Goddamn Twins

by Scott Christ on Jun 10, 2006 8:08 AM EDT in News & Rumors

We had a series last year at Minnesota that was part of the beginning of the complete collapse of the 2005 Orioles.

Refresh your memory: July 18, July 19 (with post-game reaction) and July 20 (with post-game reaction).

Like that series, this one's opener went to extras, although we lost this time. I missed last night's game, and reading the comments, that may have been for the better. Watching casual acquaintances get ejected from the bar was a lot more fun than watching Justin Morneau hit a 437-foot homer to eject the Orioles from the Metrodome, I suspect.

Since I usually only say negative things about the Twins, I'd like to take this opportunity to say I really like their uniforms. I don't know why, I just always have. And do visit SB Nation's Twinkie Town. I really feel for them with the pitching they've had this season.

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the "TC" hats. I didn't like the other ones they switched to for a while with the "M". They may still use the "M" cap as a road one, anyway, I don't like them.

by rebop on Jun 10, 2006 10:00 AM EDT reply actions

On the plus side,

Randy Johnson is imploding:

In a crowded ballpark, long before the rain came, the ranting of one angry pitcher pierced the air. Randy Johnson's fury could be heard in the second deck of Yankee Stadium last night, and his distraction was obvious to everyone.

Johnson was trapped in an endless fourth inning, and he was screaming at the plate umpire, Chad Fairchild, after throwing a ball to Oakland's Jason Kendall. When Jorge Posada tossed it back, Johnson swatted at the ball with his glove and watched it dribble onto the grass.

Johnson had lost control of himself and the game. After the outburst, he simply turned away from Fairchild on calls he did not like. The Yankees fell to the Athletics, 6-5, on a night made drearier by an 87-minute rain delay in the seventh inning.

"I'm not going to sit out there when I think a strike's a strike," Johnson said. "A lot of times I'll ask a little more low-key, like a lot of other pitchers, but when I'm out there walking guys and I think some borderline pitches are strikes ... "

Johnson did not finish the thought, suggesting that reporters talk to Posada for his opinion. "Maybe I was wrong," Johnson said. "I don't know."

by zknower on Jun 10, 2006 12:34 PM EDT reply actions