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2014 Twins Game Logs

Game 11: Twins hosting Royals

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I bought my yearly pack of baseball cards yesterday. I acquiesced to Lindsey and bought a pack from last year, just on the offhand chance that I'd get a Morneau as a Twin. I told her that the odds were ridiculously low.

So, of course I pulled a Morneau.

I also pulled this.

it's a sign!

It's got to be a sign. Of what, I don't know. Maybe it's a sign that he'll get traded for an outfielder that will later be waived so that the Twins can keep a washed up infielder as a fourth outfielder. I'm assuming reality itself wpuld collapse at that point.

What I'm trying to say is that Florimon has a .080 average that seems unlikely to improve at all. I'm guessing it will go down further by year's end.

Nolasco on the mound. Speaking of dire predictions, I'm guessi g Nolasco finishes the yesr with a 9 ERA.

GO TWINS.

2014 Twins Game Recaps

Game 10: Twins 10, Royals 1

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That was easy.

You score 10 runs in a game, you should win rather easily on most nights, but the big story for this one was Kyle Gibson, who was the first Twins pitcher to throw a pitch in the seventh inning. He wasn't allowed to finish it after allowing a hit and a walk and with the top of the lineup up, but I would have liked to see him allowed to work out of that jam for at least another batter or two.

It looked pretty easy, but Gibson will need to avoid so many walks and miss some more bats before we can get real excited about it. It looked like he was having trouble locating his fastball tonight and was having to go offspeed a lot to get strikes. If so, it's encouraging that he was able to make that adjustment and pitch well without his best stuff.

The Twins still haven't hit a home run with anyone on base, which is stunning because they were second in the AL in OBP coming into this game, so it's not like they haven't had plenty of chances. The Twins are second in the AL in runs scored despite being near the bottom of the AL in slugging and very little production from Mauer. They'll also be without two guys they are counting on for a lot of production as both Oswaldo Arcia and Josh Willingham have been placed on the DL. Of course, the Twins took this opportunity to bring up another pitcher in Michael Tonkin so when Florimon is batting in a key spot in the game, most games the choice for pinch hitter will be between Chris Herrmann, Darin Mastroianni and Eduardo Escobar. If you use Herrmann or Maestro, then you'll have to also use Escobar to play defense after that, meaning whoever is not used will be the last guy on the bench and will only be used in an emergency. If you use Escobar, then you have to ask why Escobar didn't start for Florimon in the first place since Escobar is known for his excellent glove. Maybe not quite as good as Florimon, but not enough to make much difference.

Oh well. Twins win, so it's not a time to focus on negative things. The Twins are now 4-3 in non-home openers and they don't play anymore home openers this season.

2014 Twins Game Logs

2014 Game 8: A’s at Twins

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Hey, 3-4 isn't so bad. Playing like that couldn't have us finishing much worse than third in this division, right? Lest I get too optimistic, let's look at the pitchers: young journeyman Jesse Chavez takes on Phil Hughes. Hmm, that could be worse. Chavez does strike some guys out (205 in 241 career innings) but is otherwise unremarkable enough, on either the good or bad side, to mention. As far as his numbers go, he's actually similar in results to Hughes in many ways.

The Twins have one new guy in the lineup as Chris Herrmann mans right field.

This is yet another one I'll see from work, though it's early enough that I'll probably see a good amount of it. Never fear, Twins fans...we finally get a night game on Friday.

2014 Twins Game Logs

2014 Game 7: Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Colabellos

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Home Opener
Another Monday, another opening day. Today's home opener will inaugurate the fifth season of MLB play at Target Field. I'll be behind home plate somewhere as a guest of a season ticket holder. I'm looking forward to a good game.

So where do the Twins stand? After starting the season with two series on the road in Chicago and Cleveland (and really, who doesn't want to play outdoor baseball in the Rust Belt in early April), the Twins find themselves sporting a .500 record. That seems to be a much better start than we've endured the past couple of years, but I'm not going to check the records to make sure. That's just asking for depression to set in.

Today the Twins send Kevin Correia to the mound while the A's counter with Scott Kazmir (yes, another year of hearing Bert mispronounce a simple name). Let's hope the Twins can ride the Colabello gravy train to one more win. Play ball!