Article: Twins vs Royals, 07-20-2012, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

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[Brock Beauchamp]

Twins:
Revere CF
Carroll SS
Mauer 1B
Willingham LF
Morneau DH
Plouffe 3B
Doumit C
Mastroianni RF
Casilla 2B
(Blackburn P)

Royals:
Gordon LF
Escobar SS
Butler DH
Moustakas 3B
Cain CF
Hosmer 1B
Francoeur RF
Perez C
Betancourt 2B
(Hochevar P)

[stringer bell]

Hmmm. no Span. Could he be packing his bags for a trip to DC or Cincy? Bohlinger says it just a day off.

[USAFChief]

Was that a double given up by Blackburn on an 0-2 pitch?

Have I mentioned my position on giving up solid contact on 0-2 pitches?

[snepp]

Was that a double given up by Blackburn on an 0-2 pitch?

Have I mentioned my position on giving up solid contact on 0-2 pitches?

It was more of a single, but your primary point remains.

[glunn]

Was that a double given up by Blackburn on an 0-2 pitch?

Have I mentioned my position on giving up solid contact on 0-2 pitches?

Time to cut a switch?

[USAFChief]

It was more of a single, but your primary point remains.

I'm "watching" on gamecast.

Interesting side note: According to gamecast, there have been a total of 3 pitches outside the strike zone through one inning.

Lots of pitches called a ball, but only 3 outside the strike zone.

I'm guessing gamecast's pitch location depiction isn't entirely, uh, accurate.

[sbknudson]

Was that a double given up by Blackburn on an 0-2 pitch?

Have I mentioned my position on giving up solid contact on 0-2 pitches?

Given that this is Blackburn pitching, I'm just glad it stayed in the ballpark.

[glunn]

Nice homer by Mastro. It would be great to build a lead here.

[jctwins]

Macaroni!

[snepp]

I'm "watching" on gamecast.

It was a ball that Revere dove for and had it hit the heel of his glove. If Span had been out there he doesn't even have a chance to make a play on the ball and it ends up a generic single.

[sbknudson]

To give him credit, Blackburn is starting off nicely. He's throwing strikes, he's keeping the ball down in the zone, and while he's given up 3 hits, they haven't been hit that hard (a shallow fly into center, a broken-bat bloop, and a shallow single).

[snepp]

Moooooooooooooooose.

[sbknudson]

You don't see that much - an outfielder trying to throw a runner out at first.

I remember, at the end of Harmon's career, that sometimes worked - he singled to right field but couldn't get down the baseline in time to beat the throw.

[jctwins]

You don't see that much - an outfielder trying to throw a runner out at first.

I remember, at the end of Harmon's career, that sometimes worked - he singled to right field but couldn't get down the baseline in time to beat the throw.

How dare you speak of Harmon that way. Blasphemy.

[sbknudson]

How dare you speak of Harmon that way. Blasphemy.

Hey, I loved watching him hit the bombs, but let's be honest - at the end he did get a bit big. I remember one time he came to the plate and the organist played "Roll out the barrel."

[jctwins]

Blacky can't be tired enough to have his sinker working tonight.

[snepp]

Is everyone afraid to jinx Blacksie tonight?

[GCTF]

Is everyone afraid to jinx Blacksie tonight?

Got that nasty ERA down to 7.50!

[sbknudson]

Is everyone afraid to jinx Blacksie tonight?

This is the critical inning - pitch count rising, heart of the order.