Twins-Tribe: Lineups
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 – 4:31 PMBy La Velle
The Twins bullpen has posted a 1.54 ERA over the past 13 games and has held opponents to a .197 batting average.
Joe Mauer has 44 hits, 12 homers and 35 RBI through 29 games. The last three players to have at least 40 hits, 10 homers and 35 RBI 30 games into a season were A-Rod (2007), Junior Griffey (1997) and Eric Davis (1987).
Still no Michael Cuddyer, but Joe Crede is back after fouling a pitch of his left knee over the weekend.
Morneau note: Justin Morneau, finally, has submitted his blog entry. I’ll give you a head-ups when we’re ready to post it.
Update: Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that Cuddyer’s finger is doing much better. There’s still some swelling, and Cuddyer said he’ll wait until the swelling is all gone before he tries baseball-related activities. But there no longer appears to be concerns about DL-ing Cuddyer.
Lineups
Cleveland (22-32)
1. Ben Francisco, CF
2. Jamey Carroll, 3B
3. Victor Martinez, 1B
4. Shin-Soo Choo, LF
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Mark DeRosa, RF
7. Ryan Garko, DH
8. Luis Valbuena, 2B
9. Kelly Shoppach, C
Pitching: Cliff Lee, LHP
Twins (26-27)
1. Denard Span, RF
2. Joe Mauer, C
3. Justin Morneau, 1B
4. Joe Crede, 3B
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Brendan Harris, SS
7. Delmon Young, LF
8. Carlos Gomez, CF
9. Alexi Casilla, 2B
Pitching: Anthony Swarzak, RHP
253 Responses to "Twins-Tribe: Lineups"
Crede batting 4th? Welcome back Joe!
I like Crede hitting fourth to split up the lefties. Kubel has been struggling lately so you have to mix it up with no Cuddy. I have a bad feeling that Cuddy might be headed to the DL but I hope I am wrong.
No problems with this lineup…
“The Twins bullpen has posted a 1.54 ERA over the past 13 games and has held opponents to a .197 batting average.”
La Velle, please find a piece of wood and give it a knock or two!
Except for putting Span in left and Cuddyer in right if/when he returns, this is the line-up that I would love to see every night.
At least we’re not the Indians. That Cleveland lineup is brutal.
lets hope the bats can pick it up a little, only 4 runs off a guy with a 10 era isn’t very good. my guess is lee will be a little harder to score on. half this line up needs to pick up the pace or it will be a long road trip ahead.
The bullpen goes as the starting pitching goes. When Slowey and Blackburn throw like they have the past two games your bullpen is going to look good with guys like Guerrier and Mijares bridging the gap to Nathan. We need to get Baker and Frankie going now and we will be just fine. Hope Swarzak can throw a solid game tonight as I’m not sure what this lineup will do against Cliff.
bring on the morneau blog post!
@ AT
Not to mention the whole “losing your land” thing. That would suck
Kubel hitting less than .200 against lefties…still think Buscher should be here over Morales?
the yahoo sports page says cuddy can’t even grip the bat.
If Cuddyer is headed to the DL I certainly hope that DY can find his swing soon.
Surprised Kubel is in the lineup vs. tough lefty and that Redmond isn’t catching and Mauer DH’ing. Tomorrow is a noon game and Carmona is a righty…thought they’d “DH rest” Mauer tonight and catch Redmond. Oh well…if I had been right I’d have begun to wonder if I was too much in Gardy’s head. Scary thought.
great point, Fredo. Shows Gardy’s confidence in Kubel, I guess. Let’s see if he can reward his manager.
Fredo,
They mentioned last night the Red Dog is out with a sore wrist. He took a foul off of his catching wrist on Sunday. He must still be unable to go.
Thanks, SO. That makes sense. What doesn’t, if that’s the case is not having Morales up. I know, I know.
I see from the Twins page on the Strib, that Randy Johnson is going for #300 tonight. Go Randy and Go Twins.
That’s impossible, SweetOne. You can’t have only one available catcher on a roster…if what you say is true, Morales would be wearing a Twins uniform tonight.
Finally, a righthander between Morneau and Kubel! I know it’s because of Lee, but, Kubel needs to bat fifth or sixth everyday. Yes, Morneau can use the support, but, so can Cuddyer and Crede. I still support sending Young to Rochester and bringing up Morales to DH, putting Kubel in left.
Morales should be up, Buscher down.
Anybody know how many days of Punto-less ball we have left? How many days does Harris have to cement his place? (I might as well be asking when George Washington will run for President again. Greater likelihood of that than there is of Harris cementing the SS job.)
Kubel has been struggling lately mostly because he is getting AB’s against LHP. I would give him the day off personally, but I understand Gardy is limited in his choices at the moment.
So get some hits tonight Kubel.
Jason,
I’m just telling what Dick & Bert said last night.
They mentioned:
Crede (available to PH, hopefully in Lineup Wednesday).
Cuddy out with finger
Red Dog out with wrist
Mauer in though sore.
Don’t get me wrong, I actually like that Gardy is starting to give Kubel a shot against lefties. Problem is that he might be proving him right for not letting him play against lefties the last few years. Is it me or does he look like his knee is hurt? SO is right on Redmond, they did say he was unavailable last night but I guarantee he could play in a pinch if needed. I like Morales but I’m not an advocate of three catchers. What has happened to the Buscher of last year when he was a serviceable player? Just think where we would be if we had not signed Crede!!
Has Gardenhire ever seen Young play left field? He can’t even get the no-brainer decisions correct.
Scott, who do you propose play LF tonight? Kubel? And then who’s your DH?
Scott- I think the thought process is that Young is not the defensive athlete that a guy like Span is. He needs to get comfortable in a spot and stay there. Gardy does not appear to think Young has the ability to move from RF to LF and back. So over the long term, Gardy sees him as a LFer, so he just keeps trotting him out there when he is in the lineup. Over the past couple weeks, he has actually made a couple decent plays in LF- he might actually be a worse fielder if he gets moved around a bunch.
Buscher of last year: .335 BABIP
Buscher of this year: .220 BABIP
twins should go get tom glavine and maybe work him out of the bullpen…. or work him into the rotation. a vet arm would be nice
Kay, Kubel is tremendously slowed with knee problems. It has to be Delmon.
DrDon, you and I agree - that was the point I was making to Scott.
I knew that, Kay. Good work.
Fredo- If by cement you mean cement shoes in reference to his range then I think that has already been “solidified”. ( :
BCTF says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
@ AT
Not to mention the whole “losing your land” thing. That would suck
Post of the night, already. LMAO
It may be early and not certainly hasn’t beem true in the past but… Harris’ 2009 UZR/150: 3.9; that’s serviceable.
lets hope the club house guys left some towels in their locker room impregnated with small pox like the good old days!
That’s at shortstop, my bad.
Kay and Ryan W,
Uh, you would put Span in left and Young in right. There’s less area to cover in right, Young has played just as much right field in his career as left, and if you look at his career defensive stats, he’s not goood in either position, but he’s far better in right.
Alright, we’ve got Joe-squared tonight (the two Joes in the starting line up).
Joe-cubed, with Joe the First too. Gotta love it.
I still support sending Young to Rochester
and Young is ’still’ out of options.
How many times, in how many ways, and in how many places, does this need to be explained?
Chief…. to some bloggers it’s called….. “DUH”
Crede 4th. Give me a break….
Scott- I understand that you wouldn’t put Span and Young both in right field. I thought that was assumed. Thanks for pointing that out.
I am just suggesting what I think Gardy’s thought process is. Young will be in LF for the long term, he is a worse fielder when he moves around every time he plays, so when he plays he always plays LF and the rest of the OF is placed around him. This all starts with Gardy penciling in Cuddy as the everyday RFer. We are only talking about situations in which Cuddy is not in the lineup.
No doubt the Star Trib’s editors need to scour Morneau’s blog post for use of the metric system, misspellings of words like “centre” and “flavour” and repeated off-hand declarations of allegiance to HRM the Queen.
Good luck with that, y’all.
wheels, take that message to Canada and you will be dead.
Looks like a winner. Definately the best nine available.
I like this lineup, injuries or not.
Braves released Glavine today rather than pay him the extra $1 mil he’d get for being added to the 25 man roster. Had a good rehab assignment this week and feels he’s ready to pitch.
If he’s at all effective, that’s a lefty arm that one would think might be interesting to teams with a couple of rotation spots not living up to expectations.
Not that I know of any teams like that, of course.
In fact, this would be my opening day 2010 lineup.
Oh, I know, Dr Don. I’ve seen “Canadian Bacon.” All I said was “Canadian beer sucks.”
RyanW, sorry, Kay had actually asked me who would then play in left if Young went to right, so that answer was really for her.
As far as moving Young around, I don’t think he should ever be in the lineup except for maybe a DH vs. lefties. In cases where it’s absolutely necessary to play him, like tonight, I still think you put in right field because his defense is so bad in left, it could really cost the team.
In fact, this would be my opening day 2010 lineup.
Maybe so. An upgrade at SS I expect. I like Harris but suspect upgrade to LNP if this keeps up.
“Has Gardenhire ever seen Young play left field?”
Actually, Scott, Gardenhire turns his back whenever Young crosses the line. He’s unsure about where, or even if, Young plays.
Scott, DY has NEVER played RF at the Dome. Hello???????
In fact, this would be my opening day 2010 lineup.
How about the remaining of the 2009 season (with Span and Young switching defensive positions? ) 
I think that Valencia will be the starting 3B in 2010
It certainly won’t be Crede @ 3B in 2010.
I think that Valencia will be the starting 3B in 2010
Assuming Crede finishes with projection similar to what he has done so far, and reasonably healthy - gonna be interesting what the TC do in the off-season with him.
DH’ing Kubel tonight against a lefty and then having to sit him while you DH Mauer against a righty makes no sense. Not to mention Redmond hits lefties better then righties.
TF,
there is no way the Twins will (or should) spend $8-10M a season for 4 years for Crede, when they have unfinished business with Mauer to take care and 4-5 players in arbitration next season…
TF, I think the Twins and Crede/Boras are using one another this season. The Twins needed a one-year bridge to Valencia and Crede/Boras needed a place where Crede would be almost assured of a starting role at 3B to prove he can stay healthy, still play good D, and hit a few home runs. If he can’t do that, the Twins won’t want him and if he CAN do that, someone else will pay him more than the bargain basement price the Twins got him for.
howeda,
“DH’ing Kubel tonight against a lefty and then having to sit him while you DH Mauer against a righty makes no sense”
You are absolutely correct.
What the hell is Gardy thinking?
And why doessn’t some reporter ask Gardy what the hell he is thinking?
JC and thry: Yeap. But, watching the guy, I like him, but it is a story of eye candy, eh?
I should have said barring a trade, this would be my opening day lineup. It would be nice to have Crede for one more year, but that isn’t going to happen. Don’t think they should give him any more than one year contract.
DrDon,
actually, DY played RF at the dome April 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th of 2007
bet the under my friends! 3 - 2 twins win
TF,
If he can help the Twins win this year, it is more than eye candy (and if you compare him to the alternative…)
But, Valencia is excellent at the field and his bat has really turned the corner this season, esp. as far as discipline goes (last season in AA he had 18 BB and 70 K; so far this season he has 26 BB and 28 K). I’d argue that if he brings that in the bigs he will be more of a complete hitter than Crede is.
“In fact, this would be my opening day 2010 lineup.”
My Christmas wish list:
1. An everyday shortstop not named Punto, Harris, or Plouffe.
2. Second half 2009 production from Young, Casilla, Swarzak, and Gomez that have us all pumped for the 2010 season to start. Go ahead, move Young to RF and Span to LF in the new place.
3. Exciting new prospects to watch in the minors, courtesy of brilliant trades by Smith. Good luck elsewhere, Buscher, Harris, Punto, Tolbert, Cuddyer, Liriano, Ayala, Dickey, Redmond, Crede, and Henn.
It’s free to dream…
i love this lineup.
lets just use cuddyer as trade bait to add depth to the middle infield or bullpen.
also, i think a majority of youngs (and to some extent gomezs) inconsistencies lay with the fact that he hasnt been in the lineup on a regular basis. i would think that it would be hard to get into any sort of positive groove when you spend more time on the bench than in the lineup.
DrDon, what’s your point? He can play left in the dome, but not right? He started 156 games in right field for the Rays, presumably about half of that at Tropicana, which is more of a boondoggle than the Dome.
Box!
i like the idea of bringing in glavine to finish the season he would have to be a big help to both perk and x-franchise. if he sucks not much lost, think he’d be better than livan?
“”"ishbudesign says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:30 pm
lets just use cuddyer as trade bait to add depth to the middle infield or bullpen.”"”"”
With injuries and inconsistencies with Cuddy, what are you gonna trade him for??? A yellow dog??????????
TF and thry, re Crede, yeah I like the guy, too. He’s pretty much performed as I hoped he would and I’ll be happy if he completes the season with productivity close to what he’s had so far. But, yeah I’m anxious to see if Valencia can make the jump next year.
In fact, while I don’t want to project negativity, on the off chance that the Twins look like they’re fading at the trade deadline, I’d probably call Valencia up and deal Crede to a contender.
ggg, I’m not sure he’d be a lot better than Livan, but I doubt he’d be worse. They say his velocity is mid-80s (which sounds better than Livan’s low-80s, right?).
I do suspect he’ll land with a NL team, though.
At this point, I’d rather have Liriano than Glavine in the rotation. If the Twins want to bring a future hall of famer, Pedro is available.
“The Twins bullpen has posted a 1.54 ERA over the past 13 games and has held opponents to a .197 batting average.”
1. The first month ERA this year for the Twins was about 5.5. The second month is about 4.0.
2. The offense is about 5th in the AL in this past month too.
3. And a pretty good defensive team too.
It’s time to break out with certain players waking up.
I’m not so anxious to stick with Liriano over Glavine… or much of anyone else right now.
Pedro still asking for $5 mil guaranteed? I think Glavine was going to get something like $3 mil if all his roster/performance bonuses were met. That’s a pretty significant difference.
“If the Twins want to bring a future hall of famer, Pedro is available.”
So is Blyleven.
“I see from the Twins page on the Strib, that Randy Johnson is going for #300 tonight. Go Randy and Go Twins.”
Randy The Birdwich Johnson (Remember the time he tried to make sandwich meat out of that bird?)
Pigeon feather dust, romer!!!!!
just call the giants.
our trade history with them should be reason enough that we could get some serviceable players for cuddyer.
I wish the Twins had a GM. Here’s how one GM helps his team when they have a chance to win a division instead of plunking down at the Sizzler buffet line all day:
The Braves made another major move Wednesday, acquiring All-Star center fielder Nate McLouth(notes) from the Pittsburgh Pirates for three prospects.
Smith sits on his fat keister and twiddles while the Twins burn.
honestly get rid of young for whatever u can get
Kubel has got to start hitting lefties better. If he can’t, trade him. We don’t have room on the roster for a DH who can only hit right-handed pitching.
Now that is something that is actually a good idea. It also might light a fire under Kubel, and get him to address whatever problems he’s having against lefties, and make the adjustments. That would be ideal, because then we could keep him.
“just call the giants”
I can buy into that, ish, but please disconnect the phone lines to the Tampa Rays.
Pittsburgh may have gotten the better end of that trade.
Lest we forget, the old Minneapolis Millers were a farm club of the New York Giants.
I wish Pittsburgh had disconnected their phone until Monday….. grrrrr
Reasons to keep guys:
Young and Gomez - they’re 23. We don’t know how they will develop. I’m more worried about Young because I don’t know if he has a passion to play baseball.
Punto - his batting gets a lot better later in the season.
Buscher, Tolbert, Casilla, Crain - keep but maybe send them back to the minors if they need it.
Cuddyer - He’s going to heal up and be fine again. The only things that keep him from being consistently good are injuries.
Liriano - He’ll be fine. He needs to make a minor mechanical adjustment and needs confidence.
Baker - He’ll be fine. He needs more confidence, and he needs to be more aggressive with batters.
Perkins - He needs to do something different. He is much better than he pitched in his last few outtings before going on the DL.
Minor League Report: Gutierrez, Burnett to Double A New Britain. Whoo hoo! Keep it going guys!
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&did=milb&cid=538
“Lest we forget, the old Minneapolis Millers were a farm club of the New York Giants.”
And the Boston Red Sox (lest we forget)
Span amazes me. His hands have to be as quick as Carew’s were.
you are so right sane, I forgot that. All I remember is seeing Willie Mays in AAA with the Millers.
i got to see yaz at the old met when he was playing for the millers. he was good in aaa, just waiting for ted to retire.
Nice Field_bum… Burnett might make the bigs before Slama.
Hope Gutierrez makes the adjustment at AA.
I didnt know the Millers played at the Met. When did they move from Nicollet?
1950’s, Ryan. Called it Bloomington Stadium at that time.
Twins wanted DeRosa for infield, here he is playing OF.
Missed it.
Mauer makes a baserunning goof?
This talk above about eliminating Crede next year is pretty crazy to me.
He’s the most solid looking 3B I’ve seen…….know how to make every play.
romer, years ago I retired from TownTeam Baseball when I pulled a hamstring, and got thrown out at 1st base trying to stretch a double into a single. 
i think they built the met in 58 thinking the giants were moving to minny but they ended up going to san fran instead.
You are about right on the money, ggg. And there was only the 1st and 3rd base seats around the infield, the LF bleachers did not come for another year or two, and then, the second deck LF later. And never forget the Money Tree from TCF????
on a still night you could hear the cows!
i think they built the met in 58 thinking the giants were moving to minny but they ended up going to san fran instead.
Minny Giants - ironic
And smell them.
Gotta be nothing but good for Frankie to sit and watch Swarzak.
I assume they did not just disband the Millers when the Twins showed up, where did they move?
Sorry, I am just a young pup.
Is it me or are there an unusual number of hitters swinging below the Mendoza line this year? Most every team seems to have several.
this says they disbanded.
these 5 run innings suck!
Is Swarzak tipping his pitches or something? Geesh.
This is seriously ridiculous.
All of this with 2 outs.
Looks like Swarzak got his pregame pep talk from Baker tonight.
All with 2 outs.
This is a Liriano-like performance.
“My First Meltdown”
This is one of those games where you look to your rookie to shake it off and bounce back.
Glad Twins won yesterday. 5 runs against Cliff Lee to at least tie it at this point? Unlikely.
Excellent strategy by the Twins. Stay on the field for a long time to cool off Lee and come back gang busters.
Cliff Lee’s a punk.
Top of the order. Everything starts with two outs….er, ah, at least when the TWins are in the field.
Will the Twins stop bunting with 2 strikes? Sheeeesh!
Alright, come on Joes to the second power.
Time just to sit back and watch and relax……..
What canya do?
Shift, folks, gill darn it.
Ugh… Nice catch Harris!
2 years ago span was 23 and being written off as a aaa bust by many, lucky they didn’t listen to the bloggers.
is gomez drunk?
“2 years ago span was 23 and being written off as a aaa bust by many, lucky they didn’t listen to the bloggers.”
And two years later, it’s Gomez and Young being written off as MLB busts by many.
I’m still not listening.
Span had an opportunity to improve in Rochester. That’s not something Young and Gomez will get to do. They’ll have to improve in the Bigs… and I’m not sure I’d bet the farm on it happening.
sane there seems to be a few people here who don’t know much about baseball.
i should say even less than i do!
ggg,
“sane there seems to be a few people here who don’t know much about baseball.”
I’m not sure it is related to baseball expertise.
IMO it is more relevant to a misplaced confidence in their ability to predict the future.
And an inability to hold their water until a young player has developed into either a success or a failure.
Thank dog we have Dickey!
it’s easy to forget how hard it is to make it, baseball isn’t easy.
torii was 25 before he had a good yr, cuddy 27 and kirby 24.
Lexi should bunt.
Why did both benches get warned? Why is Cliff Lee aloud to bitch to a player who’s just up there trying to hit?
Something to be said about the NL and having pitchers bat…guarantee Lee wouldn’t be such an a$$ on the mound.
Span had the chance there, Lee was one top of first.
I’ve a man crush on Dickey.
Dickey gets revenge. Nicely done.
Why did both benches get warned?
I agree, why did Cleveland get warned?
Huh, why not just eject Dickey theres no question that was intentinal. Oh thats right because Cliff Lee deserved to be ejected, and the umps decided we could take a free shot.
“Why did both benches get warned?”
To prevent a beanball war, before it starts.
No, I mean why did the benches get warned? I step away for one AB and miss something.
Isn’t there a rule that you have to try to avoid getting hit?
The Indians got warned because Cliff Lee went out of his way to taunt another player. Should have been ejected.
I thought that too Shaun. But it seems like one of those rules that only comes up in some really inconvenient spot…
The Indians got warned because Cliff Lee went out of his way to taunt another player. Should have been ejected.
Good god, what is this, girls T-ball?
Wait we beaned 2 guys, classic gutless umps. Lee will throw at Mauers freaking head, he should have been ejected
No wonder ShopVac gets hit so much…he puts his shoulder right over the plate.
[T]
Gomez flies out on a 3-1 pitch and on his way back to the dugout after the out, Lee walks towards the first base line near Gomez and makes some remark that set off (most likely confused) Carlos.
Shaun, it is easy to “try avoid getting hit” and still get hit.
best way to get back is to hit the ball and score some runs. twins look tired tonight not much fire in the belly.
Avoid getting hit by a knuckler when you don’t know which way it will break?
That’s like avoiding an STD at a brothel.
Speaking of beanballs…I was playing a demo of one of those baseball games, and intenionally hit about 10 players in a row.
My pitcher was not ejected, and despite the game demanding the umps do something before somebody gets hurt, nobody got hurt, nor were there warnings. The next inning, I intentionally hit each player three times IN A ROW.
NOthing.
Voice of experience, sane?
OK! RANLLY TIME!
Thanks Shore: If that’s what happened Lee should be gone. Yelling at a guy who didn’t even do anything is moronic.
God I wish Morneau could bunt… a little tapper towards third would be an easy single.
That’s like avoiding an STD at a brothel.
Tuck your pants into your socks and wash hands thoroughly after leaving.
Throw out all clothes upon returning home. Or before entering the door at least.
oops i meant “rally” time. that took some of the spontaneity out of it.
the double play didn’t help a dam bit either.
Why isn’t Morneau not bunting, if lee can yell at Gomez for bunting we should take advantage about that panzy shift
Chief,
“Voice of experience, sane?”
Absolutely, positively NOT!
The women in my life may be reading this.
Avoid getting hit by a knuckler when you don’t know which way it will break?
I’d start by not standing on the plater.
plate.
MIKE:
I figured out “panzy shift” right away but still trying to figure out “isn’t not bunting”.
T,
“Tuck your pants into your socks and wash hands thoroughly after leaving.
Throw out all clothes upon returning home. Or before entering the door at least.”
Now THAT’S the voice of experience, Chief.
i wonder what the pirate blogs are like tonight?
Big lack of manhood by the rest of the Twins not backing up Gomez. How about choking up the bat and driving the ball back at the pitcher? No Twins leadership to tell Lee to shut up?
Gomez needs to channel Span’s karma. On that last catch, it looked as if he were toned down a bit.
Ayala’s ’stache makes me wish the Twins had a team rule against facial hair.
On another subject, I posted several times my distaste for knucklers in general, and Dickey in particular.
Dickey has proven reasonably useful for the past month. I stand corrected.
The stage is setting up for a Go-Go Grand Slam.
“”"”"sane says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Avoid getting hit by a knuckler when you don’t know which way it will break?
That’s like avoiding an STD at a brothel.”"”"” AND
“”"USAFChief says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Voice of experience, sane? “”"
The whole point, Chief and sane, is this. I am dyslexic… the last time I went to Vegas I spent 2 nights in a Warehouse.
The stage is setting up for a Go-Go Grand Slam.
Or even better, a squeeze bunt.
Oh, that’d be sweet, Go-Go goes geep (or, ah, deep).
But instead, bunt.
LEXI!!!
The ump’s warning to Lee and the Indians was just too politically correct for me.
Let’em play and have their say.
Okay, every batter bunts at Lee from hereon.
Don’t feel bad, Doc. Dyslexics are teople, poo.
Lee is coming unraveled!
bunts, bunts, bunts.
bunt, bunt, bunt.
The ump’s warning to Lee and the Indians was just too politically correct for me.
Yeah, we don’t care.
4 runs this inning. they can do it.
steal third Go-Go.
Yes, that last post was a joke.
“Let’em play”
So far, the umpires have let them play.
But the first crushed melon will be met with an appropriate response.
And I don’t care that you don’t, says, but you never ’says’ anything worthwhile, or literate, or logical. Go crawl in a hole. You’re a punk.
What a wicked pitch.
Not this time Joe. We went out with a whimper, not a bang.
Denard looked and was a curve that froze him.
You’re sweet too joe.
White Castle and beer perfect meal for a crappy but for a moment eventful game
It’s NOT Val-bu-ay-nuh.
It’s Val-bwayn-uh.
@#$% Bremer Spanglish.
Casilla is a sieve—Tolbert needs to play.
4 hit batters after warnings and no ejections? Good judgement or not thats just silly.
“Good judgement or not thats just silly.”
Huh?
Dickey has proven reasonably useful for the past month. I stand corrected.
Nicely done Chief, it’s not too often posters admit they may have been wrong.
Dickey has proved to be of value to this team, although I think we can all agree if this rotation could have lived up to a little bit of the hype they received in the offseason and maintained more consistency, we’d all be asking why he was on this team.
Hit more batters. Enough Bull.
When Don Baylor got hit, it hurt the ball.
It’s NOT Val-bu-ay-nuh.
It’s Val-bwayn-uh.
sane,
you are speaking in tongues
I think he needed a comma, sane.
“you are speaking in tongues”
Just SoCal Spanish.
Valbuena = Val-bwayn-uh
Just like it’s spelled.
val-boo-EH-nuh
yeap
Shaun,
Punctuation aside, good judgement is silly?
If you would have known 4 guys would have been hit after Gomez and Lee had there fun you would assume minumum 3 ejections and the benches clearing once or twice.
As rare as 4 hits batmen in a game are, 4 after a warning is even rarer, and 4 after a warning with no ejections has to be a record.
If anyone mentions my puctiation again I will wish a 58 MPH kncukleball into your spine. You freaking Cliff Lee wannabe’s
They were hit with knuckleballs; that as much pain as f*rting while seated.
mike, the speling and “puctiation” on here tonight is as crappy as the game
I’m gonna bunt on you and watch you make a silly error.
Cliff Lee should lace up the skates and then run his mouth.
Farting while seated sucks, and I just did, thanks white chastle
Mike,
Probably a record.
But if it was a record for good judgement, then I don’t think it was silly.
CARLOS Lee?
Robbie Itchmycrotchski strikes again.
OK! Payback time for the INdians! Plunk about four in a row!
That Carlos Lee guy is muy bwayno tonight.
Well, mlb.com always cuts the broadcast about 10 seconds after the end of the game, but that’ll be enough time to run the Twins’ highlights about 3 or 4 times.
why is mauer still catching and getting beat up? we don’t need buscher we need morales to give us some backup for mauer.
is crain done?
Is Cliff Lee Bill (Spaceman) Lee’s son? He sure has the quirky personality. On the other hand, he might be Carlos Lee’s half brother.
yeah, Carlos Lee is muy pendejo tonight
Is Rod Carew available and dump the boy, Alexi the Incompetent.
Man, Crain is D-O-N-E.
Crain’s fastballs have no movement. Batting practice.
Remember when Crain was one of our best relievers for a few years?
operative word, WAS
There seems to be a trend developing tonight. For the rest of the season, the Indians will score the most runs for the pitcher who needs runs the least and the least runs for the pitchers who needs’em the most.
Every Indian has a hit tonight…
Well, Cleveland can get the hits and runs out of their system tonight. This game was over after the 5 spot.
I think it would be great to let Carl Willis pitch the last inning. Kind of “Dome Memories” moment.
“Every Indian,” Heatonator? Then, good thing that it’s June, because after 9/1 they’d be playing with an expanded roster (40 hits).
Two more K’s for DY…
We couldn’t even hit Big Train tonight.
Young has got to be the most pathetic hitter in baseball right now. He can barely hit a foul ball. He doesn’t have a prayer at the plate. And we gave up Garza and Bartlett for Harris and this guy?? Great job Smith!
The Twins lost tonight. Do I detect the vultures hovering?????
TO say:
And you’re sweet, too, says. I feel good knowing that you care so much to read my posts and comment upon them. I really appreciate your idolization of my posts.
Good night.
thank goodness the central stinks
we are still 3.5 games out!
Here’s a question that came up while I was at the game yesterday…
The song Nathan comes out to “Stand Up” debuted in “Rock Star” and was performed by a fictional band called Steel Dragon.
My sister insists that the version we’re hearing is sung by Mark Wahlberg (aka Marky Mark) and not the original lead singer (who’s featured on the movie’s soundtrack)
Can somebody with the right connections find out which version of the song they’re playing at the Dome?
“i wonder what the pirate blogs are like tonight?”
Was wondering the same thing…. here you go. They’re taking it surprisingly well! Apparently not having a wining season since 1992 mellows you out.
http://www.bucsdugout.com/2009/6/3/898128/nate-mclouth-traded-to-braves#comments
T:
There’s some interesting information about the film’s music on Wikepedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Dragon
I haven’t seen anywhere that a Wahlberg version is even out there.
Now on that same line, I was at the afternoon Red Sox game last week and “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off ” played when Mike Redmond came to the plate. No doubt a joke by someone and I laughed internally knowing that apparently one of Redmond’s things is walking around the locker room without clothes on.
Red did batting practice in the buff at one point too, so I heard.
The man who did the vocals in the movie rock star is Michael Matijevic from the band Steelheart.
If you don’t know, Steelheart was a band that debuted right at the end of the hair metal movement (right before Nirvana single-handedly killed the genre! )
Steelhearts best known song was Never Let You Go. Most people mistakingly think the song is called Angel Eyes
Nirvana single-handedly killed the genre
Something for which we all owe them an enormous debt we can never repay.
Ah, both styles of music were perfectly acceptable. I like em both
I feel like the $8 I spent on my cheap seat ticket was too much to have to sit thru this….
I miss hair metal. Or was it arena rock…? Ah they’re both cool!
“”Dickey has proven reasonably useful for the past month. I stand corrected.”
Nicely done Chief, it’s not too often posters admit they may have been wrong.”
Ditto. And thanks. I give in once in a while too.
Dickey’s real ERA now is 2.78. I still remember that passed ball which was charged as a wild pitch when a run scored because of it.
It was the same as Dickey’s first pitch tonight, which bounced off Mauer’s glove though it was completely catchable.
“Every Indian has a hit tonight…”
Cleveland has a good offense. I didn’t expect a win tonight.
Swarzak isn’t an overbearing pitcher. And a Twin Cities sportscaster said he didn’t throw enough curves. He probably needs another pitch too.
Don’t know why people thought he was so great. He can be pretty good, I suppose. But he’s not gonna shut anyone down now that the League knows what he is.
“Nirvana single-handedly killed the genre
Something for which we all owe them an enormous debt we can never repay.”
Thank you CHIEF!
First your repentence, and now your excellent opinion. You’re the coolest dewd on this blog tonight!!
Tonight’s silver lining:
Ayala and Crain each threw 35 pitches, so won’t be pitching tomorrow.
So, kudos to Gardy for getting Dickey out and getting those two in there.
Warthog, the one game pitching wonder. Send him back to AAAAA and juice up some more like in ‘07. It must be wearing off.
How bout Galvine? He’s available. Have 98 check out his #’s. He likes to quote stats……..
D. Young will be fine. He is by far the best of the OF, he just needs to play everyday!
Speaking of earned runs that shouldn’t have been…the 2 the Tribe put up on Slowey tick me off.
That should’ve been an error on either Morneau or Casilla…
Right about Young, Rocky. Although that Span would give him a good run for the money.
Ayala and Crain each threw 35 pitches, so won’t be pitching tomorrow.
So, kudos to Gardy for getting Dickey out and getting those two in there.
I second that
So why can’t the Twins ever swing a trade for a guy like McLouth? How good would he look batting between Span and Mauer? Maybe we didn’t have the right prospects, or maybe we didn’t know he was available, but it sure would be fun to see something like that happen to us for once.
Jake, They swung a trade for Delmon Young. Maybe that trade hasn’t worked out as well as we’d hoped, but you can’t say the Twins don’t make trades.
Also, the Twins don’t need another outfielder.
“On another subject, I posted several times my distaste for knucklers in general, and Dickey in particular.
Dickey has proven reasonably useful for the past month. I stand corrected.”
Way to be a stand-up guy, Chief!
I recall injuring myself trying to sell you on Dickey’s potential value.
I, also, am considering recanting MY past mistakes, but the magnitude of that project is mind boggling.
