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2009 All-Star Game: This Time It Counts, Again! (yeah, yeah…)

Albert the Great

Welcome to the WGOM game log for the 80th All-Star Game, held this year at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.

AL: Roy Halladay (0-0)
vs.
NL: Tim Lincecum (0-0)


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2009 Game 39: Minnesota Twins at New *&^k *&^kees

AMR weighs in on today's Cup of Coffee:

Someday in the distant future, the Twins will sweep the Yankees in New York, and I will enjoy that immensely. Since I got back into baseball in 2002, the Twins are 5-24 (including playoffs) in either Yankee Stadium 2 or 3.

So many late-inning comebacks, even when the bullpen was good, including that damn playoff loss in 2004.

Two of those wins are playoff wins, courtesy of Mr. Santana in the opening games each time around.  The loss AMR refers to contained Ruben Sierra's 3-run jack off of Juan Rincon, continuing the Twins' unfortunate recent record of postseason futility.

If a foreigner walked up to me today and said, "I want to become a baseball fan, sir.  Direct me to the video archives of a recent series that was exciting enough to pull me in," which of course happens to me three, four times a week, I'd have to direct them to this series.  But as a Twins fan, most of me wants to forget this one.  These Twins are guaranteed some bullpen losses over the course of the season, but never did I assume they'd lose three walk-off games in a row to a team that enrages me simply by existing.

Pitchers:

Glen Weston Perkins
1-2 --- 4.27 --- ERA+ 102 --- BB/9 = 2.3 --- K/9 = 5.1
Most similar pitcher through age 25: journeyman Larry McWilliams (remember him?)

Andrew Eugene Pettitte
3-1 --- 4.00 --- ERA+ 117 --- BB/9 = 3.0 --- K/9 = 5.0
Most similar pitcher, career: Dwight Gooden
Most similar pitcher, former Twin division: Frank Viola (7th overall)

Glen Perkins was born in St. Paul, played for the Gophers in college, and was selected in the first round by the Twins.  Andy Pettitte has made almost 110 million dollars in his career.  If ever there was a Minnesota vs. New York game, this was the one.  Go Twins.  For real this time.

Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 163

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 69 (redux)

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 56

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 103

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 85

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 78

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 77

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 69

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 68

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 51

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 36

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Fun with Upper Deck: 2008 Documentary, Game 17

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Grapefruit League Game 1: Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox

Go ahead and get your stretches in, do a little running in the outfield. Get an inning or two of work in and hit the showers. It's spring training game one and the SBG Nation needs to work out the kinks.