Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes – Up From Below

Hey Cleveland, can you hear that? It is foot steps. Two by two.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNp4p3DZ2Nk

A throng of hipsters jamming out in Mexico, 2011. Also, thanks to Free for a great job while Jobu and I went on vacation. We went to Uruguay. We forgot our cameras though.  Sorry.

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Game #93: Twins 4, Royals 3

Twins record: 44-49
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Truth be told, I spent most of this game busy drawing hearts around the name "Alex Morgan" which I had written in my notebook...but it looked pretty good on Gameday, especially the part that said "J. Thome homered to deep center, B. Revere and J. Mauer scored". So, three out of four from the Royals to kick off The Most Important Homestand Ever? So far, so good.

Hitter of the Week: I kind of want to pick Jim Thome for this every time he gets closer to 600 from now on.
Pitcher of the Week: I think I'll go with Joe Nathan here, I'm feeling nostalgic.

Brewday Melee – Cheaptoy Blonde Ale

A challenge was put forth to brew a blonde ale with a butt load of hops, mostly from my using my beer recipe software incorrectly. It is a style notable for its easy drinking feel, brownish-yellow (very, very light on the brown) complexion, and malt forward taste. In a moment of inspiration (thanks nibbish) I set out to craft the recipe and initially came up with a brew utilizing 1.5 oz. of Simcoe hops for bittering, .5 oz. of Simcoe and 1.0 oz. of Amarillo for flavor. Sadly, a trip to the brewstore turned up empty of Simcoe, so I audibled to Columbus hops (14.4% alpha-acid) for bittering and flavor. So, in the end, my recipe looks as it does after the jump.

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Game 93: Royals at Twins

Felipe Paulino vs. Brian Duensing

The Royals may have finally found a good one in Paulino. He's averaging nearly a strikeout an inning and has kept his walk rate low, although he's been rather hittable. Paulino has 24 strikeouts his last three starts but has somehow managed to give up 29 hits so either he's been pretty unlucky, or he has good stuff but has had trouble with mistake pitches.

I like throwing a lefty against the Royals. As long as Duensing doesn't let Billy Butler beat him, he should be OK.

The Twins need to take advantage of playing the Royals at home. Splitting a series with them would be pretty disappointing. GO TWINS!!!!

Minor Details: Games of 7/16

Rochester 4, Buffalo 2 in Rochester.  The Red Wings scored two in the first and two in the third.  Dustin Martin singled, tripled, and homered, his ninth homer of the year.  Andy Baldwin pitched six strong innings, giving up a run on five hits while walking none.  Jim Hoey worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

New Britain 5, Portland 4 in Portland.  The Rock Cats had led 3-0 and 4-2, but needed a run in the ninth to break a 4-4 tie.  Nate Hanson and Evan Bigley each singled and doubled.  Mark Dolenc had two hits.  Deinys Suarez worked 6.2 innings, allowing four runs on five hits while walking none.  Spencer Steedley got the win, striking out two and giving up a hit in 1.1 innings.  Matt Schuld got the save, walking one and striking out three in the ninth.

Daytona 7, Ft. Myers 4 in Ft. Myers.  The Miracle led 3-1 after four, but a four run seventh lifted the Cubs to victory.  Steven Liddle singled and homered, his first.  Nick Romero singled and doubled.  Jhon Garcia allowed five runs (four earned) on ten hits and two walks in 6.2 innings.

West Michigan 5, Beloit 2 in Beloit.  The Whitecaps trailed 2-0 after four but scored four in the fifth.  Daniel Ortiz singled and doubled.  Manuel Soliman allowed all five runs (two earned) on eight hits, striking out five and walking none in six innings.  Sam Spangler struck out three in two perfect innings.  Michael Tonkin struck out three while giving up one hit in the ninth.

Elizabethton 6, Greeneville 0 in Greeneville.  Three Twins pitchers combined for a no-hitter.  Three errors and a hit batsman prevented it from being a perfect game, as Twins pitchers also did not allow a walk.  Tim Shibuya worked seven innings to get the win, striking out six.  Garrett Jewell and Steven Gruver each pitched one inning, with Gruver fanning two.  Miguel Sano singled and tripled.

GCL Red Sox 5, Twins 3 at Red Sox (completion of suspended game).  The Red Sox scored two in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie.  The Twins had only four hits.  Bobby O’Neill pitched the first three innings (prior to the suspension of the game), allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits, walking none and striking out three.  Marcus Limon struck out four in 2.2 innings, but gave up two runs on two hits and a walk to take the loss.  Cole Johnson struck out three in two shutout innings.

GCL Twins 1, Red Sox 0 at Twins (Scheduled 7 innings).  Drew Leachman singled home Stephen Wickens in the third with the game’s only run.  Aderlin Mejia had two hits.  Starter Angel Mata went four hitless innings, walking one and striking out three.  Bobby O’Neill worked the final three innings, giving up two hits.

DSL Twins 13, White Sox 3 at Twins.  The Twins scored multiple runs in four innings.  Jose Ramirez had three hits and drove in three.  Wander Guillen doubled twice.  Victor Arias singled and tripled, driving in three.  Ronald Jimenez and Carlos Martinez each had two hits.  Jonatan Ynojoso walked twice and scored three times.  Ezequiel Zoquiel gave up just an unearned run on three hits and a walk in four innings.  Junior Subero struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks while lowering his ERA to 0.99.  Yeison Florentino worked two perfect innings.

Happy Birthday–July 17

Hugh "One Arm" Daily (1847)
Ernest Barnard (1874)
Judge Emil Fuchs (1878)
Lou Boudreau (1917)
Roy McMillan (1929)
Jerry Lynch (1930)
Toni Stone (1931)
Deron Johnson (1938)
Don Kessinger (1942)
Charley Steiner (1949)
Pete Ladd (1956)
Bobby Thigpen (1963)
Jason Jennings (1978)

No players with connections to the Minnesota Twins appear to have been born on this day.  However, the original WGOM was born on this day.

Game 92: Twins 4, Royals 3

Now that wasn't so hard, was it?

One night after a gut-busting loss on another Capps blown save, Gardy finally makes the right decision and puts Joe Nathan back in his familiar closer role and suddenly everything seems right with the world. The Twins win at home against an AL Central team and Nathan gets the save with the usual obligatory base runner. Even without a strikeout, Nathan looked good with three popups for outs and the only hit a roller through the infield, which may have been helped with Cuddyer guarding the line in the ninth.

It will be interesting tomorrow if the Twins have another narrow, late lead. I think Gardy may have been hesitant to make Nathan the closer because he has said he won't use Nathan three days in a row. I'm fine with that, since most relievers (outside of LOOGYs) shouldn't be used that often anyways. This undoubtedly means Perkins will close tomorrow, if necessary, and I'm fine with that as well, especially after he dominated Saturday night and absolutely abused Alex Gordon, who's been the Royals' best hitter, on three pitches. The interesting part will be to see who gets the eighth inning, or at least who starts it. If righties are coming up, I wouldn't be surprised to see Capps in there with Mijares warming up. The other choice would be Alex Burnett and neither one inspires a lot of confidence right now, although Capps' splits make me think he can thrive as a protected setup man. Of course, this means the Twins need Mijares to figure out his control problems as well.

It's amazing how much difference one bases-empty single can make. The Royals' Jeff Francis was in cruise control in the eighth inning Saturday before Alexi Casilla flared a single into right field. Joe Mauer followed with a ground ball through the hole created by the presence of Casilla and suddenly Francis was out of the game and ended up with the loss after Cuddyer singled off reliever Aaron Crow to put the Twins ahead.

That eighth inning and Nathan' s save prevented me from a meltdown after two bad calls by the umpires in the sixth inning allowed the Royals to tie the game on an infield out. Both were close plays, but when you have two close calls go against you in one inning of a tight game and both were shown to be bad calls, well that can be pretty tough to take. Fortunately, it didn't mean much more than prevent Pavano from getting the win and give me one more reason to have no respect for Cowboy Joe West.

2011 Game #92: Royals at Twins

I had a post written up about how much Matt Capps sucks, but I wrote it while angry and somewhat inebriated. Today when I read it, I realized that it wasn't even quarter-bakef. We can't have substandard stuff like that, so instead, I'm going to half-bake it on the fly.

Carl Pavano (6-6, 97 ERA+)

Jeff Francis (3-10, 84 ERA+)

The 'stacheless 'stacheman has been pulling it together as of late, that one game in Milwaukee excepted. We've beaten Francis around a little bit in couple of times we've played him this year, so I'm feeling pretty good about tonight's game. I predict Ben Revere will hit an inside-the-park home run in which he will run the last 80 feet backwards.

Matt Capps sucks....but we'd better score a few more runs tonight than we did last night.

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.