Wow. I'm still not sad we got rid of this guy. If he still were a Twin, we'd have made him pitch differently, made him mad, and we still wouldn't see how good he could be.
Pittsburgh, on the other hand, is really happy that they signed him for...one million dollars. (Key Austin Powers) The guy has been incredible this season. He gave up just two hits and NO runs last night in eight innings against the Cardinals as the Pirates have now moved into a tie for the division lead with St. Louis.
Liriano is now 15-6 on the season with an ERA of 2.57. With just a little more run support he could be 18-3 at this point. His best season ever is leading the Pirates to a division title. Good for him. Go Francisco!
Saturday, August 31, 2013
No-Hit Through Six, Twins Win
I'm really starting to like Chris Herman. I know he's only hitting .219, but he has a way of using his hits to make them count. Last night was no exception. He hit a two-run, game tying home run in the seventh. Morneau followed with another home run and the Twins went on to snap their five-game losing streak.
Hendriks picked up the win for the Twins giving up just ONE earned run in 6 innings. In a season where it's hard to see any bright spots, one shines through every once in a while. Last night we had a couple.
I'm still hoping for a strong month of September.
One quick Twins note: With the expanded roster, Joe Mauer says he'd like to play again in September and does not want to sit out the rest of the season. Since the Twins have enough catchers, he'd probably just DH and play first once in a while. He's going to avoid hits to the catchers mask for the rest of the season at all costs.
Hendriks picked up the win for the Twins giving up just ONE earned run in 6 innings. In a season where it's hard to see any bright spots, one shines through every once in a while. Last night we had a couple.
I'm still hoping for a strong month of September.
One quick Twins note: With the expanded roster, Joe Mauer says he'd like to play again in September and does not want to sit out the rest of the season. Since the Twins have enough catchers, he'd probably just DH and play first once in a while. He's going to avoid hits to the catchers mask for the rest of the season at all costs.
Friday, August 30, 2013
Squeeze Play
The Vikings won their last preseason game last night. Marcus Sherels, who is fighting for a roster spot, had a 109 yard kickoff return.
The Gophers started horribly against UNLV at The Bank last night, finding themselves in a 13-0 hole early. But UNLV has lost over 20 road games in a row so when the Gophers rallied and won big, most were not surprised.
Sam Deduno is experiencing some pitching arm problems. He left after three innings last night having given up three earned runs. Gardy was tossed again. The Twins only scored one run, a Brian Dozier homerun in the sixth. It was the Twins fifth straight loss. The Twins are now just ONE game ahead of Chicago for last place in the division.
The Gophers started horribly against UNLV at The Bank last night, finding themselves in a 13-0 hole early. But UNLV has lost over 20 road games in a row so when the Gophers rallied and won big, most were not surprised.
Sam Deduno is experiencing some pitching arm problems. He left after three innings last night having given up three earned runs. Gardy was tossed again. The Twins only scored one run, a Brian Dozier homerun in the sixth. It was the Twins fifth straight loss. The Twins are now just ONE game ahead of Chicago for last place in the division.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Johnny Manziel
The NCCA did not find any clear evidence that he accepted money from promoters for signing his autograph at sports shows. They did decide to suspend him for the first half of this Saturday's game because he "allowed" the promoters to use his name in advertising for those sports shows.
Of course he had NO WAY of stopping these men from using his name, and they made out like bandits for selling stuff HE autographed.
Texas A&M decided to accept the penalty just to get the whole incident over with, though both they and Johnny felt that "Johnny Football" did nothing wrong.
Manziel was the first ever freshman to win the Heismann Trophy last season. IF no other penalties are discovered in the NCAA's ongoing investigation, he is the odds on favorite to win it again this year.
College starts their season this weekend and I'm looking forward to several weeks worth of really good Saturday match-ups. I don't like college football in general, but I do LOVE it when number one ranked teams get beat on a seemingly weekly basis.
Those games are important and that's what makes it fun.
This is the last season of BCS standings. Next year, there will be a playoff series determining who will be number one at the end of the season.
And at that point I'll stop watching college football. All of the regular season drama will be gone. NONE of the early season or regular season major match-ups will matter. And college football will become as dull as every other college sport.
I'll just have to enjoy this season all the more.
And I can't believe those who pushed for the playoff are fans of the sport at all.
Of course he had NO WAY of stopping these men from using his name, and they made out like bandits for selling stuff HE autographed.
Texas A&M decided to accept the penalty just to get the whole incident over with, though both they and Johnny felt that "Johnny Football" did nothing wrong.
Manziel was the first ever freshman to win the Heismann Trophy last season. IF no other penalties are discovered in the NCAA's ongoing investigation, he is the odds on favorite to win it again this year.
College starts their season this weekend and I'm looking forward to several weeks worth of really good Saturday match-ups. I don't like college football in general, but I do LOVE it when number one ranked teams get beat on a seemingly weekly basis.
Those games are important and that's what makes it fun.
This is the last season of BCS standings. Next year, there will be a playoff series determining who will be number one at the end of the season.
And at that point I'll stop watching college football. All of the regular season drama will be gone. NONE of the early season or regular season major match-ups will matter. And college football will become as dull as every other college sport.
I'll just have to enjoy this season all the more.
And I can't believe those who pushed for the playoff are fans of the sport at all.
Twins Set Rcord
The Twins set a franchise record last night. With 31 games to go, they have now struck out more times than any other team in Twins history. That's 1,127 times for those keeping track.
Andrew Albers was not bad. He only gave up just three runs in six innings of work. The bullpen once more collapsed giving up FIVE more runs in the remaining three innings. The Twins scored their ONLY run in the ninth inning.
Another horrible performance by a horrible ball cub.
Andrew Albers was not bad. He only gave up just three runs in six innings of work. The bullpen once more collapsed giving up FIVE more runs in the remaining three innings. The Twins scored their ONLY run in the ninth inning.
Another horrible performance by a horrible ball cub.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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