2012 Twins Game Log

2012 Game 93: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

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Bad news guys, (a) Jeremy is back. The good news is that he's not scheduled to start against the Twins during this series. Unfortunately, Blackburn is also back and scheduled to start.

Nick Blackburn
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Luke Hochever

Blackburn started for Rochester four times, pitched 21 innings, and have up eight runs (six earned). He also struck out seven, walked five, and gave up 20 hits. Proving he had a lot nothing else to learn, the Twins decided to call him up.

238 thoughts on “2012 Game 93: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals”

  6. I am pretty unimpressed by the facial hair featured on the Twins this season.

  9. If anyone pretends to have spookied that I am calling bull.

  12. is the guy who tags the Jimmy Johns commercial the same guy who voices Fry on Futurama?

  13. I really hate stadiums when FSN cant have the behind the center field cam. Its hard to tell balls and strikes with the off of the pitching mound angle camera.

  15. Ooh. Buck O'Neil bobblehead day tomorrow night in KC. I don't have a single bobblehead, but DG, go get me one of those. Or at least go get one for yourself and give me a photo.

  16. I might have said this before but Laddie is my favorite bad player on the Twins probably since Tom Prince.

            1. He was definitely a bad player, but a legend, nonetheless. Perhaps my peers (fogies) can help me out, but wasn't there even a song about him?

  18. so, I decided to watch several Robot Chicken eps on free on-demand instead of a Blackburn start. I watched them all, and there weren't nearly enough, because I'm here.

          1. I've had nary a drop of beer or liquor in the past three months. I've had 3 or 4 glasses of red wine in that time.

            Don't hate me because I'm temperate. 😉

            1. Hate is such a strong word. Are you trying to be respectable, or get in some heiress's pants?

              1. Pretty certain I'm incapable of either of those options.

                Wanted to drop some weight, and in the process found out sober wasn't such a bad thing. Who knew?

  21. remember back in the day when it was pretty much a lock that Luis Rivas would hit a HR during a series at Kauffman?

        1. Happy to help, sir. You can pay me back by continuing to deliver Awesome game logs.

    1. Yeah I was bullish on him after last year, but he's definitely Trending Worse.

      Bonus point for anytime anyone makes a relevant Loney reference, though.

      1. He's been absolutely brutal this year. On the "bright" side, his BABIP this year is only .241, compared to a ZiPS projection of .304. So he could recover to "adequate".

        Ooooh, Thome with a donger tonight!

      1. It was Dazz, not Marney.

        I did consider the possibility that he was talking about all-Airport team.

  26. just sad that the Royals have to try to do their charity auction when the Twins are in town.

  30. Okay, when does the clock strike midnight and Blackbum turns back into a pumpkin?

  31. "getting some activity in the Twins bullpen right now"??

    WTF? It's the 7th. Why did you wait, Gardy?

    1. Doc, I swear I'm gonna send you a couple samples next week. Should be a reviewable one, too.

      1. Oooh, ooh!

        crap, now I feel guilty for never sending you those ambers. Beer will make me get over it!

  32. All that talk about Hosmer and now I see he's on base. Bet you guys feel dumb.

  33. Just got the call that I got my promotion. I'm moving to unknown territory to diversify in preparation for another promotion soon, too, apparently. After the next one I should be getting 70% more than I do right now. It's suddenly a nice night at Casa de Leche.

      1. Thanks, Citizens. Once I realized the TV show was probably dead, I went to them about advancement and they immediately went for it. I had no idea how high they were on me. Or maybe they're just high. At any rate, works for me!

        1. does your best friend/store buddy have an inexplicably hot girlfriend? If so, be careful around his sunglasses.

    1. to be fair to Blackburn, an average LFer would stop that ball before it rolls to the fence and it would be runners on 2nd and 3rd. Willingham is not an average LFer.

        3. Gary Ward had a metric ton of assists one year in the early 1980s (not that that makes him good defensively). I remember discovering that when I was researching something.

          1. I seem to recall that the trade tree for Hunter originates with Gary Ward.

            While trying to (unsuccessfully) search for the tree, I found that last time you said Ward had a ridiculous number of assists.

  47. Who is this Burton guy? Was he just brought up today? The Twins could have used him yesterday.

  50. Dazz complaining that Escobar didn't damage Carroll on that turn. Spoken like an outfielder.

    1. I've always thought the hitters should just carry the bats with them when they run the bases. Sliding into people is for the weak.

  53. Dozier is hitting for Plouffe? I should probably just go to bed now and save myself the pain of watching the rest of this one.

  57. @RhettBollinger: Dozier is wearing the blue jersey that says "Twins" while rest of team is wearing the ones that say "Minnesota" ...

  65. I am not ready to live in a world where this guy is better than Joe Mauer.

  66. Heh, I was thinking during Casilla's first at-bat that his best skill was hitting sac flies. Hope that holds true. And he grounds out as I type. Damn.

  67. here is where having a short bench hurts. Span could have pinch hit for Casilla, but Dozier got burned up with the Plouffe injury.

  72. The good news is that the Milkmaid just brought home an Ommegang sampler for me in response to this promotion. For that, I can weather ten more innings of this crap!

  86. Good thing Francoeur couldn't get a good grip on the ball, as Mauer had little chance of scoring otherwise.

  104. Lexi, Lexi, you so sexy.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szvt8iWJ0oo

  107. "At what point did you realize that this was your game to win?"

    Uh, when we were in the lead going into the bottom of the inning??

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