2012 Twins Game Log

2012 Game 54: Minnesota at Kansas City

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First Pitch - 7:10 p.m. CDT
Television - FSN, FSKC
Lineups

Boolean operators are cool. I did a Google search for Game 54 and this is the picture I got. Even I am too young to remember the show when it originally aired, but I do remember it vaguely from afterschool sitcom reruns way back in the day. Sorry, I get distracted easily these days.

So there's a game tonight, one of several, actually. The Twins play the Royals in Kansas City. The Twins are looking to win the second series of this current six-game road trip after taking two of three in Cuyahoga County, and a victory tonight gives them a good chance to do just that. While I'm not ready to predict 100+ wins for the Gemini this season, they have been playing much better baseball lately, thanks in large part to improved starting pitching and more consistent offense. Let's keep moving in that direction.

ON THE HILL

A pair of young'uns head to the mound tonight at Kauffman Stadium. The Twins' Cole DeVries and the Royals' Will Smith will each make their third career major league start this evening, and neither pitcher has previously faced their opponent. Normally I'd throw some stats up here for you to all to compare, but two MLB starts is a pretty small sample size and trying to extrapolate MiLB stats to auger MLB expectations is an exercise I'm not inclined to pursue, so if it's numbers you want you'll have to settle for 54.

Play ball!

243 thoughts on “2012 Game 54: Minnesota at Kansas City”

  1. Will Smith? This cross promotion for the Men in Black movie is getting ridiculous.

      1. With all the "Consentual Pork" comments early in the season, I kept reading it as "Consuela Pork", and like everything here one thing leads to another

        1. Signature looks like a Hartford P.R. gang tag on a utility box. Or Arabic calligraphy.

  9. Evening boys. You all saw we drafted our toolsy outfielder for the year, right?

  11. Have to say I liked it better when the draft was during the day and I could follow along during instead of work

  12. Granted, I am not reading the Strib every day but I have about had my fill of Joe C. His twitter feed is becoming pretty negative. Not living in the Twin Cites I certainly don't have my finger on the pulse like many of you do but he hasn't always been this negative, has he? Or maybe having to read his own comments section he has just bought into all the hype negativity.

    1. I gave up on reading his column/Strib blog thing because of the tone of it. Not sure if it's a stunt to pull in more comments/page views or if he really is getting that negative.

    2. just seeing his tweets the last half hour, I dont see it as negative, but the truth. After Gibson and Wimmers injuries, the Twins dont have any starting pitching prospects.

    3. I think he's focusing too much on needing ace pitchers. Having an ace would be nice, but the Twins just need pitching period. A roster full of "#3" pitchers would do just fine.

                1. Yeah, had that feeling also and it wasn't the 'you guys are special' feeling.

              1. I'm back on tv mute anyway, since my wife is blessing our house with the horrible squawkings of Parenthood. (the show, not the life).

  21. Ah geez, I can't even escape WI political ads on MLB.tv? I can't wait for tomorrow to be over.

  22. Heh, Royals select a pitcher at #5. The KC crew asks who is the best #5 since 2000, none of whom is a pitcher. I don't know why, but I found it funny.

  29. Rob Antony says once Buxton is signed, he will be the fastest played in the organization. wow.

  40. NBB Moussaka:

    Cut eggplant into disks. Using liberal amounts of EVOO, braise each of the disks until nicely browned on each side.
    Line a Corningware casserole with the disks.

    Brown 3/4 lb ground lamb, drain. Sprinkle liberal amounts of cinnamon. Cover eggplant disks with ground lamb, then tomato sauce Greek style, then parmegiano-reggiano cheese. Bake until done - turn on broiler at the end to brown the edges of the parmesan cheese.

    2. 22 hits, 11 extra bases (4 doubles, 7 HR)

      Willingham, Morneau, Plouffe were 1,2,3 in the team HR race coming into the game. They have all hit HRs tonight.

  69. Um, guys... I think I figured out Mauer's problem.

    A while back I bought a Joe Mauer action figure for my kid. Before last season started, his leg fell off. Then we lost his bat. Towards the end of the year he got a big scratch across the chest. Last night, my 8 month old daughter was chewing on his hand.

    Anyone know anything about making good things happen to voodoo dolls?

      1. Spring for the live chicken, not KFC. You think you're saving money, but in the long run the live one is much more effective.

        2. Wouldn't a better solution just be to buy his kid a doll of whatever pitcher he's facing?

            1. Alright, but if you summon something that which you don't understand by mistake, don't come crying to me.

              2. Um, guys? I assumed a pigeon would work as well as a chicken. I was wrong.

                Frankly, I think we'll be lucky if Mauer lives through the night.

                  1. It was live.

                    Heck, it's still live. I don't know how, since it's headless and there's an action figure crammed down it's gullet, and I've kicked it really hard several times. But no, it just keeps jumping around and flapping and bleeding all over the damn place.

                    There goes my security deposit.

                    3. I feel pretty good about those Garrison Keillor points, but I suppose I should wait, and that too will pass.

                    4. I didn't so much "put Joe in" as "he hovered above the pigeon, then bilocated inside of the pigeon's throat before blinking out of his original existence." Needless to say, he went in head first. Like Pete Rose.

                    5. I have missed the past few gamelogs. (Live music beckoned, then sleep, then more live music, then fixing the sink, then sleep again.) This was awesome.

    2. You bought the incredibly expensive version I'm guessing. It's all your fault.

      1. No, it was cheap. I bought it from a frightenly tall and skinny man with no teeth who was selling them on the street. It looked like a knock-off of those McFarlane action figures. Like it was Russian or Chinese or something. I figured that was why I didn't recognize all the characters on the packaging.

    3. Step 1: Make a pot of oatmeal (make sure there's no lumps in it!)and let it cool to room temperature
      Step 2: Place doll action figure in pot up to neck
      Step 3: Check pot often to make sure nothing happens to action figure (slips below surface, carried off by ants, etc.)

      **If Mauer seems to have slowed down tremendously after this, you might have to remove the action figure from the pot for games.

    4. I am going to go with this so I don't have to blame myself and my naming choice for the Calf.

    1. Juggernaut.

      Funny that LA might not set the record for most road wins in a playoff year just because they won't play enough road games (they are 10-0 on the road, need 11 wins for the record, won't go back to NJ until game 5*).

      *if necessary

  80. Rob Incadincadoo is almost tolerable when the audio is coming from the radio instead of the TV feed, and he's not standing near anyone of the opposite sex

    1. You make an interesting point- wasn't Joe Benson pretty good at football, too?

  82. Orlando Berrios, RHP, out of Puerto Rico. OlivoOliva should have just done the announcement in Spanish.

    1. For a minute I thought the player's name was Papa Juan XIII.

      1. I was really excited about that. Sure, he's no Papa Juan VIII, or even II, but we could expect Papa Juan IIX level production.

    2. I wonder if they'll get that MN guy at 42? That was sounding like a possibility from the one thing I read earlier in the day. So, you know... I have no info.

      1. So does MLB now. I probably whiffed it. It's hard to read their ticker when the video controls overlay covers it.

  84. We're getting closer and closer to a Capps appearance. Score a run or two, boys!

  90. This must be a very lax clock. The Astros timer is at zero and the panel is still babbling.

      1. I've got a half pigeon I can give you, if you want to sacrifice it to the real estate gods. Lower half.

          1. And blood. I thought it would have dried up by now, but it just keeps coming. Damn mystical pigeon.

        2. meat - Don't do it until you've read the previous three hours worth of game log...crazy sh*t happening.

      2. I haven't responded to the nigerian lease scam ... yet. We've got a few solid leads, but, man, it would have been easier to find a place in WNY.

        1. Sadly, my standing offer to move in downstairs is off the table. I am getting out of the landlord game. Closing on my new north side digs Wednesday.

            1. In a few weeks we will have everything taken care of here. My neighbor is a real estate agent and was all over it for himself as an income property.

                1. The good news is I will be one block away from the Sterling Tavern.

                    1. But they have the happy meal at Essex! One Genny (or Icehouse) Pounder and one shot of Jameson for $4.00!

                    2. and that would be part of the reason not to live so close....

                      EDIT: IIRC, they used to do the 22oz Icehouse bottle, a shot of jim, and a loose cig. for $5 before the smoking ban. Yeah, grad school was great.

      1. I'm hoping it's the 1991 version of Mr. Erickson and not the 1993. Also, Scott and I share a birthday.

        1. I remember back in the day when the lineup had Joe, Justin, Jasonx3, and Jacque, while the pitching staff had Johan, JC, Juan, Jesse, and Joex2

  93. Twin select RHP Luke Bard. I'd hate to think of a nickname for him when he performs poorly.

    1. I knew a kid in high school named chris roop. His parents apparently didn't think other kids would call him piss poop.

    2. that's a very pleasant beer. I'm not sure I would go to "outstanding". But maybe if I had one in my hand right now, instead of being stuck at my office until god knows when tonight....

      sometimes, being the Man sucks.

      1. I'm not thinking it's world class, but it certainly hits the spot for 6.99 a sixer at trader joes.

        1. How do you upload a photo? I've got the same image, but added my method too.

          1. Couple of ways. Either use your own blog (see: above), use a third-party image hosting service (imgur), or via this site. To do it via this site, go to the Dashboard, Media, Add New. Upload it. Click the title you gave it (aka "edit"), then copy the "File URL" field to the clipboard. Then click the "img" button above, paste your image (must be an image, not a link to an image if you're using an image from elsewhere) and click okay.

            1. Meh, the gag isn't that great. It's just the same image with a ton of feathers and blood.

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