Guys, We Were Closer When We Gave Up 20 Runs. Go ahead. Make the joke. "It's a football score!" Haw haw haw! Because, see, 20-14 is the kind of final score you might see in an NFL game. But you never hear the joke "Wow, maybe they were playing lacrosse!" Or, "Golly, looks like he should have hit on 14, because the house dealt itself 20!" But actually, this was a baseball score. The Minnesota Twins scored 20 runs on the White Sox in the first game, and followed that act up in the second game of the doubleheader with a 12-0 victory. Without looking, I bet that several Twins had multiple RBI and home runs. Combining both scores, the Twins outscored the Sox 32-14. Wait, 32? That's a weird football score.
"Miller Is Originally A Greek Word, Derived From Milo, Meaning Apple." Not to go all pro-Tigers on everyone, but this was Andrew Miller's longest outing in his young career. He went seven innings, allowing just one run to the Boston Red Sox, winning 9-2. Also, Detroit's Marcus Thames hit a grand slam, but it was with an existing 3-run lead, so I can't comfortably say he "helped" them win. It was already won. Detroit is now tied with the Cleveland Indians for first place in the AL Central.
Gigantism Averted. Ken Griffey will forever be remembered for having as many career home runs as Frank Robinson. Until he hits another one. His 586th career homer came in the Cincinnati Reds' 8-1 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Maybe He Needs Seven Fingers. The Philadelphia Phillies had the win in hand — Antonio Alfonseca's creepy, creepy hand — but Brad Hawpe's home run in the bottom of the 9th sent the game to extra innings, and Yorvit Torrealba's single in the 11th gave the Colorado Rockies a dramatic 7-6 win. And, aw look, their records are both 43-43. How adorable.
Hey, Fourteen, That's Kind Of A Football Score. Alex Rodriguez's middle-finger-toward-New-York season continues strong, going 3-for-4 and hitting his 29th home run of the season, propelling the Yankees to a 14-9 win over the LA Angels. Bartolo Colon (2 innings, 7 earned runs) was at one time an ace pitcher. Remember that?












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It's noon and I have yet to see a radio button box.
I was at the 20-14 contest. The fellow in front of me suggested we call for the relief scorer in the eighth.
Justin Morneau unleashed some Canadian Violence last night.
@Tuffy: And the name of the person who said that...
Replacement Suss, if you don't want me to burn down the West Coast operations and take Rick C. with me, they're just THE Angels.
Don't make me post a map in the comments. (An image, not a link.)
With Sexy Rexy at the helm, the 12-0 outcome seems more likely than the 20-14 one for Chicago.
Is Joe Mauer back at QB again for the Twins today?
@Kid Canada: Yes, Morneau did write a stern letter to Jim Thome; RE: Holding onto your batting.
Holding onto your batting.
He fumbled his quilt?
To think I was going to tie in the Jim Thome incident with a Dugout joke assuming they hadn't already beat me to it and did it better than I could.
I was at BOTH Twins-Sox games and am very glad to see Ron Gardenhire took the day off and let Steve Spurrier take his place. This will really help the Twins' BCS rankings.
@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: The bat hit both Randy Marsh and Mike Redmond. Redmond bleeds like a stuck pig; Randy Marsh (who is hit first) shakes it off. What have we learned? Randy Marsh is a *man*.
More exciting: the Canadian Crusher's 4 bombs or Mike Redmond's near-decapitation?
[go twins]
@soozycue:
I thought it was too soon to talk about the Canadian Crusher.
What's that? Oh, CRIPPler...my bad. Carry on.
...the Canadian Crusher's 3 bombs...
wouldn't want to make him sound any more awesome than he already is.
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