"This is LaVelle’s news not mine, but he just called in and told one of the editors that he saw the lineup card for tonight’s game. Carlos Gomez has been dropped to the No. 9 spot in the batting order and Denard Span is leading off."
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As of 6:40 pm EST
from the news story
“As of 6:40 pm EST Twins Territory hasn’t posted the rest of the lineup, stay tuned.” Gardy will provide it as soon as the famous blog posts it for him.
ha ha
Confirmed
Confirmed. It is the typical lineup but with Span and Gomez swapped. Span led off the game with a nice base hit up the middle, advancing to second on an error by center fielder Melky Cabrera.
I’m sure Gomez’s meltdown on Sunday played a part in this. I’m glad this finally happened, it should be better for everyone involved.
"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 the way
By the way, big kudos to Denard Span. Not a lot of people believed in him recently, myself included. He’s really made good on his insistence he was a major league ready player and become just that. Congratulations to the season that young man is having.
"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
Another update
6 IP, 9K, 1 H, 0 R
Ho. ly. Crap.
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by Andersklasen on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
By the way...
After seven innings he has 99 pitches along with the following line:
7 IP, 10 K, 2 H, 2 BB
by Twins Territory on Jul 22, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Liriano
This is getting out of hand, What does this guy have to do to get called up, hes Been Phenominal in his last 7 starts.
Question is what move do the Twins make to bring him up?
Release or trade Livan and/or Boof
Send Bass to AAA
Trade Reyes
Does a position player get sent down and the Twins go with a 6 man rotation?
I don’t know what the Twins need to do but yes, please get Liriano up here
Bass
The Twins can’t just send him to AAA – he’s out of options, same as Boof. They have to put him through waivers first, so there’s a decent chance they’d lose him.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
Who would want Bass?
I doubt he would be picked up…
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by Andersklasen on Jul 23, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
And if we lose him, so what?
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by Andersklasen on Jul 23, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Well...
That’s how the Twins got him (actually, he may have been a Rule 5 pick, but that’s a pretty similar situation), so obviously the Twins wanted him in the first place.
Your second question is really the important one. I’m with you that it’s no big deal to lose Bass, but the Twins have kept him around so far despite (for example) Korecky being available in AAA, so it appears that they don’t want to just give him away.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
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