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A get-away game thread intro... The theme for today is getting away with things. I'm tempted to end here and see if i get away with it, but i don't want to set a bad example. I will try to get away leaving lineups for someone else, because i'm posting this wicked early, as i'm getting away, by which i mean that i am travelling. Perhaps i can post them from the road. Certainly that's easier than this entire intro. Twins may not get away until after a night game, so it perhaps isn't a typical such game. I suppose it still is an away game though. I must say the Angels have been fine hosts. Angelic, even? I like to think i've got a way with words, but the…

Good Morning Twins fans and welcome back to more Game Thread banter and fun! We have moved past July and are now entering the hot month of August. The Twins ended July on a high note with a win last night. Hopefully they can start the month with a win this afternoon. Entering August 1st our team is dead last in the Central with a .419 winning percentage...Got to admit I didn't see that coming when we started in April. Oh well, we have each other to entertain us and a bunch of new young talent from the Rays and Blue Jays to watch. Speaking of game thread fun, it was suggested in last nights game thread I do a survey on what your favorite beverage is while watching th…

The Twins are in. I need say no more on the matter. Nice to write a game thread intro when the pressure is off... 11:11am... Vertical time. Trying to remember who introduced me to the concept back in High School. We'd celebrate by essentially signaling a touchdown until the minute was over, according to the digital clock in view. Anyway... things to ponder if you don't have anything better to do. Did someone tell Bill Gates he made a better door than a window? If Steve Jobs was in Vermont, did anyone ask him how he liked the maples? What kind of Beans are in the hill from Casablanca? I vote for Lima. Has anyone actually used a recipe for disaster? I k…

Twins: Ben Revere CF Eduardo Escobar 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit LF Chris Parmelee RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Pedro Florimon SS (Liam Hendriks P) Indians: Shin-Soo Choo RF Jason Kipnis 2B Asdrubal Cabrera SS Carlos Santana C Michael Brantley CF Russ Canzler DH Casey Kotchman 1B Vinny Rottino LF Jack Hannahan 3B (Jeanmar Gomez P)

I have a confession to make. It’s a rather serious confession and one that is not easy to say… I grew up in Cleveland. Now before you disparage me, please understand that this was not my choice. My parents up and moved from Owatonna, MN to Cleveland and forced me into a childhood surrounded by Indians fans. Cleveland baseball fans might be the worst, I might add, and are not deserving of a professional baseball team as the definition of fair-weather fans shows a picture of an Indians fan. They are about as loyal as a cat. This is not to be confused with a Browns fan, as those are the definition of loyalty. Things to think about: 1) Songs – Cleveland has a few songs …

Good morning and welcome to your Twins Game Thread for Sunday. It is the series and season finale, with the Twins currently 3-3 against the Red Sox. They are down 2-1 in the series, hoping to come out of Fenway with a split. Last night's game got away from the Twins after they had gotten a 4-1 lead going into the bottom of the fourth. Too many balls caromed off the high walls in center and left and Mookie Betts and JD Martinez did what they have been doing regularly. We are now 53 hours away from the trade deadline. Still remaining on the club are Brian Dozier, Lance Lynn, Logan Morrison, Zach Duke, and Fernando Rodney--all guys with some value and all potential free …

Well, it's time to wrap up a pretty ugly series against Cleveland. I'm not going to try to emulate RB's excellent game thread introductions so here's the skinny: - The Good: Phil Hughes is pitching. - The Bad: The Twins are facing Corey Kluber. - The Ugly: The Twins have not scored a run in their last 17 innings. Lineups: Twins: Danny Santana - SS Brian Dozier - 2B Joe Mauer - 1B Kennys Vargas - DH Oswaldo Arcia - RF Trevor Plouffe - 3B Kurt Suzuki - C Chris Parmelee - LF Jordan Schafer - CF Cleveland: Michael Bourn - CF Mike Aviles - SS Michael Brantley - LF Carlos Santana - 1B Jason Kipnis - 2B Yan Gomes - C Lonnie Chisenhall - 3B Zach Walters - DH Chris Dic…

Royals SP: Bruce Chen-Last 10 years v. Twins: 2-5, 5.46 ERA. Twins Lineup: 1. Denard Span CF 2. Darin Mastroianni RF 3. Josh Willingham LF 4. Justin Morneau 1B 5. Ryan Doumit DH 6. Trever Plouffe 3B 7. Brian Dozier SS 8. Drew Butera C 9. Jamey Carroll 2B Twins SP: Francisco Liriano; 1-5, 7.20 ERA, 1.88 WHIP, 39 K; Against the Royals in his career: 6-4, 4.26 ERA, 51 K

Anyone watching? Good times live!

Was tonight’s game thread moved to Twins Minor League Talk forum?

Twins: Ben Revere CF Alexi Casilla 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Chris Parmelee RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Pedro Florimon SS (Brian Duensing P) Mariners: Dustin Ackley 2B Franklin Gutierrez CF Kyle Seager 3B Jesus Montero C Justin Smoak 1B Miguel Olivo DH Trayvon Robinson LF Eric Thames RF Brendan Ryan SS (Blake Beavan P)

Let your hair down Game Thread. So duck and don't get hit by the falling hair. I bring up the duck cause it already has down hair... Well maybe they are feathers, not being a mammal, but it serves a similar purpose. How do you keep interested in these games, serving similar purposes to the last bit of a penant race? Twins Chase De Jong ( R) 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 3. Jake Cave (L) CF 4. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 5. Max Kepler (L) RF 6. Tyler Austin ( R) DH 7. Ehire Adrianza (S) 3B 8. Willians Astudillo (R ) C 9. Gregorio Petit (R ) 2B Athletics Mike Fiers ( R) 1. Nick Martini (L) LF 2. Matt Chapman (R ) 3B 3. Jed Lowrie (S) 2B 4. Khris Davis…

ChiTown with the Lineups shall be posted shortly... If you can't wait for them... You probably scream at the Microwave for taking too long. ----------------- Well, Bri, I will be waiting for those lineups for a very long time as the game has been postponed. No make up date yet determined. Reason for postponement? Well ... game-time forecast reads like this: Rain, and more rain, cold and blustery, not stopping anytime soon. No dome, no roof, just rain. But in lieu of a game, you still have Brian's musings; feel free to comment on them, watch a different game and comment on that, or just shrug and wait until the next game on Tuesday. -----------------------------…

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll 2B Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Chris Parmelee RF Eduardo Escobar 3B Aaron Hicks CF Pedro Florimon SS (Mike Pelfrey P) Tigers: Andy Dirks LF Torii Hunter RF Miguel Cabrera 3B Prince Fielder DH Victor Martinez 1B Alex Avila C Omar Infante 2B Don Kelly CF Ramon Santiago SS (Max Scherzer P)

Okay ... help!!! Game threaders ... jump in to start whenever ... I know yesterday's game left much to be desired, but ... it's live baseball!!! And, well, depending on how you look at it overall, not meaningless, but meaningless, but not entirely. No TV, but radio (at least from what I can tell on my MLB app); and Gameday appears to be functional today, too! Lineups: PIRATES: Gosselin, 2B Marte, CF Polanco, LF Freese, 3B Jaso, 1B Newmann, SS Ortiz, RF Jhang, DH Williams, C Lindblom, P TWINS: Granite, RF Mauer, 1B Dozier, 2B Park DH Castro, C Stubbs, CF Grossman, LF Hague, 3B Adrianza, SS Gibson, P (pitched 1.2, gave up 2) Rucinski And it is 2-0, Pirates aft…

Twins: Ben Revere CF Alexi Casilla 2B Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit DH Matt Carson RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Drew Butera C Pedro Florimon SS (Liam Hendriks P) Billy Beanes: Coco Crisp CF Stephen Drew SS Josh Reddick RF Yoenis Cespedes LF Chris Carter 1B Seth Smith DH Josh Donaldson 3B George Kottaras C Cliff Pennington 2B (Tommy Milone P)

1:05 PM ET Twins Ervin Santana ® Red Sox Rick Porcello ® Projected lineups: 1. J.B. Shuck (L) RF 2. Danny Santana (S) CF 3. Ben Paulsen (L) 1B 4. ByungHo Park ® DH 5. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 6. Matt Hague ® 3B 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) 2B 8. Chris Gimenez ® C 9. Benji Gonzalez (S) SS 1. Dustin Pedroia ® 2B 2. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B 3. Xander Bogaerts ® SS 4. Hanley Ramirez ® DH 5. Sandy Leon (S) C 6. Carlos Quentin ® LF 7. Nick Longhi ® 1B 8. Cole Sturgeon (L) RF 9. Joseph Monge ® CF Gametime Forecast: 84°F • Clear • 0% PoP Hopefully it is on 96.3 FM so I can follow and post intelligently (?) All I can say is 84 degrees and Sunny? WHY am I in Minnesota????? And W…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Brian Dozier SS Trevor Plouffe 3B Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Cole De Vries

Anyone here interested in the inner workings of Mac computers? Unfortunately, since I'm trying to get some Mac's to behave, I'm having trouble thinking beyond ssh, scp and Linux. How any of that ties into baseball is anyone's guess. And it certainly bodes ill for a baseball thread. Baseball threads should be newly mowed grass, hot dogs, beverages, alcoholic or otherwise, with the occasional wisecrack thrown in. Maybe a musical interlude will liven things up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos Pitching for the Twins: Gibson Pitching for St. Louis: Rosenthal Play ball!!

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…

Twins Lineup: Darin Mastroianni CF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit DH Brian Dozier SS Chris Parmelee 1B Erik Komatsu RF Alexi Casilla 2B Jamey Carroll 3B Jason Marquis SP

Getting this up EARLY today because my day later on is a mess! But I love my job! I just wish I could watch baseball while I'm working. Thanks to SampleSizeOfOne for posting a game thread yesterday ... it was great! Pirates: SP, Cumpton Josh Harrison ® LF Travis Snider (L) RF Andrew McCutchen ® CF Travis Ishikawa (L) 1B Neil Walker (S) 2B Gaby Sanchez ® DH Tony Sanchez ® C Jordy Mercer ® SS Clint Barmes ® 3B Twins: SP, Nolasco Brian Dozier ® 2B Joe Mauer (L) 1B Jason Kubel (L) LF Josh Willingham ® DH Oswaldo Arcia (L) RF Trevor Plouffe ® 3B Kurt Suzuki ® C Aaron Hicks (S) CF Pedro Florimon (S) SS Since I'm not Brian, I haven't quite as much to think about. I…

The Twins play today at 2:05 central time against the Rays. Here is the lineup. They are also going with a bullpen pitching day. Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee RF JR Towles C Luke Hughes 2B Pitchers: Matt Capps, Casey Fien, Jeff Gray, Matt Maloney, Glen Perkins, Brendan Wise, Alex Burnett

Looks like rain, oh well. In honour of the recent 28th anniversary of the greatest baseball movie ever made, and the it's connection to the Twins opponent, I bring you the Major League Game Thread. All discussion in today's thread must be in relation to the movie. If something happens in the game, only Major League references are to be used. Players will be referenced by who you think most closely resembles them in the movie, from both teams. For inspiration, here is a list of the funniest lines from the movie Lineups. Twins TBA Indians TBA Have fun

Lineups: Twins: Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee RF Wilkin Ramirez CF Eduardo Escobar SS (Scott Diamond P) Orioles: Nick Markakis RF Manny Machado 3B Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Matt Wieters DH Steve Pearce LF J.J. Hardy SS Alexi Casilla 2B Chris Snyder C (Wei-Yin Chen P)

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…

Lineup from Dustin Morse via Twitter: CF Darin Mastroianni 3B Eduardo Escobar LF Josh Willingham DH Ryan Doumit RF Chris Parmelee 1B Chris Colabello 2B Brian Dozier C Drew Butera SS Pedro Florimon SP Kevin Correia Orioles Lineup today (from Rhett Bollinger): Roberts 2B, McLouth LF, Markakis DH, Jones CF, Wieters C, Davis 1B, Hardy SS, Machado 3B, Dickerson RF & LHP Britton

Byron Buxton, CF Brian Dozier, 2b Trevor Plouffe, 3b Chris Parmelee, 1b Josmil Pinto, C Jason Kubel, DH Darin Mastroianni, RF Max Kepler, LF Eduardo Escobar, SS Hughes Jose Reyes, SS Ryan Goins, 2b Jose Bautista, RF Edwin Encarnacion, DH Adam Lind, 1b Brett Lawrie, 3b Melky Cabrera, LF Dioner Navarro, C Anthony Gose, CF Hutchison Setup: I got nothin.

Today, the Twins are in Baltimore, playing a team that, in years past, has been an antidote to losing. Unfortunately, this years version of Baltimore has been playing pretty well, meaning the Twins may very well have their work cut out for them. With that, let's see if my mind can come up with five things to think about: (tip o' the cap to RiverBrian) 1. Did anyone else laugh at the excitement of Chris Davis finally breaking out his hitless streak and the breathless reporting of the "return of Chris Davis?" 2. Eddie Rosario: The most engaging and enraging player I've watched in a long time. 3. Jose Berrios, curve ball: some assembly required. 4. Camden Yards: I …