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Royals: SP Bruce Chen LF Gordon 3B Bonofacio 1B Hosmer DH Butler RF Maxwell C Kottaras SS Escobar 2B Getz CF Dyson Twins: SP Sam Deduno 2B Dozier SS Florimon DH Morneau LF Willingham C Doumit 3B Plouffe 1B Colabello RF Ramirez CF Thomas Things to Think About: 1. Think about Willingham... Claimed by the Orioles was he... He's in the lineup so nothing as of yet. They have by noon tomorrow to work out a deal. 2. Think about Morneau... There are some rumors that Orioles are trying to work out a deal for both Willingham and Morneau. They are rumors... Who knows... I hope we get something back if they both go. Something better than Jim Hoey. 3. Think about Flor…

Royals: SP Danny Duffy LF Gordon 2B Bonofacio 1B Hosmer DH Butler C Perez RF Maxwell 3B Carroll SS Escobar CF Dyson Twins: SP Andrew Albers 2B Dozier RF Ramirez 1B Morneau LF Willingham 3B Plouffe C Herrmann DH Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Baseball... It's the greatest game in the world and I'm missing it. This shade of busy and overtaken me for the time being and I've been unable to watch much baseball or participate in the game thread. It can't last forever. Things should slow down. 2. Think about Carroll... No... Not Carol Brady... Jamey Carroll... There he is... Playing 3B in another uniform. Wouldn't it be somet…

Royals: SP James Shields LF Gordon 3B Bonofacio 1B Hosmer DH Butler C Perez RF Lough 2B Getz SS Escobar CF Dyson Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier RF Herrmann 1B Morneau LF Willingham C Doumit DH Colabello 3B Plouffe CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Arcia... He's not in the lineup... That Bone Bruise thing? It's a right hander on the mound. So a lefty bat would make sense. 2. Think about the Royals... They were interesting for awhile... But they are falling further back from the playoff race. They are going to have to get real hot again to make up some ground. 3. Think about James Shields... He's been a decent pitcher for the R…

Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey 2B Dozier 3B Bernier LF Willingham C Doumit DH Plouffe RF Ramirez 1B Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Indians: SP Scott Kazmir CF Bourn 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis DH Santana LF Brantley SS Cabrera C Gomes 3B Chisenhall RF Stubbs Things to Think About: 1. Think About Today... Yesterday was horrible... Just Horrible... Today is a new Day... 2. Think about Kazmir... Oh Let the Sun beat down upon my face... Stars fill my Dreams. Hard not to think about Kazmir without thinking about Kashmir. Robert Plant was inspired to write the lyrics to Kashmir while driving through the Northern Africa desert. That does explain the Desert setting of the song bu…

Twins: SP Liam Hendriks 2B Dozier C Herrmann 1B Morneau DH Willingham RF Doumit LF Arcia 3B Plouffe CF Thomas SS Florimon Indians: SP Zach McAllister CF Bourn 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis DH Santana LF Brantley SS Cabrera C Gomes 3B Chisenhall RF Stubbs Things to Think About: 1. Think about Arcia... He's back... I don't know why but I just feel better having him in the lineup. 2. Think about Herrmann... Rookie Smookie... It's often been said that Rookies tend to struggle when they face MLB Pitching for the first time. That is probably true but there are some rookies who try to ignore that. Herrmann is ignoring it and he is playing like he wants to stay. 3. Thi…

Twins: SP Sam Deduno 2B Dozier C Herrmann 1B Morneau DH Willingham RF Doumit 3B Plouffe CF Thomas LF Ramirez SS Florimon Indians: SP Ubaldo Jimenez CF Bourn 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis C Santana LF Brantley SS Cabrera DH Giambi 3B Chisenhall RF Stubbs Things to Think About: 1. Think about Dead Arm... Dead Arm or Live Arm or just an arm... I really don't know what it is... Gardy has been suspicious that Deduno may be trying to deal with dead arm. I've heard the term dead arm before from following the majors but I can't recall personally ever running across a pitcher suffering from a bout of it away from the majors. Of Course... I was coaching and playing with players …

Twins: SP Andrew Albers 2B Dozier C Herrmann 1B Morneau DH Willingham RF Doumit 3B Plouffe CF Thomas LF Ramirez SS Bernier Tigers: SP Justin Verlander CF Jackson RF Hunter 3B Cabrera 1B Fielder DH Martinez LF Tuiasosopo 2B Infante SS Iglasias C Holaday Things to Think About: 1. Think about Albers... 3 Starts under his belt... This is all pretty new to him... If it's not new to him... Facing off against the Tigers and Justin Verlander should be. 2. Think about Verlander... He's gotta matchup against Albers... Right now... Albers is blowing Verlander away in the ERA Department. 3. Think about Tuiasosopo... What football Roster did they grab him off of. Nam…

Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier RF Herrmann DH Morneau C Doumit 1B Colabello 3B Plouffe CF Thomas LF Ramirez SS Florimon Tigers: SP Anibel Sanchez CF Jackson RF Hunter 3B Cabrera 1B Fielder DH Martinez LF Dirks 2B Infante SS Iglasias C Holaday Things to Think About: 1. Think about Porcello...Yeah that was fun beating Porcello last night. The degree of difficulty gets steeper after that. Here come Sanchez. 2. Think about Mauer... A Concussion or at least concussion like symptoms and a trip to that 7 day DL. Thee Ole Foul Tip off the Catcher's Mask was the culprit. In my opinion... Catcher is the greatest position to play. Except for that foul tip stuff. …

Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey 2B Dozier 1B Mauer LF Willingham DH Morneau C Doumit RF Herrmann 3B Plouffe CF Thomas SS Florimon Tigers: SP Rick Porcello CF Jackson RF Hunter 3B Cabrera 1B Fielder DH Martinez LF Dirks 2B Infante C Pena SS Iglasias Things to Think About: 1. Think about the Tigers... Tigers come from many places... India, Bangladesh, Laos, Vietnam Sumatra and Siberia among many places in Asia. In the United States they are found in Baton Rouge, Clemson South Carolina, Auburn Alabama, Princeton New Jersey, Columbia Missouri, Memphis, Cincinnati and Detroit. Animal Researchers have discovered that the Siberian Tiger is stronger and faster than Prince Fiel…

Why Not do a game thread... The game is on tonight. I could have put this in the minor league forum but there is more traffic in this forum and it's the normal home of the game thread. Many of us will be watching Sano and Rosario and the others. Pedro Hernandez starting for the Rock Cats. We've seen Hernandez before... Too Bad we couldn't watch Meyer or May instead. Regardless... I'll be watching and enjoying.

Mets: SP Dillon Gee LF Young Jr. 2B Murphy RF Byrd 1B Davis DH Brown 3B Flores C D'Arnaud CF Legares SS Quintanillla Twins: SP Gibson 2B Dozier C Mauer LF Willingham 1B Morneau DH Doumit RF Arcia 3B Plouffe CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Patience... That's what we are supposed to have with Kyle... Right? He hasn't come out guns a blazing... But eventually they will blaze... Right? Like Axl Rose Said... "All we need is a little patience". Just a little patience and "Chinese Democracy" is released. 2. Think about One Game... One game with the Mets... A make up from a previous rain out. Those other games with the Mets are long go…

White Sox: SP Hector Santiago Alejandro de Aza CF Gordon Beckham 2B Alexei Ramirez SS Adam Dunn DH Paul Konerko 1B Avisail Garcia RF Jeff Keppinger 3B Dayan Viciedo LF Josh Phegley C Twins: SP Samuel Deduno Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia RF Wilkin Ramirez CF Pedro Florimon SS Like REO Speedwagon I'm "Back on the Road Again" Like Willie Nelson I'm "On the Road Again" Like BTO I'm "Rolling down the Highway" Like the Doobie Brothers I'm "Rockin' Down the Highway" Like Deep Purple I'm a "Highway Star" Like AC/DC I'm on the...

White Sox: SP Chris Sale Twins: SP Andrew Albers Things to Think About: 1. Think about Albers... What else are you going to think about. 2. Think about Albers... Two Starts on the Road and not a run given up in 17.1 Innings. 3. Think about Albers... His first home start... Can he Keep it Going. 4. Think about Ummm... How about Albers... He doesn't even have a picture under his name at ESPN. 5. Think about God!!! The existence of God has been questioned by some and the discussion often revolves around Faith. For those who require something specific to fuel belief in a higher power... When you grab a Kleenex from the box... The next one pops up. Who else…

White Sox: Jose Quintana CF De Aza 2B Keppinger SS Ramirez 1B Dunn DH Konerko RF Garcia 3B Gillaspie LF Viciedo C Phegley Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau LF Willingham DH Doumit 3B Plouffe RF Ramirez CF Thomas SS Bernier Things to Think About: 1. Think about Doumit... Ryan Doumit is back from the disabled list. I hope he was watching the power surge and decides to join right in. 2. Think about Colabello... With Doumit coming back... Someone had to go down... It's a log jam in the corner outfield spot so... Colabello it is... Are you kidding me... The guy was just starting to get on a roll... OPS .948 in his last 16 games. 3. Think ab…

White Sox: SP Andre Reinzo LF De Aza 2B Beckham SS Ramirez DH Dunn 1B Konerko RF Garcia 3B Gillaspie C Phegley CF Danks Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau DH Willingham LF Arcia 3B Plouffe RF Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Hatred... I said this when we played them in Chicago... I'll Say it again... I hate the White Sox and it's almost unhealthy. 2. Think about Starting Pitching... Deduno dead arm? Gibson Innings Limit? How do you make a shaky rotation shakier. The cloud of dead arm and innings limit ought to do it. 3. Think about Kirby Puckett... Haven't thought about Kirby in awhile. He was from Chicago. He's …

Indians: SP Carlos Carrasco CF Bourn 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis C Santana LF Brantley DH Giambi SS Aviles 3B Chisenhall RF Stubbs Twins: SP Kyle Gibson 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau DH Willingham LF Arcia 3B Plouffe RF Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about clean slates... It's kind of how I feel... I was all set to watch last night when I got a phone call shortly before first pitch and the phone call lasted the entire game. I could only pay attention to the game about 25% and therefore I have no baggage from last night to take into this one. The Series is tied 1-1. It's a clean slate. 2. Think about the Streak... It's over... The Tw…

Indians: SP Zach McAllister CF Bourn 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis SS Cabrera LF Brantley DH Santana RF Raburn 3B Chisenhall C Gomes Twins: SP Samuel Deduno 2B Dozier 1B Mauer DH Morneau LF Willingham RF Arcia 3B Plouffe C Herrmann CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Andrew Albers... No Reason to think about Albers for tonight's game... But... How can you not still think about his performance. 2. Think about Sam Deduno... Sam has the talent to put a serious Monkey Wrench in the Indians post season plans. The Indians certainly don't want to drop two in a row to the Twins. If Deduno is on... The Indians won't be happy. 3. Think about Florimo…

Indians: SP Danny Salazar CF Bourn 1B Swisher 2B Kipnis SS Cabrera DH Santana C Gomes LF Brantley 3B Aviles RF Stubbs Twins: SP Andrew Albers 2B Dozier DH Mauer 1B Morneau LF Willingham RF Arcia 3B Plouffe C Herrmann CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to think about: 1. Think about Andrew Albers... There is no way he is not thought number one after his debut. Wouldn't we love to see him do it again. 2. Think about Salazar... He's a young pitcher for the Indians who is also just getting started with his career. Indian Fans like us Twins Fans are hoping that Salazar can keep pitching well like we are with Albers. 3. Think about Canada... A country full of pleasa…

Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier 3B Carroll C Mauer 1B Morneau DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Colabello CF Thomas SS Bernier White Sox: SP Jose Quintana LF De Aza 2B Beckham SS Ramirez 1B Dunn DH Konerko RF Garcia 3B Gillaspie C Flowers CF Tekotte Things to Think About: 1. Think about Power... Justin Morneau is finding the seats and so is Oswaldo Arcia. It would be nice if we added some hitting from the rest of the lineup but Morneau and Arcia on a roll is a nice thing to see. 2. Think about AAAA... At AAA... Chris Colabello at age 29 produced a .354 BA along with 24 dingers in 322 at bats... OPS 1.084. Colabello still ranks as the top hitter in the Internation…

Game time is getting close. Could someone post lineups? I am not good at setups, but would note that the Twins are leading the season series against the White Sox by 8 games to 2.

Twins SP: SP Gibson and Hendriks Game 1: 2B Dozier C Mauer DH Willingham 1B Morneau RF Colabello LF Arcia 3B Plouffe CF Thomas SS Florimon White Sox: SP Danks and Leesman Game 1 CF De Aza SS Ramirez RF Rios DH Dunn 1B Konerko 3B Gillaspie 2B Beckham LF Viciedo C Flowers Things to think about: 1. Think about the White Sox... I hate the White Sox... With every fiber of my being. In all sports at all levels... I can't think of another team that I hate more than the White Sox. I hate them so much... I've thought about them 12 times yesterday. I hate thinking that the White Sox could end up drafting ahead of us next year and at the same time... I would hate …

Here's the Game Thread... If someone would be so kind and post the lineups I would appreciate it. Tight Schedule for me today.

Twins: SP Andrew Albers 2B Dozier 3B Carroll 1B Mauer DH Morneau LF Arcia RF Colabello C Herrmann CF Thomas SS Bernier Royals: SP James Shields CF Cain 1B Hosmer DH Butler LF Gordon RF Maxwell 3B Moustakas 2B Tejada C Kottaras SS Escobar Things to think about: 1. Think about Andrew Albers... Hey... Look... Someone New to look at... He's a great story... He's paid his dues and now he gets his MLB Debut... I imagine he didn't sleep much last night... However... He is Canadian and those guys don't sleep so he's probably used to that. 2. Think about James Shields... What a pitcher to debut against... I'm sure there is a part of Albers that was wishing for a mat…

Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau DH Doumit LF Arcia 3B Plouffe RF Herrmann CF Thomas SS Florimon Royals: SP Jeremy Guthrie RF Cain 1B Hosmer DH Butler LF Gordon 2B Tejada 3B Moustakas C Kottaras SS Escobar CF Dyson Things to think about: 1. Think about the Astros... Yeah we swept them... But they played some bad baseball... It has to be the worst sweep feeling produced in quite some time. 2. Think about the Royals... The Royals are turning it on. I've always felt that this team was capable of contending and they were very slow coming out of the gate. They are 13-3 since the All Star Break and within wild card consideration distance. …

Astros: SP Brad Peacock LF Grossman 2B Altuve C Castro 1B Wallace DH Carter RF Krauss 3B Dominquez CF Barnes SS Villar Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey 2B Dozier RF Herrmann DH Mauer 1B Morneau C Doumit LF Arcia CF Thomas 3B Carroll SS Bernier Things to think about: 1. Think about the Astros... They have played some bad baseball these past two games... We may think things are bad in Minnesota but things are much worse west of Galveston. 2. Think about Bernier... In the lineup at SS again... It seems like Gardy might like this guy. 3. Think about Colabello... I think about him a lot... He has tons of power but he isn't making enough contact. At his age... he has a …

Astros: SP Erik Bedard SS Villar 2B Altuve C Castro DH Carter 1B Wallace 3B Dominquez LF Grossman CF Barnes RF Hoes Twins: SP Kyle Gibson 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau RF Doumit 3B Plouffe LF Arcia DH Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to think about: 1. Think about the record... The Twins are 46-60... 5th Worst record in Baseball. The Atlanta Braves 65-45 have the 5th Best record in Baseball. 17 more wins out of the 106 Twins games thus far and the Twins have the 5th best record in baseball. 1 more win every 7 games or so. 2. Think about the Record... The Astros are 36-72. If the Twins would have just lost 11 more games out of the 106 Twins games thus …

Astros: SP Jarred Cosart SS Villar 2B Elmore DH Castro 1B Wallace C Corporan RF Krauss 3B Dominquez CF Barnes LF Grossman Twins: SP Samuel Deduno 2B Dozier C Mauer 1B Morneau RF Doumit LF Arcia 3B Plouffe DH Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to think about: 1. Think about Gardenhire... He's wasn't happy yesterday. I wasn't able to watch the game but Gardenhire was upset primarily over the defense displayed in yesterday's loss to the Royals. (Private note to Ron from Riverbrian...Please respect that privacy) Dear Ron... I'm glad you finally went public your disappointment over sub-par defensive play in yesterday's game. I have been disappointed with …

Royals: SP James Shields LF Gordon 1B Hosmer DH Butler C Perez CF Cain 2B Tejada 3B Moustakas RF Maxwell SS Escobar Twins: SP Scott Diamond 2B Dozier SS Bernier DH Mauer 1B Morneau C Doumit 3B Plouffe RF Herrmann CF Hicks LF Thomas Things to Think About: 1. Think about Morneau... He's still here... OK Justin... You have two months before your contract expires... Let's start hitting some bombs. 2. Think about Butera... He's Gone... PTNBL or Cash coming our way!!! 3. Think about Willingham and Arcia... If Plouffe and Morneau are not hitting bombs... Who is supposed to hit bombs? Willingham and Arcia are the top two thoughts that jump into my head... Willing…

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

Royals: SP Ervin Santana LF Gordon 1B Hosmer DH Butler C Perez RF Lough 2B Tejada 3B Moustakas SS Escobar CF Dyson Twins: SP Mike Pelfrey LF Thomas 2B Carroll C Mauer 1B Morneau RF Doumit DH Colabello 3B Plouffe CF Hicks SS Florimon Things to think about: 1. Think about Justin Morneau... Are we watching the final game of Justin Morneau in a Twins uniform. Maybe... Maybe Not... We will find out soon enough... Tonight's game is worth watching just in case it is. Justin has been a long time Twin. He's one of us. 2. Think about Mike Pelfrey... He's been rolling good... He needs to keep rolling. 3. Think about the Royals Lineup... What are these guys... Lots…