http://puckettspond.com A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://puckettspond.com/2011/04/05/the-worst-kind-of-game/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/04/05/the-worst-kind-of-game/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:25:56 +0000 http://puckettspond.com/?p=4464 Manager Ron Gardenhire played the match-up game versus Yankee’s right hander Ivan Nova and was rewarded for his efforts with a crucial 2 out double off the bat of big Jim Thome.  As a lifelong Cuddyer apologist, I hate to see him out of the lineup, but Gardy made the correct call and the ball bounced his way.  Unfortunately for Gardenhire, Scott Baker, as he’s said all spring, took a couple of innings to get comfortable on the mound and into a groove.  In those first two innings he handed out a couple of free passes and was rewarded with 2-run home runs against the very next batter, putting the Twins in an early 4-0 hole. (more…)

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