Game 90: Minnesota Twins @ Texas Rangers
by RandBall's Stu on Jul 17, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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Know Thine Enemy: Lone Star Ball, The Godforsaken Heat of Texas in July
I realize he's pitching against the good guys, but anyone who hits A.J. Pierzynski twice in the same game can't be all bad.
- Dickandbert mentioning Nolan Ryan trying to turn the Rangers around: 2-1
- Nick Punto going out there and competing, by which I mean going 0-for-4: 3-2
- Josh Hamilton getting another tattoo between innings: 5-1
2. Alexi Casilla, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Michael Cuddyer, RF
7. Joe Crede, 3B
8. Brendan Harris, SS
9. Carlos Gomez, CF
2. Michael Young, 3B
3. Josh Hamilton, CF
4. Andruw Jones, DH
5. Hank Blalock, 1B
6. Marlon Byrd, LF
7. Nelson Cruz, RF
8. Taylor Teagarden, C
9. Elvis Andrus, SS
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My calls for tonight:
1-Perkins: 5 IP, 4 R, 1 K, 1 BB
2-Alexi Casilla: 0-for-4, BB
3-Mauer & Morneau HR
4-Brendan Harris: Confused why they’re batting him 8th
5-Twins win 7-6
My calls
1-Perkins: 4 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 3 K, 2 BB
2-Casilla: 1-3, SB, RS
3-Morneau: 2-2, 2 IBB, 1 HR, 3 RBI
This is probably the 9 best guys they can run out there
right now. And I don’t have a lot of faith in Casilla. But I’d rather him than Punto at this point.
And my saying this is probably the best 9 guys they can run out there should not be taken as reason to celebrate.
by Eric in Madison on Jul 17, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions
2. Alexi Casilla, 2B
8. Brendan Harris, SS
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Good one Gardy.
Its cold outside.
I think that is weird. But I am glad the AS break is over.
Baseball is the soundtrack to my summer.
Three Calls
1) Perkins, 7 IP, 4 R, 4 BB, 5 SO
2) MauerMorneauKubel total 3 HR between them
3) Punto goes 2-3 with a… gasp… DOUBLE!
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Heh. He'll still manage a double.
My bad.
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by Andersklasen on Jul 17, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Mauer > Teagarden
Morneau > Blalock
Casilla < Kinsler
Crede – Young
Gomez < Hamilton (only offensively)
Cuddyer < Cruz
33morneau
Nice play by your boy casilla…..
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by RileysCannibalJct on Jul 17, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions
Oh, I forgive you,
you probably never heard of anyone named Alex Rodriguez, or Evan Longoria. Only a true baseball geek would have ever heard of people like David Wright or Scott Rolen or Chipper Jones
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 17, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
ahem
Evan Longoria – 8 errors, .964 FPCT
Alex Rodriguez – 5 errors, .960 FPCT
David Wright – 12 errors, .948 FPCT
Chipper Jones – 14 errors, .907 FPCT
Scott Rolen – 5 errors, .976 FPCT
*Joe Crede – 2 errors, .989 FPCT
sure but the stats you provided are about as meaningful to defense as
“average” is to offense. One piece of the puzzle.
Crede ranks 7th in range factor for all 3b who “qualify” and 12th in zone factor.
So, no. Sorry. Crede isn’t even the best fielding 3b in MLB.
He’s good. No doubt about it. But not the best.
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 17, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Offensively,
Crede ranks 40th amongst MLB 3rd baseman for average,
44th in OBP;
21st in SLG
27th in OPS
So I guess you could say hes somewhere around the 25th best 3B in baseball… WHOO HOO! Thank you baseball gods!
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 17, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Excellent, montana. Excellent.
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by Andersklasen on Jul 17, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
you mean
excellent because I didn’t mistakenly transpose the numbers. You’re right, for me that is work well done.
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 17, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Cuddyer makes the catch
I am not liking Perkins right now. Giving up way too many hard hit balls…sooner or later they find the gaps and/or the little green field beyond the fence.
too true too true
but there could and very possibly, if this keeps up, will be many more and Mulvey will be coming out.
Harris dropped to 8th
and the company memo that Dick reads lets us know he’ll be splitting time with Punto there.
Dick says on behalf of Gardy: “Punto brings a little more athleticism to the position of SS”
it's an odd world where
athleticism hustle grit > production
Harris has been our only decent middle IF all year and he just got demoted
Span retired!?!?!?!
WTF, he is so young and healthy! Dammit, now where are we gonna find a leadoff hitter. ?
Baseball is the soundtrack to my summer.
choose from one of the gritty following
1. Nick Punto – hustles his butt off, not terribly good defense, horrible offense, gets dirty…
2. Matt Tolbert – though more of a number 2 man, he could fit right in the number 1 spot because he gets dirty, hustles and can lay down some bunts.
3. Alexi Casilla – we want to keep him in the big leagues cause I (Gardy) am getting a headache from saying hello to him so many times.
I cannot answer because
of the statement, “Tolbert-though more of a number 2 man.”
KOOOOBLES!!!!!! 3 RUN JACK!!
Baseball is the soundtrack to my summer.
Harris
I wouldnt mind at all if Harris is our opening day SS come 2010. Unless we manage to sign Sano or trade for Escobar, I think Harris has shown some great consistency and has surprised many of us. I think he deserves the starting spot in 2010, because, aside for some trade or signing, we all know that nobody is ready yet in the minors – I dont think we will ever see Plouffe in the big league at least as a Twin.
Really? Talk about low standards
Harris only looks like an all-star next to the likes of Punto, Tolbert, and Casilla.
by Eric in Madison on Jul 17, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I suggest some proactive
activity from the Twins front office.
by Eric in Madison on Jul 17, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
well I was talking
about in house options. Of these, only Harris is the viable option.
as I said, if the Twins can sign Sano or trade for Escobar, I would be more than happy to put Harris back on the bench.
darn it
logged on about 10 – 30 seconds after Kubel’s HR.
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 17, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
just for the record
how dare Jason Kubel hit that homer. Now there is some screwy stats that the Twins have to deal with. Instead of the 5,6,7 hitters all having 14 HR, now our 5 hitter has 15 HR. Oh well, I guess this just means that numbers 6 and 7 will have to hit homers this game! ;)
Gordo just said
Boof Keppel is warming up in the pen
Jason Monroe is playing 1B as well if he didnt notice
Found it with Google...
Its happened at least 11 times, but the Twins example was a triple play… Smalley K, Nettles CS, Murcer CS.
Butera caught two other batters that day.
Funny… Terry Felton left the game after 5.1 with the lead and Havens was credited with a Blown Save. If Havens and the rest of the pen holds that lead…
Wow... 1982...
What a season. Terry didn’t get the win and went on to go 0-13 (and 0-16 career).
That was our 10th loss in a row… the streak went on to 14.
Starting in May…. 4L-1W-5L-1W-5L-1W-14L-1W-5L-1W-4L
A nifty 5-37 stretch!
The newspaper was publishing a daily Mets-O-Meter tracking our progress against the 1962 Mets. Somehow we only managed to lose 102 that year.
What's up with all the GIDP's this year????
Frustrating
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jul 17, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions
Very inefficient offense this year.
For all the guys having good seasons, we’re not scoring that many runs. Its the exact opposite of what we usually brag about “Twins Baseball” (the little things, timely hits, etc).
Stars of the game:
1. Carlos Gomez: 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 3B
2. Bobby Keppel: 2.0 IP, 3 K, 0 H, 0 BB
3. Jason Kubel: 2-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Honorable Mention: Joe Crede: 2-4, 1 RS, a couple very nice snags at 3B
If ever a guy earned the right
to hit into 2 DP’s, its right after he has hit a 3 run HR.
Baseball is the soundtrack to my summer.
are DPs earned?
Kubs had a chance to make this a blowout but instead he hit into consecutive DPs. That in my book, although the homerun was a blast and put the Twins in the lead (for good) should not warrant number 1 on the stars of this game.
Once again,
the starting pitching gets it done but in very underwhelming fashion. 4 innings had to be picked up by the pen again, with 4 pitchers used.
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 17, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions
hopefully
baker can shut them down tomorrow
but a fly ball pitcher in that small stadium makes me worried
by clutterheart on Jul 17, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
yep,
that might be an understatement. Maybe Texas will get some muggy, humid heat tomorrow and that will keep the balls from flying out.
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 17, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Humid air is actually lighter than dry air...
Just feels heavier because your sweat can’t evaporate as easily. Baseball’s don’t sweat.
Maybe Texas will
sink below sea level tomorrow and the air will become very dense and since the land will be closer to the center of the earth gravity will keep those fly balls in…
…f’ng smartass
by montanatwinsfan on Jul 18, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions
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