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GameChat – Indians @ Twins, 7:10pm

Posted on 26 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

Don’t get me wrong, they’re still a division rival that I don’t feel particularly fond of but they have tweaked my soft spot (of questionable existence) by knocking the Yankees out of the playoffs this year.. Now that they have that accomplishment made, I’d like to say thank you very much.. now we’d like to win a game.

Cleveland	@	Minnesota
Brantley, LF		Presley, CF
Swisher, 1B		Dozier, 2B
Kipnis, 2B		Doumit, RF
Santana, C, DH		Willingham, DH
Raburn, RF		Pinto, C
Cabrera, A, SS		Plouffe, 3B
Gomes, Y, C		Colabello, 1B
Aviles, 3B		Mastroianni, LF
Stubbs, CF		Escobar, E, SS
McAllister, P		Albers, A, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	6	11	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	13	2

didn’t see a single minute of this game – it looks like I should be ok with it… but at least they tried a 9th inning comeback that didn’t quite work out.

GameChat – Tigers @ Twins #2, 7:10pm

Posted on 24 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

I’m not around – and between the Twins & the Vikings, I’m really looking forward to the MN Swarm lacrosse season..

Detroit	@	Minnesota
Jackson, A, CF		Presley, CF
Hunter, To, RF		Dozier, 2B
Cabrera, M, 3B		Plouffe, 3B
Fielder, 1B		Willingham, DH
Martinez, V, DH		Pinto, C
Infante, 2B		Doumit, RF
Tuiasosopo, LF		Parmelee, 1B
Avila, C		Thomas, C, LF
Santiago, R, SS		Escobar, E, SS
Fister, P		Diamond, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	1
Minnesota	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0

honestly, that could have been worse…

Sunday Morning Comic Relief

Posted on 22 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

GameChat – Twins @ White Sox #3, 1:10pm

Posted on 18 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

MIRACULOUSLY was released from jury duty selection (for today) in time to get over and put up a post for a game I can’t watch because I’m frantically trying to catch up on the office work that I have held away from…

Minnesota	@	Chi White Sox
Presley, CF		De Aza, CF
Dozier, 2B		Ramirez, Al, SS
Plouffe, 3B		Viciedo, LF
Arcia, LF		Konerko, 1B
Doumit, DH		Dunn, A, DH
Colabello, 1B		Semien, 3B
Thomas, C, RF		Danks, Jd, RF
Escobar, E, SS		Phegley, C
Fryer, C		Garcia, L, 2B
Diamond, P		Danks, Jh, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	1
Chi White Sox	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0

Hey, the Twins won!

I’m looking over the stats and game story and I can’t come up with anyone who makes a living swinging a bat who’s worthy of BOD consideration. Looks like the bullpen did a nice job, which is excellent to see.

But Scott Diamond somehow managed to give up just three runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings, all without recording a single strikeout. Not exactly a dominating performance, but at this point it’s good enough for BOD. – JC

GameChat – Rays @ Twins, 1:10pm

Posted on 15 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

well.. the good/bad news is that it’s not raining??

but I’m not going to be able to watch regardless.. home all the folk on the Grand Drunk Railroad tour are hanging in there today after hanging in there through the rain last night.. (that would sober up anyone I think)

Tampa Bay	@	Minnesota
Jennings, D, CF		Presley, CF
Zobrist, 2B		Mastroianni, LF
Longoria, 3B		Dozier, 2B
Myers, RF		Doumit, RF
Young, D, DH		Plouffe, 3B
Loney, 1B		Willingham, DH
Escobar, Y, SS		Pinto, C
Rodriguez, S, LF		Parmelee, 1B
Molina, J, C		Escobar, E, SS
Price, P		Hernandez, P, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	x	6	10	1

I confess, I gave up following this game about the time I walked away from the bar at Famous Dave’s after watching the Vikings end of the game failure. The last I saw, the Twins were down 3-0 and, according to the Twins beat reporters I follow on Twitter, the Twins hadn’t scored a run in something like two years, so I didn’t see much reason to pay attention any longer.

So, imagine my surprise when I hear they scored six late runs and beat the Rays 6-4!

Trevor Plouffe went 3 for 3 and scored a run in the 8th inning, but it would seem to me that Josmil Pinto’s 3-run home run in the 8th is pretty BOD-worthy. – JC

GameChat – Rays @ Twins #2, 6:10pm

Posted on 14 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

So it’s raining at my house – we’ll see if they get the game in. I have no idea if the rain is going to continue, for how long or for how heavy.

Good luck to everyone on the Twins Centric Grand Drunk Railroad bar crawl before the game tonight!! Given how the boys have been playing the last few days, they might be the fans in the best condition to watch tonight’s affair.

I’m off to a family reunion so I hope you all have a great night!

Tampa Bay	@	Minnesota
Jennings, D, CF		Presley, CF
Johnson, K, 2B		Dozier, 2B
Longoria, 3B		Doumit, DH
Myers, RF		Arcia, RF
Loney, 1B		Plouffe, 3B
Young, D, DH		Willingham, LF
Rodriguez, S, LF		Colabello, 1B
Lobaton, C		Herrmann, C, C
Escobar, Y, SS		Florimon, SS
Moore, M, P		Albers, A, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	7	10	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1

yeah… this has not been good baseball..

GameChat – Rays @ Twins, 7:10pm

Posted on 13 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

Ok, I can’t be here tonight.. again.. and I don’t know if that means the Twins won’t do well because the games I see seem to go better or if they just aren’t doing well right now whether I get a chance to watch or not..

Anyway, It’s a beautiful night for baseball so I hope that they do something to add to fan enjoyment!

Tampa Bay	@	Minnesota
DeJesus, LF		Presley, CF
Zobrist, 2B		Pinto, C
Loney, 1B		Dozier, 2B
Longoria, 3B		Arcia, DH
Johnson, K, DH		Plouffe, 3B
Myers, RF		Parmelee, 1B
Jennings, D, CF		Mastroianni, LF
Molina, J, C		Thomas, C, RF
Escobar, Y, SS		Escobar, E, SS
Archer, P		Correia, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	1
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

I have no idea what happened in this game but the loss isn’t exactly surprising. However, I admit that the shutout is and I’m wondering how long it’s actually been since I saw this very much struggling team shutout… I can’t remember the last time so that in itself is a point for optimism? maybe?

GameChat – A’s @ Twins #3, 12:10pm

Posted on 12 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

I can’t tell you how glad I am that I missed last night’s game.. I saw the score this morning and I didn’t even want to go find out why it looked like that.. I’m just going to call it a loss and see if we can still take the series in today’s rubbermatch.

The weather is PHENOMENAL here in Minnesota – absolutely perfect day for baseball so for any of you that got out of work and were able to be at the ballpark today? I’m seriously jealous because I’m working and won’t even get to follow along.

Let’s hope Scotty can find some of his old magic, huh?

Oakland	@	Minnesota
Crisp, CF		Presley, CF
Donaldson, 3B		Pinto, C
Lowrie, SS		Dozier, 2B
Cespedes, DH		Arcia, RF
Callaspo, 2B		Doumit, DH
Young, Ch, LF		Willingham, LF
Reddick, RF		Plouffe, 3B
Norris, D, C		Colabello, 1B
Barton, 1B		Florimon, SS
Griffin, P		Diamond, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	8	11	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	1

uh yeah… another one I’m glad I missed? *sigh*

GameChat – A’s @ Twins, 7:10

Posted on 10 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

At least it’s a lot cooler today..

Now we have another California team in Minnesota to see what happens. I wouldn’t mind seeing another victory.

That being said, I don’t trust Liam all that far so I would love to seem earn a few points in public opinion tonight.

Oakland	@	Minnesota
Crisp, CF		Presley, CF
Donaldson, 3B		Pinto, C
Lowrie, DH		Dozier, 2B
Moss, RF		Arcia, RF
Cespedes, LF		Doumit, DH
Callaspo, 2B		Willingham, LF
Barton, 1B		Plouffe, 3B
Vogt, C		Parmelee, 1B
Sogard, SS		Florimon, SS
Parker, P		Hendriks, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	8	0
Minnesota	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	x	4	9	0

Maybe the Twins should petition MLB to move them to the AL West.

And maybe Josh Willingham should always bat sixth. Two home runs is definitely a BOD kind of night. – JC

GameChat – Angels @ Twins, 6:10pm

Posted on 9 September, 2013 by CapitalBabs

so… maybe you don’t remember this but when the Angels were here last, I was joking about how that one Twins commercial about the Angels fan getting his tongue stuck to the flag pole was kind of ironically true… in fact, weather conditions were so inclement that one game was postponed – to today. Yeah, poor Angels aren’t going to know what hit them when they take the field at a miserably humid 90+ degrees… they may not honestly believe they are in the same place..

Do I think that is going to help with our guys facing Weaver??? Practically speaking, no, but the Twins fan in me will always HOPE…

LA Angels	@	Minnesota
Cowgill, LF		Presley, CF
Aybar, SS		Pinto, C
Trout, CF		Dozier, 2B
Trumbo, 1B		Arcia, LF
Hamilton, DH		Doumit, DH
Iannetta, C		Plouffe, 3B
Calhoun, RF		Colabello, 1B
Green, G, 2B		Parmelee, RF
Field, 3B		Florimon, SS
Weaver, P		Hernandez, P, P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LA Angels	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	12	1
Minnesota	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	x	6	11	0

For all the issues with Twins pitching, it’s worth noting that Mike Trout was struck out looking three times tonight, including for the last out of the game.

Trevor Plouffe drove in three runs. Not too shabby.

But Josmil Pinto had three doubles, scored twice and drove one run in. I think that’s BOD worthy. – JC