38 thoughts on “September 30, 2015: Let’s Play Two”

  1. I was up for all of 3 seconds before I crushed my own day. My head went "Sore? Yes, so practice yesterday. Practice means Thursday. Today's Friday! No, wait, practice also means Tuesday. Shit."

    1. HPR is selling Cub Scout Popcorn from 10-11 on Saturday, and then we're at the Coon Rapids Dam Walkway official re-opening celebration (though the walkway opened July 1).
      Otherwise, maybe he would have been interested.

  2. Due to a series of rainouts on Tuesday night, today's slate will feature three doubleheaders, each of which carries postseason implications. This is the latest calendar date to feature at least three doubleheaders, regardless of the teams involved, since the introduction of the Wild Card in 1995. Furthermore, it's only the sixth time overall that three doubleheaders will be played on the same day at any point in September.
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    Today's games will not only be the latest trio of doubleheaders, but they will also involve the most postseason implications. While none of those aforementioned dates featured more than four teams playing with postseason ramifications, five out of the six teams involved in today's doubleheaders have postseason aspirations at stake.
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    Playing further into October is less of a long shot for the Twins, who have an elimination number of five for the second AL Wild Card spot. "It's hard to win one game, you know," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "I'm sure there are statistics that support various theories about doubleheaders on the road. But you can't worry about those things tomorrow. You have to look at it as two opportunities to win."

    -Paul Casella and Chad Thornburg: link

  3. I'm sorta still feeling out the new Craig Finn album, which also means I'm still figuring whether I'm getting tickets for when he's in town in October (24th and 25th).

    1. "I won’t go into much detail, but I’m having trouble getting (extension)," Dozier told the Pioneer Press’s Mike Berardino last Sunday. "I can take getting out. I get out a lot. Everybody does. But pitches that I’m supposed to hit off the wall, I’ve been struggling with due to a couple of things. I’ve been trying to find ways around it. It’s starting to feel better, but the past couple of weeks I’m having trouble getting extended, getting my top hand through the ball."

      That sounds a bit like he's injured or wore down early in the season.

      1. Some of the comments surmised the same and mentioned how nice it'd be to have real, live utility infielders to get him a day off now and then, especially now that EE appears to have locked down the SS position. I mean, they do have internal options (Santana, Nunez, Polanco), but there's also a few decent, affordable middle infielders who appear to be UFA's (Sean Rodriguez, Kelly Johnson, Cliff Pennington ... take a run at Ben Zobrist?) in 2016.

    1. Not that I care how much they sign Hunter for. The team has money to burn. But I imagine they feel he's been worth $15-20 million this year and they got a killer deal. I imagine him getting a raise in 2016.

    2. Before I read that, I thought it was team MVP he was making a case for. Even there, LOL. But League MVP?

      That's some serious trolling is what that is.

    1. But clearly their schedule is so important! Everyone should bend over backward to accommodate them! Maybe you could consider starting class 10 minutes late, to make sure they don't miss anything?

          1. Yes. Even expecting the Twins to not compete at all it's still one of the days I look forward to each year.

            1. Yup, I think it should be a national holiday. But in that case, I'm waiting for the day, and not a particular game.

        1. Opening Day is always way up there, but there's something about playoff chase baseball.

          Also, Opening Day is often dampened by the fact that the games are generally on weekdays, and in the afternoon. Not that this one isn't, but...

        2. Every opening day that I've lived in NOLA I've called in sick to hang with some guys to watch parts of all games available through mlb ticket. It's a day I look forward to every year.

  4. While the Twins had to face Carrasco today, the Angels are facing the living corpse of Barry Zito. It's scoreless through 2 innings. Maybe if it stays that way for a while, the Twins can get an early lead in Game 2 and put pressure on the Angels.

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