Carl Pavano vs Justin Masterson
Last time Masterson faced the Twins, he threw 104 pitches. 103 of them were fastballs. I'm a little skeptical they were all fastballs, since the velocity range was 89.9 to 97.7. Let's check his pitch selection this year. BIS says a mere 0.8% of his pitches have been change-ups, while MLBAM says 0.1%. Okay, maybe it really was 103 fastballs. Depressing.
Pavano meanwhile... it's not too pretty. He hasn't been terrible, but below average for a 35 year-old pitcher with another year on the contract. He'll be worth more than two wins, but by virtue of eating a lot of innings.
Oh yeah; welcome back Morneau.
Twins 16 Indians 3
Errors or LOBs?
triples
Number of off-speed pitches thrown: 0. Hey, it worked once, why not try it again?
I'm New Guying a Morneau double tonight.
when does Slowey get released on parole? is that Sunday?
Im pretty sure its Sunday
SEND HI...oh, too late.
no chance
a run!
Anything Ben can do, I can do
betternot at allChisenhall -- that's just the sort of name to read in the HR off Pavano list.
this umpire has been calling the ball off the plate a strike
nice catch by Span
Oh, hey. Laddie is back too. Kewl. (I can't believe that I'm excited about having Lexi back)
ouch. Run faster, Laddie.
well, at least the CS avoided the GIDP.
no feeling in fingers is not what I'd call a good sign for Morny's long-term prospects.
But he's
playingbattling through it.gold glove defense at first base!
awwwwww
thought we had a Smack de Los Kubel there
Juicy AB so far.
This AB is like a week's worth of _elm_n ABs.
Young's record is 11 pitches, done twice.
Okay, smarty pants, which Twin holds the record for balks in a game?
Joe Niekro.
He grounded out both times.
too bad that AB didnt pay off with a hit or walk
or an error, or a HBP, or catcher's interference, or a K wild pitch...
"Elvis Night"??
Will Denard ever get another hit?
Does spring training count?
Ugh.
Whew. At least he got one.
Nishi is simply not special
x3
keep hitting it to Nishi I guess
uh huh
I got a bad feeling about this.
dang - got mentioned even though I didn't get the question tonight
Sorry, Play Index was rather sluggish today. I should have limited the search better.
nah, I didn't even try. apparently Matt Krieger and I are "jostling for position"...whatever. I know he's answered several questions, but I thought there were others with several answers as well. not like you get anything for the most correct answers
wait, what? I missed the mention, Rhu. Did they actually get your name right?
OFFS.
hoooooboy
Nishioka should be benched right now
Dude, don't hit it to the (gold glove) first baseman!
Nishi can't play SS. Something we learned in April.
and then there were seven
Tolbert in for an injured Casilla....great
and commits an error
F that.
F that too.
past a diving Tolbert
and F that too.
Jiminy freakin' Christmas.
Pavano has to strike everyone out
Voros McCracken pities Pavano
a DP is too much to wish for with this middle infield
I think Pavano is super pissed at his middle infielders
I think everyone would cheer if he punched their lights out
throwing the Gatorade is close.
wow. just wow.
This team is killing me.
Nishi wasn't at second base again...
Delmon is a pinch-runner. Huh
Delmon is the pinch runner for this evening?
Wow, it may actually work this time for Gardy
or not
It would seem as though you spoke too soon.
A miracle, that's all I ask. Just a miracle.
OFFS. OFFS. OFFS.
Is it 16 to 3 yet?
memory like an elephant
I work for peanuts.
juicy race for the plate!
Nishi has both RBI. Heh
Nishi! Where would we be in this game without him?
scoreless?
Still scoreless?
Yoko breaks up the
Beatlestie.I'd rather listen to the Plastic Ono Band
According to the Yahoo! inning summary, which I just logged into, "D. Young ran for D. Young." Maybe it's a Zen koan. Or maybe the just screwed up "D. Young ran for J. Thome."
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ8Ra1JdtI0
Atteberry: "But the Twins do some damage..."
Me: I feel damaged.
of the brain variety
ooooh, geez
I saw that Revere has 20 SBs, which got me to wondering who holds the Twins' record for a rookie and how many bases. I was guessing Carew with... 30ish? Searched on baseball-reference.com and it listed the top 20, but to see the names of the top 10 I need to log in or subscribe, neither of which I am inclined to do. Nonetheless, 20 SB appears to be the second best rookie total. #1 is 25 bases, which Revere could easily pass if he keeps playing.
And Carew only stole 5 bases in 1967 in 561 PAs. Huh. Now I am guessing Puck for the rookie record.
he had 14. Knobby had 25
Knobby - of course! How do we say it here? I Butera'd that? You, RR and Sean are all on top of your games, fortunately.
A subscription helps. Unfortunately, the first season isn't necessarily the player's rookie year. Revere isn't listed since he had 0 SB last year.
Thanks. Who did he tie tonight at 20?
The most recent Twins Rookie of the Year.
Never would have guessed him. It was a career high.
My guess would have been Knoblauch off the top of my head. He had 25.
14 for Puckett.
Ponyboy threatening to become an outsider.
so, who is his Fluffy Ruffle girl??
I was Hinton (sic) at this.
Oh, I knew that. I just wanted to say Fluffy Ruffle girl.
oooooooooooh, geez
Boy I'm glad I gave up on the Twins well before this game.
I can't believe I haven't left yet.
Can we just skip F'ing Tolbert's spot?
This just sets up the dramatic win powered by the M&M boys finally regaining their superpowers.
orrrrrr not.
*gurgle-gurgle*
Kryptonite on the field!
I'm going to assume you're referencing this. If not, please don't burst my bubble.
thanks for that, DG. Much appreciated.
oh, geez.
Summer is over. Season of Discontent has begun in earnest.
This was the first entire game I've missed in a while. The score doesn't make it look half as bad as you guys make it sound, but I'll take your word that I'm glad I missed it.