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Obit Part I

Sep 30th, 2008 | By FirstTimeLongTime | Category: FirstTimelongTime, Guest Writers

It took me 5 months and 25 days to give myself completely to the Minnesota Twins this year. In August, during a game log I wrote
How do you describe this season to someone who is not a Twins fan? Before this season started the pundits decreed "A rebuilding year for the Twins!" and I [...]



Game 155: Minnesota @ Tampa Bay

Sep 20th, 2008 | By FirstTimeLongTime | Category: 2008 Twins Game Logs, FirstTimelongTime, Guest Writers

Kevin Slowey (xFIP 4.03)
Scott Kazmir (xFIP 4.27)
The roller coaster ride continues. After Thursday nights exhilarating victory the Twins put up a total stinker last night. As per the season it seems.
As of this morning the Twins pitching staff has already given up 33 home runs this month. To put that in perspective, the only month [...]



Games 147 & 148: Minnesota @ B-more

Sep 13th, 2008 | By FirstTimeLongTime | Category: 2008 Twins Game Logs, FirstTimelongTime, Guest Writers

After yesterdays rain out we are playing a "twin" bill today.  I wasn't sure if we were still going to use SBG's game log from yesterday so decided to throw an extra one in here just to be safe.
Anyway, here we are, with 16 games left in the season and the Twins are still just [...]



Game 142: Tigers @ Twins

Sep 6th, 2008 | By FirstTimeLongTime | Category: 2008 Twins Game Logs, FirstTimelongTime, Guest Writers

Justin Verlander (xFIP 4.64)
Scott Baker (xFIP 4.20)
I usually try to write my game logs during the Twins Thursday night games. So I sat down in the one corner of my apartment that gets free wireless, opened up a pack of cigarettes, cracked a cold one, and cranked up the Hold Steady, while getting ready to [...]



Game 136: Minnesota at Oakland AAAA’s

Aug 30th, 2008 | By FirstTimeLongTime | Category: 2008 Twins Game Logs, FirstTimelongTime, Guest Writers

Franciso Liriano (xFIP 5.08)
Dallas Braden (xFIP 4.87)
Right now I have a giant finger splint reaching from the top my middle finger to 3/4 of the way down my palm. There are six stitches on the said finger resulting in making normal typing nearly impossible but always painful. For that reason alone, I am going to [...]



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