Archive for October 6th, 2009

Twins 6, Tigers 5, 12 Innings: “Line drive – base hit!” An Extra Innings Live-Blog

Posted October 6, 2009, 9:35 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (56 Comments)

Yes, that’s the unquestionable star of tonight’s play-in game. And he’s already got a copy of tomorrow’s newspaper. You’ll have to excuse me because I missed the entire regulation portion of the contest due to school. Here’s what the box score tells me – Detroit took an early 3-0 lead, but the Twins did what [...]

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Twins-Tigers: A Lot to Love About Joe Mauer

Posted October 6, 2009, 4:30 pm by Jason McIntyre (163 Comments)

If you don’t yet love Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, perhaps some of these radical nuggets will sway you. If you live in Minnesota, or have tracked Mauer’s glorious life, forgive us for boring you with details you’ve been aware of for years: * Joe Mauer threw 73 TDs in two years as a QB [...]

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