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Minnesota 6, Texas 4 Twins record: 73-55 (1st in AL Central, 3.5 ahead of Chicago, Magic Number - 32) Highest WPA (Pitcher) - Liriano (7 IP, 6 K, 2 R) Highest WPA (Hitter) - Cuddyer (2 for 4, 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R) I see that your fangraphs is as big as [...]
Minnesota 0, Chicago 11 Twins Record: 70-51 (1st place in AL Central, 4 games ahead of Chicago, Magic Number: 38) Lowest WPA (Pitcher): Pavano (6 IP, 7 R, 3,409,293 hits allowed) Lowest WPA (Hitter): Span (0 for 4) Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to fangraphs me, aren't you? ------------------
From Juan Pierre's leadoff single [...]
Minnesota 6, Chicago 1 Twins Record: 65-50 (1st Place AL Central, 1 game ahead of Chicago - it's been far too long since I got to write that) Highest WPA (Pitcher): Liriano (5.2 IP, 1 R, lots of wriggling) Highest WPA (Hitter): Hudson (2 for 4, HR, BB) Kane's last word was "
Minnesota 8, Tampa Bay 6
Twins Record: 61-48 (2nd place in AL Central, 1.5 GB Chicago)
Highest WPA (Pitcher) - Kevin Slowey (7.2 IP, 9 K, 4 R [3 more than it should have been])
Highest WPA (Batter) - Jason Kubel (2 for 5, 2 RBI)
You gonna bark all day little doggie? Or are you gonna fangraphs?
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Let's review:
- Attendance at Tropicana Field was kind of low throughout the series with the Twins. A Thursday afternoon game promised to be even worse.
- The Twins had scored double digit runs in the past few games I had attended (19-1 and 11-2 against KC), but have struggled terribly on Thursdays (when I haven't been present).
- Spooky recommended that I devote larger chunks of time (like perhaps a three-hour plane ride) to get into Tom Robbins' writing style.
- I didn't have a good idea for a game recap.
There's only one thing to do. Road trip.

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Minnesota 5, Baltimore 0
Twins Record: 51-45 (T-2nd place in the AL Central, 2 games behind Chicago)
Highest WPA (Pitcher): The mustachioed one (9 IP, 0 R, 4 SO, 5 H, 1 BB)
Highest WPA (Hitter): Delmon (2-4, 2B, 3 RBI)
Mine's the one that says Bad Mother Fangraphs
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Chicago 8, Minnesota 7 Twins Record: 46-43, (third place in the AL Central, 4.5 games back) Lowest WPA (Pitcher) - Slowey and Burnett (4 IP, 11 H, 8 R combined) Lowest WPA (Hitter) - Cuddyer (0-4, SO) also Thome and Kubel (2-10, 5 SO, who could have predicted that?) Fangraphs
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Toronto 8, Minnesota 1 Twins Record: 45-40 (3rd place in the AL Central, 2 games behind Detroit) Lowest WPA (Pitcher): Baker (6 IP, 5 R, 2 of the 5 (five!) HR allowed by the Twins) Lowest WPA (Hitter): O'Dog (0-4, SO, GIDP) Fangraphs
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You know what's fun? Chopping up Drew Butera's [...]
Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 4 (10 innings)
Twins Record: 43-36 (1st place in the AL Central, 1 game ahead of Detroit, 2 games ahead of Chicago) Lowest WPA (Pitching) - Guerrier (also well into the negative: Rauch, Mahay) Lowest WPA (Hitting) - Hudson (0 for 4, BB) and Span (1 for 5)
Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 0 Twins Record - 40-32 (1st place in the AL Central, 0.5 games ahead of Detroit) Lowest WPA (Pitcher) - Blackburn Lowest WPA (Hitter) - Pick 'em (no one had a positive WPA) This game looks just as ugly on Fangraphs ---------------
Can I tell you a secret? Would [...]
Big Mak  June 17, 2010, at 9:50 pm  - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins
Rockies 5, Twins 1 Twins Record - 37-28 (First place, 1.5 games ahead of Detroit) Lowest WPA (Pitcher) - Burnett (1 IP, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 HBP) Lowest WPA (Hitter) - Morneau (0-4) I'm linking to Fangraphs because I want to, not because you told me to.
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Big Mak  June 11, 2010, at 7:11 am  - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins
Kansas City 9, Minnesota 8 Twins Record - 35-25, First in the AL Central 4.5 games up. Lowest WPA (Pitcher) - Scott Baker (5 IP, 5 R, 2 HR) Lowest WPA (Hitter) - Cuddyer (0-5, SO - made the final out in the 5-run 7th and the 2-run 9th) Fangraphs has the [...]
Big Mak  June 4, 2010, at 7:19 am  - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners
Seattle 4, Minnesota 1 Twins Record - 31-23 (2.5 games ahead of Detroit) Lowest WPA (Pitcher) - Pavano (7 IP, 4 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 5 SO, 5 stolen bases allowed) Lowest WPA (Hitter) - Tolbert (0-4, SO, confusion as to why he's hitting second) Fangraphs doesn't have the standings, but [...]
Big Mak  May 28, 2010, at 6:45 am  - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees
Game 41 - Minnesota 8, New York 2 Twins Record - 27-20 (1st in the Central, 1.5 games ahead of Detroit) Highest WPA (Pitcher) - Blackburn Highest WPA (Hitter) - Kubel (3-4, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI) Fangraphs
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Big Mak  May 21, 2010, at 7:04 am  - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins
Game 41 - Boston 6, Minnesota 2 Twins Record - 24-17 (tied for 1st in the Central) Lowest WPA (Pitcher) - Liriano Lowest WPA (Hitter) - Mauer (0-4, GIDP, SO) Fangraphs --------------
Amazon won't let me give this zero stars - so this one gets a single star, don't bother with this [...]
Big Mak  May 6, 2010, at 10:17 pm  - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins
Game 29: Baltimore 2, Minnesota 0 Twins Record: 19-10 Lowest WPA (Pitcher): Pavano and Guerrier both had positive WPA, so this one is on the offense. Lowest WPA (Batter): Cuddyer (0-4 with 3 LOB) Fangraphs
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It’s my fault.
Don’t point your finger at me, though. It’s your fault too. Here’s the [...]
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Cup of Coffee
 81 LTEs
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I'm not sure why Gardy decided to go to Flores instead of letting Crain pitch to Damon, but it started the reliever carousel. Luckily, we got a run and won.
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