Cabin Twelve

Well well well. An interesting final two games in Detroit. I was going to ignore the actual, you know, games here until the regular season start in 2010, but its kind of hard to ignore what’s gone on the last couple of days. First up, the afternoon tilt in Detroit:

Nate Robertson hit Denard Span in the 3rd, Scott Baker returned the favor in the 4th by hitting Marcus Thames (and went inside on him again in the 5th. Not a huge deal, though I’m sure the tempers were surging, given the import of the series and the intensity of the games. And that brings us to Jose Mijares in the bottom of the 8th. After sailing a pitch behind Adam Everett, both teams were warned. Next inning, Jeremy Bonderman hits the first batter on the first pitch and he’s tossed in a hurry. Delmon is pissed, not at Bonderman, but at Mijares. Watch the video here. The Twins win 8-3 and (barely) keep their playoff hopes alive.

A few quotes from the Twins and some other news after the jump.

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A few random Twins related tidbits.

A lot of Twins fans get on Gardy, but you can count Sparky Anderson among his fans. Anderson pulled Gardenhire aside for a little chat in Detroit and Gardy had this to say: “”I was in awe, he really likes what we do here. That was pretty cool. It was honestly one of those times when you just melt.”

And Jeff Passan checks in with a nice column about Gardy this week too.

USA Today has two articles about the Twins stadiums today. One about “fancy” new Target Field and one about the Metrodome. I’ll be the first to agree with Ozzie Guillen’s opinion of the Dome, but a lot of cool things took place there.

And speaking of Target Field, the Star Tribune has an interesting article about the impact the current lending environment is having on development around the new park. If you’re into that kind of thing.

mlb.com brings us a good little profile of Max Kepler-Rozycki, the 16 year old from Germany that the Twins gave the biggest bonus for a European free agent to this summer. It’ll be interesting to watch his development, and I’m sure we’ll have a few years to watch.

In minor league news, this is about a week old now, but the Twins have let go of Rochester Red Wings manager Stan Cliburn.