Playing out the string until the Playoffs start. What a weird feeling!
The twitters say Miggy Sano is back from the DL and should get an at bat tonight, horray!
Kyle Gibson has a chance to finish with a sub-5.00 ERA
Tag Archives: Detroit Tigers
Game 154. Twins at Tigers
I think Kyle Gibson is going to have a pretty good game. The Tigers are not good and playing out the string with a lame duck manager. I think last game was just a blip, and really it was only a couple of innings he was bad.....I can't believe I believe Kyle Gibson can be a good pitcher. What a crazy season!
(that said, if a team is willing to trade a middling prospect for Gibson I won't complain)
Game 115: Twins @ Motor City Kitties
Game in progress!
Game 114. Twins at Detroit.
Sweeping the season series against Milwaukee has done wonders for playoff positioning as the Twins find themselves back to within striking distance of winning an AL Central title. Riding a season high 5 game win streak, the Twins are 3 .5 games behind Cleveland and .5 games back in the Wild Car slot (but who really wants a WC spot? I want Titles!)
The pitching matchup is a battle of mediocrity. Kyle Gibson goes for us, Anibal Sanchez for the Tigers.
Joe Mauer has been walking some more lately and has brought his BB/K ratio to 50/54. A week ago it was 45/54. Wek Mauer is getting on base, the Twins have a better chance of winning. Im sticking to that theory!
Game 17: tigers @ twins
10% of the season is over, and the Twins don't have a losing record. This feels like progress. Continue reading Game 17: tigers @ twins
Game 16. Twins hosting Detroit
Torii Hunter in the TV booth. Mute button is on standby.
Hector Santigo for the Twins, Justin Verlander for the kittys.
2017 Game 7: Twins at Tigers
You know what's cooler than zero wins? Five wins. -- Kirby Puckett (unconfirmed).
Twins are 5-1 and everyone is relieved we may not have to go through the crap-fest that was the 2016 season. Of course the rain-on-the-paraders like to point out "it's only 3.7 percent of the season, that's like being in the third quarter of the first NFL game." Huh? Who cares? enjoy the fact we have some fun baseball being played. And stop talking about the NFL!
Hector Santiago and his cool 1.80 ERA takes on Matt Boyd and his not-so-cool 19.29 ERA. The Tigers are probably a .500 team this year but they did take down the Beantowners 3 out of 4 games of the weekend. Twins haven't done well in Detroit lately, so by late Thursday afternoon we should have some more answers about what kind of team we will have this year (or not, 9 games is like 6.5 minutes left to play in the first... oh for Christ sake)
Game something or other … Winners at Losers
I can't believe it ... It's not even September and I'm actually looking forward to the diversion of the no fun league. Oye vey.
2016 Game 37(!?) – Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
Halfway through a six game road trip, the Twins take their first trip of the year to Motown. Finally stringing together 2 road wins for the first time this year (hell, two wins in a row anywhere this is relatively impressive), they look to keep the momentum going against a Tigers team that's also no great shakes. Of course, they swept the Twins in Minnesota a couple weeks back, so I should probably stop flapping my gums.
Making it 3 in a row will be no easy task as the Twins will have to go through Jordan Zimmerman to do it. Other than some tough assignments against Hamels and Scherzer, Zimmerman has been outstanding this year. Twins will send out Berrios, who can hopefully put together a few more pieces at the major league level.
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Game 23. Detroit at Minnesota. 7:10pm.
The NFL started its THREE DAY draft yesterday. 3 days to go through 8 rounds. The over coverage of every slightest bit of smoke GMs send out (99% of it is false info) gets blasted on ESPN. One tries to tune out the sports nets, but it gets filtered trough social media. Its all very annoying. Am I'm saying this as a person who still likes to watch football (although my fandom is waning the older I get). I do dislike everything else that surrounds the game.
Why am I bringing this up? I am very happy that baseball's draft hasnt become this huge spectacle of banality. I get heavy coverage of the first round, and to an extent the second (its where the bigger contracts are offered) but after that, its just a bunch of names and the hope that a few of them sign to fill out minor league rosters and hope you hit a gem.
This is all a half formed idea, but it comes down to this : I really dislike draft coverage of all sports.
On to the game. If you take out the 0-9 start to the season, the Twins are 7-6. Thats not bad! Most games have been watchable (although heart pounding and clenched teeth when the Twins have a lead late and the bullpen starts to come in). Maybe the Twins can claw their way to .500 by the 4th of July.
I am also very happy Joe Mauer is back to Joe Mauer Super Baseball Player . Coming into the game he is leading the American League in OnBasePercentage (.459) and is just off the leaderboard in OPS (.907).