Category Archives: 2012 Twins Game Recaps

Game 45 recap: Tigers 10 Twins 6

Jay Sherman pretty much sums up the state of the Twins starting pitching

httpv://youtu.be/RiMOKmp0uZc

Yes, they all stink. The Tigers had 16 (!) hits and were walked 3 times. Its a shame because ever since Jason Justin Morneau has returned to the lineup 9 games ago, the Twins have been scoring a lot of runs and hitting the ball with some authority. (6.4 runs per game, 10 HRs, and a slash line of .273/.340/.450/.790) But, are only 5-4 and have slipped to 11 games behind the Tigers in the AL Central.

Twins start a string of afternoon games starting today. Carl Pavano is on the mound. hopefully he can go 6 innings.

Game 44 Recap: From the Livejournal of Cole DeVries

May 25, 2012

Mood: 😕 contemplative

Music: Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

I can't believe I pitched in the majore league last night. THE MAJOR LEAGUE. So many people told me to give up on baseball because it wasn't a realistic dream. But now I am pitching for the Minnesota Twins (HI HATERS!).

I guess it could have gone better tho. It was a tough loss. I didn't want to start my career 0-1 but there are so many great pitchers who lost their first games, like Nolan Ryan and Brad Radke. And they are in the hall of fame. So if I want to be in the hall of fame too then losoing my first game is actually a pretty good place to start lol!

All of the guys were nice to me even tho I lost. I was nervous about talking with Coach Gardenhire after the game but he said it was bad luck because of the errors. I guess he didn't see all the home runs I gave up lol. But he told me that I wasn't going to be sent down yet and so it was a good meeting overall. And some of the guys took me out to the bar afterwards to celebrate being in the bigs. It was pretty fun to hang out with P.J. and Brian as major leaguers! Brian kept talking about girls and saying how they love the Twins uniform even more than the "triple-A sk*nks " as he put it, but I didn't have much luck lol. Joe and Justin showed up for a few minutes which surprised me because those guys are stars and I didn't know what they were doing hanging out with a bum like me lol, but Justin bought me a bud light and said sorry they couldn't get me a win. I was like lmao you hit two homeruns you were doing all you could!

All in all it was a mixed day. It was good to wear the uniform and pitch in a MLB game but we can't keep taking tough losses like that because the games in May count just as much as the games in September and we are fighting to get to the playoffs. But I can't wait to take the mound again and get my first W!

Twins 8 - White Sox 11

New Guy's Special Friends of the Day: M+M

New Guy's Not-So-Special Friend of the Day: Brian Duensing

Game 42 recap: Twins in Chicago.

Twins 0, Sux 6
Wp: Sale (5-2) LP: A streetcar named Diamond (3-1)
Twins record 15-28. Man, that's fugly.

Fangraphs thinks Carroll, Dozier, and Mastroianni each sold have a third of the loss.

It's hard to win a ball game when your defense gives away free outs. It's even harder to win a ball game when those errors lead to three unearned runs. It's made even more difficult when the Clubbie accidentally put the ass bats in the dugout instead of throwing them into fireplace. On the bright side, it was bring your dog to the ballpark day so we got to see some puppies.

Streetcar finished the day with a mildly respectable line of 6 ip, 9 hits, 5 runs, 2 earned, 1 bb, 4 Ks, and one danger allowed. The offense was offensive at best. The boys managed 4 hits on the day, and three of them came from the bottom of the order. Some punch and judy, pussy singles hitting catcher had the other hit. That same nancy also had 2 free passes on the day. This wuss accounted for 3/8 of the twins base runners yesterday, but that's not good enough. I say gardy should bench the bum.

Culture club: Anchor Graphics has been a Chicago printmaking institution for the last twenty four years, and in 2006 they joined Columbia College. Their mission was to create an open space for the development of printmaking granting access to the equipment and trained professionals to every level of artist. They continue this mission through community outreach, workshops, publishing, artist residencies, and studio rental. I really admire the folks at anchor, and if you find yourself in Chicago I'd recommend a visit to this cultural landmark.

Game 41: Twins 4, Brewers 16

After a very nice start to the roadtrip, I kind of expected the Twins to lay an egg here. I just didn't expect it to be an ostrich egg. Marquis hasn't exactly been a model of success and his mound opponent, Zack Greinke, hadn't lost a home start in Milwaukee (14-0). He wouldn't lose today either. The Twins managed to plate a run in the top of the 1st after a Revere double and Willingham RBI single, but it was all Brewers after that. Hart and Lucroy smashed solo shots in the home half of the 1st and Milwaukee added 6 more in the 2nd. To be honest, I mentally checked out after that, only tuning back in when I heard that Butters would be pitching in the 8th. I enjoyed this years installment of "The High Point of..." even more than last years. He also picked up an RBI today, taking a bases loaded walk in the 9th to push across the Twins' 4th run. Oh, yeah - the singles hitting pussy only managed to go 4-5 today, pushing his average back up to .293.

Game 39 Recap: Twins 11 – Brewers 3

MINNESOTA 11 -- MILWAUKEE 3
Twins Record: 13 - 26 (5th in the Central, 30th in MLB)
Highest WPA - Mauer (3 for 5, 2 2B, 3 RBI), Span (4 for 5, 3 R, 3 RBI), Bullpen (3.2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 2 SO)
Fangraphs - MLB Recap

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The only thing more surprising than my little brother giving a speech at his high school graduation last night was seeing that the Twins won their third in a row while we celebrated his being named valedictorian.

Game 38 Recap: A Hot Day in Detroit

The sun was shining, big and bright and unfamiliar. I hadn't been outside before sunset in God knows how long. I never thought I'd come to miss nighttime, when the darkness wraps around you like a cold, wet towel. But there I was, yearning for it. Never saw myself as the yearning type. Not part of the job, generally.  I'm a private eye. The name's Walters. P.J. if you buy me a drink first.

I was in Detroit at the behest of some real down-and-outs, a couple of hard-luck Minnesotans with little more than a sob-story to their name. Not that they told me their names. Just call us The Twins, they said when they came calling. Let's keep this anonymous. Somebody took our wins. Bring them back to us. I had half a mind to tell them off, but the other half saw the stack of bills they seemed to be offering. They played at being hard-up,  but it turned out they were secretly living large. I wasn't sure what the game was, but the money spoke for itself. And the misery on their faces was as plain as Norwegian cooking. Whatever else, they needed those wins back, badly.

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Game 37 Recap: Charlie Sheen says the Twins are Winning.

Twins 11, Tigers 7
WP: Burnett (1, 0(he's perfect(!))), LP: Below (2, 1)
Honorary Save: Perkins. He didn't blow anything up, so, he gets a save.
Twins Record: 11-26. Booooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Fangraphs thought this was in the bag after the top of the second.

See-SawSnarky comments are the new market inefficiency. Blackburn went 2 innings tonight. Blackburn coughed up 5 runs in the second inning, but finished strong by picking off M.Cab while Del was "batting". The Twins battled back in the top half of the third to tie the game, coughed up the tie again, and took it back by force in the top half of the sixth. The local nine didn't look back after that point. That is to say, Matt Capps didn't have to pitch.

I'd suggest reading the game log, but that would be admitting that it's comments represent a market inefficiency.

Culture club: Well, shoot. I'm all tapped out tonight. I promise an update from the businessman's special at Angles ballpark tomorrow.

Game 34: Toronto 3, Minnesota 4

Twins winning hand includes the Ace of Diamonds

The Twins find a Diamond in the rough.

Diamonds are forever.

Diamond pitched a real gem.

Diamonds are [a] Gardy's best friend.

Blue Jays cut down by a Diamond.

Forget it. I'll just go with "A very nice outing by Scott Diamond." 0 runs on 5 hits over 7 innings while walking none, striking out 4 and calmly taking a screaming liner off the back of his throwing shoulder.* He gets the W and is now 2-0. The Toronto Ace Opening Day Starter, Ricky Romero, picked up his first loss of the season.

Offense couldn't help but score some runs off of 8 walks (Pussy with 3!) and 10 hits. Unfortunately, they only plated 4, leaving 11 men on base and hitting into 3 double plays (Plouffe! with 2 of them). In the end, 4 was enough to get the win.

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