Diamond at Masterson.
I'll put more effort into these when I don't have to go to a sweltering common room just to get online.
Category Archives: Gamelog Archive
Archive for game logs from previous seasons.
2012 Game 52: Twins vs. the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy
2012 Game 51: Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
Carl Pavano
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Derek Lowe
Lowe shutout the Twins last time. Pavano was rumored to be quite jealous, as Lowe did it without a single strikeout. Lowe then did okay against Miami and followed that by giving up eight runs in 2.1 innings against the White Sox. He did strike out three that time though, giving him his highest K/9 for a game ever (probably).
However, that was then. Today, I expect dead grass leading to the infielders and tired outfielders as each pitcher continues to one-down the other with fewer strikeouts in the quest to pitch to impact.
Game 50 Recap: Yeah, it was that Frankie
Twins 4, Oaktown zero
WP: Francisco (1-5 7.20 ERA) LP: Ross (2-6 5.94 ERA)
Save? No.
Fangraphs loves it when a plan comes together.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfbGGZE07M
(yeah, this isn't safe for work)
Oh, mama. Frankie was pretty awesome today. He went 6 surrendering three hits and two walks while striking out nine. He gave up zero runs, none of which were earned. Awesome. Burnett and Gray finished off the remaining three innings allowing only one more base runner.
The big pussy didn't get a single hit today. Boooooooooooooooooooooo to the 3 walks and 2 runs he got today. The local nine didn't need him anyway. Thank goodness Willinghammer was there to Thrillingham us (again(!)).
Yeah, today was a good day.
Culture club: LA is a weird place, and I've had a weird trip. Tomorrow, I've got an appointment to meet up with printer I totally respect: Richard Nielsen. Richard founded Untitled Prints and Editions in Los Angeles' Chinatown as a multidiscipline printmaking publisher and contract printshop. He's printed a bunch of great art over the years, and offers a print membership program that offers members 2 free impressions a year. Check out the prints Richard helped Gregor Mobius create based on his work on visual DNA.
2012 Game 50: Return of the F Bomb
DAY GAME ALERT!
#Pitchers
A's: Tyson Ross (2-5 5.79) If I were an A's fan Ross's K picture would be his face on a bag of chicken.
Twins: Francisco Liriano (0-5 8.47 ERA) I'm afraid to look at advanced stats today. Maybe tomorrow.
I for one, welcome our new Dictator who, having fought his way out of the bullpen, has found himself the master of the high ground. Hold on to it for dear life Frankie. I'm also recommending everyone start Liriano in their respective fantasy leagues. Unless of course you are playing me.
DMitt caught last night. Who catches today? GO JOE. Doesn't there seem to be some sort of link between butters and Liriano? GO JOE! Butera might need to pitch, so ... GO JOE!!
The Dictator and Chairman are going to live large today.
#UPDATE:
tWINs lineup:
- Span 8
- Revere 9
- Mauer DH
- HAMMER 7
- MOUNTIE 3
- Oz 6
- Laddie 4
- Butters 2 (ugh.)
- Christmas Songs 5
#GO TWINS!
Game 49: Josh Willingham 3, Oakland Athletics 2
It might just be the excitement of watching a Twins walk off victory, but I'm pretty sure that Josh Willingham is the greatest Twinbaseball player of all time.
Here's the game's box score:
PS: I love Willingham.
2012 Game Logs: Game 49 Twins @ A’s
I had this great idea last night where I was going to do game log previewing the Oklahoma City/San Antonio game for tonight. Then I forgot about it and went to work today. You can pretend that this is a preview for both games.
Game 48 Recap: Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 5
sorry, you guys. totally forgot about the recap. i must have thought it was a dream or something with capps (barely) shutting the door (here's proof if you don't believe me). the twins rallied from behind, tying the game on a ball that the mountie knocked the crap out of, and donut gave them the lead with a ball that was about 50 feet from being a home run. twins baseball!
i’m sticking with the “When will teh suck end” tag as i’m unconvinced, but this is an important first step.
2012 Game 48: Twins vs. The World
...The World in this case embodied by the Oakland A's. Travis Blackley, an 0-0 lefty vs. Twins' ace Scott Diamond, 3-1 on the year. Enjoy, or die!
Game 47: Tigers 4, Twins 3
The Tigers complete the three-game sweep in Minnesota. It's easy enough to pin this one on Capps. After all, he did snatch a win out of P.J.'s (and the Twins') hands by giving up the go-ahead runs in the top of the 9th. However, it was his first blown save in 10 chances and the boys missed plenty of opportunities with men in scoring position (3-10) today. They had their chance again in the 9th. DSpan led off the home-half with a single but then Revere popped out on his bunt attempt and Mauer lined out to left for the 2nd out. Willingham managed a walk after Span had stole 2nd. 1st and 2nd, two outs and Mountie strode to the plate 0-for-the-day. He promptly flied out to right to end the game. Again, if Capps takes care of business, none of that matters. But bagging on him is just too easy. I don't think it's too much to ask of the top of the order to push one run across, especially when the first man up reaches base. If you disagree, that's fine (I'm know the probability of scoring a run improves with the lead-off man aboard, but I don't know what the chances of scoring a run in any given inning is - and I'm just too tired to go find out). Either way, this game weekend season sucked.
P.S. Kundos to Padre & NBB for holding down the game log!