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Game-time forecast: Drizzle, maybe rain. 82 deg. ROYALS: SP, Ventura Aoki RF Infante 2B Perez C Butler 1B Gordon LF Cain CF Ibanez DH Moustakas 3B Escobar SS TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Parmelee LF Schafer CF ----------------------------- Brian? You there? You're on! ----------------------------- I'm Somewhere... Always am. Things to Think About: 1. 1st Place -- That's what the Royals are thinking about right now. They are Currently 1.5 games up on the Tigers. 2 teams that are currently going in opposite directions. The Royals are 9-1 in their last 10 while the Kitty Kats from Detroit are 3-7. L…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. The Twins are back home and ChiTown isn't back home. Whose better off? She has lineups... Come here for them. ROYALS: SP, Duffy Aoki RF Infante 2B Perez C Butler 1B Gordon LF Willingham DH Moustakas 3B Escobar SS Dyson CF TWINS: SP, Nolasco Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Arcia RF Escobar SS Schafer LF ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. The Royals -- Divisional Foe aside... I can't help... I'm a closet Royals Fan. They have been hapless for so long that I can't …

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-time forecast: It's still Houston so it's still hot and humid. TWINS: SP, Pino Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Arcia RF Escobar SS Schafer LF ASTROS: SP, McHugh Grossman RF Altuve 2B Carter DH Castro C Krauss LF Singleton 1B Dominguez 3B Marisnick CF Gonzalez SS ----------------------------------- Brian'll be up when he's up ... stay tuned ... ------------------------------------ Yeah UP when you are UP... Life is that way. Things to Think About: 1. Minute Maid Park -- There was a time when it was called Enron Field. That changed quickly after it was discovered that Enron cooked it's books and all of sudden people were …

Game-time forecast: hot and humid. TWINS: SP, Milone Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Parmelee LF Escobar SS Schafer RF ASTROS: SP, Peacock Grossman RF Altuve 2B Carter DH Dominguez 3B Castro C Santana LF Singleton 1B Marisnick CF Petit SS --------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... you're not in the hole, not on deck ... you're up! Now go! -------------------------------- Thanks... ChiTown... It's hard to describe this hole that I'm in... It's dark... There are strange noises... a dripping sound.... Like a giant faucet that doesn't quite shut off. I figure I'm about 200 feet below the surface and it's definitely lonely down here..…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. I'm going to see my Dad today. Hopefully he will have the game on so I can listen to him tell me that the Twins don't swing at the first pitch in the zone. ChiTown will be along with the lineups and WX shortly. TWINS: SP, Hughes Danny Santana(S) CF Brian Dozier® 2B Kurt Suzuki® C Kennys Vargas(S) 1B Josh Willingham® DH Chris Parmelee(L) RF Eduardo Nunez(S) 3B Eduardo Escobar(S) SS Jordan Schafer(L) LF ATHLETICS: SP, Hammel Coco Crisp(S) DH Sam Fuld(L) CF Josh Donaldson® 3B Brandon Moss(L) LF Stephen Vogt(L) 1B Josh Reddick(L) RF John Jaso(L) C Alberto Callasp…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. TWINS: SP, May Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Willingham LF Parmelee 1B Escobar SS Fryer C Schafer RF ATHLETICS: SP, Samardzija Crisp CF Fuld LF Donaldson 3B Moss 1B Noris C Reddick RF Lowrie SS Vogt DH Sogard 2B Okay, Bri ... a momentous day indeed! Have at it! ---------------------------------- I can tell that you are excited about something... I can't put my finger on it... but you are certainly glowing at the moment in anticipation of something. Things to Think About: 1. May Day -- May Day is May 1st every year. I remember in my youth leav…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature near 70. TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Parmelee 1B Nunez SS Schafer LF ATHLETICS: SP, Kazmir Crisp DH Jaso C Donaldson 3B Moss LF Lowrie SS Reddick RF Vogt 1B Fuld CF Sogard 2B ------------------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... lots to think about today, but save some for the 'big debut' tomorrow! --------------------------------------- I'm gonna keep a bag over here... In this bag will be the stuff I save for tomorrow. It also has my gym socks. I hope that doesn't cause a problem. Things to Think About: 1. Fo…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. TWINS: SP, Pino Santana CF Dozier 1B Plouffe 3B Willingham LF Vargas DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Colabello 1B Escobar SS ATHLETICS: SP, Lester Crisp CF Jaso DH Donaldson 3B Moss LF Norris C Reddick RF Callaspo 2B Vogt 1B Sogard SS -------------------------------------- And since Brian missed yesterday, he will now give us 10 things to think about!! A whole whopping 10!! Woohoo! --------------------------------------- Gulp... 10!!! I feel like Steve Martin in Roxanne when the guy hits 20 on the dartboard. OK!!! Here we go Things to Think About: 1. Oakland -- Oaklan…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. PADRES: SP, Despaigne Cabrera SS Solarte 3B Smith LF Medica DH Gyorko 2B Venable CF Alonso 1B Grandal C Francoeur RF TWINS: SP, Correia Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Arcia RF Parmelee 1B Escobar SS Fryer C Schaefer LF ---------------------------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... your turn ... slippin' and slidin', think it over and rave on! We're all crying, waiting, hoping here! (But maybe we could move on from crickets to another critter ... )

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. ChiTown will be along with the lineups. I'm not sure what "a long" is exactly. But... She will be longing it up here in a bit. Oh RB, there are so many ways to go with that statement ... but none suitable for here. So on that note, here they are: PADRES: SP, Hahn Cabrera SS Solarte LF Smith RF Medica DH Gyorco 2B Venable CF Grandal C Alonso 1B Nelson 3B TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Willingham DH Vargas 1B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar SS Schaefer LF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

The Lineups... Hitters getting in a line... umm... upward and therefore... they line UP. Much more optimistic than a Line DOWN. ChiTown has them... Coming soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Here you go Minnesota Twins CF Santana 2B Dozier 3B Plouffe LF Willingham C Suzuki DH Vargas RF Arcia 1B Parmelee SS Escobar SP Pino Chicago WhiteSox CF Eaton 2B Beckham DH Abreu 3B Gillaspie SS Ramirez 1B Konerko RF Viciedo LF De Aza C Flowers SP Quintana - Things to Think About: 1, The White Sox -- I hate them so much... I've thought about them 6 times this morning. As Thought number one this would be the 7th time. The Twins…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. ChiTown will be along with the lineups. She will post them right here. Official Scorebooks can be found at your local sporting goods store. Get a book and enter the lineups in and play along at home. Ignore what the official scorer does. Use your own judgement. TWINS: SP, Pino Danny Santana CF Brian Dozier 2B Trevor Plouffe 3B Josh Willingham LF Kurt Suzuki C Kennys Vargas DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Chris Parmelee 1B Eduardo Escobar SS PALE HOSE: SP, Carroll Adam Eaton CF Gordon Beckham 2B Jose Abreu 1B Adam Dunn DH Alexei Ramirez SS Conor Gillaspie 3B Dayan Viciedo RF Al…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. TWINS: SP, Darnell Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Willingham LF Suzuki C Vargas 1B Colabello DH Parmelee RF Escobar SS PALE HOSE: SP, Sale Eaton CF Beckham 2B Abreu 1B Konerko DH Ramirez SS Gillaspie 3B Flowers C De Aza LF Sierra RF -------------------------------- And here we go ... it's Brian time! ----------------------------------------- OH GOD... HELP ME... The White Sox Again. Things to Think About: 1. The White Sox again... I don't like the White Sox... So much so... that I can only take them for 3 or 4 days…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. TWINS: SP, Correia Danny Santana CF Eduardo Nunez SS Trevor Plouffe 3B Josh Willingham DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Chris Colabello 1B Chris Parmelee LF Eric Fryer C Eduardo Escobar 2B ROYALS: SP, Ventura Jarrod Dyson CF Omar Infante 2B Eric Hosmer 1B Salvador Perez C Alex Gordon LF Lorenzo Cain RF Raul Ibanez DH Mike Moustakas 3B Alcides Escobar SS ------------------------ Batter up! (Yes, Brian, that's you. Now get in there!) --------------------------- I apologize... I'm jammed for time and only have time for a thought or two. Things to Think About: 1. The Trad…

The Weather will be hot and gusty... Temps in the 90's. People will leave the park smelling bad from all the sweat. Twins SP: Phil Hughes CF Santana LF Fuld 2B Dozier DH Willinghammer 3B Plouffe C Suzuki 1B Colabello RF Parmelee SS Nunez Royals SP: Danny Duffy RF Aoki 2B Infante 1B Hosmer C Perez LF Gordon DH Butler 3B Moustakas CF Cain SS Escobar Things to Think About: 1. Kyle Gibson -- He was magnificent last night. 7 Innings of work and not a run scored against him. We certainly hope to see more of that from Kyle Gibson in the future and we certainly hope it's a long future with the Twins. We need more pitching performances just like that. He has these f…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, Gibson Santana CF Fuld RF Dozier 2B Willingham LF Parmelee 1B Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Nunez DH Escobar SS ROYALS: SP, Shields Aoki RF Infante 2B Hosmer 1B Perez C Gordon LF Butler DH Moustakas 3B Cain CF Escobar SS ---------------------------------------------- And now .... Brian! Please join us! ---------------------------------------------- I'm Joined and it feels wonderful!!! Things to Think About: 1. Kansas City -- While it is unknown and undocumented how the City of Kansas City got started. It is widely believed that people just starte…

Game-time forecast: Cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. PALE HOSE: SP, Carroll Eaton CF Ramirez SS Abreu 1B Dunn DH Viciedo RF Gillaspie 3Bi De Aza LF Beckham 2B Nieto C TWINS: SP, Pino Santana CF Fuld LF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Willingham DH Parmelee 1B Fryer C Escobar SS ----------------------------------------- ​Brian will be up soon … I hope … as we all need a little Brian after the last 3 games. Sigh. Keep on swimming, keep on swimming, keep on swimming …. --------------------------------------------------------- We need a little something... That is for sure Things t…

Game-time forecast: Um, I don't know but will check if anyone cares. PALE HOSE: SP, Sale Adam Eaton CF Alexei Ramirez SS Jose Abreu DH Dayan Viciedo RF Paul Konerko 1B Conor Gillaspie 3B Tyler Flowers C Alejandro De Aza LF Gordon Beckham 2B TWINS: SP, Darnell Danny Santana CF Brian Dozier 2B Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Colabello 1B Josh Willingham LF Oswaldo Arcia RF Kurt Suzuki C Eduardo Nunez DH Eduardo Escobar SS ---------------------------- Five things to think about: 1. Brian's not able to think today, so you are stuck with me. I can't even come near His Witty-ness, so I won't even try. 2. You all who read and participate here have plenty to say, so let us know y…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. PALE HOSE: SP, Danks Adam Eaton CF Alexei Ramirez SS Jose Abreu 1B Adam Dunn DH Dayan Viciedo RF Conor Gillaspie 3B Gordon Beckham 2B Alejandro De Aza LF Tyler Flowers C TWINS: SP, Correia Danny Santana CF Eduardo Nunez 3B Brian Dozier 2B Chris Colabello 1B Josh Willingham DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Kurt Suzuki C Eduardo Escobar SS Sam Fuld LF ----------------------- Bri ... I had a minute, so put the lineups up. Thanks, though. ------------------------ OK... The way you worded that sentence... It means I have to say "You're Welcome" for your putting the…

Game-time forecast: Cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. PALE HOSE: SP, Noesi Adam Eaton CF Alexei Ramirez SS Jose Abreu 1B Adam Dunn DH Dayan Viciedo RF Conor Gillaspie 3B Gordon Beckham 2B Alejandro De Aza LF Tyler Flowers C TWINS: SP, Hughes Sam Fuld LF Brian Dozier 2B Trevor Plouffe 3B Josh Willingham DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Kurt Suzuki C Chris Parmelee 1B Eduardo Escobar SS Danny Santana CF ------------------------- Brian, you're up! Get some good swings in! -------------------------- With my Obliques? Things to Think About: 1. The White Sox -- Here's how much I hate the White S…

Game-time forecast: Clear, no chance of rain, 76 deg. ChiTown is going to post the lineups and forecast right here. C'mon ChiTown give me a good WX forecast. I'll be at the game today... Yeah... And a decent lineup to... While you are at it. Bri, well, it's not very warm (imo) but if you are sitting in the sun, should be nice; don't forget the sunscreen! Decent lineup? Well, um ... enjoy the sun! INDIANS: SP, Bauer Kipnis 2B Ramirez SS Brantley CF Santana 1B Chisenhall 3B Swisher DH Murphy RF Perez C Dickerson LF TWINS: SP, Swarzak Fuld LF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Morales DH Colabello 1B Arcia RF Nunez SS Fryer C Santana CF ---------------------------------…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. I just couldn't wait to get game thread up... ChiTown has to wait to post the lineups. Chi here. And I'm still waiting. You'd think they'd get these things up 5 hours in advance, but nooooooo ... but the game-time weather forecast is up. INDIANS: SP, Salazar Kipnis 2B Dickerson FL Brantley CF Santana 1B Chisenhall 3B Swisher DH Gomes C Murphy RF Aviles SS TWINS: SP, Pino Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Morales 1B Willingham DH Suzuki C Arcia RF Escobar SS Fuld LF ------------------------------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. E…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature near 90. Getting an early start on the game thread today in a hotel room because I'm not sure what I'm doing later. I don't think Gardy has the lineup ready yet. ChiTown will post it later. INDIANS: SP, House Jason Kipnis 2B Asdrubal Cabrera SS Yan Gomes DH Carlos Santana 1B Ryan Raburn LF Nick Swisher RF Roberto Perez C Lonnie Chisenhall 3B Mike Aviles CF TWINS: SP, Johnson Danny Santana CF Brian Dozier 2B Trevor Plouffe 3B Kendrys Morales 1B Josh Willingham LF Kurt Suzuki C Chris Colabello DH Chris Parmelee RF Eduardo Escobar SS …

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…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. Bri: The Lineups are on their way... Being sent Fed-Ex to ChiTown... packaged along with a set of fancy spatulas. Chi: So, I didn't receive the fancy spatulas ... it makes me want to withhold the lineups. But since anyone can look them up, I have no leverage to hold out for the spatulas. RAYS: SP, Price Jennings CF Zobrist RF Guyer LF Longoria 3B Loney 1B Forsythe 2B Escobar SS Molina C Rodriguez DH TWINS: SP, Hughes Santana CF Dozier 2B Plouffe 3B Morales DH Suzuki C Colabello 1B Parmelee RF Escobar SS Nunez LF ---…

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…

Game-time forecast: Partly clouy. Winds 8-10mph from the NNW. Temperature near 70. NATIONAL LEAGUE: SP, Wainwright (12-4, 1.83 ERA) -Kershaw -Simon -Greinke -Neshek -Clippard -Rodriguez -Kimbrel -Watson -Chapman 1 McCutcheon CF --Blackmon CF 2 Puig RF --Pence RF 3 Tulowitzki SS --Castro 4 Goldschmidt 1B --Freeman 5 Stanton DH --Rizzo 6 Ramirez 3B --Frazier 3B 7Utley 2B --Gordon (PR) 2B --Murphy 2B 8 Lucroy C --Mesoraco C --Montero C 9 Gomez LF --Harrison AMERICAN LEAGUE: SP, Hernandez (11-2, 2.12 ERA) -Lester -Darvish -Sale -Scherzer -Kazmir -Uehara -Holland -Doolittle -Rodney -Perkins ht…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 40-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game-time temperature: Around 80. TWINS: SP, Hughes Brian Dozier 2B Kurt Suzuki C Kendrys Morales 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee RF Josh Willingham LF Eduardo Escobar SS Sam Fuld CF Phil Hughes P ROCKIES: SP, Anderson Charlie Blackmon CF Carlos Gonzalez RF Troy Tulowitzki SS Justin Morneau 1B Nolan Arenado 3B Corey Dickerson LF Wilin Rosario C D.J. LeMahieu 2B Brett Anderson P ----------------- Okay, just do it! ------------------ Things to Think About: 1. Justin Morneau -- Here it is Sunday and I'm finally thinking about Just…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 85. (Hmmm ... could there be a rain delay?) TWINS: SP, Correia Dozier 2B Escobar SS Morales 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Willingham LF Fuld CF Fryer C Correia P ROCKIES: SP, Matzek Blackmon CF Gonzalez RF Tulowitzki SS Morneau 1B Arenado 3B Dickerson LF McHenry C LeMahieu 2B Matzek P --------------------------- Take it away, Brian! Well, don't literally take it away and walk off with it, just give us your spiel! --------------------------- I'm just going to put it over here Things to Think About: 1. Rockies Daily -- …