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Lineups:

 

Twins:

Aaron Hicks CF

Joe Mauer C

Josh Willingham RF

Justin Morneau 1B

Ryan Doumit DH

Trevor Plouffe 3B

Chris Parmelee LF

Brian Dozier 2B

Pedro Florimon SS

(Kevin Correia P)

 

Royals:

Alex Gordon LF

Alcides Escobar SS

Billy Butler DH

Mike Moustakas 3B

Salvador Perez C

Eric Hosmer 1B

Jeff Francoeur RF

Lorenzo Cain CF

Chris Getz 2B

(Ervin Santana P)

My baseball road trip continues...

My baseball road trip continues...

 

I know you were there for the Baltimore series... Are you travelling to KC now?

 

If so, eat some barbeque. I've been dying for some good barbeque.

RP: Thanks for doing these series previews and game threads. My guess is TD isn't paying you enough.

I know you were there for the Baltimore series... Are you travelling to KC now?

 

If so, eat some barbeque. I've been dying for some good barbeque.

 

Yeah I will be at the game today tomorrow and wed. Then most likely to St. Louis for a game Thursday then Minnesota for the twins vs mets series, (though prob going to a wild game that sat). Hopefully the twins continue to win.

 

Best part is I have business folks to see in St. Louis and Minnesota so the trip ends up working out perfectly.

Yeah I will be at the game today tomorrow and wed. Then most likely to St. Louis for a game Thursday then Minnesota for the twins vs mets series, (though prob going to a wild game that sat). Hopefully the twins continue to win.

 

Best part is I have business folks to see in St. Louis and Minnesota so the trip ends up working out perfectly.

 

 

Jealous.

It is much more entertaining to read threads about upcoming series this year than it was last year.....

I know you were there for the Baltimore series... Are you travelling to KC now?

 

If so, eat some barbeque. I've been dying for some good barbeque.

 

From the best seafood city in America, to the best BBQ city in America. I'm jealous.

Best seafood city in America is Seattle sir! Which I get to spend a few weeks in this summer

Best seafood city in America is Seattle sir! Which I get to spend a few weeks in this summer

If you didn't jump on that, I would have. No way does East Coast seafood compare to West Coast! I'm from Alaska, so a little bias here...

Don't have to face Shields, that's a good start already!

Don't have to face Shields, that's a good start already!

 

Yeah, dodging a bit of a bullet there. Hopefully the Twins can continue to win against mediocre pitching before facing some of the aces of the AL.

No matter what happens, we will always have those heady days of early April.

Have to love early April numbers.

Miguel Tejada and Eduardo Escobar are the team BA leaders coming into this series!

(Yes, I know neither has enough PA's to qualify)

Have to love early April numbers.

Miguel Tejada and Eduardo Escobar are the team BA leaders coming into this series!

(Yes, I know neither has enough PA's to qualify)

 

With the way Gardy has used the bench, Escobar+Florimon+Ramirez together amount to a starting "shortstopinchitter" that does have very admirable stats to start the season, even if you take out the one start in the outfield.

Yeah I will be at the game today tomorrow and wed. Then most likely to St. Louis for a game Thursday then Minnesota for the twins vs mets series, (though prob going to a wild game that sat). Hopefully the twins continue to win.

 

Best part is I have business folks to see in St. Louis and Minnesota so the trip ends up working out perfectly.

 

You best be going to Oklahoma Joe's.

How long has Gordon been leading off? This is new this season no? Wasn't Cain leading off last year?

How long has Gordon been leading off? This is new this season no? Wasn't Cain leading off last year?

 

Gordon had the majority of his PA's from the leadoff spot last year as well.

Yeah I will be at the game today tomorrow and wed. Then most likely to St. Louis for a game Thursday then Minnesota for the twins vs mets series, (though prob going to a wild game that sat). Hopefully the twins continue to win.

 

Best part is I have business folks to see in St. Louis and Minnesota so the trip ends up working out perfectly.

 

I'm extremely jealous of you. Baseball road trips would be at the top of my list of things to do.

 

If I just got in the car and started driving. I wonder how long it would take for my wife to notice that I wasn't around.

 

I might be able to make it a week before being called back home.

How long has Gordon been leading off? This is new this season no? Wasn't Cain leading off last year?

 

Thanks, just looked it up. Must have seen him lead off against us last year at some point and that left the impression.

I love KC and BBQ and Kaufman. Have fun for us SpiritofVodkaDave!

I love KC and BBQ and Kaufman. Have fun for us SpiritofVodkaDave!

 

Will do! Opening days are always the best, tailgates everywhere and everyone is in a good mood. Hope the twins can win this series as well, it would be nice to at least have hope this season for a month or two at least, and at the end of the day....if you keep winning you never know what can happen!

So what's up with the outfield? Willingham and Parmelee switching places? Or is that a typo?

My guess is that it's a typo.

They must have told Hicksie to swing at anything with two strikes.

Doumit: running bases with his head up is arse since circa forever.

Ugh! That was a buzz-kill. Was that Doumit's fault for not noticing that Morneau wasn't coming home?

I would have sent Morneau and make the Royals throw him out with 2 outs. That being said, Doumit can't "pull a Bruno" and just put your head down and run 'till someone tags you.

i'll forgive doumit for that one, given morneau's blazing speed.