Friday, August
14, 2009
Equal Time
Alright, the Twins season is
quickly losing hope of meeting the goals we as fans thought were realistic
earlier in the season. I am going to again open up the comments for the readers,
but it is done with one condition. For every negative thing you say about the
Twins, you have to say something positive. Simply put… if you can’t say
something nice…
Please
leave your Comments here.
MAUER 4, ROYALS 5
The Twins fell one run short on
Thursday afternoon, which meant a series loss at home to the Kansas City
Royals. For a team that many believed needed to go 6-0, or at least 5-1, they
are going to have to hope for a 4-2 home stand. Carl Pavano gave up one run in the first,
then three in the third and a solo home run in the fourth. Yet, he was still
able to give the team seven innings. That was a pretty veteran performance by Pavano. I couldn’t help but wonder if any of the Twins
other starters would have that in them. Joe
Mauer was again very good. He drove in all four
runs, one with his 20th double and the other with a three run home
run, his 21st of the year.
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Did You Know:
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IF you think that
the AL Central can be won with 85 wins, the Twins will need to go 30-18 the
rest of the season.
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Of course, the
Tigers would have to go 24-24 over their remaining games, or worse, AND
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The White Sox
would have to be worse than 26-21 the rest of the season.
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Orlando Cabrera’s
hitting streak is now at 21 games.
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Justin Morneau’s batting average (.298) is below .300 for the first
time since April 13th.
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Scott Baker
will be making the start tonight against Justin
Masterson and the Cleveland Indians.
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Nick Nelson is one of the best Twins bloggers… odds are, he’s probably the Top
Rapping Twins Blogger too. Check it out here!
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I
will be attending the Stick
& Ball Guy Convention on Saturday from 11-2 at Minnehaha
Falls. If you're interested in attending, it will be $5 for a person or
$10 for a family. SBG tells me that there will be some extra food there so feel
free to attend. If you want to go to the Twins game, you will need to contact
him as well.
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If you want, you
can follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SethTweets.
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MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Thursday -
SethSpeaks.net Hitter of the Day – Danny Valencia, Rochester Red Wings
Thursday -
SethSpeaks.net Pitcher of the Day – Ryan Mullins, New Britain Rockcats
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Travis from Travis
Talks informed me that one of the Twins 2004 supplemental first round
picks, Jay Rainville,
has decided to retire from baseball.
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A Voice from Twins Territory
posted a very nice
Q&A with Kyle Gibson.
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Twins 14th
round pick this June, Matt Tone, is pitching
with the Elizabethton Twins. He is pitching quite well. In fact, he has not
allowed a hit in 13 innings!
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Twins draft pick,
John Stilson,
their 19th round pick out of Texarkana College has a lot going on
right now. He has until Monday to determine if he will sign with the Twins or
go to Texas A&M. I talked to him the other day
online and he told me that he is currently in Fargo, ND, with his American
League team playing in the American League World Series. I have been told that
Monday’s deadline for signing is a hard deadline meaning if his Legion team is
still playing he will have to decide between continuing to play in the World
Series or signing. I think an exemption could be given
to the Twins to work with Stilson for 24 or 48 hours
from the time his team is eliminated.
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11th
round pick Ronnie Richardson has
told me that unless something drastically changes, he will be heading to
Central Florida.
ROCHESTER REPORT
Thursday – Rochester 9, Buffalo 4 – Danny Valencia led a big offensive attack that provided Philip Humber with enough run support
to get it to the back of the bullpen. Valencia went 4-5. David Winfree
hit his 27th double and 14th home run. Trevor Plouffe
was 2-5 with his eight homer and third stolen base. Brock Peterson and Matt Tolbert each had two hits. Humber went the first six innings.
He gave up four runs on eight hits. He walked none and struck out four. Rob Delaney threw two shutout innings.
Then Anthony Slama
came in and pitched a scoreless ninth inning. He walked one and struck out
two.
ROCKCAT RECAP
Thursday – New Britain 1, Erie 0 (12 innings) – As you
would imagine, there wasn’t much offense in this game, but there was plenty of
pitching. Ryan Mullins started and
gave up eight hits and a walk in seven shutout innings. He struck
out nine. Frank Mata struck out two
in 1.2 innings. Spencer Steedley struck out the lone batter he faced. Kyle Waldrop threw three perfect
innings and was credited with the Win. Brandon
Roberts went 2-4 with a walk. Rene Tosoni and Toby Gardenhire each went 2-5. Whit Robbins singled in Gardenhire with
the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th.
MIRACLE MEMOS
Thursday – Ft. Myers 2, Palm Beach 4 – David Bromberg lost for
just the second time all season. In six innings, he gave up four runs on six
hits. He walked two and struck out seven. Matt
Williams then threw three shutout innings. He gave up two hits and walked
two. Chris Parmelee
went 3-4 with his 25th double. Alejandro
Machado went 2-4. Estarlin de Los Santos went 2-5.
SNAPPERS SNIPPETS
Thursday – Beloit 1, Clinton 7 –
Dan Berlind
falls to 3-12 with another rough performance. In 4.2 innings, he gave up five
runs on eight hits .He walked one and struck out three. Thomas Wright threw 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit
and one walk. Winston Marquez then
gave up two runs on three hits in two innings. The Snappers’ bats managed just
five hits. Ramon Santana went
2-2.
E-TWINS EXTRAS
Thursday – Elizabethton 4, Bristol 2 – Martire Garcia improved to 5-1 with a very
good game. He gave up one run on seven hits and a walk in six innings. He
struck out four. Dakota Watts then
struck out three in two scoreless frames. Tony
Davis then recorded his fifth save. He gave up a run on three hits in his
inning. Steve Liddle,
the Twins 15th round pick in June, made his pro debut and had hits
in his first two at bats. He went 2-4. So did Anderson Hidalgo who added his ninth double. Brian Dozier went 2-5. Herbert
Lara hit his fourth home run.
GCL TWINS GOINGS ON
Thursday – GCL Twins 2, GCL Orioles 1 – The Twins got a win despite just three hits. Jhonatan Arias went 1-2 with his sixth double. Rory Rhodes was 1-2 with a walk. Blayne Weller was excellent again. In five
innings, he gave up no runs on four hits and a walk. He struck out four. Oswaldo Sosa made his first appearance of the
year, recovering from a back injury. He gave up a run on three hits in his
inning. Zach See gave up just one
hit over three shutout innings. He struck out three.
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