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2013 Game 84: Twins at Rays

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Sam "Ace" Deduno vs. Roberto "Don't Call Me Fausto" Hernandez

Twins arrived in Tampa 5 hours late last night due to mechanical problems with the plane. If they didn't show up, would anyone notice? If they sent the Miracle over to play in their place, would they have a better chance at winning? Will this Game Log have fewer page views than the latest Minor Details?

67 thoughts on “2013 Game 84: Twins at Rays”

  2. I know it's been going on for a few games, but seriously- why is Doumit batting third? Isn't that where your best* hitter is supposed to be slotted?

    *non-Mauer division

    2. well, Willingham was batting there most of the year, but he is on the DL

      and with Doumit being a switch hitter, the baseball CW is that it protects Mauer and Morneau from a lefty reliever.

  4. Thanks for covering my six, socal. I thought I'd be home in plenty of time to knock out the game log today, but I misunderestimated.

      1. No, I was doing one of the wife's housecleaning gigs today. I figured on a couple of hours, it took me four and a half.

  14. Rays feed points out that Jose Molina has the highest career BA against the Twins of all active players (.376?!). Teixeira, Pedroia and Kendrick follow.

    2. What about Peter Bourjos?! Maybe he doesn't have enough plate appearances.

          1. I kind of couldn't believe that it didn't occur to me. I've actually taken in a good amount of indie stuff lately, so it should be right up my alley at the moment. I've actually considered working as a referee for a local federation here.

            1. I think the audio was a little goofy at first, but it seemed to sync up eventually. I didn't realize while attending that they actually had "announcers" there.

              1. Most of these indies survive or die in part because of DVD sales, so that's pretty common. Chikara only runs a couple of shows a month but remains a popular fringe fed after ten or so years.

      2. I am surprised Bourjos only has a .290 BA against the Twins (18 games, 69 PA), but an impressive slash line of: .290/.318/.694/1.012

        of his 18 career hits, 13 are for extra bases.

  15. All First Basemen Are the Same (Except for James Loney)*

    *Now includes James Loney

  17. Morneau's 211th homer for the Twins ties him with Bob Allison for fourth all time. How close is he to the next one? I'm guessing he's reached the peak on that list.

          1. I tried going through all the contenders and maybe-contenders in my head and couldn't think of many who have first basemen who might be worse than Morneau except maybe the Yankees and Athletics (and I think the latter at least might not care much).

            1. Maybe the Indians? That's the only team I can see so far, and it's iffy at best.

              1. Yeah, I figured they'd see themselves as okay riding with Swisher and Spooky's buddy Mark Reynolds, although they could maybe play Swisher in the outfield and sit Stubbs more.

          2. I'm not sure if they need him, but I still wouldn't be surprised to see someone take him based on an outdated reputation. Those things are happening less and less, though.

  20. Deduno has gone from being my least favorite starter last year to the one starter on the team (well, two, now that Gibson is back) that I really want to see succeed.

    Basically, he's my new Scott Baker.

    1. It's funny, there year before CoC and I encountered Thielbar, the Saints game I attended was started by potential All-Star Tanner Schneppes.

  23. My friend Conner (Chubby Soup, for CdL regulars) is an umpire, and he gets banged up a lot like that. He hates working 14-year-olds. "The pitchers are good enough to throw 70 or so, but the catchers aren't good enough to protect me."

  29. Maybe managers know how stupid the save is, so they try to bring in the closer for every stupid save opportunity as a way of demonstrating its absurdity.

  32. The thing is, when you hit the ball over the fence, they don't give it back. When I was a kid and we hit the ball over the fence, Old Man Feeney wouldn't give it back, either. And if Old Man Feeney wasn't around, if he went to the store or something, his dog Brutus was there, and he was a mean dog. So, we made a rule that if you hit the ball over the fence, you were out. If major league baseball had that rule, the Twins would've been tied and gone into extra innings. Git 'r dun, Billy Smith! I guess we'll just have to settle for 113-49!

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