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BUCK![/bigpurple] Big Purple for Prince.

May wife and I were thinking of attending this game a few months ago. For many reasons, we didn't end up going. I'm OK with watching it from home.

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The benches and bullpens empty twice...The Huffington Post as great video that proves that Vin Scully is the best announcer in the game as he sorts it out on the air. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/dodgers-padres-brawl-greinke-quentin-video_n_3066278.html

Edgy MD wrote: Hey, did the Mets fly into Minnesota dressed as Lutherans? Peanuts characters? Replacements? Gophers? I was hoping for the different personas of Bob Dylan.

More KTE info: Grading the 2013 Twins' walk-up songs (Complete with YouTubes) Aaron Hicks, CF: �California Love� by 2Pac Joe Mauer, C: �What You Know� by T.I. Josh Willingham, LF: �Your Love� by the Outfield Justin Morneau, 1B: "Rock & Roll Ain�t Noise Pollution� by AC/DC Ryan Doumit, DH: �Mother� by Danzig Trevor Plouffe, 3B: �When the Levee Breaks� by Led Zeppelin Chris Parmelee, RF: �Thrift Shop� by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Brian Dozier, 2B: �Small Town USA� by Justin Moore Pedro Florimon, SS: �Feo De Dia & Lindo de Noche� by El Batallon

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Is that a tallis on Diamond? I believe that is a pic of him graduating from Engineering School at Binghamton University. http://www2.binghamton.edu/watson/features/student/scott-diamond.html

The Mets head to Minnesota this weekend for only second time in history and for their first ever visit to Target Field which opened in 2010. Target Field was ranked by ESPN as the #1 baseball stadium experience in North America in its inaugural year and will be the site for the 2014 All Star Game. The weather is scheduled to be cold with better than average chances for precipitation and possibly even snow. Target Field had only one postponement in 2012 (4/28 vs. KC due to rain and cold temps (41 degrees)). The Twins come home after being swept by the Kansas City Royals. Their record stands at 4-5 which is good for fourth in the AL Central (2GB of first). The Twins finished last in the AL Central in 2012 with just 66 wins. They won the division in 2009 and 2010. The Twins have a 5-7 record all time against the Mets. The Mets took two out of three during their last meeting in 2010. Probable Starters: Friday, April 12, 8:10 ET Jon Niese (LHP) vs. Vance Worley (RHP) 0-1, 5.73 ERA, 11.0 IP, 0 HR, 2 BB, 5 K, 1.818 WHIP Vance Worley should look familiar as he spent 3 years in Philadelphia before coming to Minnesota in the deal that sent Ben Revere to the Phils. Worley has made 7 starts and 2 relief appearances in his career against the Mets. He is 3-3 with a 5.17 ERA in 38.1 IP lifetime vs. New York. Saturday, April 13, 4:10 ET Matt Harvey (RHP) vs. Scott Diamond (LHP) 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 K, 0.000 WHIP Diamond is making his first start of 2013 after being delayed due to surgery on his throwing elbow. Diamond was a surprise success for the Twins in 2012 putting up a 12-9 record with a 3.54 ERA after being called up in May for a disappointing team. Diamond is Canadian, went undrafted out of college and started out in the Braves organization. His fastball rarely tops ninety and he has a cutter, changeup and a decent curve. Sunday, April 14th, 2:10 ET Dillon Gee (RHP) vs. Kevin Correia (RHP) 0-1, 3.14 ERA, 14.1 IP, 0 HR, 2 BB, 3 K, 1.186 WHIP Kevin Correia has bounced around between a few NL teams (SF, SD, PIT) before landing in Minnesota as a free agent this past offseason. Correia was an All-Star for Pittsburgh in 2011 but has a career ERA of 4.52. He is 2-5 lifetime against the Mets with a 4.01 ERA in 13 appearances and 7 starts. Kevin lost his brother to a hiking accident in 2010. Probable Lineup: CF: Aaron Hicks - S .057/.108/.057/.165, 1 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB Hicks was the Twins� first round pick in 2008 and is in his rookie season. He has plus speed to go extra-bases and Minnesota is hoping he locks down the lead-off spot for years to come. He is currently in manager�s Ron Gardenhire�s doghouse after not running out a fly ball that was dropped in KC. C: Joe Mauer - L .275/.310/.400/.710, 5 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB Joe Mauer is a former MVP and 2012 All Star who led the league in OBP last season. The Mets have held him in check in the 9 games in which they have faced him. He is hitting just .226 with no homers lifetime against New York. He and Ryan Doumit spell each other at catcher so expect to see Mauer DHing when not behind the plate. LF: Josh Willingham - R .241/.450/.517/.967, 4 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB Willingham has spent time with the Marlins and Nationals, so the Mets have seen him before. He hit 35 HRs and had 110 RBI in 2012 for the Twins and already has two long balls this season. Willingham has a career .942 OPS against the Mets in 241 AB. 1B: Justin Morneau - L .265/.342/.324/.666, 4 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB The Twins other former AL MVP, Morneau has battled injury and faded a bit in the past couple of years, but he is still dangerous. He has played major parts in two of the Twins victories this season with a key 11-pitch AB walk against the Tigers on 4/3 and with the game winning single against the O�s on 4/6. DH: Ryan Doumit - S .167/.211/.250/.461, 3 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB These tricky AL teams and their interchangeable catchers and designated hitters� Doumit was a longtime Pirate before signing with the Twins as a free agent last season. 2012 saw Doumit achieve career bests in HRs (18) and RBI (75). Doumit has been held to a .194 BA lifetime vs. the Mets in 75 plate appearances. 3B: Trevor Plouffe - R .241/.361/.483/.844, 5 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB Plouffe is the Twins 2004 first round pick. He can play several different positions defensively and is currently manning third for Minnesota. While only batting .235, he did smack 24 HRs in just 422 AB last season. RF: Chris Parmelee - L .296/.394/.407/.801, 3 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB Parmelee is the third first rounder the Twins have starting on offense this season (Pick #20 in 2006). Chris came on strong when called up in September of 2011 hitting .355 in limited duty, but he hit just .229 in 210 PA in 2012. He is getting a chance to rebound this season by being the primary rightfielder. 2B: Brian Dozier - R .167/.222/.250/.472, 2 R, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB Dozier has struggled in his short MLB career and he has drawn fan ire during that time. He is currently being relied on for his defense until he finds his bat. SS: Pedro Florimon - S .333/.500/.400/.900, 2 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB Florimon spent six years in the Orioles organization, but only got 4 games with the big club. He finally made a start at short in Baltimore last week�but it was as the shortstop for the Twins. The Twins are hoping that Pedro�s but becomes adequate for a shortstop. In the young 2013 season he has 5 hits and 4 walks in 20 AB. Bench: IF: Eduardo Escobar - S .545/.545/.909/1.455, 1 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB IF: Jamey Carroll - R .143/.250/.143/.393, 2 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB OF: Wilkin Ramirez - R .333/.333/.500/.833, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB OF: Darin Mastroianni - R .250/.400/.250/.650, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Bullpen: The Twins bullpen has a 2.73 ERA which is third best in the American League as of Thursday and their 3 relief wins lead all of baseball. Glen Perkins - L: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.0 IP, 0 HR, 0 BB, 3 K, 0.000 WHIP (Closer) Josh Roenicke - R: 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 1 HR, 3 BB, 4 K, 1.167 WHIP Casey Fien - R: 0-1, 9.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 0 HR, 3 BB, 4 K, 1.750 WHIP Jared Burton - R: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.1 IP, 0 HR, 2 BB, 4 K, 0.900 WHIP Brian Duensing - L: 0-0, 6.00 ERA, 3.0 IP, 0 HR, 2 BB, 1 K, 3.000 WHIP Anthony Swarzak - R: 1-0, 1.69 ERA, 5.1 IP, 0 HR, 1 BB, 3 K, 1.125 WHIP Ryan Pressly - R: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 0 HR, 2 BB, 3 K, 1.250 WHIP Tyler Robertson - L: 0-0, 9.00 ERA, 1.0 IP, 1 HR, 0 BB, 2 K, 1.000 WHIP Ex-Twin Mets: LaTroy Hawkins Johan Santana (DL) Tim Teufel (coach) Ex-Met Twins: Mike Pelfrey Ron Gardenire (manager) Rick Anderson (pitching coach) I�m interested to see if they get all three games in this weekend�and if they don�t how they will reschedule�September 5th maybe?

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Sounds like a trade in tomorrow for today type of deal when there isn't much today to build upon. Yup.

Pelf's second start: 2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 1 K, Loss

I hate this ballpark.

I can handle the smug-douche vibe as long as he delivers.

Centerfield wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Folks, we got ourselves one seriously good pitcher on our hands here. Holy crap guys. What if he really is this good? I'm sold on Harvey...he looks great. Last night, I just kept thinking "Wheeler could be this good, too!" Oh, to dream.

Harvey 4 Buck 2 Murphy 1 Wright 1 Tejada 1 Duda 1

I had heard Halladay had lost some of his mojo...but I didn't expect that kind of game from him.

Sandberg's a Phillie coach? Wow.

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Mets 4, Marlins 3 Byrd 2 Murphy 1 Tejada 1 Recker 1 Nieuwenhuis 1 Burke 1 Atchison 1 Hawkins 1 Rice 1

Buck's IPP had fallen back to Page 9... He's done as much this first week as I had expected out of him in all of April. Keep it up Buck!

Niese 3 Buck 3 Wright 1 Davis 1 Murphy 1 Baxter 1

That was a fun little game...nice work, Metsies.

Nice AB by Baxter to draw the walk off Nolasco.

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