TWiB Notes - Twins v. Angels
Honestly, when you looked at those 4 games in LA against the Angels, you were nervous. You would have taken a split outright from the beginning and liked it. Even after Game 1 that was a barnburner/"must-win-for-a-young-team" game you still thought the Twinkies could lose the next 3 in a row. And even though Game 2 was the blowout that MCA had been asking for you walked away (chuckling a bit) and momentarily entertained the idea of a sweep or maybe getting 3 of 4 but you would still have been happy with a split. Granted, at least one of the final two games got away from the Twins but it was fun to watch us compete with the best team in baseball (regardless of who they are calling up right now.)
Quick Angels thoughts -
1. I texted this but weird to root against Torii. Read that Denard stayed with him at his house in LA while the Twins were out there. The spirit of Kirby lives on.
2. Glad to see Morneau back. He was too quiet before his game yesterday. Hopefully he will continue to pound the ball.
3. In Punto we trust? Honestly, Buscher's glove was a killer. The original pirahna is back in 2006 form. Cross your fingers.
4. People around here get on Mauer for not playing everyday. Those people need to punch themselves in the face.
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I am very happy with the split. However,yesterday showed just how fragile that billpen is. I had just finished my garage sale (more to come on that hopefully), showered and plopped down in front of gamecast to check the score, 3-2 going into the bottow of the th. I see Texiera is coming up and Vlad behind him. The chance of scoring flashed across the bottom 0 outs 0 on 24% (give or take a couple of %). I resign very quickly that this is not going to go well. Who would have thunk it was going to go triple, double, k thank you Torii, triple. That ball must have been bouncing around the outfield like the Flash Gordon pinball machine in my parents basement in my prime. I got up left and did not look again until this morning. We need another arm.
August 25, 2008 at 3:37 PM
RTS - we got that other arm you wanted, just so happens to be attached to Everyday Eddie.
August 25, 2008 at 3:49 PM
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August 25, 2008 at 5:16 PM
I like the optimism Jan, but where the F_ did that come from?
Say it isn't so Joe, say it isn't so...
Remember all the near heartaches this guy caused.. and that was pre- TJ surgery... I know that he's effective againist lefties, which is something that our bullpen desparately needs, but call me a cynic, I don't trust Everday Eddie, nor do I trust his 85 fastball.
Interesting note: The Twins gave up Mark Hamburger (real name) in the trade, who was signed out of the the Twins open tryout camp in June of 2007... so you're saying there's a chance
August 25, 2008 at 5:18 PM
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