It's been a long, sucky day already and it's only looking to get worse, so I'll get in and out on this one. Sam Deduno faces Nate Karns, who makes his third start in the majors. In the minors, he walked too many but struck out an impressive number (262 in 216 innings).
I'd love to have a day off for this doubleheader, but unfortunately that wasn't in the cards. At best, I'll see the end of the first game.
If this doesn't go better than the first game, I'm demanding my money back.
looking at the box scores, the biggest 'wow' moment is seeing Mark Kotsay still playing
Joey Joe Jo!
Mauer hit. yawn.
Willingham is racking up the HBP. now up to 11
If it weren't for the Saturday game, he'd have had four games in a row.
Was he hit this morning as well?
didn't play the early game
Man...
well, that was a letdown
and so was that
That wasn't as bad as I expected it to be.
Good start to the inning, too bad we have Florimon and the pitcher hitting next.
That was a terrible attempt to bunt the first pitch. The second attempt was also pretty bad, but good outcome.
I knew Dedudo had to be good at something!
OH YEAH!
HeRRmann!
Herrmann!!!!
RRRBBBIII's!!!
55 pitches after 2 innings. Dont think Nats guy is going to get a complete game
Woah.
Wha..?! WHA..!?!
aw man, I missed a Florimonster HR
Dear Deduno,
Stop being so Deduno.
--GH
Better!
Im sick of seeing Jayson Werth getting hits
they gave Mauer a double on that thing in the first inning? wow
Joe Mauer now has 267 career doubles
Justin Morneau at 271
aw man, its raining
RAIN DELAY THEATER
Rain delay? Fo realz?
ah, hells bells, we're not even a legit game yet
There's no rain here, and I'm not far from DC. I can only assume this will be a short one.
Weatherspark.com confirms my suspicions.
shortest rain delay ever
I mean, I couldnt even find some rain delay music and they are pulling the tarp off
Nats music guy playing music from Top Gun over the speakers. nice!
Also, DW confirms my suspicions. 🙂
Hicks sitting out now with a hamstring strain? Please tell me Romero is a CF'er
call up Buxton!
No, but the guy leading the organization in OBP is.
OFFS, Carroll.
That was also not as bad as I expected it to be.
Deduno's high wire act is just...wow
and what a dandy curve to get out of the inning
He's been throwing that thing pretty effectively all night. He's even dropping it in for strikes.
Hey! Clippard II is in!
Triplor!
Wow, what a close play at third. Looks like the right call.
no out triples are sexy
or not
Did alright in gixen bidding tonight. Off the Bay I picked up auto cards of Perkins, Kubel, Stewart, Radke, and Gutierrez, turned my nose up at a Liriano card that didn't look in very good shape, and got a bat card of Cuddyer. One more biggie late tonight.
What's gixen bidding?
proxy sniping! gixen.com will let you post your highest bid, and it'll fling it out there with seconds to go. works like a charm for my cheap@ss bids on stuff I have a chance of winning
Let's see the give-back runs from them this time around
Seriously you guys?
man on third, no outs and the Twins are lowering that run expectancy stat. woo
Screw you guys, I'm going home.
would have been better off with Deduno this inning
I guess Gardy has been retrained so the catcher bats second instead of a middle infielder.
they are the best hitters on the team currently, at least
Also, Bert, it's Clippard.
Twins hitting it hard to the fielders.
well crap
Rendon's defense is not very good
Dozier needs to get on so our three catchers next in the lineup can bring him in
i swore that 0-2 pitch was a strike, but i was thankfully wrong.
and an UNO ends the game.
Twins are 2-8 against the NL East, 6-7 against the AL East
Day/night doubleheaders are stupid. If you can't play the games back-to-back, the way real men do, you shouldn't play them at all. I'm glad to see the Twins deliberately lost both games as a protest. We'll just have to settle for 129-33!