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Twins SP: Kris Johnson Dozier 2B Suzuki C Morales 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Nunez LF Escobar SS Fuld CF The Pitcher and whoever pinch hits for the Pitcher Rockies SP: Jorge De La Rosa Blackmon RF Stubbs CF Gonzalez LF Tulowitski SS Morneau 1B Arenado 3B Rosario C LeMahieu 2B The Pitcher and whoever pinch hits for the pitcher Things to Think About: 1. Colorado -- This is a state that contains Mountains in what is widely considered to be the Western side of the United States. Anything West of us is the Western side of the United States and by us... I'm excluding... Ash, Chief and Glunn. Actually... I don't know where everyone lives so I'm excluding everyone... Every…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. ChiTown will have those lineups for you once released to the general public. Lineups can also be purchased through Ticketmaster... Along with Creedence Clearwater Revisted Tickets. Sorry for my tardiness ... I was at a special dinner for the orchestra ... TWINS: SP, Pino Dozier 2B Suzuki C Parmelee 1B Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Escobar SS Fuld CF MARINERS: SP, Wilhelmsen Chavez LF Jones CF Cano 2B Seager 3B Hart DH Morrison 1B Saunders RF Zunino C Bloomquist SS ------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. Pacific Time -- C'mon... …

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Nunez SS Plouffe 3B Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Suzuki C Colabello 1B Fuld CF MARINERS: SP, Elias Chavez LF Jones CF Cano 2B Seager 3B Morrison 1B Hart DH Saunders RF Zunino C Miller SS ------------------------------- Up next? The Brian Show! Please stay tuned ... -------------------------------- The Brian Show? I don't know how to produce any video... You'll have to imagine everything in your mind. Things to Think About: 1. It's always Sunny in Seattle: The Forecast says Sunny... In Seattle??? Must be a summertime…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, Hughes Dozier 2B Nunez 3B Suzuki C (!) Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Colabello 1B Escobar SS Fuld CF MARINERS: SP, Young Saunders RF Jones CF Cano 2B Seager 3B Morrison 1B Hart DH Ackley LF Zunino C Miller SS --------------------------------- Brian will be with us shortly ... --------------------------------- Shortly? I'm 5-9... I am always with you shortly. Things to Think About: 1. Jenny Jenny -- If Gardenhire would have done this... Some would have crucified him but when Joe Maddon of the Rays does it... He is seen as colorful. Last T…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. TWINS: SP, Correia Dozier 2B Escobar SS Plouffe 3B Morales 1B Willingham LF Arcia RF Colabello DH Fuld CF Fryer C Mariners: SP, Iwakuma Saunders RF Jones CF Cano 2B Hart DH Seager 3B Morrison 1B Zunino C Ackley LF Miller SS -------------------------- Brian is back home and thankfully did not crash while on the road yesterday, so thoughts will be up shortly. -------------------------------------------- While Driving through Wisconsin we did not crash at all. Although I was able to point out to my kids the places where others did. Wisconsin is a popular spot for cr…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 85. YANKEES: SP, Kuroda Gardner LF Jeter SS Ellsbury CF Teixeira 1B McCann C Beltran DH Roberts 2B Suzuki RF Johnson 3B TWINS: SP, Nolasco Dozier 2B Nunez SS Parmelee 1B Willingham LF Arcia RF Suzuki C Plouffe 3B Colabello DH Fuld CF ------------------------------ Brian is on the road, and his thoughts are with him. So, no masterful '5 Things to Think About' from RB today. While a loss for us, maybe we all can bridge the gap. If you have 'something to think about' for today's game, feel free to share! Let's get this…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. YANKEES: SP, Phelps Ellsbury CF Jeter SS McCann C Teixeira 1B Beltran DH Roberts 2B Suzuki RF Soriano LF Wheeler 3B TWINS: SP, Pino Dozier 2B Suzuki C Parmelee 1B Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Escobar SS Fuld CF ---------------------------------- Brian will be up shortly with his thoughts on the matter ... hopefully the fireworks from last night aren't persisting in his head this morning. --------------------------------------- I did see fireworks last night... I'm not sure but I think they were the s…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. While I have a pocket of internet... Let's do this. ChiTown will post lineups here. YANKEES: SP, Whitley Gardner LF Roberts 2B Ellsbury CF Teixiera 1B Beltran DH Suzuki RF Cervelli C Johnson 3B Ryan SS TWINS: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Suzuki C Parmelee LF Morales 1B Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Colabello DH Escobar SS Fuld CF --------------------------------------- Things to think about: 1. Hotels -- In the year 2014... I'm not sure how a hotel can get away with not having fantastic Wi-Fi in all rooms. But the Hotel I'm staying at struggles to load anything. Howe…

Today's Game Thread is posted early so I can get in the car and go for a drive with the Family. I'll be at the game tonight to watch the Tanaka/Hughes tilt and then it's off to Milwaukee for the 4th. I don't know what ChiTown has planned for the 4th but she will post the lineups later. Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. YANKEES: SP, Tanaka Brett Gardner LF Derek Jeter SS Jacoby Ellsbury CF Mark Teixeira 1B Brian McCann C Carlos Beltran DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Zelous Wheeler 3B Brendan Ryan 2B TWINS: SP, Hughes Brian Dozier 2B Kurt Suzuki C Chris Parmelee 1B Kendrys Morales DH Josh Willingham LF Os…

Royals SP: Jason Vargas 1. Escobar SS 2. Hosmer 1B 3. Butler DH 4. Gordon LF 5. Perez C 6. Ibanez RF 7. Infante 2B 8. Moustakis 3B 9. Dyson CF Twins SP: Kevin Correia 1. Nunez SS 2. Dozier 2B 3. Parmelee 1B 4. Morales DH 5. Willingham LF 6. Arcia RF 7. Plouffe 3B 8. Fryer C 9. Fuld CF Things to Think About: 1. Termites for Supper -- 15 Hits for the Twins lately is a lot like pushing a stick into a termite hole to catch termites for food and pulling out a 100 dollar bill and taking that 100 dollars to a restaurant and having a big steak. You were expecting termites but you got a steak. That's a nice happy night. Once you have a steak... you don't want to go ba…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. ROYALS: SP, Shields Cain CF Hosmer 1B Butler DH Gordon LF Perez C Ibanez RF Infante 2B Moustakas 3B Escobar SS TWINS: SP, Nolasco Nunez SS Mauer 1B Parmelee LF Morales DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar 2B Fuld CF -------------------------- Okay, Bri ... your turn ... am in a rush or I'd say something witty for you ... -------------------------- Head Rush? Sugar Rush? Caffeine Rush? Traffic Rush? Tom Sawyer Rush? Things to Think About: 1. The World Cup -- Yeah... The World Cup... The folks are interested in the…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing from right to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. The Twins are at home... They didn't do well on the road... Will the lineup clearly display this home happiness... Only one way to find out... Wait right here and ChiTown will bring the smiles or... Cookies... She likes to bake. Bri, I think at this point, only cookies will do the trick, no matter what. ROYALS: SP, Duffy Cain RF Hosmer 1B Butler DH Gordon LF Perez C Infante 2B Moustakas 3B Escobar SS Dyson CF TWINS: SP, Pino Dozier 2B Suzuki C Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Plouffe 3B Parmelee RF Nunez SS Fuld CF -------------------------------…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from center field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature near 85. I'm beginning to believe that ChiTown is somehow behind this losing streak. Maybe she could help us out if she considered posting the lineups in a new font? Ummm ... okay ... TWINS: SP, Correia Dozier 2B Suzuki C Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Escobar 3B Fuld CF Florimon SS RANGERS: SP, Tepesch Choo LF Andrus SS Pena 1B Beltre DH Rios RF Martin CF Gimenez C Sardinas 3B Oder 2B ------------------------------------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. Dallas/Arlington -- I don't know who turned the Dallas area into such an affluent are…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature near 90. (I had to double check that as that's pretty close to the forecast here in Chicago, except that it's raining now.) TWINS: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Parmelee CF Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Escobar 3B Fryer C Polanco SS RANGERS: SP, Lewis Choo DH Andrus SS Pena 1B Beltre 3B Rios RF Martin CF Chirinos C Choice LF Odor 2B ----------------------------- Things to think about ... in Brian's absence, we've had some 'guest' input ... feel free to add your own following this. 1. Kyle Gibson. Kyle went to high school in Greenfield, Indiana. Kyle had to …

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 90. Twins: SP, Hughes Fuld CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Morales DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Parmelee LF Escobar 3B Florimon SS Rangers: SP, Darvish Choo LF Andrus SS Pena 1B Beltre 3B Murphy DH Martin CF Gimenez C Choice RF Odor 2B ----------------------------- Okay, Brian ... give us something ... anything ... it will be appreciated! ---------------------------------------------- Here' something... In Alaska a 180 pound Bear crashed through a skylight and ate the cupcakes they had out of their child's birthday party. It actually happened... I just read it in the paper. I'…

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…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. Twins: SP, Pino Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Escobar 3B Fryer C Fuld CF Angels: SP, Richards Calhoun RF Trout C Pujols 1B Hamilton LF Aybar SS Kendrick 2B Cron DH Green 3B Iannetta C -------------------------------------- Okay ... time for Brian's thoughts ... please wait patiently. He doesn't like impatience. I found that out and was called out for it. So please be patient. ------------------------------------- I scream C'MON!!! at the Microwave... I don't have all second. Things to Think About: 1. Garrett Richards -- Anot…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 70. (No worries about rain delays with this series as it never rains in Southern California! ... starting Brian off right ... ) Twins: SP, Gibson Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Suzuki C Parmelee RF Escobar 3B Fuld CF Angels: SP, Wilson Calhoun RF Trout CF Pujols 1B Hamilton LF Aybar SS Kendrick 2B Cron DH Freese 3B Conger C ------------------------------------------ Brian ... your turn ... think, man, T H I N K! (the queen has spoken) ------------------------------------------ And to you I curtsy... I'll admit a curtsy doesn't feel all…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 40-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. White Sox: SP, Danks Eaton CF Beckham 2B Abreu 1B Dunn DH Ramirez SS Gillaspie 3B Sierra RF De Aza LF Flowers C Twins, SP, Hughes Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar 3B Fuld CF -------------------------------- Brian's up. Take a good cut, young man! Well, man. ---------------------------------------------------------- LOL... Swing Hard in case you hit it... Right? Things to Think About: 1. Let's go Streaking -- Bring your Green Hat... C'mon everybody we're going streaking.…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 85. White Sox: SP, Rienzo Eaton CF Beckham 2B Gillaspie 3B Abreu 1B Dunn DH Ramirez SS Viciedo RF De Aza LF Nieto C Twins: SP, Correia Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer DH Morales 1B Arcia RF Suzuki C Parmelee LF Escobar 3B Fuld CF --------------------------- Okay, Bri, go to it. I think these lineups will give you a few things to think about, not that you need any help as your brain seems bursting with plenty to work with! ----------------------------------------------------- It's long been assumed that my brain burst along time ago. I used to love the taste of pain…

Bri: Will we start on time? Will we start with players in the lineup? ChiTown... Will Start later... Right Here. Chi: Well, Bri, considering the forecast, I think we'll start on time ... unless there is another deterrent other than the weather. So, here we go ... Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. White Sox: SP, Noesi Eaton CF Beckham 2B Gillaspie 3B Abreu 1B Dunn DH Ramirez SS Viciedo RF De Aza LF Flowers C Twins: SP, Nolasco Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Suzuki C Arcia RF Escobar 3B Fuld CF --------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think Ab…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 60-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. White Sox: SP, Quintana Eaton CF Beckham 2B Gillaspie 3B Abreu 1B Dunn DH Ramirez SS Viciedo RF De Aza LF Flowers C Twins: SP, Pino Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Suzuki C Parmelee RF Escobar 3B Fuld CF ------------------------------------------------ Okay, Brian ... thoughts on you ... hopefully unrained on ... ------------------------------------------------- "Only Love Can Bring the Rain... That falls like tears from on high" Umm... Must be lotsa love being sent toward the cities from JB. Si…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 85. The Lineups are coming soon... It's an early start today and Gardenhire probably hasn't woken up yet. ChiTown will post them right here. Bri, it's not Gardy who hasn't woken up yet ... it's Chi. But I'm getting there. At least enough to post these: Twins: SP, Gibson Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Parmelee RF Escobar 3B Fryer C Florimon SS (And after looking at that, maybe I'll go back to bed.) Red Sox: SP, Lackey Holt RF Bogaerts 3B Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Nava LF Pierzynski C Drew SS Bradley CF -------------------------------…

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. …

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. Twins: SP, Correia Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar 3B Fuld CF Red Sox: SP, De La Rosa Holt LF Bogaerts 3B Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Nava RF Drew SS Pierzynski C Bradley CF ----------------------------- Okay, Brian ... I'm back home. And am prodding your thinking, so go to it! Trips are fun but it's always good to be back home unless it's someplace like Illinois. Things to think about: 1. Boston -- Bwoast'n is a city along the Atlantic Coast of Massachusetts. It's like the worst city to be driving…

Game Time Temp 73 and Rain will fall elsewhere on the planet. Twins SP: Ricky Nolasco 1. Santana SS 2. Mauer 1B 3. Dozier 2B 4. Willingham LF 5. Morales DH 6. Arcia RF 7. Suzuki C 8. Fuld CF 9. Escobar 3B Tigers SP: Rick Porcello 1. Kinsler 2B 2. Hunter RF 3. Cabrera 1B 4. V. Martinez DH 5. J.D. Martinez LF 6. Jackson CF 7. Castellanos 3B 8. Avila C 9. Saurez SS Things to Think About: 1. Voodoo Dolls -- Saturday the 14th was unlucky for the Twins. Ugly game to watch on it's own but with Plouffe going down with an injury and his backup Eduardo Nunez also going down with an injury and the game took a couple steps beyond a simple ugly baseball game. The front of…

Forecast: 70 Degrees and No Rain scheduled. Twins SP: Sam Deduno 1. Santana SS 2. Fuld CF 3. Mauer 1B 4. Willingham LF 5. Morales DH 6. Arcia RF 7. Plouffe 3B 8. Fryer C 9. Escobar 2B Tigers SP: Anibel Sanchez 1. Kinsler 2B 2. Hunter RF 3. Cabrera 1B 4. V. Martinez DH 5. J.D. Martinez LF 6. Jackson CF 7. Castellenos 3B 8. Avila C 9. Suarez SS Things to Think About: 1. 3:08PM -- OK... What's the deal? Who is making up these start times. Whoever it is... They are trying just a little too hard to be creative. 3:05 and 3:10 is a nice even start time... 3:08 is just odd(yeah I know it's technically even). If they ever list a start time as 3:08 and 47 Seconds. I'll…

Game-time forecast: Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. Twins: SP, Gibson Daniel Santana CF Kurt Suzuki C Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Kendrys Morales DH Oswaldo Arcia RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Eduardo Nuñez SS Eduardo Escobar 2B Tigers: SP, Smyly Ian Kinsler 2B Austin Jackson CF Miguel Cabrera 1B Victor Martinez DH J.D. Martinez RF Don Kelly LF Nick Castellanos 3B Alex Avila C Andrew Romine SS ----------------------------- Well, Brian, think! Think hard! Oh, but don't give yourself a headache! ------------------------------------------------------ OK... But I just ate a bowl of ice cream real fast. Things t…

Twins SP: Phil Hughes 1. Santana CF 2. Dozier 2B 3. Mauer 1B 4. Willingham LF 5. Morales DH 6. Arcia RF 7. Plouffe 3B 8. Suzuki C 9. Escobar SS Blue Jays SP: Marcus Stroman 1. Reyes SS 2. Cabrera LF 3. Bautista RF 4. Encarnacion DH 5. Lind 1B 6. Lawrie 3B 7. Kratz C 8. Tolleson 2B 9. Gose CF Things to Think about: Sorry I'm late with this... I got caught up at work on something. A little different format... Apparently it's OK for Suzuki to Catch a day game after a night game. The Stroman kid is highly ranked prospect for the Blue Jays and he should be fun to watch. That's All

Weather Forecast: I don't know... It's 100 percent Canadian and they suck at predicting the weather. Last time I went up to Winnipeg the forecast said 22. I brought a coat and it was a nice day. Let's just say they missed it by about 50 degrees. I complained to a native Canadian about it and he just shook his head and laughed. Clearly they have learned to laugh off such every day meteorological mistakes. Twins SP: Kevin Correia 1. Santana CF 2. Dozier 2B 3. Mauer 1B 4. Willingham LF 5. Morales DH 6. Arcia RF 7. Nunez 3B 8. Suzuki C 9. Escobar SS Blue Jays SP: JA Happ 1. Reyes SS 2. Cabrera LF 3. Bautista RF 4. Encarnacion 1B 5. Lind DH 6. Lawrie 2B 7. Navarro C 8…