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Better Know A Citizen – punmanbowler

Andrew — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:00:26 +0000

SBG Moniker: Punmanbowler Hometown: Poplar, MT (born), W. St. Paul (age 1-11) Town I Currently Live In: Normal IL Profession: Actuarial Analyst Bats: Switch (but mostly R) Throws: R Positions: P, C, 2B Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Getting caught in a rundown in softball and then making it safely back to first [...]

Game 125 Twins 0 – 4 Rangers

Andrew — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:27:29 +0000

So it falls to me to recap this mess. I suppose that's karma for getting so many off-days during the season. I came into this week intending to follow the very creative entries before me, but I think that'd be polishing a turd at this point.

Rich Harden threw 6 2⁄3* innings of [...]

Series Preview – White Sox (65-53) at Twins (68-50)

Andrew — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:29:34 +0000

Since there was no game last night to recap, I thought I'd preview this big series coming up. I'm sure you don't mind. I'm not the best analytic (*hehe*) mind, but I hope this can serve as a jumping off point for bigger and better discussion.

The Twins currently have a 3 game lead [...]

Contract-to-value Ratios

Andrew — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:29:23 +0000

Building on my research into JI

JIM THOME"S value from my CoC comment, I've calculated the value of each Twin relative to his salary. Salary info is from BR.com's roster info and value is from Fangraph's value calculator. Caveat: I'm not really very good at advanced metrics, so if there's a [...]

Game 106 Recap: Twins 2, Rays 4

Andrew — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:34:24 +0000

MLB.com Video Highlights

Fangraphs

Anything I write here is way less interesting and well-constructed than kalarson's story "Sunflowers" above, so go read that.

WP: Jeremy Hellickson (1-0)* - 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 K, 2 BB

LP: Carl Pavano (13-7) - 6 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

HR: Jason [...]

Game 100 Recap: Twins 19, Royals 1

Andrew — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:31:21 +0000

Well, where to begin? Valencia's first HR, a grand slam no less?

Mauer going 5-5 with 7 RBI?

Casilla with 3 RBI?

37 Total bases?

19 Runs on 20 hits, knocking the reigning AL Cy Young winner out after 8 runs over 4 IP?

Even for a team regularly described as "hapless", this was [...]

Gmae 93 Recap: Cleveland 10, Minnesota 4

Andrew — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:32:03 +0000

Last night Liriano struck out 14 in 8 strong innings of work, but eventually lost 1-0.

What's that you say? Yeah, I know Scott Baker pitched last night. I was talking about the MLB The Show matchup between myself and FTLT. Trust me, it was a much better use of my evening.

The Real [...]

2010 World Cup Previews: US Forwards

Andrew — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:20:45 +0000

Milt on Tilt provides us with the final installment of our USA preview.

IT IS TIME!!! - [Andrew: Oh, indeed.]

•17 Jozy Altidore, 20, Jersey, Villarreal/Hull City

The Wild Card of the US’s World Cup hopes. He’s supposed to be the squad’s best scoring threat, but he’s failed to do anything in Club play. [...]

Game 58 Recap: The Hapless Royals at Twins

Andrew — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:04:00 +0000

MLB Video Recap

Fangraphs

Last night, the Twins' offense got to Royals' ace Zach Greinke early. The Twins put up 3 runs in the first inning, off of an RBI single by Cuddyer and a 2-RBI double from The Dude. In the 5th, The Dude abided some more with a HR, putting [...]

2010 World Cup Previews: US Midfield

Andrew — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:29:00 +0000

•Michael Bradley - Borussia Mönchengladbach 43 Caps/7 Goals

Michael Bradley is the son of MNT Head Coach Bob Bradley. There is a reason he's often mentioned as such. Many feel there is a bit of nepotism in play with Bradley's career. While coach at New York/New Jersey Metrostars (now Red Bull New York), Bob selected his [...]

2010 World Cup Previews: US Defenders

Andrew — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:58:10 +0000

Our next entry in The WGOM 2010 World Cup coverage comes from Milt on Tilt, previewing the USA defenders.

For research, I went out and purchased FIFA 10. It provided little insight....

• 3 Carlos Bocanegra, 31 California

Born in Upland, CA Carlos Bocanegra is the captain of the American Squad. Primarily a center [...]

2010 World Cup Previews: Goalkeepers

Andrew — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:25:31 +0000

Over the next few days, MiltonTilt and I (and any other Citizen who cares to jump in) will be previewing Team USA.* Today we begin with the goalkeepers, and we'll work our way towards the forwards, before moving on to our opponents. We'll also be providing game logs for all USA games, as well [...]

Game 51 Recap – Twins @ Mariners

Andrew — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:06:40 +0000

Fangraphs MLB Video Recap

*My apologies for the lateness of this recap. I've been thinking it's Monday all day.

The Twins went to Seattle to start a 7-game mini-road trip. The offense put 3 homers on the board to lead 5-1 after 4 innings played. The Mariners touched Liriano for 2 more [...]

Game 38 Recap: Twins at Blue Jays

Andrew — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:03:28 +0000

Fangraphs

MLB.com Video Recap

WGOM Game Log

Busy day at work today, so I'm going to take DK's route and go with the whole brevity thing. Plus it doesn't help that I don't actually see the games.

WP: Slowey (5-3), 5 IP, 3 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

LP: Eveland (3-3), [...]

Game 26 Recap: Tigers @ Twins

Andrew — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:17:40 +0000

MLB Video Recap

Fangraphs

Last night, the hometown nine got off to a strong start with 3 and 4 runs scored in the first two innings, respectively. In the first, JI

JIM THOME singled in the O-Dog, then Cuddy hit a jacked a three-run donger with The Gentleman Masher and The Mountie on base. In [...]

Game Recap – Target Field Opener

Andrew — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:39:05 +0000

Yesterday was the official home opener for the Twins' new Target Field as Minnesota hosted Boston. The pregame festivities included unveiling a statue of Puck and a parade of Twins greats to throw out first pitches - Kirby Jr for his father, Oliva, Hrbek, Carew, and Killer. (Video)

After the opening ceremonies, the [...]

Great Moments In MLB.com Daily Video Recap History – Mauer’s Home Run

Andrew — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:40:24 +0000

You're off by a day there, fellas.

Twins @ Angels: Game 1 Wrap-up

Andrew — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:50:54 +0000

As the last shot of the Butler-Duke game fell harmlessly to the court, most of the bar headed for the door. We scrambled to find the correct remote for the TV we were watching to find the Twins game. The normal ESPN2 feed was blacked-out and we began to pitch a fit. Eventually, my [...]

All-Time Metrodome Records

Andrew — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:21:51 +0000

During the MLB.com recap of the Twins' win over the Indians on 16 Sept., the sportscaster mentioned Cleveland's overall record in the Dome. Curious, I sauntered over to the always amazing BR.com and found the all-time records for every visitor in the Metrodome. I re-worked the table so that the columns [...]

Take This For What You Will

Andrew — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:05:45 +0000

Last night, _elm_n hit his 7th homerun of the season, and his 5th of the month of August. For starters, here is the game in which each home run was hit [number of games since previous games in brackets]

Game 4: April 12 Game 46: June 20 ame 51: July 3 Game [...]

2009 Game 21: Tampa Bay @ Minnesota

Andrew — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:00:04 +0000

Today's Game

Minnesota Twins: 9-11, 2nd game in current homestand (0-1) Tampa Bay: 8-12, 8th game on current road trip (3-4) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome First pitch: 7:10 PM CT

Probable Pitchers

Francisco Liriano: 0-4, 7.06 ERA, 5.45 xFIP James Shields: 2-2, 3.67 ERA, 4.76 xFIP

Liriano's last game

Last time Liriano pitched was [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Spookymilk

Andrew — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:00:30 +0000

Name: Kelly SBG Monkier: Spookymilk Hometown: Blue Earth, Minnesota Town I Currently Live In: Yakima, Washington. Itâ€™s on the less exciting side of the state. Profession: Professional actor and screenwriter. I have an IMDb page as of a few months ago, but itâ€™s pretty lean at the moment. Thereâ€™s a lot coming down [...]

Better Know A Citizen – DK

Andrew — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:00:12 +0000

Name: DK Hometown: Owatonna, Minnesota Town I Currently Live In: Minneapolis Profession: Law student Bats: Left Throws: Right Positions: First Base/Right Field Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I won the "gold glove" award on my junior high youth association baseball team, the last season I played organized baseball. I couldn't cut it any more [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Gutzon

Andrew — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:08 +0000

Name: Ben SBG Moniker: Gutzon Hometown: Minneapolis, MN Town I Currently Live In: Minneapolis, MN Profession: Student teaching/semipro brass musician/barista Bats: Right Throws: Right Positions: In order of competence - 3B, 2B, C Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Leading off and going 3 for 3 with two 2B, a walk, and four runs in [...]

SBG Field Trips: USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago World Cup Qualifier

Andrew — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:48:50 +0000

Last Wednesday, I met up with Will Young (no relation to Delmon) in Chicago to see the USA take on Trinidad & Tobago in a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup. Â The car I was in got to Toyota Park about 15 minutes after the parking lot opened. Â We were about the 10th car [...]

Game 141: Los Tigres @ Los Gemelos

Andrew — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:48 +0000

Results of the Roadtrip

At Angels: 2-2 At Mariners: 1-2 At A's: 2-2 At Blue Jays: 0-3 _________________ Total: 5-9, 0.321 WP

Before the road trip, SBG posted a poll asking how we felt the Twins would do. I, like most, chose that 7-8 wins would be alright. After a split with the team [...]

2008 Game 132: Minnesota Twins @ Seattle Mariners

Andrew — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:00:17 +0000

Following my esteemed Drake colleague Yickit's game log, I'll do what I can to give you the very best our fine university has to offer in half-baked analysis.

Eddie's Return to the Minnesota Bullpen

Eddie Guardado pitched a perfect 8th inning last night in his return to the Twins' bullpen. He got Ichiro to [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Yickit

Andrew — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:33:31 +0000

Andrew visits with Yickit, an expatriate of the great state of ND in our most recent edition of Better Know a Citizen. [...]

Better Know A Citizen – ThisIsBeth

Andrew — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:52:38 +0000

Andrew catches up with thisisbeth to talk baseball in our latest installment of Better Know a Citizen. [...]

Better Know A Citizen – cheaptoy

Andrew — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:06:15 +0000

Andrew chats with cheaptoy in the latest edition of Better Know a Citizen. [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Nibbish

Andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:49:13 +0000

Andrew profiles nibbish, who appears to have grown up closest to SBGville of all those profiled to date. [...]

Better Know A Citizen – FirstTimeLongTime

Andrew — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:00:01 +0000

Andrew visits with SBG Nation Citizen FirstTimeLongTime and gives us all a better look at our citizen from the East. [...]

Better Know A Citizen – meat

Andrew — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:40:43 +0000

We're back with a new installment of Better Know A Citizen. Today's profilee is one of our new Citizens - meat. For those other new guys out there (or you old timers who haven't done this yet) email sbg-bkac[at]hotmail[dot]com or andrew[at]stickandballguy[dot]com to get signed up. [...]

2nd Annual SBG Convention in Pictures

Andrew — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:28:34 +0000

Andrew provides a photo recap of the 2nd Annual SBG Convention. [...]

Comment Club – CarterHayes #1000

Andrew — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:00:33 +0000

The 2007 Postseason ("It's A Crapshoot!") has given us another comment to go up in the SBG HOF and Museum (and Gift Shop and CafÃ©Â and Planetarium). Everyone's favorite Russian Literature-studying Marine CarterHayes posted his 1000th comment after Game 4 of the World Series

Game 2 of the NLDS between the [...]

Comment Club – Whiffers #1000

Andrew — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:50:16 +0000

Whiffers is the genius behind today's showcase comment. This comes from the game thread on August 10th, 2007, of what was a fairly diappointing game on the Twins' part from what I read. Game 115 of the 2007 campaign was not only a 10-1 loss to the Angels, but it was also [...]

Comment Club – brianS #1000

Andrew — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:02:57 +0000

Next in our continuing celebration of the half-baked crap that floats around our small portion of the internet, we have brianS and his take on Tejada and Tyner from the August 22nd, 2006 Gamelog.

Note - I've tweaked the plaque slightly. I think the [...]

Comment Club – SBG #1000

Andrew — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:39:17 +0000

SBG and I have been talking about creating a sort of SBG Hall of Fame. This is the first entry in what will very likely become a very extensive list - the Comment Club. Here, preserved for all eternity with my mad Photoshop skillz, will be everyone's 1000th comment, 2000th comment, 3000th comment, and [...]

AFC East vs. AFC South

Andrew — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:31:55 +0000

Or: Andrew's Attempts to Rationalize the Colts' Chances Under the Guise of Analysis

As this year's NFL playoffs approach, I thought I might have a look at the AFC side of things, specifically the Patriots' division and the Colts' division. As the #1 team in the NFL and the #1 contender, one of [...]

Base Paths Statistics

Andrew — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:54:45 +0000

I've always found statistics lacking when it comes to describing what is happening on the base paths. Consider a single with a man on first as compared to a single with the bases empty. After the hit, the batter gets a tiny bump in is batting average and +1 on his total bases in [...]

Better Know A Citizen – frightwig

Andrew — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:00:47 +0000

Name: frightwig Hometown: Bremerton, WA Town I Currently Live In: relocating to an undisclosed location in Oregon Profession: dedicated parental unit Bats: R Throws: R Positions: corner IF/OF Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I was good enough to be a regular starter for my county youth league teams, but I was never an All-Star. [...]

Better Know A Citizen – SoCalTwinsFan

Andrew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:00:44 +0000

Name: SoCalTwinsfan Hometown: Born - Salt Lake City; Raised - All over. If I must pick, I'll go with Nampa, Idaho Town I Currently Live In: San Bernardino, Cali Profession: Sports Page Designer. Mainly, I design the national sports pages (Baseball and NBA/NHL) and the agate page (Scoreboard) for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, [...]

Better Know A Citizen – kg2005

Andrew — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:00:06 +0000

Name: Erik Dikken SBG Moniker: kg2005 Hometown: Renville, MN Town I Currently Live In: Brookings, SD Profession: Computer Science student, Software Quality Assurance student at Daktronics, Inc Bats: With a 9-iron Throws: Picture Johnny Damon Positions: 2B, CF Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Last year in softball I had a .700 OBP. Nevermind my [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Will Young

Andrew — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:00:08 +0000

Name: Will Young (pronounced "Will Young") Hometown: Richfield, MN Town I Currently Live In: Saint Paul, MN Profession: Making Events Occur Smoothly Bats: Both (more power as a righty, better bat control as a lefty) Throws: Left Positions: Pitcher and First Base through Little League, Left-Center in Softball Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Sheenie

Andrew — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:00:09 +0000

Name: Sheenie Hometown: New Orleans "The Big Easy", LA Town I Currently Live In: Just up river... St. Paul, MN ... I actually only moved 1 block closer to The River Profession: I work at a law firm Bats: Right Throws: Right Positions: 2nd base and outfield and catching, basically whatever position is needed [...]

Convention Report Part II

Andrew — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:16:45 +0000

The Inaugural SBG Convention was a smashing success. SBG already wrote his review, so I won't repeat everything he said. I'll simply add the pictures I took. All the pictures can be clicked on for larger views. They're after the jump.

SBG and John Sharkey from Gameday. The free programs were awesome. [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Seth Stohs

Andrew — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:00:33 +0000

Name: Seth Stohs Hometown: Perham, MN Town I Currently Live In: Warroad until Sept. 18th, then Bloomington Profession: Product Planner Bats: Right Throws: Right Positions: when I was young, I played Shortstop. In high school, played 3B, SS and pitched some. In college, I was a really good scorebook keeper and occasional pinch hitter! [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Whiffers

Andrew — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:00:14 +0000

Name: Whiffers Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Town I Currently Live In: Plymouth, MN Profession: Sales Analyst-type employee Bats: R Throws: R Positions: 3B, 2B Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: A Willis Reed moment in Babe Ruth baseball against my team's biggest rivalâ€”playing on a sprained ankle, I had a couple hits, stole a base, and [...]

Better Know A Citizen – Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:00:56 +0000

Name: Andrew Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana Town I Currently Live In: Des Moines, Iowa Profession: None, currently, but I've got interviews at a few companies Downtown coming up. Bats: S. I really only hit lefty to pull something down the line or thrown down a drag bunt. Throws: R Positions: 1B, OF Greatest Career Achievement [...]