Game Thread: Twins vs Yankees, 7/1 - 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

No series preview against the Yanks, sorry. I was just too cramped for time to do it last night or this morning.

 

Lineups:

 

Twins:

Clete Thomas CF

Brian Dozier 2B

Ryan Doumit C

Josh Willingham DH

Justin Morneau 1B

Trevor Plouffe 3B

Oswaldo Arcia LF

Chris Parmelee RF

Eduardo Escobar SS

(Scott Diamond P)

 

Yankees:

Brett Gardner CF

Jayson Nix SS

Robinson Cano 2B

Vernon Wells RF

Travis Hafner DH

Zoilo Almonte LF

Lyle Overbay 1B

Chris Stewart C

David Adams 3B

(Andy Pettitte P)

[CairoCrown]

Hey, look what I found.

[glunn]

For years I have been hoping that Pettitte would grow too old to dominate the Twins. I am hoping that such time has come and that the Twins will score early and often tonight then wear out the Yankees bullpen.

 

I am also glad that Mauer is getting a day off -- I think that he needs one.

[CairoCrown]

It's so weird to see a yankees lineup without Jeter in it.

[Guest USAFChief]

Gardner has really overachieved into being a pretty solid player.

[CairoCrown]

Hey Chief, how's the heat down there?

[snepp]

*sigh*

[Guest USAFChief]

Hey Chief, how's the heat down there?

The heat's in fine shape, thank you.

[Bark's Lounge]

I am also glad that Mauer is getting a day off -- I think that he needs one.

 

Agreed.

[Guest USAFChief]

There must be some mistake.

 

Baseball Ref shows Cano hitting .287. I've never seen him make an out.

[Willihammer]

Shouldn't Pettitte be in bed by 8:00 eastern?

[GCTF]

*sigh*

 

Half an inning and still in the game. Now we just have to overcome the powerful stare of Andy P.

[GCTF]

There must be some mistake.

 

Baseball Ref shows Cano hitting .287. I've never seen him make an out.

 

Check Fangraphs. I think they calculate it differently.

[glunn]

From CBS --

 

Pettitte, 41, has lost three straight outings with 12 runs allowed over 19 2/3 innings with 16 Ks. He'll look for the record and his first win since June 8 when he takes the mound Monday at Minnesota.

 

Please let's get to this guy before he builds a rythm.

[Willihammer]

Half an inning and still in the game. Now we just have to overcome the powerful stare of Andy P.

 

Eh?

[CairoCrown]

Woo-hoo!

[CairoCrown]

Gardy will not be finishing this game.

 

 

 

Maybe he will

[Willihammer]

Gardy has to intervene because Morneau's never had to argue a I-beat-it-out call

[GCTF]

Um...safe.

[Beezer07]

I'm not even mad about that call. That's how bad it was...not even worth getting mad about because everyone on the planet knows it was wrong.

[kydoty]

lololololololololololololololololol

[GCTF]

Laugh Out Loud.

[CairoCrown]

Is there a baseball equivalent of the NBA's "Ball don't lie?"

[GCTF]

Yankee broadcast pronounciation...Par-MA-lay.

[glunn]

That was a key walk. The more pitches Pettitte has to throw now, the less likely he will be to find his Twins killing mojo later.

[Willihammer]

Yankee broadcast pronounciation...Par-MA-lay.

 

I just call him Chumlee

[Guest USAFChief]

D'ya suppose, when Gardy had to scratch Willingham, he put Carroll at third and Plouffe at DH just to avoid the embarrassment of having to submit an MLB lineup card containing "Carroll, DH" on it?

[snepp]

D'ya suppose, when Gardy had to scratch Willingham, he put Carroll at third and Plouffe at DH just to avoid the embarrassment of having to submit an MLB lineup card containing "Carroll, DH" on it?

 

http://www.aarongleeman.com/uploaded_images/tynerswinging-703354.jpg

[drjim]

Clearly out.

 

http://cjzero.com/gifs/MorneauOutYankees1st.gif

[Guest USAFChief]

Check Fangraphs. I think they calculate it differently.

Weird. I checked Fangraphs, and there's no reference to a "Robinson Cano" anywhere. It's like he doesn't exist. Must be a backstory there or something.