Twins-Royals: Neshek news
Posted on August 9th, 2008 – 4:48 PMBy La Velle
Righthander Pat Neshek has begun a throwing program in Fort Myers, Fla. The Twins officially don’t expect him back this year, but if he works his way up to getting on a mound late this month and says, `I feel g-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-eat,” then the Twins will consider using him down the stretch. The big hurdle will be to find him work, since minor league seasons will completed by then.
If he’s not ready, he will continue workouts and pitch to batters in instructional league in October, then get ready for spring training 2009. I tend to believe that this is what will happen.
I spoke with Michael Cuddyer today. He’s bummed out about his broken foot but isn’t giving up on the season. He’s been told that, in most cases, it takes 4-6 weeks for the bone to heal. Even if its for the last two weeks of the season, Cuddy wants to try to contribute.
Lineup
Twins (64-51): 1. Denard Span, RF. 2. Nick Punto, 2B. 3. Joe Mauer, C. 4. Justin Morneau, 1B. 5. Jason Kubel, DH. 6. Delmon Young, LF. 7. Brian Buscher, 3B. 8. Adam Everett, SS. 9. Carlos Gomez, CF. Pitching: Francisco Liriano.
Royals (53-63): 1. Mike Aviles, SS. 2. David DeJesus, CF. 3. Billy Butler, SS. 4. Jose Guillen, LF. 5. Miguel Olivo, DH. 6. Alex Gordon, 3B. 7. Mark Teahen, RF. 8. John Buck, C. 9. Esteban German, 2B. Pitching: Zack Greinke.
323 Responses to "Twins-Royals: Neshek news"
La Velle, I know we can’t talk about playo.f.. but could Cuddyer play if we got that far? Or what is the rule on rostering players for the playo.f.?
Why is Everett in the lineup again? Bat anybody instead of him.
players can play in the playoffs at any time as long as they are in the system by sept 1….. i think
i know k-rod didn’t even get called up until mid sept 02 and he was very prominent in the playoffs
Everett is in the lineup for glove purposes
They have to set the playoff roster on Sept 1st. After that you can swap out injured players (players for players, pitchers for pitchers only). Because of this, you’ll see Cuddyer, Tolbert and Nesheck on the playoff roster. Then, on Sept. 29th, they can sub in the three best players/pitchers to take these spots.
They’ll also move to a 14 player/11 pitcher roster make up at that point. Since Nesheck will be one of the 11 pitchers on the roster, at the end of september, they’ll essentially have to pick the “hottest hand” to fill the 11th spot
I’d worry more about Gomez than Everett.
Bases loaded twice and the Twins got nothing, now that is a brutal bat
Shawn: the glove is irrelevant if he has to 2 hop it to 1st every time he throws over….
remember when Gomez hit for the cycle! Man, those were the days…
stinky that was so long ago it almost feels like it didn’t happen
His arm has been perfectly fine since he returned, his arm was awful because of the shoulder injury earlier. Have you even watched the games?
with Buscher at 3rd, you almost have to use Everett, to even it out.
Admire Cuddy’s determination but his foot will have to be immobilized for a while. During which time his foot muscles will be atrophied. Then comes physical therapy to bring flexibility back to the point of being about to move around. In short, don’t expect anything this remaining season.
“Mauer and fellow All-Star Justin Morneau have also had no luck against Saturday’s scheduled starter Zack Greinke (9-7, 3.93). Mauer is 3-for-19 (.158) in his career against Greinke, while Morneau is batting .190 (4-for-21) with two doubles lifetime versus him.” from yahoo.
Okay..thanks. That’s what I expected. One of the posse members was reporting that Neshak was going to pitch for the Miracle on Monday and I said I doubted he was that far along in his rehab program. I imagine he’s coming for bobblelection and to add to our amusements in the stands.
This should be a low scoring game tonight (afternoon for me/us) - Liriano should go 6 or 7 innings and keep them at less than 3 runs BUT Grienke will do likewise - let’s hope we can bust this one open early (however, the Twins are NOT a 1-6 innings hitting team - yahoo MLB stats).
Dianna,
Name the three “surest bets” on the Miracle. And who do you compare each to? Thanks.
the Miracle did some hittin today
My guess: Ramos, Guerra, and Robertson.
Slama?
Gutierrez look good today?
It doesn’t even the lineup out since Everett can neither hit nor play D. What has he got…5 errors…and hops every throw to first.
I used to live in Houston (1996 - 2000) and remember Everett as a weak hitter but when he got hot it was “kewl” - very good D and low hitting average. Had he averaged .270 or more, he’d still be in Houston. He did have a knack to be a not-so-bad clutch hitter though.
T-Mouse has predicted elsewhere in blogville that in any game that both Adam Everett and Brian Bass pay, I am guarateeing a loss.
Everett is a combination of Houston Jimenez and Lenny Faedo. When you’re playing playoff baseball, having good fielding stats doesn’t cut it. Everett at age 31 is on a production downswing from a very low initial perch.
The Twins should begin an indirect platoon of Gomez vs. lefties and Kubel vs. righties. In the former scenario, you play C-Los in center. In the latter scenario, you play Denard in center and Kubel in right.
Gomez is not productive at a major league level against righties. His very poor eye at the plate does not make it mathematically smart to put him in there against righties.
We have to make moves like this if we want to compete with the top teams in the AL.
You cannot have Gomez hitting against righties, Everett sending weak grounders from the plate, and Bass called on for a clean inning. . and expect to compete with the Redsox, Rays, Yanks, or Angels.
We need to cast a cold eye and see things as they are.
So says T-Mouse.
“So says T-Mouse.”
So cares nobody.
Good news about Neshek, but I’d almost rather see him take his time and come back next year vs. rushing anything and risk more premanent damage.
He hasn’t played in what…four months now?
Captain America,
2 K’s is brutal, BUT I seem to remember a series in Tampa last year, and 1 game in particular where in that game Mauer, Morneau and Hunter EACH left at least 10 runners on base, NOT ONE of these 20yr olds making minimum could produce as much as a sac fly. Don’t know why Hunter got $90 mil contract, Don’t know why Morneau got a $60 mil+ contract, and Mauer just signed a $30+ mil contract. I guess screwing up with the bases loaded by a 2nd year guy NEVER happened before by better players. (sarcasm intended).
Regards,
My favorite is Hunter hitting into two inning-ending double plays in two consecutive innings (with the bases loaded)
Go sit down Punto….yeesh.
T-Mouse- If you put Kubel in the outfield and sit Gomez–I’m assuming you are calling for an outfield of Young, Span and Kubel…you really want Kubel and Young playing in the outfield together against every RH starter?? That is a lot of games…Have you seen the defense played this year by Young and Kubel??
Will Punto find himself on the bench tomorrow because of that blunder?? Of course not. Any other player would get lambasted for doing that except LNP.
Keep running him out there every day Gardy. You’re a fraud.
Thanks alot Punto. Bonehead cost us a run.
Of course that outfieler makes a great catch after that. Figures.
Brasky, just out of curiosity…if you sit Punto, are you fully accepting that Harris will play 2nd?
Remember everybody, Punto’s the only guy who ever makes baserunning errors.
It’s getting to the point that the Twins may need to start looking to trade Mike Cuddyer. He couldn’t play 3rd and can’t seem to stay healthy in right. Denard Span has done a wonderful job as his replacement. Please trade Mike Cuddyer!
onslow…after his injury plauged season, I doubt you’d find many takers.
Or get much back.
Looks like punto wants to take over this game. Really dumb mistake.
Was that a screwed up hit and run?
That’s sure what it looked like, didn’t look like a steal attempt.
Regards,
This is true T, this is true. Good point.
Punto forgot what the count was, simple as that.
Everett’s arm costing a baserunner. Good thing Harris is on the bench…too bad he can’t come in for both.
Put an orange traffic cone out at 2B instead of Pun-terrible…I don’t care. He’s a joke. Don’t worry though, the FO will reward him with a nice contract at the end of the year.
They should change the team name to the Fighting Puntos.
Dragon, Punto thought that it was ball four and held up.
Everett is weak
Why would you hit and run with 2 strikes??
Yeah so where are the people convinced that everett should be in for his fielding “ability”. Only the Twins would play a guy who hits like Juan Castro and fields like Tony Batista.
Why would you hit and run with 2 strikes??
Because Gardy’s a moron. Just go back to your corner kthxbye.
Liriano needs some big Ks now
Great, Liriano is not starting out very well. Hopefully he can get out of this.
Looks like the April Liriano tonight.
Everett still has range, Everett just doesn’t have any gas on his arm.
Harris could come in for Everett, but that leaves Punto in. Harris could come in for Punto, but there’s only one of him.
Face it, one of either Punto or Everett will have to be in the lineup until Casilla gets back.
Besides, you should be glad they’re both in. Otherwise you wouldn’t have anything to come here and talk about. Lord knows you can’t actually talk about anything but those two…
That is what they call a slider.
Even Gardy isn’t dumb enough to hit and run with 2 strikes. You don’t force a guy like Mauer to possibly swing at a pitch out of the zone with 2 strikes. LNP forgot the count. When that happened on my high school or college teams, you found yourself sitting next to the coach the rest of the game. Not LNP though. He’ll play every game the rest of the season.
T is likes to fight guy tonight
Strike out time now
He’ll play every game the rest of the season.
Until Casilla comes back.
But like I said, Harris could come in for Punto or Everett and you’d still rejoice because you don’t know enough about baseball to carry a conversation otherwise.
T is likes to fight guy tonight
I’m warming up for UFC. I might just jump in the ring againt Brock if I gotta. 
Bill B.
With Mauer at bat, ABSOLUTELY. He controls the bat well, and hits into a double play on occasion.
With me batting…NEVER,
Regards,
Time for another strike out
That runner on third is on Everett unfortuantely. Hopefully Liriano can hunker down and finish this off.
How do you appeal a suspension when everybody’s got you on camera rushing the mound?
Big Ks for the kid, man he can pitch well out of the stretch!
Bill B.
I’d bench Mauer & Morneau…couldn’t get a runner in from 3rd with 1 out. Isn’t that what they make the BIG BUCKS for?
Regards,
I see luke hughes is hitting .314 in AAA now…
Pitching around Kubel for no apparent reason…I like it.
Hopefully Liriano can settle down now after that inning.
OK…if you think you can put on a hit and run with 2 strikes, you don’t deserve to post on this message. I’m going to guarantee you it NEVER happens. There isn’t a Manager on this planet that would do that.
Dragon,
I’m assuming you’re posts are tongue in cheek.
Gardy has said that he doesn’t put the hit and run on with mauer at the plate. HUGE HR!
There isn’t a Manager on this planet that would do that.
But I thought Gardy was the biggest moron of all time…costing this team at least 7 wins a season.
————-
Nice hit there Young. Twins needed that after the 1st.
Keep talking about HRs, Dick. LOL
I don’t know why Young is in the game.
Hit and run works twice. With Punto and Everett of all people.
Anyone remember when Dick wore that cowboy hat and the team rallied and scored a bunch of runs?
T says:
August 9th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Remember everybody, Punto’s the only guy who ever makes baserunning errors.
Every other game… yes, he is the ONLY guy who does that.
“I don’t know why Young is in the game.”
Classic!
“Even Gardy isn’t dumb enough to hit and run with 2 strikes.”
It was run-and-hit, not hit-and-run.
Mauer is supposed to swing at strikes only.
Punt lost count and should have stolen 2B as his part of the play.
Plus, I’m guessing that Punto was afraid to slide head-first (the only way he knows how) for fear of getting skewered on the blogs.
The Hunter.
Bill,
Actually, when I watched the replay, AND the way Punto was not going full out (implying a steal) that is all that makes sense. Other thought was Punto stopped mid way, expecting a “balk” to be called.
Regards,
Hit a HR Denard!
Gomez needs a few days on the bench. The pitcher does not even have to throw strikes to him anymore.
Well, bench Buscher for the rest of the game.
So now Punto and Buscher are both out.
Oh crap, Ruiz at 3B then?
And the royals give the twins a free out. Let’s see if punto can respond…
If anything, Punto just needs to get back on base to make up for it.
M&M are the ones who have to make up for their ABs.
“Punto stopped mid way, expecting a “balk” to be called.”
Assuming a balk call is more stupid than losing the count, but Punto WAS guilty of losing the count, so anything is possible.
At least Punto can hit his batting helmet…
Buscher’s mistake is a little more forgiving. He was probably told to go on a ground ball because they would probably turn 2. Not his fault. Punto’s blunderwas 100% his fault.
Mauer didn’t make Punto make a base running error. That was Puntos fault
So based on events so far…
Tomorrows infield:
Morneau/Harris/Everett/Lamb
Tomorrows outfield:
Young/Span/Kubel
DH:
Ruiz
C:
Redmond
T,
“Well, bench Buscher for the rest of the game.”
Buscher made the correct play with one out.
Stop the DP!
Mauer then struck out with a runner on third.
He was probably told to go on a ground ball because they would probably turn 2.
Oh right.
FIRE ULGER!
Good to see that Gomez played that single into a double
Ouch. Gotta let Span grab that if you can’t Gomez.
gomez needs to sit
“FIRE ULGER!’
Ulger and Buscher were both correct.
T,
Have you ever played baseball?
Ulger and Buscher were both correct.
What? Are you there MOM or something!?
3rd K
Have you ever played baseball?
Have you ever heard of sarcasm?
50% quality starts. That’s good. Though I’m curious how far from quality the rest were. (We know how three of them were)
“What? Are you there MOM or something!?”
They were twins, 20 years apart.
It was a very difficult birth.
“It was a very difficult birth.”
I can only imagine…
Going position by position, how are the Twins looking HR wise comparred to last season?
LF has got to be an upgrade considering it was White/Tyner out there usually.
CF would be a downgrade, as would RF at this point.
3B would have to be an upgrade considering Punto hit all of one or two and Buscher maybe got a couple.
SS I think is an upgrade.
2B I think is upgrade.
1B is behind last year’s pace. But I think Mauer has more.
So while position by position I think it’s upgraded, the two downgrades (CF/RF) are essentially the difference.
Man Liriano’s change up dances…
It was a very difficult birth.
Makes sense. Ulger would come out first and then hold Buscher too long.
Best thing about Liriano so far…He’s been money in a jam. He’s not getting rattled with guys in scoring position.
Liriano pitches around the extra base by Gomez. So far he’s picked up his defense twice.
Liriano has much better control in this game then on sunday
Liriano’s laboring, looks like no help for the bullpen tonight.
38 pitches, 23 strikes
How many pitches does a guy like Santana typically average?
WOW…Morneau looked ugly there.
If Liriano doesn’t pitch to contact BEFORE TWO STRIKES, he will not be able to go past the 7th inning.
Bert Blyleven’s ONLY TWO HR calls.
1) He dropped the bat head.
2) He didn’t miss it.
Bert is where creativity goes to die.
There is your pitch to contact
One pitch out!
That’s how you rest your bullpen!
Keep pitching to contact before strike two!
There we go. Good comeback ining.
quick inning, no laboring…
Liriano is reading the blog on his cell hone.
AJ just had a nice one pitch GIDP
cell “P”hone, blackberry, whatever.
Well, 6 pitches in the 3rd really helps.
Gomez walks!
Greinke walked Gomez!
Greinke is on suicide watch!
How many times is he going to throw to first?
How many times is he going to throw to first?
Let me guess, you’re one of the people that boo pickoff attempts at the Dome?
All that throwing over to first turns out to be a waste of time
Right Gatty. White Sox let Andrew Dice Clay Matsuzaka off the hook last inning. Maybe Red Sox could quit whining and get a bunch of runs tonight.
Another stupid base running move. At least Span will lead off the next inning.
That’s BS! I missed the replay, what was it?
Gomez is self emploding in other aspects of the game besides hitting. Wish Cuddy was comming up so Gomez can get more seasoning at AAA.
Now I’m wondering if Cuddyer’s career might be in jeopardy. Twins don’t have all the bad luck, White Sox lost someone also. (Contreras, achilles tear.)
The Twins right now are refusing to have a good at bat
Punto’s base running gaffe reminded me of a play in today’s State Legion Tournament. The kid stole second and the second baseman told him to go back, it was a foul ball. So he did! It wasn’t and they picked him off. Except they threw the ball into center and he dived back into second anyway.
Naturally, that could never happen to major leaguers.
At least Greinke has thrown a lot of pitches.
Nice Strike Out
Another nice Strike Out
Hey, Jose Contreras is done for the year.
Liriano’s ERA is now 5.91
Contreras out is a good thing for the Twins, no doubt about it.
“Contreras out is a good thing for the Twins, no doubt about it.”
Especially if it means more starts for Clayton Richard–the guy who started for Contreras when he was on the DL…0-2 with an era of 10.38
Red Sox tied it- 1-1 after 5 1/2
Delmon has every right to angry, if that pitch is three inches higher, his career might have been over
Fake another bunt!
The ugliest walk I have ever seen
So, who here calls for Olivo to be drilled in the ribs?
But, Mauer needs to tackle Olivo or Buscher needs to get to Olivo before he gets to the pitcher. We need our pitchers… unless boof is in by then. He can protect himself.
Come on Gomez, hit a Grand Salami!
when rushing the mound, why not take the bat along?
If this league gets it Grienke will serve a 20 game suspension starting tomorow. Not only did he throw at Young he head hunted, thats 2 games in a row against contending teams.
A GOMEZ GRANNY ! ! !
(well maybe not but we’ll take it)
SPAN THE MAN UNUSUAL ! ! !
lucky for gomez….should have been 2 - this kid needs to be set down
all those runs better be earned. Grienke better suffer in contract negotiation.
Span IS the man!
span is this teams mvp if you had to choose today…what a run he is on…
Wow, walking to get Morneau. Grand Slam would be great for Morneau.
I can’t remember the last time Mauer was walked to get to Morneau!
intentinal walks when down 5 should be illegal.
Bean balls throws to first and intentinal walks to face the MVP with the bases loaded?
Ibanez on the leader board for RBIs. He got roughly one-seventh of those in two games against us.
Wanted Morneau to really make them pay. At least a run is in though.
My Goodness, Twins fans here are out-cheering the Royals fans and began the “MVP!” chant for Morneau.
Guess they’ve decided that he’s back in the race…
mj1,
The Twins have an MVP and it isn’t Span.
Now let’s hope that franchise can just get out of this game without an injury
Big Poopi might face bases loaded no outs against White Sox!
Red Sox just took a 2-1 lead over the White Sox.
Five more runs and Boof and Bass can get their work in.
You want Pressure! How about being either Sox and realizing the Twins are up by 6 and we can’t lose no matter who wins in CHI. To paraphrase that late, semi-great, Saturday-night fixture, “How Sweet it is”!
Daniel,
Only about 10% of us on this blog will know what you are talking about. LOL. It was a good one though.
Ortiz bases-clearing double in 7th…5-1 Red Sox
You’re a riot Alice!
5-1 Boston
Throw that slider Franchise!
That was a bit of a weak throw, but it was on target.
Yep, sane, Ortiz socked one to the moon, Alice!
Everett can throw!
Whodathunkit?
It appears this blog is a bit more aged than we suspected.
Hey fellas, who is that pitching for CHI? NORTON?!
I really want to see Lirano face a great lineup I fear he would give up 5 or 6 runs, but no matter who you face you cant argue with 12 innings 1 run and a bunch of strikeouts.
The June Taylor Dancers!
Frankie Fontaine!
Jayne Meadows!
Jane Keane!
AHHHRT CAHNEY!!!!
Good night, everybody!!!
Jackie Gleason quote:
“If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don’t know you have it, you don’t have it. If you don’t have it but you think you have it, then you have it.”
Fearless prognostication:
Boof earns his first career save tonight
Ralph Kramden relieves Norton in the seventh.
Come on Liriano, finish this inning
Punto…why do you insist on going to the mound every time?? Mauer and Frank don’t need you…they’re fine
Liriano, don’t walk this guy. Boof would come in…
crazy googenheim?
Good pitch, bad result.
Ooooo, one of these days……………go to the bullpen ! !
If these scores hold out, and the twins retake first place, it would be the second time that Liriano has given the twins first place since being recalled to the majors.
PITCH LIRIANO EVERY NIGHT AND STAY IN FIRST!!!!!!!!!
GO TWINS!! GO RED SOX!
MICKEY:
“crazy googenheim?”
(wrong show, but i’m LMAO)
Just stating the obvious…if these five Horseman of the Apocalypse that is our rotation could just find it within themselves to go one more inning through, say, the 7th this bullpen wouldn’t look so tenuous.
I’m just saying.
Just get out of the inning Boof
That was the right show. Crazy Guggenheim was a staple of the Saturday Gleason show with the Great One as Joe the Bartender.
Memo to Boof:
Don’t throw that meatball down the middle of the plate again.
Hung out with Klem Kadiddlehopper, right?
Alloh Joe!
Alloh Mr. Dunaheeeee!
Nice pitch
Klem was a character on Red Skelton’s show.
6-1 boston
We could see all of the AJ/SF boys tonight!
Was Crazy Gugenheim played by Frank Fontaine, or am I confusing my drunks?
Crazy was played by Frank Fontaine.
Jackie, as applied to pitching:
“If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don’t know you have it, you don’t have it. If you don’t have it but you think you have it, then you have it.”
Nathan has it and knows he has it = he has it.
Rincon has it and doesn’t think he has it = he doesn’t have it.
Breslow doesn’t have it but he thinks he has it = he has it.
Everett took a walk away from himself there
Tomorrow, its 24 hours of TV trivia!
To hell with Punto, Gomez, Delmon, Boof, Bass and the same old shit!
sane,
Name Mannix’s secretary.
This is from the very first episode of the Honeymooners:
NORTON:
Alice, I got a little problem. I promised each member of the team today each one they hit a home run I give ‘em a apple.
ALICE:
Oh. Help yourself, Ed.
NORTON:
Thank you. (He takes two more apples and stuffs them in his pockets.)
ALICE:
Who’re those for?
NORTON:
I happened to hit a coupla home runs myself today, Alice
SANE!
Goodbye!
You are the weakest link!
Boof chant!
“sane,
Name Mannix’s secretary.”
OK.
Back to baseball!
Peggy
Can anyone get their SS out?
The trivia is limited to TV shows from my coherent years!
So, I missed the ruckus with DY getting drilled. Were there any warnings?
Booooooof!
how was Larry Ah No’s velocity today, was listening on radio
Good pitch, good inning, Teen Wolf !
Found this:
“Teen Wolf (TV Series)
[edit] Boof:
Boof is a friend of Scott’s, and is also in on his family’s werewolf secret.”
Both teams were warned I think
Peggy Fair. One of the first major African-American roles on television.
Ok, baseball topic:
Gardy— Boof, if you get your head into this you can take your prodigious derriere out there for one inning, throw that prodigious derriere behind a 94 mph fastball then drop that awesome hooky over to get them out. For just one inning. You will make much more money doing thus. Go get ‘em.
BOOF: I’m a starter, Skip.
I think this guy’s problem is in his head. He need to talk to Joe Nathan and pay attention. Joe can show him his nice mansion in Minny.
Carlos G,
I believe it was the standard league-mandated double warnings.
“I think this guy’s problem is in his head.”
Boof has a hole in his head, but that’s beside the point!
Gomez walks twice in one game.
*Earth Explodes*
I was infatuated with Laura Petrie, Dawn Wells, and Barbara Eden, among others.
CG, Don’t forget Audra Barkley.
Gomez gets on base and creates havoc…………..for both teams!
Suzanne Pleshette was nice and Sally Struthers as well… mmmm.
Oops I think I was dreaming out loud.
you guys are out of my league on the TV references
Carlos,
how was the game today? i saw they were down in the 5th
Great at bat by Punto. Not.
Could I please hear once again, why Span’s minor league batting stats prove that he will never make it in the Big Leagues - no matter how good his swing looks now?
Hey Shawn,
thanks for asking. They held a Coon Rapids was up 1-0, but couldn’t hold off the hitting of Rapid City team. Ended up a loss 7-1. I had a great nephew on the CR team.
It was nice for SD… first time ever for a So Dak team to the LL World Series.
And the Twins can’t score with a runner at second with no outs…
I am doing a novena and lighting candles in church tomorrow for Casilla’s recovery. Even as a righthander only he is an improvement over LNP.
I can’t wait until LNP is at SS and batting 8 or 9. He really is overmatched in the 2 hole. If Harris is in the lineup he should slide up there. Crap, even Gomez would make me feel better batting 2nd. And no, I’m not drunk…yet.
which one is your nephew?
Kevin S… for whatever reason, I never saw the Big Valley. We got like one station, so that might have had something to do with it.
Thome makes it closer 6-2
they play the Big Vally on Encore sometimes
Carlos G,
Sounds like your great nephew was only a good nephew today.
Ok, is Boof in again a good idea? I’m thinking he should get used to doing one inning. Having said that the alternatives don’t give me much solace.
Fingers crossed.
He pitched 2 of the 3 games they won. CJ Diedrich. Throws about 69. He just gave up 2 hits and one reached on error, no walks in his complete game 3-2 win over Iowa on Friday.
Whities lose
Punto makes my head hurt. It’s painful to watch.
But I’m not mad at Punto. My beef if with the Twins front office, who watched Casilla go down, with time before the trade deadline to do something about it, but chose instead to leave their manager with 3 middle infielders–Punto, Harris, sort of, and Everett–and be happy to play the season out that way.
Bill Smith seems to me to be doing everything in his power to make this as tough as possible.
Would it have killed them to go out and get Grudzelanek? Could’ve been done, had time to do it, but no.
The prosecution rests. Now to “T” for the defense.
And the Sox lose
oh ok, didn’t see him, the pitcher today did well until the 5th
So…..who does it for you guys, Maryanne, Ginger, or the Skipper?
White Sox lose 6-2
Chief,
If you believe in karma Grudz wouldn’t have been in a position to hurt his ankle so seriously had he been on the Twins and drinking of their mojo.
Smith could have saved Grudz from a ghastly injury.
oops, sorry, Gatty!
Boof is a keeper.
When he commands his curve ball, he can be effective.
Bass, on the other hand……..
Yea Shawn, he didn’t usually start games if he wasn’t pitching. He came in late at 1b and got a hit in the 6th.
Boof has a great curve sometimes and gets his FB to 95
million dollar arm, 5 cent head
Willie,
Who is Karma Grudz?
I think she’s a Russian gymnast.
Throw a fastball and get him out Boof!
mrs. howell
Don’t allow a HR Boof!
sane,
I think Karma was the first Russian gymnast to to a Reverse Nadia…she got a perfect zero on the balance beam. I don’t want to share the side effects of that routine. Suffice to say she still walks funny.
If you guys ever get a chance to catch a LL World Series in Williamsport, it is a special place and really a great time (not to mention inexpensive — free tickets and cheap/great food — no beer though).
Ginger or Mary Ann?
Lovie.
beer and the LL WS seem like a bad combo,
i should check it out sometime, i’m only 4 hours away
mrs, howell
I wonder if Boof can allow zero runs for what seems to be the first time this year…
Willie,
Hilarious!
i saw that twinsfan
Everett is outta his mind ! ! !
nice play Everett
ACKKKK!!!!!!!!!!! Boof is trying to get Nathan a save!!! 
Michael Phelps with a gold medal. WR time too.
Play of the month by Everett!
THATS WHY HE PLAYS!
Harris could not even dream up that play!
Holy excrement!! Imagine if Everett had an arm.
That play by Ev was awesome
With B(TR)uck running, it was probably an out at first anyway…
Memo to Gardy: When using Boof keep in mind that after his 35th pitch he remembers he is Boof. Carry on.
Shawn,
I don’t think you will be disappointed. You may need to just drive in and out the same day, unless you reserve well in advance a room. They are hard to find nearby.
It is a shame Everett’s arm has been hurt this year, because his glove and range is out of this world. Nice to see him show that off so the Twins fans get to see what he is about.
CARLOS:
That was a good evening, Mr. Phelps.
(Mission Impossible, get it?)
“With B(TR)uck running, it was probably an out at first anyway…”
Only if Everett throws to the pitcher and hollers “cut one”!
yeah carlos, i’d make it a day trip, i’d hate to see the hotel cost
Emma Peale (Avengers)
will it be Nathan to finish this game?
Dennys, just get three outs and the twins will be in first!
What gave Reyes the food poisoning, anyone hear?
Mabe Dennys was eating at Dennys.
Nathan or Bass.
HMMMMMMMMMMM
It appears to be a fine evening for the old guys….Messrs. Carlos, Mudcat, sane, Willie N., and OOPS, did I forget Adam Everett? Where are you tonight, Mr. Dragon? You are sorely missed!
Don’t worry about tonight, cuz the “B” team will kick butt tomorrow!
WHY IS BASS WARMING UP??!??!!?
Ichiro hit a HR off Garza in the first…
Reyes ate pasta and chicken that was tainted..
Reyes just reached his pitch limit - nine!
Did I hear a vote for Samantha Stevens?
Mudcat wrote:
What gave Reyes the food poisoning, anyone hear?
Mabe Dennys was eating at Dennys.
Clearly it was the Grand Slam breakfast.
I think Dick Bremer is one of the biggest jinxes in Twins history. Every time he says shutout or no runs allowed, the other team scores a run.
Those 12 year olds play some pretty amazing ball. I was there in 95. Since then they doubled the number of teams that come to the WS (from 8 to 16) and they added another stadium — where they had a grass parking lot. So, not sure how the parking would be.
They have a pretty cool LL museum, but you might just want to take in 3-4 games.
We probably would have went had CR advanced. It’s good to have a reason when you are this far away, but I’d like to do it again.
Ok, this one is a bit of a stretch…
Seigfreid and Shtarker.
Funny, sometimes our bullpen makes me feel like I have food poisoning sometimes…
First Place!
Mr. Carlos G., Congratulations to Master Diedrich! Fantastic accomplishment! I understand that the Coon Rapids LL program has been very successful the last few years. You all should be very proud!!
Daniel,
I am working NOT to jinx. AFC Wimbledon won their maiden start in the Blue Square South this morning beating Newport County 4-1 away.
Over the past several years there has been a strong co-relation between AFC wins/losses and Twins wins/losses on the same day.
I just never know if the football(soccer) Gods and the Baseball Gods are having a BBQ or something, and might consider changing things 
Regards,
Even the Russian judge gave LNP a….9.9 on that one. Ballet lessons pay off some times.
How ’bout the first place Minnesota Twins!
FIRST PLACE!!! and no Bass sighting!!
Thanks Daniel. And, thanks for exposing all of us old timers with the Honeymooners.
Willie - I give on that one.
Get Smart… Siegfried was Max’s nemesis and Shtarker his sidekick. Bernie Koppel played Siegfried (Doc on the Love Boat.)
Alright!
Well, “Coach”, win a few “Moore”, go back to our “Little House On The Prairie”, and “We’re gonna make it after all” ! ! !
Willie,
That was too tough for me. It was a real smart one… I had to google it.
Thought that might be it. Siegfried I remembered a bit, had no idea on Shtarker. Tomorrow we will further date ourselves by naming our all-time Twins team by position!
This was a much more pleasant evening than many nights on the blog. Thanks all! Kudos to Daniel for getting it started.
On a more serious note… If the lads can come through tomorrow this would be a 4-2 road trip…something that going into it would probably be acceptable and after game 2 of the Seattle series would have been welcome. One nice thing about the way the rotation lines up now is that we don’t seem to have a “hold your breath” starter anymore and they seem to be building off of each other. This is not to be underestimated.
I am a little concerned that Gardy will watch Boof’s outing tonight and proclaim him the long reliever. I believe, and have for a while, that this guy has the stuff to be an 8th inning stalwart, at least the 7th inning guy, if he was told that that was his role. If Gardy plays his head games right he may have found the answer to Neshek. I would not be pissed if they at least tried it for a week. Nothing tried, nothing gained.
Thank you, Mr. Dragon. I was worried about that correlation! I want you know that the results of the AFC Wimbledon match were troubling many of us. LOL. Your presence is much appreciated. That said, Good night, Alice. Good night, Ralph. And pleasant dreams, you first place Twins!!
Yeah Willie if Boof can mentally wrap himself into the role, his duece can make him an effective setup option.
SANE:
So we should expect the B team tomorrow?
Tonight must have been the the “A Team”
Murdock=Mauer
Hannibal=Morneau
B. A.(Bad Ass) Baracus=tonight, Delmon
just for the hey of it:
Griffey’s line this season with the White Sox: .200/.273/.200
Farnsworth’s line this season with the Tiggers: 10.80 ERA 1.500 WHIP 3.1 IP 3 HR
Thanks, thrylos. All I hear about is how Manny is tearing up the National League.
It’s possible…
If the Twins win the remainder of their series (2 out of 3 game series and 3 out of 4 game series) they will have 96 wins. If they win the three game series 2 and 1 and split the four game series they will win 93.
When you put it that way..it could happen.
Where is Ron Coomer?
“Where is Ron Coomer?”
DFA’d, I hope!
Mudcat!
I PITY THE FOOL who tries to replace our “A” team!
But that fool (Gardy) does it twice every week!
And the “B” team wins anyway!
What up, Dawg?
Ozzie jinxed Contreras and the White Sox. LOL
stinky says:
August 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
remember when Gomez hit for the cycle! Man, those were the days…
Remember when Gomez hit……the ball?? Yeah, those were the days!!
Not sure that it would take that much to win the Central. Here is a realistic (actually pretty pessimistic for the Twins) scenario:
Twins: 65-51
Sun, Aug 10 @ Kansas City (L)
Mon, Aug 11 NY Yankees Perkins (8-3) Ponson (7-2) (L)
Tue, Aug 12 NY Yankees Blackburn (9-6) Mussina (15-7) (L)
Wed, Aug 13 NY Yankees Slowey (8-8) Kennedy (0-4) (W)
Fri, Aug 15 Seattle Liriano (2-3) Silva (4-13) (W)
Sat, Aug 16 Seattle 3:55 PM (W)
Sun, Aug 17 Seattle 2:10 PM (L)
Mon, Aug 18 Oakland 8:10 PM (W)
Tue, Aug 19 Oakland 8:10 PM (W)
Wed, Aug 20 Oakland 1:10 PM (L)
Thu, Aug 21 @ LA Angels 10:05 PM (L)
Fri, Aug 22 @ LA Angels 10:05 PM (W)
Sat, Aug 23 @ LA Angels 9:05 PM (L)
Sun, Aug 24 @ LA Angels 3:35 PM (L)
Mon, Aug 25 @ Seattle 10:10 PM (W)
Tue, Aug 26 @ Seattle 10:10 PM (L)
Wed, Aug 27 @ Seattle 4:40 PM (W)
Thu, Aug 28 @ Oakland 10:05 PM (W)
Fri, Aug 29 @ Oakland 10:05 PM (L)
Sat, Aug 30 @ Oakland 9:05 PM (W)
Sun, Aug 31 @ Oakland 4:05 PM (W)
Tue, Sep 2 @ Toronto 7:07 PM (L)
Wed, Sep 3 @ Toronto 7:07 PM (W)
Thu, Sep 4 @ Toronto 7:07 PM (L)
Fri, Sep 5 Detroit 8:10 PM (W)
Sat, Sep 6 Detroit 3:55 PM (L)
Sun, Sep 7 Detroit 2:10 PM (W)
Tue, Sep 9 Kansas City 8:10 PM (W)
Wed, Sep 10 Kansas City 8:10 PM (W)
Thu, Sep 11 Kansas City 1:10 PM (L)
Fri, Sep 12 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM (W)
Sat, Sep 13 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM (W)
Sun, Sep 14 @ Baltimore 1:35 PM (L)
Mon, Sep 15 @ Cleveland 7:05 PM (W)
Tue, Sep 16 @ Cleveland 7:05 PM (L)
Wed, Sep 17 @ Cleveland 7:05 PM (W)
Thu, Sep 18 @ Tampa Bay 7:10 PM (W)
Fri, Sep 19 @ Tampa Bay 7:10 PM (L)
Sat, Sep 20 @ Tampa Bay 7:10 PM (L)
Sun, Sep 21 @ Tampa Bay 1:40 PM (L)
Tue, Sep 23 White Sox 8:10 PM (W)
Wed, Sep 24 White Sox 8:10 PM (W)
Thu, Sep 25 White Sox 8:10 PM (L)
Fri, Sep 26 Kansas City 8:10 PM (W)
Sat, Sep 27 Kansas City 7:10 PM (W)
Sun, Sep 28 Kansas City 2:10 PM (W)
Total: 91-71
ChiSox: 64-51
Sun, Aug 10 Boston 2:05 PM (W)
Mon, Aug 11 Boston 8:11 PM (L)
Tue, Aug 12 Kansas City 8:11 PM (W)
Wed, Aug 13 Kansas City 8:11 PM (W)
Thu, Aug 14 Kansas City 2:05 PM (L)
Fri, Aug 15 @ Oakland 10:05 PM (L)
Sat, Aug 16 @ Oakland 3:55 PM (W)
Sun, Aug 17 @ Oakland 4:05 PM (L)
Mon, Aug 18 Seattle 8:11 PM (W)
Tue, Aug 19 Seattle 8:11 PM (W)
Wed, Aug 20 Seattle 2:05 PM (L)
Fri, Aug 22 Tampa Bay 8:11 PM (W)
Sat, Aug 23 Tampa Bay 3:55 PM (L)
Sun, Aug 24 Tampa Bay 2:05 PM (W)
Mon, Aug 25 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM (W)
Tue, Aug 26 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM (L)
Wed, Aug 27 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM (W)
Fri, Aug 29 @ Boston 7:05 PM (L)
Sat, Aug 30 @ Boston 7:05 PM (W)
Sun, Aug 31 @ Boston 1:35 PM (L)
Mon, Sep 1 @ Cleveland 7:05 PM (W)
Tue, Sep 2 @ Cleveland 7:05 PM (W)
Wed, Sep 3 @ Cleveland 12:05 PM (L)
Fri, Sep 5 LA Angels 8:11 PM (W)
Sat, Sep 6 LA Angels 7:05 PM (L)
Sun, Sep 7 LA Angels 2:05 PM (W)
Mon, Sep 8 Toronto 8:11 PM (W)
Tue, Sep 9 Toronto 8:11 PM (L)
Wed, Sep 10 Toronto 8:11 PM (W)
Thu, Sep 11 Toronto 8:11 PM (W)
Fri, Sep 12 Detroit 8:11 PM (W)
Sat, Sep 13 Detroit 7:05 PM (L)
Sun, Sep 14 Detroit 2:05 PM (W)
Mon, Sep 15 @ NY Yankees 7:05 PM (L)
Tue, Sep 16 @ NY Yankees 7:05 PM (L)
Wed, Sep 17 @ NY Yankees 7:05 PM (W)
Thu, Sep 18 @ NY Yankees 7:05 PM (L)
Fri, Sep 19 @ Kansas City 8:10 PM (W)
Sat, Sep 20 @ Kansas City 7:10 PM (L)
Sun, Sep 21 @ Kansas City 2:10 PM (W)
Tue, Sep 23 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM (L)
Wed, Sep 24 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM (L)
Thu, Sep 25 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM (W)
Fri, Sep 26 Cleveland 8:11 PM (W)
Sat, Sep 27 Cleveland TBA (L)
Sun, Sep 28 Cleveland 2:05 PM (W)
Total 90-72
I disagree. I think they will win on Fri Aug 29 @ Oakland. I just have a real good feeling about that one.
Willie Norwood says:
“August 9th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Mudcat wrote:
What gave Reyes the food poisoning, anyone hear?
Mabe Dennys was eating at Dennys.
Clearly it was the Grand Slam breakfast.”
He should have gone along with Perkins, to eat at Perkins.
Or gone with Nathan to Coney Island to eat at Nathan’s World Famous!
And the food is much better than Dennys or Perkins.
One more punn and i am going to puke my food that is digesting seductivly in my stomach.
Tyler, you deserve the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year award.
Someone mentioned Audra Barkley of The Big Valley. I wondered who it was and found this photo of Linda Evans. She gets First Place tonight also.
Wow, one sweep only the rest of the year? At least they won on my B-day.
Actually, while not really caring about your game by game picks, you’re right when you say that it willn’t take all that much to win the division. What that says for the post season? I don’t want to think about it… But a division title is practically in the bag. It’s the Twins to lose- especially with Contraras(?) going down.
Idealy(?) I’d love for the W.Sox to win the wild card, The Twins win the division, and TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY freeze out Boston and New York (Yankees) out of the playoffs. God, that WOULD BE SWEET! I wonder how many years it’s been since neither one of them have been playing in October? Of course the current playoff system hasn’t been in place forever, but still.
If the Twins don’t win, I want a WS match up of the Cubs and Rays… Or the Marlins and Rays. Wanting the (not so Devil) Rays to win at least in the latter scenerio. Couldn’t decide about the Cubbies and Rays. One thing’s for sure- people will dislike/hate/root against the team that beats either one of them in the playoffs.
Nice to see the Twins take care of business and beat Kansas Shitty… Nice Homer for Young… At least the Cuddyer issue willn’t have to be dealt with… Another solid, yet shaky, outing for Liriano. Didn’t see much of the game, so I’m only going on the pitchers line score.
