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Tonight our Twins take on Cleveland after a nice win yesterday against our central division foes. Big Joe Ryan takes the mound tonight for Minnesota. It will be fun to see how he performs and how well that long hair holds up. I think this kid could turn into a decent pitcher in the near future. He looks confident on the mound and throws with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. 

Go Twins!!

Below are tonight's lineups:

TWINS:

1. Luis Arraez, 3B

2. Byron Buxton, CF

3. Jorge Polanco, SS

4. Josh Donaldson, DH

5. Max Kepler, RF

6. Miguel Sano, 1B

7. R. Refsnyder, LF

8. Nick Gordon, 2B

9. Ryan Jeffers, C

P - Joe "Big Hair" Ryan (R)

 

CLEVELAND:

1. A. Gimenez, 2B

2. Amed Rosario, SS

3. Jose Ramirez, 3B

4. F. Reyes, DH

5. B. Bradley, 1B

6. H. Ramirez, LF

7. B. Zimmer, CF

8. R. Lavarnway, C

9. D. Johnson, RF

P - Triston McKenzie, (R)

Weather: 77 degrees and mostly sunny

It's kind of nice that I actually care about the performances of most Twins starters at this point, as opposed to how I felt about all of this two weeks ago when it was "watch Ober, then four days of high(low)lights".

12 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

It's kind of nice that I actually care about the performances of most Twins starters at this point, as opposed to how I felt about all of this two weeks ago when it was "watch Ober, then four days of high(low)lights".

It's getting to the point that I'm even looking forward to Gant pitching! I just gant stand it! Ober and out!  

50 minutes ago, twinssporto said:

place where the best banter and humor exists on Twins Daily

No pressure or nothin'.

I will say i'm generally pleased with the likes of Jax and Ober and Gant, and will try to restrain myself from attempts at humor based on their names...

But i have been as guilty as the rest of us at such in my time, so don't let me stop you!

Heard it on the radio...

 

Happy Birthday, Star Trek!

 

6 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Heard it on the radio...

 

Happy Birthday, Star Trek!

 

lol ... what the heck did I just watch?? hahaha

4 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

lol ... what the heck did I just watch?? hahaha

An homage to a ground breaking 60's scifi tv series.

And with an elegant* 12 days of xmas structure to it.

 

 

 

*a very loose definition of elegant, admittedly.

It’s Joe Ryan Time ?

1 hour ago, twinssporto said:

Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome to the place where the best banter and humor exists on Twins Daily. That place to see and be seen is the one and only Twins Daily Game Thread!

Tonight our Twins take on Cleveland after a nice win yesterday against our central division foes. Big Joe Ryan takes the mound tonight for Minnesota. It will be fun to see how he performs and how well that long hair holds up. I think this kid could turn into a decent pitcher in the near future. He looks confident on the mound and throws with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. 

Go Twins!!

Below are tonight's lineups:

TWINS:

1. Luis Arraez, 3B

2. Byron Buxton, CF

3. Jorge Polanco, SS

4. Josh Donaldson, DH

5. Max Kepler, RF

6. Miguel Sano, 1B

7. R. Refsnyder, LF

8. Nick Gordon, 2B

9. Ryan Jeffers, C

P - Joe "Big Hair" Ryan (R)

 

CLEVELAND:

1. A. Gimenez, 2B

2. Amed Rosario, SS

3. Jose Ramirez, 3B

4. F. Reyes, DH

5. B. Bradley, 1B

6. H. Ramirez, LF

7. B. Zimmer, CF

8. R. Lavarnway, C

9. D. Johnson, RF

P - Triston McKenzie, (R)

Weather: 77 degrees and mostly sunny

Why the 'chip' on his shoulder?

How much can you keep saying about this guys' 92 mph.? Geez

7 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Why the 'chip' on his shoulder?

I don't know.

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

It's getting to the point that I'm even looking forward to Gant pitching! I just gant stand it! Ober and out!  

Be nice to have more in the win Colome’ (column eh)

A real slugfest so far!

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

A real slugfest so far!

I think low scoring games favor the Twins

Double

What are the fans booing, the replay?

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

What are the fans booing, the replay?

Could be. It is in Cleveland, and it reversed a call favorable to the home team...

Cmon Sano look alive 

Productive out for Kepler....

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

Cmon Sano look alive 

Please!

3 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

What are the fans booing, the replay?

Themselves. They just realized they all live in Cleveland. 

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Could be. It is in Cleveland, and it reversed a call favorable to the home team...

I can understand not being happy about it, but normally bad calls are booed not correct calls 

nice play by JJ Walker

Ryan's probably shaking his head, thinking "How the hell did I end up here".

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Themselves. They just realized they all live in Cleveland. 

I entered a contest where first prize was a trip to Cleveland, second prize was two trips to Cleveland 

Nice play

That is two not great defenders making a pretty great defensive play that better defenders would make look a lot easier.

3 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I entered a contest where first prize was a trip to Cleveland, second prize was two trips to Cleveland 

All those from cleveland, raise your hand!

3 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I entered a contest where first prize was a trip to Cleveland, second prize was two trips to Cleveland 

I didn't think so.

That was some stretch by Sano.