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Willihammer

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Preview:
Kyle Gibson (11-11, 3.84 ERA) vs. Yovani Gallardo (13-11, 3.42 ERA)

 

Lineups: http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

 

Twins (0-1):

TBD

 

Orioles (1-0):

1. Manny Machado ® 3B
2. Adam Jones ® CF
3. Chris Davis (L) 1B
4. Mark Trumbo ® RF
5. Matt Wieters (S) C
6. Pedro Alvarez (L) DH
7. J.J. Hardy ® SS
8. Jonathan Schoop ® 2B
9. Joey Rickard ® LF

 

Yay! Baseball is back! After a heartbreaking 9th inning loss the Twins get a mulligan on opening day I figure. Today's matchup features the same Orioles lineup we saw on Monday and... not sure about the Twins' yet. Two teams that figure to strikeout a ton each facing pitchers that don't strike anyone out. And a hitters park to boot. I predict fireworks.

 

Pick to click anyone? A "click" is what happens when a player does really well in a ballgame. I'll take whoever the Twins have batting today in the three spot. I dunno maybe its Sano, maybe someone else I dunno.

 

A "click" can  have other meanings too. The urbandictionary defines it as a kilometre (about 0.63 miles) Vietnam War slang. Eg. "Wal-marts about ten clicks from hya." So Wal-Mart's about 10 kilometres from hya. Make a note for when you're in Vietnam and need to re-stock on trail mix.

 

Enjoy the game everyone!

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Willihammer Cedar Rapids Kernels

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Twins lineup just up:

 

1. Brian Dozier ® 2B
2. Joe Mauer (L) 1B
3. Miguel Sano ® RF
4. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B
5. Eddie Rosario (L) LF
6. Byung Ho Park ® DH
7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS
8. Kurt Suzuki ® C
9. Byron Buxton ® CF

D. Hocking FCL Twins

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Does Bert have the day off for his birthday? 

 

I think most of us have today off, since Bert was able to have it made into a National Holiday.

70charger Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

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Well, this one is too late for me, but I have a few predictions. Gibson doesn't strike out a ton of guys but get enough ground balls to be effective for 6 innings. Dozier hits the Twins' first. Mauer gets another couple hits.

 

I'm just happy baseball is back.

Squirrel GOAT

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I get to watch baseball, and see the snow fall out the window. 

 

I really hope Bert took the day off.

I get to watch this ... oh, wait ... I don't get to watch this. Working. :mad:

Mill1634 Minnesota Twins

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How much longer before Buxton's WHIFF- A- Thon get's him out of the starting line-up and Danny Santana in it? Molitor has a long leash, but Buxton has to start showing some progress that he can hit a slider or a curveball or at least lay off bad one's. I'm not a proponent of starting Santana over Buxton but at some point Buck is going to have to start getting on base, to keep his glove in the line-up everyday.

We are one game into the season, you understand that right?

DaveW All-Star

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How much longer before Buxton's WHIFF- A- Thon get's him out of the starting line-up and Danny Santana in it? Molitor has a long leash, but Buxton has to start showing some progress that he can hit a slider or a curveball or at least lay off bad one's. I'm not a proponent of starting Santana over Buxton but at some point Buck is going to have to start getting on base, to keep his glove in the line-up everyday.

I think they give Buxton a solid 20-30 games to "get it together" at that stage they can send him down to AAA if need be, and potentially call up Kepler...though that OF defense would be pretty terrible (assuming Rosario in CF and Sano+Kepler in RF/LF)

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"There are a lot of other people who have birthdays today"- Bert

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