Twins

Try as they might, the hottest baseball team in Minnesota and the American Association couldn’t complete a three-run comeback in the 11th inning and fell to the Gary Southshore Railcats 8-5 Saturday night at their home, CHS Field.

Saint Paul did manage an impressive rally in the ninth inning - at the time trailing 5-3 - to force extra innings behind a couple of Railcat errors and a sac-fly by brand new signee Mike Schultz. “That was nice for him” Saints manager George Tsamis said after the game.

In discussions of how the 2016 Twins rotation might shape up, one thing that I've been noticing is that fans seem rather sour on Tommy Milone. I don't fully understand why.

Aaron and John talk at the Iron Door Pub about the Twins' brutal 0-6 start, over-managing Miguel Sano, "messing" up tater tots, Joe Mauer quietly having a big week, assessing Byung Ho Park, a special Home Opener GATG podcast, Danny Santana getting hurt, Paul Molitor tinkering constantly, Ricky Nolasco coming up big, buying a mattress from Casper, Glen Perkins struggling again, and Max Kepler filling in. You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Stitcher or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click the Play button below.

The Mariners have navigated their way to Minnesota to start a 3-game series tonight at Target Field.

I didn’t see it… but I read that the Twins gave up a run on a wild pitch while intentionally walking Erick Aybar yesterday. Walking Erick Aybar is pretty strange but it’s really strange that intentionally walking Erick Aybar isn’t the strangest thing that happened at that moment.

I don’t know what to think after reading that… they may have to spend some money and get some new kids.

My thoughts are scattered.

Here are some things to think about:

Kyle Gibson had his longest outing of the season and everybody in the lineup recorded a hit, as the Twins celebrated a victory on the night they honored the 1987 World Series championship team. The Twins built a 6-0 lead and it appeared they’d coast to victory, but things got way too interesting in the final two innings.

Aaron and John preview the Minnesota Twins' Wild Card game versus the New York Yankees. You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Stitcher or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click this link.