Can Joe Mauer challenge Ted Williams?

[SaveElmer]

Can he get to .400?

He has a sweet looking swing like WIlliams did.

Came into the game tonight batting .377 and is 4 for 4 tonight!

9 for 10 in his last two games...this guy is amazing...and he is a frickin catcher.

[KitchenWitch]

1. I am watching this in total awe!

:hi:

[SaveElmer]

4. It really is unbelievable...

And Liriano is pitching another good one!!!

Man if they just could have started this earlier they might be up there with the Tigers....hopeully eithe they or the Sox will come back to earth and give them a chance at the Wild Card!!!

[KitchenWitch]

5. Me too!

So the Twins finally go on a tear, and so do the Wox and the Tigers. :eyes:

[SaveElmer]

9. Especially the Tigers...

They are within single digits of the White Sox though...still alot of season left...

And they are doing this without Shannon Stewart!

[KitchenWitch]

2. Oh and here is a Twins Fan game thread

http://www.quicktopic.com/37/H/8g8Bd9yySnE

[CatholicEdHead]

3. Joe is just unstoppable right now

He was given a Standing Ovation after his 4th hit tonight.

[SaveElmer]

6. Course I am sure Sportscenter tonight...

Will be non-stop Yankees and Red Sox....oh and Barry Bonds...

How this guy is not even in the top 5 AllStar voting is criminal!

[CatholicEdHead]

Easy, nothing matters outside the northeast

I remember the last ALCS at the dome a few years ago. Fox Sports just ripped into the dome when they had to play there but gushed about Anaheim's stadium and team non-stop. I had to mute the TV and put WCCO on.

[KitchenWitch]

10. And you know Guillen will be an asstard and totally snub him

choosing Pierzynski over Mauer.

[SaveElmer]

11. Yeah I know he will...

I expect Santana and maybe Nathan will get picked...probably about it...

Mauer and Morneau are deserving though...and i'd add Liriano for good measure!

[KitchenWitch]

14. Yes, we have 5 really good candidates.

Oh well. At least we will be represented by our pitching!

[CatholicEdHead]

7. 9-1 now with a Torii hit off the baggie

[NJ Democrats]

8. Damn Mauer

taking Posada's All-Star spot. I don't think he will get there

[KitchenWitch]

12. I would be surprised if Mauer topped Posada

in the voting that is.

But come on, even you can admit that Mauer is deserving of the honor.

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. This is only his second full season

23 years old and hitting .377...you guys better hold on to this guy for a looooong time!!

[KitchenWitch]

16. There would be major mutiny amongst the fans if management

traded him.

He is a local boy, and a decent human being at that. Obviously he is a fan favorite and a major draw.

[Reverend_Smitty]

19. I feel the same way about David Wright...

I hope he and Reyes will anchor the Mets infield for many years. Unfortunately my guy is batting a big nothing tonight, oh well .330 is still nothing to sneeze at.

That and Wright is a hottie! :P

[KitchenWitch]

21. Being hawt doesn't hurt things does it?

Mauer is a hottie as well!

All the kids are wearing fake Joe Mauer sideburns to games now. It is really cute.

[Reverend_Smitty]

23. No it doesn't

Baseball is a very visual game :evilgrin:

[SaveElmer]

15. This lineup is looking almost unstoppable now...

Certainly is a sea change from a month ago...and these guys are young so they will be around a while...especially with the stadium being approved...I expect the Twins to loosen up their wallets some...

[KitchenWitch]

17. Yes

looser wallets for our Twins will be a good thing.

[CatholicEdHead]

18. All thanks to our good farm system

That is one thing that has been done right year after year. The Twins management is really good with the prospects.

[SaveElmer]

20. And the trades...

That Pierczynski trade has got to be the most lopsided of all time. Liriano, Nathan and Bonser for A.J...

A.J.'s not a bad catcher and all, but brother...what a heist...

And Santana acquired in the Rule 5 draft...

Great scouting!

[KitchenWitch]

22. The Pierczynski trade was as lopsided as the Vikings

trade for that running back from Dallas (I am blank on the name).

[CatholicEdHead]

24. Hersel Walker trade

The one which will live in infamy.

[KitchenWitch]

25. Thank you, it was truly on the tip of my tongue!

I think that has to go down as the Worst Trade Evah (TM)

[KitchenWitch]

26. OMG they got Lohse warming up

:grr:

[SaveElmer]

27. Nooooooooooo....

If anyone can blow this lead it is him...why they are hangin on to him I do not know...

LaTroy is languishing in Baltimore...get him back...send Loshe to the Orioles.

Hawkins found his niche as a middle reliever.

[KitchenWitch]

28. I totally agree

LaTroy is a very good setup man!

[KitchenWitch]

29. I am rending my garments now!

Whatever happened to the "Just say No to Lohse" campaign?

[SaveElmer]

30. Yank him out now...

It's like he is playing slow-pitch softball!!!

[CatholicEdHead]

34. That popup was embaressing

Even though it was caught the entire infield should not have come in. It was pretty chaotic. I am gald they got that double play.

[KitchenWitch]

36. That was unnecessarily ugly!

At least we got out of it.

[SaveElmer]

32. It's like he has a black cloud over his head...

Bad things happen when he pitches!

[KitchenWitch]

35. A collective WHEW just went up in Twins Territory!

[SaveElmer]

38. I'll say...now bring in Nathan for the ninth....PLEAAASE...

That is enough of Loshe for the evening!

[KitchenWitch]

41. And Nathan could use the work!

No to Lohse!

[KitchenWitch]

52. Oh man, I cannot watch!

:scared:

[SaveElmer]

53. What is Gardy thinking?!...nt

[KitchenWitch]

54. It may be driven by Terry Ryan

Upping Lohse's trade value?

[SaveElmer]

55. Good point...

I guess even Loshe couldn't blow a 7 run lead....he even got a strike-out!

[KitchenWitch]

56. We gotta get sumptin for Lohse!

:)

[Wetzelbill]

31. not even close

It's just too difficult to do. Damn near impossible. But the guy can play, that is for sure.

[KitchenWitch]

33. You gotta admit, he is giving Teddy Ballgame a run for his money!

[Wetzelbill]

49. yeah right now

but over the course of the season, it is tough. A guy might get even get a hit that day and it'll dip his average down several points. The pressure once a season goes on gets unbearable too. Like George Brett, Larry Walker, some of those guys who made serious runs at hitting 400, they were right in there until the last month of the season and ended up dropping several points in average at that point, some due to living in a pressure cooker. They stilled played pretty well, but in order to do it you have to be on an unreal tear for 162 games over the course of 7 months. Hitting 400 is damn near impossible nowadays, let alone hitting 406 like Ted did. You can forget about anybody breaking George Sisler's record, that is like 422 or something. Good luck. :)

[CatholicEdHead]

37. 5 for 5 for Mauer with another Standing O

[SaveElmer]

43. Unbelievable...

Just incredible...I have no words

[KitchenWitch]

39. 9 for 10 this series alone...

:wow:

[SaveElmer]

40. Damn...White Soxand Tigers won tonight...

We need one of them to start comn back to the pack here...

Is there any three better teams in one division right now than the Tigers , White Sox, and Twins?

[CatholicEdHead]

42. The Twins will catch up the hard way

by beating them head to head later this season, we have lots of games to go against the White Sox and Tigers.

[SaveElmer]

45. Yep that is the silver lining...

Twins need to keep within 5 to 10 games and they have a shot!

[KitchenWitch]

44. I think not!

Would that the Twins had not had such a slow start!

[SaveElmer]

46. Well Ed has a good point...

Twins have alot of games left to play against both teams...they are gonna have a shot!

[KitchenWitch]

47. Oh no!

Peter Gammons had surgery for a brain aneurysm.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2502295

Out of all the ESPN baseball guys I like Gammons the most. :cry:

[SaveElmer]

48. Yeah I posted on this earlier...

Very bad...but the fact that they were able to get him into surgery, and they are not calling it a stroke may mean they caught it before it burst completely!

[KitchenWitch]

50. That is good news!

I really do like Peter Gammons, and wish him well.

[SaveElmer]

51. He is the best baseball reporter out there IMO...

Also fair and doesn't play favorites...doesn't restrict himself to intermindable Yankee and Red Sox updates

[SaveElmer]

57. ESPN online calling him the "Tower of Mauer"

I like that!!!

.389 average....


Wow!

[pokerfan]

58. Can he hit .423 in the second half of the season?

[KitchenWitch]

59. I don't know but he went 9 for 10 in two games!

[JackDragna]

60. I'd hedge my bets on no.

He's too young and plays a position that grinds on people. He's a good hitter, but .400 is beyond him.