Toronto @ Minnesota GameThread, May 14, 2008 8:10 PM EDT

Game 39: Blue Jays at Twins

by ubelmann on May 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT in Game Threads

Toronto @ Minnesota

Lots of scoring so far in this one.

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Slim Kubel

Would the real Jason Kubel please stand up?

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane

by AdamOnFirst on May 14, 2008 11:04 PM EDT 0 recs

This is the real Kubel

As Ubel said, he was just in a slump. He sat for a few games and did extra work in the cage, now he’s back to his old self.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on May 15, 2008 12:14 AM EDT 0 recs

Another 1 run loss

I hope this is a bump and not the start of a slide.
After something like 12 days out of 1st Place, I’m curious to see how the team responds.

by caluofmn on May 15, 2008 12:25 AM EDT 0 recs

Home plate umpire Brian Runge

Several guys were visibly unhappy with Runge – particularly Justin Morneau after being called out on strikes in the third inning, and Carlos Gomez after two outside pitches were called strikes in the ninth. Morneau said, “That’s horse—-,” as he left the plate, and Gomez spent most of the distance between his out at first base and the dugout yelling at SOMEONE in Spanish.

by Jon Marthaler on May 15, 2008 1:51 AM EDT 0 recs

Stewart

You think Stewart has not been relishing this? He was hitting something like .220 when the series began.

PS-I wish someone would throw Stairs a strike to start an at bat once in a while. He’s walked like 9 times in 2 games and hit 11 homers….well maybe not quite that many, but the Twins have transmogrified him into a .300 hitter.

"I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. See, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it . . ."

by Skippy tastes better than Jiff on May 15, 2008 5:49 AM EDT 0 recs

Stewart was a dog with theTwins

I know his feet hurt, but he was a dog as soon as he signed that big contract. He got his money here for very little production. The Twins don’t owe him anything.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on May 15, 2008 10:20 AM EDT up 0 recs