119 thoughts on “2013 Game 90: Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees”

  1. If Diamond doesn't pitch Cano hard inside all night, I might boycott the rest of this series. I'm not saying he should plunk the guy, but don't let him set up camp in the frigging batters box, either.

    1. All things being equal, I would rather play the Yankees right now than the Rays. Especially since Jeter isn't able to play this weekend. Of course, when the Twins play the Yankees, nothing ever seems to be equal.

      1. I thought Jeter was back from his rehab. Didn't he play the other day? I seem to recall seeing him beat out a dribbler down the third base line for a hit in his first AB back.

  2. Parmelee batting second tonight. Interesting. Gardy finally realized a guy with an OPS+ under 100 shouldn't be batting third. I guess he didn't anyone else he wanted batting second so Mauer could bat third. Apparently not ready to trust Hicks batting at the top of the order.

  6. The wife is at work and the girls are out with friends. That means leftovers for dinner. Reheated pork chop, egg noodles with olive oil and garlic, green beans and a Leine's Honey Weiss. Deja vu all over again.

    2. I made chicken fajita salad with a cilantro-lime vinaigrette as a side dish to my New Glarus Dancing Man's. I'm very fortunate to live in Wisconsin.

    3. I'm the guy who tends the campfire while the bacon-chicken kebobs and the bacon, carrots and onions wrapped in foil cook. It's about the closest I actually come to cooking.

        1. I am only a recent convert to the Canadian bacon + pineapple pizza. Why I resisted for so long I'll never know.

            1. If you could only know that the pig was, well, really Hawaiian. Like Lord of The Flies.

  8. Bremer going on (again) about not moving the runner over. You know what I say, if a runner is on second and Joe Mauer is up, he is good enough to score on a hit.

  11. I think that pitch when Cano backed out should have been called a strike. Gameday has it dead-center at/slightly above the knees.

    1. Diamond has been squeezed some so far, but it might be tough for the ump with the rain coming down.

      1. I think due to him missing Mauer's target and Cano stepping out distracted the ump.

        1. I'm guessing Yankee Empire will probably give them all rain checks with a free Nathan dog.

  13. Coomer now questioning Arcia's swinging and pitches that aren't that close to the zone. So, Arcia being aggressive is good when it gets good results and bad when it gets poor results.

    1. but, there a line where one is aggressive in the strike zone and when one is just aggressively swing at pitches. Arcia is hacking away right now.

      1. That what free swingers like him do though. When he slumps, it looks awful and when he does well, he's jumping on pitches.

    1. Maybe he'll have the advantage with the Yankees not being able to see the ball coming.

  24. Phil Miller ‏@MillerStrib
    Tarp has been rolled up and grounds crew is drying the infield. I'd guess we're 10 minute from resuming play.

  25. Cripes, looking at his mugshot, was Lyle Overbay homeless when the Yankees came to him with a contract?
    In rehab?
    Overbay 2013
    Pretty sure that doesn't cut traditional Yankee grooming standards.

    1. Runner on third, first base open, and you toss a cookie down Broadway to Cano. F this S.

  31. FSN graphic had a leaderboard with Paul Goldschmidt's name but a picture of Justin Heyward
    oops

      1. I watch the Twins most everyday still, because I like baseball, and I like the Twins.
        But jeeze, I get this feeling of no hope when crap like this happens.
        Its a no brainer. walk the dude and face Wells.
        now its 2-0 and with the weather the way it is, and the whole never beating the Yankees thing there might not be a comeback

        1. It's a little thing, and it's been a long time since the Twins have been accused of doing the little things right.

  33. Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino
    Brian Duensing has allowed 15 of 36 inherited runners to score. That's 41.7 pct.

  37. the Pale Hose fire sale begins:

    Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
    Trade: #RedSox announce acquisition of LHP Matt Thornton and cash from #WhiteSox in exchange for OF Brandon Jacobs.

    1. If we assume he threw it from straightaway center, which is listed at 408 feet, then he threw the ball 350 feet.

  42. Might as well just call the game. It's not like the Twins will actually manage to tie the game.

  46. Well, the Twins are batting even worse than .170 with RISP now. This is reaching Timberwolves 3pt% level of terribleness.

  51. The difference in this game is that the Twins couldn't get a roller to find a hole with a RISP like the Yankees did. Way to go Yankees. Really hit the crap out of those. (Slow clap) The Twins have been doing as good as can be expected with RISP this season, but the media keeps focusing on it because they're too stupid to realize that relying on hitting with RISP is a bad way to go unless you get way more opportunities than your opponents. The problem is the Twins don't hit for enough power. Counting on balls in play to fall your way at the right time means periods where it just won't. The media has focused so much on RISP, it's obvious the Twins are thinking about it too much now.

    The Pioneer Press called the Twins "Hapless as ever," but you know what, I saw a lot of good things in this game. No. 1, the Twins allowed 2 runs to the Yankees at Yankee stadium. How often does that happen? There was fantastic defense played by the Twins, including one of the greatest throws you will ever see. Joe Mauer appears to be out of his slump. He reached base three times, including a double. Dozier had another two hits and lined out in the first inning.

    1. unless you get way more opportunities than your opponents

      Well, they did get twice as many RISP as the Yankees, and they did hit twice as many XBH as the Yankees...

  52. The law of averages is clear that after you have a run of bad luck, you'll get a run of good luck to even it out. The Twins are owed so much good luck now, there's absolutely no question that we'll just have to settle for 109-53!

    1. I'm no statistician, but I have to agree with Jeff A. The Twins are going to go on a long winning streak soon!

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