Scrimmage - Thursday, March 1 vs Boston

[Thrylos]

6-4 Nate Spears 2 Run Triple for Boston; off Carlos Gutierrez and stopped the 6th inning early and took him off

[Thrylos]

Top of 7th. Tyler Robertson gives an one run HR. Twins up 6-5

[Thrylos]

The Red Sox player who hit that HR off Tyler Robertson was non-roster C Dan Butler

[Thrylos]

Deolis Guerra pitched a scoreless 9th to close the game. Twins wil 6-5 (but still bat at the bottom of the 9th so the Sox' pitcher gets his work in.) If you are interested I wrote a game recap here.

[Thrylos]

One thing I have to mention... I was utterly disappointed by the coverage of the game by the local media members who were there on their companies' cash to cover these games and report them back to the fans. And by a quick count there were at least 6 (the 5 beat writers -Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, ESPN1500, mlb.com, AP- and Souhan.)
I think that they just do not get the excitement of the fans about the beginning of a new baseball season...
Amazingly disappointed by at least a couple of them (I really have no hope from Souhan, to tell you the truth)

[TwinsMusings]

... I was utterly disappointed by the coverage of the game by the local media members who were there...

I agree with you, thrylos98. The good news is starting with the game Saturday, we will have radio broadcasts and even a few FSN TV games.

[wagwan]

I agree totally its a game report it. If they think it's too much work, then quit and let some one who cares do the job. Giving batter by batter updates I suppose makes you look like a rookie. All of the "proessionals" can be replaced. All they have over the blognation is access. Eventually the teams are going to wake up and realize that the real coverage can be done by sites like Twins Daily And they all work for free and would put in much longer hours....

[wagwan]

I agree totally its a game report it. If they think it's too much work, then quit and let some one who cares do the job. Giving batter by batter updates I suppose makes you look like a rookie. All of the "proessionals" can be replaced. All they have over the blognation is access. Eventually the teams are going to wake up and realize that the real coverage can be done by sites like Twins Daily And they all work for free and would put in much longer hours....