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Our lineup is a doosy
Texas
I. Kinsler 2b
M. Young ss
J. Hamilton cf
M. Bradley dh
D. Murphy rf
B. Boggs lf
F. Catalanotto 1b
J. Saltalamacchia c
R. Vazquez 3b
Minnesota
A. Casilla 2b
B. Harris dh
J. Mauer c
J. Morneau 1b
M. Cuddyer cf (!!!!!!!)
J. Kubel rf
D. Young lf
M. Lamb 3b
A. Everett ss
Texas
S. Feldman
Minnesota
B. Bonser
If we need an emergency centerfielder wouldn't Delmon be the better choice? He has got to have a little more range than Cuddy right?
Delmon wants to play every day in left field.
Casilla? Harris? Anyone? The thought of Cuddyer tracking balls in center sends chills down my spine.
If only LNP wasn't on the DL. He's played CF before,
Is Monroe unavailable?
According to LENIII, they're worried about playing him everyday in the field because of a leg injury he had in the spring.
did they just graft Rondell's legs onto Monroe?
Boof spears a hot liner for the first out.
And the second batter hits it off of Boof's shoe!
Boof still has Radke disease.
One isn't so bad, right?
I wonder if he can get a shot for that
Can't get out of the first without damage.
That commercial where Tony Oliva tells Delmon to "see ball, hit ball" would be funny if, you know, Delmon didn't swing at everything.
well, he is not the only pitcher to give up a homer to Hamilton this year
It's nice to know that keeping RonDelmon happy is the primary concern for Gardy. Wouldn't want to hurt his feelings.
Oops. The above comment should have been up higher in the thread.
That's an interesting lineup from Gardy tonight. Can we take away his dart board?
I think he uses a Wheel of Fortune type device. Spin it around and see where it lands.
I do like the way we're making Feldman work. We're showing a little patience.
There's a front moving in through here. The wind is picking up, the color of the sky is changing and it smells like rain. Good thing I got my run in already. Though this could inhibit my travel to the bar.
Now that would be a natural disaster.
Not to worry, I've got a sufficient supply in-house for an evening or two.
Well thank goodness. You must be a survivalist.
One hit apiece through 2. Too bad the Rangers' put theirs over some fencing they put up in the outfield.
That is so unfair. There oughta be a law.
Cuddy gets that first catch out of the way. always nice
Kinsler
Sigh. Both homers came with 2 outs too.
Yeah, but solo homers won't beat you.
Is that why we don't bother with them?
It must be. Now, see there, Mauer singled in a run. That's the way the game should be played. According to Doubleday.
Mauer knocks him in. sweet
evening folks.
Meat!
green light?
I hope we're getting that call on the strike two pitch to Morneau.
was the pitch that bad?
No, it was a good pitch, as far out on the black as you can get and still be a strike, and right at the knee.
Holy Joe Mauer, a run!
Just a little bit outside there.
El Canadiense Grande with his 2nd walk.
My gosh Cuddyer...you're absolutely awful.
ARRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH! "heres a line, a.. a. something went, um a past ball...." jesus john, you're killin' me smalls.
Well that was a fast half inning. Good for Boof.
Kubel might as well file homestead papers on first base.
NO WAY!
Casilla?
Casilla!
Yes. Way.
Mmmm, a Lexi Tater.
solid
CASILLA
really???!!
Not a bad time for your first hit of the year.
"Open your club face, Simpson! Use a sand wedge!"
Hmmm, Open-faced club sandwich.
Casilla!
better late than never.
"What hump?" Feldman with 81 pitches already. Only 46 strikes.
let's see if Cuddy cant drive one to the outfield this inning
To be fair, he hit the ball well in his first AB, just too close to the right fielder.
Sort of like that one, only on the other side of the fielder. And not as far.
Remember that episode of Seinfeld when Kramer goes to a fantasy baseball camp and ends up starting a beanbrawl?
And, remember the 'Bizarro episode' where Kramer's alter ego was named...Feldman?
Watch out.
I like the one about Keith Hernandez spitting on him.
classic, 'back, and to the left..."
Kramer tells the best stories
In the car just now coming home, the homer was hilarious.
Gladden: "Casilla's never gonna stick around the Majors if he can't hit the ball on the ground. He shouldn't hit a flyball."
crack of the bat in the background
Morris (chuckling): That flyball looks just fine.
Yeah, Morris was just saying how Casilla needs to make more contact than he has. Gladden added "on the ground." Casilla homered and Morris said, "OK, I'll shut up now."
The only good thing about Gladden doing pbp is Morris doing the color.
Delmon with another triple. Holy smokes, he has got to be the team leader in that category
He got a little help from the Texas defense.
well, Im listning to the radio and Dazzle is on lead vocals. I really don't know whats going on.
This appears to be his 3rd triple, un-tying him with GoGo to take sole possession of the team lead.
If only Delmon Young and Matt Garza were as good as Josh Hamilton and Edinson Volquez.
w00t!
if only we could have done that yesterday, my sunburn would have been worth it.
Jon Lester threw a no hitter against the Royals tonight. 130 pitches, 2 walks
If only Carlos Gomez and Hummulvuerra were as good as Ellsbury and Lester.
if only I had a million dollars.
Tonights clubhouse spread was grilled chicken, fettuccine alfredo, steamed green beans and baby carrots, and garlic bread. I'm stuffed.
any good hooch to drink with all that?
Just diet Dr. Pepper tonight.
that'll do.
Chicken and rice, protein shake, and High Life
tremendous!
Chicken salad sandwich, little bag of chips, Coke, Little Debbie snack cake.
I really do 'brown bag' it every night. I need a chef
Boy Boof, way to help yourself out there.
B/oof
I just read your headline on RR, I had forgotten about brace, and excellent Baseball pic. I had a similar experience when I first saw a RR in person, beautiful and ugly in the same stroke-
I wasn't crazy about some of his later work, but the stuff from 1950 -1970 is straight cash, homey.
Saw a group show at the Temporary Contemporary (MOCA) in LA in 2000(?) Had a whole room full of combines. Pretty spectacular. (The rest of the show wasn't too shabby either; deKooning, Franz Kline, Robert Frank, John Chamberlain and perhaps most spectacularly, a wall of red and yellow Rothkos.)
Saw the RR retrospective at the Met about 2 years ago, mostly combines- still in my mind
Really wanted to get out for that show, but I just couldn't swing it.
Jeepers, nice fundamentals guys. At least we still have the lead
Snakebit. This team is snakebit.
I have had about enough Bonser as I can handle.
You're going to run out of players to hate pretty soon, Stat. There's only 25 on the roster.
There are a few that will never reach that level.
This season, the likes of Cuddyer, Young, and Bonser have been doing everything they could to reach that level though.
I seem to recall Lamb and Everett getting your attention, too. And Crain. And Rincon. Who am I missing?
d'oh
That was a solid throw from RonDelmon, just bad luck to nick the runner's leg and kick away from Mauer.
I remember 2 other times that has happened. both of them was Carlos Gomez trying to throw out a guy going to third.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Our radio guys suck.
Can I get an Amen in here!
AMEN!
Big out there
Gordon and Gladden have jobs because their names start with G. That means they must be grinders. Like a Gardenhire.
HUGE out there, Shaggy.
Nice work by Guerrier.
Matty!
That was one of the saddest episodes of House I've ever seen.
It just started here-
Hey, did I mention I was at a place called Lake Serene (Seattle area) about the time the Twins were dropping fly balls yesterday? Serenity Now. Serenity Now. Cuddyer should sharpie that on his bats.
Eddie time.
Its Miller (High Life) time.
Don't mess with the High Life.
Way ahead of ya.
90+ degrees today, I think that my High Life summer has started-
We got up to about 62 today. Right now it's about 45. That's Fahrenheit. We don't get summer this year.
I know that you won't believe me, but I'd take it.
Today was just about perfect. I went running outside and everything.
Who was chasing you?
The 5-0.
No, kidding. I just have to get in better shape. Sevens Rugby is starting, which is just a 7 minute sprint, a minute halftime, then another 7 minute sprint. Plus, it's about swimming season, and I can't let down my lady admirers by being a little doughy.
I guess Joe Nathan has worked so much lately he couldn't possibly come into the game in the eighth inning of a one-run game.
yeah, 2 inning saves are overrated anyway. Well now I suppose that we can say that saves are overrated period.
Yeah, good thing Joe is rested for the ninth.
So overworked that Dennys decided to give him the night off.
Boof with another North Dakota night, courtesy of Reyes.
d'oh x 2
why is it that I can't make the same comment twice anymore?
If you make the same comment twice in a row, Word Press assumes it's a mistake.
okay that was made a bit more confusing by Gordo, what actually happened?
Cuddy caught it, and the runner thought there was two outs, so he was doubled off
Man, with the wide strike zone that Tschida's had tonight, there was really no reason for Reyes to hit so much of the plate on those two RBI hits. Now that generous zone plays to our disadvantage.
Dude, where's my homer?
at least kubel isn't going gently into the night.
Dazzle: "I think that's kinda what I'm trying to talk about."
Me: "Huh?"
another tripple?
Four Ben Wa balls to Delmon.
The Gutter Twins. Beat me by five seconds...
GreatDirty minds think alike.Pitcher is throwing
Ben-WaBenoit Balls.Lamb? RISP? I like my odds.
Lamb? RISP? I like my odds...
Hope you didn't bet anything...
d'oh x 3
That was a Gameday Moment by Lamb. Terrible AB.
Not on Gameday, but he swung at 3 straight high pitches that were borderline at best, then struck out on a pitch way inside.
Might as well leave Crain in. There went our best chance at a comeback. Who cares if we lose by 1 or 5 at this point?
So for Saltalamacchia they (ESPN) put forth the effort to crop a photo from a game to display in the gamecast, but they can't find a picture of Kubel?
Uh, oh. Cow on the tracks.
the pitchers are getting thier PFP in tonight
Crain almost threw that one away (again). Good job by Lamb to catch that ball.
Crain says 'no thanks'.
Nice wiggling by Crain. That slider for strike 3 to Kinsler was wicked.
Andrew- you were right about house, but I have to say that the dramatic effect was killed by the Kung-Fu Panda commercial moments after the dramatic high point.
Man, that sucked hardcore for Wilson. I felt really bad for him.
Looks like Gardy's going to fire all of his bullets tonight. Too bad he didn't pull the trigger on using Nathan in the 8th.
can I get an Amen!
exactly
We need a nickname for Nathan's contract that also mocks Gardy's unwillingness to ever use him. Something like the "$40 million early retirement plan" but much catchier.
Starting an episode of "The Wire" from Netflix with a 3-run lead. Episode ends and I flip over to see a barely averted Crainwreck after another implosion. TO quote Fred Willard: "WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Which season are you on? I just finished Season 3 last week. I'm waiting for whomever has Season 4 checked out 3 WEEKS after it's due date to return it so I can continue.
Got 2 episodes left of season 3 (Brother Mouzan just returned and Stringer looks like he's about to roll). I love the show (which isn't all that shocking).
No more discussion! I just finished Season 2.
Don't worry, I didn't (and won't) give anything away that wasn't pretty much obviously coming from a mile away or not really important to the current plot of an episode.
I remember looking through that site a few weeks ago. I was guilty of many of those posts. Looking at the full list, here's what I, as a white person, I am guilty of - The Wire, NPR, North Face jacket, Rugby, having black friends, Arrested Development, Mos Def, Study Abroad, Graduate School (abroad, actually. 2 birds, I guess), Bad memories from HS, St. Patrick's Day (but I actually am Irish), and New Balance Shoes. Then there's also The Idea of soccer, but I actually like the game. And scarves. I only have them because they are used to support the aforementioned soccer clubs. I'm sure there are a few more, but that's a quick scan of the list.
I got nailed with The Wire, Arrested Development, Netflix, Shorts (big time!), St. Patrick's Day (also Irish), Graduate School, T-Shirts, Lawyers (hi Sheenie!), Public Radio, Indie Music, Breakfast Places, TDS/CR, and Wrigley Field.
Like Andrew, there's quite a few more that would also work.
I didn't see Shorts or T-shirts. Guess what I wear every day after work. And Dad's a lawyer, but I have no legal ambitions whatsoever.
Man, wait until that next disc comes. Your jaw will be on the floor, guaranteed.
best. show. ever.
If we tie this up, Harris will have to play short with Clark at second and no DH, I guess.
Caution to the wind, gents.
About time Mauer hit a HR.
That'll do.
I'm walkin' here!
Well, that WP was fortuitous.
Radio guys filled their Depends.
so did I.
MAUER!
And that Mauer hit was quite timely.
JOE!
Dear 6'5', 230 lb Baby Jesus,
Please get a hit.
Andrew
Yes, it worked.
Twayn's wife, re: Twins TV announcers: "I love it when Dick gets excited."
so do I.
Mighty fine quote
That's what she said!
I just found this. Hilarious
well, this will be fun
Gardy has found his new DP combo!
Gardy juggling--an apple, a bowling ball, and a chain saw. And lives to tell...
Nice quick inning. Hopefully, Joe can go two, if needed. Even more hopefully, it won't be needed.
Good thing of Dick to mention that the Twins no longer have the DH.
I believe.
C'mon, GoGo!
NoGo.
Carlos leading off an inning with a sore wrist. Here comes the bunt!
good call?
You have to keep Nathan in to pitch the 10th now. His spot's up 2nd in the order in the bottom half of the inning.
you gotta remember our manager. He defies logic
Cut Gardy some slack. Nathan threw about 8 pitches in the 10th. Pretty tiring.
That would be my point. And I like Nathan's chances at the plate better than Rincon.
Defies logic? He spits in its face while flipping it the bird.
And kicking it in the nuts.
can you find that on YouTube? cause that would be awesome
It looks like he may have to hit for himself. All the position players are accounted for. Maybe Livan can hit - he has spent time in the NL.
Nathan has 2 career HR. Livan has 9 I believe.
Im guessing Livan is going to be a pinch hitter.
Good to see other MLB-ers fail at bunting.
How many pitches did Nathan throw? Gamecast shows 2 pitches, 2 strikes but obviously that can't be right.
Not many. Gardy sniffing glue? Eating bathroom caulk?
He threw 5 pitches. Seriously. 5. And he hadn't pitched since Friday. Five. Cinco. Fünf.
Gardy deserves all of our collective scorn right about now.
And still managed the obligatory base runner.
You might not like his moves, but you gotta like the results...
Korecky to the rescue!
Rincon, gotta throw some strikes here.
He might need some of the clear.
Korecky warming in the pen.
Well, the media postmortem on this one is going to be interesting tomorrow, that's for sure
Thanks Jack. Yes, if he walks him, there will be a pitching change.
Rincon needs to be DFAed right now
Only if he takes Gardy with him. Not his fault he keeps getting brought in while being ineffective while Nathan gets to throw 5 pitches just twice a week.
Why didn't Tampa Bay want him again?
Juiced. Rincon was thinking he was juiced, not the bases.
I'm needing some barley juice right now. Or some Irish rye juice.
I just opened my 1st bottle of the reserve of my last homebrew... and Cuddy decides to do the right thing. co-incidence... I think not.
I'm going to be switching to come Caribbean molasses juice soon.
I have some Kentucky corn juice in the cupboard. That's my next move.
Two fingers of Knob Creek, neat.
I ordered a double Jameson neat at the Liar's Club a few weekends ago. The ladies in the group were duly impressed with my manly choice of drink.
PHEW
one more out Bobby
To hell with Obama, Korecky for President!
I stayed up to watch this instead of reading or hitting the bar just to watch Gardy make bullpen moves that a 8 year old wouldn't make on MLB: The Show?! Peeved doesn't begin to explain it.
Man, not hitting the bar + rugby = not making sense
kids these days...
I know, I wanted to go, but then it went to extras and I wanted to see if they could pull it out. Now all my friends are already in bed and I have no one to drink with.
When I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
Technically, I'm drinking by myself right now, but I'm with you guys in spirit (and comments)
I concur
+1 bourbon, 1 scotch and 1 beer, twayn.
twayn, did your wife like that one?
She has to work early and went to bed. But I'm sure it would have made her tingle.
I got here just in time.
OH YEAH!
Great job by Korecky.
But can someone explain to me why the manager of this baseball team refuses to pitch his closer more than 1 inning?
He threw 5 pitches!
no one has an explaination
We've already discussed that. Nobody can explain it. Nobody.
I am a little late...
But there's still no reason why Gardy's ineptitude cannot be discussed among us.
Not to make light of many of history's greatest disasters, but if the Twins had lost this game in the 11th, someone should have photoshopped a "Never Forget" thing with today's date and a silhouette of Gardy being a dumbass.
Actually, he was kind of smart to not use Nathan for the eleventh. How dumb would he look for not using Nathan in the eighth with a one-run lead and then use him for two innings later in the same game with the game tied. Of course, I would prefer him to learn from his mistakes and actually help the team's chances at winning.
Good old Gardy. Predictably makes the CYA move regardless of the situation. It's not like anyone in the media is going to call him on it if he uses his brain and tries something original.
Was the save in order in the next inning? There ya go.
I'm guessing Gardy got confused about the score when he put Joe in in the first place.
w00t! Korecky for Emperor!
Apparently Korecky likes being in the bigs.
I'm in Salt Lake City on "vacation" (mostly family trouble), so I've been unable to follow most of the recent games. Coming to this one late - looking at the inning-by-inning runs scored and saying "WHUH???" Can't wait to read the box score on this one.
Way to go Bobby Korecky with the bases loaded.
Salt Lake, family trouble. That doesn't sound good. Best wishes, gm.
Thanks. I actually enjoy visiting SLC (not enough to think about moving), but this particular trip is tough.
Good luck with everything, GM
ditto.
Indeed. Best wishes from me as well.
hope things get better
BWHAHAHAHA. awesome
Hey Bobby Korecky, you truly are the king of kings!
Korecky with a nice swing.
Better than half of tonight's lineup!
I'll be damned. Korecky with a knock.
Coom-dog just with a story about how
"When I was with the Cubs, there was a game in which Hernandez beat us 3-0 and hit a 2-run HR." The Rob-Neyer part of me went to BR.com, and found in about 8 seconds that a total of 0 of Livan's HRs came against the Cubs.
Of course, 3 seconds later I see I'm an idiot. Of course, the final score of that game was 9-4, so so is the Coomster.
Well, Mauer and Morneau are our last best hope.
plus 5
Sweet Babe Jesus to bat
Juiced for the Mountie. End this sh!t, CC.
Jesus.
Morneau is getting blown away.
Juiced!
walk him in!
Or just sit there and watch strike 3.
Are you kidding me Justin?
I just don't understand how you can have Stat in your username and then freak out constantly about the smallest of sample sizes.
That AB or my frustration about that AB wasn't about sample size.
This is a game thread, right?
in the long run, we're all dead.
it's a non-ergodic world
I always picture Stat looking something like this:
or this:
or this:
That's cold, man. That's cold.
who is that? Gleeman in junior high?
Yeah, all in good fun.
McEnroe lines up better with his comments. "You can't be serious?!"
damn
Morneau, that was your pitch.
Remember when Michael Cuddyer was pretty decent?
Yeah, those times were great.
Now he just grounds out all the time.
KUBELLLLLLLLLLLLL!
oh, wait....
D'oh X 4
what's Francisco doing in there? He's thrown more than his 5-pitch limit.
to the 12th we go
You know what would have been really nice those last 2 at bats? A wild pitch!
+ 12 more innings.
inconCEIVABLE.
Hey Boss, I think that team from Texas is still following us ...
You were supposed to be this legendary colossus, Justin. And still they gain.
+2 poisoned goblets
Gardy:
Having studied philosophy, you know that Joe Nathan is mortal, and so would have put him as far from you as possible. Clearly, I cannot chose the reliever in front of me.
Probably some local baseball players out for bunting practice at night through Gardy infested FieldTurf.
I'm slowly realizing that this just isn't a very good baseball team.
Yup, any day spent above .500 this season is a good day.
Really? Fashionably late to the party, citizen.
I suggest huffing more of that doom and gloom Ubelmann is always giving off.
what happened to cuddy? He used to be good, right? right?
Making a call--Hamilton homers here in the 12th, Gardy gets tossed, and I have one more Bourbon.
Making a call here: you'll get at least one of those three.
Looks like I'm batting .333. That's HOF worthy.
If its not the Bourbon can I have it?
I'll take that Bourbon.
I'm doing short pours tonight, don't know if I could reach NM.
damn those T-rex arms....
excellent work sir. excellent.
Oh boy.
No magic left in Cuddyer's bat. And we've used 6 relievers. And the bench is empty. There's not enough beer in Milwaukee to get a guy through this.
I've had about enough of this. I'll see y'all tomorrow. I'd love to stay, but tomorrow my branch is getting visited by my boss's boss, and my boss's boss's boss. Need my beauty sleep for the bigwigs.
you think they'll notice you, Cratchit?
We had out Commencement on Saturday so after that 15 hour day, I'm looking at the nice, peaceful summer. Of course, since my work schedule is event based, I don't get to take off insanely early on Fridays all summer since we're usually hosting weddings, but it'll be still be nice to get most evenings free.
Whenever the Twins have a career minor league closer (like Korecky), I always think of Gus Ganderillas (sp?). I remember listening to postgame shows as a kid on the drive home from the Dome and always enjoying hearing Gordon or Carneal announce that he picked up a save that night.
that would be one of them there Rob Neyer stories, Will.
Um, no it wouldn't. I meant hearing all those minor league saves while in the Twins organization. He had quite a few of them.
ahhh. well, those were dark days, if the Twins' broadcasters had to fill time talking about saves for a minor league reliever.
But he did have a nifty name with alliteration.
Korecky the "new" 8th inning man?
You bet!!!
After tonight, it's inevitable.
Tomorrow I think they should just let Bass do the first three innings, and then let the starter finish the game. The traditional relief/starter order just isn't doing it for us lately.
Thank you, Mister Young.
You're killing me, smalls!
Sorry. Thank you, Michael "Web Gem" Young.
I predict Livan with a walk-off hit.
Hey guys...did I miss anything?
Who would have guessed the Twins would be asking (I think) Delmon Young to sacrifice bunt when they first acquired him?
Diet Dr. Pepper is not the best chaser for Jim Beam. But it'll do.
Desperate times my friend...
I had no idea that this game would last long enough for you to be chasing the evil with Diet Pepper. Awesome.
Can Delmon take enough pitches to give Gogo a chance to take 2nd?
Way to advance the runner Delmon!
his version of a sac bunt
No one doubts Rondelmon!
Well, same result as a sac bunt, but you really want more than that out of RonDelmon there.
well, walking Lamb is dumb, but it sets up a double paly
They are getting closer and closer to the ever dangerous Bobby K-O-K Korecky
at least we don't have to look for a sacrificial Lamb in this situation.
It'll be up to Howie Clark!
ESPN Gamecast just gave up after the 11th inning. It hasn't updated since.
Gardy just wanted wanted to play a little more NL baseball.
HOWIE!
HOWIE!!!!!!!!!!!
That was improbable. But... DAMN! YEE HA!
That's Howie do it!
South Central does it like nobody does!
Howies gonna be spendin' hundred dolla bills yall!
OH BOY!
Howie about that!
Clark just solidified his spot on the roster for the rest of the season.
HOW, HOWIE??????
And the Minnesota Red Wings beat the Rangers.
ZING!
As I was filling out my line-up card tonight, I considered putting down "Red Wings" rather than "Twins". Had I known, I would've.
I'll have to look at the line-up and make a game-time decision tonight.
I'm glad I caught the end of that one, holy cow.
Fireworks!
Fireworks Gone Bad - More bloopers are a click away
Korecky goes out with a 1.000 average. + his first win as a ML'er
There's a good trivia question there that I have no answer to. Who was the last AL pitcher to get his first ML hit and first ML win in the same game?
looks like Ryan Hancock of the California Angels
but I dont have a subscription to B-R, so it might be wrong
oh wait, thats wrong
How Sweet it is!!!
Howie sweet it is, you mean!
Pie for Howie.
Thought that was a cool interview with Howie there. Glad it was Souhan and not the other guy doing the interview.
Eat, Howie. Eat.
not to be a broken record, but excellent work. x 2
Thanks, pal. The pie was for you. (Gotta sneak some cultcha into dese threads...)
I think I missed a fun radio broadcast. In all of the highlight clips there is funny grunting noise from Jack Morris.
are you talking about the Casilla HR clip?
Oh yeah, but it seems like there are little incomprehensible outbursts in most of the others.
HA! today was one of those 'all you cant eat' games
people got thier moneys worth of hot dogs tonight