2011 Twins Game Recaps, View from the Ballpark

2011 Game 39: Mariners 5, Twins 2

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Weather: "indoors"
Attendance: 14,859
Time: 2:31

Twins record: 12-27 (last in AL Central, 13.5 GB)
Fangraphs boxscore | MLB Game Wrap

"Highlights":

  • Highest WPA, hitter: Morneau .038 (1-4, SO) | Highest WPA, pitcher: Some band-aid whose name I've already forgotten .003 (1.1 IP, ER, 2 BB)

Lowlights:

  • Lowest WPA, hitter: Cuddyer, -.138 (1-4, R) | Lowest WPA, pitcher: Baker, -.172 (6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 8 SO, 4 ER)
  • Pretty much all of it.

Last night Scott Baker had a very Scott Baker-y outing. The Twins lost.

What else can I say about the game? I fell asleep after Pineda came out, it's now 2:30am, and I'm going to bed. If I've missed something important, talk about it below.

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This week's View from the Ballpark might be too easy, but I like the history behind it too much to let it go.

photo by Flickr user joshbousel

Over the years at least two former Twins have managed here. | photo by Flickr user joshbousel

Remember, no embiggening.

8 thoughts on “2011 Game 39: Mariners 5, Twins 2”

  1. LEN3's blog says the Twins were mad in the clubhouse after this one, but this is probably ninth on the list of most frustrating losses in this streak. It looked like a pitcher with great stuff had it going. It happens and the only reason to be upset is because of the eight previous losses. I'll take the blame for Baker's outing because he was one out away from a quality start and I thought to myself that Baker was pretty much a lock for a quality start unless he gives up a couple two-out homers, which was highly unlikely ... Oops. The second one was a great swing by a young talent. The first one was on a high fastball that was probably out of the zone. Baker has been getting a ton of outs, including strikeouts, up there, but that's the risk you take with a flyball pitcher.

  3. So, maybe it's time for a clue.

    The structure you see pre-exists the ballpark by several decades, but is not itself original to the area. There used to be several of these around the country, and while they were popular for much of the mid-20th century, most have gone the way of the Negro League ballpark.

      1. Got it, MCU Park in Brooklyn. Home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. (I think I would have gotten it from the first picture if I had had time to do some research. I image searched for "unique minor league baseball structures" and found that parachute jump ride in the results.)

        1. I thought that the tower might be some of "raise 'em up and drop 'em" carnival ride, but I wouldn't have gotten farther than that.

        2. Yep, that's it. The Parachute Jump has a pretty interesting history. The Repository's article is worth the read, even if only to see Amelia Earhart and Type O Negative have something in common.

          Finally, two last looks at MCU Park:

          photo by Flickr user Ed Gaillard

          photo by Flickr user owen.iverson

          I love the glimpse of the bridge in the background and the way the sun plays over Coney Island in the foreground.

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