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Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willimgham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Dozier SS Carrol 2B Plouffe - 3B Sp- P.J. (the "Wall") Walters

I didn't see a game thread up, so I started one, even though I can't really stay... just to say: Jake Cave is not a reliable center fielder. Ash out.

The game is on MLB Network and MLB.tv. We get to watch Odorizzi pitch today!

Today's Twins lineup for Spring Training Game 2: Aaron Hicks CF Jamey Carroll 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Chris Parmelee RF Jeff Clement DH Ray Olmedo 3B Pedro Florimon SS Liam Hendriks SP Other scheduled Pitchers: Glen Perkins, Jared Burton, Brian Duensing, Kyle Gibson, Bryan Augenstein, Anthony Slama, Luis Perdomo, Deolis Guerra Rays Lineup (from Phil Miller) Fuld CF, S.Rodriguez 2B, Vogt DH, Duncan 1B, Gimenez C, Thompson RF, Bourgeois LF, Fontenot 3B, Beckham SS. P: Archer

The Twins appear to be making history today with Simeon Woods Richardson on the mound. He’s believed to be the first person in MLB history to have a 16-letter name on the back of his jersey. The 13-letters of former catcher Jarrod Saltalamaccia pales in comparison. As Twins go, my understanding is that the record for longest surname was set in the mid-1970s, and I found out the hard way. When I was a kid, the radio station in Cedar Rapids had a baseball trivia question each afternoon at 4:30, with the winner getting two tickets to the Cedar Rapids Astros/Cardinals/Reds/Giants or whoever they were affiliated with at the time. My school bus got me home at 4:20, and I w…

Twins: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit LF Alexi Casilla 2B Brian Dozier SS Jamey Carroll 3B (Scott Diamond P) Rays: Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist RF Longoria DH Keppinger 3B Pena 1B Roberts 2B Rodriguez SS Lobaton C (Shields P)

You guys post the lineups. Here's my vantage point:

Today is for the birds? No, the Twins are just facing two other pro teams that just happen to have avian mascots... Line ups to follow, just figured i'd get my foot in the door...

Okay, at the game today, too. No one commented how I got the date wrong in yesterday’s thread. Is this one televised? I thought I read that Dick n Bert were getting it warmed up for the season, but may that’s for Sunday’s game. Better lineup for the Twins today but I’m not sure I recognize many names on the Astro’s lineup card. Looking forward to Lance Lynn pitching. Here you go:

Twins Lineup: Darin Mastroianni CF Eduardo Escobar SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Chris Parmelee RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Brian Dozier 2B Liam Hendriks SP Orioles Lineup: Alexi Casilla 2B Manny Machado 3B Lew Ford DH Jackson RF Danny Valencia 1B Trayvon Robinson LF Navarro 2B LJ Hoes CF C Robinson C Jair Jurrjens SP

Twins head to Port Charlotte to play the Rays yet again... Here's the lineup with a rare Joe Mauer sighting on the road in spring training! Ben Revere CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer DH Chris Parmelee 1B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe LF Sean Burroughs 3B Luke Hughes 2B Rene Tosoni RF Pitching: Carl Pavano, Jason Bulger, Scott Diamond, Phil Dumatrait, Liam Hendriks, Glen Perkins, Tyler Robertson, Daryl Thompson Bench: Danny Lehmann, Danny Rams, Chris Herrmann, Aaron Bates, Ray Chang, Mike Hollimon, Oswaldo Arcia, Darin Mastroianni

Good evening Twins fans and welcome back to more Game Thread fun! The mighty Minnesota Twins take on the tepid Toronto Blue Jays tonight. Can the Twins continue their 3 game winning steak and turn it into 4? I think so! Big Ober takes on the former Minnesota Twin Jose Berrios tonight. Truth be told I miss Berrios on the mound but I think we got a great deal out of that trade. I'm not cheering against Berrios tonight but I still think we got the better side of that trade. Nick Gordon is gonna try to keep the momentum up after last night's game. He's batting in the 6 spot tonight. Hopefully he can plate a few more runs and keep us guessing whether or not he can make th…

As most of you have already heard, today's baseball action at Target Field has been postponed due to snow. Yes, its April 14th and it seriously looks like I'll have at least 12" of new snow in my back yard. I apologize and ask for your forgiveness in advance for my melancholic, SNOW postponed Game Thread introduction. For those of you wisely living outside of Minnesota in better climates, let me list for you the general emotions and behaviors people have been exhibiting the last couple of weeks around here: Anger - At the weatherman and Mother Nature.Despair - Any hope of Spring coming is dead.Anguish - Part of the sad family. Really just means pain.Depression - The…

Sorry if i hog the spot light, but 20 minutes to first pitch, i figure if someone else was doing it, they'd a done it? Anyhow... Spring cleaning. 1. I might get distracted from the game. I decided today was a good day to do some tidying up, where the term tidying, as usual, might be an understatement. 2. Twins seem to be on the same page. Joe Mauer is cleaning up today. Not sure which is more common, this observation or the last. 3. Monty Python made 3 movies. And the number of movies shall be 3. I personally like the Crimson Permanent Assurance. 4. The other team. Are they any good? I hope they prove a worthy challenge, so as we improve by playing them. So no …

Today is a momentous day. It is the day after the Twins managed to take 2 out of 3 from their nemesis from the Bronx. It is also momentous, because the Whine Line may have signed off for the last time. *Greatest end to a show ever? You betcha! But, that's okay, because we've found a viable replacement: *Sammy Maudlin and Bobby Bittman. What's not to like? Now that we've done that, time for: *next. Some thought from the Twins beating the guys from the Bronx: 1. The Twins beat the Yankees! 2. The Twins beat the Yankees! 3. The Twins beat the Yankees! 4. The Twins beat the Yankees! 5. The Twins beat the Yankees! Play ball!

Twins Lineup (vs Max Scherzer): Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Brian Dozier SS Alexi Casilla 2B Drew Butera C Jamey Carroll 3B SP: Carl Pavano

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Alexi Casilla 2B Jamey Carroll SS SP: PJ Walters

Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF joe mauer dh Josh Willimgham Justin morneU 1B Ryan Doumit c Dozier ss CASILLlla 2b Carrol 3b Sp- pavano

Cleveland (68-66) has recovered a bit in recent weeks after falling below .500 when basically their entire rotation was injured. Minnesota (59-77), on the other hand, continues to stink up the joint after having a pretty decent August. Thankfully, today might be a total loss for Twins fans, as they have Bailey Ober taking the mound against a quite bad Logan Allen (6.62 ERA*). As most of you know, Ober's overall stat line isn't that impressive but in the "what have you done for me lately" category, he shines. …

Televised on FSN! Twins lineup: CF Span SS Carroll 3B Valencia 1B Parmelee C Doumit DH Hughes RF Benson LF Revere 2B Casilla SP Hendriks

Twins Lineup Today Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer 1B Justin Morneau DH Luke Hughes 3B Chris Parmelee RF Ben Revere LF JR Towles C Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Anthony Swarzak (Carl Pavano is supposed to start, but because he'll be starting against the O's on Opening Day) Orioles Nolan Reimond LF Nick Johnson DH Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters C Mark Reynolds 3B Wilson Betemit RF Chris Davis 1B Robert Andino SS Ryan Flaherty 2B SP Tsuyoshi Wada

Greetings from Hammond Field. Attempting to post this from my phone so I apologize up front for the typos. Red Sox: Nava, LF Victorino, RF Pedroia, 2B Ortiz, DH Napoli, 1B Pierzynski, C Bogaerts, SS Middlebrooks, 3B Bradley, CF SP: Peavy Twins: Hicks, CF Dozier, 2B Mauer, 1B Willingham, LF Arcia, RF Plouffe, 3B Kubel, DH Suzuki, C Santana, SS SP: Hughes Enjoy! It's nice and sunny here today but breezy and chilly. Temps are only in the 60s right now.

Quite a few years ago, "The Who" came up with what was probably the first rock opera, which they wrote and recorded. "Tommy" was performed quite a few times until one day, Roger Daltry, at a live performance, said this was the last time "The Who" would perform "Tommy." At which point, the late late Keith Moon jumped up from behind his drum kit and hollered, "Thank God." I mention this, as this is my swan song for game threads this year. And, I expect the Twins Daily crowd is jumping up and collectively shouting, "Thank God!" Seriously, though, it's been a great ride and I hope I've been able to make a few people laugh. Or, at least politely clap. It's been fun and y…

Books have intros that tell ya what's so good about 'em. Problem is, of course, that it turnsout not to be so good when it isn't a surprise. If ya already know the Butler did it before ya read the first chapter, that kinda puts a damper on some of the suspense. So i encourage you to skip this intro and get right into the game thread... That said, things to high five about: Framed, i tell ya! Our pitching couldn't have improved that much, could it? Well tempered expectations are not too be discouraged, but where's the fun in that? Buxton. He fast. Faster than the verb to be. Not exactly a slouch in linguistic terms. I'll slow down and get it right this time. He is …

There is no stream today, sadly. No radio that I could find. Nothing, except gameday. Why post a game thread then? Because it's Correa's first game as a Twin. Ryan is pitching. And the lineup looks suspiciously like it could be an opening day lineup with a possible tweak here or there. (I'm sure there will be a few iterations of this before it's actually opening day.) It's a pity that we can't watch or listen, truly. And yes, it's an indictment on MLB for not just opening up ALL of spring training games for everyone everywhere. And the weather in Fort Myers today looks perfect, according to my weather app ... sunny, low humidity, breezy, 80 degrees. Oh, and on top of that…

Half an hour until game time, full tank of jokes, it's light, and i'm posting a game thread intro on my cellphone. Hit it. At least that is the advice i offer to the Twins line up. Things to look for: (like in Highlights, if you grew up with that children's magazine... In retrospect, i might have appreciated Mad more, but oh well) Good pitching. Good fielding. Hitting the cut-off. Secondary leads. Shifts... not to be confused with capslock. Oh, and bad jokes. and here is the fine print... aka lineups: 7:10 PM ET Twins Kyle Gibson (R ) 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Logan Forsythe (R ) 2B 3. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 4. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 5. Max Kepler (L) RF…

Twins: Ben Revere CF Jamey Carroll 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit LF Chris Parmelee RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Eduardo Escobar SS (Scott Diamond P) White Sox: Alejandro De Aza CF Kevin Youkilis 3B Adam Dunn DH Paul Konerko 1B Alex Rios RF Dayan Viciedo LF Alexei Ramirez SS Tyler Flowers C Gordon Beckham 2B (Jose Quintana P)

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 70. INDIANS: SP, House Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Chisenhall 3B Gomes DH Murphy RF Perez C Aviles 2B TWINS: SP, May Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Arcia RF Nuñez LF Schafer CF ------------------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... GO! ------------------------------------------ Where? Things to Think About: 1. Birthdays -- Hey all... It's my Birthday Today!!! I'm still collecting these things... Today... I got my 49th. I'm keeping them all in the basement with all the othe…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Danny Valencia 3B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe RF Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Nick Blackburn First day off for Joe Mauer... Well deserved... They're going to have to get a day off for Carroll and Span at some point too.