Game Thread x 2: Twins @ Guardians, 12:10 & 6:10 CT

[AussieG]

1 minute ago, rwilfong86 said:

He's got a really good shot but he's been slumping alot lately. He needs to work the count more and stop swinging at the first pitch so much 

Yep I agree. His pop up/ fly balls to LF aren't going to do it 

[AussieG]

4 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

What i miss?

 

Too easy to get distracted...

Same same. Winder looking good, not that it matters at this stage

[Parfigliano]

Palacios is lucky NL pitchers dont hit anymore.  Probably be 25 of them crushing his putrid .327 OPS.

[LVTwinsfan]

I would hope that next season  Buxton just plays everyday, he should be a full time player. Giving him days off didn’t accomplish anything except losing a lot of games they could have or maybe would have won. 

[AussieG]

So far the Twins making Konnor Pilkington look like Tom Glavine

[RpR]

From the line-up, Baldelli does not care how the teams does in this game.

[MABB1959]

If they get swept by Cleveland should Rocco be fired?   
 

4 hits total so far in 13 innings today.  

[AussieG]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

From the line-up, Baldelli does not care how the teams does in this game.

LOL. The line- up is interesting to say the least

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

From the line-up, Baldelli does not care how the teams does in this game.

Im thinking he checked out 2 weeks ago

[mnfireman]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

From the line-up, Baldelli does not care how the teams does in this game.

Who else does he have to play??

[AussieG]

Just now, MABB1959 said:

If they get swept by Cleveland should Rocco be fired?   

Coaching and Conditioning/Medical staff should be scrutinised 

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, mnfireman said:

Who else does he have to play??

I know, how dare he keep Jake Cave on the bench!

OK, yeah maybe Gordon should be in the top 4 and Wallner shouldn't be hitting 8th, but we're squabbling over the order of deck chairs on the Titanic, meanwhile the captain has already drowned and people are still yelling at him.

[MABB1959]

11 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I would hope that next season  Buxton just plays everyday, he should be a full time player. Giving him days off didn’t accomplish anything except losing a lot of games they could have or maybe would have won. 

I agree.  All this coddling just to protect their investment isn’t worth it.   Plus it hasn’t worked. 

[AussieG]

Dick Bremer getting excited about WhiteSox injuries 

[AussieG]

Speedy Gary with the lead off walk... Lets  Go!?

[mnfireman]

3 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

I agree.  All this coddling just to protect their investment isn’t worth it.   Plus it hasn’t worked. 

The coddling and 100 game plan didn't come into play until Buxton hurt his knee against Boston. And I still contend that if he was hustling out of the box he makes second standing up, but the team as a whole seems to suffer from this.

[RpR]

14 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Who else does he have to play??

Correa should be at Short Stop , NOT, Designated Hitter.

[rwilfong86]

20 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

If they get swept by Cleveland should Rocco be fired?   
 

4 hits total so far in 13 innings today.  

It should have happened last October

[AussieG]

Good mound visit from Pete Maki

[rwilfong86]

And with 2 outs, that's the game.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Wait...

 

i thought it was a close game...

 

Show what i know.

[AussieG]

3 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

And with 2 outs, that's the game.

We still have Cave on the bench

[RickOShea]

A complete team breakdown.  The talent is strong enough, and the talent that the Twins do have is mismanaged.  This debacle during August and September is not coincidental.  It's an accumulation of poor play, mediocre attitude and inexperience.  Divvy it up amongst  any of the players, field management or FO, the team isn't really close as being as good as we would like to believe.

[Montdak]

Well baring a big rally from a team a shadow of its chosen contingent that would signal the end of divisional hopes.  Too bad Twins couldn’t play with their A-team like Cleveland.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 minutes ago, AussieG said:

We still have Cave on the bench

Nothing is out of reach with him there.

[RickOShea]

I still don't believe Cleveland is that far a superior team.  Yes, they have sound pitching, and you need that, but I just see a game of fewer mistakes and far better field management.

[AussieG]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

the team isn't really close as being as good as we would like to believe.

That's where I'm at. Acceptance has finally kicked in

[sampleSizeOfOne]

A base hit!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Don't call it a come back!

 

(you'll jinks it)

[RickOShea]

I was at the mall yesterday and this guy walks by and says, "Sorry man, it must be frustrating to be a Twins fan".

I said, " Is it that obvious"?   When I got home my wife pulls this sign off my back............'Twins fan, Kick Me'.