Month: August 2012

So, Span’s still out and not expected to play tomorrow either.. yeah, isn’t that what the DL is for???? Good news is that Revere is actually back. I think we definitely benefit having him & Span at the start of the lineup. We’ll see what he can do when paired with Lexi.

And I’m sure this shows both my age and maturity levels in contradictory categories but I can’t help but think of Beavis & Butthead when seeing the opposing pitcher’s name. I bet he gets that a LOT.

I won’t be in the room for the majority of the game – still working on home improvement weekend so I’m taking advantage of the perfect weather to do some wood finishing for the new stairwell needs. Enjoy the game without me!

The Twins just got swept by the friggin Mariners. Just pause and ponder that fact for a moment.

I don’t know that there’s any better way to point out just how bad this team is right now. – JC

So I was late enough with the post information yesterday that I didn’t choose to cover all the roster actions that took place since Thursday. The Twins did a LOT over the last couple days and you might have missed it. We sent Manship and Perdomo back down to AAA, we brought up Matt Carson which required that we lose a 40 man roster spot so Rene Tosoni was outrighted, and Swarzak was activated. It’s all very confusing but the numbers end up that we’re finally back to 12 pitchers instead of 13 and we now have someone other than Lexi or Butera on the bench.

Of course we still have some issues – both Revere and Span are still out of the lineup. This makes 6 days for Span if my recollection is correct. Let’s hope that Scotty can keep the boys in the game since our offensive production at the top of the order is somewhat diminished.

I hate losing to a walk off sac fly. We had some great efforts out there on the pitching mound and defensively; offensively, we just didn’t have enough production. Every time we got the lead, they managed to come back and tie it up.

It definitely didn’t end the way we would like. See earlier post: It’s HARD to be a Twins Fan.

sorry guys.. I lost track of time and didn’t realize that the game was going already!

*sigh* That hardly seemed staying awake for.

So we have another day game.. things are looking good right now for the weather but we have more storms moving through today. They had the tarp on the field during the morning showers and here’s hoping that the next round holds off until post game. However, it’s rapidly heating up out there and all that moisture in the air makes it a pretty muggy day. The first thing I think of in such conditions is.. wow, the ball is likely to fly high and long today.

Everyone cross your fingers and wish Cole good luck today! And I’m going to hope that Carroll has his spot over at SS a little more in mind than he did last night – which was definitely unusual but still painful.

Although he’s not in the lineup yet today, I’m kind of excited to see what Florimon is able to do up in the big leagues but I’m also prepared to give him a little time to get the hang of things. I liked what I saw from him in Spring Training but he’s had some injury issues this season and still seemed to be able kick a little backside.

*sigh*

Well, at least we didn’t get swept?

We’ve been doing these GameChat things where we post the starting line ups for almost three years now. I certainly don’t post the line ups every day or even half the time. But I do it often enough that I can state with certainty that this is the first time I’ve ever posted EXACTLY the same batting order, right down to the positions the players are playing, two nights in a row for the Twins. It was such a shock that I had to check it about three times to make sure I was looking at tonight’s line up on the MLB site.

It makes sense, though. Everything pretty much clicked last night, so why change anything? We can only hope that we get as many innings of solid work out of Brian Duensing as Sam Deduno provided last night and, of course, that Duensing gets similar offensive and defensive support.

UPDATE: After the game, the Twins announced that SS Brian Dozier has been optioned to Rochester and Pedro Florimon has had his contract purchased by the Twins. Maybe they read Eric’s post here at Knuckleballs?

So much for having all the pieces fall together tonight like they did on Monday, huh?

Brian Duensing wasn’t terribly sharp to start the game and certainly didn’t get a lot of outstanding defensive support. The offense never really showed up and, just to make it an all-round consistent night, the bullpen wasn’t good either.

Wednesday, the Twins will still have a chance to win the series, so let’s cross our fingers while we wait to see which version of this ballclub shows up. – JC