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ANNND Welcome back! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line: Cocktail Lounge Edition! I am your waiter for the afternoon, Van Benoit. The Twins are ROLLING! 4.5 games up on the Angels, Rangers, Royals, and anyone that matters for the 2nd WC. We're feeling good at the lounge, and you should too! Before we dive into an abbreviated version of randomness and debauchery, let's talk weather and lineups. Sir/ma'am, may I take your jacket and get you a drink while you wait? It's back to being a heat wave in Detroit today! Sunny and 81 degrees at first pitch. REAL FEEL of 94 degrees. Getting warmer as they go along. Winds out of the SE at 4 MPH. Minnesota Twins (81-74) 1. Brian Dozier…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Chris Parmelee 1B Trevor Plouffe RF Sean Burroughs 3B Ben Revere LF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Liam Hendriks

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. 20% PoP. Temperature near 55. Orioles: SP, Jimenez Markakis RF Machado 3B Cruz LF Jones CF Wieters C Hardy SS Young DH Pierce 1B Schoop 2B Twins: SP, Nolasco Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Colabello RF Kubel LF Pinto DH Suzuki C Fuld CF Escobar SS -------------------------- Riverbrian, Riverbrian ... wherefore art thou, Riverbrian? Answer to come. ------------------------------------------------------------- Juliet: Deny my Father and refuse my name or if thou wilt not, but be sworn my love... and I'll no longer be a Capulet. Riverbrian: Umm... I not following what your s…

Gametime forecast: 78 deg F, overcast, 10%PoP Red Sox: SP, Doubront (L) Victorino (S) RF Pedroia ® 2B Pierzynski (L) C Napoli ® DH Gomes ® LF Carp (L) 1B Bogaerts ® SS Middlebrooks ® 3B Bradley (L) CF Twins: SP, Hughes ® Bartlett ® RF Mauer (L) DH Plouffe ® 3B Willingham ® LF Colabello ® 1B Pinto ® C Hicks (S) CF Escobar (S) 2B Florimon (S) SS Check back to this spot for Brian's setup. I guess you could consider this spot as Twins Daily's version of 'Deep Thoughts.' Thank You ChiTown Here are my Deep Thoughts Things to Think About 1. It's a day game... And I'm just getting the chance to think about this game. So I'm late. 2. Boston again... As ofte…

The Rangers entertain the Twins in Texas in the middle game of a three game set. Buxton is back! La Tortuga is gone (for now), but not forgotten. Dobnak gets one last chance to show he can be in the rotation. Play ball. Pitchers: PLAYER W-L ERA WHIP IP H K BB HR R. Dobnak 1-6 8.38 1.73 38.2 56 24 11 10 K. Allard 2-2 2.91 1.12 34.0 29 37 …

Twins: SP Pedro Hernandez CF Alex Presley 2B Brian Dozier 3B Trevor Plouffe LF Oswaldo Arcia DH Ryan Doumit C Josmil Pinto RF Chris Parmelee 1B Chris Colabello SS Pedro Florimon A's: SP Jarrod Parker CF Coco Crisp 3B Josh Donaldson SS Jed Lowrie DH Yoenis Cespedes LF Chris Young 2B Alberto Callaspo C Kurt Suzuki RF Josh Reddick 1B Daric Barton Again, you are on your own for the things to think about. Mostly, I'm not sure I want to think about anything, but here we go ... First responder, start with 1. Next with 2. And so forth ...

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…

Remember when the Twins traveled to Progressive Park in September of 2019 to decide the fate of the AL Central? Oh how these teams have taken a step back. Minnesota more so than Cleveland, but misery doesn't like to live alone. Maybe I need to stop living in 2019, but man - was that a fun season. Gant wait to see how this start goes. The Twins are throwing John Gant at Cleveland today, for his fourth start as a Minnesota Twin. Gant was effective as a reliever in his first few outings since being traded for J.A. Happ: Reliever Gant: 8.2 IP, 13 Ks, 2 BBs, .651 OPS, 4.15 ERA Starter Gant: 12.1 IP, 12 Ks, 4 BBs, .749 OPS, 7.30 ERA While st…

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll 2B Joe Mauer DH Justin Morneau 1B Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit C Oswaldo Arcia RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Aaron Hicks CF Pedro Florimon SS (Scott Diamond P) Red Sox: Jacoby Ellsbury CF Jonny Gomes LF Dustin Pedroia 2B David Ortiz DH Mike Napoli 1B Daniel Nava RF Will Middlebrooks 3B Ryan Lavarnway C Pedro Ciriaco SS (Ryan Dempster P)

Twins | 60-66 overall, 38-26 at home, 6-4 last 10 Kohl Stewart, RHP | 7.71 ERA, 2.29 WHIP, 0.60 K:BB in 7.0 IP Athletics | 76-51 overall, 37-25 on the road, 7-3 last 10 Trevor Cahill, RHP | 3.12 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 3.40 K:BB in 86.2 IP Lineups: Additional Notes: Stewart will be making his third MLB start, first that’s not coming against the Detroit Tigers. He’s had some efficiency issues, throwing a total of 139 pitches in his seven innings of work so far. Max Kepler is hitting .258/.361/.548 (.909 OPS) in 72 plate appearances so far in August. The Twins lefty bullpen duo of Taylor Rogers and Gabriel Moya have been super this month. Moya has pitched the most inning…

Okay, after yesterdays matchup blunder I am now taking the time to look things over and making sure things add up properly: *Early sabermetrics. And, after looking things over carefully and making sure I don't miss anything I decided I could get to work on my latest masterpiece: *Saw these guys open for Little River Band ages ago. They got a standing ovation and called back for an encore. They were a Twins Cities institution for a while. Then, going through everything again, there's still a chance I'm a bit confused: *Ah, the humor of my middle age. With that, it's time to think about some thoughts: *Is it hockey season yet? Some random ob…

Twins Lineup vs RHP Justin Masterson: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Brian Dozier SS Trevor Plouffe 3B Alexi Casilla 2B SP LHP Scott Diamond

Twins: SP Kevin Correia CF Presley RF Mastroianni 2B Dozier DH Willingham 3B Plouffe 1B Colabello LF Thomas C Pinto SS Bernier Rangers: SP Travis Blackley CF Martin SS Profar 2B Kinsler DH Beltre RF Rios LF Adduci 3B Baker 1B Moreland C Soto Things to Think About: 1. Think About Alex Presley... Batting Leadoff and Playing CF... OK... Let's see how he does. 2. Think About Josmil Pinto... Lot of us have been waiting to see this guy... OK... I know I'm pumped to see him play... Let's see how he does. 3. Think about Brian Dozier... 15 Dingers and that moves him from leadoff to the #3 Spot. We should all be Dozier Fans at this point. 4. Think about Clete Th…

Good Morning Twins fans! We have an early Monday game today. This is a make-up game from earlier this year against the Detroit Tigers. After the ugly loss against Milwaukee yesterday the Twins will try to get back on track today against the lowly Tigers. For the rest of the year I'm somewhat hesitant to cheer for my beloved Twins. At this point being 18 games behind the White Sox I'm cheering for a better draft pick next year. However, I'd still like to see the new kids being pulled up from minors perform well and build that confidence for next year. I'm encouraging people to post comments to the Game Thread from work today (for those of us working). Make sure you l…

Twins: Jamey Carroll 2B Darin Mastroianni CF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit LF Trevor Plouffe 3B Matt Carson RF Pedro Florimon SS (Scott Diamond P) Mariners: Dustin Ackley 2B Trayvon Robinson LF Jesus Montero C Miguel Olivo DH Kyle Seager 3B Justin Smoak 1B Casper Wells RF Michael Saunders CF Brendan Ryan SS (Jason Vargas P)

Twins: SP Liam Hendriks CF Presley LF Mastroianni 2B Dozier DH Doumit 3B Plouffe RF Arcia 1B Colabello C Herrmann SS Florimon Astros: SP Jordan Lyles SS Villar 2B Altuve LF Crowe 3B Wallace 1B Carter DH Krauss CF Barnes RF Hoes C Pagnozzi Things to Think About: 1. Think About Matt Pagnozzi... I didn't even know he was still playing baseball. Kind of like... I didn't know Lew Ford was still playing baseball when he showed up out of the blue last year with the Orioles. 2. Think about Liam Hendriks... We still want him to develop into a decent pitcher... don't we? We haven't given up on him... Have We? His last start was a decent one against Texas... Hopefully…

Y'all really need to start volunteering for game threads so you don't have to read my intros twice in one week. Tonight we are playing the Yankees. Same as last night, but I'm hoping not the same as last night. Charlie Barnes is giving it a go ... he has gotten better with each outing so maybe? One can only hope. Gordon is in CF, again, and Simmons is still at SS. I'm thinking that until Buxton is back, no chance of seeing Gordon at SS, if we ever do. There is nothing more to say on that that hasn't already been said out in the forums, so I'll just leave it there. I hope we will get in all the games this weekend, but as Henri is bearing down, unless we decide to play 2 to…

Rays: SP David Price CF Jennings 2B Zobrist 3B Longoria RF Myers DH Young 1B Loney SS Escobar LF Rodriquez C Molina Twins: SP Pedro Hernandez CF Presley LF Mastroianni 2B Dozier RF Doumit 3B Plouffe DH Willingham C Pinto 1B Parmelee SS Escobar Things to Think About: 1. Think about Runs... Every time a runner crosses home plate a run is put up on the board. At the end of the game... The Team that produces the most runs is the winner. The Twins haven't scored a run in 19 innings. I'd like to complain about the pitching but we haven't scored a run in 19 innings. 2. Think about David Price... We haven't scored a run in 19 innings and now we get to face David Pr…

Twins Lineup: Aaron Hicks CF Darin Mastroianni LF Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH (could decide to play 1B) Trevor Plouffe 3B (The Return!) Chris Colabello 1B (could DH, if Morneau wants to play 1B) Joe Benson RF Brian Dozier 2B Pedro Florimon SS SP: Mike Pelfrey Also on the schedule to pitch: Ryan Pressly, Tyler Robertson, Josh Roenicke, Tim Wood, Anthony Slama, Luis Perdomo and Michael Tonkin.

The Twins entertain Cleveland tonight in the finale and rubber game of a three-game series. Griffyn Jax takes the hill versus Cal Quantrill for the future Guardians. In looking at the future, Cleveland looks like they will be competitive as soon as next year. They have MLB-ready pitching and improved production from position players. Surprisingly, the Twins have won the season series and played some of their best ball this year against Cleveland. Griffin Jax gets another chance to stake a claim on a rotation spot next year. The USAFA grad has had some moments, but his overall numbers are poor due mostly to his inability to keep the ball in the park. …

Twins: Ben Revere CF Darin Mastroianni RF Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe 3B Jamey Carroll SS Alexi Casilla 2B (Brian Duensing P) Tiggers: Austin Jackson CF Omar Infante 2B Miguel Cabrera 3B Prince Fielder 1B Jhonny Peralta SS Delmon Young DH Jeff Baker RF Andy Dirks LF Gerald Laird C (Doug Fister P)

In honour of Father's day, i present: Stone Soup Game Thread Intro In my pop's declining years, the last grocery run he was willing to be part of was for sake of the joke of asking where they kept the stone soup. Which was in mind because we'd recently watched the episode off Jim Henson's the Storyteller that features it: A Story Short. This episode stems from coming to the best bit of a story and suddenly not remembering what comes next. Fortunately i don't have that problem... yet. Happy Father's day all! Stone Soup Line up: A large pot. Water. A nice stone. Prep: adlib to involve the audience in creating and enjoying it all. Serve generously. Twins Ja…

It seemed like a good idea at the time! An often thought but many times regretted canard. The latest involved a request for GT volunteers. You know the drill. Anyone who wants to help, take one step forward. Suddenly you turn around, and find out everyone else took a step back, but you. Your habitual lack of attention which manifested itself somewhere around kindergarten, has finally caught up with you, there is nowhere to run. So you Sally forth. (When I typed that, it suddenly dawned on me that is where the name for that comic strip came from. It's amazing how dense one can be over that many years.) One of the defined requirements for a GT is positivity, which elimi…

Twins | 54-63 overall, 33-24 at home, 5-5 last 10 Jake Odorizzi, RHP | 4.50 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 2.45 K:BB in 120.0 IP Pirates | 61-58 overall, 28-29 on the road, 5-5 last 10 Jameson Taillon, RHP | 3.63 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 3.40 K:BB in 134.0 IP Lineups: https://twitter.com/Twins/status/1029462902850371584?s=19 Additional Notes: These teams should be nice and rested after a day off Monday. Taking a look at the starting pitching matchup, it wouldn’t be a complete surprise if the winner comes down to which manager has the shortest leash and decides to go to his fresh bullpen early. Both of tonight’s starters have even more extreme trouble getting through a lineup for a third ti…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B Drew Butera C SP: Carl Pavano

Archangels and Other Spirits Angels. On a baseball team. Only in America, where the farther from the truth something is, the more people tend to believe it. And sometimes they don’t. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB-AlDfE_vQ But we’re talking the LA Angels here. Nothing spiritual or magical about them. Or so everyone believed. Then Shohei Ohtani came along and suddenly the Angels have an Archangel on their team. But don’t take my word for it, Strib columnist Patrick Reusse and sports reporter Phil Miller have said it better than I can. Patrick Reusse Star Tribune https://www.startribune.com/enjoy-the-phenomenon-that-is-shohei-oh…

Game Time Weather: Partly Cloudy 66... Wind Blowing from Right to Left 8MPH Twins SP: Kyle Gibson 2B Dozier C Suzuki DH Mauer 1B Colabello RF Parmelee LF Nunez 3B Escobar CF Hicks SS Santana Tigers SP: Max Scherzer 2B Kinsler RF Hunter 1B Cabrera DH Martinez CF Jackson LF Kelly 3B Castellanos C Avila SS Romine Things to Think About: 1. Max Scherzer -- When looking at this game... It's impossible to have a different primary thought than Max Scherzer. So far this year he's 4-1 with a 1.72 ERA. Last year he was 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA. I don't know who the best pitcher in baseball is... The conversation has to include Kershaw with the Dodgers and Fernandez with th…

No TV, no radio for today's game. (UPDATE: You can access the Phillies broadcast on the intertubes.) Wheee! Need starting lineups? Joe C has you covered like a jimmy hat: Denard Span and Tsuyoshi Nishioka will return to the lineup today. Their reward? They get to face Roy Halladay. Oh boy!

Okay ... this is getting started after the 1st inning is underway. First half went like this: Buxton HBP, then caught stealing. Santana singled. Sano flies out. Arcia K's. TWINS Buxton CF Santana 2B Sano RF Arcia DH Rosario LF Nunez SS Hicks 1B Murphy C Beresford 3B Duffey P PIRATES Jaso 1B Joyce LF Freese 3B Morse DH Rodriguez SS Figueroa 2B Stewart C Ortiz RF Richardson CF Cole P

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…