Game Thread: Twins vs Tigers, 6/16 - 1:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Lineups:

 

Twins:

 

Tigers:

[Halsey Hall]

Willingham sits. Good thing he needs some time off. It would be nice to take this series and creep a little closer.

[Guest USAFChief]

Happy Father's Day everyone.

 

Enjoy the game.

[ashbury]

Willingham sits. Good thing he needs some time off. It would be nice to take this series and creep a little closer.

 

Corner OF / 1B / DH is the one area of major-league depth this team currently has. Anybody a little dinged up should not have to play through it. And you're right, it sure look like the Hammer isn't at full strength right now.

[snepp]

I blame Doumit's framing.

[B Richard]

Why the hell has Doumit been batting third?

[ashbury]

Welp, there goes the no-hi.... welp, there goes the shutout.

[ashbury]

Why the hell has Doumit been batting third?

 

After a string of ohfers he's been hot these past three games, with a BA of .273 and an OBP of... uh .273 and a SLG of... gulp .273 for an OPS of... ugh .545... yeah, why is he even the DH?

[buckninetyone]

fister really doug in there

[ashbury]

fister really doug in there

 

I tip my cap to you for making a pun on his first name.

[PseudoSABR]

Using 'doug' as a verb and 'fister' as the subject of a sentence is likely a bannable offense. Or one would hope.

[glunn]

Happy Father's Day everyone.

 

Enjoy the game.

 

Happy Father's Day to you Chief, and to all of the other fathers here.

[glunn]

Using 'doug' as a verb and 'fister' as the subject of a sentence is likely a bannable offense. Or one would hope.

 

Looking at the rules, the best I can come up with is a weak warning for trolling.

[Squirrel]

oh crap. that decided it for me. going to run an errand.

[ashbury]

Speaking of weak, looks like the Twins offense needs a rally avatar already in the 4th inning.

 

In running through recent Onion issues, I ran across this graphic that serves well to explain the popularity of our favorite avatar.

 

[glunn]

The Twins need to at least break up the perfect game.

[glunn]

Nice catch by Clete -- but should have thrown to first.

[ashbury]

The Twins need to at least break up the perfect game.

 

Doumit, the perfect-game killer.

 

BTW, on ESPN today I saw a rerun of their E:60 short feature, "Perfect Game". A really well-crafted film, I thought.

[ashbury]

Mauer guns down Jhonny going to third on a strikeout. Just a hit-and-run, or did they think they'd catch Joe napping with two strikes?

[ashbury]

Dozier, the no-hitter and shutout killer.

[buckninetyone]

the good dozier

[glunn]

Nice catch by Parm!

[ashbury]

Three innings to make up a 4-1 deficit. Hardly out of reach, but I wish the team's offense so far this season offered much cause for optimism.

[Squirrel]

Hmm ... I thought by running an errand the Twins would score a ton of runs in my absence. I'll take one over none, though.

[glunn]

Three innings to make up a 4-1 deficit. Hardly out of reach, but I wish the team's offense so far this season offered much cause for optimism.

 

Me too, my friend. In the meantime, I will go pick up brunch.

[glunn]

Hmm ... I thought by running an errand the Twins would score a ton of runs in my absence. I'll take one over none, though.

 

I am following your errand strategy now in the hope of more runs.

[buckninetyone]

i'm batting 1-9. sorry

[glunn]

We need 2 volunteers to go on errands this inning.

[ashbury]

Me too, my friend. In the meantime, I will go pick up brunch.

 

Thanks. I'd like the crepes, please.

[buckninetyone]

josh roenicke yes i've heard of this guy he's of the sckeneckdaty roeneckis