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Twins:

Span CF

Revere RF

Mauer DH

Willingham LF

Morneau 1B

Plouffe 3B

Doumit C

Dozier SS

Carroll 2B

(Hendriks P)

 

Tigers:

Jackson CF

Berry LF

Cabrera 3B

Fielder 1B

Young DH

Raburn 2B

Avila C

Kelly RF

Santiago SS

(Fister P)

I'm confused. I thought the object of the game was to hit the ball with the bat...

3 looking strikeouts.

 

Great start boys.

Let's be swinging the bats.

I have a dental appointment at 5:20 California time, which is now looking to be more pleasant than watching this game.

It is hard to believe that Trever freaking Plouffe is outpacing monsters like Fielder and Pujols in HR production this year; KEEP IT UP PLOUFFIE! (Not that he just hit a home run, it is just me saying that he is truly raking recently)

I have a dental appointment at 5:20 California time, which is now looking to be more pleasant than watching this game.

With or without novocaine?

While people may be comparing Plouffe to Valencia in production (just overall), I think Plouffe has 3B locked down for the foreseeable future if he can keep up this torrid pace of improvement. I mean, seriously, he has improved his BA something like .115 points since he has gone on this tear, going from something like .139 to .249 (including the groundout in his 1st AB tonight). Also, he has the second highest OPS to Josh Willingham, who is a much higher valued veteran than Plouffe.

With or without novocaine?

I am going to ask for nitrous, not to dull the pain of the dentistry but instead to take my mind off the game.

While people may be comparing Plouffe to Valencia in production (just overall), I think Plouffe has 3B locked down for the foreseeable future if he can keep up this torrid pace of improvement. I mean, seriously, he has improved his BA something like .115 points since he has gone on this tear, going from something like .139 to .249 (including the groundout in his 1st AB tonight). Also, he has the second highest OPS to Josh Willingham, who is a much higher valued veteran than Plouffe.

Who's Valencia?

The one thing that my dad has had less to complain about Mauer now that he is hitting better is that he is hitting into fewer double plays than he was in 2011 and most of April and May of this year.

Well, that was certainly an unlucky top of the inning for the Twins.

Who's Valencia?

That annoying 3B who is apparently extremely stuck up and is now trapped in AAA (aka the Twilight Zone) with Tsuyoshi Nishioka

Who's Valencia?

Ex-Twin, current Rochester Redwings third baseman.

 

 

 

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Well, that was certainly an unlucky top of the inning for the Twins.

The anti-cueball for Dozier.

LOL, third base coaches.

 

 

 

And it didn't matter in the end.

Edited July 2, 201214 yr by snepp

Well, that could have been ugly. One run is the least he could expect to get away with. Hendriks has pitched 2 good innings, but this last one made me cringe.

Good ol' Delmon.

C'mon Benny let's see your jets....

Seems like the current scouting report on Morneau is to give him nothing on the inside and everything on the outside.

Come on Plouffe. Break the trend!

C'mon Plouffe, we need a 3-run HR now!

Seems like the current scouting report on Morneau is to give him nothing on the inside and everything on the outside.

Look at his front foot and hips when he swinging. There's good reason for that.

YES!!! Plouffe got at RBI without hitting a homer!

Trevor Plouffe has transformed himself into a weapon for this team. Never in my lifetime would I have bet on that ever happening.

Boom Fisted.

2-run single for Plouffe, with him going to two on the throw, works just slightly less well than a three-run homer.

Come on Ron, call for the sac bunt.

I love it when we chase the starter after only 4 innings!