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Game-time forecast: Houston Hot and Humid. Today It's an early game and that means Breakfast with the Twins for those who live in Bora Bora. ChiTown will post the lineups for you shortly. Chi here. Almost forgot about the game, and the lineups. Got distracted with sparkly new things elsewhere for a minute, but here we go ... TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Nunez LF Arcia RF Fryer C Escobar SS ASTROS: SP, Oberholtzen Grossman LF Altuve 2B Carter DH Fowler CF Singleton 1B Corporan C Dominguez 3B Marisnick RF Gonzalez SS -------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. Chris Carter -- He's a rig…

Game Thread: White Sox @ Twins, 6/24 @ 12:10pm CT Christopher Allen Sale (6-3, 2.74 ERA) vs. Phillip Joseph Hughes (5-6, 4.47 ERA) Things to think about... 1- Computers -- Yesterday I was just standing around, minding my own business, but all of a sudden I heard a conversation that caught my attention, and the subject of this conversation was about electronic devices, mainly computers and hand-crank radios. Well I won't repeat everything that was said, but a certain member of the TD community was talking to a ten year old boy, and she was telling him that her computer burned fuel quickly, and then she got him all confused about it, and before you knew what had happe…

And so the 2nd-half begins ... Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. RAYS: SP, Cobb Jennings CF Zobrist LF Joyce DH Longoria 3B Loney 1B Escobar SS Figueroa 2B Casali C Kiermaier RF TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Morales 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Willingham DH Suzuki C Escobar SS Fuld LF ------------------------- And now for Brian and his musings ... always a treat ... stay tuned ... -------------------------- And so it does begin... The 2nd Half which isn't as long as the 1st half... But much longer then the 3rd half and it's been awhile since the Twins were part of the 3rd half. T…

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 85. Can we beat the Rays? Just Once Before they leave our hospitality. It all starts with a line-up and that beginning will be posted by ChiTown right here. Sorry I'm a tad behind, folks ... the summer commute to work is a beast ... RAYS: SP, Archer Jennings CF Zobrist 2B Joyce LF Longoria 3B Loney 1B Guyer DH Escobar SS Casali C Kiermaier RF TWINS: SP, Correia Dozier 2B Nunez 3B Plouffe DH Morales 1B Arcia RF Willingham LF Escobar SS Fryer C Fuld CF ---------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. Swept? -- I hate waking up and starting my…

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…

When Twinsnorth says it's spelled Tronno, who am i to question local custom? Who's to say Tom Horton's better than Dunkin Donuts? Speaking of which, Rumor reached me. That when asked if they had anything to declare, here were a few of the answers... Mr. Gee: I'm gonna win a game. Mr. Garver: I'm gonna hit a homer. Mr. Kepler: I'm gonna hit the cutoff man. Mr. Escobar: I'm gonna score! Mr. Buxton: I'm going to swing a bat. Mr. Vargas: I'm gonna walk. Mr. Dozier: I shall hit and run. Mr.Mauer: We will win the world series... not saying when, or for who, but yeah. Customs agent: No, i meant in your luggage. Speaking of world series... While awaiting a parade in New Eng…

Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome back to more game thread banter. Tonight the Minnesota Twins try to make it 5 wins in a row! Last night was a great game to watch and it was nice to get a win against former Minnesota Twin Jose Berrios. The Twins starter tonight is John Gant (5-9, 3.76 ERA) against Toronto's leftie Robbie Ray (12-6, 2.72 ERA). The Twins will want to score some runs early tonight as Ray has been a good thrower for the Blue Jays this year. Tonight's ballgame has some added excitement, the Minnesota Twins will be honoring Justin Morneau with a Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight. There will be plenty of his old team mates and coaches on hand to …

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll 3B Chris Herrmann C Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Chris Parmelee RF Aaron Hicks CF Eduardo Escobar 2B Pedro Florimon SS (Samuel Deduno P) Nationals: Denard Span CF Roger Bernadina LF Ryan Zimmerman 3B Jayson Werth RF Adam LaRoche 1B Ian Desmond SS Anthony Rendon 2B Jhonatan Solano C (Nathan Karns P)

Happy Jose Day!!!! Jose Berrios takes the mound tonight to square off with Aaron Sanchez. The Twins look to tie the season series at 3 games apiece tonight. The team bounced back effortlessly last night with an amazing performance from Martin Perez, and the long ball was working against underrated Blue Jays righty Marcus Stroman. Let's keep it rolling today. The Pitchers: Jose Berrios (5-1, 2.91 ERA, 46 K's) vs Aaron Sanchez (3-2, 3.09 ERA, 29 K's) Jose Berrios is the best Twins pitcher on the staff, and it really isn't all that close. However, we have seen him struggle with his breaking ball in his last few outings. It will be interesting to see how the curveball …

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Greetings from a cooler Northwest Iowa to a cooler Minnesota! So glad the heat has broken for a few days. And for those of you living elsewhere, you’ll soon be missing the best – I love fall in the upper Midwest! Gametime Forecast: 82°F • Drizzle • 32% PoP Thunderstorms should be scattered so I assume they’ll get this game in. Line-ups: CLEVELAND INDIANS Pitching for the visiting Cleveland Indians: Right-hander Carlos Carrasco 1. Jose Ramirez (S) 2B 2. Francisco Lindor (S) SS 3. Yan Gomes ® C 4. Carlos Santana (S) 1B 5. Ryan Raburn ® DH 6. Giovanny Urshela ® 3B 7. Abraham Almonte (S) CF 8. Jerry Sands ® RF 9. Mike Aviles ® LF MINNESOTA TWINS Pitching …

Twins: Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Ryan Doumit C Justin Morneau DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee RF Clete Thomas LF Aaron Hicks CF Pedro Florimon SS (Scott Diamond P) Blue Jays: Jose Reyes SS Jose Bautista RF Edwin Encarnacion 1B Adam Lind DH Mark DeRosa 3B Rajai Davis LF Colby Rasmus CF J.P. Arencibia C Maicer Izturis 2B (Todd Redmond P)

Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey 2B Dozier C Herrmann LF Willingham DH Doumit 3B Plouffe 1B Colabello CF Thomas RF Mastroianni SS Florimon Rangers: SP Matt Garza CF Martin DH Andrus 2B Kinsler 3B Beltre C Pierzynski RF Rios 1B Moreland SS Profar LF Murphy Things to Think About: 1. Think About Justin Morneau... Traded to the Pirates today... Good Luck To Justin... I hope the Pirates reach the WS and Justin can get a ring. He was going to be a free agent and we got something for him. It'll be interesting to see who the player to be named later is but we got something for him. We were about to get nothing for him. 2. Think about Matt Garza... The One Time Twin is on the…

I look back at this baseball season and the way things have gone and a sort of melancholy set in: *Let's hear it for one hit wonders! But, never fear, another day of baseball is upon us! Kansas City is in town and I'm sure the Twins will right the ship against the lowly Royals! *It never ceases to amaze me what a search of youtube will turn up. Hard to believe there were cameras all over this, "course" recording the event. *Not sure I get the point of this video, but, then again, I'm not sure there's a point to this post. Random thoughts: *Yes, I recycled the image. Seemed appropriate. Some observations about yesterday's game: 1.2.3.4.5. *That…

Indians: SP Zach McAllister LF Brantley 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis DH Santana RF Raburn SS Cabrera C Gomes 3B Aviles CF Stubbs Twins: SP Andrew Albers CF Presley 2B Dozier RF Doumit DH Willingham C Pinto 3B Plouffe 1B Colabello LF Mastroianni SS Escobar Things to Think About: 1. Think about September Baseball... The Twins... It hardly matters... For the Indians it's everything. They are struggling with the Rangers for a wild card spot... If the Twins beat them... They can knock them out. For the Twins... It hardly matters... For the Indians... It's everything. It isn't exactly what we are looking for but it's September baseball at Target Field and the stakes are hig…

Hello everyone, and welcome to tonight’s game thread. Tonight the good guys open their only series of the 2022 regular season at Tropicana Field vs the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays make their only appearance at Target Field beginning six weeks from tonight. I’m going to use the tried-and-true five-topic intro. 1. Humidors are being used to store game balls at all 30 MLB stadiums. I guess that’s fine, but wouldn’t it be easier and better to change the specifications of the ball to make this unnecessary? 2. The fewest wins for a team qualifying for the postseason in a full season was 82, done by the 1973 New York Mets. Could this be the year that a team with a lo…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. Twins: SP, Hughes Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar 3B Fuld CF Red Sox: SP, Lester Holt CF Bogaerts 3B Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Nava RF Gomes LF Drew SS Ross C ------------------ What interesting thoughts, observations, musings have you for us today, RB? Inquiring minds want to know! ----------------------------------------------- Thoughts I have 5... Observations... again 5. Musings... I'll have to look up the definition before I answer that but I am listening to "Supermassive Black Hole" right now. …

In the spirit of "look, 4 white horses. and there are 4 of us", and with blatant apologies to Mr. Letterman, and the decade of the 90s, here are the top ten reasons for watching tonight's game (and perhaps complaining about it on a game thread) 10: Andrelton Simmons is playing short stop and batting 9: Willians Astudillo is playing first base and batting 8: Ryan Jeffers is catching and batting 7: Brent Rooker is playing left field and batting 6: Miguel Sano is hitting designatedly and batting 5: Josh Donaldson is playing 3rd base and batting 4: Rob Refsnyder is playing right field and batting 3: Jorge Polanco is playing 2nd base and…

You can view the page at http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?955-Series-Preview-Twins-vs-Rangers-8-23-8-26 Lineups: Twins: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit LF Trevor Plouffe 3B Jamey Carroll 2B Pedro Florimon SS (Scott Diamond P) Rangers: Ian Kinsler 2B Elvis Andrus DH Josh Hamilton CF Adrian Beltre 3B Nelson Cruz RF Michael Young SS David Murphy LF Geovany Soto C Michael Olt 1B (Roy Oswalt P)

The Twins host the Royals tonight. By the time the Royals-Twins series ends, the Vikings season will have begun. I can tell you how the Vikings season will end right now before it even starts: Anyway, back to the Twins. If you are not still buzzing from the perfect game bid Wednesday night, then get buzzing again already! Joe Ryan's performance called back to other rays of hope in dark times, moments when one thinks, "this was special, this might be happening, I might actually be able to get my hopes up." I am thinking of things like Puckett's debut, or Hrbek's home run in Yankee Stadium in 1982, or Killebrew's walk-off homer before…

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…

End of Season Truths and Consequences Pictures Worth A Thousand Cuss Words Rocco, time to get your head out of… Learn to protect your players against weird injuries. When it comes to conditioning, cut back on the weight-lifting, it’s hard on the joints. Instead, go for suppleness and flexibility. But what the hey, keep doing things the way you want. It's your funeral. Today's Pitchers In A Lost Cause Twins: Dylan Bundy 8-7 4.68 ERA 87 SO (4 innings followed by 6 relievers) Royals: Zack Grienke 4-9 4.67 ERA 67 SO Line-Ups Twins: Unkn…

Starting Pitcher Preview Griffin Jax takes the hill for the Twins giving up 15 earned runs over his last two starts. His assignment today won’t be an easy one as the Rays boast the 7th best OPS against right handed pitchers and are 8-2 in their last 10 games. Moreover, Jax has been very susceptible to the long ball this season and the Rays hit just blasted six on Saturday. He has not faced Tampa Bay this year. This is the line up he’ll face: The Twins slumping offense will face righty Luis Patiño who is in his first season with Tampa Bay after being shipped over from San Diego in the Blake Snell trade. Patiño hasn’t been great in his 11 starts struggling with…

No Vikings game, no excuses today people. Can the Twins win 6straight to end 2018? Prediction: Mauer comes to bat in bottom 8th, lines a home run off of right field foul pole, wins game. Curtain call to follow. Lineups SOX 1. Yolmer Sanchez (S) 3B 2. Leury Garcia (S) SS 3. Daniel Palka (L) RF 4. Avisail Garcia ® DH 5. Matt Davidson ® 1B 6. Nicky Delmonico (L) LF 7. Welington Castillo ® C 8. Yoan Moncada (S) 2B 9. Ryan Cordell ® CF TWINS 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 3. Jake Cave (L) CF 4. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 5. Mitch Garver ® DH 6. Max Kepler (L) RF 7. Logan Forsythe ® 2B 8. Willians Astudillo ® 3B 9. Juan Graterol ® C Pitchers: Zack Littel…

September 3, 6:10 PM CT @ Target Field TV: CSN-C; Radio: WLS 890 Weather: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. 100% chance of Sano in the forecast. Lineups: Good guys: CF Eaton SS Anderson LF Cabrera 1B Abreu 3B Frazier RF Garcia DH Smith C Avila 2B Sanchez SP Shields Bad guys: 2B Dozier SS Polanco 1B Mauer DH Plouffe RF Kepler <3 3B Sano LF Rosario C Centenio CF Buxton SP Santiago Something to think about: BASEBALL!! (If you can even call it that.)

Twins | 54-62 overall, 21-38 on the road, 5-5 last 10 Kohl Stewart, RHP | MLB debut, 4.47 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 3.06 K:BB ratio in 108.2 minor league IP Tigers | 48-69 overall, 30-28 at home, 3-7 last 10 Matthew Boyd, LHP | 4.33 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 2.78 K:BB in 122.2 IP Lineups:

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. I'm getting my thoughts out early today so I can concentrate on the USA/Germany and Portugal/Ghana. ChiTown is going to post the lineups right here. Twins: SP, Nolasco Fuld CF Dozier 2B Mauer DH Morales 1B Arcia RF Suzuki C Parmelee LF Escobar 3B Florimon SS Angels: SP, Weaver Calhoun RF Trout CF Pujols DH Hamilton LF Aybar SS Kendrick 2B Conger C Freese 3B Navarro 1B ---------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. Timing -- The course of a season can be determined by who and when you play them. Sometimes we tend to focus on t…

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 ---------------------------

Tigers: SP Doug Fister CF Jackson RF Hunter 3B Cabrera 1B Fielder DH Martinez 2B Infante LF Tuiasosopo C Avila SS Santiago Twins: SP Scott Diamond CF Presley 2B Dozier 3B Plouffe DH Willingham C Pinto RF Doumit 1B Parmelee LF Thomas SS Escobar Things to Think About: 1. Last Night... Let it linger... A nice come back win against a contending team... You want to clinch the pennant... Not on our turf... We can say that for now. 2. Pinto... Josmil... has been given a chance and he is making the most of that chance. Mauer at 1B has to be in the 2014 plans now. 3. Mauer... Shut down for the year... Oh Well... We will see you next year Joe. We better see you ne…

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…