The Twins-Tigers Excitement Morning Open Thread
by Jesse on Oct 6, 2009 8:41 AM EDT
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Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God (oh my god)
Jump off that sofa
Lets kick it up
--Black Eyed Peas
To say that I'm excited for this afternoon's game is an understatement. In just a few hours our Minnesota Twins, the Lazarus of the baseball world, have one chance to finish what they started back on Opening Day. Stealing the division from the Tigers might remind a few of you of 2006. And while this incarnation of the Twins isn't about to win it's 96th game (it would be 87, the first Minnesota division crown won with fewer than 90 wins this decade), right now this is a club playing like a good team should play.
Nine hours and counting.
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Got Twins
I knew ya had it in ya. Never doubted you for a minute. Overlooking the six times I left you for dead in September of course.
by Milt on Tilt on Oct 6, 2009 9:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Twins
I doubted you heavily, but you made me look like a fool and a fair weather fan. I hope you win today. You sure have made this a fun season.
by WITwinsfan on Oct 6, 2009 9:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is this really the start time?!?
What an odd time… that’s 2 PM PT. I maybe have to take a half day or something…
I wonder what’s up with that? Give the winning team time to get the NY after the game? TBS didn’t want to pre-empt its evening lineup?
by DavidRF on Oct 6, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is this early so the winning team can get to NY and get settled in tonight.
by NYCisTwinsTerritory on Oct 6, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK...
Gosh… I remember clicking record on the DVR, but I didn’t check the game time when I did that and I’m not sure if my DVR is smart enough to move it if the game time has moved. Hmmm… might have to drive home for lunch.
by DavidRF on Oct 6, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this would be a terrible day to miss a game!
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Oct 6, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tell me about
Gotta work. At least they have cable.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is!" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 6, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ended up changing with someone at work so I could get today off.
baseball>work, clearly. Haha
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Oct 6, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would if I could
We’re busy with all the H1N1 flu people coming in and short handed as it is. :(
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is!" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 6, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ohhh
not only do you not get to watch at home, but swine flu people? Gross. :(
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Oct 6, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not so gross really, just sick
And most don’t end up having the H1N1 flu, but that’s healthcare.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is!" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 6, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I meant gross as in...not watching the game.
a couple of the kids at my work contracted H1N1…not a lot of fun.
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Oct 6, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta save hookie for the World Series :-)
There’s always gameday… and I could bug out of here at 3 I suppose and “work from home”. I was just figuring it would be a repeat of last night’s football game where I enjoyed a nice game at 5 PM. Guess not.
by DavidRF on Oct 6, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
cough… cough…on the west coast here…going to need to work from home starting around 2pm
by caluofmn on Oct 6, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There
There is something really amazing about two teams having played 162 times over 6 months and still not having anybody able to win even the narrowest victory. No, after a long, tumultuous season, they’ll need to do it one more time.
"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 Oct 6, 2009 10:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So nervous
Very apt title for this post, Jesse. I am beyond excited and nervous for this game. I have no idea how I’m going to last the next 7 hours. I am very thankful I had the Vikings game to distract myself with last night (and I hope some of that rival defeating mojo is still lingering in the Dome). I’m also getting irrationally upset that everyone is assuming the Twins are going to win…hopefully no one is telling the players that. They seem to REALLY like to play the underdog role.
by dctwin on Oct 6, 2009 10:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have been stoked for this since the last out
Since Liriano induced the force out on Sunday, I have been turning the coming game over in my mind. All I ask is that Joe Nathan throws the last pitch!
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Oct 6, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ducking out of work early
I don’t get TBS, so I’m heading over to my grandmother-in-law’s place to watch the game. On the minus side, I won’t be able to participate in the game thread, because she does not have wireless internet. On the plus side, there is a very good chance of homemade cookies and/or pie.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
by BeefMaster on Oct 6, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So glad I get to leave work right around 5PM ET and head straight to the bar.
by NYCisTwinsTerritory on Oct 6, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
just dont pull a miguel cabrera...
by montanatwinsfan on Oct 6, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
its ok, my girlfriend is heading back to MN.
so when I get back at 6 am there will be no fight.
by NYCisTwinsTerritory on Oct 6, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well played
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
by BeefMaster on Oct 6, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Believe it!
I told the bartender last night, while I was watching the Vikes game, to have a Guinness and a shot of Jameson waiting for me.
by NYCisTwinsTerritory on Oct 6, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably
As early as they could get the field set up for baseball. They want to give the winner a chance to get to NY for the playoffs.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Oct 6, 2009 11:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I ended up sleeping about 3 hours last night...
kept running through possible scenarios in my head…what would happen if person A got a hit, but person B didn’t? Or if a Twin loses a ball in the roof again!? Ahhhhhh! 4 pm needs to get here soon!
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Oct 6, 2009 11:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I had a dream last night
that Baker pitched 8 innings and only gave up 1 hit. I would be so happy if my dream came true!!
by NYCisTwinsTerritory on Oct 6, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
um, yes, I would too!
that would be fantastic…
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
by fischean on Oct 6, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I (almost) never doubted them for a minute
7.5 GB a month ago and everyone declaring them DOA. It’s not my 1st year as a Twins fan so I expected them to make this run, but they’ve still amazed me! Nobody thought they could do it in 1987 or 1991 either. I’m so anxious/nervous and proud of my Twins right now I can’t stand it!
GO TWINS!!!
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is!" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 6, 2009 12:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I admit to a feeling of dread.
It just seems… so obvious that we would win. Hot streak, homefield advantage, all the problems the Tigers have been having… let’s be honest, how often in baseball does the obvious thing happen? We may have already jinxed ourselves with our optimism.
Of course, that might be the weather-induced depression talking. I tell you, after glancing out the window, the Metrodome is looking mighty good right now.
http://www.realityfish.com
by Robin G on Oct 6, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is this game on local TV today?
Anyone with inside information? I know channels 9 and 5 sometimes have picked up Twins playoff games in the past, but I don’t remember them picking up the one game playoff with the Sox last year. I don’t have cable, but I would desperately like to watch this game (though I can live with radio).
by Sheldon on Oct 6, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
cautiously optimistic
Last year, I was excited but dreading game 163 knowing the Sox were playing in the cell against a Minnesota team that did everything in its power to make it close. This year, not as much. The Twins are hot over the last month and are winning games when they have to. They are at home too against a Detroit team that just gave away the central. We have every reason to think we can win this.
Personally, I don’t think it’s the pitching that will decide this. It will be the offense. If our offense comes out hitting, Detroit will fold very easily…
by diehardtwinsfan on Oct 6, 2009 12:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Yankees are drooling over a series against us
“When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
— Oscar Wilde
"You should enter a ballpark like you enter a church." - Bill "Spaceman" Lee
by Dr. Yogi on Oct 6, 2009 1:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That guy thinks Verlander has a 2-seamer and Joel Zumaya will be pitching in the playoffs.
Credibility = Zero
by rcpratt on Oct 6, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
F@#% the yanquis!
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is!" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 6, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yankees haven't won a postseason series since 2004...
Yes, they’d be favored, but I don’t see how their fans or media should be counting their chickens against anyone at this point.
by DavidRF on Oct 6, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was an incredibly stupid article
“Joe Mauer does not equal the sum of Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Placido Polanco, Carlos Guillen, Brandon Inge, and Aubrey Huff. "
Um, of course he doesn’t. But I did some checking, and apparantly we get to have 9 guys play for us too! And even better, our 8 position players are better at hitting than theirs!
by lookatthosetwins on Oct 6, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's more
I’ll take my chances with Mauer. Even if he hits a HR in every at bat, they’ll only be solo shots with the way this team labors at getting on base
Team OBP Rank
Twins 0.344 5
Tigers 0.311 19
Hmmm… Doesn’t really seem like we “labor” to get on base….
by lookatthosetwins on Oct 6, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the schedule of the ALDS
will work out pretty good for the Twins pitching rotation. KNOCK ON WOOD
Wed: Blackburn
Fri: Pavano
Sun: Baker
Mon: Blackburn
Wed: Pavano
I see no need to start Manship or Duensing. If one of starters falters, they’ll be brought in for long relief.
"You should enter a ballpark like you enter a church." - Bill "Spaceman" Lee
by Dr. Yogi on Oct 6, 2009 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How do you feel that matches up to...
Wed: Sabathia
Fri: Burnett
Sun: Pettitte/Champerlain
Mon: Sabathia
Wed: Burnett
That makes me pretty nervous…
by Heebs on Oct 6, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not good, but
Joe Mauer is better than Jorge Posada.
and….
and…
help me out here….
by lookatthosetwins on Oct 6, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Span is better than Brett Gardner
Kubel is better than Matsui
by DJL44 on Oct 6, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In my dream last night
The Twins had just blown a big lead in the top of the ninth. And then the baby woke me up! Arghh, I didn’t get to see the comeback.
by Han Joelo on Oct 6, 2009 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
WIN TWINS!
That is all I have to say right now.
PLEASE PLEASE WIN!
I always loved that one.
by FoulJack on Oct 6, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats Twins!
Royals fan here pulling for you.
Maybe one day I’ll be in your… … Nah. Not even worth finishing the sentence.
by Bornin85 on Oct 6, 2009 1:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats on having a stud pitcher
It’s gotta help getting through the season watching that guy throw every fifth day.
by lookatthosetwins on Oct 6, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on how you look at it
I mean, he should have pitched in so many more victories, if even replacement level players had been playing in the field behind him.
Honest to God, I’ve become more of a cynic in life due to being a Royals fan.
by Bornin85 on Oct 6, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2 PM ET Update:
Still freaking out. Also, getting very concerned that we have been jinxed by one too many analysts calling us a shoo in to win this game…I’m trying to jinx the jinx but I have no idea how….I’m also wondering what happened to all semblence of rational thought i used to have…
by dctwin on Oct 6, 2009 2:00 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Miguel Cabrera drank it thinking it was tequila!
by NYCisTwinsTerritory on Oct 6, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve Phillips thinks the Tigers will win easily.
I always loved that one.
by FoulJack on Oct 6, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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