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Lineups for both teams:

They aren’t going to DFA Brock Stewart.

No, it’s ick

Hoping the Twins can make it 3 of 4. With the ‘good Ober on the mound, we should have more than a fighting chance.

Considering it’s April and considering SWR has limited experience in the majors, I think what he pitched was respectable. I don’t know if I’d call it deep, but this time of year, if a pitcher goes 6 or 7, it’s good enough. With pitchers throwing harder and with more spin, more than they ever were even 5 yrs ago, not sure it’s reasonable to expect a lot of 8-9 inning pitchers, and certainly not in April. Pitching is more expensive than ever and more prone to injury than ever, we aren’t going to see a lot of complete or deep games anymore. He got the job done and maybe was more than many expected.

I don’t get the quick hook to put Varland in the BP when we need starters. My guess is it’s where he’s likely to end up in his career, but we need him right where he is right now

Context we all forget about, but now down Correa, too … Hope we can hold it even, at least

Ah, someone who actually speaks baseball in a game thread. Refreshing.

For whenever game 2 begins:

It’s currently wet and icky in Detroit, but it looks like that rain will be moving away. I’m guessing a late start but that a game will get played. Go Twins!

Yeah ... seems like they are working really hard to make sure he's innocent, but who knows. When you have that much money and hand over your trust to someone else? Who knows. I mean, embezzlement is a thing. How does anyone not know, yet, it happens. I guess when you have too much money, it's easier for some of it to get 'lost' in the shuffle?

For me, it takes too much energy. I don’t have high hopes for the team anyway, so, my expectations were already tempered. Yeah, I get it, I hate losing, too. But I think I’d give it until mid-May. Didn’t we start out slow last year, and then took off when Royce was ready at the end of May? I could be misremembering. It’s a looooong season and there are a lot of games left.

Go get ‘em, Joe!

I mean ... early season funk after only a couple games? Not sure I'd call it that. Yet. And given what he's had to deal with this spring, I'm going to give him a little leeway.

Anyone who is in attendance ... post your photos for all of us to enjoy! :)

Target Field, here we come! It will be chilly, but it won't be snowy/rainy! Go Twins! LineupsMatchups Batters CLE B HR RBI SB AVG OPS KwanLF L 1 3 1 .353 .842 Gimenez2B L 0 6 1 .346 1.015 Ramírez, Jo3B S 1 6 0 .273 .779 Naylor, J1B L 1 5 0 .318 .915 Freeman, TCF R 1 4 1 .211 .725 BrennanDH L 0 3 2 .286 .634 LaureanoRF R 0 0 1 .250 .733 Naylor, BC L 1 2 0 .235 .762 RocchioSS S 0 2 0 .304 .838 Lineups subject to change Batters MIN B HR RBI SB AVG OPS Julien2B L 0 0 0 .133 .388 KirilloffDH L 0 1 0 .444 1.117 BuxtonCF R 0 4 0 .316 .855 KeplerRF L 0 0 0 .077 .154 CorreaSS R 0 3 0 .267 .809 Santana1B S 0 1 0 .222 .642 WallnerLF L 0 1 0 .143 .586 Castro, W3B S 0 0 0 .125 .425 VázquezC R 0 2 0 .167 .310 Lineups subject to chang

It also made me wonder ... where did we stand last year? I think it was reported that we were one of the healthiest teams last year. There is a very strong correlation between health and success on a sports team. (Okay, that was my 'duh!' comment of the day.)

I don’t disagree with some of that. But we do try and make game threads, well, on the fun side. Of course a lot of that depends on the team, and sometimes expressions of dismay over the game at hand are warranted. But constant hammering of specific themes does get tiring and we do try to not let game threads become the place for the beating of dead horses. Save it for discussion threads of that topic. You aren’t alone. That said, I will amend my above statement, that you are the polar opposite of the polar opposite when it comes to Correa. You and I are very much on that same train! 🙂

And you are the polar opposite. Not sure you are capable of having anything but negative thoughts.

I’m making lamb burgers

The name I give to my stupid autocorrect … damn it, Ingrid … why do you keep inserting yourself into my thoughts?

Me, too. I’ve been wanting to see him out there for some time, but never thought they’d put him out there the first game he plays in in the majors.

Martin in CF. Didn’t expect to see that.

Happy Easter, everyone! Now onto the game info … go Twins!