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Source: minnesota.publicradio.org --- 15 days ago
An interview with Justin Morneau. ...
Source: www.topix.com --- 5 days ago
Posted on October 10th, 2008 2:02 PM By Joe Christensen I've been wrestling with this question off-and-on for weeks. ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 19 days ago
Twins' Justin Morneau during a game against the Kansas City Royals at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn. ... Source: www.twinslocker.com --- 27 days ago
No one player means more to his baseball team than 1B Justin Morneau. He has played in 151 games this season for the Twins and he is 178 for 577 (.308 avg, .901 OPS) with 92 runs scored, 23 homers and 126 RBIs. Morneau is the only Twins’ player this season with more [...] ... Source: www.startribune.com --- 17 days ago
Justin Morneau is in a deep slump, at possibly the worst possible time of year. ... Source: www.startribune.com --- 18 days ago
Justin Morneau is in a deep slump, at possibly the worst possible time of year. ... Source: blogs.trb.com --- 13 days ago
* This will be the eighth one-game playoff in major league history and the fourth one-game tiebreaker that has been played in the AL. The last such AL contest was in 1995 when Seattle beat the California Angels, 9-1, for the AL West title. * The winner of this contest will advance to face the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. * The White Sox have won seven of their nine home games against the Twins this season, including five in a row. * With a win, the Twins would earn their fifth AL Central crown in the last seven years (2002-04 & 2006). The White Sox last won the division title en route to the 2005 World Series. * Nick Blackburn is 0-3 with a 7.66 ERA in his last five road starts (all Twins losses). Blackburn is 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA in three career road starts against the White Sox. * John Danks is 0-3 in his last five home starts and is 1-1 with a 7.91 ERA in four starts against the Twins this season. * Jermaine Dye is hitting .467 (7-for-15) with two homers and seven RBI in his last four games. Dye is 3-for-14 (.214) with one homer and two RBI in his career against Nick Blackburn. * Justin Morneau is hitting .438 (7-for-16) with three homers and eight RBI in his career against John Danks, while Joe Mauer is hitting .667 (8-for-12) in his career against Danks. Copyright 2008 STATS LLC ... Source: forums.footballguys.com --- 7 days ago
Got an email today from MLB. Asking me to vote for Clutch Performer of the Year. Berkman, Pujols, Morneau, K-Rod, Sabathia and Lee are the nominees. 2008 Late and Close OPS numbers for the batters Berkman - 1.270 OPS Pujols - 1.044 OPS Morneau - .802 OPS Sept/Oct numbers for pitchers K-Rod - .90 ERA, .711 OPS against, 9 saves Sabathia - 2.11 ERA, .578 OPS against, 2-2 WL Lee - 3.08 ERA, .723 OPS against, 3-1 WL It is certainly difficult to quantify "clutch". However, looking at numbers should at least give us an idea whether our perceptions are true (or somewhat true). Justin Morneau is touted as a very clutch player. There are a few folk in here who use this as reason for him to be atop the MVP list. Apparently MLB and/or writers agree. However, his numbers do not bear this out at all. In Sept/Oct this year he had an OPS of .696. That is bad. How do you quantify clutch? Of this list, I would choose Sabathia as being most clutch. I just randomly chose Sept/Oct stats for pitchers. Not sure if that is the best to choose. Maybe 2nd half would have been better. Either way, I think there is no arguing how "clutch" Sabathia was from the day he was traded to the NL. ...
Source: www.twinkietown.com --- 8 days ago
Over recent weeks and months, the Twins’ 2008 payroll amount has been portrayed in various outlets to be a lower amount than what actually occurred. Most recently, even the Twins’ own website stated that the payroll was only $57 million. I am by no means an apologist for the frugality of the organization, but the roster all year was considerably above the $57 million most often quoted. According to Cots Contracts, the Twins opening day 25-man roster totaled $59.5 million in actual salaries. However, this did not include a $2 million incentive clause to Livan Hernandez based on innings pitched, and it did not include signing bonuses totaling $8.75 million to Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer. Of course, it also did not include amounts paid to minor league call-ups and players traded for during the year. Shown below is an estimate of the actual payroll for 2008. Most of the information was obtained from Cot’s Baseball Contracts. Other amounts for minor-league call-ups are estimated based on service time and days on the active roster. The total payout is in the neighborhood of $70 million, which is not all that different from the amount paid in 2007, when the likes of Johan Santana and Torii Hunter were on the roster, and a far cry from the $57 million being reported in various outlets. All amounts below are in $Millions. Players With the Team All Year, Including DL Nathan $11.25 Morneau 7.40 Mauer 6. ...
Source: www.minorleagueball.com --- 14 days ago
I've seen individual posts about the awards, but here's my rundown: AL MVP: Dustin Pedroia; 2nd: Justin Morneau; 3rd: Carlos Quentin AL Cy Young: Cliff Lee; 2nd: Francisco Rodriguez; 3rd: Roy Halladay AL ROY: Evan Longoria; 2nd: Alexei Ramirez; 3rd: Jacoby Ellsbury AL CBPY: Cliff Lee AL MOY: Joe Madden NL MVP: Albert Pujols; 2nd: Manny Ramirez; 3rd: Lance Berkman NL Cy Young: Brad Lidge; 2nd: Tim Lincecum; 3rd: C.C. Sabathia NL ROY: Geovany Soto; 2nd: Hiroki Kuroda; 3rd: Joey Votto NL CBPY: Ryan Dempster NL MOY: Cecil Cooper (he, Lou, and Torre were a tough trio to decide among) ... Source: www.minorleagueball.com --- 13 days ago
Ok, so I keep seeing everyone arguing about if CC should win a Cy Young and if Manny should be considered for MVP. Lets vote on a few of these issues... this is how it should be anyways, true baseball fans voting for the awards.... Since I can't put more than one poll in this post (at least I don't think I can) I will just put out 4 seperate posts (hope I don't tick everyone off). I'm really curious to see how the voting goes. Thanks. Poll AL MVP Dustin Pedroia Justin Morneau Josh Hamilton Carlos Quentin other 2 votes | Results ... Source: www.beyondtheboxscore.com --- 9 days ago
Renegade Sabermetric Blog Awards Personally, I put more stock in these awards than the BBWAA awards. Your winners: NL MVP: Albert Pujols NL CY:Tim Lincecum NL RoY: Geovanny Soto AL MVP: Sizemore/Mauer tie AL CY: Cliff Lee AL RoY: Evan Longoria Other results of note: Mike Aviles took second in AL RoY voting, well ahead of the overrated Alexei Ramirez . Alex Rodriguez finished third in AL MVP voting while Justin Morneau received a single third-place vote. Chase Utley and Carlos Beltran finished in the top five in NL MVP voting, without Carlos Delgado 's or Ryan Howard 's name being listed once. And Roy Halladay was a close second to Cliff Lee in AL Cy Young voting. ... Source: ballhype.com --- 14 days ago
Chip Stevenson makes a very painful but unfortunately, a very necessary choice. Detroit4lyfe posted 8 hours ago from detroit4lyfe.blogspot.com [link] Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: MLB , Minnesota Twins , Chicago White Sox , Tiger Woods , Justin Morneau , Joe Mauer , Ozzie Guillen ... Source: www.boxxet.com --- 13 days ago
Canada - But Michael Buble does, and Michael J. Fox does, and all those baseball players, like New Westminster’s Justin Morneau and Gibson’s Ryan Dempster, ... Original story at The Province - Canada.com . View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Michael J. Fox . ...
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Justin Morneau seems to be in a bit of a slump lately, that's not news to those of us following this team. At the game Sunday, mbennett and I discussed the potential causes of the decline in production, and our findings may surprise some of you. Last 10 Games: DATE OPP AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SEP 18 @TB 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .311 SEP 19 @TB 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .311 SEP 20 @TB 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .310 SEP 21 @TB 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 SEP 23 CWS 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .308 SEP 24 CWS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .308 SEP 25 CWS 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .306 SEP 26 KC 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .304 SEP 27 KC 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .303 SEP 28 KC 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .302 Totals 38 5 6 0 1 5 9 0 .158 Since September 18, Justin's BA has been .158 with no homers and 1 RBI. Clearly this is a problem that must quickly be rectified. However, when looking at the calendar, one can easily asses the reasoning behind this fall from grace. No, the pressure isn't getting to him. Nor does it have to do with him tiring. This article says it all. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Justin Morneau's decline in production over the last 10 games coincides with the opening of training camp for the Vancouver Canucks. Once again, Matt Stone and Trey Parker had it right all along. Blame Canada. Justin, Willie Mitchell has a message for you "Hey Justin! The Sedin's and I want you to know that we're behind you all the way! But, if you lose tonight, you're banned from all NHL arenas. No pressure, eh." ...
by Tom Fornelli Filed under: Twins , AL Central With baseball set to start using instant replay on Thursday, there are a lot of different opinions floating around as to whether or not baseball should be doing this. Some are perfectly fine with the whole thing, thinking that it's about time the game finally adapted to this new-fangled technology, and then there are those who are whole-heartedly against it. Hell, Sal Fasano actually compared the use of replay to armageddon (Note to Sal: Shaving your mustache? That would be armageddon). On the opposite end of the spectrum from Sal, there's Twins lumberjack Justin Morneau . Justin is happy baseball has finally decided to join the 20th century, though he wishes they weren't just using replay on home run calls . ... the Twins first baseman said Tuesday he wishes MLB would go even further and have instant replay available to decide whether any batted ball is fair or foul. "I don't know why they didn't go all the way," Morneau said. "That could be just as big. "Everybody's human, everybody's going to make mistakes. Why not take advantage of all the technology to make sure those [fair or foul] calls are right?" While I don't want to go out of my way to help a Minnesota Twin feel better, I don't think Justin will have to wait too long to get his wish. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments ...
Filed under: Twins , AL Central And I'm not just saying that because it would hurt the Twins, and in turn, help my White Sox. No, Justin Morneau is one of only two players in the Major Leagues this season who have started every game for their team this season (Seattle's Raul Ibanez is the other), and it's starting to take a toll on Justin's legs (no doubt that playing half of his games on the turf in the Metrodome doesn't help either). Still, even though he could definitely use a day off, and his manager Ron Gardenhire wishes he could give him one, Morneau just won't let it happen . "He wants to play, he wants to be in there, he knows his legs are about done," Gardenhire said. "He's played a lot of baseball." Yes he has, and even if Justin's legs are tired, you sure couldn't tell by looking at his numbers. While his tired legs have begun to take away some of his power (Justin only has five home runs since August 1st), he's still producing for the Twins. Since the end of July, Justin is hitting .286 and slugging .497 while driving in 38 runs. What's even more amazing is that his 128 RBI lead the American League, with Josh Hamilton in second with 124, but at the All-Star break Hamilton had 95 RBI compared to Justin's 68. Imagine what he'd be doing on fresh legs right now. Since the Twins can't afford to give Morneau a day off as they chase the White Sox, I would expect Morneau to get a lot more time at DH over the next two weeks. ...
Pregame Because 18 times just wasn't enough, this year we need to play each other 19 times. You don't need to read anything into this one, for the first time in a few weeks--it's the beginning for one team, the end for the other. One last time... W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2008 - John Danks 11-9 32 32 0 0 0 0 187.0 180 74 72 15 54 155 3.47 1.25 W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2008 - Nick Blackburn 11-10 32 32 0 0 0 0 187.0 220 101 86 22 36 93 4.14 1.37 Lineups Pos Twins Pos White Sox RF Denard Span SS Orlando Cabrera 2B Alexi Casilla LF Dewayne Wise C Joe Mauer RF Jermaine Dye 1B Justin Morneau DH Jim Thome DH Michael Cuddyer 1B Paul Konerko LF Delmon Young CF Ken Griffey Jr. 3B Brendan Harris 2B Alexei Ramirez SS Nick Punto C A.J. Pierzynski CF Carlos Gomez 3B Juan Uribe Next Game Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008, 7:37 PM EDT U.S. Cellular Field Nick Blackburn vs John Danks -->Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 15-20 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 55. Complete Coverage > ...
by Tom Fornelli Filed under: Twins , AL Central , MLB Gossip , MLB Rumors The Minnesota Twins are preparing to play the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field tonight, and it's a pretty big game for both teams. The winner takes the AL Central crown and moves on to Tampa to face the Rays in the playoffs, and the loser goes home to an entire list of chores the wife wants him to do around the house. Of course, if that player has over $100 million in his bank account, he can just hire somebody to do all those chores for him. Though it should be pointed out that nobody on either the Twins or White Sox have a $100 million contract, at least, not yet. There are rumors coming out of Minnesota that Joe Mauer could have one soon . Twins catcher Joe Mauer's $33 million, four-year contract provides no bonus for winning a batting title. It will be interesting whether the Twins try to lock up Mauer this winter with a five-year extension, which would be expected to exceed $100 million. Now I have no idea whether Charley Walters is just saying he thinks it could happen, or if he's heard from sources that it is going to happen, but either way that's a lot of money. Still, you'd have to think Mauer is worth it. Justin Morneau is getting all the MVP talk for the Twins, but I'm not so sure Mauer isn't the Twins MVP. He's only just won his second batting title this season, plays good defense, and has handled a young pitching staff all year. He is th ...
The Minnesota Twins may have come up a run short of winning the AL Central this year, but it was still a pretty successful season for the team. After all, nobody expected them to be competitive this season after losing both Torii Hunter and Johan Santana , yet there they were challenging for ... Foul Balls found this 13 hours ago on mlb.fanhouse.com [link] Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: MLB , Delmon Young , Minnesota Twins , Matt Garza , Johan Santana , Justin Morneau , Michael Cuddyer ...