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TWINS: Santana 3B Nunez SS Vargas 1B Quentin DH Sweeney RF Murphy C Arcia LF Kepler CF Polanco 2B Milone P PIRATES: Harrison 2B Polanco RF McCutchen CF Matte DH Cervelli C Mercer SS Jaso 1B Rodriguez 3B Figueroa C Liriano P For those interested, it's being televised on the MLB Network, which means it's also probably streaming online for free.

Twins: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe 3B Jamey Carroll 2B Pedro Florimon SS (Brian Duensing P) Rangers: Ian Kinsler 2B Elvis Andrus SS Josh Hamilton LF Adrian Beltre 3B Nelson Cruz DH David Murphy RF Geovany Soto C Craig Gentry CF Mitch Moreland 1B (Ryan Dempster P)

According to MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger, here is the Twins starting lineup: (1) Span - CF (2) Nishioka - 2B (3) Mauer - C (4) Morneau - 1B (5) Willingham - RF (6) Doumit - LF (7) Hughes - DH (8) Dozier - SS (9) Holliman - 3B SP Marquis (Hendriks, Manship, Gutierrez, Gray, Robertson, Wise, Guerra)

I'm not sure who will be watching/listening today after last night, but it's a new day and life goes on. And it's only ST after all, so here we go. Twins: SP, Gibson Aaron Hicks (S) CF Jason Bartlett ® 3B Chris Colabello ® DH Oswaldo Arcia (L) RF Wilkin Ramirez ® LF Chris Parmelee (L) 1B Josmil Pinto ® C Eduardo Escobar (S) 2B Pedro Florimon (S) SS Cards: SP, Martinez Matt Carpenter (L) 3B Kolten Wong (L) 2B Matt Holliday ® DH Allen Craig ® RF Yadier Molina ® C Jhonny Peralta ® SS Matt Adams (L) 1B Peter Bourjos ® CF Stephen Piscotty ® LF Let's play ball!

This is the last ST game I will be watching from afar. Well, sort of. I won't be at all the remaining games, just the ones in Fort Myers. But I'll still be in Florida so the away games will still be watched not from afar but from nearer. The Twins game yesterday ... um ... no comment. But when I got home from work last night, I turned on the action of the WBC. As some of you know, I'm not the biggest fan of the WBC, but hey, it's still baseball. As long as it's there, I'll watch it here and there. And what a game to catch. All kinds of excitement. Everyone is abuzz about Stanton's homerun, but for me it was Adam Jones' catch in deep, right center, robbing his Orioles …

Blue Jays 1. Kelly Johnson, 2B 2. Yuniel Escobar, SS 3. Jose Bautista, RF 4. Edwin Encarnacion, DH 5. Eric Thames, LF 6. Brett Lawrie, 3B 7. Colby Rasmus, CF 8. Adam Lind, 1B 9. J.P. Arencibia, C Twins 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Brian Dozier, SS 3. Joe Mauer, 1B 4. Josh Willingham, DH 5. Ryan Doumit, C 6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 7. Erik Komatsu, RF 8. Darin Mastroianni, LF 9. Alexi Casilla, 2B P Jason Marquis

Twins: Ben Revere CF Darin Mastroianni RF Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit LF Trevor Plouffe DH Jamey Carroll 3B Alexi Casilla 2B Pedro Florimon SS ( Samuel Deduno P) Rangers: Ian Kinsler 2B Elvis Andrus SS Josh Hamilton DH Adrian Beltre 3B Nelson Cruz RF David Murphy LF Mitch Moreland 1B Luis Martinez C Craig Gentry CF (Matt Harrison P)

In celebration of being able to type 2-handed (slowly), I'll post the line-ups to get in a little ST for posting during the season. Cardinals: Bourjos CF Wong 2B Grichuk LF Adams 1B Piscotty RF Moore SS Scruggs DH Cruz C Kozma 3B RHP C. Martinez Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Vargas DH Hunter RF Plouffe 3B Suzuki C Rosario CF Schaefer LF RHP Gibson

I'll post lineups as soon as I am able. Another great day. Warm, some clouds, breezy. If the clouds dissipate, it's gonna be HOT! No worries, though. I have a nice seat in the shade and up high to catch the breeze. And, Vanimal? It's a happy day! MARLINS Gordon 2B Ozuna RF Yelich CF Bour 1B Johnson 3B Dietrich LF Realmuto C Hechavarria SS Gillespie DH Cosart P TWINS Dozier 2B Rosario LF Mauer DH Sano RF Kepler CF Park 1B Escobar SS Murphy C Nunez 3B Gibson P If I got any of this wrong, pardons. I'm on my cell phone.

BLUE JAYS (18-15) 1. Kelly Johnson, 2B 2. Yunel Escobar, SS 3. Jose Bautista, RF 4. Edwin Encarnacion, DH 5. Eric Thames, LF 6. Brett Lawrie, 3B 7. Colby Rasmus, CF 8. Adam Lind, 1B 9. Jeff Mathis, C Starting pitcher: RH Drew Hutchinson (1-1, 6.65 ERA) TWINS (9-23) 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Brian Dozier, SS 3. Joe Mauer, C 4. Josh Willingham, LF 5. Ryan Doumit, DH 6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 7. Chris Parmelee, 1B 8. Darin Mastroianni, RF 9. Jamey Carroll, 2B Starting pitcher: RH P.J. Walters (2012 debut)

Decided at the last minute to come to the game. Likely won't be here the whole time but I'm here for now. Van, see anyone you like? Today's vantage point for a couple innings.

Twins: Ben Revere CF Alexi Casilla 2B Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau 1B Josh Willingham DH Ryan Doumit LF Trevor Plouffe 3B Matt Carson RF Pedro Florimon SS (Sam Deduno P) Indians: Shin-Soo Choo RF Michael Brantley CF Carlos Santana DH Russ Canzler LF Casey Kotchman 1B Lonnie Chisenhall 3B Cord Phelps 2B Brent Lillibridge SS Lou Marson C (Justin Masterson P)

Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome back to the second to last Game Thread for 2021. Apologies for the early post but I had to boat over to a nearby lodge on Elbow Lake (just north of Lake Vermillion) in order to get internet access to post the game thread today. I'm staying with some old high school buddies at their cabin and to say we are remote is an understatement...Gotta throw out a special thank you to the resort owner who let me tap into their wifi to post this...thanks again Elbow Lake Lodge! Well, here we are at the end of the season. This year didn't go as well as any of us thought but we still had a lot of fun on the game threads. I would like to thank a…

I’m here in The Fort, at the game. Since this is on ESPN2 today, thought I’d start a thread. Although you cable cutters likely don’t get ESPN2. And tbh, I really don’t pay any mind to ESPN anything anymore. But, a televised game is a televised game. Any watchers?

Twins Lineup: Aaron Hicks, CF Jamey Carroll, 2B Josh Willingham, LF Justin Morneau, DH Ryan Doumit, C Trevor Plouffe, 3B Chris Parmelee, RF Chris Colabello, 1B Pedro Florimon, SS Kevin Correia SP Phillies Lineup: Ben Revere, CFFreddy Galvis, SS Dominic Brown, LF Ryan Howard, 1B Carlos Ruiz, C John Maybrerry, RF Kevin Frandsen, 3B Yuniesky Betancourt, 2B Pete Orr, DH John Lannan SP

It’s televised today ... at least on the local stations. Someone can fill in the lineups.

To get back into the post season this year, a broom or two just won't cut it. We need an industrial strength wetdry shop vac, as well as help across the board from many other teams. The Miracle Braves had more than half a season to make their comeback. We got only a month. But that's no excuse to lose faith... The Rockies did something like that in the late aughts. It isn't impossible. It just needs probability such as is only seen at the start of Tom Stoppard plays: And my humble apologies for the short intro last time i wrote one. I lost track of time while helping a friend move, and he told me to pull off to the side of the road and put it up. This woul…

Today's tussle features May and Hellickson toeing the rubber. Lineups to follow. Some things to think about: 1. Where's Riverbrian? 2. Where's Chief? 3. Where's Waldo? 4. Did we win yet? 5. Are the concessions at Spring Training as expensive as the concessions at Target field? Play ball!!!

Dear Santa, I have tried to be good. I didn't make fun of Sano when he struck out a bunch. I didn't yell and curse when Royce Lewis got injured again. I even tried not to miss the Austudillo antics. I have followed Twins baseball games as much as i could, given all the things i try to get done. I've even remembered to write game thread intros. Perhaps they have been a little week in actual game info. I don't even know if Judge caught up to Arraez in the batting race. So please Anyway, since i have been oh so good, and i still don't know what i should ask for, as my stocking isn't large enough to fit a fully healthy Buxton season, or a good veteran free a…

Twins Lineup: Joe Benson CF Jamey Carroll 3B Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Wilkin Ramirez RF Brian Dozier 2B Ray Olmedo SS Vance Worley SP Pirates Lineup: CF Presley, SS Mercer, RF Snider, DH Sands, 1B Jones, 3B Hague, C Sanchez, LF Pie, 2B Hernandez. RHP McPherson. Name the 3-4 MLBers in that lineup? (Pressley and former Twins Garrett Jones?)

Lineups TBA. Someone, please post them for me, as I'm leaving for the game soon.

Twins hope to win a series in Tampa. Here is the lineup they'll go with: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Chris Parmelee 1B Danny Valencia 3B Clete Thomas RF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Francisco Liriano Rays Lineup: Desmond Jennings LF Ben Zobrist RF Carlos Pena 1B Evan Longoria 3B Jeff Keppinger DH BJ Upton CF Sean Rodriguez SS Chris Gimenez C Elliot Johnson 2B SP: Jeff Niemann

In the beginning there was TwinsDaily. But the moderators were bored. So Chief said "Let there be Game Thread" and there was a game thread. And it was Good. And after many strange and bizarre evolutionary processes i won't even pretend to understand, but others are welcome to enlighten if they feel like it this arrived today... Now! Twins Pitching. Phil Hughes ( R) 1. Drew Stubbs ( R) DH 2. Benji Gonzalez (S) 3B 3. Matt Hague ( R) 1B 4. Chris Gimenez ( R) C 5. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 6. Tommy Field ( R) LF 7. Danny Santana (S) RF 8. J.B. Shuck (L) CF 9. Ehire Adrianza (S) 2B Astros: Pitching. Dallas Keuchel (L) 1. George Springer ( R) CF 2. Josh Reddick (L…

Twins: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer DH Ryan Doumit C Chris Parmelee 1B Matt Carson LF Jamey Carroll 3B Alexi Casilla 2B Pedro Florimon SS (Samuel Deduno P) Evil Empire: Ichiro Suzuki RF Derek Jeter SS Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher 1B Curtis Granderson CF Eric Chavez 3B Raul Ibanez DH Chris Stewart C Chris Dickerson C (CC Sabathia P)

Thanks to mlb.com's Rhett Bollinger, we have the starting lineup (not the batting order) for the Twins scrimmage on Thursday against the Red Sox. Pitchers will include Scott Baker, Nick Blackburn, Liam Hendriks, Jeff Manship, Jason Bulger, Carlos Gutierrez, Tyler Robertson, Brendan Wise and Deolis Guerra. In the field, the starters will be, "catcher J.R. Towles, first baseman Aaron Bates, second baseman Pedro Florimon, third baseman Ray Chang, shortstop Brian Dozier, left fielder Ben Revere, center fielder Joe Benson, right fielder Rene Tosoni and designated hitter Brian Dinkelman." We're getting close!

As an experiment, we are adding this additional game thread for the series against the Rays. The purpose of this thread is for serious/substantive discussion about the game, with less frivolity and off-topic discussion than in the main game thread. Users are encouraged to post in either thread or both threads as you wish. This is an experiment and may or may not continue depending on how it goes.

The Twins have a split-squad double-header today and lots of guys are playing. Here is the lineup for the Twins against the Rays today: Alexi Casilla 2B Jamey Carroll SS Trevor Plouffe LF Chris Parmelee 1B Danny Valencia 3B Brian Dinkelman RF Steve Pearce DH Drew Butera C Joe Benson CF Pitchers: Terry Doyle, Scott Diamond, Luis Perdomo, Aaron Thompson, Lester Oliveros, PJ Walters, Casey Fien

Twins Lineup Span CF Revere RF Mauer C Willingham LF Morneau DH Plouffe 3B Parmelee 1B Casilla 2B Carroll SS SP: Diamond Phillies Lineup Rollins SS Polanco 3B Pence RF Thome DH Victorino CF Ruiz C Wiggington 1B Mayberry LF Martinez 2B SP: Blanton

The Twins and Yankees are set for Game 4 of their early-season series. Twins Lineup Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Anthony Swarzak Yankees Lineup: Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano DH Mark Teixeira 1B Nick Swisher RF Raul Ibanez LF Russell Martin C Eduardo Nunez 2B SP: Phil Hughes

As if the Twins and Rays didn't play enough this spring, the Twins are headed to St. Pete for a three-game series tonight. Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Danny Valencia 3B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe RF Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Liam Hendriks