Twins vs Tigers, 09-23-2012

[Brock Beauchamp]

Twins:
Denard Span CF
Ben Revere RF
Joe Mauer DH
Josh Willingham LF
Justin Morneau 1B
Ryan Doumit C
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Eduardo Escobar 2B
Pedro Florimon SS
(Scott Diamond P)

Tigers:
Austin Jackson CF
Omar Infante 2B
Miguel Cabrera 3B
Prince Fielder 1B
Delmon Young DH
Jhonny Peralta SS
Andy Dirks LF
Avisail Garcia RF
Gerald Laird C
(Max Scherzer P)

[snepp]

The Minnesota "Twins," Florimon and Escobar, a utility infielder's delight.

[GCTF]

The offense is fine.

[snepp]

LOLOLOLWTF?


A "triple."

[GCTF]

Triple...it hit Dirks right in the palm of his glove.

Triple.

[snepp]

Triple...it hit Dirks right in the palm of his glove.

It's not like he was running full speed either, he was slowly drifting back.


Awful.

[GCTF]

Looks like the faux triple has ignited the offense.

[GCTF]

Tagging home plate on a wild pitch should result in an out.


/Tigers Pitcher Villerreal

[GCTF]

Tigers' announcers still lamenting the "wind blown triple".

[GCTF]

Mauer with a real triple

[twinsnorth49]

Dang Joe Mauer is a good baseball player!!

That's all I got, I'm out.

[glunn]

Dang Joe Mauer is a good baseball player!!

That's all I got, I'm out.

Well said. This is shaping up to be a great day for Mauer. Let's hope that he plays in the nightcap.

[glunn]

Delmon Young seems to play better when it's against the Twins. Revenge factor?

[Lesser Dali]

Mauer is definitely picking up the pace in the BA race and I really am pulling for him to win it, but I do have some mixed emotions about the situation.

In my lifetime I have never witnessed a Triple Crown take place. It would be excellent to see something rare and historical happen in this 2012 season.

I am leaning towards a first time 4-time batting champion catcher (I say this knowing that their is a chance some might bust my balls for proclaiming Mauer a Catcher).

[Brock Beauchamp]

Mauer is definitely picking up the pace in the BA race and I really am pulling for him to win it, but I do have some mixed emotions about the situation.

In my lifetime I have never witnessed a Triple Crown take place. It would be excellent to see something rare and historical happen in this 2012 season.

I am leaning towards a first time 4-time batting champion catcher (I say this knowing that their is a chance some might bust my balls for proclaiming Mauer a Catcher).

I've never seen a triple crown either but if Mauer manages to win five batting titles, he's pretty much a lock for the Hall. Therefore, I'm cheering for Joe to win the title.

[J-Dog Dungan]

Well, the Twins handed Miggy well the first game, lets see if Walters and his homer-prone pitching ways can stand up in the nightcap.

[Lesser Dali]

Mauer is definitely picking up the pace in the BA race and I really am pulling for him to win it, but I do have some mixed emotions about the situation.

In my lifetime I have never witnessed a Triple Crown take place. It would be excellent to see something rare and historical happen in this 2012 season.

I am leaning towards a first time 4-time batting champion catcher (I say this knowing that their is a chance some might bust my balls for proclaiming Mauer a Catcher).

I've never seen a triple crown either but if Mauer manages to win five batting titles, he's pretty much a lock for the Hall. Therefore, I'm cheering for Joe to win the title.

Agreed, but 4 might do it.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Four might do it but five would push him into elite territory.

[SpantheMan]

It probably depends on how long he stays a catcher

[Lesser Dali]

Four might do it but five would push him into elite territory.

I think it happens. I feel in my baseball bones that he has another blockbuster season left in his tank to go along with a handful of excellent seasons. .350+BA, 15-20HR's, 90+RBI's