Category Archives: MLB

MLB, WGOM

2013 MLB Playoff Brackets

57 Comments

okay, bracket time again (here’s a link to last year’s game). i’m not married to the scoring, so if anyone has any strong ideas about it, let me know.

(don't forget to guess who wins game 163 for an extra bonus point. respond to the post in the cup of coffee. deadline is monday, 7:07pm CT)

Wild Card Game 1 pt.
ALDS/NLDS 2 pts. (best of 5)
ALCS/NLCS 4 pts.
World series 6 pts.

AL Wild Card Game (One game playoff)
TB/TEX v. CLE

NL Wild Card Game (One game playoff)
CIN v. PIT

ALDS (1) (Best of 5)
___ v. BOS

ALDS (2) (Best of 5)
DET v. OAK

NLDS (1) (Best of 5)
___ v. STL

NLDS (2) (Best of 5)
ATL v. LAD

so, reply to this post with your picks, all spoilered like, please. be sure to include the score to the wild card games (3 points instead of 1 if you guess right), and the number of games played for each series (x2 points of you guess right)

AL Wild Card Game:
NL Wild Card Game:
ALDS (1):
ALDS (2):
NLDS (1):
NLDS (2):
ALCS:
NLCS:
World Series:

DEADLINE: Tuesday, 1 October 2012, 7:07pm CT

Minnesota Twins, MLB

Justin Morneau traded

35 Comments

this news probably deserves its own post.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: #Pirates acquire Morneau from #Twins for OF Alex Presley.

Morneau leaves the Twins with an MVP award (2006), a second place finish (2008), 3rd on the Twins franchise Home Run list, 5th in RBI, a HR Derby Champ (played under the pseudonym "Jason Morneau") and thousands of fans

2013 Twins Game Recaps, Minnesota Twins, MLB

Game 92: Twins 10, Yankees 4

Well, I said I wouldn't post another Sunday recap if the game had been a losing effort. I'm glad that didn't even last 1 time through the order! The Twins had 14 hits on the day and cashed in on 2 Yankees errors to score 10 runs. Aaron Hicks hit his 8th Home Run of the year, a 2-out, 3-run shot in the 3rd inning off of C.C. Sabathia who, by the way, took his first loss against the Twins....since nearly ever. He had been 11-0 in his last 12 starts against the Twins.

There's more, if you care to read on...

Continue reading Game 92: Twins 10, Yankees 4 →

2013 Twins Game Log, Minnesota Twins, MLB

Game 81: Evil Empire at Unwitting Patsies

53 Comments

Sabathia vs. Walters. This would be one of those games where I would actually expect the Twins to win just because they shouldn't, which is the beauty of baseball. However, it is the Yankees and so this can only end one way.

We're halfway through the season and the Twins are about where we thought they would be. At least we can look forward to Gibson starts now (like tomorrow), so there's that.

YANKEES

Gardner CF
Ichiro RF
Cano 2B
Hafner DH
Almonte LF
Overbay 1B
Steward C
Cruz SS
Adams 3B

Sabathia LHP

TWINS

Dozier 2B
Mauer DH
Doumit C
Morneau 1B
Plouffe 3B
Arcia LF
Hicks CF
Thomas RF
Florimon SS

Walters RHP

2013 Twins Game Recaps, Minnesota Twins

Game 28 Recap: Twins 5, Red Sox 6

3 Comments

Number of games under .500: 2
Number of days since Joe Mauer's 30th birthday: 17
Number of guys who didn't know not to run on him this game: 2
Number of days since the Twins won the World Series: 7862

Games like this require that you look at the positives. The Twins lost the lead and then got it back again, punished the Red Sox by making them play a couple more innings. Snappleback pitched some scoreless innings. The Twins had arguably the worst outfield defense in the history of baseball, and it held the tie for a full inning.

Eat it Red Sox, the moral victory belongs with the Twins! It won't show up in the stats, but cybermetrics is a Boston thing anyways.

2013 Twins Game Recaps, MLB, NBA, NHL

Game 6: Twins 4, Orioles 3

7 Comments

Slapadiddlesack gets a win! Multiple rednecks gets the go-ahead RBI after an 0-13 stretch. Perk'n'Play gets the Save in impressive 1-2-3 fashion: 2 strike outs and a Laddie ground out and the Twins win their second series of the season.

Favorite quote from yesterday. When interviewed following the game, his second in the majors, Twins starter Pedro Hernandez said he wasn't nervous in his 2013 debut.

 "Not really," [he] said. "This game is for men, this game is not for a child."

Twins are now 4-2, tied with the Pale Hose for the AL Central lead. They head to Kansas City to face Ervin Santana. In his first start for the Royals, Santana gave up 5 runs on 5 hits (3 HR's) and a walk. He also struck out 8.

In other news:

Continue reading Game 6: Twins 4, Orioles 3 →