2012 Twins Game Log

2012 Game 13: Twins at Yankees

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Twins (4-8) vs Yankees (6-6)
6:05 PM CT at Yankee Stadium

Anthony "Spookysilk" Swarzak vs. Phil Hughes

Twins Lineup:

Denard Span CF
Jamey Carroll SS
Joe Mauer C
Josh Willingham LF
Justin Morneau DH
Ryan Doumit RF
Danny Valencia 3B
Chris Parmelee 1B
Alexi Casilla 2B

Yankees Lineup:

Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Raul Ibanez LF
Russell Martin C
Eduardo Nunez 2B

270 thoughts on “2012 Game 13: Twins at Yankees”

  1. I guess Trader Clete's Sombrero yesterday convinced Gardy that Doumit's defense in RF isn't so bad.

    1. Golden sombrero at that.

      However, I hasten to add that the Twins are playing .667 ball with Trader Clete in the starting lineup. That's not 154-8 pace, but he's a Proven Winner.

    1. So far we've lynched the Vikings and we're looking for the next suspect. You've been pretty quiet...

    3. That column wasn't appreciably different in quality from most of his columns. I, too, prefer to think he's lazy rather than dishonest.

    5. Love it. Though his question of whether Souhan is lazy or dishonest could have added the option of "both."

    2. The Twins came into the series with no first-inning runs in nine games. Now they have 10 first-inning runs in 13 games, which is almost 7 runs per 9 innings average.

  23. Man - went out to teh grill to flip the chicken wings and the yanquis are back in it.

  24. If you told me before this game that the Twins would be leading by one run after the first inning I would have been excited.

        1. Yeah, I pretty much pegged this game as a loss. Of course, I did that for all four games so I coulnd't be disappointed.

  28. Mrs Buffalo just finished making dinner. The calf, in his crib on his way to sleep, got up an started screaming. I walked into his room, which is near the kitchen, from the living room. I was overcome with an awful stench and told Mrs Buffalo that clearly the calf had produced some fertilizer. As I went to change him it turns out he was clean. It was her dinner.

    Now the baby can't stop laughing. This might be my fault.

    1. This might be my fault.

      that depends. Did you share the story with Mrs. Buffalo? In which case, I hope you have a nice night on the couch.

      1. She figured it out pretty quickly. It went over just about as well as you'd thought.

        1. If smell of dinner was bad enough to make the calf start screaming, I would say it is not your fault. You are still going to pay for it, but it's not your fault.

          2. No, he was screaming because he is a baby who hates going to bed. He was laughing because I told Mrs Buffalo that I thought the smell was from the calf, not her dinner.

  34. Yeah, I'm going to re-enact my "Not paying attention to any games during the Yankees series" rule and go read. Enjoy the night, fellas.

          1. aww, c'mon, man. He has the greatest gig in the world (next to Anthony Bourdain, anyway), and he has fun with it. We should all be so lucky.

              1. If I could get paid as much as he does to travel around the country shoveling food in my pie-hole, I'd be more than happy to wear tacky shit what I normally wear.

                He doesn't take himself too seriously, and he obviously loves reg'lar folk's food. I'm sure I'll tire of his schtick eventually, but I enjoy seeing the various diner spots he hits, the star turn he gives to largely anonymous chefs, and the fact that he's giving props to lots and lots of small, family businesses.

            2. It's the Italian Asian Hispanic fusion shit that makes me crazy. Everything he cooks is named kicking chicken spicy Asian tender wing rolls.

              1. I'm not gonna argue that. I've never been to one of his restaurants and probably never will (despite there being two in the Sactown area). But the show is an amusing diversion.

  39. Why oh why have the Twins adopted the 'lets interview players during the game' thing. yuck.

  41. The Yankees broadcast is commenting on Jeff Gray's impressive ERA.

  42. Well on the plus side, I just got free tickets to all of the games in the Red Sox series next week.

  43. In other news, the Timberwolves' Provisional Big 3 (Pek, Barea, and AntR) have powered the team to a 40-25 lead over Detroilet.

  45. The Vulture is in! I'm guessing he'll need to go more than one batter to get this win.

  47. Anyone else notice the little "Scout" notes that pop up on Gameday now? I'm not sure if I find the notes interesting or patronizing.

  53. There are enough people here who like Curtis Granderson that I can say that I think he is a real corncob.

  55. I'm looking forward to writing the recap for this game.

    HINT: Granderson will play the villain.

          2. The Twins split the series against the Yankees. This may be as good as it gets this year.

            1. Dude! We haven't lost a game all season when scoring 4 or 5 runs! This game is NOT OVER!!!!111one111!!

  59. Alright, off work and ready for the game to do something to calm my incredible nerves over the fact that we have to move in a month and we don't know where the hell we're going.

    Is this game up to the challenge of doing that for me? Well, is it?

    2. Well, spoonto, I'm feeling your pain in the move department. Im having a red chair or three tonight.

  60. The Adjusted OPS+ leaders for the franchise are:

    1 - Killer
    2 - Player X
    3 - Carew
    4 - Mauer

    I had never heard of Player X, despite being pretty good on historical players. This guy had 3268 PA for the Senators. Who?

    Spoiler SelectShow

          1. Oliva is tied for #6 with Goose Goslin. And I should add that Ray Sievers is tied at #4 with Mauer.

      2. Not a bad guess. I thought his playing into his 40s may have dropped his career #s down and off the list, but he actually fared really well even at age 43 for WAS.

  61. Uh, what? The weather lady said the humidity in Tampa is going to make the players sweat. Yeah, if it was 2027.

  72. I've been selling all sorts of stuff on eBay without any drama, but tonight I get an email from a member with some serious vitriol about my shipping charges. Crazy.

    1. That's pretty interesting. Selling stuff on eBay now is pretty frustrating given the shipping charge "limits."

      1. I charge the break even point for flat rate boxes from the USPS... I can't quite figure out what this dude's problem is.

  83. Okay, so New Gal just got herself into a little fender bender. She's alright, but my boyfriend duties obligate me to go console her. I'm not gonna have time to do a recap until tomorrow morning at work, so it's gonna be going up later than usual.

    But I can't wait to find out if it will be positive or negative!

    1. sweet, a new euphemism: going on a fender bender!!!!111one11!!!

      glad to hear she's ok.

  92. Dick'n'Bert forgetting all about Glenn Williams hitting streak. It was quite beginning of the baseball season, but it was the start of his season.

  97. Argh. Well, at least the game's still watchable. The entire series has been good enough to watch. I'm so used to tuning out when we play these idiots.

        1. I'm glad in a way that the team's weren't fighting for my focus, but I didn't want that to be because the Wolves had a crippling injury that made them much worse and way less exciting.

          My schedule hasn't helped, either. I haven't gotten to watch them even on the nights where I desperately wanted to.

      2. I'll be at the Denver game on Thurs. Was kinda hoping to see them break the April losing streak in person.

      2. OTG: Grilled chicken legs w/ Soy Vey; mini-potatoes boiled, then grilled; baby bok choy w/ mushrooms; pretzel bread.

        1. speaking of pork, it's about time somebody pulled out the old grill pen for a pork post again.

          1. I say others can give points too. They just have to let me know so I can put it on the spreadsheet.

    1. I keep wanting them to take advantage of those short porches, but every home run they've hit would have been home runs in pretty much any park.

      1. Nice - okay, that plus the Twins taking 3 of 4 from the Yankmes and I'll feel a lot better about last weekend.

    3. I bet if you make that prediction before every one of Joe's ABs this year, you're bound to be right 10-12 times.

  127. Hard to be too upset about a split, but I sure do dislike it when the difference was a line drive over their little league right field wall. Sigh.

    Also, going 0-5 with RISP in the 7th & 8th was brutal.

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