Kirsten Brown

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

The family and I took a nice little vacation to Beloit, WI, to catch some minor-league ball and get a glimpse of some future Twins. We attended games on two steamy evenings, Friday and Saturday.


The Snappers, the Twins Class A affiliate, are a pretty typical minor-league team. There are several features of the ...

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

The Twins have placed RHP Matt Capps on the 15-day DL with right shoulder inflammation. He had a MRI on Monday, which indicated that there is no damage, just inflammation, and it sounds like he's going to have a cortisone shot this week.


Left-handed pitcher Tyler Robertson was recalled to take Capps' roster spot. ...

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

Hi. It's been a while. Nothing like a busy-at-work-busy-at-home lifestyle to put a dent in one's blogging ambitions. But anyhoo...


I have a few thoughts.


My thoughts on Ben Revere
How much fun has Benny been to watch lately? The plays in the outfield, the improved hitting, the smiling, the adorableness, the little chicken wing thing he does in the batting box, the plays in the outfield ... ...

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

So, I didn't really get a chance to pay much attention to this series. I was kind of busy with the "having a life" thing -- watching my kid play baseball, improving my golf game (this is a hilarious statement if you've ever seen me golf), etc. But I was able to check in from time to time, so I'm not completely lost


Some notes:

• Seems to me that the best starting pitching performance of the series

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Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

Another series win! We all could get used this, right? There's nothing like winning to make everyone all confident and happy.


A couple of notes:

• I think that my buddy Brian Dozier needs a day or two off to clear his head a little. It seems like he's scuffling a bit, especially with his glove. I think he'll be fine, though.
• Did you see that sick Ben Revere catch on Saturday? That perfect somersault in

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Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

A SWEEP! A real, honest to goodness, three-game sweep! A fun come-from-behind win! An even funner walk-off win! And a strong-pitching-performance win! Yay, winning!

And all these wins came with the classic "M" caps. So you know that we'll be seeing more of them. I like the "M" logo and all (even though I still ...

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
On Friday when the Twins were beating up on the Brewers, for as much as I was enjoying the production, I was thinking to myself that they should save some of their hits for another day when they needed them. It's a cliched joke, I know, but considering how shaky this season has been, I worry about such things.


But I'm reasonably pleased that the Twins still took the series, and things have been looking less glum. And, yeah, ...

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I know it was another short series, and I know the wins weren't pretty, but it still counts as a series sweep, so I'm breaking out the broom, mostly because there's a real chance that I won't be able to break it out any more the rest of the season.


Some notes from the series:

• Hits. Hits. Hits.
• Taking

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Short series; short recap; short paragraphs.


Men left on base.


Leaving pitches up.


Shin-Soo Choo.


Homerun.


Homerun.


Homerun.


Grounding into double play.


Grounding into double play.


Grounding into double play.


Grounding into double play.
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Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

After a truly awful, embarrassing effort by the Twins on Thursday, they got it together and acted like a big league team the rest of the series. A split of a four-game series against a pretty good team isn't bad, and Saturday's loss was at least somewhat respectable (if there is such a thing as a "respectable loss").


A few notes:

• Brian Dozier keeps flirting with me. I was happy for him for his

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Turns out the only guy who can breathe some life into the Twins' anemic rotation is a rookie. In fact, Scott Diamond is so magical, he even breathed some life into the Twins' hitters too. Alas, his magic only lasted one night.


Some notes on the series:

• I'm so happy that the Twins are done with the Angels, and more specifically Albert Pujols. I love Albert, I really do, and I'm happy that I can start

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Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

Remember back in late April when the Twins faced the Red Sox and Royals and lost like 6-7 and I said "if you score six runs, you ought to win the ballgame" (well, I didn't actually say it so you could hear it, but my husband heard it, so just work with me here)?


I miss those days.


The Twins have officially become "that" team. You know, the team that all other teams, even if they're ...

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Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

Oy. That was a punch in the gut. Followed closely by a knockout punch to the jaw.


There's no need to go into detail about how awful that was. Not only has the starting pitching failed to improve to a satisfactory level, but now the offense has taken a break from acceptability. Let's hope that a day off in beautiful Seattle helps matters. Although we all said that for the last off day...


Just keep ...

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog

Sometimes a baseball team loses games, and sometimes it refuses to win. And this series showed us perfect examples of both.


Tuesday's game was a genuine clunker by the Twins. It happens. No biggie.


Monday's and Wednesday's games, however, were totally winnable. And the Twins...didn't.


As much as leaving men on base drives me nuts, that's not the Twins' biggest problem. Obviously, ...