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Archive for game logs from previous seasons.
Game 124: Something or other
Welp, this team isn't very good. I can't muster up a whole lot of motivation to write much, especially with the return of Pelfrey to Tuesday starts and this morning's discussion of Liriano. Now that we've seemingly jumped all the way in to the August Swoon, its pretty tough to want to dig deep in to things. Also, I'm really tired these days.
2013 Game 123 Recap: Twins 1, NY Mets 6
Remember when interleague baseball used to be fun? A yearly ritual in which that National League was shamed before their American League betters?
Yeah, me neither.
Gibson continues to make the case to be shut down for the season, while the Twins lineup appears to have already done that.
The next three games are in Detroit. It might be better to focus on how well Mauer is doing, or whether Swarzak can perfect the movement on his sinker. Or the fact that TC Bear could destroy all other mascots in a softball home run competition. You know, the positive things.
2013 Game 123: Metropolitans at Twins
DAY GAME ALERT!
Remember when it snowed in the middle of April and the final game of the Twins series against the Mets got postponed and it seemed like winter was never going to end and a few days later it snowed again and I got appendicitis and shoveled snow anyway and my appendix ruptured and it hurt like bloody hell and I had to have emergency surgery? Well, it happened whether you remember it or not, and I've got the scars to prove it. Today the Twins and Mets are going to play that postponed game and the Mets have a chance to sweep a series that they won more than four months ago by taking the first two games at Target Field. The Twins send Kyle Gibson to the mound. If he sucks again, I'm demanding an immediate MRI. The Mets counter with Dillon Gee, who doesn't suck but doesn't exactly sparkle like unicorn farts, either.
Play ball!
2013 Game 122: White Sox at Twins
With under seven weeks left in the season, I find myself so apathetic about the Twins that I didn't even feel like referring to Chicago as the "Hosers" in my title. Still, there are interesting things going on. Pitcher Wins and Losses are dumb, but Max Scherzer goes today and he's 17-1. Team wins and losses are legitimately meaningful, and the Dodgers are one of just three teams in the past 71 years to win 42 games over a 50-game span. That team is eight and a half games up, and was at one point 30-42, well behind the Diamondbacks. Danny DeVito was spotted at a Dodgers game wearing a Nick Punto jersey, prompting the question of whether DeVito is an even bigger loser than the character he plays on TV. The Pirates seem to be heading to the playoffs for the first time in over twenty years, and early signs say there's going to be an interesting playoff chase in the AL.
Meanwhile, the local lottery team sends the enigmatic Sam Deduno to the hill to face Hector Santiago, whose numbers are better than Deduno's with much worse "results" (he's 3-7). The lefty can strike guys out and the Twins are ready and willing to strike out, so this could be painful at times.
The quest for 73-89 is also heating up, as the Twins need to go 19-22 from this point forward to reach my arbitrary magic number. If this doesn't motivate them, nothing will.
Game 121: White Sux @ Twins
Their ace (Sale) vs. Our ace (Albers)
Given the progression, I'm expecting a no-hitter from Albers.
2013 Game 120: White Sox at Twins
Jose Quintana
v
Kevin Correia
A rematch of Sunday's game. I would be okay with the same result again.
Thursday night game: Pale Hose @ Minnesota
game has started!
Game 118: Minnesota vs. Team That Should Be Named The Rocks
Didn't see a gamelog.
This is my first of these!
Apparently there are pitchers. Some guy named C. Carrasco is taking on some newb with the handle "Gibson".
Game 117: Baseball Team from Ohio vs. Power Hungry Monsters from Minnesota
McAllister (4-7, 3.90 ERA) vs. Lake 'Ace' Deduno (7-5, 3.38 ERA)
So, we're just a hair under 2/3'rds of the way through the season and the Clevelanders and Kansas City'ers are both ahead of the Yankees for the wild card. Be still, my beating heart.
The Twins look to continue winning despite hitting the least clutch home runs of any team, ever. They do so with their previous ace on the mound the day after their new real ace delivered a sparkling shutout.
I wanted to do a little research and write a little more for this game log, but man, I'm tired.