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Twins (14-26) 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Ben Revere, RF 3. Joe Mauer, C 4. Josh Willingham, LF 5. Justin Morneau, 1B 6. Brian Dozier, SS 7. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 8. Jamey Carroll, 2B 9. Jason Marquis, RHP Brewers (16-24) 1. Corey Hart, RF 2. Nyjer Morgan, CF 3. Ryan Braun, LF 4. Jonathan Lucroy, C 5. Taylor Green, T, 3B 6. Travis Ishikawa, 1B 7. Cesar Izturis, SS 8. Edwin Maysonet, 2B 9. Zack Greinke, RHP

Yawn. I am having trouble waking up after the all-star break. I had this weird dream, that lots of our players were getting injured and nobody knew how to pitch, and that we were in the bottom of the standings. Anyway, time to stretch out those disused baseball commentary muscles, throw the ol' ball around, and settle back into the season. Let's check the line ups... Minnesota: 0. Charlie Barnes (L) P 1. Luis Arraez (L) LF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Trevor Larnach (L) RF 4. Nelson Cruz (R) DH 5. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B 6. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 7. Max Kepler (L) CF 8. Ben Rortvedt (L) C 9. Andrelton Simm…

I'm *Hard to believe these old guys can still rock like they do. The Twins: *Took a tour of an ore carrier in Duluth, a small one. Still huge. The cargo hold, one of them, was big enough to play football in. Or, so it seemed. Musical interlude: *For Chi, I mean, Carole. "Danse Macabre." Some thoughts on thinking that I think might be worth some further thought: Some observations from the game last night that I didn't watch, and, therefore, have to crib from the various sources: 1. Football season has started, so why not a football kind of score?2. I'm glad to see Gonsalves get a chance. I'm sorry it appears he's not getting the job done.3. May …

ANND Welcome back. Today is my brother's bachelor party so I don't have time to type much. For those here, this isn't your first game thread experience. I have faith you can take it from here. Get another win Twins!

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…

Anyone listening? Once the orchestra is through rehearsal I'll be tuning in. Don't have access to lineups ... game day doesn't seem to be functioning ... hmm ... anyone else having difficulties? Okay ... go!

Good morning and welcome back to another Game Thread experience! It's an absolutely beautiful day here in Minneapolis. Feels like summer has finally arrived. I walked outside this morning to take the trash out and you could smell the green grass and lilacs in the air. The birds were singing and it was warm enough to wear shorts at 6:30AM. It's such a beautiful day I'm trying to come up with an excuse to skip going into the office. In fact, I may go buy a ticket and watch the Twins put another whipping to the Tigers this afternoon. My dilemma is coming up with an appropriate excuse to blow off work. I doubt I'm the only one in this situation today. According to …

The Twins face Kansas City tonight in the second game of their three-game battle to stay out of the basement of the American League Central. Starting pitchers are Brady Singer for the Royals and Michael Pineda for the Twins. Today is September 11th. It is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States wherein the World Trade Center was destroyed. Where were you on this date in 2001? Those of us who are old enough will most likely remember exactly what they were doing that fateful day. My memories focus on my family members, who were newly spread around the country and my worries for their wellbeing. A visit to the site of the WTC years late…

Thursday March 17 Twins at Red Sox - Spring Training Opener 12:05 PM CDT It's that time of year again! Well, not quite THAT time of year -- this game won't count in any standings that matter. But it's still a game, featuring real players (albeit ones who may never make a real Twins roster) playing on a real field (even if it is encircled by golf carts and alligators). One benefit of not being a "real" game is that MLB.TV blackouts are not enforced in spring training -- and this one is also labeled a "Free Game of the Day" so no MLB.TV subscription is required to watch. Just log in with a free MLB.com account (or create one, if you haven't already) at the lin…

Twins: SP Scott Diamond CF Presley 2B Dozier 3B Plouffe LF Arcia DH Doumit 1B Colabello RF Thomas SS Escobar C Fryer White Sox: SP John Danks Lineup not out... I hope they all get out... Once it comes out. Things to Think About: 1. Think About Eric Fryer... It's nice that he's getting a start. He hit a home run the other night... He probably thought that would spring board himself into a start the next night... That didn't happen... He had to wait until getaway day. 2. Think about Scott Diamond... He gave us some high hope last year... Now no one knows what he is going to give us. Good Luck Scott... Go Get Em... Pulling for ya. 3. Think about Oswaldo Arc…

vs. LHP Will Smith 1. Denard Span LF 2. Ben Revere RF 3. Josh Willingham DH 4. Justin Morneau 1B 5. Ryan Doumit C 6. Trevor Plouffe LF 7. Brian Dozier SS 8. Alexi Casilla 2B 9. Jamey Carroll 3B SP: Cole DeVries

Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome to the Twins Daily Game Thread! I hope everyone is getting ready to relax and enjoy the long weekend celebrating Labor Day! For those of you that have to work on Monday try to take Tuesday off. You should get a day off for your labor as well. Tonight our beloved cellar dwellers will take on the Tampa Bay Rays. I lived in Tampa/St. Pete for almost 7 years and loved the area. I was there when the Rays started. The stadium is as bad as the Metrodome was by the way. Not a great place to watch MLB baseball...Regardless, the area is very nice and St. Pete has gone through a transition that rivals a lot of other cities around the countr…

In an effort to stay positive, quoting Fuller seems appropriate. It's always darkest before the dawn folks, yes dawn is fast approaching but even with the Twins horrible play of late they are still in the mix for that last wildcard spot. It's becoming increasingly unlikely that it remains that way but imo, it's still been a blast to watch them play meaningful September baseball again. Things to think about, 1.Expectations, the Twins have exceeded mine so far this year. I'm thankful for that, it's been a fun year and while hope might be fading that it continues beyond the end of game 162, I'm still having fun watching this team. 2. Miguel Sano, this guy is a freak,…

Twins Lineup: Span CF Casilla 2B Mauer DH Willingham LF Doumit C Parmelee 1B Plouffe 3B Thomas RF Carroll SS SP: Hendriks

Roster Move: The Twins DFA'd IF Elliot Soto, who had his contract purchased by the Twins yesterday to take the spot of Cole Sands, who was optioned Sunday. Soto did not appear in a game with the Twins. I am fairly confident he will clear waivers. Joe Ryan was activated from the COVID-IL and will start tonight. A move will be made for Sonny Gray tomorrow. Chi-Chi Gonzalez was claimed on waivers by the Brewers. The Pitchers: RHP Joe Ryan (5-2, 2.28 ERA, 42K, 43.1IP, 1.5 bWAR) vs RHP Logan Gilbert (6-2, 2.41 ERA, 70 K, 71.0IP, 2.0 bWAR) Joe Ryan will make his first big league start since landing on the COVID-IL a few weeks ago. He appeared in a rehab sta…

RED SOX: (split squad) Castillo RF Pedroia 2B Sandoval 3B Napoli 1B Nava LF Bogaerts SS Bradley CF Shaw DH Leon C Buchholz P TWINS: Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Hunter RF Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Escobar LF Suzuki C Schafer CF Hughes P ---------------------- Another nice, sunny day in Fort Myers, with temps reaching the 80s ... or so I'm reading on Wunderground. I thought to give y'all an April Fool's Day tease and fill the lineup with Sano, Buxton, Rosario ... but thought that that might be a cruel tease rather than a Fool's tease. It's getting closer ... 5 days and 3 hrs remaining until Opening Day (at the time of this posting, if the homepage countdown can be beli…

Can someone post a lineup for me?

All I have time for is to start this thread and tell everyone that the thread is started.

Old style* (except i am lazy) 1. Angels... Should we pity their stars who play so wel, but whose teams somehow fall out of competition? Or have they become a model franchise for us? 2. Strike. Did the lock out accomplish useful goals? Closing in on one full season, and if we can review the Pagan-Rooker trade, perhas we have insight to offer on the labor situation. 3. Fall weather. Is it all it is supposed to be? i am looking at cloudless blue skies and crisp autumn air, myself, but i am in New England... Right, it used to be game thread intro requirement to have a comment on game conditions... 62F, 14% chance precipitation. 4. AA is gone (Seattle?). BB…

Woohoo! A televised game I can watch ... sort of ... on my iPad at work, since I'm the only one here today. Hey, it's better than nothing ... yay! And for those out of the viewing area without an MLB.TV subscription, it's being shown on the MLB Network today, if you have that in your particular cable, direct TV or other package. So, one way or another ... covered! Hopefully. And there's always Nick on TD Twitter. More cuts today and the field gets narrower. More decisions to be made before April so I'm sure we'll see some of that reflected in playing time. But for now ... today ... RAYS: Lee CF Hager 2B Decker RF Roller DH Leonard 3B Seitzer 1B Robertson SS Field LF D…

I've got nothing and no one volunteered (shame on y'all) ... but I don't think that matters much because you guys are good at taking any game thread and running with it anyway. Just wish someone would run with it from the beginning. There are still a few games left to claim. Just sayin'. But for today ... ready ... set ... GO! Lineups: TWINS Brian Dozier® 2B Jorge Polanco(S) SS Joe Mauer(L) DH Kennys Vargas(S) 1B Max Kepler(L) RF Eduardo Escobar(S) 3B Eddie Rosario(L) LF Juan Centeno(L) C Byron Buxton® CF Hector Santiago(L) P TIGERS Ian Kinsler® 2B Jose Iglesias® SS Miguel Cabrera® 1B Victor Martinez(S) DH J.D. Martinez® RF Justin Upton® LF James McCann® C JaCoby…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer 1B Willingham LF Ryan Doumit DH Danny Valencia 3B Erik Komatsu RF Drew Butera C Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Carl Pavano

TWINS, TIGERS AND TIP-TOEING THROUGH THE TULIPS Thank you Buck Owens for predicting the Twins 2021 future so far in advance. Love the nighttime highway construction worker “don’t-hit-me” suit. I wonder if it comes with a plug-in cord or if it’s battery operated. The Twins are sort of like Buck; deceased but still playing. The Twins chances of making the play-offs are dead, fini, zilcho. In other words, their buck stops here. And though Buck still sounds good, the Twins… well, they don’t even smell good. Those big birds circling over the stadium? Buzzards. It’s just a question of which current Twins players are dead meat, trade bait, or bu…

Deep Thought: buy Jack Handey I am not Jack Handey, last i checked. so it's okay if i am shallow. Deep Thought: Deep Thought. How would it manage calling balls and/or strikes? Would Sano have struck out so frequently? And am i talking about the IBM product, or the Douglas Adams figment? Deep Thought: Cubs They are hosting this game. I wonder if they thought of offering Hostess Cub Cakes. They might not go over so well if cub is a listed ingredient. Deep Thought: Twins. We have a similar record as the Cubs. It is hard to tell us apart. Could this series decide our draft pick order next draft pick? Maybe no one will…

Things to Think About: #1 - Last Year - Last year at this time we had a very uncertain future, Gardy had just been fired, and there was speculation that Ozzie Guillen might be our next manager, but we ended up with a much better manager, and also an almost completely new coaching staff, Ervin Santana, and Torii Hunter, which made us quite a different team, but the best free agent signing was Tim Stauffer, who gets to go to the playoffs with the Mets. #2 - This Year - We had a season that was better than many expected, with dance parties, an above .500 record, and arguments about how we should get into the postseason this year, which was something that hadn't been realis…

I got up this morning wondering where I was going to go with this game thread. Avoiding excessive negativity is in the style sheet:* *Kelly's Heroes and baseball. What's not to like? I have to admit, it's been an interesting year, because the Twins have definitely been getting some decent starting pitching. The bats, though, seem to come and go, which is puzzling, to say the least. Maybe a bit of motivation is in order?* *I knew I could work this clip in some how! In the end,though, baseball is still the best game ever invented, and while the home town nine may disappoint, baseball, in and of itself, never disappoints. *I got distracted watching these…

Please pardon me for this highly unusual thread, but we live in highly unusual times... Fire up your MLB.TV machines and join me for this game thread on a Twins off day: a scoreboard watching game thread! The browser version of MLB.TV can play up to 4 games at once, as can the Apple TV version. You can block ads on the browser version too. If you don't have those devices, I think you can sign in to watch on up to 4 different devices at once. Hit me up with any other MLB.TV questions! Directly relevant to the Twins tonight: 5:10 PM CDT (I am loving these early start times!) White Sox (Keuchel) at Cleveland (Plesac) Needs no introduction here -- 1st and 2nd place …

Rays: SP Chris Archer LF Dejesus 2B Zobrist 1B Loney 3B Longoria DH Johnson RF Myers CF Jennings C Molina SS Escobar Twins: SP Kevin Correia CF Presley C Pinto 2B Dozier DH Arcia 3B Plouffe 1B Parmelee LF Mastroianni RF Thomas SS Escobar Things to Think about: 1. Think about Escobar... Both Shortstops today have the last name Escobar and both are batting ninth. No real point to make... Just Think about it... Would You!!! 2. Think about Chris Archer... Archer was a former Cubs Prospect that the Rays acquired with a handful of others in the deal of Garza... We got Delmon Young in our deal for Garza. I didn't like that trade personally. 3. Think about Joe M…

September 11th. Everyone please take just a moment today to remember what happened 15 years ago. 15 years. Time flies. Not to turn this into something morbid, but take a moment today to hug your loved ones. Maybe reach out to someone you've lost touch with, or maybe are still angry with over something inconsequential. Give thanks for those among us who run towards danger on our behalf when the need arises. Me...I'm with two grandchildren today, and there is literally nothing on this earth that gives me more joy. So I won't be around much...if someone could add the lineups, I'd appreciate it. Make us proud, Berrios!

The Twins come off a disappointing series against Seattle, dropping the last 2 of 3 against one of the worst rosters in the league. The lineup failed to do anything against the Seattle bullpen, and Alex Colome continues to be a roller coaster. The Red Sox roll into town hot, but do not bring any warm weather. The weather will likely be an issue all week, and we could see a delay today due to rain, but I think they should be able to get it in. Josh Donaldson is healthy and eligible to return, but Rocco said they did not activate him to avoid playing in these conditions. The Pitchers: LHP J.A Happ (2-2, 3.47 ERA, 42 K's, 49.1 IP, 2020 Stats) vs LHP Martin Perez (3-5, 4.50…