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Thanks to David Dorsey who actually typed out names and positions: #Pirates at #MNTwins: 3B Harrison RF Polanco LF Marte C Sanchez 1B Alvarez SS Kang CF Decker 2B Sean-Rod LHP Locke. #MNTwins lineup 3/27: SS Santana 2B Dozier B Mauer RF Hunter LF Arcia 3B Plouffe C Suzuki DH Schafer CF Hicks. RHP May.

RAYS Jaso DH Rivera C Cabrera SS Longoria 3B Loney 1B Jennings LF Kiermaier CF Souza RF Beckham 2B Andriese, P TWINS Dozier 2B Escobar SS Mauer DH Vargas 1B Suzuki C Rosario LF Nunez 3B Robinson RF Hicks CF Gibson, P

(Assuming no one beats me to it...) Blue Jays Jose Reyes at Shortstop Russell Martin designated to hit for the Pitcher Dioner Navarro Catching Jose Bautista in Right Field Josh Donaldson at Third Base Justin Smoak at First Base Dayan Viciedo in Left Field Dalton Pompey in Center Field Ryan Goins at Second Base Pitching: Todd Redman Twins Danny Santana at Shortstop Brian Dozier at Second Base Joe Mauer at First Base Trevor Plouffe at Third Base Kennys Vargas designated to hit for the Pitcher Torii Hunter in Right Field Oswaldo Arcia in Left Field Kurt Suzuki Catching Jordan Schafer in Center Field Pitching: Ricky Nolasco And here goes a…

TWINS Santana SS Schafer CF Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Rosario LF Martinez 1B Ortiz RF Fryer C Beresford 2B Hughes, P MARLINS Gordon 2B Prado 3B Stanton RF Morse1B Ozuna CF Suzuki LF Saltalamacchia C Hechavarria SS Cosart, P

HOME ORIOLES Manny Machado 3B Steve Pearce 1B Adam Jones CF Delmon Young RF Nolan Reimold DH Dariel Alvarez LF Jonathan Schoop 2B Caleb Joseph C Paul Janish SS Miguel Gonzales, P TWINS Danny Santana SS Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Torii Hunter RF Oswaldo Arcia LF Trevor Plouffe 3B Kurt Suzuki DH Josmil Pinto C Aaron Hicks CF Tommy Milone, P AWAY TWINS Jordan Schafer LF Eduardo Escobar 2B Eduardo Nunez 3B Kennys Vargas 1B Eddie Rosario RF Shane Robinson CF Eric Fryer C Tyler Grimes DH Doug Bernier SS Trevor May, P RAYS David DeJesus DH Brandon Guyer RF Asdrubal Cabrera SS James Loney 1B Desmond Jennings LF Juan Francisco 3B Nick Franklin 2B Curt Casali C Kevi…

Thanks to Twins Daily & Mike Berardino, here are the early lineups: Harrison SS Cervelli C Decker RF Kang 2B Lambo 1B Hernandez CF Meadows RF FLORIMON 3B RHP Cole Dozier 2B Hunter RF Mauer 1B Plouffe DH Suzuki C Escobar 3B Nunez SS Hicks CF Robinson LF RHP- Kyle Gibson Also slated to pitch today for #MNTwins: Boyer, Tonkin, Pryor, Graham, Thompson.

Nolasco v Karns. Lineups when I get to a computer and not my phone.

HOME GAME ORIOLES Cabrera SS Pierce 1B Snider LF Young RF Clevenger DH Schoop 2B Nix 3B Joseph C Alvarez CF Jimenez, P TWINS Schafer CF Mauer 1B Dozier 2B Hunter RF Rosario LF Suzuki C Escobar 3B Pinto DH Nunez SS Santana, P AWAY TWINS Santana SS Robinson RF Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Arcia LF Hicks CF Hermann 1B Fryer C Beresford 2B Pelfrey, P BoSOX Betts CF Pedroia 2B Sandoval DH Ramirez LF Napoli 1B Victorino RF Bogaerts SS Hannigan C Weeks 3B Porcello, P Double the fun today! Keep me posted ... I'll be working!

TWINS Hicks CF Escobar SS Dozier 2B Vargas 1B Plouffe 3B Rosario LF Nunez DH Pinto C Robinson RF Hughes, P ORIOLES De Aza RF Hardy SS Davis 1B Jones CF Wieters C Machado 3B Snider DH Lough LF Flaherty 2B Norris, P Talk if you must. Or not.

In celebration of being able to type 2-handed (slowly), I'll post the line-ups to get in a little ST for posting during the season. Cardinals: Bourjos CF Wong 2B Grichuk LF Adams 1B Piscotty RF Moore SS Scruggs DH Cruz C Kozma 3B RHP C. Martinez Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Hunter RF Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Rosario CF Schaefer LF RHP Gibson

TWINS Danny Santana SS Jordan Schafer RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Kennys Vargas 1B Kurt Suzuki C Oswaldo Arcia DH Byron Buxton CF Eddie Rosario LF Doug Bernier 2B Santana, P PIRATES Josh Harrison 3B Gregory Polanco RF Andrew McCutchen CF Neil Walker 2B Pedro Alvarez DH Jung Ho Kang SS Andrew Lambo 1B Francisco Cervelli C Sean Rodriguez LF Sadler, P

TWINS Aaron Hicks CF Eduardo Escobar SS Eduardo Nunez 3B Kennys Vargas DH Eddie Rosario LF Max Kepler 1B Shane Robinson RF Eric Fryer C James Beresford 2B Gibson, P JAYS Russell Martin C Dalton Pompey CF Josh Donaldson DH Daric Barton 1B Danny Valencia 3B Caleb Gindl RF Devon Travis 2B Ryan Goins SS Ezequiel Carrera LF Dickey, P

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

1. Danny Santana (S) SS 2. Kurt Suzuki ® C 3. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B 4. Kennys Vargas (S) DH 5. Oswaldo Arcia (L) LF 6. Max Kepler (L) 1B 7. Aaron Hicks (S) CF 8. Doug Bernier ® 2B 9. Eric Farris ® RF Phil Hughes ® P 1. Mookie Betts ® CF 2. Dustin Pedroia ® 2B 3. David Ortiz (L) DH 4. Hanley Ramirez ® LF 5. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B 6. Mike Napoli ® 1B 7. Xander Bogaerts ® SS 8. Ryan Hanigan ® C 9. Blake Tekotte (L) RF Clay Buchholz ® P

For anyone listening/following, here are the lineups: Twins: Schafer CF Escobar SS Hermann C Vargas 1B Nunez 3B Rosario DH Kepler RF Meneses 2B Robinson LF Milone, P Rays: Franklin SS Rivera C Cabrera DH Jennings CF DeJesus LF Souza RF Forsythe 1B Francisco 3B Elmore 2B Enjoy!

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:

Any guesses?

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 1-5 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Pinto C Arcia RF Escobar 3B Herrmann LF Hicks CF DETROIT: SP, Price Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Avila C Castellanos 3B Romine SS Carrera CF ---------------------------------------- ONE: This is the ONE, the last ONE of the season, the ONE that everyone will remember until next year. Leave us with a good ONE, Brian! ---------------------------------------- The Last One!!! Wow... It's gonna be weird to not have to do this tomorrow and the tomorro…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 1-4 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Pinto C Arcia RF Escobar 3B Herrmann LF Hicks CF TIGERS: SP, Lobstein Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Castellanos 3B Avila C Romine SS Davis CF ---------------------------- TWO: Today and tomorrow ... Brian's thinking countdown ... go! ------------------------------ Yep... Two More to Go... You gotta play em... one game at a time. Things to Think About: 1. Spoiler -- The Twins did a good job playing spoiler and the White Sox did a crappy job of it so the pen…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 1-5 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. TWINS: SP, Swarzak Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Herrmann LF Hicks CF Escobar 3B DETROIT: SP, Porcello Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Castellanos 3B Avila C Romine SS Davis CF --------------------------------------------------------- Brian thinking countdown: THREE. Also, cheers to you and here's to your next 10k posts! -------------------------------------------------------- Thank You... As promised... Only controversial thoughts for the next 10,000 posts. Things to Think About: 1. Co…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. TWINS: SP, May Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Herrmann LF Hicks CF Escobar 3B TIGERS: SP, Scherzer Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Castellanos 3B Avila C Suarez SS Davis CF ------------------------------------------- Coming into the final stretch after which Brian can rest his brain from thinking. But not until the last game is played ... 4 to go, Brian! ------------------------------------------- 4 to go? Yet it still feels like 75... I don't know how many I got left.... At least 4...…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. DIAMONDBACKS: SP, Nuño Inciarte LF Pollock CF Lamb 3B Trumbo DH Peralta RF Pacheco 1B Gregorius SS Wilson C Pennington 2B TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Vargas 1B Suzuki C Arcia RF Pinto DH Hicks LF Escobar SS ------------------------------------------- Brian's thoughts will be arriving soon so stay tuned. ------------------------------------------- They haven't arrived yet... I'm gonna have to use old ones. Things to Think About: 1. Afternoon Games at the end of the Year with no chance of the pl…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. DIAMONDBACKS: SP, Chafin Inciarte LF Pollack CF Lamb 3B Trumbo 1B Montero DH Owings 2B Ross RF Gregorius SS Gosewisch C TWINS: SP, Gibson Schafer LF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe DH Arcia RF Pinto C Nuñez 3B Hicks CF Escobar SS ------------------------------------------------ Okay, Brian ... I was working so hard today I almost forgot to do this. Hopefully you didn't forget to think today. ----------------------------------------------- What? Um? Sorry... I found a switch in the back of my head... Underneath my hair so I didn't know it was there... It t…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing from right to left field at 1-5 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. DIAMONDBACKS: SP, Collmenter Inciarte LF Pollock CF Peralta RF Trumbo 1B Montero C Hill DH Lamb 3B Owings 2B Gregorius SS TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana SS Herrmann LF Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Parmelee 1B Hicks CF Bernier 2B -------------------------------- At some point in this very spot, Brian will think of something really great. But give it some time and greatness will eventually appear. -------------------------------- Jeez... I wasn't planning on anything great today. Now I have to change my plans. 1. Arizona -- Normally I'd think abou…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. INDIANS: SP, Kluber Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Murphy RF Gomes C Kipnis DH Chisenhall 3B Aviles 2B TWINS: SP, Swarzak Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer DH Vargas 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Pinto C Hermann LF Schafer CF ------------------------------------------- Thoughts? Brian will be up soon to share his. In the meantime, I'm sure y'all have plenty to say about Santana playing short, and Pinto catching. ------------------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. The Vikings -- Yes... It's Sunday and I'm gonna think about NFL Foot…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. INDIANS: SP, House Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Chisenhall 3B Gomes DH Murphy RF Perez C Aviles 2B TWINS: SP, May Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Arcia RF Nuñez LF Schafer CF ------------------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... GO! ------------------------------------------ Where? Things to Think About: 1. Birthdays -- Hey all... It's my Birthday Today!!! I'm still collecting these things... Today... I got my 49th. I'm keeping them all in the basement with all the othe…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. INDIANS: SP, Bauer Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley DH Santana 1B Murphy RF Chisenhall 3B Aviles 2B Shuck LF Perez C TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Arcia RF Hicks CF Schafer LF ------------------------------------------- Something witty this way may come ... (I said may ...) ... ------------------------------------------- Clearly... A long shot... May won't come either. It's Hughes Tonight. May will come tomorrow!!! Things to Think About: 1. The Indians Chances -- They are…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. TIGERS: SP, Price Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Castellanos 3B Holaday C Romine SS Davis CF TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Nunez SS Hicks RF Schafer LF ----------------------------------------------- Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Brian! ----------------------------------------------- Thank You Ed!!! Things to Think About: 1. Spoiler -- The Twins did a little spoiling last night and the Stupid Royals failed to take advantage of it. Now the Twins gotta do it aga…