Meet your 2008 Twins!

OGEE OGELTHORPE · Post by **OGEE OGELTHORPE** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:12 pm

Torii who? Great catch by Gomez in the 9th

Twins win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joey (nine toes) Marcoux · Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:47 pm

jancze5 · Post by **jancze5** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:05 am

Everyone is psyched now, let's wait until AFTER the Royals.

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:33 am

jancze5 wrote:Everyone is psyched now, let's wait until AFTER the Royals.

Let's wait until AFTER the White Sox.

If... IF... it comes down to the last series, I think I'd rather take my chances with the Royals over the Indians. The Sox are going to have to deal with a team that is at least .500 and on Sunday a pitcher who will be trying to lock down his Cy Young award.

But let's wait until after the Sox to deal with that....

UpNorthStars · Post by **UpNorthStars** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:40 am

Here's my prediction. Twins finish the sweep tonight, but lay an egg against KC while the sox sweep the tribe.

Hows that for optimism? Just seems the minnesota way lately

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:16 am

Remember, thats what KC did to DET in 06.

Kansas City Royals: The Ultimate Factor

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:22 am

packerboy wrote:Remember, thats what KC did to DET in 06.

Good times.

OGEE OGELTHORPE · Post by **OGEE OGELTHORPE** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:29 am

packerboy wrote:Remember, thats what KC did to DET in 06.

Kansas City Royals: The Ultimate Factor

Part 4 The Ultimate Factor ya gotta be kidding me

The Factor lives...........again.

Bash Brother · Post by **Bash Brother** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:33 am

Not the Factor again

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:34 am

Last night Gardy made some great moves with his pitchers. Short leash on Blackburn, good idea. Using the pitchers who have doing the job lately to hold the lead, excellent.

However, I did not understand Gov's best buddy batting 5th vs Buehrle

Kubel had a great game vs the right hander. Leave it at that.

Ozzie has come out and said he wil not let Morneau beat them.

The best guy right now to protect Morneau or to make them pay for putting him on is Delmon Young if they start a lefty.

Tonight will be fun.

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:49 am

packerboy wrote:Last night Gardy made some great moves with his pitchers. Short leash on Blackburn, good idea. Using the pitchers who have doing the job lately to hold the lead, excellent.

However, I did not understand Gov's best buddy batting 5th vs Buehrle

Kubel had a great game vs the right hander. Leave it at that.

Ozzie has come out and said he wil not let Morneau beat them.

The best guy right now to protect Morneau or to make them pay for putting him on is Delmon Young if they start a lefty.

Tonight will be fun.

I agree that Gardy came out smelling like a rose, but at the time, you can't tell me you weren't getting itchy when he brought in Boooooof with a 1 run lead. And then he brings in Jose boofin' Mijares to back him up with the potential division title on the line?! Ya gotta be kidding me. Beyond the fact that it actually worked last night, that has got to be a HUGE confidence boost for a kid like Mijares which will hopefully help out the bullpen in future years.

Young is 6-7 batting 6th in the order this series - you can't move him. I think you have to leave Kubel at 5 or plug Cuddyer in there, but Young isn't broke and doesn't need fixing.

Indians forever · Post by **Indians forever** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:51 am

It's going to be rockin, Tix in hand and ready to start tailgating this afternoon.

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:09 am

The Tigers announced that if they have to play Sox on Monday, they'll start Freddy Garcia... who has pitched in 2 games this season because he was injured for the first 5 1/2 months.

There's more incentive for the Twins to take care of business tonight.

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:13 am

Govs, I was right along with Gardy on every move with the pitchers.

Boof has been a consistent performer out of he pen lately. Same with Mijares and Breslow. They are the only guys he can rely on.

I thought he might bring Boof back for another inning but I really like Mijares. He has some velocity and a nasty breaking ball. If they make the playoffs , he should be on the roster.

Crain, Guerrier , Guardado and Reyes can sit until its 8-1 either way.

As far as Young goes, I dont attribute his hitting success to where he is at in the order. I dont think it makes any difference with him. His appraoch is the same no matter what. He goes up hacking. Reminds me of Puckett alot.

EREmpireStrikesBack · Post by **EREmpireStrikesBack** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:08 pm

Where's that GW character now? Giving up on them? Get outta here!

Nice win by the Twins last night, the Dome was rockin'. Ordered my playoff tix last Saturday so hope they make it, I'd like to skip school again.

EREmpireStrikesBack · Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:59 pm

Alexi Casilla... my boy!

Great game from the Twins tonight, able to overcome a big deficit. White Sox just looked dejected before the game was even over, what a game.

sinbin006 · Post by **sinbin006** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:01 pm

WHOA NELLY!!!! Gonna be a huge weekend....Go Tribe

Joey (nine toes) Marcoux · Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:11 pm

UpNorthStars · Post by **UpNorthStars** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:26 pm

Ok, so there's a new goat in chi-town.

Just before the Twins started scoring i checked my facebook, only to see my brother in law (no good Sox fan) had written "happy the Sox won tonight and the magic number is now 3." I replied it was a bit early for that and then it all started. I'm really savoring this. Poor guy, i think he's convinced he really did jinx them! LOL

UpNorthStars · Post by **UpNorthStars** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:30 pm

Qoute of the day: "I'll take a bottle of sleeping pills tonight and a glass of vodka"

--Ozzie Guillen

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:38 pm

I don't think I'm going to get my voice back for a week. My throat is sore. my head hurts, my ears are ringing, but I can't think of the last time I felt so great.

How the hell am I going to be able to sleep?!

CNT... tell me one of your jokes, that should help.

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:48 pm

Hawk Harrelson was so quiet as Span pumped his fist standing on third I could here my goosebumps popping through my skin.

Span, Gomez, Kubel, all delivered chunks of bases in this series. Multiple bag hits I tell ya, multiple bag hits are the Cat's caboose.

UpNorthStars · Post by **UpNorthStars** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:59 pm

So if the Sox and Twins both win out they will be 90-72 each. The tie breaker will be played on Tuesday. Where is it played and how is it decided?

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:08 am

UpNorthStars wrote:So if the Sox and Twins both win out they will be 90-72 each. The tie breaker will be played on Tuesday. Where is it played and how is it decided?

It'll be played in Chicago and was decided by a coin toss a couple of weeks ago.

UpNorthStars · Post by **UpNorthStars** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:09 am

hmm, i guess i missed that somehow. Thanks.

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