Just for giggles what kind of profit you think the twins make on a $7.00 bottle of beer? All the overhead from supplier and beer vendor and what $6.00 per? What you all think?

Those are some curious stats on Duensing. Everywhere I look I see 18 appearances with 16-1/3 innings pitched. There is no way he has only pitched in seven games. He has allowed 10 hits with 9 strikeouts. Must be outdated...

Duensing stats

2-0 18 games 16.1 innings pitched 10 hits 3 runs all earned 6 BB 9 SO era 1.65! Not bad!

Vs Yankeees this year pitched in 2 games for a total of 1 inning pictched gave up 1 earned run 2 BB 0 SO.

As I was sitting in my office today, I was pondering a beer question. Will the Twins have to cutoff beer sales after the 7th inning of game 1 tonight, or since it is scheduled conclusion/DH, will they be able to continue sales?

Question for those at the game: no replay was shown or comment made by either Dick or Bert, but did No Clue Ulger just cost us another run not sending Morneau?

Schweady, seeing it on TV, I would say he cost us a run, looked like he was just approaching third when the RF was getting to the ball.

FU scott ullger.......worst 3rd base coach in the league. guy is turning into a joke. clueless on when to send/hold guys.

Two 7th inning stretchs? Don't mind if I do!

Looks like lots of empty seats on the twins web cam for the early bird game!

Looks like Detroit will beat Seattle and Chicago and KC have won! Need this one man!

can this frickin team get a clutch hit to save their life? GRRRR

10 men left on base so far in this game. what is that about 100 LOB in the last 5 games?!?! lame

man in scoring position in the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th and we have a grand total of ZERO runs...........what a joke! and now they get rivera in the 9th. way to make it unbelievably diffcult on yourselves twins.

ended like it should have. twins don't deserve to win games like that when you leave a baker's dozen on base and can't even score one frickin' run.

The Twins suck! They have to be the most unclutch team in baseball.

who was pitching for the Yankees there in the bottom of the 9th?
he was wearing number 42. I thought 42 was retired league-wide?

Well, THAT was let down.

Paper Champions

Karma

Nice to see the automatic out Butera in the lineup for the nightcap.

On FSN,Rudy Giulliani just compared Mauer & Morneau with Mantle & Maris with the Yaankees and David Ortiz and "Big Papi" with the Red

Sox.

pathetic.......twins beat themselves usually.....not the other way around.

1st and 3rd Nobody out and we cant score and Mauer grounds into the third double play of the night. The Twins continue to choke against the Spankees!

Time for a new closer Raush's smoke and mirrors arent cutting it anymore. Yankees go for the sweep tommorrow!

I know that there's a few people on here who don't like it when the ball is thrown back, but that one definitely deserved to be thrown back.

I do believe I've just heard the first F-Bomb on air from Target Field!

Gardy in response to the delay of game by the yankees "that's a f****ng joke!"

Twins offense has now been outhomered 13-0 in there last eight games.
There record is now 11-12 in May. We are getting descent pitching this offense needs to pull its head out of there ass. Three staraight losses at home were if they get a clutch hit in any of those games they probably win. Man this team is so frustrating to watch.

The Twins look so soft against the East. Not sure how they can fix that.

I agree firdog...and it's time to quit whining about the park. Pull up your pants and hit the f'ing ball. Opposing teams seem to homer just fine, quit acting like the power alleys have it in for you. Start playing up to your potential you pussies.

I don't understand the Skankees hold over the Twins. WTF is this?

NYC is a toilet and I've only been in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. I wouldn't visit the Bronx without being armed. I can't figure out why ppl. pay extra for Skankee tix. I'm not giving one penny to see Douch-Rod & the rest of the Least Coast borons (boron - boring moron).

I'd rather stay at home which I did and watch something else (which I did as well) because the stupid Twins get b*tch slapped by the Skankees way too often.

And of all ppl. Nicky Swish (who I sincerely love from his days as an Oakland A - when I lived in the Bay Area) hits the HR of death.

I'm so happy this recession is lifting so I can get the h3ll out of this state of Misery.

Good Bye. Good Riddance.

and yeh if the door hits me on the way out I'll view that as a happy memory. I'm SURE it won't bruise. Gah.

chuck - this is a serious question.......ARE YOU F-ING RETARDED OR SOMETHING? come back to reality spaceboy.

It is very, very safe to say that the Twins suck. It takes some serious talent to not be able to score in that 8th inning of the night game. So I guess I take that back in regards to sucking, because they are actually quite talented at sucking.

predictably if you listen to the east coast centric chumbolones on espn & mlb network none of them are willing to call-out the yankees for that B.S. pitching "move" they made in the 9th when they sent out pettite again (who took his warm up pitches) since rivera wasn't warmed-up yet. and they then pulled pettite without even facing a batter to put in mariano rivera.

do umpiring crews have no shame when it comes to "assisting" the yankees?! what the yankees did in the 9th is techinically not supposed to be allowed.

The Twins are a good team that will contend for the Central title, but that is it. They will never contend for anything more.

The Twins need to stop blaming Target Field as being an unfriendly hitting ballpark. Visiting teams have shown that it takes is hitting with runners in scoring positions (even with two outs!) and an occasionally homerun(s). Yes Mr. Morneau, Cuddyer, and Mauer, homeruns can be hit at Target Field. The Yankees along with every other visiting team has proven that. Stop your complaining!!!

The starting pitching deserves much more from this team.

The Twins need to rethink their idea of Rauch just needs to get three outs, no matter how it happens. He got very lucky early on in the season with his saves. The truth about Rauch is finally out!! Get Slama and Delaney up here!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I have tickets for tomorrow and I don't really care to go!!

Rant over!!

You kill me Beta! The Spankees should get rid of the YES network and have ESPN aire all there games and kiss there ass, wait they already do that!

The Twins bottom of the order is like a black hole. We score two frickin runs in two games. Your not gonna beat anybody with that kind of production.

some of you rubes need to tone down the whole "the twins are complaining about lack of homeruns due to target field" rants.

if i am not mistaken, most of the "talk" about that topic is actually coming from d-bag media talking heads who need a talking point and that is the one they are currently pre-occupied with. it doesn't seem to me like the twins players themselves really even talk about it unless some media rube brings it up to them for the 1,000th time.

Betaband, regardless of how many times the media brings the question up, the players have the right to answer the question anyway they wish. And from what has been reported, it sounds like the players think Target Field is playing too big and have been frustrated at times because of this. You can also see the frustration on their faces as they trot back to the dugout after the ball is caught on the warning track.

Beta quit listening to kfan... you rube...rube...rube...rube...rube...too much.

Damn was that ever a frustrating 13 inning game to have to sit through. Losing twice by solo homeruns? Gimme a goddamn break.

trust me jim, i absolutely DO NOT listen to KFAN (aka KFAG). besides, i didn't know they had a monopoly on the use of the word "rube" or that it was over-the-top to say it a whopping TWO times in a post.

anyways, KFAN is quite possibly one of the worst major market sports stations in the country. and i am being very generous calling KFAN a sports station. they market themselves as such, but they completely miss the target and often on purpose. i was very glad to see KSTP 1500 switch over to ESPN 1500 and to a legit sports programming format. ESPN 1500 is a REAL sports station (something the minneapolis market has been sorely missing for a very long time) and are much better at their jobs than the clueless dolts at KFAN.

as a matter of fact, that bald douche-bag prick dan barreiro over at KFAN can get mugged and beat to a pulp, for all i care. i honestly hate that stupid putz with an unhealthy passion. he is the worst "sports" media personality in this town.

"Unhealthy" just about sums it up. Seek help.

Being the research analyst that I am - I found the answer:

"Rivera was already wearing the number at the time [MLB] made the decision to retire it. Any player who was already wearing it at the time was allowed to wear it for the remainder of their careers. Rivera is the last of those who are still active; no MLB player will ever again wear #42 after he retires." courtesty of Yahoo Answers.

We are still in first place. It is a long season. We lost to the best team money can buy, by one run twice.

I really hate the Yankee's, and dislike their fans, but the season is not over.

We are still in first place and are no where near playing out best baseball. Can we pitch better than we have? Maybe. Can we hit better than we have. You can count on it!

If Rauch keeps blowing saves, we may even go out and pick up a real closer.

Beta,
Do you actually like listening to Reusse on KSTP? I hear his voice and his little giggle and turn the dial back to 1130 instantaneously!

Time to bring up some kids with fire in their belly and find someone with equal passion to manage them. Ho-hum just is not working out and please don't get on me with any of that sprint/marathon crap. Winning a weak division and getting clobbered in the first round is NOT a good use for the new park. Sorry for the rant, but between the GIDP, LOB, and the tepid at best clutch hitting, I feel entitled to an outburst.

Must win the next 4 in a row at home! Thats all there is to it! We may lead the leauge in fewest errors but for crying out loud that double play ball and hitting with RISP is just killing us!!!!! I agree Herman Munster aka Rauch is what we all thought he would be. Looks like he is just throwing BP up there. For a big guy he can bring it what 84mph tops? Time for Slama...

I agree Ben.

Yes, the Twins are in first place, but who have they beaten other than their AL Central rivals? Yes, they are 15-8 in a weak AL Central division, but are 8-10 against teams with winning records (Boston, Detroit, NY Yankees, Toronto). If you want to be an elite team, you need to win games outside of your division against winning teams, including road games.

The Twins are simply benefiting from the unbalanced schedule in a weak AL Central Division. I wonder how good the Twins would be if they played a balanced schedule?

These next ten games are going to be very interesting and should be good indicators of where this team is exactly.

The depth on this team is absolute dreadful aside from Jim Thome. Casilla, Harris/Punto, Kubel/Thome, Butera. The lack of depth only magnifies with the lack of clutch hitting from our regular starters.

This forum has officially jumped the shark with the live game forums. Too much like KFAN's Rube Chat now. Too bad, but inevitable I guess.

there is nothing more sickening, (for me at least) in baseball terms than seeing an obnoxious, entitled yankee fan celebrating a win at our ballpark. it must be really tough to follow that team. 27 world championships will do that to you, I guess. that being said, i think yesterday's day/night at TF was such a great atmosphere. thank you again to the designers of this beautiful space in the center of the city. we can some solace that TF is a superior park to new yankee stadium, for a third of the cost.

ozzie guillen is spot on. this is the best park in the american leauge. going to a game there, especially with tremendous weather, is a big backyard party.

Anyone who was able to watch the ESPN feed on Wednesday night, what has the national media thought of Target Field? How about the NY Media? Has anyone seen/heard any reviews of Target Field from the NY media?

Just curious what some of the national media from NY and ESPN thinks of Target Field. We should get a good idea Sunday night as well with the Sunday night baseball game at Target Field this week.

Just a few thoughts on my SRO ticket for the games yesterday.

1)13 innings is a very long time to be on my feet. Hear that? That's my dogs. They're barking.

2)The best place to watch the game was at the drink rail of the Batter's Eye. Wide open with a nice breeze. I also like the fact that I can see where the pitch hits, in contrast to the Captain Morgan deck, where that's impossible to do.

3)The $25 price tag is too steep. I'd pay $15-$20 again in a second, though.

Chad is that dead center field? I found the best place to stand to be either behind home plate or right behind sec 107 where the top deck does not obstruct you veiw of the big scoreboard also. We stood for 9 innings for an earlier game as it was drizzling most of the game and our seats were way up sec 331 in the homerun porch in left field!

Best budget busting way to beat target field is to get a 20 game season ticket package. $10 seats would set you back $400 for the year for 2 seats. You find 3 others to split them with and you are looking at $100 bucks for 5 games. Bring your own food hot dogs and peanuts along with water and you can save some big time do re me! Also there are free places to park around the park you just have to seek them out a bit! My 5th street area with the Holiday station next door is my first stop before heading in! Can't beat the 2 for $2.00 dogs!!!!

i know good places to park downtown after 6, but i just opt for parking at my gf's and bussing...so much easier...esp if i can't drive after ha

Rick,

I absoluty love my RF bleecher seats, plenty room even with the section full, 18 per tix is my STH price and its great...um under the overhang so i never get any rain or notice it until i see people in the rich seats running for cover as we laugh at the suits.

the vendors behind my sec (131) always have short lines for beer and food ... nothing like the other lower level sections...

i have sat in the cheap seats too on the right RF side and i have to say that is the best overall value, 13 bucks , great view, all the sun you could ask for and a nice breeze on the hot days... just not all the way up i would say about 3 rows up is the best

On Tuesday I sat in the WC section of 224. Let me say it was awesome. Constant breeze at my back and the ease of the WC section was about as good as it gets. On a hot day, I would take those seats over 80% of the lower deck.

I hope to see them win one tonight - and, I do not want it to be just a monkeys & typewriters deal.

Pretty good summation of Twins' frustration vs. Yankees in this piece from NY Times. At least Gardenhire is showing a little emotion.

Yep can see why Gardy is melting down!!!!!!