It's Jackie Robinson day. It took them too long to make it happen, but better late than never. The game was made infinitely better by Jackie, and the whole "everybody wears 42"thing is a great way to commemorate him.
The Twins sort of need another hot steak. I know it's asinine to complain about their record after last year, but they are 2-4 over their last six
The Twins return home after a long road trip to host their neighbors from down I-90. In his (what some would consider overdue) major league debut, Yohan Pino takes the mound against Jose Quintana to start this 4 game series.
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Kevin Correia faces Jose Quintana, a reasonably talented 24-year-old, on the South Side.
Here's the prediction spreadsheet.
Four Citizens currently have seven of the playoff-bound teams correct: CarterHayes, DK, Philosofer and sean.
This was the first update since around game 54 of the season, and each league had but a single change: Tampa Bay subbed in for the Yankees, and the Dodgers subbed in for Arizona.
Washington and Toronto continue to be the most-picked non-playoff-bound teams.
Any other AMRs out there can break this down further, if they see the need. We never did settle on a points system for this, so maybe I should figure one out...
First Pitch - 7:10 p.m. CDT
Television - FSN
Lineups
So the Pale Hosers are leading the AL Central and the Twins are, mercifully, out of the cellar at last (thank you very much Kansas City, Cleveland with the assist). We'd all like that situation to be reversed, of course. After all, the White Sox are to the Twins as Jesus Quintana is to The Dude -- a perverse, repugnant arch-nemesis with nary a redeeming quality who nevertheless demands a miniscule measure of grudging respect. I'd like nothing better than to have the kind of starting pitching that the Sox have enjoyed this year. But sometimes you just have to roll the balls that life gives you and hope it's enough to give the pins a good stir.
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