Twins-White Sox: Pregame
Posted on September 21st, 2009 – 5:50 PMBy La Velle
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said the rotation will be set up to so everyone not named Jeff Manship will face the Tigers next week in the big four-game at Comerica Park. Manship will start tomorrow against the White Sox then Sunday at Kansas City.
Justin Huber took 23 swings (don’t ask why 23 because I don’t know) today and felt great. He hopes to lick his strained oblique muscle in time to be available before the road trip ends.
As part of the annual rookie hazing, the Twins made them dress up as Teletubbies for the trip to Chicago. And they weren’t allowed to run to their rooms and change, as everyone went out to the Grand Lux Cafe for dinner.
Just heard from the Jim Mandelaro in Rochester. Stan Cliburn and Rich Miller won’t return. Here’s his story.
It’s Oktoberfest at U.S. Cellular Field tonight. They just opened the gates and welcomed fans to the park - in German. Whoowee, that really has me in the spirit. Ich bin so aufgeregt.
The Yankees scouts have followed the Twins here.
Lineup
Twins (76-73)
1. Denard Span. CF
2. Orlando Cabrera, SS
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Jason Kubel, RF
5. Michael Cuddyer, 1B
6. Delmon Young, LF
7. Jose Morales, DH
8. Matt Tolbert, 3B
9. Nick Punto, 2B
Pitching: Nick Blackburn, RHP
White Sox (73-77)
1. Scott Podsednik, CF
2. Gordon Beckham, 3B
3. A.J. Pierzynski, C
4. Paul Konerko, DH
5. Mark Kotsay, 1B
6. Jermaine Dye, RF
7. Carlos Quentin, LF
8. Chris Getz, 2B
9. Alexei Ramirez, SS
Pitching: Daniel Hudson
143 Responses to "Twins-White Sox: Pregame"
Tod den weißen Strümpfen!
that beckham guy is a twins rally killer. watch out for him!
stinky, Beckham is cooling off. He’s essentially a .250 hitter.
Wo ist Gomez? Warum hat Er nicht speilen?
the all important first game of the series…good luck twins…take it to em…this last stretch could be amazing, if the twins can get off to a great start…lets hope…….
Get O-Cab out of the freaking 2 hole! Morales! Morales!
Shawn, see you on the blog later, am wondering how the job search is going? In the meantime, Go Twins…Shaun from Chicago is there rooting for our guys.
Don’t know what you’re talking about, JustinCB.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
trish blog is open.
86 wins will be needed to win the Central. The Twins will need to win all four series they play, including taking three of four from Detroit. That would give them 85 wins, which I predict would result in a playoff with the Tigers.
No Iowa job for me, still looking
Sorry, we can talk more later on the trish blog, ok?
Ok, I am at a restauraunt be there later
Shawn, I understand, celebrating that you do NOT have to become an Iowegian. 
Where are the pictures of the hazing!?! I want to see them!
oh. GO TWINS!
First! This should be the lineup everynight until the end of the season.
Yeah, me too, trish.
Just saw on FSN that Saturday was Bizarre Night outside the Dome. Looked like fun.
I heard no promotion for it (although I missed Friday night’s broadcast). That’s kind of bizarre.
Shawn, du meinst, warum spielt er nicht, oder warum hat er nicht gespielt
Jedenfalls, er gefaellt Gardy nicht
Ya, trish and romer, I heard that Hazing and Hazel were at the Dome.
Cut out the German crap, or I will start talking Norwegian.
Yeah, me too, Walter Johnson.
Yesterday Gardy made a stat-based decision in choosing Harris over Morales. He forgot that Harris probably had a mindset of impatience and wanting to get in the action, while being a bit rusty — while Morales has a mindset of unconscious confidence and of being hot.
Hope Morales finds it again tonight.
Okay… I know that we are all here to talk Twins. But I was hoping for some help in my Creative Writing class. I started on a short story and am looking for some feedback. The short story is on my blog and the link is my name on here. I would greatly appreciate any feedback! Thanks
Doc talks Norwegian in his sleep, lives near ND to stay plenty away from Iowa.
romer,
He did it with Buscher too the day before.
No expectations here — except in my heart, which is a problem.
Almost for Span
Dye should be a DH only.
Maybe for the Twins next year, huh?
Okay, so Cabrera did okay there.
Yeah Posednik is red hot…..might as well walk him and eliminate the double.
Or trust your defense.
No Dick, Beckham is sick of Ozzie already.
humpen sie
After 3 balls to open the game, Blackie looks sharp in the 1st.
questioh here: Why dont they put Cuddyer in between Mauer and Kubel?
Anyone concerned about Stan Cliburn leaving? Isn’t he the stud pitching coach in the minors? Didn’t the Twins just lose Dave Cuellar (wasn’t that who it was?)?
Mike Cuellar.
trish,
I read your short story. You requested feedback.
Your story is indicative of an author whose young mind lacks depth.
Read some Voltaire and try again.
Sorry, my bad, Mike Cuellar…I typed his name off the top of my head. Anyone else concerned about this?
I know some old guys whose minds are so deep that they’ve lost them.
Looks like Cliburn isn’t leaving by his choice. I hope they mean what they say about an entire minor league overhaul because we’ve seen this year how thin it appears to be in the Twins minor league system.
Don’t know much about the minor league coaches. But the Cliburn they fired was the Rochester manager.
Is it possible that the total overhaul of the Twins staff, from beginning to end, is beginning?
DrDon - that’s what I was wondering as well. I believe I read repeatedly that the Twins teach the same at every level. That’s why I somewhat find it surprising that some coaches/managers would be let go, unless it’s completely based on performance.
Squeeze?
Bunting Twins…. my suggestion to you is to stop putting trish down. She is a super kid, working hard, and would like real advice not some smart-assed comment. You try again.
Generally, a squeeze with 2 outs is pretty low percentage, romer…
the guy just walked 2 straight. swing at first pitch, wtf?
we may not have the best team but we have the best clubhouse!! bring back crede and red!
stinky, because you know a fastball is coming. This is my thinking.
dolphins stink
Thanks for the reminder, Chief.
OC not setting a good example for Young there.
Yeah Dye’s Sux days are probably over.
Kubel in left next year? Dye the DH?
Delmon is in LF next year.
Some good hitters coming up next inning (3rd) for the Sux.
Gonna cross my fingers and put my socks back on.
Okay WJ, if Delmon can out-produce Dye at the plate.
Gonna be a glut of DH types in the FA market this year. Might get Dye cheap.
Kubes looking like he may be slumping a bit.
Who knows….
Let’s go get that dude from the Cubs… the maniacal right fielder.
DrDon,
I have never put trish down.
She asked for feedback and I gave her some. She lacks depth. That was my observation and I told her so. She can do something about that. I made a suggestion where she could start acquiring some intellectual depth. I encouraged her to try again.
Dye a Chili Davis type?
All Morales has done every chance he’s had is to hit! Too bad be wasn’t used more.
Dye has impressed me as a player who plays for stats, over playing to help his team win. The Twins don’t need that.
Twins need to un-blous during bunting situations and take one for the team with a graze to the jersey.
Dye could very well be that type, WJ.
Now’s the time, Spanny!
Tolbert has gone from dead space to at least a very useful defensive 3rd baseman. I’ll give him that.
Come on, ump……ignore AJ’s witchcraft.
Not hearing as much inane chirping about Cuddy these days from the likes of T98 and others.
He certainly has his bad moments but only a fool would say this team would have been better off with Cuddy gone and Delmon starting in right this season.
Keep it going Blackie!
Holy cow, Punto, get the ball to first in the air ferpetesakes.
No Bert, Beckham is an average hitter — except the Twins have let him pad his stats.
Don’t look now Nicky but Tolbert is trying to catch your BA. It’s quite a race!
Punto!!!!
You know the Twins world has turned around when Tolbert & Punto combine to get it done.
Keep it up and break this thing open!
Wonder if both Twins catchers (now the Red is #3) can finish above .370.
One way of knocking the Twins out of the pennant race…..
Hope Spanny is OK!!!
Double steal…wow, when was the last time we saw the Twins execute one??
Those watching on tv, where did Span get hit, does he look OK? Listening to Dazzle is always difficult
Right in the head, I’m shocked he wasn’t unconscious.
First looked like back of helmet. Then it looked like the top right side.
Hey Bill Smith! Where is Jason Pridie now? Couldn’t believe they didn’t bring up an extra outfielder and even more so when they didn’t add another player when Morneau and Crede were done for the season. What happens if something happens to D. Young or Kubel tonight? Tolbert to the OF in the middle of a pennant race!
According to the Ozzie rules, do we get to hit one of theirs now??
Frickin’ Williams threw 16 pitches, only 6 for strikes.
I guess Cuddy would go back to the OF and Harris to 1B. Still can’t believe we didn’t add a healthy body after Morneau and Crede went down and then Huber got hurt as well.
Our OF depth is more than fine. You could also give up the DH and put Morales at 1B, or Buscher for that matter. I’m sure Tolbert or Punto could play in the OF if desperate.
Hey, Twins are up 5-0 and we are still can’t be believing things. What a crock. Go Twins.
Span is doing O.K. Just has a slight headache and is resting in the clubhouse.
There are those who think if Delmon more playing time he can show himself to be a very good major leaguer. Instead, the he gets to play the more we get to see the true Delmon. That’s not a good thing. Maybe another couple of months on the bench will produce a week and half hot streak!
gotta love gamedays’s injury update:
Minnesota Twins left fielder Denard Span left the game due to an injured head.
Did anyone listening catch why there was a formal complaint filed against Dazzle? (I was only half-listening until I heard something like “…and that is why xx filed a formal complaint against me.”) He didn’t seem concerned when he told the story.
Thanks, LaVelle, was just going to ask if any update on Span.
blackburn is awesome! well, sometimes…
phew
Mike in SD: I heard the same thing. It was Ed Farmer (White Sox Radio) who evidently lodged the complaint. Anyone know anything more?
Punto is such a beast. Loves it.
a lot of the strib blog pariahs have been thriving of late.
i dont like using matty G here. save him for a close game.
Who else, stinky? Keppel?
yeah keppel! or frankie
Don’t think they’ll use Frankie 2 days in a row.
Did Mat G need work? When’s the last time he pitched?
And no Nathan.
YeeeESSS!
Wow. That was one of those nice quiet “cruise to victory” type games this team needed.
And wow, bottom of the order kicked some butt early on.
Nice way to start the road trip!
alright, nice game! whats that, 7 of 8.
Great win for the Twins. Go Twins Go!!!
Hope the Tiggs players were watching.
Nice win. Span will be OK. Maybe they give him tomorrow off against a tough lefty in Danks. Tough matchup in Game 2 with Manship back on the bump. Punto is swinging the bat well. About time! Another great start for Blackburn in Chicago.
Go Twins!
Tigers are getting nervous.
Wonder if we just heard Shaun in Chicago yelling after that Punto interview.
I told him that we would be listening, romer.
Great blog tonight-the trolls and naysayers must be getting over the weekend drunk. Go Twins!
Dr. Don, With all due respects, I believe that the Twins’ minor league (AAA) pitching coach is Bobby Cuellar not Mike Cuellar, the former O’s left hander. Not trying to be a smart a.. becuz I have made the same mistake myself, and I blame it all on my lack of knowledge of Voltaire.
GoFar, thank you very much.
We go for the positive and the personal over at trish’s blog — have our fun as if we were at the game and such.
It works!
wasn’t voltaire a utility infielder for the twins in the late ’60s?
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well”…..Voltaire
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well”…..Voltaire
Bunting Twins should try to emulate Voltaire while he is reading Voltaire.
Philosophy time??? OK…. According to Al McGuire, NCAA Champion Coach at Marquette, NCAA Basketball commentator: “I think everyone should go to college, get a degree, and then spend 6 months as a bartender and 6 months as a taxi driver. Then they would really be educated.”
Doc,
If it is Al McGuire vs. Voltaire, I am going to have to reject the half-potted New Yorker.
Voltaire was from New York?
One of the two had a brother called “Tricky Dick”, and it wasn’t Voltaire.
Al McGuire should have been a Damon Runyon character.
Believe me, I’ve gone back and forth many times the last month if the Twins can come back. All I know is that living down here all I care about is the Twins and the Gophers. But I am disappointed in T’98 not showing up.
the hunch here is that t98’s calculator has had a meltdown in recent days and weeks.
I am sorry I am so naive, sane, but I thought that Voltaire invented electricity, that is why we have Voltage. And Otto Watts invented Wattage.
Ok, guys, why doesn’t anyone address the fact the Ron told the Forum (off the record) that he saved Justin from partying and that Delmon needed help (?). DrDon, you know which reporter I’m talking about.
Yikes, KC on a tear tonight.
At least DiNardo had a meltdown and got blasted. I believe the Twins face him Sunday with Blackburn.
DrDon,
The Twins sure enough came through. The silence of the Sox fans was golden tonight-except for the guy in front who wouldn’t stop complaining about the Sox giving the game way and the idiot who shouted “too bad it wasn’t Mauer” when Span got hit in the head.
romer-
I actually was down by the Twins dugout during the Punto interview. I was shouting at Robby. He told some of us he wish he was drunk like some of the Twins fans down there.
Thanks for the report, Shaun. Chicago fans are beauties, aren’t they?
Hearing “MVP” chants for Mauer even in his first AB was awesome.
Hopefully the Twins can give fans something to continue cheering about in their final visit to the Cell this season.
And thanks for yelling to us folks in Minnesot, Shaun. Gotta keep Gardy and the players pumped!
What romer said, Shaun….Me too.
I think we need to make Punto a September call up every year. This is the only month of the season that boy’s bat isn’t made out of fairy-tales and wishes.
It’s good to see Blackburn on top of his game… he’s my favorite pitcher on this staff.
Is Cuddyer playing himself into a good trade so we can get an ACE for next season?
Expression,
Prior to this year, I was one of the Cuddyer bashers. I happily admit to him proving me wrong this year - he has earned his money this year, for sure. I think the more likely trade candidate is Kubel - a good, young, lefty bat coming into his own with a great contract (from the team side). Twins get to keep Cuddyer’s right handed bat, which is something they want.
Unless the Twins don’t make the playoffs and Gardy gets canned, then Cuddy could easily be the one to go.
Not worried about losing Span in this second game of the series.
He lead off the game swinging at the 2nd pitch and making an out. Gomez can do that.
Day before, he struck out 4 times. Gomez can do that.
So I hope Gomez leads off the 1st inning, and I hope he doesn’t put pressure on himself.
And I’ll enjoy the increased D in the OF.
“Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said the rotation will be set up to so everyone not named Jeff Manship will face the Tigers next week…”
Which means Manship and Duensing will start half of the remaining 12 Twins games.
Meanwhile, Detroit’s Jackson, Verlander, Robertson, and Porcello will start 11 of their remaining 13 games.
Here are the remaining pitching matchups:
22 Manship v. Danks
23 Duensing v. Buehrle
24 OFF
25 Pavano v. Tejeda
26 Baker v. DiNardo
27 Manship v. Greinke
28 Blackburn v. Porcello
29 Duensing v. Verlander
30 Pavano v. Robertson
01 Baker v. Bonine
02 Manship v. DiNardo
03 Blackburn v. Greinke
04 Duensing v. Hochevar
Blackburn pitches on the 27th on 6 days rest. Duensing pitches on the 28th on 5 days rest.
They could skip Manship on Oct 02, and pitch Blackburn, Duensing, and Pavano on 3 days rest for the last three games of the season.
Is Cuddyer playing himself into a good trade so we can get an ACE for next season?
Let’s wait to discuss trading our current 1B until we’re certain that our regular 1B is going to be back at full health next year.
Not that I think trading one of your top contributors (ALL SEASON) is a wise move under any circumstance.
If the Twins Trade Cuddy, that means they’re going into rebuilding mode. It is highly unlikely that any team would value Cuddy over an ACE, Naturally, I hope they are not trading him.
More likely, they’re considering the possibility of bringing him back to the infield for next season. With his ability at the big league level cemented, a move back to third is unlikely to hamper his offense.
It also could open the lineup a bit, inserting another plus offensive bat without subtracting much defense.
Delmon could move back to the position that he played better at in Tampa, or we have a bunch of young outfielders with good defense and plus offense in the minors. And even looking outside the organization, corner outfielders are a lot easier to come by than quality infielders.
Hey, these boards got mentioned on Reusse and Souhans sport chat this morning on KSTP AM 1500 the Talk Station. Souhan said people who frequent these boards must not like their jobs.
sane,
This one of his may be more apt.
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.”
Trish, I read your short story. First, let me just say ignore what Craig, I mean, Bunting Twin, said. Not just about you and your story, but about everything.
I’m old enough that prom is not one of those memories that is near the surface. Your story brought that back for me. So, you have something to work with here. Stylistically, it’s a bit rough. The transitions are not smooth and I think you need to review some word choices. It needs polishing, in other words. Keep at it.
Now, back to the Twins. 2 1/2 back. Who woulda thunk it? Go Twins!!
Is Morrales DHing today or is Gardo going to find out that Buscher went 2-4 against Danks in 2006 so he will DH (and strike out 3 times)?
