Twinkie Town - Game Hub: Twins @ Yankees, Game 90An online community of Twins fans mourning the death of Prince Rogers Nelson.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52554/tt_fav.png2013-07-13T00:48:51-04:00http://www.twinkietown.com/rss/stream/42824812013-07-13T00:48:51-04:002013-07-13T00:48:51-04:00Yankees 2, Twins 0
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<p>I am going to tell the game story in two video clips. One positive, one negative.</p> <p>There was a nice, long rain delay on Friday night. And as I watched the Twins/Yankees rain delay from the American Bar & Grill in Hector, Minnesota, I figured the best way to tell this game story was through the magic of video. I could have told you about the Twins going 0-12 with runners in scoring position, which is just crazy terrible, or I could just show you one good thing that will make you happy for a better future, and one that will orient you with the terrible now. (If you want a game story, here's <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_07_12_minmlb_nyamlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=nyy">Rhett Bollinger's recap.</a>)</p>
<p>The good: Aaron Hicks making <a href="http://t.co/6fjsQ8mpzA">a Bo Jackson throw</a> to nail a runner at third base. Thanks to MLB.com for that clip.</p>
<p>The bad: Justin Morneau <a href="http://t.co/vE5gQgUDme">losing his mind </a>on a check-swing strikeout with about seven runners on base or so. Thanks to @cjzero for the GIF.</p>
<p>Robot Rollcall</p>
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<p>Charts & Graphs</p>
<p><iframe style="border:1px solid black;" width="450" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://www.fangraphs.com/graphframe.aspx?config=0&static=593473&type=livewins&num=0&h=450&w=450&date=2013-07-12&team=Yankees&dh=0"></iframe><br><span style="font-size:9pt;">Source: <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2013-07-12&team=Yankees&dh=0&season=2013">FanGraphs</a></span></p>
<p>Enjoy your weekend, everybody.</p>
https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/7/13/4519564/mlb-final-score-yankees-2-twins-0RandBall's Stu2013-07-12T15:52:13-04:002013-07-12T15:52:13-04:00Game Thread: Twins @ Yankees.
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<p>Wouldn't it be cool if they blew the Yankees out? Like 13-2 or something? God, I'd like that.</p> <p> </p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>First Pitch: 6 Central-ish</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>TV: Fox Sports North</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Radio: KTWN, TIBN</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Know Thine Enemy: <a href="http://www.pinstripedbible.com/">Pinstriped Bible</a></strong></div>
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<h3>Lineups (courtesy <a href="https://twitter.com/mlblineups/status/355770802110595073">MLBLineups </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/RhettBollinger/status/355775439718985728">Rhett Bollinger)</a>:</h3>
<h4><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Twins</a></h4>
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<ol> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Dozier 2B</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">GENE RF</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Not a Homer C</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Mountie 1B</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Doumit DH</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Plouffe 3B</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Arcia LF</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Hicks CF</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Florimon SS</span></li> </ol>
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<h4><a href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Yankees</a></h4>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #f5f5f5;">Gardner CF Ichiro RF Cano 2B Wells DH Almonte LF Overbay 1B Nunez SS Cruz 3B Stewart C</span></p>
<p>Did you enjoy Derek "The Captain" Jeter's comeback? Well, I hope you did, because he's out this weekend with a strained calf.</p>
<p>And <span>Chris Parmelee</span> is batting second.</p>
<p>Enjoy the game, everybody.</p>
https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/7/12/4518460/twins-yankees-game-90RandBall's Stu2013-07-12T12:59:16-04:002013-07-12T12:59:16-04:00Twins vs. Yankees: News and Notes
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<p>The Twins head to Yankee Stadium for three games, then - mercifully - it's time for the All-Star Break.</p> <h3>Probables</h3>
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<li>Friday, 7:05 pm: Scott Diamond vs. Hiroki Kuroda</li>
<li>Saturday, 1:05 pm: <span>Samuel Deduno</span> vs. <span>Phil Hughes</span> </li>
<li>Sunday, 1:05pm: <span>Kyle Gibson</span> vs. C.C. Sabathia</li>
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<a href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Yankees</a> Notes</h3>
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<li>ALL HAIL JETER! IT'S JETERMAS! JETERSPLOSION! JETERAVAGANZA! Well, maybe not, I guess, but <span>Derek Jeter</span> returned to the lineup Thursday against the <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Royals</a>. He hit a single, which reportedly was greeted with the fervor of a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/world-series" class="sbn-auto-link">World Series</a> home run. <br>
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<li>Idle side note: When Derek Jeter retires, will the <a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Twins</a> present him with a gift, a la <span>Mariano Rivera</span>? I'm trying to figure out what the gift should be. Maybe a case of Crystal Pepsi, in honor of his fielding, which is also way overhyped given how awful it truly is. <br>
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<li>By the way, center fielder <span>Brett Gardner</span> and first baseman / DH / all-around Pronk Travis Hafner are both day-to-day, so that might take out two more of the guys you've heard of from the New York lineup. Get ready for the Twins to get swept by a lineup that's even more anonymous than the spring-training, split-squad, road-game nine that beat the pants off the Twins in Minneapolis last week.</li>
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<h3>Twins Notes</h3>
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<li>The Twins have never won a series at Yankee Stadium under Ron Gardenhire, and I suppose there is a non-zero chance that this will be their last opportunity to do so. It's been 12 years, since the happy but ultimately fruitless year of 2001, since Minnesota took a series in New York.</li>
<li> <span>Michael Tonkin</span> pitched awfully well, after replacing Caleb Theilbar when the latter went on the bereavement list. Prepare for a controversy when ol' Meat Raffle gets back.</li>
<li> <span>Oswaldo Arcia</span>, in 42 July plate appearances, has six singles, two walks, and a double, for a sub-Butera .414 OPS. He's also struck out 13 times, nearly one out of every three trips to the plate. In many ways, he's having the opposite season to <span>Aaron Hicks</span>, who in the same span has an All-Star-esque .915 OPS (in 39 plate appearances).</li>
<li>Another split: <span>Brian Dozier</span>, who is hitting at the top of the lineup again, has a .377 OBP since June 1. He's also slugging nearly .500 in that span, and his .868 OPS is best on the Twins and 20th overall in the American League. <br>
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https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/7/12/4517832/twins-at-yankees-news-and-notesJon Marthaler