After a one day breather, your 16-40 Minnesota Twins rekindle their long slog toward winning baseball with a three-game tilt against the Miami Marlins beginning tonight at 7:10p in beautiful Target Field, Minneapolis. The Twins promise to be a little feisty after dropping three of four against the Marlin’s Florida brethren, the Tampa Bay Rays. Pat Dean on the mound for the Twins. The Marlin’s bring their 30-27 record to Minnesota, however the Twins catch a break as Jose Fernandez pitched over the weekend and won’t be making an appearance in Minneapolis.
It promises to be a beautiful night at the ballpark. No reason not to pick up a $7.00 ticket and just hang out.
The Twins could go on to match the record for the longest winning streak in MLB history (26) and would only be 2 games over .500.
The Twins could win 19 of 20 like the 1991 Twins did (including Twins record 15-game winning streak) and they would still be 6 games under .500.
The Twins' stellar defense strikes early.
If pitching inside is so important, why didn't the Twins keep the Metrodome?
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NUNEZ!!!!!
NUNEZ!!!!!!!!!!
wow! what a blast!
All Star Robbie Grossman hits the bottom of the wall
TWINS BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!
A Dazzle Special to take the lead!
No giveback runs!
Its progress!
If hitting the ball on the ground is such a good thing for a batter to do, why do pitching coaches always tell pitchers to keep the ball down and try for ground balls?
Dazzle indicates Dean is getting squeezed. Anyone watching? Is he correct?
TBH I have the game on, but more listening than watching.
Nunez is having a nice game on both sides of the ball.
NUNEZ!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!
NUNEZ AGAIN!!!! YES!
Taylor Rogers is the first player from the 11th round of the 2012 Draft to reach the Majors.
GROSSMAN!!!!!!!
THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED! (From Berardino)
Link to article
Would have been a bad signing last year but he's found his last wind this season.
True
But
Keeping Jordan Schafer over (the shell of) Ichiro is a bit head scratching.
Yeah, I don't know that I'd have been too thrilled about signing Ichiro, but he certainly would've brought more to the table than Jordan Schafer. It's another example of letting yourself be fooled by a small sample size. Schafer, improbably and unexpectedly, had hit .285 in 130 at-bats after the Twins acquired him in 2014. That was almost sixty points higher than his lifetime average and was completely unsustainable, but the Twins thought he'd turned a corner and would keep batting like that. The next year, he went back to normal and was released by mid-June.
ALL STAR ROBBIE GROSSMAN!!!!!!
I'm out, so dw, it's up to you. It'd be really cool if the Twins could win this game. Not quite bear-level cool, but still pretty cool.
Okay, I mention I'm leaving and a half-dozen people show up. I'm trying not to take it personally....
I didn't show up till after the game, if it makes you feel any better.
#VOTEGROSSMAN
Feel the Gross!
Oh Noes! Jepsen might not be available!
Robbie Grossman is the greatest player in Twins history.
Sell high!
Nunez and Grossman for Bryant and Baez. Who says no?
Is Trevor May hurt?
Jepsen. For when your extra-inning game is going too long.
Thank god they took him out before he got to two outs.
This is the first time I have seen Buddy Boshers. He looks exactly how I pictured a guy named Buddy Boshers.
who?
The critical 8th man in the bullpen.
End it, Charlemagne.
Man Muscles would be nice.
Maybe he can get a two-base walk.
only ONE walkoff hit in Joe's career? Seriously?
Pitchers keep walking him to get to the like of Jason Tyner and Trevor Plouffe.
OFFS.
Why steal? Seriously. If you succeed, Mauer is just going to be walked.
It had to of been a missed sign.
I mean...
ugh.
Dozed!
BULL DOZED!!! YES!~
Dance Party!
I'll echo Reusse - this team does not deserve a dance party. I'm happy they won, but they're terrible and should not be dancing until they're in the same time zone as .500.
Terry Ryan and Jim Pohlad are the ones who don't deserve a dance party. Let the players enjoy a brief respite from the reality that they don't match up to most of their peers.
Fine; they can't dance either.
Dozed!
Something happened...!
drink
Dance party!
I like Dozier and Nunez's slow, gentle home run hugs. Happy we got to see them multiple times tonight.
The Twins hit FOUR home runs tonight.
crazy
They hit three in their previous game against Rays. They had hit 2 total in their 6 previous games.
And the first big league win for Buddy!
Other pitchers with 1 career win in a Twins uniform: Tim Stauffer, Vance Worley, Jesse Orosco, RA Dickey, Craig Breslow, Steve Carlton (and others!)
Boshers is just like Steve Carlton!
Was it a different Vance Worley that was our opening day starter? Tell me I remember that incorrectly...
Heh
I think that was his brother Vince
I don't know how I've never seen this before. These Twins are 2 Legit 2 Quit.