{"id":7153,"date":"2011-06-09T17:35:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T22:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/?p=7153"},"modified":"2011-06-09T22:53:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T03:53:11","slug":"gamechat-texas-minnesota-710pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/2011\/06\/09\/gamechat-texas-minnesota-710pm\/","title":{"rendered":"GameChat &#8211; Texas @ Minnesota, 7:10pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">UPDATE: After tonight&#8217;s game, the Twins announced that Denard Span was placed on the new 7-day DL for concussion injuries. Rene Tosoni has been recalled from Rochester. &#8211; JC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So the Twins are finally home! After a very heavy road schedule to start the season, the next couple of months are pretty heavily at home. That will be a nice change I think.\u00a0 We have rain in the forecast for the evening but we&#8217;ll see if it holds off until after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Rhett Bollinger provided a quick injury update for just about everyone on the team on twitter this afternoon &#8211; if you don&#8217;t follow him already you should because he&#8217;s very informative! @RhettBollinger:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nathan and Perkins both threw bullpens today. Kubel played catch, hit in the cage, &amp; did agility drills. Slowey threw from 150 feet<\/li>\n<li>Gardy was hesitant to say Joe Mauer will return early next week because he still wants to see him catch more games.<\/li>\n<li>Nishioka could also return next week but will play a few games with Triple-A Rochester before being activated.<\/li>\n<li>Morneau also had an MRI on his wrist but it showed no structural damage. Just fluid. So cleared to play.<\/li>\n<li>Thome&#8217;s quad injury is linked to his previous back problems. He&#8217;s scheduled to have an epidural in his back.<\/li>\n<li>Span is going to meet with doctors again today. Feels better but suffered whiplash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"432\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><strong>Texas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\">@<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><strong>Minnesota<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=462101\" target=\"player\">Andrus<\/a>, SS<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=519184\" target=\"player\">Revere<\/a>, CF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=461815\" target=\"player\">Murphy, Dv<\/a>, DH<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=458210\" target=\"player\">Casilla, A<\/a>, SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=285078\" target=\"player\">Hamilton<\/a>, LF<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=150212\" target=\"player\">Cuddyer<\/a>, RF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=276545\" target=\"player\">Young, M<\/a>, 2B<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=408047\" target=\"player\">Morneau<\/a>, DH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=134181\" target=\"player\">Beltre, A<\/a>, 3B<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=430321\" target=\"player\">Young, D<\/a>, LF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=443558\" target=\"player\">Cruz, N<\/a>, RF<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=502143\" target=\"player\">Valencia<\/a>, 3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=519048\" target=\"player\">Moreland<\/a>, 1B<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=471863\" target=\"player\">Hughes, L<\/a>, 1B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=150275\" target=\"player\">Torrealba<\/a>, C<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=425784\" target=\"player\">Rivera, R<\/a>, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=346795\" target=\"player\">Chavez, En<\/a>, CF<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=445196\" target=\"player\">Tolbert<\/a>, 2B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=502706\" target=\"player\">Holland, D<\/a>, P<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=448147\" target=\"player\">Blackburn<\/a>, P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#dedede\">\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>R<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>H<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>E<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>Texas<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">1<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">2<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">1<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>Minnesota<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">1<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">3<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\">1<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2011\/month_06\/day_09\/gid_2011_06_09_texmlb_minmlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>It was &#8220;Thirsty Thursday&#8221; at the CR Kernels game (1.50 beers) so $12 worth of beer and a thunderstorm later, I got home to listen to the last couple of innings of the Twins game. I did, however, follow most of it (until the rain started at the ballpark I was at) via GameDay. From what I can tell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Delmon hit a long home run&#8230; he actually had three hits!<\/p>\n<p>Cuddy hit a big time home run&#8230; maybe he and DY are tired of the little guys getting all the love (we can only hope).<\/p>\n<p>Blackie pitched well (but maybe didn&#8217;t do as well throwing to 1B as he did to home plate).<\/p>\n<p>The bullpen (with the possible exception of Jose) had another good night and Jim Hoey, in particular, came through with a big inning of relief.<\/p>\n<p>But when you come through with a two-out walk-off RBI single to win the game, you get the night&#8217;s BOD award! Tonight, that would be you, Alexi Casilla! &#8211; JC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/i8.photobucket.com\/albums\/a39\/CapitalBabs\/Baseball\/Steve\/CasillaST11p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"575\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexi Casilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: After tonight&#8217;s game, the Twins announced that Denard Span was placed on the new 7-day DL for concussion injuries. Rene Tosoni has been recalled from Rochester. &#8211; JC So the Twins are finally home! After a very heavy road schedule to start the season, the next couple of months are pretty heavily at home. That will be a nice change I think.\u00a0 We have rain in the forecast for the evening but we&#8217;ll see if it holds off until after the game. Rhett Bollinger provided a quick injury update for just about everyone on the team on twitter this afternoon &#8211; if you don&#8217;t follow him already you should because he&#8217;s very informative! @RhettBollinger: Nathan and Perkins both threw bullpens today. Kubel played catch, hit in the cage, &amp; did agility drills. Slowey threw from 150 feet Gardy was hesitant to say Joe Mauer will return early next week <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/2011\/06\/09\/gamechat-texas-minnesota-710pm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  GameChat &#8211; Texas @ Minnesota, 7:10pm<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,3],"tags":[197,146],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7153"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7153"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7156,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7153\/revisions\/7156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}