Category Archives: GameChat

Look at that, would ya? A REAL outfield!

Yes, I know, Josh Willingham and Oswaldo Arcia won’t make anyone’s list of ‘best defensive outfielders’ in MLB baseball, but at least neither of them have spent the past 10 years making a living playing shortstop.

More importantly, we’d like to hope that the arrival of Willingham and Arcia will mean fewer games where the Twins try to get by on 3-4 hits for an entire game.

I’ve got plans for the day, so I won’t be around to see or hear the game, but let’s hope our guys can put the weekend road sweep behind them and start a little winning streak of their own. – JC

yeah we have definitely played better baseball on Memorial Day..

The biggest news for today is that Hicks is officially dropping the switch hitting label – he is going to be a righty only. Given his split stats, that’s probably a good idea.

One more game on the left coast as the Twins try to end the road trip on a high note.

Roster changes are being promised for when the Twins get back home. I hope that means this is the last time we see three shortstops in the Twins line up for a while.

This looks like another one of those games that almost makes me glad the Twins front office has decided that Iowa should be blacked out from seeing. – JC

I’m out for an early bday dinner with the in-laws so I may not make it back in time for first pitch and if some one else puts out the lineups, you’re really golden! ******** I’m not sure if I’ll be here during the game, but I at least got the lineups posted. Sounds like the Twins will be getting Willingham and Arcia back when they return to Minnesota, so things should get interesting with roster moves soon. – JC

I didn’t see or hear the game, but this appears to be another one of those nights when the pitching was good, the hitting not so much. Nice to see Pinto go yard, though. – JC

More west coast interleague play.. I shouldn’t complain because the boys seem to be doing ok with that but yeah, any bets on whether I can stay awake the whole game? At least it’s Friday.

I hate to admit that this result was pretty predictable after the first inning actually… Sadly… but it was a good night to be stuck in the kitchen making party hor d’ouvres and mini cheesecake bites. Gotta love baby showers!

But let’s hope tomorrow fares a little better for baseball.

Honestly, it doesn’t get much more perfect in Minnesota for baseball than today. It’s just stunning out there… (so much so that I’ll be out working in the yard listening to the game rather than watching on TV indoors.. We’ve had way too few days like this and the plants are WAY behind schedule)

Today, we match up against King Felix. While his crown may have a touch of tarnish on it this season, he is certainly nothing to sneeze at and can really bring it to the mound. Nolasco is going to have to focus his skills to match – no half-assing it today – because the offense has their own job to do today and shouldn’t have to be there to cover his backside if he gives up anything extra in the run department.

But that being said, we have shown that our offense can match theirs so far this series which given our record doesn’t say much for them but is still fact. We can do this and win or lose, for every fan in Target Field, this will be a fantastic day of baseball.

Ok, so we didn’t win today precisely because we let too many Mariners get on base and couldn’t touch the King for more than we gave up… That is how that works with him quite often. We still won the series AND the home-stand so that’s better than I really have any reason to hope for this series – the truth hurts.

Twins announced after the game that they are sending Tonkin back down to AAA and bringing Chris Herrmann back up in preparation for the road trip and NL play. Yeah, we’re going to need the extra bat.