Twins vs Yankees, 09-25-2012, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Twins:
Denard Span CF
Ben Revere LF
Joe Mauer C
Justin Morneau 1B
Ryan Doumit DH
Chris Parmelee RF
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Jamey Carroll 2B
Pedro Florimon SS
(Esmerling Vasquez P)

Yankees:
Derek Jeter SS
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano DH
Nick Swisher 1B
Curtis Granderson CF
Russell Martin C
Raul Ibanez LF
Jayson Nix 2B
(Phil Hughes P)

[snepp]

First two pitches no where near the zone, third pitch right down the center.


This should end well.

[greengoblinrulz]

I might be in minority but I dont think much of the Yanks everyday lineup.
Yes, a ton of HRs but very low BAve's. They can be pitched to, but of course MN has AAA guys trying to get em out.
They have 'names' but not great players anymore.

[snepp]

Tommyhawk.

[Top Gun]

Those old guys can play baseball, and are without Teixeira & Gardner, a great home team too.

[glunn]

Cute poll, but we are still in the game after two innings!

[snepp]

I might be in minority but I dont think much of the Yanks everyday lineup.
Yes, a ton of HRs but very low BAve's. They can be pitched to, but of course MN has AAA guys trying to get em out.
They have 'names' but not great players anymore.

Yeah, they draw too many walks, hit too many homers, and score too many runs. They need to hit for a better average like the Royals.

[greengoblinrulz]

I might be in minority but I dont think much of the Yanks everyday lineup.
Yes, a ton of HRs but very low BAve's. They can be pitched to, but of course MN has AAA guys trying to get em out.
They have 'names' but not great players anymore.

Yeah, they draw too many walks, hit too many homers, and score too many runs. They need to hit for a better average like the Royals.

better pitching (playoff type starters) wont give up the HRs.
Dont give up HRs to NYY....you win
Give up HRs to NYY....you lose

MN just doesnt have the type of pitching to limit the HRs....they dont have great stuff across the board.
But to agree with ya, they draw a ton of walks to make those HRs 2/3/4 runs at a time.

[mikeee]

Span could make the game interesting

[mikeee]

Or Boone Logan could make it interesting!

[mikeee]

Klutch hit!!! span the man!

[TwinVike61]

Gladden just said that Boone Logan has kind of "wet the bed" since he came in...LOL!!!

[mhanson93]

This is a pleasant surprise...nice to see them bounce around the reliever...

[mhanson93]

Gladden just said that Boone Logan has kind of "wet the bed" since he came in...LOL!!!

And he paused briefly before he said it...like he was about to say "s*** the bed"....LOL!!!

[PseudoSABR]

Well at least Mauer is making the batting race interesting.

[sbknudson]

Oh, I LOVE to beat the Yankees!!

[twinsnorth49]

Vintage Mauer tonight, bonus points for it being against the Yankees.

Great win.

[twinsnorth49]

First two pitches no where near the zone, third pitch right down the center.


This should end well.

Kinda good they didn't wave the white flag after the first 3 pitches.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Wait, what?!?!

[one_eyed_jack]

Vintage Mauer tonight, bonus points for it being against the Yankees.

Great win.

---Yes, indeed. Although I'm waiting for the Mauer-haters to show up and start ripping him for not getting any extra base hits.