Welcome back to the Twins Daily game thread party! After a rare Friday night off the Minnesota Twins will take on the Seattle Mariners this afternoon at Target Field for the second home game of the season. 

 

I have high hopes for the Twins today. Big Mike Pineda will be throwing the ball and our lineup looks decent. I still wish Donaldson was playing today, although I think he will be back in the lineup next week.

 

I'll be listening to the game today and trying to post some as I pack up our basement. After 16 years in the same house my wife and I decided to sell our home as the kids have all moved out. Do you realize how much crap we accumulated over the years? I've made about 30 runs to Goodwill and probably have another 10 to do. The good news, we sold our house in one day. The bad news, purging and packing the stuff we've collected for the last 16 years. Word to the wise. Get rid of all that extra crap you have in your house now, before you decide to sell it. It's actually quite liberating to throw stuff out and purge closets and attics. It's almost like mental weight loss! 

 

A funny thought just crossed my mind...I think it's "moving day" at the Masters today as well.

 

Go Twins! I want to win by 10 runs!

 

Today's Lineups:

 

Twins:

 

1. Jorge Polanco - 2B

2. Kyle Garlick - LF

3. Nelson Cruz - DH

4. Byron Buxton - CF

5. Mitch Garver - C

6. Max Kepler - RF

7. Miguel Sano - 1B

8. A. Simmons - SS

9. Luis Arraez - 3B

SP - Big Mike Pineda (RHP)

 

Seattle:

 

1. Mitch Haniger - RF

2. Ty France - DH

3. Kyle Seager - 3B

4. J. Marmolejos - 1B

5. Luis Torrens - C

6. Dylan Moore - 2B

7. T. Trammell - CF

8. Sam Haggerty - LF

9. J.P. Crawford - SS

SP - Yusei Kikuchi (LHP)

 

Today's weather: Partly sunny and 50 degrees. 2% chance of rain. 100% chance my wife will make me pack during the entire game.

Go Twins!

 

By the way, Byron is going yard today along with Cruz.

Moving sucks

 

Moving sucks

 

Dreading it! 33 years in the house and two packrats! But no plans to do so any time soon. Might be our children who end up suffering!

Go Twins!

 

By the way, Byron is going yard today along with Cruz.

I hope they both go further than 3 feet...

 

Dreading it! 33 years in the house and two packrats! But no plans to do so any time soon. Might be our children who end up suffering!

My parents downsized, sold and moved about 8 years ago. My wife's parents did the same a few years later. There is a correlation between those events and the amount of stuff in our house.

I wonder why Arrias is not leading off.

 

I wonder why Arrias is not leading off.

LHer on the mound for Seattle.

According to Brock, we are approaching 1,000,000 active posts on these forums. Feels like being on the precipice of history~

I'm sure most center fielders make that catch, but Buxton makes it look so easy. Like, is it me, or did he look like he was bored?

Yusei Kikuchi.

 

I say Kikoochikoo.

 

He definitely made it look routine!

 

My parents downsized, sold and moved about 8 years ago. My wife's parents did the same a few years later. There is a correlation between those events and the amount of stuff in our house.

I hauled all kinds of stuff from my in-laws place when they moved. Took it from Florida to our place in Minnesota. Crazy...most of it ended up in the trash last week.

Buck might have had a double with that if not for Cruz ahead of him on first.

Buxton looks like a completely different batter

 

I wonder why Arrias is not leading off.

 

Lefty starting

Buck might have had a double with that if not for Cruz ahead of him on first.

Bux is fast, but that was a rocket to the left fielder and not a long throw to second. I'm for switching Byron and Cruz as well, but I'm not sure that's a good example why.

Morneau with good analysis on Sano's play on that last 5-3 putout. I enjoy hearing insight on how a seemingly routine play should be handled to minimize the likelihood of a bad outcome.

Musgrove 112 pitch no-hitter last night. Hmmm. Has his arm fallen off yet? Ruined for the season? Will there be a curse on the Padres?

Kikuchi looks good. 97 on the FB to Kepler.

Musgrove 112 pitch no-hitter last night. Hmmm. Has his arm fallen off yet? Ruined for the season? Will there be a curse on the Padres?

I believe word out of the Padres' clubhouse is that it gave him cirrhosis.

 

I believe word out of the Padres' clubhouse is that it gave him cirrhosis.

Sir Hoses? Didn't he carry water for King Arthur?

 

I believe word out of the Padres' clubhouse is that it gave him cirrhosis.

Sir Whosis?

Sir Hoses? Didn't he carry water for King Arthur?

No, that was Sir Wells. Sir Hoses made his fortune by screwing over his business partners.

Sir Whosis?

No, he travels time in an old English police call box.

 

According to Brock, we are approaching 1,000,000 active posts on these forums. Feels like being on the precipice of history~

 

Trivia time -- who scored the 1,000,000th run in MLB history? It was in 1975, and the player got 1,000,000 Tootsie Rolls, which he split between the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, and 1,000,000 pennies, which he donated to charity. 

 

Answer coming in a couple innings.

 

 

No, he travels time in an old English police call box.

That's Sir Real!

 

Sir Whosis?

First base.

 

Trivia time -- who scored the 1,000,000th run in MLB history? It was in 1975, and the player got 1,000,000 Tootsie Rolls, which he split between the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, and 1,000,000 pennies, which he donated to charity. 

Answer coming in a couple innings.

Who do you think I am, Sherlock Holmes?

 

Trivia time -- who scored the 1,000,000th run in MLB history? It was in 1975, and the player got 1,000,000 Tootsie Rolls, which he split between the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, and 1,000,000 pennies, which he donated to charity. 

 

Answer coming in a couple innings.

It's elementary, my dear Watson.