Twins vs Tigers, 09-23-2012

[IdahoPilgrim]

I hate that dirt path going to the pitcher's mound, it looks so tacky.

 

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

[deanlambrecht]

Um, sweet!

[one_eyed_jack]

Well at least we surpassed last season's win total. Yay.

[jokin]

I hate that dirt path going to the pitcher's mound, it looks so tacky.

 

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

 

 

 

Since most of the posters here have no collective memory of Kirby Puckett, let alone Rod Carew, here are pictures of Tiger Stadium, believe or not, there was a ballpark before Comerica.

 

http://www.tigerstadiumdetroit.com/navin.html

[glunn]

No one is celebrating two wins on one day? The Twins looked decent today, and Walters gave up only one run in six innings.

[jokin]

No one is celebrating two wins on one day? The Twins looked decent today, and Walters gave up only one run in six innings.

 

Twins record:

 

AL Central: 34-35

NL 9-9

 

 

AL East: 10-18

AL West: 11-27

 

The Twins swept the fraud that is the Detroit Tigers today. Getting a doubleheader sweep in the AAAA/JV division of baseball merits a hearty golf clap, although admittedly, Diamond and Walters had good outings. The Tigers showed in vivid colors who they really are today- a destined-for failure, horrendously atrocious, infield defense that was further aided today in that effort by their OF. Furthermore, how do you construct a big-bucks- payroll-team to compete for a title with only 2 mediocre LHRP in the pen? And just one, very hittable, rookie Lefty starter?

[snepp]

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

 

Retro yes, but I think it still looks awful. Hated it on every baseball field I've ever seen.

[IdahoPilgrim]

[quote name=jokin;55457

 

 

Since most of the posters here have no collective memory of Kirby Puckett' date=' let alone Rod Carew, here are pictures of Tiger Stadium, believe or not, there was a ballpark before Comerica.

 

http://www.tigerstadiumdetroit.com/navin.html[/quote]

 

I guess this dates me. I remember Rod Carew (saw him play many times) and went to a game at Tiger Stadium in the 80s. By then of course it did not look at all like the pictures here - the dirt path from the plate to the mound had been filled in with grass. I remember thinking how old and dilapidated the stadium looked. Haven't been to the new park yet.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Going to Comerica/Tiger Stadium would have involved me traveling to Detroit again. Why would I do that to myself?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Isn't that how most/many ballparks were laid out early in the game's history? Kind of a retro look?

 

Retro yes, but I think it still looks awful. Hated it on every baseball field I've ever seen.

 

I don't hate it but I don't like it much, either. It ruins the aesthetic of the diamond.

[stringer bell]

The Twins' success against Detroit tells me that they aren't that far away. Then I see them play a series against the White Sox, who are a .500 team except when they play the Twins, and I think this team is on a par with the mid-nineties shlock that got put on the field.

 

BTW, Diamond has exactly a year's worth of starts now, and is 13-13 (lifetime) with a high 3s ERA. That sounds about right, but also sounds like a third starter on a Central pennant contender.

[nokomismod]

Nice to see the Twins playing the spoiler roll. Go Twins, Orioles, A's!