Twins vs. A's, 08-22-2012, 2:35pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Twins:
Ben Revere CF
Alexi Casilla 2B
Joe Mauer 1B
Josh Willingham LF
Ryan Doumit DH
Matt Carson RF
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Drew Butera C
Pedro Florimon SS
(Liam Hendriks P)

Billy Beanes:
Coco Crisp CF
Stephen Drew SS
Josh Reddick RF
Yoenis Cespedes LF
Chris Carter 1B
Seth Smith DH
Josh Donaldson 3B
George Kottaras C
Cliff Pennington 2B
(Tommy Milone P)

[snepp]

A .547 OPS "hitting" second, and just .424 since the start of July.


Play second, bat second!

[old nurse]

I feel sorry for Hendricks. He might have to pitch a shutout to avoid a loss.

[jokin]

Twins:
Ben Revere CF
Alexi Casilla 2B
Joe Mauer 1B
Josh Willingham LF
Ryan Doumit DH
Matt Carson RF
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Drew Butera C
Pedro Florimon SS
(Liam Hendriks P)

Billy Beanes:
Coco Crisp CF
Stephen Drew SS
Josh Reddick RF
Yoenis Cespedes LF
Chris Carter 1B
Seth Smith DH
Josh Donaldson 3B
George Kottaras C
Cliff Pennington 2B
(Tommy Milone P)

Sal Jr got his caddying job back?

[Ultima Ratio]

For those of us unswayed by 'balance' in the lineup arguments, and more concerned with stringing hits together in succession to score runs, the lineup should read:

Revere, Mauer, Hammer, Doumit, Plouffe, Carson, Casilla, Florimon, Butera.

[jokin]

For those of us unswayed by 'balance' in the lineup arguments, and more concerned with stringing hits together in succession to score runs, the lineup should read:

Revere, Mauer, Hammer, Doumit, Plouffe, Carson, Casilla, Florimon, Butera.

I concur, with the exception of my own preference for an on-base guy at the bottom of the order to set up the turnover back to the top and improve the odds of hit-stringing- ie, I'd flip Florimon with Butera.

[sbknudson]

For those of us unswayed by 'balance' in the lineup arguments, and more concerned with stringing hits together in succession to score runs, the lineup should read:

Revere, Mauer, Hammer, Doumit, Plouffe, Carson, Casilla, Florimon, Butera.

I agree that Florimon would be better ninth. I also wonder why bat Plouffe as high as he is - he is in a massive slump. Carson or even Casilla might be a better choice until he gets his bat working again.

[Brock Beauchamp]

And Liam walks the first batter.

And now a wild pitch.

Aw, come on...

[Brock Beauchamp]

What's the over/under on how many innings of this game I'm going to watch? 2?

[Ultima Ratio]

Hendriks' line predictions anyone?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, I can live with one run. Hopefully he settles and stops throwing so high in the zone.

[Ultima Ratio]

He's so dang nervous... got to get past that or he'll never be effective. I'm thinking 4 ER on 5 IP 3K 3 BB

[Brock Beauchamp]

Bad luck, Trevor.

[righty8383]

In the 1st inning, Coco Crisp did a fake bunt with a 3-0 count. That reminds me, the little League World Series is on.

[Brock Beauchamp]

It'd be so great to get Liam a win right off the bat. He needs to get over the stigma of being winless, it seems.

[TwinsGuy55422]

Way to field your position, Liam!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Damn. What a play by Florimon.

[TwinsGuy55422]

Good second inning for Stifler. Way to help your pitcher Pedro!

[Ultima Ratio]

Damn. What a play by Florimon.

I don't think Dozier makes that play... Carroll either for that matter.

[sbknudson]

I'm following the game on MLB's Gameday - it looks like the ump today has a small strike zone. Does that correspond to what people watching the game are seeing, or am I getting bad intel?