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Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. TIGERS: SP, Porcello Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Kelly CF Castellanos 3B Holaday C Romine SS TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Escobar SS Hicks RF Schafer LF --------------------------------------------- Brian? Thoughts? I'll leave you to it. ----------------------------------------- OK... Step Aside... Give me some room! (Cracks Knuckles) Things to Think About: 1. Winning/Losing -- I guess it all depends on your attitude. I was encouraged by the comeback last night...…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 55. TIGERS: SP, Scherzer Kinsler 2B Hunter RF Cabrera 1B Martinez (Victor) DH Martinez (J.D.) LF Castellanos 3B Holaday C Romine SS Davis CF TWINS: SP, Swarzak Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Parmelee LF Schafer CF ---------------------------- Thought time. Hopefully it won't be too painful. ----------------------------- Thanks for hoping for my painlessness... Or were you referring to those who read this and hoping that they don't feel any pain? Let's see what happens. Things to Think About: 1. The Tigers -- They appear t…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. TWINS: SP, May Santana SS Suzuki C Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Pinto DH Hermann LF Escobar 2B Schafer CF PALE HOSE: SP, Noesi Eaton CF Ramirez SS Abreu 1B Gillaspie 3B Garcia RF Wilkins DH Viciedo LF Sanchez 2B Nieto C ---------------------------- Okay, Brian ... sigh ... I think I'm going to be a glutton for punishment and go to the game. Maybe. Sigh. Post a good one. ---------------------------- Sigh... I don't think I have a good one in me. Things to think about: 1. The Vikings -- It's Sunday and the Vikings are 1-0... The Twins just lost a dou…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from center field at 1-5 m.p.h. Temperature around 55. Game 1 TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Hicks LF PALE HOSE: SP, Carroll Eaton CF Ramirez SS Abreu DH Gillaspie 3B Garcia RF Danks LF Flowers C Wilkins 1B Sanchez 2B Game 2 lineups will be posted in thread after the completion of game 1 and when they become available. ----------------------- Brian, go to it! Double trouble! It suits you! ----------------------- Interesting... I think the last time I wore a suit was 10 years ago. It wasn't for anything special. I wore it because we hadn't done laundry …

dang!! battle for the flag resumes tomprrow in a straight doubleheader i will miss most of it due to an interstate battle and wishes for a corn fusker loss guess i will do some high school football tonight

Game-time forecast for Game 1: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 60-65. (That sounds like Fall weather; ugh.) Game 1 Lineups TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Schafer LF INDIANS: SP, Kluber Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley DH Santana 1B Kipnis 2B Gomes C Chisenhall 3B Shuck LF Holt RF Lineups for Game 2 will be posted in thread when they become available and after the completion of Game 1. (Here) ---------------------------- Okay, Brian ... double-header means a double-good set up ... no pressure now ... but it's on you! (I think I might go…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. TWINS: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Suzuki C Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Escobar SS Parmelee LF Hicks CF INDIANS: SP, House Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Kipnis 2B Gomes DH Chisenhall 3B Murphy RF Perez C -------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... I got nothing ... tossing the ball to you ... --------------------------------- And I'm tossing it back to someone else... The Game is Postponed... I'm putting my feet up.

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. My afternoon schedule is looking full so I thought I should get the game thread thoughts together early. This is... of course... way too early for ChiTown who typically sleeps until 2PM. She'll post those lineups right here after she wipes the sleep from her eyes. Brian, pfft! I'll have you know I stumbled out of bed at noon, and then went and had my nails done. In a little bit I'm off to the dentist and have to stop at Target for a few items. Oh, and have to return some clothing items I purchased. All in all a productive day, d…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. ANGELS: SP, Wilson Kendrick 2B Trout CF Pujols DH Hamilton LF Freese 3B Aybar SS Iannetta C Cron 1B Cowgill RF TWINS: SP, Darnell Dozier 2B Nunez LF Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Pinto C Parmelee RF Escobar SS Hicks CF -------------------------------------- I don't know if Brian is yet out of things to think about. Knowing Brian, I can't imagine that to be the case. But we'll just have to wait and see. ------------------------------------- It's getting pretty close... My Brain is making a squeeking sound... It is clearly low on oil. Things to Think Ab…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. One Batter followed by another and you got a lineup. ChiTown is a lineup professional and she'll post them shortly. Brian ... I'm only a lineup professional if I were paid to create them. But whatever, here they are ... and I didn't create them, just typed them up. Free of charge. ANGELS: SP, Rassmus Calhoun RF Trout CF Pujols 1B Kendrick 2B Aybar SS Freese 3B Iannetta C Boesch LF Cron DH TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Hicks LF --------------------------------------- Things to Think about:…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 65. (Gulp ... 65??? Brrr ... don't want to get used to the cold again.) ANGELS: SP, Shoemaker Calhoun RF Trout CF Pujols 1B Kendrick 2B Aybar SS Freese 3B Boesch DH Iannetta C Navarro LF TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Pinto C Herrmann LF Hicks CF ---------------------------------- Brian's up ... stay tuned ... or come back and tune in again ... ---------------------------------- Tuned... can mean so many things. Tune what you want to tune. Things to Think About: 1. The Californ.. Umm... Ana High... Umm...Lo…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. ANGELS: SP, Santiago Calhoun RF Trout CF Pujols DH Hamilton LF Kendrick 2B Aybar SS Freese 3B Navarro 1B Conger C TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Nunez SS Hicks RF Schafer LF ----------------------- Okay, Brian ... I can feel you thinking all the way down in Florida. I know this will be good! ---------------------- Well... Now I got ask the question... How do I feel? Things to Think About: 1. Pressed for time -- It's probably good news but I have to make this short and sweet because work demands isn't allow…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. ChiTown will be along with the starting lineups. She's got a leash and the lineups go along with her on walks. Of course most city laws state that she has to clean up after them. Okay, hmm .... PALE HOSE: SP, Danks Eaton CF Ramirez SS Abreu DH Garcia RF Gillaspie 3B Viciedo LF Wilkins 1B Phegley C Semien 2B TWINS: SP, May Santana SS Nunez 3B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Pinto C Arcia RF Hicks CF Escobar 2B Schafer LF ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. Trevor May -- There is no question th…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. PALE HOSE: SP, Noesi Eaton CF Ramirez SS Garcia RF Viciedo DH Konerko 1B Taylor LF Flowers C Semien 3B Sanchez 2B TWINS: SP, Milone Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Schafer LF --------------------------- Okay, Brian ... what have you got? ------------------------------------------- Love Is... What I Got... I said remember that... Love is... What I got. Things to Think About: 1. The Bench -- The Lineup looks like the same guys we were rolling with before roster expansion... Not that there is anything wrong with …

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 85. TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer DH Vargas 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Schafer LF ORIOLES: SP, Gausman Markakis RF Young LF Jones CF Cruz DH Davis 1B Hardy SS Paredes 3B Hundley C Schoop 2B ------------------------ I don't really want to think about this team anymore so I'm glad Brian is still able. ------------------------- I'm thinking of 5 things and 5 things only. Things to Think About: 1. 2012 MLB Draft -- I normally don't throw around my opinions heavy handed when it comes to the MLB Draft…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 90. TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer DH Vargas 1B Plouffe 3B Parmelee RF Nunez SS Fryer C Schafer LF ORIOLES: SP, Chen Markakis RF Lough LF Jones CF Cruz DH Davis 1B Hardy SS Paredes 3B Flaherty 2B Joseph C Okay, lineups in and up. Brian, your turn. ---------------------------------- Roger That!!! Who is Roger? Things to Think About: 1. DH/1B -- Joe Mauer is playing his third straight game at DH while Kenny Plural starts again at 1B. To my understanding... this is just Gardy getting an extending look at Vargas as a 1B. Joe has a reported sore …

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer DH Vargas 1B Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Escobar SS Schafer LF ORIOLES: SP, Tillman Markakis RF Young DH Jones CF Cruz LF Davis 1B Hardy SS Paredes 3B Hundley C Schoop 2B -------------------------------- Next up? Brian! Be prepared, be very prepared ... ------------------------------- Here's what you need for your Preparation: A. Flashlight with Extra Batteries. B. Cellphone fully charged. C. Rotary Phone for when the Cellphone dies. D. Sundial E. Tow Rope F. Jar of Butterflies G. Road Maps of Vermont H. Prepe…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, May Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer DH Vargas 1B Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Escobar SS Fryer C Schafer LF ORIOLES: SP, Gonzalez Markakis RF Pearce 1B Jones CF Cruz DH Young LF Hardy SS David 3B Joseph C Schoop 2B -------------------------- And now we await Brian ... -------------------------- Yeah... Where is he? (tap tap tap) Oh... That's me Things to Think About: 1. Baltimore -- Baltimore is a city that doesn't matter to anyone because it's in between the legendary cities of Philadelphia and Washington DC. Oh... The City tries... It tries to climb out o…

Game-time forecast: Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 85. TWINS: SP, Milone Santana CF Dozier 2B Suzuki C Vargas DH Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Parmelee 1B Escobar SS Schafer LF ROYALS: SP, Guthrie Aoki RF Escobar SS Gordon LF Butler 1B Perez C Willingham DH Cain CF Moustakas 3B Colon 2B ----------------------------------------------- Roses are Red Royals are Blue The Twins use both colors That's all I got... I'm through Things to Think About: 1. Fate -- Is there any sense in watching this game. I can already tell you what is going to happen based on the last two games. The Twins held the Royals scoreless for 8 Innings…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Escobar SS Schafer LF ROYALS: SP, Hendriks Aoki RF Escobar SS Gordon LF Butler 1B Perez C Ibanez DH Moustakas 3B Colon 2B Dyson CF ------------------------------- It's kinda quiet in here... I suppose I should just dive in and make some noise. Things to Thinks About: 1. Quick and Easy -- It felt a little shocking the way last night's game ended. We had a 1-0 lead in the 9th and Perkins on the mound... That's supposed to be a done deal. With one swing of the bat... Alex Go…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 90. TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Escobar SS Schafer LF ROYALS: SP, Duffy Dyson CF Escobar SS Gordon LF Butler 1B Perez C Willingham DH Moustakas 3B Cain RF Colon 2B -------------------------------------- And now that ModCon is over, and we are all on our way to recuperation, and Brian was possibly given too much to think about, he should have no problem finishing out the year here! Let's play ball! -------------------------------------- Yeah... I Suppose... But I can't remember how to do it. I think…

Can the Twins help keep Detroit out of first place and the playoffs? As Twins fans, do we even care who makes the playoffs? Tonight, the Twins have Tommy "Hey, at least I'm back in MLB" Milone going against some guy named Robbie Ray. The Good: Milone is probably going to pitch better at some point. Probably. The Bad: Not really seeing any bad here. *looks at lineup* Oh, hey, look. Jordan Schafer is in the lineup again. There you go. The Ugly: Oswaldo Arcia's haircut. (in truth, I think it's pretty awesome in a horrible "omg look at this dude's baseball card in 20 years sort of way") Detroit: Ian Kinsler - 2B Torii Hunter - RF Miguel Cabrera - 1B Victor Martinez - …

Recovery day. Can the Twins win three of four against the Tigers or will Scherzer force a split? Will the Twins return to scoring double-digit runs without Twins Daily pub crawl attendees in the stands? Will we see the good Gibson or mediiocre/bad Gibson today? Why am I asking so many questions? Can someone post the lineups when they become available? I have to run some errands.

I'm drunk so let's play two.

Wow. Do the Twins have anything left in the tank? The Twins recalled Pino and are facing some guy named George Runie Farmer. He goes by Buck for obvious reasons. Two pitchers. A combined MLB experience of 60.1 innings. This is going to be a real nail-biter, I can feel it. Lineups:

Well, it's time to wrap up a pretty ugly series against Cleveland. I'm not going to try to emulate RB's excellent game thread introductions so here's the skinny: - The Good: Phil Hughes is pitching. - The Bad: The Twins are facing Corey Kluber. - The Ugly: The Twins have not scored a run in their last 17 innings. Lineups: Twins: Danny Santana - SS Brian Dozier - 2B Joe Mauer - 1B Kennys Vargas - DH Oswaldo Arcia - RF Trevor Plouffe - 3B Kurt Suzuki - C Chris Parmelee - LF Jordan Schafer - CF Cleveland: Michael Bourn - CF Mike Aviles - SS Michael Brantley - LF Carlos Santana - 1B Jason Kipnis - 2B Yan Gomes - C Lonnie Chisenhall - 3B Zach Walters - DH Chris Dic…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. ChiTown will have the Lineups Soon... Live from Minneapolis... Which will make the lineups even more special. ROYALS: SP, House Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Kipnis 2B Walters DH Aviles 3B Dickerson RF Perez C TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Escobar SS Fryer C Schafer LF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. This Weekend -- I'll be taking a 4 day break from the Game Thread setups. It's a vacation... It's actually more like a …

It'll be a comfortable... Willard Scott approves Night at the ball park. Light Winds with the exception of that Hurricane Force wind tunnel that flys thru the open area in right field Indians SP: Trevor Bauer CF Bourn SS Aviles LF Brantley 1B Santana 2B Kipnis C Gomes 3B Chisenhall DH Walters RF Dickinson Twins SP: Kyle Gibson CF Santana 2B Dozier 1B Mauer DH Vargas RF Arcia 3B Plouffe C Suzuki SS Escobar LF Schafer Things to Think About: 1. Indians -- Louis CK has a great bit on Indians. "And they weren’t even Indians... We called them that by accident and we still call them that. We knew in a month that it wasn’t Indians but we just don’t give a &*%…

Game-time forecast: Cloudy with a 60-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. ROYALS: SP, Vargas Aoki RF Infante 2B Perez C Butler 1B Gordon LF Willingham DH Moustakas 3B Escobar SS Dyson CF TWINS: SP, May Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Parmelee LF Fryer C Escobar SS ---------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... I know you are on vacation from work ... but this isn't work, right? ---------------------------------- Not on Vacation Yet... But Soon... I'm heading to Minneapolis Thursday for a long weekend... rest and relaxation... having a good time... Doin The Pub Crawl a…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy with a 40-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. ROYALS: SP, Guthrie Aoki RF Infante 2B Perez C Butler 1B Gordon LF Willingham DH Moustakas 3B Escobar SS Dyson CF TWINS: SP, Milone Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Parmelee LF Escobar 3B Schafer CF ----------------------------- I'm off to work ... last day before vacation ... ending with a 3 1/2 hour performance of 'Marriage of Figaro.' So, Brian ... top that? ------------------------------ Umm... After the game today... I'm going shopping for Kuerig K-Cups. I also want to personally thank y…