161 thoughts on “2012 Game Logs: Game 90 O’s @ Twins”

1. What's the Twins' record for highest back-to-back combined scores?

   1. probably that doubleheader in ChiTown a few years back where the Twins score 78 runs and Justin Morneau had 6 home runs*

      * these numbers may be made up

      1. That's the one that came to mind for me, too. Although your numbers seem low.

         1. the actual number was 32

            Jeff Cirillo (!) hit a HR in game two

   2. 35. Happened April 24 and April 25 in 1996. They scored 24 and 11 runs respectively. The doubleheader in Chicago is tied for third.

      1. looking at the box scores, a guy named Mike Durant played. I have no idea who that is.

         1. Kevin's older brother?

         2. He was a catcher, right?

            1. he was a catcher. he only played that one season.

2. I love the nickname 'The Gentleman Masher'

3. Deduno gave the O's that run.

4. SEND HIM!!!

   1. yep, should have sent him

5. I'm still a little confused about who Deduno is, but watching him pitch is a real chore.

   1. I probably didn't help with that.

      1. You could have published a 500-page biography and I'd still be confused about why he's suddenly starting for the Twins.

         1. How about you write a 500 word fictional biography on him to keep yourself entertained tonight?

6. Neighborhood play!

7. My dad is not a fan of Deduno. He pitches at a slow pace.

   1. We have something in common there.

8. I kinda miss not having Dazzle in the booth.

9. I am celebrating meat's new found employment by myself here so I am admittedly a tipsy. With that said, man, the Twins really mishandled this whole Matt Capps situation. We had been joking about how it was going to turn out for the past month and then it turned out exactly as we knew it would. That is such a joke.

   The Minnesota Twins training staff makes me want to smoke cigarettes, ugh.

   1. Me too. Between the terrible training staff and Wild Bill's tenure as GM, I'm surprised I didn't start.

   2. Remember last night when Bremer was poo-pooing Capps' dropped velocity?

   3. Heh, you're not the only one celebrating my new employment. Thank god for autocorrect.

10. I just want to point out that I am sitting in my mother's basement.

    1. Say "hi" to Gleeman from me.

    2. You should start a blog.

       1. I'll call it Mauer Sux.

          1. Good news, SBG.

             

             1. this literally made me LOL

             2. I'm almost tempted to buy the .info.

                1. .me has a ring to it...

    3. I'm in my own basement trying to cram more last minute legal bullsh*t into my head...maybe I should start a blog?

       *that I'll likely never use once I pass this fucking test.

       1. It's already been done.

          Relax on the test. Show them what you know.

          1. Heh. I think that's been the problem.

             1. Easy now.

             2. We got this, CoC.

                1. Yeah /grumble, grumble/ that's what I keep saying...it'll be true eventually!

                   1. Think of all the dumbass lawyers out there. They passed the bar. This test is to keep out everyone stupider than those guys.

                      You'll be fine.

                      It doesn't make the process any less stressful, but it's true.

                      1. That's the line of thinking that kept me going through seminary. I thought of some pastors I'd had, and I thought, well, if they got through this...

                         1. I was much more comfortable taking my licensure test for my masters than my bachelors. After seven years in the field seeing who passed the master's test, I felt pretty confident.

                      2. No one ever says this about actuarial exams...

                         1. Lawyers are good at puffery.

                            1. This statement is not part of any express warranty.

                               (Sorry, I spent all of yesterday on Contracts and couldn't help myself)

                            2. You got what? Blackacre?

11. how did that ball miss the pitcher?

12. it feels like the Twins should have 5 runs on the board. But its probably going to end up a 2-0 O's win.

    1. It's as inevitable as Capps hitting the disabled list.

13. sa-weet!

14. My wife and daughter are upstairs. Miss SBG is sleeping and my mother and wife are watching some decorating show and kicked Butch and me downstairs. This is the first trip this year that my two girls have accompanied me. That, and this being the only trip here this month makes it the best month of the year.

15. *tries to siphon 3-4 runs from last night's blowout; fails*

16. Dedudoh!

17. Done, d'oh.

18. This game is officially not fun.

19. Dick still ragging on the fact that no Twins pitcher has reached the minimum number of innings to qualify for leaderboards.

20. Dick, Liriano has enough innings to qualify for the ERA title.

21. FYI: The Twins are carrying 13 pitchers because they have to.

22. I am pretty sure Dick has called Britton Greinke at least 3 times tonight.

23. Are we still doing that BOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOO! thing?

    1. Only if you mean it.

24. This game is officially more fun.

25. I hope Ayala throws a Nick Blackburn type sinker

    1. Or an Ayala-type sinker.

       1. Or a Capps-type pitch.

26. Doooooom

27. Well, there we go.

28. Evening folks.

    1. Congrats, sir.

       1. Thanks. The commute is killer, but it's a job in fine art which is hard to come by. I'm pretty stoked.

          1. I took a new job last year which involves a 22 minute drive to work instead of taking the bus. As far as Buff commutes go that is about as awful as it gets. Best wishes, buddy.

             1. No kidding, 22 minutes from buffalo could easily land you in Canada if you're not careful.

29. According to the internet Beau has been busy.

    1. Mmhm. This one's news to me, and I IM with him pretty much every day.

       1. Whose partner did he bang now?

          1. It looks like his. Weird.

             1. did he find some fool justice o' the peace to hitch him and Beauette?

30. Well played, Mauer.

31. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

32. Ah, move him to third. Heh.

33. Joe adds to his highlight reel.

    1. His pussy reel. Fixed that for you.

       1. I hear there is a former Miss USA in there.

          1. HIYO!

34. NOOooooooooooooooooooo! Blackburn called up to replace Capps?!

    1. Out of the frying pan and into the other frying pan.

35. I am starting to worry that New Guy isn't working on that 500 word biopic.

36. Oh goodness, no. Do not IBB to get to the Gentlemen Masher.

    1. This is a stupid idea.

37. Man o man.

    1. That worked out better than karma would have suggested.

       1. Well, we shall see..

38. Dick really Gordo'd that one.

39. Is Bert phasing into broadcast retirement? This is a mildly serious question as I've been without Internet for a bit, but also have noticed that he's not in the booth too often this season.

    1. Dude gets more vacation time than.... someone who gets lots of vacation time.

       1. Does he get more vacation time than Mauer!?

          Maybe Bert just has bilateral shallow analysis weakness.

          1. Maybe Bert just has bilateral shallow analysis weakness.

             Awesome, Zack.

    2. I think he is. I believe he said he's broadcasting "only" a bit over 100 games this year. I'm all for rotating commentators, so this is a welcome development.

       1. I totally agree that rotating commentators are a good thing, coom-dog excepted.

    3. He got into the Hall. He no longer needs Hawk to point him out and say that he needs to be in the Hall.

    4. He's got the month of July off. HOF and all that.

40. Sweet Ben Revere.

41. so, I turn on the game and Dazz is talking about Revere "turning" on a pitch. For a single.

    1. He did pull it to right field.

42. I like Revere.

43. Add that to the Pussy Reel!

    1. Indeed.

    2. 

       1. that's gotta be an extra-base hit.

          1. You don't have the bat speed to catch up with that pitch, doc.

             1. Trust me, I'd strike out on that in a heartbeat.

                1. A zing.

                2. I'd balk.

44. Mauer's starting to make his batting title push.

45. All the time, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

46. Joe is pretty darn good.

47. I'm buying mauersux.info.

    1. I volunteer to update his OPS on a semi-regular basis.

       1. Now at .333/?420/.461.

          1. Oy. Not good enough for me.

             1. I know what you mean.

48. I suggest everyone names their children after Joe Mauer.

    1. Delta cat's middle name is mrs. joe mauer. Does that count?

       1. You betcha.

    2. If you check the wayback machine on the book, I declared my first son's name was going to be either Landon or Donovan after the Algeria game. Donovan Mauer MagUidhir has a ring to it, I think.

    3. We're not having kids, and we've already got names picked out for our first two dogs, so maybe I'll just change my last name to Mauer. Zack Mauer has a nice ring to it.

       1. I heard Zach Money discussed by Gleeman.

          1. He used my snarky question for the mailbag, eh? I should probably listen then!

49. I would like to see one Mounted here, Morny.

50. I'm calling it a night. I look forward to seeing another 13 runs put on the board in the morning.

    1. Rasta, buffalo.

51. Howdy all. Nice to see the Twins playing well after their 7-day vacation.

    1. sure, come back when they're all sunshine and puppies.

       1. I've been listening to the whole game. Just not online. Had to mow the lawn.

          1. I was talking about the Oakland series. Which I watched in all of its horrificness on local cable. Ugh.

52. Perkins throwing some heavy syrup.

53. three puppies!!!!

54. On the replay it doesn't look like that was a foul tip.

55. wait, what? Perkins is in in the 8th??? WTF?? Is Blackburn the new closer?

    1. Depends on when his plane left Rochester.

       1. Maybe if he has some saves, they could trade him as a proven saver!

56. Butch is saying 3 run HR. for Thome.

    1. Okay maybe not.

    2. I think he could hit it hard enough to circle three times.

       1. It would count only if he does it before the ball lands.

    3. Not this AB.

57. You can groove one to Jimbo now, Burton.

    1. I would have preferred that to walking him.

58. I've never heard a home run call include commentary in the middle of it. They just played a highlight from the Padres: "And he hits it way back to the opposite field -- he's doing better at that! -- it's way back and it's gone!"

59. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    and I mean that in a totally non-Mauer way. I wanted JI JIM to swing the damn bat.

60. Thome just needed a home run to complete the TTO trifecta today.

    1. Willingham has done that five times this year.

61. Oh, come on!

62. BOOM! Two good games to start the series.

63. "teetering towards the .500 mark"??? 11 games under is NOT "teetering towards the .500 mark."

    1. I think that phrase is just indicating moving in that direction, much in the same way you could say that when I go into my living room I'm teetering toward Alaska.

       1. And when I kick the pearock in the garden, you could say I'm digging a hole through the center of the planet to China.

          1. Indian Ocean. You're digging a hole through the center of the planet to the Indian Ocean.

64. Puppies. Sweet, delicious puppies.

    1. 

65. The awesomeness continues! Still on track for 110-52!

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