TMZ: Minnesota Twins Media Zone: Spring Training Day 23
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The Minnesota Twins were looking to notch themselves another Grapefruit League victory on Tuesday coming off of a rare spring day off. That was surely not the case as they fell to the Tampa Bays Rays, 7-1. With that lovely thought in our minds, let’s check out the news and notes of the day.
Here is the game in tweet form:
Final: #Rays 7, #MNTwins 1: Nolasco gives up two runs on four hits over 4 IP. Diamond gives up 2 ER in 2 IP. Kubel homers.
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) March 11, 2014
And if Twitter isn’t your thing:
Some news and notes from the #MNTwins' 7-1 loss to the Rays: http://t.co/UikcAoFihW
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) March 11, 2014
Oswaldo Arcia and Aaron Hicks were scheduled to be in the lineup, but…
Aaron Hicks is supposed to be in the lineup on Wednesday, though.
Rob Antony said that Aaron Hicks took swings in the batting cage without any issues today. Expected to be in lineup tomorrow.
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) March 11, 2014
The Twins also played an intra-squad game and here’s some Twitter highlights of that.
How many pitchers will the Twins bring north? Shield your eyes, young children.
Who is going to lead off? Possibly a catcher that’s not Joe Mauer. (It should be Joe Mauer)
Speaking of Joe Mauer, he was asked to dunk. Blames gravel. Gravel is bilateral leg weakness of surfaces.
There's a basketball hoop outside Mn clubhouse, so I challenged Joe Mauer to dunk. "I want to," he said, "but not on this [gravel] surface."
— Phil Miller (@MillerStrib) March 11, 2014
Myself and some other Twins bloggers were asked to talk about the Twins, so you should check that out. Some interesting stuff. We kind of think alike and that scares me.
Talking Twins with @bridman77, @NoDakTwinsFan, @CollinKottke, @thrylos98 and @MNfanfromafar! http://t.co/cG9PzavkD3
— Cardinal70 (@C70) March 11, 2014
Twins play at home on Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Game time is noon central. It’s a home game, so that means TV! Make the most of it, people who have access to a TV at noon midweek (I’m just bitter because education gets in the way of my enjoyment of nice things)