I was hoping for an in the park there. Dang.

Drew Butera style!

Is this game a "total system failure?"

Yes

Bottom of the inning.

 

This is ours for the taking!

Just keep raking them bases clean!

Leadoff walks haunt

Alright boys let's hang an 11 spot on 'em for the win!!!!

Maybe this game will push the Twins into sell mode.

 

Well I bet the Pohlands are happy. Meltdown team = less attendance = less money = more excuses to not do anything at the deadline.

Tickets have already been sold.  Beer sales will go up with performances like this

I blame myself for not writing a proper intro.

 

Things to think about.

 

Hitting can win games.

 

Don't get out.

 

We're all in the same boat. Everyone grab an oar.

 

Or a paddle if you aren't locked in.

 

Skirts on, and be prepared for an eskimo roll or to when all seems lost.

Sano k’s looking while down by 10

Or maybe not.

Playoffs!...Jim Mora

If Eihre pitched to Sano 10 times, how many times would Sano strike out?

Sano k’s looking while down by 10

This comment actually made me laugh out loud! Thanks I needed that!!!

Sano k’s looking while down by 10

No problem at all! His OPS is still above .850. Nothing to worry about.

Imagine if you had a work meeting before the 7th inning started and you just got out of it

I'll give a recap of what Rocco will say to the media after this one: "Today wasn't our day. The guys had good at bats. We battled, but we couldn't pull out a win."

Hi, I'm new here. Does this team lose three games in a row like this all the time?

No problem at all! His OPS is still above .850. Nothing to worry about.

And it wasn’t a clutch situation so

Basically the point is I should stop caring about this team so I can stop taking years off my life

Or relax and just try to enjoy the ride..

7 unearned runs. May need to tighten up the defense.

 

Or relax and just try to enjoy the ride..

 

I try to relax, but being on this Twins ride for the past 10 years has been pretty bumpy. 

94 games to get their first 3 game losing streak - at least it happened in epic fashion

I just want to hear the managers post game comments.  The temptation would be to go off, but I would guess he will show restraint - "capable of playing better"..."need to regain some focus"..."stop trying to fool batters with curve balls"...ok maybe not that last one.

 

 

Imagine if you had a work meeting before the 7th inning started and you just got out of it

I don't have to imagine

 

 

I'll give a recap of what Rocco will say to the media after this one: "Today wasn't our day. The guys had good at bats. We battled, but we couldn't pull out a win."

I don't think anyone who follows this team is buying that pile of dung.

Holy hell people take a deep breath. It's alright, games like this happen from time to time. The Twins nearly swept Cleveland coming out of the break, took Edwin Diaz to his breaking point last night, and let defensive miscues and a laughable bullpen outing ruin a 2 game series at home. 

 

Let's just come back tomorrow and hope it goes better than the last 3 innings did today. We're not taking on water just yet.

I guess we can talk all we want about versatile play, but ultimately the players have to be as good in the field as they are at bat. And even though there are lots of unearned runs, there were still pitches thrown that were put in play.

 

Talk about a depressing afetrnoon of baseball in front of a crowd absking in excitement BECAUSE the Twins are in first palce and have never lost more than two games in a row all season. 

 

Okay, two decent games by our back-of-the-rotation starters. Whew. That's a good feeling. 

 

We got two sluggers back in the fold, now only really down Buxton because Arraez and Schoop (two entirely different players) still produce, when necessary.

 

The big elephant in the room is leaving runners on base. And what can be done with Sano (who did have an 11-game hitting streak, but can you give him a thousand bucks everytime he doesn't swing at something low and outside? Tell him he ahs to take the first two pitches thrown him no matter where they are thrown, and if he gets a two-strike count that way, he will be replaced by Arraez so the Twins can save the at bat?

 

I like Trevor May, I have hopes that he will be one of the keepers, but..... 

 

The Twins need one rotation arm and a closer, and a luxury of a second bullpen arm if Perez or Pineda don't seem to be a bulpen fit.

 

Now if they were sellers, look at the weath of matrial they have to offer: Castro, Schoop, dangle Sano, Gibson, Pineda, dangle Perez, Gibson, Adrianza. Unfortuantely would just bring back too much talent in a system that is already bursting at the seams.

 

 

 

Just when I think the takes can't get any hawter....I keep reading.

What would Tom Kelly do?