Game Thread: Twins vs. Brewers, 5/29 - 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Lineups:

 

Twins:

 

Brewers:

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'll need someone to post the lineups today, as I'll be on the road and probably in a cell dead zone.

[edavis0308]

I'll need someone to post the lineups today, as I'll be on the road and probably in a cell dead zone.

 

Can't you just post what you think the lineup should be, then email it to Gardy and tell him to plan accordingly?

[stringer bell]

Can't you just post what you think the lineup should be, then email it to Gardy and tell him to plan accordingly?

Here's my lineup (mix of reality and wishful thinking):

Dozier 2b

Mauer dh

Willingham lf

Morneau 1b

Plouffe 3b

Doumit c

Parmelee rf

Hicks cf

Florimon ss

 

Deduno p

[IdahoPilgrim]

Here's a mixture of even more fantasy and reality -

 

Span cf

Mauer c

Braun lf

Cabrera 3b

Fielder 1b

Morneau dh

Parmelee rf

Dozier 2b

Florimon ss

 

Verlander p

[Brock Beauchamp]

Can't you just post what you think the lineup should be, then email it to Gardy and tell him to plan accordingly?

 

Sure.

 

Denard Span

Joe Mauer

Josh Willingham

Justin Morneau

Joe Mauer

Trevor Plouffe

Oswaldo Arcia

Aaron Hicks

Joe Mauer

 

Honorable Mention:

Joe Mauer

[jokin]

Here's a mixture of even more fantasy and reality -

 

Span cf

Mauer c

Braun lf

Cabrera 3b

Fielder 1b

Morneau dh

Parmelee rf

Dozier 2b

Florimon ss

 

Verlander p

 

Scratch Florimon, add Segura

[Shane Wahl]

Um, can you imagine Mauer and Votto back to back?????

[big dog]

Um, can you imagine Mauer and Votto back to back?????

 

Sorry, I was just imagining Votto on the Twins and had to step outside for a little air. What did you ask again?

[big dog]

This will cause him to go 0-4 and bobble two easy plays tonight, but I freely acknowledge that I gave up too early on Florimon. He's a better player than I thought he was. I don't think he's the best SS we could have for the next 5 years, certainly, but he's making the plays and I'm not looking at the lineup hoping to see Escobar at short like I was a few weeks ago.

 

Every other opinion I have is correct.

[edavis0308]

Here's a mixture of even more fantasy and reality -

 

Span cf

Mauer c

Braun lf

Cabrera 3b

Fielder 1b

Morneau dh

Parmelee rf

Dozier 2b

Florimon ss

 

Verlander p

 

You could have probably used a better dose of fantasy in RF and saved the reality for another position.

 

While we are at it, forget realism, lets just scrap the lower third of that lineup. Tulo is still healthy, right?

[Kenneth Kitsom]

I wonder if they're gonna get this one in.

[stringer bell]

Of course, you could go with the "if we'd have only kept 'em" lineup:

Punto .327 BA, .413/.404/.817 slash line

Hardy .250 BA .750 OPS, defending Gold Glove winner

Ortiz .336 BA .397/.603/1.000 slash line

Cuddy .333 BA .397/.615/1.012 slash line

Gomez .326 BA .369/.597/.966 slash line 10 homers and 10 steals

Hunter .312 BA .358/.427/.785 slash line

AJ .274 BA .311/.398/.710 slash line

Golden Calf .269 BA .323/.455/.778 slash line

Lexi .183 BA .435 OPS (somebody has to play second and make outs)

Liriano 3-1 2.30 ERA 28 K (more than any Twins starter) in only 23 innings.

[stringer bell]

Must be some serious aches and pains after the marathon and flight:

Escobar ss

Dozier 2b

Mauer dh

Hammer lf

Doumit rf

Plouffe 3b

Parm 1b

Hicks cf

Herrmann c

 

Deduno p

[jokin]

Must be some serious aches and pains after the marathon and flight:

Escobar ss

Dozier 2b

Mauer dh

Hammer lf

Doumit rf

Plouffe 3b

Parm rf

Hicks cf

Herrmann c

 

Deduno p

 

Day game after night game lineup- someone must have misread the start time.

 

Gardy really in his wheelhouse now, 2nd baseman in the 2-hole for the 3rd straight day.... and 3rd catcher starting------------ 3 Catchers in the starting lineup?

[stringer bell]

Meanwhile the Brewers have all eight starters from last night and added a DH:

Aoki rf

Segura ss

Braun lf

Ramirez dh

Gomez cf

Lucroy c

Betancourt 1b

Weeks 2b

Bianchi 3b

 

Estrada p

[Kenneth Kitsom]

What in the sam hill is wrong with Morneau?

[stringer bell]

This will cause him to go 0-4 and bobble two easy plays tonight, but I freely acknowledge that I gave up too early on Florimon. He's a better player than I thought he was. I don't think he's the best SS we could have for the next 5 years, certainly, but he's making the plays and I'm not looking at the lineup hoping to see Escobar at short like I was a few weeks ago.

 

Every other opinion I have is correct.

 

You're safe tonight. Florimon isn't in the starting lineup.

[Shane Wahl]

What the hell? I thought the Dozier thing was just because of the NL lineup. This is just a mess. What is wrong with this manager?

[Kenneth Kitsom]

Another throw away game. I can't wait. Bring on the rain.

[stringer bell]

What in the sam hill is wrong with Morneau?

 

Gardy mentioned in his postgame that Morneau had a nagging injury (back?) and that he wasn't sure if he could go after playing 14 innings.

[jokin]

Meanwhile the Brewers have all eight starters from last night and added a DH:

Aoki rf

Segura ss

Braun lf

Ramirez dh

Gomez cf

Lucroy c

Betancourt 1b

Weeks 2b

Bianchi 3b

 

Estrada p

 

How much better, no, more awesome, would that lineup be if they had just gone out and spent just a few million bucks by signing Mark Reynolds and James Loney?

[MichiganTwins]

What in the sam hill is wrong with Morneau?

 

Little tired. Mauer kept him up on the plane last night.

[stringer bell]

What the hell? I thought the Dozier thing was just because of the NL lineup. This is just a mess. What is wrong with this manager?

 

I'll defend Gardy for today after the long game and the travel. He doesn't have all of his horses and I suppose he is going to give Herrmann one game before he goes back, why not after the long game?

[jokin]

What the hell? I thought the Dozier thing was just because of the NL lineup. This is just a mess. What is wrong with this manager?

 

May I suggest that you just PM your query to the USAFChief....? I think he has some insight on this topic....

[MichiganTwins]

Meanwhile, Baxendale in his AA debut two shutout innings thus far.

[jokin]

Little tired. Mauer kept him up on the plane last night.

 

Was Joe going over in detail with Morny the qualitative differences in the various settings on his Quickswing batting tee? It seems that Morny has become quite the bloop-singles swinger since he became a Mauer acolyte.

[jokin]

Meanwhile, Baxendale in his AA debut two shutout innings thus far.

 

+++ Now there are 3 reasons to making a nightly check on New Britain scores!

[MichiganTwins]

+++ Now there are 3 reasons to making a nightly check on New Britain scores!

 

Yeah I am watching Gameday for NB, and listening to the Twins on the radio. If only there was someone to watch for in AAA tonight.... I guess I can watch Arcia's at bats.

[jokin]

Yeah I am watching Gameday for NB, and listening to the Twins on the radio. If only there was someone to watch for in AAA tonight.... I guess I can watch Arcia's at bats.

 

Is Cola back in the lineup tonight? It would also be nice to see Delbi Romero can get it going.

 

Other than that, for me, it's just a check every 5 days for another Gibson shutout while he "struggles" to work on his consistency....