Monday's Opening Day game! He's spent the off-season regenerating so I can't wait! (Mostly I'm just really antsy for 'real' baseball to start)

RED SOX: (split squad) Castillo RF Pedroia 2B Sandoval 3B Napoli 1B Nava LF Bogaerts SS Bradley CF Shaw DH Leon C Buchholz P TWINS: Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Hunter RF Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Escobar LF Suzuki C Schafer CF Hughes P ---------------------- Another nice, sunny day in Fort Myers, with temps reaching the 80s ... or so I'm reading on Wunderground. I thought to give y'all an April Fool's Day tease and fill the lineup with Sano, Buxton, Rosario ... but thought that that might be a cruel tease rather than a Fool's tease. It's getting closer ... 5 days and 3 hrs remaining until Opening Day (at the time of this posting, if the homepage countdown can be beli…

TWINS: Schafer CF Escobar SS Hermann RF Vargas 1B Nunez 3B Walker DH Robinson LF Fryer C Bernier 2B Milone P YANKEES: Gardner LF Ryan 3B Young CF Jones 1B Romine C Refsnyder 2B Flores RF Noonan SS Jagielo DH Tanaka P -------- It's a beautiful, sunny 75 deg. day in Fort Myers today. Nice day for a ballgame. I'm hoping for better results against the Yankees than what we had against the Red Sox last night. It looks like a ST away game lineup today. Good times. And play ball!

TWINS: Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Hunter RF Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia LF Suzuki C Schafer CF Boyer P (For all those expecting this to say 'Gibson,' he has the flu! ) RED SOX: Betts CF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Ramirez LF Sandoval 3B Napoli 1B Victorino RF Bogaerts SS Quintero C Masterson P ------------------- Looks like a couple of starting lineups there. Should be a good game ... and it's televised! Yay! Well, not sure about locally but it will be on the MLB Network so I can actually watch it on my television, which I prefer to the computer or my iPad. As we are nearing the start of the season, just reminding everyone who is interested and starting and leading…

TWINS Danny Santana SS Eduardo Escobar 3B Eduardo Nunez 2B Kennys Vargas 1B Adam Brett Walker RF Oswaldo Arcia LF Chris Herrmann C Eric Fryer DH Shane Robinson CF Nolasco, P ORIOLES Alejandro De Aza LF Steve Pearce RF Chris Davis 1B Adam Jones CF Travis Snider DH Manny Machado 3B Jonathan Schoop 2B Ryan Flaherty SS Caleb Joseph C Gonzalez, P