Preview:
Kyle Gibson (11-11, 3.84 ERA) vs. Yovani Gallardo (13-11, 3.42 ERA)

 

Lineups: http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

 

Twins (0-1):

TBD

 

Orioles (1-0):

1. Manny Machado ® 3B
2. Adam Jones ® CF
3. Chris Davis (L) 1B
4. Mark Trumbo ® RF
5. Matt Wieters (S) C
6. Pedro Alvarez (L) DH
7. J.J. Hardy ® SS
8. Jonathan Schoop ® 2B
9. Joey Rickard ® LF

 

Yay! Baseball is back! After a heartbreaking 9th inning loss the Twins get a mulligan on opening day I figure. Today's matchup features the same Orioles lineup we saw on Monday and... not sure about the Twins' yet. Two teams that figure to strikeout a ton each facing pitchers that don't strike anyone out. And a hitters park to boot. I predict fireworks.

 

Pick to click anyone? A "click" is what happens when a player does really well in a ballgame. I'll take whoever the Twins have batting today in the three spot. I dunno maybe its Sano, maybe someone else I dunno.

 

A "click" can  have other meanings too. The urbandictionary defines it as a kilometre (about 0.63 miles) Vietnam War slang. Eg. "Wal-marts about ten clicks from hya." So Wal-Mart's about 10 kilometres from hya. Make a note for when you're in Vietnam and need to re-stock on trail mix.

 

Enjoy the game everyone!

I believe this game is on mlb network or espn tonight, as well.  So it would be great if we looked good for a national audience.

Twins lineup just up:

 

1. Brian Dozier ® 2B
2. Joe Mauer (L) 1B
3. Miguel Sano ® RF
4. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B
5. Eddie Rosario (L) LF
6. Byung Ho Park ® DH
7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS
8. Kurt Suzuki ® C
9. Byron Buxton ® CF

 

I believe this game is on mlb network or espn tonight, as well.  So it would be great if we looked good for a national audience.

Apparently we're on MLB Network Thursday night, not tonight:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national.jsp

Does Bert have the day off for his birthday? 

 

Apparently we're on MLB Network Thursday night, not tonight:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national.jsp

Well, oops.  That's ok, we'll win the rubber game on national TV!

 

Does Bert have the day off for his birthday? 

 

I think most of us have today off, since Bert was able to have it made into a National Holiday.

Well, this one is too late for me, but I have a few predictions. Gibson doesn't strike out a ton of guys but get enough ground balls to be effective for 6 innings. Dozier hits the Twins' first. Mauer gets another couple hits.

 

I'm just happy baseball is back.

Did Bert win yet?

Win this for Merle Frickin Haggard Twins!

Edited April 6, 201610 yr by nokomismod

I get to watch baseball, and see the snow fall out the window. 

 

I really hope Bert took the day off.

 

I get to watch baseball, and see the snow fall out the window. 

 

I really hope Bert took the day off.

I get to watch this ... oh, wait ... I don't get to watch this. Working.

Kind of a blech day, so I'm just going to watch.

The bats are going to be on fire today. Plouffe is going to have a big night.

Let's go Twins!

I think Joe goes Yard today, and has a nice 3-4 day. 

 

How much longer before Buxton's WHIFF- A- Thon get's him out of the starting line-up and Danny Santana in it? Molitor has a long leash, but Buxton has to start showing some progress that he can hit a slider or a curveball or at least lay off bad one's. I'm not a proponent of starting Santana over Buxton but at some point Buck is going to have to start getting on base, to keep his glove in the line-up everyday.

We are one game into the season, you understand that right?

 

We are one game into the season, you understand that right?

 

So that would be a very short leash?

Must win game.

 

 

How much longer before Buxton's WHIFF- A- Thon get's him out of the starting line-up and Danny Santana in it? Molitor has a long leash, but Buxton has to start showing some progress that he can hit a slider or a curveball or at least lay off bad one's. I'm not a proponent of starting Santana over Buxton but at some point Buck is going to have to start getting on base, to keep his glove in the line-up everyday.

I think they give Buxton a solid 20-30 games to "get it together" at that stage they can send him down to AAA if need be, and potentially call up Kepler...though that OF defense would be pretty terrible (assuming Rosario in CF and Sano+Kepler in RF/LF)

Dozier just needs to go 5-5 to be batting .500 on the year

"There are a lot of other people who have birthdays today"- Bert

"you haven't even mentioned my birthday"-Bert

*mutes T.V.*

only 1 K in the first, better start than Monday

Positives:  The Twins appear to have found a solution to their hitting-into-DPs problem.

 

Positives:  The Twins appear to have found a solution to their hitting-into-DPs problem.

by striking out instead?

 

by striking out instead?

 

2 outs before you can get a guy on base?

Phones ringin dude

Why are the corner outfielders so deep? They should be playing in....

Had they actually been shifted, with Escobar on the RF side, that's an out.