ST Game #28: Twins v Red Sox, 4/1 @ 12:05pm CT

[Squirrel]

RED SOX: (split squad)

Castillo RF

Pedroia 2B

Sandoval 3B

Napoli 1B

Nava LF

Bogaerts SS

Bradley CF

Shaw DH

Leon C

 

Buchholz P

 

TWINS:

Santana SS

Dozier 2B

Mauer 1B

Hunter RF

Vargas DH

Plouffe 3B

Escobar LF

Suzuki C

Schafer CF

 

Hughes P

 

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Another nice, sunny day in Fort Myers, with temps reaching the 80s ... or so I'm reading on Wunderground. I thought to give y'all an April Fool's Day tease and fill the lineup with Sano, Buxton, Rosario ... but thought that that might be a cruel tease rather than a Fool's tease. It's getting closer ... 5 days and 3 hrs remaining until Opening Day (at the time of this posting, if the homepage countdown can be believed!) It's almost here ...

[Halsey Hall]

Boston owns us.  But maybe our opening day lineup will do better against their split squad group. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

And Berrios starting!!... I like that idea.... Not too late.... You Only Live Once....

[Shane Wahl]

Yikes. Arcia is in the doghouse for real?

[Squirrel]

 

Yikes. Arcia is in the doghouse for real?

No doghouse, he's sick; a bit of the stomach stuff that's going around.

[ashbury]

 

Yikes. Arcia is in the doghouse for real?

Gardenhire Acres VIP Kennels, R. Clyde Gardenhire Prop,, has been sold to a certain P. Leo Molitor. Details pending.

[Squirrel]

Well, cripes, there's not even a radio broadcast. Guess I'll be getting some work done today.

[curt1965]

Personally, Ms. ChiTown, I rather have you reporting rather than working.

[Squirrel]

 

Personally, Ms. ChiTown, I rather have you reporting rather than working.

Hey ... heh ... it's just as easy for you to follow Gameday as it is for me!

[ashbury]

Your first inning Circus Boy Update: 0-0.

 

_{^{/ however the top of the second was less kind...}}

[Squirrel]

Top of the 3rd seemed better for Hughes ... at least on Gameday.

[stringer bell]

Not that it matters, but has Torii set the record for Spring Training GDPs?

[ashbury]

 

Not that it matters, but has Torii set the record for Spring Training GDPs?

I doubt it. Managers tend to be very aware of landmark milestones like that, and sit a player before he can break a negative record.

[James]

 

Top of the 3rd seemed better for Hughes ... at least on Gameday.

It looks like the top of the 4th went pretty well too.

[stringer bell]

 

Not that it matters, but has Torii set the record for Spring Training GDPs?

And of course, Vargas singles to lead off the next inning.  Get 'em out of your system now, T-nuts. 

[ashbury]

Dozier walks. Mauer walks. Torii drives in Dozier with a single. Vargas drives Mauer to third with a single. Now 1-1 with two outs. This has been your Circus Boy Update.

[Halsey Hall]

I've had the crud for a week.  Take a w hour nap and wake up to Dozier and Mauer walks, Hunter single, Vargas single and then Poof!  But Esco comes thru and plates 2 more.  Get rid of poof and put Esco at 3rd!

[D. Hocking]

 

Well, cripes, there's not even a radio broadcast. Guess I'll be getting some work done today.

 

WAIT!!!  The owners of this webpage have not given you a contract,  a competitive salary, excellent benefits, stock options, and potential bonuses, to allow you to live a comfortable life, and you have to work outside in addition to your important position here?  I guess the spirit of Scrooge lives on in the owners of Twins Daily.

[ashbury]

It's worse than that, D Hocking. They don't even let you resign.

[jokin]

 

I've had the crud for a week.  Take a w hour nap and wake up to Dozier and Mauer walks, Hunter single, Vargas single and then Poof!  But Esco comes thru and plates 2 more.  Get rid of poof and put Esco at 3rd!

 

Much to your disappointment, Halsey,  but Escobar might soon be turning Oswaldo Arcia into a LF Wally Pipp.

[ashbury]

 

 

Dozier walks. Mauer walks. Torii drives in Dozier with a single. Vargas drives Mauer to third with a single. Now 1-1 with two outs. This has been your Circus Boy Update.

Escobar drives in two more with a single. 3-1. W00t.

[jokin]

 

It's worse than that. They don't even let you resign.

 

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[Halsey Hall]

gameday almost missed the entire half inning with all the subs. 

[Squirrel]

 

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They only do if you let them!

[TRex]

I thought we might see a kinder, gentler CTTF after that clean inning by Stauffer!

[Squirrel]

 

I thought we might see a kinder, gentler CTTF after that clean inning by Stauffer!

Ha! I'll use jokin's meme here ...

 

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I want to believe! (I'm not going out and looking for an X-files thing here; just use your imaginations.)

[teekz]

Sheesh. Top of the 8th already? I hope the games go this fast on weekdays when I have games to go to. Maybe get some sleep during the season...

[NoCryingInBaseball]

Wow, guess I'm not up on Twins pitching....who's Ledezma?

 

[ashbury]

 

Wow, guess I'm not up on Twins pitching....who's Ledezma?

Veteran signed for Rochester this past December.

[jokin]

 

(Aging) Veteran signed for Rochester this past December.

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