2011 Twins Game Logs

Game 57: Twins at Royals

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Last night at my mother-in-law's retirement party, the subject turned to our favorite baseball team. The (extremely drunken) consensus seemed to be that the team should trade Mauer to beef up our relief pitching. That's not a joke. That's an example of the fine analysis straight from the type of people whom I am privileged to talk sports with on a day in, day out basis with. You guys are truly a lifeline.

I mocked Swizzlestick last week, and he responded with might end up as the best Twins start of the season. Do I have to make fun of Blackburn's mom or something? Because so help me, I will.

As it turns out, Blacky's actually been doing pretty well, last start excepted. Tonight, he goes against Luke Hochevar, who has to be about the most "Royal"ish Royal out there. I feel pretty good about the Twins chances of grabbing a third straight, as well as my chances of picking up a third game log victory.

152 thoughts on “Game 57: Twins at Royals”

  1. The (extremely drunken) consensus seemed to be that the team should trade Mauer to beef up our relief pitching.

    Butters4life!

  2. Span scratched with a sore neck, a lingering effect of his "collision" at the plate last night, in case you were wondering.

    1. Well, you know, Casilla has been our best hitter for weeks now.

      Cuddy! Nobody spookied that.

  7. I'm a little worried about the WGOM gathering tomorrow. Temps hit 100F here today; it's going to be a sweat bath in the parking lot there unless a front comes through.

  11. Dazzle saying Slama warming up. The trainer was talking to Blackburn during the half inning.

    1. Dick's words were "Why is this turd still in the lineup? This is the only way he can get on base."

      I might be paraphrasing somewhat.

    1. And the Twins take the lead. I forget how Revere got on, but we've gotten at most one ball out of the infield this inning.

  19. Christians & Moors, fried green bananas, sauteed spinach, tortillas, Alaskan Amber.

        1. Mrs. Runner's nickname for them. Cheesy hashbrown caserole with corn flakes crust, always present at the church at funeral meals. Got some leftovers here calling my name.

    1. just think of the endorsement opportunities for the Dink back home. He's got a whole town named after him!!!

  30. Dazz: "with a base open and Escobar up next...."

    Me: You want to pitch around a crappy hitter to get to a shitty one?

      1. I forgot about Luis Rivas' ownage of KC in his career. 12 of his career 34 HRs were against KC

  49. Apparently all this team needed to start scoring runs was for all of its good hitters to get hurt.

  50. I've been off doing Survivor-related things, but in case we're talking beer tonight, it's Alaskan Amber for me tonight.

    Also, this inning is fun.

  59. Strategy successful?

    Or did it just mean we are one batter closer to another Casilla at-bat?

  60. Just got done planting hops in my backyard. The wife was skeptical, but with the raised plant beds I made and the promise that the hop experiment can be terminated at any time, she's in favor now. Now I'm out on the deck drinking a beer and listening to a good Twins game on an absolutely gorgeous night. Life is good at the Casa de Nibbish.

  65. Got to listen to the Twins AAA squad take the lead and expand it on my drive home from the campground. Obviously we have a deep and talented farm system.

    1. Later, Hoey would go on to say he was "half drunk" the night he pitched 1 scoreless inning.

  72. In Portsmouth, NH watching BoSox game recap on the tube. Man, Papelbon lost a wing-nut earlier.

  74. hoey crap! did dumatraithoeyburnett just pitch without allowing a run? oh wait, this isn't a save situation, so burnett will probably be trotted out in the 9th. then it will be a save situation.

    1. Can we just spot them a run now so that at least Capps can start the inning with nobody on base?

      1. I now see that someone made the joke last night. No one read my joke, as it may be infringing upon last night's joke, and each time it's read could be considered a "performance" of said infringing material.

    1. Does she look like Minnie Driver, or was that just a random fan MLB showed on the replay of the Dink's diving catch?

      1. Yeah, I believe that's her.

        What I mean is, I know the lady they kept showing in reaction shots to Dink plays is his wife; what I'm less confident in is my ability to relate her appearance to Minnie Driver's.

        1. OK, I thought there was a pretty strong resemblance, but I only saw her in one replay. Sounds like they showed her plenty, huh?

  91. Revere is now hitting .289 (yay!) with a .630 OPS (boo!).
    Excluding Dinkelman at 1-3, Revere is second on the club* in Avg, behind only Span.

    *active club: 25-man roster only.

      2. Weren't people saying that his upside was Juan Pierre?
        Well, it looks like he's there.

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