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Scott has been handed a 6 game suspension by MLB and a undisclosed fine. Announced just prior to the game tonight. Wow this is excessive in my humble opinion. The news feed said Scott plans to appeal.
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August 23, 2012 Twins vs. Rangers Another first!! Scott is ejected!! I am able to post this early as Scott is out of the game. In case you missed all the action Oswalt threw at Mauer, hitting his back just below the neck in the top of the third inning, on a 3 - 0 pitch. Why Oswalt did this is beyond understanding. Why hit the team all star? All the announcers for the game said it was on purpose as Oswalt is just too good of a pitcher to miss so badly. Home plate umpire issues no warnings and Mauer goes to 1st. Scott Diamond comes up in the botton of the 3rd, retires Elvis Andrus and here comes Josh Hamilton. Scott's first pitch comes at head level behind Hamilton's head and Scott was immediately ejected by home plate umpire, Wally Bell. Gardenhire comes out of the dugout and you knew his evening was going to be spent with Scott watching the game in the clubhouse. And sure enough Gardenhire is ejected. Interesting enough Wally Bell calls Ron Washington out of the dugout before the next pitch to Hamilton and issues a warning to the Rangers. The irritating thing it the man who caused it all, Oswalt, it still pitching the game. Scott's ejection was the first of his career, and I am glad he stood up for his team and Joe. This is all part of baseball, but somehow to eject Scott who did not hit anyone, and not Oswalt who hit Joe just seems wrong to me. Wally Bell knows the game too. He has been around a long time. This might turn out to a interesting series in Texas.
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August 19, 2012 Twins vs. Mariners It was billed as a pitching duel matching Scott Diamond against the Mariners left hander Jeff Vargas. And through 6 innings the game was everything anticipated. I happen to think that Scott out pitched Vargas; but then this is a Scott Diamond blog, and I am very impressed with Scott Diamond and his ability to pitch. Anyway, Scott looked great through 6, despite the fact that the home plate ump seemed confused by the outside part of the plate, while Scott was pitching, and the first base ump seemed seemed, to me at least, to call a very close call against the Twins. The 7th inning was another thing altogether. First, the Twins load the bases with 1 out; chase Vargas; bring the heart of the batting order to the plate; ... and get 1 measly run on a near-double-play ground ball by Mauer. Then Scott leaves the 10th pitch to Justin Smoak a bit too high and the score is tied. Perhaps a result of fatigue, and perhaps a result of frustration (see previous comment concerning the outside part of the plate), this leads to a 30 pitch 7th inning and Scott's departure after 6 2/3. His line is quite nice for the game: Another qualitly start, 6 2/3 innings, 2 Earned Runs, 0 walks, 2 Strikeouts, 100 Pitches and 64 strikes. His ERA drops slightly to 2.95.
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Twins 3 vs The Rays 7 - August 12, 2012 With each of the first batters in each of the first 2 inning hitting home runs; it looked to be a very long day for Scott Diamond. But a Justin Morneau homerun tied the game and Scott found his game. He went 7 innings leaving with the game tied. Another quality start. His line showed 3 earned runs, 8 hits, 6 strikeouts and an uncharacteristically high 2 walks. 67% of his 95 pitches were strikes; and with 1 or 2 Twins hits with runners in scoring position (5th, 6th and 7th innings) Scott might have left with a lead. Also notable was Scott showed a flashy glove, catching line drive off Ben Zobrist in the 4th; and a frightening disregard for his pitching hand in deflecting ground ball off that same Ben Zobrist in the first. Perhaps we can just plan to walk Zobrist in the future. A great piching battle between Diamond and Shields today but would have been nice to have seen a different ending in the 10th.
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Article: Minnesota Twins Roster & Payroll 2012
sweetluis replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Not sure if it matters but Scott Diamond was born in 1986 not '85 as posted -
Twins 14, Cleveland 3 August 6, 2012 Scott Diamond is a 10!! Almost overlooked in the jubilation over Justin Morneau's 200th homerun on Monday evening, was the very tidy 10th win of the season by Scott Diamond; an event that the Twins haven't celebrated in almost 2 years. It wasn't a PERFECT 10th win, but it WAS very nice. It started out a bit on the rocky side, as Scott worked through an ugly error and two base hits in the first inning, to limit the Indians to a single unearned run. The Twins offense delivered 10 runs in the top of the second and the rest of the game was quite relaxing for the Twins fans ... other than for celebrating Morneau's previously mentioned 200th homerun. Scott's line shows 7.0 innings with 2 Earned Runs, 7 hits and 1 walk. His line doesn't show 3 double plays behind him, which helped to keep the game quite relaxing for the Twins. His ERA (2.91) is 6th in the American League and his Quality Start %age (71) is also 6th in the AL. Congratulations Scott on a excellent season thus far.
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Twins 2, White Sox 3 - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Excellent outing!!! Rotten result!!! Scott was looking to carry his wonderful performance last Friday into today's start against the division leading White Sox and their ace, 2007 Cy Young winner Jake Peavy. Scott pitched another great game going 7.1 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 8 hits; striking out 3 and walking none. It was another quality start and should have been good enough for his 10th win. But Peavy pitched just as well, and held the Twins to 2 runs; so the well deserved win, turned into a hard-fought loss. As usual, Scott pounded the strike zone and usually pitched ahead in the count. Uncharacteristically he provided a number of rather good looking 0-2 pitches, something he'll certainly learn from. He left the game following a come-backer that hit sharply off the inside of his right (landing) leg. There appears to be nothing to prevent his next start in Cleveland.
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Minnesota 11 vs Cleveland 0 - July 27, 2012 Great to get back from holidays and watch the Minnesota/Cleveland game!! Apparently the Kansas City game was a good one to miss, but baseball sometimes works out that way. But tonight was a good game NOT to miss; especially if you're watching Scott Diamond! Complete game! Shutout! 3 hitter! 6 strikeouts! 0 walks! 98 pitches! 67 strikes! I know that's abuse of exclamation marks, but you get the point. And his ERA returns below 3 (2.88) where it belongs. If you combine Scott's outing with some excellent defense (especially the middle infield) and a generous supply of offense (11 runs); it's a recipe for a wonderful team win. Is it my imagination or are Bert and Dick becoming big Scott Diamond fans! Lol
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July 16, 2012 Twins vs. the Orioles After Scott having a long time between starts which apparently was planned by the Twins staff, Scott did a good job of pitching tonight backed up with great offense and defense. Scott in his 8th win this season, went 6 innings, gave up 9 hits, 5 runs, 3 strikeouts and 1 base on balls. Scott's ERA is 2.96. The outing wasn't his finest as he had an uncharacteristically low strike ratio and was frequently pitching from behind. Fortunately the Twins brought their bats to the game, and Scott was pitchiing with a lead from the second inning. Scott's excellent control seemed to return in the third inning and except for Reynold's 3 run homerun, the pitcher was in control of the game. I found this link to a interview of Scott last evening on Twitter, for those of you who are interested. Video: Scott Diamond Joins Chris Long On Sports Wrap, Pt. 1 http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2691280.shtml via @KSTP
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Scott Diamond's 2.62 ERA is the lowest out of all MLB Rookies and 6th best in the AL (Min. 60 IP). Scott is 7 - 3 in 12 starts, of which 10 are quality starts. Scott is a hard worker who is achieving his goals and you base your comment on what?
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July 7, 2012 Twins vs. Tigers He deserved better!! Scott took the mound against the Detroit Tigers for an afternoon game today. He threw yet another quality start, allowing 2 runs over 7 innings, and was supported by some excellent Twins defence and lots (14) of hits. It should have been a recipe for his 8th win of the season. But the Tigers threw out 3 base runners at home and the Twins left 16 other runners on base and Scott watched a 3-2 lead evaporate into a no-decision in the 8th inning. The line drive to Scott's right shin in the 6th inning, and the 1 1/2 hour rain delay combined with a late finish to the game the night before (another rain delay) only served to make the game more troubling. Scott's line showed 7 innings, with 2 earned runs, 1 walk, and 4 strikeouts. His ERA nudged down to 2.62. A nice way to enter the All Star Break. Sure hope Ron Washington is noticing, just in case he needs a couple of substitutes!
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July 1, 2012 Canada Day north of the border Including a link to one of Canada's National newspapers on a article about Scott Diamnd apparently written 2 weeks ago, that gives lots of insight into Scotty's route to the majors. http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/06/16/guelphs-scott-diamond-coming-out-of-his-shell-with-twins/
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Saturday, June 30, 2012 Twins vs. Royals Scott had a another quality start, during the first game of the double header, today against the Royals! It has to bring a big smile to a Twins fan's face to watch a game where the pitcher is so confident and can go about his business and get the job done! Scotty pitched 8 innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 base on balls, and struck out 4. Scott threw 101 pitches - 65 for strikes. Scott's ERA slightly dropped to 2.63 for his 11 starts since being called up on May 8th from Rochester. Along with great pitching the Twins showed great offense and defense and Scotts record is now 7 wins and 3 losses. This win ended a drought while playing doubleheaders for the Twins who were 0 - 8 in their past 4 double headers and had not won a game of a doubleheader since May 8, 2010 against Baltimore at Target Field.
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For those intersted here is the link to Cody Christie's articile recapping the Season Ticket Fan Forum featuring Scott Diamond and Trevor Plouffe. http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?730-Diamond-and-Plouffe-talk-to-Season-Ticket-Holders
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Sunday, June 24, 2012 Twins vs. Reds Now that was fun! Perhaps 'extra' ordinary is a better word. Scott pitched a very strong 8 inning, and the Twins brought great defence and just enough timely offence to assure him a 6th win. Thanks Josh W. Scott pitched consistently ahead with 79% of his 82 pitches finding the strike zone. He saw a number of major league firsts today including: first 8 inning outing first 7 strikeout game first time plunking 2 batters in a rowScott's line showed 8 innings, 3 earned runs, 7 strike out, 1 walk and 1 home run. And that home run by Joey Votto was (in my opinion) quite a good pitch. Perhaps Votto was highly motivated after being 'schooled' twice earlier in the game. Scott's ERA now stands at 2.67. Sadly his batting average has dipped to .143 and hopes of leading the Twins in hitting are fading.
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Tuesday, June 19, 20012 Twins vs Pirates It was an 'ordinary' start for Scott. Not good; not horrible; just ordinary. So ordinary in fact that I didn't get around to this post until today. Scott didn't seem to have his best stuff, uncharacteristically pitching from behind to many Pirates. The offence was absent, the defence was uninspired, and the pitching was not good enough to make up the difference. Scott took the loss with an unimpressive line of 5.1 innings, 4 earned runs, 2 walks and one lonely strikeout. His record now stands at 5 and 3 with an ERA of 2.57. Can't wait for the next start against the Reds.
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June 14, 2012 Twins Vs. Phillies 6 innings and 4 earned runs. With the recent scoring power the Twins have been showing , this might have been good enough for another Scott Diamond win. But not on this night. The Twins could only find a single run, and Scott was left with the loss. Scott gave up a solo homerun in the second inning, and a 3 run shot to former team mate Jim Thome in the third. For the rest of his 6 innings Scott demonstrated his usual controlled presence on the mound, and kept out of trouble. 5 hits, 4 earned runs, 1 strikeout and 2 walks complete his line for the night. Scott's ERA has 'ballooned' to 2.13; still best among the Twins' starters. Next scheduled start is in Pittsburgh, where he'll have a chance to improve on his team leading batting average.
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I knew someone in the Twins Daily community would be able to write an excellent article with a view of how the Diamond/Bullock trade looks in 2012, so have included the link, as a reference. http://twinsdaily.com/entry.php?1265-Diamond-flourishes-while-Bullock-struggles
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June 9th, 2012 Twins vs. Cubs Another great team win! But this is the Scott Diamond blog. Scott had another quality start today pitching 6 shutout innings against the Cubs, and leaving the game with a 11 - 0 score. Scott allowed 7 hits, 0 runs, 0 base on balls, 5 strike outs and lowered his ERA to 1.61 This was Scott's 7th start since being called up from Rochester, and now has 5 wins, 1 loss and 1 no decision. Looking at the stats is quite fun when you see that Scott leads the team with a .333 batting average (okay, I know he only has come to bat 3 times since being called up, but that one hit does count!) Scott's ERA is second on the team behind Drew Butera's steller .000 (okay Drew's stats count too!) He is also leading the team in wins with 5, and is third on the team with innings pitched at 44.2 behind Pavano and Liriano. In The 7 games Scott has pitched for the Twins, he has allowed 14 runs, 8 of them being earned, 4 homeruns and 4 base on balls with 27 stikeouts. I wonder how Billy Bullock is doing this year? I haven't looked but have also not seen anyone questioning the trade this year. If I can find his stats it would be an intersting comparison. Great work Scotty. You have been a great addition to the Twins and an exciting pitcher to cheer for.
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Sunday, June 3, 2012 Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians I am away from home on holidays and so had to bring along my Sirus Satelite radio to listen to the game. Unfortunately I could only find the game listening to the Indians play by play announcers but the results were good for my favorite Twins player and they could not say enough kind words about Scott, as he pitched a great game. They called Scott "Impressive" and said he was probably the best pitcher in the Twins rotation. Here is Scott's line for today: 7 Innings pitched, 7 hits, 3 unearned runs, 2 strikeouts, 0 base on balls. Scott's ERA is now 1.86 With the Twins winning the game Scott is now 4 wins, and 1 loss. Great game Scott and a lovely way to spend an holiday listening to a Twin's win!!
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Monday, May 28th, 2012 Scott took the mound this afternoon in a game at Target Field against the Oakland Athletics. Scott had another quality start going 6 1/3 innings, giving up 3 earned runs, 9 hits, 1 base on balls, and 4 strike outs. He kept the game close and left with the game tied. The Twins took the lead and hung on to it in the 8th. Scott gets a no decision on this game but happily the Twins get a win and end a 5 game losing streak.
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May 23, 2012 Well tonight is not as much fun to write about. Scott battled to keep the Twins' in the game, through 6 innings, but with no offense and not much defense and some good hitting by the White Sox it all added up to a loss for the Twins. Here is Scotts line for tonight. 6 innings pitched, 9 hits, 5 runs of which 3 were unearned, 1 intentional base on ball, 4 strikeouts and 94 pitches thrown of which 61 are strikes. ERA 1.78
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Friday, May 18, 2012 Scott took the mound for his 3rd start since being called up to Minnesota against the Milwalkee Brewers at Miller Park tonight. Scott battled during his 5 1/3 innings, but was able to keep the team in the game, and the teams offense certainly helped, allowing Scott to get his third win of the season and the team to have their first 3 game winning streak of the season!! In 5 1/3 innings Scott allowed 8 hits, 3 runs, 1 walk, 3 strike outs, and 1 home run. Scott's ERA sits at 1.40 Interstingly enough Scott's bat figured into the game as well. In three at bats, Scott hit a single in the top of the 5th inning and scored on a Joe Mauer double. Scott's batting average sits at .333 Scott leads the pitching staff in wins, ERA and Batting average!!
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Another vote here that the helmet hitting the ump was not intentional. It was way too close of game for the ump to start this nonsense in the 9th inning. If the helmet would have come back and hit Lawrie like a bat did to Bryce Harper and his temper tantrum, that would have been the end of this conversation. Just an ejection of the game and that would have been it. Come on folks don't make this into more than it was!! "Looked like he was hoping it would hit him on the bounce" is reading much more into a bad temper reaction than this calls for!! 5 games to set an example to control your temper and a warning to Bryce Harper might be in order as well.
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Greengoblinrulz. It sounds like you think a 22 - 24 year old player can never improve, but Scott's coaches and record would indicate that this is just not true. Scott has had a tremendous if short AAA season, and has carried this success into the Majors. I for one am welcoming his pitching with the Twins, in a season that had not too much to cheer about so far. Scott is a dedicated, but humble hard worker that is improving and that to be celebrated. I am sure I am not alone.