I hate that dirt path going to the pitcher's mound, it looks so tacky.

 

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

Um, sweet!

Well at least we surpassed last season's win total. Yay.

I hate that dirt path going to the pitcher's mound, it looks so tacky.

 

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

 

 

 

Since most of the posters here have no collective memory of Kirby Puckett, let alone Rod Carew, here are pictures of Tiger Stadium, believe or not, there was a ballpark before Comerica.

 

http://www.tigerstadiumdetroit.com/navin.html

No one is celebrating two wins on one day? The Twins looked decent today, and Walters gave up only one run in six innings.

No one is celebrating two wins on one day? The Twins looked decent today, and Walters gave up only one run in six innings.

 

Twins record:

 

AL Central: 34-35

NL 9-9

 

 

AL East: 10-18

AL West: 11-27

 

The Twins swept the fraud that is the Detroit Tigers today. Getting a doubleheader sweep in the AAAA/JV division of baseball merits a hearty golf clap, although admittedly, Diamond and Walters had good outings. The Tigers showed in vivid colors who they really are today- a destined-for failure, horrendously atrocious, infield defense that was further aided today in that effort by their OF. Furthermore, how do you construct a big-bucks- payroll-team to compete for a title with only 2 mediocre LHRP in the pen? And just one, very hittable, rookie Lefty starter?

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

 

Retro yes, but I think it still looks awful. Hated it on every baseball field I've ever seen.

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Since most of the posters here have no collective memory of Kirby Puckett' date=' let alone Rod Carew, here are pictures of Tiger Stadium, believe or not, there was a ballpark before Comerica.

 

http://www.tigerstadiumdetroit.com/navin.html[/quote]

 

I guess this dates me. I remember Rod Carew (saw him play many times) and went to a game at Tiger Stadium in the 80s. By then of course it did not look at all like the pictures here - the dirt path from the plate to the mound had been filled in with grass. I remember thinking how old and dilapidated the stadium looked. Haven't been to the new park yet.

Going to Comerica/Tiger Stadium would have involved me traveling to Detroit again. Why would I do that to myself?

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

 

Retro yes, but I think it still looks awful. Hated it on every baseball field I've ever seen.

 

I don't hate it but I don't like it much, either. It ruins the aesthetic of the diamond.

The Twins' success against Detroit tells me that they aren't that far away. Then I see them play a series against the White Sox, who are a .500 team except when they play the Twins, and I think this team is on a par with the mid-nineties shlock that got put on the field.

 

BTW, Diamond has exactly a year's worth of starts now, and is 13-13 (lifetime) with a high 3s ERA. That sounds about right, but also sounds like a third starter on a Central pennant contender.

Nice to see the Twins playing the spoiler roll. Go Twins, Orioles, A's!