2011 Twins Game Logs

2011 Game 68: San Diego Padres at Minnesota Twins

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Clayton Richard vs Brian Duensing

Jake Peavy with White Sox: 3.3 fWAR for $25.067 million, with $21 million more guaranteed.
Clayton Richard with Padres: 2.8 fWAR for $0.746 million.
I hear Peavy did quite well in his last rehab start though.

The Padres rank dead last in runs scored per game. The Twins next stop, the Giants, rank second to last, a smidgen less than the Mariners. Both have good pitching, although it's helped one more than the other.

Playing well over last two weeks: check
Playing a weaker league: check
Time to take back first place move above .500!

248 thoughts on “2011 Game 68: San Diego Padres at Minnesota Twins”

  1. I wish I could watch the game tonight. I really wanted to see Clay Dick working the mound...

  2. Time to take back first place move above .500!

    Really though, Sean, aren't those goals pretty much the same thing?

          2. 83-78. They were 1.5 games ahead of the 82-80 Astros at the end of the season, so they didn't need to make up a game.

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        1. I got five out of six Alaskan White Ale's at home eager to agree with you. But I'm staying here for the bottom of the first.

    3. Does Bartlett favor rollerblades or does he stick with the ol' fashioned skates like Delmon has?

    3. My kingdom for a Grain Belt. I've got a good old fashioned union made brew, pabst blue ribbon.

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4
      nsfw. strong language.

    4. I'll be drinking a Wild Ride IPA from Sand Creek while cleaning the bathroom shortly.

  21. Padres TV feed: I'll call one guy Captain Obvious. I don't know what to call the other guy, because Captain Obvious has already been taken. I'm starting to think there are maybe no more than two or three decent announce teams in all the league.

    1. I really like the Giants' tv team of Jon Miller and Mike Krukow. Miller is smooth, both are knowledgeable, and they don't talk too much.

      1. Sweet...I'll get them soon. Good to know. I never did mind Miller. I love his voice...it's just, you know. Pairing him with Morgan.

    2. The was the appropriate call on that play. He was safe, then he slid past the base and he was out.

    3. In Gordo's defense, he was right in this case. He was safe and then slid off the bag and was tagged out.

  36. Too bad that one landed where it did. With how confused he was, the left fielder could've made that into a triple.

  40. Dick: A four pitch walk puts Del aboard.

    Me: Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!?!?!?!?!?oneeneoeneoeneoen!!!!!

            1. It was part of the tapestry of the 2006 season and THE REASON that ubelman started posting at the WGOM. He came to argue that Batista wasn't that bad.

              It happened. We admit it.

              2. There really is nothing funnier, or maybe sadder, than when Batista was part of that big Gatorade celebration a couple of hours before being DFA'd.

  53. Gotta walk up to the grocery store real quick. Mo chailín and I have decided tonight is "Clean Out The Liquor Cabinet" night, so we're gonna get mixers for all the bottles we have like 1/6th of left.

    I expect 5 more runs when I get back.

        2. That, sir, is exactly why we needed mixers. Why do you think the remnants are still around if it could be consumed sans pop or juice.

  54. Padres announcers wonder why the Twins, if they signed Mauer to an eight-year extension, didn't tailor the ballpark to him. Me: all ballparks are kinda tailored to Mauer.

    Now they go on about how the Twins pride themselves on their great defense. Similarly, I pride myself on being the president of Switzerland.

    1. I suppose it was a constant adventure. I mean, who can forget the excitement of his poor baserunning against the Yankees in the playoffs?

    2. So did my dad and father-in-law. Haven't heard them bring him up quite as often the last couple of weeks....but I'm sure they're just waiting for the next slow streak.

  65. No, Dazz. You can't walk off the bag at first. You can run through, then return directly to the bag. You can't walk towards the dugout and get a free ride back to the base.

  66. He may have a noodle arm, but the kid sure can get to balls. (meat, if you're dumping him, would you mind if I picked him up?)

  67. Padres dudes are having a field day at the hands of the ump, pointing out that there's literally no way to spread out that way, with glove pointed up, and trap the ball. They're mocking the ump more than a home feed would. That's great.

      1. I was guessing Morneau or a pitcher- I didn't catch if it was played in MN or SD.

        1. Ahh, Glen Williams. Australian- Dazz and Gordo clueless, as usual. Way to go, David Larson!

  73. Padres trivia question: When SI asked Harmon Killebrew if he had any unusual hobbies, what was his answer?

    "Just washing the dishes I guess."

    I love how boring most of the Twins stars have been.

  74. So, the drawing of who gets to sit with Dick and Bert in the booth is a lot like the one in "The Lottery" right?

    Spoiler SelectShow

  79. oooh, never noticed before, but the trivia reply said I'm entered into a drawing for tickets to the Royals game on 9/26. I would definitely make my way to that one

  80. Argh, Padres guys talking about Minnesota like it's some sort of foreign country. They spend 5-10 minutes riffing on titles of Prince songs. Then, since Prince is the only famous person ever to hail from Minnesota, they start riffing like they ran into Mary Tyler Moore on the way to the stadium.

  81. Danny V continues to get unlucky. On the plus side, that home run was so far over the fence, nobody was going to rob him on that one.

  88. Oh good, Bert's here to let us know Neshek left pitches up. He really dug down deep for that analysis.

    If the Twins hitters give Neshek a favorable scouting report, will Bill Smith try to bring him back?

  96. F'in Dunce, you'd think he'd have been paying attention to how the other starters are winning games lately.

    1. I'm really upset with the way he went about his business. It's like he didn't even want to pitch the seventh!

  97. Padres color guy still talking about Mary Tyler Moore characters as if they're real. The thing that defines Minnesota for him was shot in Los Angeles using non-Minnesotans. I should let this go, but seriously, what a dipshit.

  100. According to Gameday pitch 3 to Cuddyer was called a ball right down the pipe.

  108. Padres color guy spending most of the inning talking about who looks like other famous people. That guy in the stands with the Padres jersey looks a little like Joe Montana, don't you think? This guy Perkins sure looks like Sean Penn, huh?

    You can feel the exasperation on the part of the poor PBP guy.

    1. Dude, just give up and switch to dicknbert. It's obviously bothering you too much.

      1. To be honest, I'm enjoying it. It's fascinating what he comes up with. I mean, bringing up that Perkins looks like Sean Penn during an important game situation is weird enough, but they look nothing alike. They're both white males, and that's about it.

  120. I hear Peavy did quite well in his last rehab start though.
    That sentence gets a lot of use.

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