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The Pitchers RHP Dylan Bundy (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 K's, 5 IP) vs LHP Rich Hill (0-0, 6.23 ERA, 4 K's, 4.1 IP) Both starters will be making their 2nd start of the season this morning, with Bundy coming off of an impressive performance against Seattle. While Bundy wasn't missing bats or blowing pitches past hitters, he was varying speed and had command of his pitches. Of course, Bundy is going to need to get swings and misses to have sustainable success, but that will hopefully come in time. Old friend Rich Hill did not enjoy the same success in his first start of the season. Hill went just 4.1 innings against the Tigers, allowing 5 hits and a walk while allowing 3 ru…

Roster Move: Jovani Moran was optioned to AAA-STP to make room for tomorrow's starter Tyler Mahle. OF Gilberto Celestino was activated from the paternity list and Kyle Garlick hit the 10 day IL The Pitchers: RHP Sonny Gray (6-3, 3.41 ERA, 74.0IP, 69K's, 1.0 bWAR) vs RHP Alek Manoah (11-5, 2.43 ERA, 126IP, 114 K's, 3.3 bWAR) The Minnesota Twins will have their hands full with tonight's starter Alek Manoah, who was possibly the biggest winner of the ASG after his mic'd up appearance in Hollywood. Alek last started against the Tigers, going 5.1IP, allowing 4 earned runs on 7 hits including a homer, a walk, and 4 strikeouts. Manoah has yet to start a game thi…

As Twins fans await further news on Mitch Garver, the team tries to win the series in an afternoon game against the Angels. Currently, the Twins are 26-15, an outstanding record given expectations. The Angels, however, have underwhelmed in 2019. With generational talents like Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, shouldn't the Angels be contenders? As a large market team, the Angels can afford to spend more money than the Twins. However, have they put that money to good use? This year, the Angels spent money on several players. While Mike Trout will most likely be worth his enormous contract, many of their new players have not played to expectations. The pitching has been ter…

Good morning everyone! Who is ready for some Twins baseball? I will have to be honest with you all. This is my first season as a Twins fan. I live in Nashville and have never really been connected to a baseball team but have always loved to watch the sport. But, my girlfriend is from Minnesota (Shoutout St. Cloud) so this year I decided to be a Twins fan (pre Carlos Correa trade). I did go to a game last year and loved the ball park and the people I talked to. But, enough about me. Let's get to today's game. Today we will see Lucas Giolito take the mound for the bad guys and Chris Archer will take the mound for the good guys. Will Chris Archer have his top 3 bu…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy; 4% PoP; winds from the NNW at 16mph; temperature around 23 degrees F. (Okay, yes, there really is no forecast for a domed game, but since my posting a forecast yesterday went over so well, here's another one ... from somewhere in the world at game time.) Twins: SP, Pelfrey Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Colabello DH Kubel LF Pinto C Herrmann RF Escobar SS Fuld CF Rays: SP, Odorizzi Zobrist LF Jennings CF Joyce DH Longoria 3B Loney 1B Meyers RF Forsythe 2B Escobar SS Hanigan C ----------------------------- Okay, now, heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Brian! (in due time) ---------------------------------------------------…

I got up this morning, thrilled the Twins swept a three game series from Seattle. Then, someone whispered in my ear and said, "Blake. It was a 4 game series and since when was Sunday an off day?" "Oh, and the Twins dropped the last game of the series." "Bummer," I replied. Which caused a bunch of people sitting near me to turn and look at me in a strange manner. I quickly tried to mask the fact I had replied out loud to my inner voice by pretending I was using my cell phone but, that didn't exactly work either because it was then I realized I was sitting in the hotel lobby in my boxers while writing this post. Traveling across multiple time zones has obviously sc…

ANNND Welcome Weirdos! To another episode of Minnesota Twins Whine Line: Get it Off Your Chest! Edition. I'm your host for the next 2 days, Vanimal. Along with my trusty sidekick, the Intern. It's been a frustrating season so far, and it's BAD for your health to keep it to yourself! Today we decided to transform our studio into a therapist office... That way we can get it off our chest! Before we dive into the REAL and weird, let's do the baseball stuff. It's going to be a BRISK day in Minneapolis. 61 degrees and cloudy at first pitch. REAL FEEL of 58 degrees. Winds out of the NNE at 12 MPH. - Minnesota Twins (18-22): P - Fernando Romero ( R) - 23 year old hot shot…

The dog ate my game thread intro. I was stuck in traffic. One more donut won't hurt me. What are some other poor excuses? Go on, you can come up with better! Kansas City 0. Eric Skoglund ( L) P 1. W. Merrifield (R ) RF 2. A. Mondesi ( S ) SS 3. Jorge Soler (Rb) DH 4. Hunter Dozier (R ) 3B 5. Alex Gordon ( L) LF 6. Ryan McBroom (R ) 1B 7. Erick Mejia ( S ) CF 8. Nicky Lopez ( L) 2B 9. Nick Dini (R ) C Minnesota: 0. Randy Dobnak (R ) P 1. Mitch Garver (R ) C 2. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF 5. Miguel Sano (R ) 3B 6. M. Gonzalez ( S ) RF 7. C.J. Cron (R ) 1B 8. J. Schoop (R ) 2B 9. Ryan LaMarre (R ) CF Well, my other gam…

Twins (8-23, 5th AL Central) vs Orioles (18-12, 1st AL East) Berrios (1-1, 6.75 ERA) vs Gausman (0-1, 1.42 ERA) Target Field, Minneapolis, MN Forcast: Mostly Cloudy, 59F, 20% of Precip. TV: FS-N Radio: Go 96.3 Minnesota Twins Lineup: 1. 1B Joe Mauer (L) 2. SS Eduardo Nunez ® 3. 2B Brian Dozier ® 4. 3B Trevor Plouffe ® 5. RF Miguel Sano ® 6. DH Byung-Ho Park ® 7. LF Oswaldo Arcia (L) 8. C Kurt Suzuki ® 9. CF Danny Santana (S) Baltimore Orioles Lineup: 1. LF Joey Rickard ® 2. SS Manny Machado ® 3. CF Adam Jones ® 4. 1B Chris Davis (L) 5. RF Mark Trumbo ® 6. C Matt Wieters (S) 7. DH Pedro Alvarez (L) 8. 2B Jonathan Schoop ® 9. 3B Ryan Flaherty (L) Well, it's be…

I was reminded last thread of my Grandpa, he once asked me "What is the most important part of a car?" I forget my response, probably i said something like the wheels... He set me straight as follows: "The starter is the most important part of a car, 'cause if that doesn't work, all you got is a 2 ton paper weight." What that has to do with the Twins season so far is left as an exercise to the reader... I got nothing against the Coliseum. I actually been there. But ya gotta leave the audience wanting more. Even if it is someone else on stage... So without further ado... Game time Forecast: 70°F • Clear • 0% PoP Twins Tyler Duffey (R ) 1. Eduardo Nunez (R )…

Who wants to think about a team that's on pace for 110 losses and allows an average of 1.4 home runs per game? A team that has been outscored 289-204 thus far and is on pace to be outscored 851-601 – by a grand total of 250 runs – this season? Therefore, I have carefully expunged any mentions of this harrowing topic from our five things to think about for the day: 1. High school baseball. It's the best, man. 2. "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts." Four lines from an old play which has survived the ages because the playwright was Shakespeare, who in turn…

Disappointment seems to be the theme of the day around Twins Daily. I am personally disappointed in my game record, as I’m still winless. We are disappointed that the team is in first place, disappointed in our bullpen construction, disappointed in Joe Mauer because he’s not superman, disappointed in our first pick of the draft, disappointed that Kyle Gibson is starting tonight, disappointed in that abomination of a baseball game yesterday, and somehow even disappointed with the loveable TC Bear. So… let’s go for something different and talk just about appointed. Strangely enough, that carries a much different meaning, certainly not the opposite of disappointed. Lately…

Weather really can screw things up. Last night we saw a couple innings of 5-0 baseball (against Keuchel no less) get washed away by the rain. Gone, completely. My At Bat app doesn't even have the box score of what was played. No going back to watch videos of the hits and errors that led us to five runs, no going back to see Santana get through two with only one hit relinquished. Just a big, bold, all-caps POSTPONED. Weather can be a good thing. Who doesn't like getting caught in the rain? (No, no NO ... do not start with the pina coladas.) But in this case it really mucked it up good and completely erased what was. The game this afternoon will go as planned with Berrios o…

Happy Earth Day! As Google so often does, its banner ties in with the current goings on of the world. In lieu of cute illustrations of Earth hugging itself or wearing a lampshade on its head after a few too many shots of ozone, today’s banner shows the effects of climate change over 20 years. That got me to thinking. What else has changed over the past 20 years? Hairstyles. Fashion. Minnesota Vikings Super Bowl Championships. Oh wait . . . We’re here to talk about baseball. Forget I said anything. Here is what our beloved baseball team’s roster looked like 20 years ago back in 2002. Recognize any of these names? Those were simpler times. 20…

(Submitted To the Guild of Twinsdaily Game Thread Intro Writers for approval as Master Writer of Game Thread Intros with all the rights and privileges pertaining there to. And the silly hat. Must have one.) 0. "We the Posters of the Twins Daily, in Order to enjoy a more perfect Game, establish Camaraderie, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common entertainment, promote the general Knowledge of Baseball, and secure the Pursuit of Happiness to ourselves and our Posts - eary, earier, or otherwise, do ordain and establish this Thread for the Game pitting the Twins of Minnesota against the Host, the Astros of Houston, this September 6th, in the year of Buxton/Sano …

Gametime forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 1-10 m.p.h. Temperature: Around 50. Twins: SP, Nolasco Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Colabello DH Plouffe 3B Kubel RF Suzuki C Hicks CF Florimon SS Indians: SP, Masterson Morgan CF Swisher 1B Kipnis 2B Santana 3B Brantley LF Chisenhall DH Gomes C Murphy RF Aviles SS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. One Thousand Wins -- Ron Gardenhire reached 4 digits in wins yesterday... This is quite the accomplishment. Not many Managers are around long enough to reach this number. It speaks to his ability and it speaks t…

The Twins look to come back after falling to our rival Milwaukee last night following a two run blast from Orlando Arcia off of Twins' legend Taylor Rogers. We will also be starting a rookie pitcher who is making his MLB debut in Devin Smeltzer, while the Brewers bring out Zach Davies. Let's hope we can split the series against our boarder rivals. The Pitchers: Devin Smeltzer (3-2, 1.15 ERA, 48 K's in 54.2 MiLB innings) vs Zach Davies (5-0, 2.43 ERA, 38 K's) The Twins placed last nights starter Michael Pineda on the injured list today with an injury to his right knee, and purchased the contract of left hander Devin Smeltzer. Smeltzer was acquired in the Brian Dozier …

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Tradition – the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on this way. I find it very fitting that Opening Day 2022 falls on Masters week. The week that has the reputation for being the greatest week in sports with the conclusion of March Madness coupled with the beautiful images of Magnolia Lane at August National in preparation for the pinnacle of PGA golf tournaments. When you think of Masters week you think of the perfectly manicured grass and groomed sand (actually it’s quartz) traps, Tiger Woods’ Sunday red, and of course the trophies of all trophies…the coveted Green jacket. In short, you think of it as a tra…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. 9 out of ten dentists say you should turn to ChiTown for perfect lineups posted right here in this spot. The other dentist is high on Nitrous Oxide. Bri - It might be the better place to be, depending on the lineup. You decide ... Twins: SP, Deduno Santana CF Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Pinto C Escobar SS Deduno P Brewcrew: SP, Gallardo Segura SS Gennett 2B Braun RF Gomez CF Davis LF Reynolds 3B Overbay 1B Maldonado C Gallardo P ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1.…

ANNND Welcome Back! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line on a Sunday. How FUN was that game yesterday?! Erv listened to his favorite band Cake and Went the Distance against those poor White Sox. If you missed it, here's the highlights to catch up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAKsOScyITw Today we have the final game of this series, WINNER take all, as they say. Before we get into more fun and debauchery, let's talk weather and lineups. It's going to be a beautiful Easter Sunday! Sunny and 65 degrees at first pitch. Pretty breezy! 15 MPH out of the West. Maybe a Sano blast is in our future! Minnesota Twins (7-4): P- Hector Santiago (L) - REVENGE game against his fo…

September 4, 1:10 PM CT @ Target Field TV: WGN; Radio: WLS 890 Weather: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Lineups: Good guys: CF Eaton SS Anderson LF Cabrera 1B Abreu 3B Frazier DH Saladino RF Garcia C Smith 2B Sanchez SP Ranaudo Bad guys: 2B Dozier SS Polanco 1B Mauer DH Plouffe RF Kepler <3 3B Sano LF Rosario C Murphy CF Buxton SP Albers Five things NOT to think about: 1 - Politics 2 - Religion 3 - Mods 4 - Packers 5 - Baseball Follow these simple rules, and you should be good.

After passing the test of Tampa, the Twins move on to the test of Cleveland. Today is the opening day of a three day test of the Twins against Cleveland, with the Twins hoping to put the boot on the metaphorical throat of the Indians and apply tremendous pressure, to the point the Indians tag out for the rest of the season. *Heh. Found the gif after I started writing Our very own highly esteemed RiverBrian put together some excellent thoughts on the portent of this series, which I am shamelessly plugging, because it's a good read and it's good to once again read RB's thoughts at TD. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/33382-twins-indians-series-possible-long-term-cons…

Hello Game Thread viewers, it's currently raining here in Minneapolis and slated to continue to rain forever, I'm told. The accuracy of that forecast remains to be seen, but we'll keep going with the forging ahead regardless! The Tigers are still in town, having been twice beaten this series already. The Twins have been a decidedly un-Minnesotan-esque host for them so far, and I don't think any of us here mind. In fact, I imagine that we hope that the unniceness continues. The squad maintains a 5.5 game lead in the division over those Pale Hose of Chicago and hope to add to it today. I'm not sure why, but this game is being broadcast on Youtube today. I g…

Name of the game. Someone i was just hanging out with used the phrase "name of the game" a couple times, and it finally sunk in. They name hurricanes, but we don't (yet) name Twins games. Admittedly, naming things is a serious undertaking. Not something to be done lightly, and in the interest of proving that rule, today's game is "Pablo" I know it's Sunday. The summer is up and running. The current intro writer regulars have better things to do, and so it falls through to me. I humbly apologize for any inconvenience my irregularities cause you. I take pride in my irregularity and wouldn't have it any other way. If i were old enough, i hope i woulda been a Baker Stre…

“Well I’ve never been to Heaven... but I’ve been to Oklahoma...” Apologies to Three Dog Night, but that could be me. I’ve been to Oklahoma lots of times but my chances of eventually being in Heaven are like the old baseball adage, “slim and none”. I’ve never been to LA either. In fact I’ve never set foot, or any other part of me, in California. At least not that I remember. Three dog night - that’s how the Aussies post the weather forecast Down Under. Apparently they judge how cold it’s going to be by how many dogs you have to sleep with in order to stay warm. Quaint. Though with the price of dog food today, it might be cheaper to buy some thermometers. Or an el…

Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome back to more Game Thread fun! The Twins are going for the sweep today against their division rivals the Kansas City Royals...Will the Twins take game three to complete the sweep? Tune into the game to find out and don't forget to participate with the rest of the Game Thread fanatics to experience the thrill and excitement of Twin's baseball. The Twins own a .600 win percentage at the moment and have a 4.5 game lead over the Chicago White Sox. If the Twins can get through some of the injuries plaguing it's pitching staff I think we can jump into an even more comfortable position by the All-Star break. This team really does have so…

Here we are. Let the REAL games begin. Gametime weather: Cloudy. Winds blowing in from center field at; around 55. Twins: SP, Nolasco Brian Dozier 2B Kurt Suzuki C Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Chris Colabello DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia RF Aaron Hicks CF Pedro Florimon SS White Sox: SP, Sale Eaton CF Semien 2B Gillaspie 3B Abreu 1B Dunn DH Garcia RF De Aza LF Ramirez SS Flowers C And the next up to bat? Brian, with his 'Things to Think About.' Check this space later for more. Thanks ChiTown and Seth Things to think about: 1 Opening Day -- Unless your team is playing in the World Series. Opening day is simply the best day of the year for all te…

One time i was at this park and i heard a story about two hikers that rounded a corner in the trail and came across a bear. One of them quietly sets his backpack down, removes his boots, gets out his running shoes and puts them on. The other looks at him like he's stupid and points out that bears can go upwards of 40 mph over short distances and there's no way he'll out run it if thinks come to that. The other fellow acknowledges the truth of what the fellow says, but points out in this situation, he just needs to not be the slowest person the bear is chasing. I'm not sure if that story has bearing on this game, but it seemed somehow appropriate, what with the wild card…

I think i got the honor of introducing the game thread... 2 years ago? And so i've probably worked out a well travelled groove of Star Wars jokes already. You all are welcome to make them, i'm going to devote this here intro space to pontificate upon the acknowledged inspiratoin for Star Wars: The Hidden Fortress. I highly recommend you watch it if you're into that sort of thing. Indeed, pretty much any Akira Kurosawa movie is worth seeing at least once (with subtitles as needed) If i had to (and that's the corner i'm painting myself into) summarize a baseball related theme of the movie, it's... Free Agency (with nod to player development) it has epic showdowns. Our R…