Liriano
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Perez
I was thinking about the general good vibes about this season’s team. In April they were awful, managing a meager six wins. May was a big improvement, with the Twins tripling their win total. June was helped by Interleague and the Twins finished 13-12 for the month. Comparing through 82 games last year, the Twins are actually a game behind: 35-47 versus 36-46 from 2011. Last year, however, had The Suck(tm) of August and September: 7-21 and 6-20 for the final two months. With the team healthier this year, they might be able to avoid the free-fall and have a chance to lose fewer than 90 games.
hey look, the game started on time!
I’m sure most Texans wouldn’t have minded a rain delay, tho.
This. Really, I’m leaving this hell hole next week, but, damn, do they need some rain here.
that was neat. the field mics picked up Butera yelling ‘you got room!’ to Plouffe on the high pop up.
F-Bomb walks the second d@mn batter?! It’s going to be a long game.
Twins just won’t get on base, that’ll speed things up.
Except Revere, he likes to get on base.
I remember seeing Yorvit Torrealba back in ’02 or ’03 when he was with the Giants. It was an interleague game at Kauffman.
Musta been this game on June 15, 2003 because I remember a Bonds HR.
SEND HIM!!!
Somehow Mlb.tv figured out that I live 4.5 hours from the ballpark in Arlington just as I’m leaving the state. Boo.
pretty good at bat by Mauer there. we are on the board!
Yay Mauer!
(yeah, I’m done booing, too)
Joe Mauer is rad. RAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My work here is done.
To the MAX!
Oh, I laughed.
w00t! suck on that, Mr. Mike Napoli AL All-Star starting catcher!!
Heh, Napoli is definitely not an All-Star starting first baseman.
Part-time catcher! I wonder if Barreiro saw that.
It’s hard to see anything when your head is up your ass.
Isn’t that why we’re calling up Duodenum?
wow, that’s stuck a LONG way up then
Yup.
whoopsie!!!
Joe would have had that.
Oy. That was pretty awesome.
w00t! suck on that, Mr. Whomever-is-on-the-reserve-squad-instead-of-Josh-Willingham!
w00t! Against a lefty!
I’m enjoying these 2-out RBI hits. I’d like to see more of them.
that’ll do Mountie, that’ll do.
Almost, Trevor. Almost.
Oy. I had the suck it philo cued up. Damn.
this inning has F-Bomb Give-back Runs written all over it
easy now.
Philo, would you say that Plouffe has earned his PhD?
I wonder how different the A’s franchise would be if they kept Ron Washington and moved him to manager instead of hiring Bob Geren.
I don’t think Wash would have generated them millions more revenue all on his own.
I’m not sure that Laddie was out there.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDES!!!
I’m back on the grid.
Are you moved into your new city?
I am! I’m no longer a member of the confederacy.
Omar says “hi”.
Did you come at the king? You best not have missed.
I’m actually out in the ‘burbs, so it takes me a while to do that. Maybe this weekend.
Don’t miss.
I always imagined that area to be where Michael dropped off his brother.
opposite from columbia, where wallace was hiding.
Wallace heard crickets and was sort of in the woods. I figured he went down towards Annapolis.
I am! I’m no longer a member of the confederacy.
This Just In
At car-camping this year at Ft. Ridgely, one of the re-enactment-actor-soldier-dudes said that any of us (MNers) have the right to ask to see the VA flag taken by the Minnesota 1st at Gettysburg, kept hidden by the Minny History Center in St. Paul in a secret vault.
Pussy singles hitter CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP
Revere should be on 3rd
guess it doesnt matter because Nelson Cruz made a fantastic catch
That was a pretty spectacular catch.
Rangers really have a murderer’s row, don’t they?
Yeah, and it doesn’t help when your starting pitcher walks a bunch of dudes.
evening, everyone. i’m drinking some fiiiiine brew tonight.
I had a miller’s high life, a Torpedo, a torpedo, and then a glass of water.
to be fair, i had a glass of this, and a pint of this at my local whole foods before that. thanks to these recent developments, after years of working in the TCNFC network, i don’t hate whole foods as much as i used to.
Wasn’t Sumpin Sumpin on the top-50-or-summat list earlier this week?
I really can’t drink more than a single wheat beer in a session because I get all sorts of stuffed up and snotty, and Sumpin Sumpin really brought that out in me. I’ve been told that I’m missing out.
I’ve never had Sumpin’ Sumpin’, and it’s ubiquitous here. I had no idea I was missing out.
it’s hiiighly quaffable, in my opinion.
New Belgium Ranger tonight. I love this stuff.
Diet Cherry 7-Up here.
Milk!
Working my way through a case of these.
You’ve switched brands.
2.99 a case for the MPs.
a wee bit late to the party. Met up with my Davisville buddy at the Beer Shoppe. Enjoyed a Green Flash IPA, a 21st Amendment Spring Saison, a flight of assorted porters, and an Ommegang Art of Darkness. OMGang!!! I love Ommegang so much.
but was it a green flash IIPA?
wow. Texas is making a lot of mistakes tonight.
Hamilton!
Hamilton must have borrowed Del’s skates.
In Boston tonite. Got in some quality-time at the MFA, spent mostly in American Art.
You can really see how Ed Hopper channels on E-6.
Ha!
I’ll be honest. The layout of the MFA was designed by a door-salesman. My God -- you can’t get thru the American Art section without pushing through N-doors, where N > practical-for-an-art-musem.
Sadly, I’ve only spent about an hour and a half in that museum.
The quality stuff IMHO is the Cole, Copley, Peale, Heade, Church, Sargent, Homer, O’Keefe, Pollock. And Stuart of course.
No Wyeths in Boston, sadly.
Winslow Homer rocks.
He made some pretty terrific lithographs in his day.
Oh, mama, that’s a hell of a quote.
Yeah, he was pretty damn good. What Sargent(s) do they have? Now that guy could handle a brush. Strangely enough, he was hated by many of the profs I had in college. Because he came from money and sold a lot work during his lifetime. Seriously.
We must have had some of the same teachers.
I’m still good friends with one of mine. He admitted a few years back that the guy was terrific, he was just rehashing what he been taught in the 50′s-60′s.
Daughters of Edward Darley Bolt is probably his major piece there. Next to the painting are two large blue porcelain vases, similar to what is in the painting. Cool effect.
Doors make for good fire protection and security. Just sayin’ from my days working in a museum.
I’m just sayin’ doors don’t always make for good fire protection, from my days testing fire doors.
Speaking of Hopper, I started this one on Tuesday. (unfinished)
meat, you’ll notice some of your Prussian Green if you look closely.
I had so much paint that I’d never use, and you’ve more than supported my habit. I like the source photo in the upper left.
Well played, Sir.
Agreed.
Commutator sounds like a potential future Surly. Hop-blast that plays around with time.
The Maestro is not a good base runner.
Score that as a run.
A run.
Rangers PBP guy: please stop saying “Nellie Cruz.” It was charming once. 4,873 repeats make it less charming.
I didn’t think it was charming even once, so you’re more accepting than I am.
WGOM Anagram Fun:
Yorvit Torrealba == Lavatory Orbiter
bullet: dodged
Mountie!
Mountie up!
One Canadian Stands Alone.
Yeah, Justin is good at baseball.
Tanner Scheppers is a former St. Paul Saints player.
I went to a game he started a couple of summers ago. I went to a game back in May and saw that Shane Costa (former Royal) is on the team.
Wonder if Plouffe is a Canuck? Sounds like it.
I may have changed cities and internet providers, but my MLB.tv is still being crappy. It’s not as crappy, but still crappy. Ugh.
Thanks for not parkouring God Bless America. Really.
99 pitches, hello. He’s not the Flyin Dutchman.
Smalley repeating the idea that strikeout pitchers throw more pitches per inning. Too bad it’s wrong. Liriano has thrown more pitches because he’s walked five batters.
Dudes on the Texas feed are yucking it up about Frankie’s trade value plummeting re: his 5 walks tonight.
Stoopid yokels.
Yeah, lowering his ERA to almost 5.00 must have hurt, too
Yeah, they’re pretty bad in general, but when the color guy started saying he’d be less interested in trading for Liriano based on this one performance, I about switched to the Twins feed.
Kak. Just switched back to Twins sqwaukers as well.
As it turns out, the best way to keep your pitch count down is to get outs. Who knew?
Dude has a weird delivery.
If Napoli had a sense of humor, his walk-up music would be “That’s Amore”.
Dick n Roy grousing about the night game on Sunday. Well, do you really want to play a day game during summer in Dallas?
Short answer: No. Long answer: Hell no.
Oh, the texas crew are making asses of themselves with the talk about calling “strikes” strikes. I’m happy to be leaving this state.
I dislike Texas on principle. In practice, though, it has some really nice parts.
Yeah, I’ll agree with this assessment.
what the hey -- SEND THEM!!!
That one wasn’t entirely The Maestro’s fault.
Perkins might consider doing it the easy way one of these games.
Higgs Bosons!
Particles won this one?
The Dog Particles.
Puppies!
1+ dyslexia.
those bastards are getting more and more unrecognizable…
winner!
I’m so glad we had Perkins available tonight to protect that precarious four-run lead for one inning.
He’s bona fied.
Sounds like it must have been an awesome game. Still on track for 115-47!