2011 Twins Game Logs

Game 15: Twins at Rays

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If someone has a real game log prepared, feel free to delete this.  We obviously need something to celebrate our new digs though.

I predict the Twins will break out offensively in a big way today, winning with a football type score of 27-10.

286 thoughts on “Game 15: Twins at Rays”

  1. As a newly minted Doctor of Math, what is the statistical probability of a 27-10 score?

  2. Ah Coomer... Only he could find a lineup in which Thome, Repko, and Holm replace Morneau, Span, and Butters means the "young guys" get a chance to play.

    2. Mountie is out again? That's not a good sign.

      Thome is so young at heart, he is younger than the rest of the team combined.

        1. yep:

          drewsilv Make it stop. RT @TwinsNow Also, Morneau has the flu now, too, but we're told not the same thing Mauer is still dealing with. #Twins

  3. Roughly zero!

    Actually, looking back at my Sharks vs. Piranhas worksheet, even the most common scores only have around a 2% probability. The chance that both teams score at least 10 runs is around 0.04%.

  6. Twins Lineup:

    1. Tolbert
    2. Casilla

    After that I had to stop reading and go vomit. I think the chances that the Twins score 27 runs has now dropped from "roughly zero" to "exactly zero".

  7. I'm not usually a fan of powder blue at home, but I do think those Rays uni tops are pretty sharp.

        1. That was it, yeah. If Longoria had been doing the Damon stuff in this series, I could say, "Well, at least it's Longoria."

        2. I really didn't feel one way or the other about him until he became a Yankme. As a Royal or A (or even a BoSox) he didn't really bug me.

          2. I turned on him when he so quickly fell in line as the well-groomed tool the Yankees wanted him to be. I foolishly expected that he was better than that.

          3. I was thoroughly annoyed when he was a BoSock. He was the face of Red Sox fan insufferebility when they won that WS.

      1. Statue. The ball was only about 5 feet away from him, but it was hit (relatively) sharply.

          1. Naw, he just stood there, sipped his margarita, then flexed his muscles after the ball got past him.

            True story.

    1. Today's lineup certainly doesn't help the cause--two good lefties in the middle, surrounded by righties and crap hitters.

      1. This is quite the hole the offense is digging the team, so I wish the good hitters would start hitting real soon.

  15. Did anybody see Verlander's balk yesterday? It was one of the funniest things I've seen in a game in a long time. I loved Victor Martinez's reaction behind the plate.

      1. “You can’t really help but laugh at yourself,” [Verlander] said after seeing the replay. “I just didn’t get my hips all the way turned.”

        So basically, he was apparently trying to throw to first base but missed by approximate 88.5 feet.

  16. Can you believe Bert is upset Baker didn't go another inning yesterday?

    1. The Strib said Baker told the management he felt fine after the 7th, but he wasn't going to demand to go back out since he figures its their decision either way. Sounds like looking at the bullpen to me.

  22. Since I don't count Thome as a bench player when I think of him, I'd say Repko is easily my favorite sub.

  26. Make some good things happen, guys. I got places to go, people to see, things to do today (change oil in car, get new spark plugs, mow lawn, get some work done...).

    And let it be said ad nauseam, but it's good to have the new shack. Be proud, be loud. This is a great community.

  28. Good God, Bert, it's days like today that makes me wish you'd have had to wait for the Veteran's Committee.

    1. For every LTE you leave I read it twice looking for a poultry reference.

  29. Seriously, are we the only people who realize what ignorant idiots Blyleven and Gladden are? I pray for the day they have other jobs. Yesterday, Gladden was whining about today's players, and Ted Robinson replied, "Well, things are always changing." Gladden responded, "Why do they have to?" I understand change is tough for a lot of people, but these two guys hate progress to the point they belong in 18th century Russia.

    2. And the thing is, they're not doing the jobs they're paid to do. Why should a viewer expect to hear constant prattling about the game it used to be? Call the game you're watching now. Gawd.

  30. Okay, so it's the third inning, but I'd like to see the "What are you drinking?" tradition continue.

    Vanilla Coke here. I'll be drinking a lot of beer tonight. I'm especially looking forward to trying the New Belgium's Le Terroir Dry Hopped Sour Ale.

    4. Had water with my chorizo and sweet potato hash at brunch this morning. Currently planning a trip to the grocery/liquor store to stock up for the week.

        1. It was delicious. And it was at our fourth choice of venue (long waits and unexpected closings knocked out the first three). The universe guided us well.

        2. It does, indeed. I'm gonna try to whip up a sweet potato hummus dip this afternoon.

    6. Nothing at the moment, though I'm close to a bourbon because of the offense.

      Which reminds me, Spooky und meat, you guys like IIPA's, right?

      1. Above all others, probably.

        I'd like to be drinking a Mirror Pond right now, to answer the above question, but it's been a week of unforeseen expenses.

        1. Ok, because I just need to pick up some of the IIPA from New Glarus before I send off that "congrats" package.

    8. I also just popped open a Vanilla Coke. Considering mixing in some 40 Creek- hmm, image implant fail. Trust me, anyone who likes Crown Royal would like this stuff.

    2. I don't understand. This seems like exactly the kind of stat he would like.

  39. Arggghh. I literally just pulled the game up, bang, Rays score. I didn't watch the game at all yesterday, and they managed to throw that one up. Hopefully the assbats disappear soon.

      1. Back to [image] tagging? I love the wealth of options you have for "images" when all you have to do is type in the type of pic you are imagining at the moment. Plus, it's way faster.

  53. Serious question: Is Don Zimmer the most unattractive person ever?

  62. Alright, I'm not gonna lie. I hate Tim Duncan. I don't know why he gets such a pass for being whiny when he whacks the crap out of a guy's elbow then immediately does the "Who, me?" bug eyed routine.

  64. SethTweets Seth Stohs
    That one was played right. RT @StatFreak101 Can the Twins get a competent third base coach? Like, a folding chair or something? #twins

        1. I remember going off on him pretty hardcore. It's not the negativity that got me (obviously, I know how to be negative), it was the magnitude of reactionary histrionics at every. single. unsuccessful. outcome during games.

  69. Is anyone else having flashbacks to the end of spring training when all the bench guys and AAA players kept winning the games with late scoring?

  71. Alright, I gotta get some shopping done. Take this one home, and get Morneau over to the Rays dugout to give Johnny Damon the flu.

      1. So this game is safe. (I didn't want an injury, though, since I don't post at South Side Sox.)

    2. So never mind the leaving yet, the wife is sleeping so I'll wait and watch some more basketball.

  73. Yahoo stat tracker is funny. My fantasy team is currently 5/15 for a .332 average. Also, I have a number of players who are 0/1 or 0/2 with a .500 AVG, OBP, and SLG.

      1. I don't know if the 4ltr does it the same, but I would like to punch the Yahoo web developers in the face for messing with lineup changes after you've picked up a free agent. I got burned the other day on that and didn't have a pitcher in the lineup when I thought I had, and he had a complete freekin game.

      1. Something to remember for next year. Designated keepers can be assigned by the league commissioner, so I don't think it would be a difficult transfer if that's what was decided.

          1. I took over a league this year and forced them to ditch yahoo. No complaints from even the most hesitant to leave yahoo.

    1. Interesting comment with the location of the out in Gameday. Kubel get on a horse followed by a ladder, or sumpin?

      1. Pretty close. I was really surprised he got to it, and even more that he held onto it after he hit the wall. And grateful he didn't appear to wrench his back on impact.

  79. Kubel seems to be pretty good when he can get to the ball, but I feel obligated to mention had Span been in right field he would have been standing underneath it.

      1. From what I understand of team MVP's, I don't think you can be it if you have much more than 0.

  85. Ugh, the Rays' broadcasters talking about how no team has made fewer errors since 2001 in the Twins makes me long for the FOX broadcast yesterday.

        1. Hopefully they hold this lead, otherwise I imagine we might get some revisionist history tomorrow.

      1. I'm pretty sure it's a bunch of rubber pellets on the field for cushion. TCF Bank has them and I think I've seen a similar effect when a football hits the ground.

          1. We have soccer fields like that. Gotta shake the socks out before coming in the house.

            1. I hate playing on those - rugby and soccer. You get the little rubber bits in your socks and boots and they're very abrasive on the skin.

              1. but the footing seems pretty sure, and they cut waaaaay down on water usage and other maintenance. Pretty cost-effective, I think.

                1. I'm sure they are very nice for the maintenance and upkeep, but they're hell on your knees.

                  1. try playing on unwatered "grass" in an area with (1) severe hardpan clay and (2) ~20 inches of rainfall per year, but basically none from April through October.

      1. Just looking at him, he reminds me a little bit of Redmond. So yeah, I'd pinch run for him.

    1. Looked like they were trying too. Got a good 3-1 pitch to hit too, just smacked it right to the 2nd baseman.

  134. well done, everyone (sean especially). a successful game log, and the site didn't explode.

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