David HK

I think a trade is in order.

Ahhhh.... stats people. Is it just me, or are the Twinkies just more futile with runner on 3rd, less than 2 out?

Come on, now Hicksie. Get some In-surance.

How many Cody's do they have out there? Seems like more than the quota.

BD is the only guy in the lineup with pop on a more consistent basis than anyone else. He needs to be in the 3 hole, for a long time now. Cripe, he's nearly our #1 RBI guy, from the leadoff spot. What could he have done all year, lower in the order? And I like that notion that was made earlier of him batting behind Sano eventually- give that young man protection like that? Whew.... AL pitchers be a-wettin' their pants.

Um, how about YES?!? High leverage situation, early in the game, may need multiple innings out of a guy? Who is a better choice out of that dumpster fire pen than May? GAWD almighty.

Aw, geez. ( I 've been rewatching the Fargo series, brought me back home, dialogue-wise). That's our Manship out there, too, ain't it? Maybe we can rock him like other teams did when he was with us.

Well, shoot. The Indians were clawing back that last inning when my stream froze. I didn't even bother to refresh, I just wanted to remember we had a lead.

Well, I would love to continue contending, but I don't think it's in the cards this year. It's been a great, and totally unexpected gift to have 'meaningful' games into August, but our post-break play has been worse than pitiful. That said, I DO blame TR and Molly big-time for this slide. As has been well- (even over-) documented on this here little site, we have had 3 glaring-stare-you-in-the-face black holes in the lineup all season long- SS, C, and BP, and NOTHING has been done about it this whole long haul. Jepsen? Too little, too late, and too expensive. Not playing Escobar at SS pretty much the whole time? Inexplicable. Doing F-all about getting Suzuki some relief/replacement? Unforgiveable. And... I've harped on this too many times, but... Boyer? Thompson? Duensing? Fien? W. T... Why are these guys still coming out of that hells-gate of a pen? Contending for the rest of the season or not, we've put ourselves in this unfortunate position by completely ignoring the things we could have, and should have fixed a long time ago. And while I'm at it-- I live in Hong Kong now, but I'm a North Dakota boy, and I lived in the Cities for umpteen years- the lean years, especially. I went to maybe 25-30 games in 1982- NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO, do you hear me???? I by-God suffered, but I could see, that hulking babe at first base, that mustachioed 3B with the Popeye forearms, I could see it coming. Molly, what is up with not giving the young guys a chance to see what they're made of?!? How about Sano playing 3B, and learning, instead of Nunez? How could it be worse to have May or Graham get shelled and learn for the future instead of Boyer or Dunse or one of your other stiffs who aren't going to be around past this season, and should not have been around since June 1. 7 crappy choices in the BP, carrying 13 pitchers + a pathetic bench for so long, it's no wonder we're in free fall now. We've given away too many winnable games through this poor decision making. If we're going down this year without playoffs in Minny land, so be it. But do we have to go down without a fight? Sorry. Bit of a rant. But it's near midnight here, and I'm excusing myself. Cheerio.

How 'boot 12:05? Nope... That's too early... Well how 'boot 12:10 Eh? Nope... That's too late. How 'boot 12:08? Come on... nobody starts a baseball game at 12:08!!! 12:06? Nope... it doesn't feel right. OK... I've got it... How 'boot 12:07? Yes that's it. Great opener, RB-- I didn't know you spoke fluent Canuck. I think you've ootdone yerself, eh?

I'm not anointing him. I'm just saying how about giving the guy with the live arm and a K/9 nearly double of the rest of the bums out there a chance to show what he can do.

The sad part for me, it's only 1130 in the morning. I have to live with this all day.

When your best BP arm is slumping in a tie game, maybe you keep May in the bloody GAME!!! Gawd, Molly, wtf?

Maybe now, even Molly can see the light? 1) Go to May in the 8th 2) Esco is the SS Stop jerking us around, #4. If we win this game, it's in spite of the manager today.

Good to see the boys making some noise from the batter's box. But giving up 4 in the 8th-- cripes, we should already be ahead and getting Perkins warmed up now. Come on, now boys, keep it up. Don't let the BP lose another winnable game.

I am absolutely not buying Smalley's apologist BS. Molly f'd up this game, plain and simple, and Roy should call him on it. All the fans know enough to.

Haw haw haw!!! Yep, the guy who SHOULD have started the inning gets to clean up the mess from the "vets."

Oh, Tish, that's French-- and I understood every word.

Just... just... wow. Un-freaking-believable. Back up the truck, and dump the whole lot of 'em out. Except O'Rourke. And May, who we will never know how he could have fared in this wasteland of a BP. Terry Ryan, for the love of God, why haven't you acted on this long, long ago?

I swear to God. This BP. And somehow, inexplicably, Molly still declines to use what may be his best non-Perkins weapon out there. How do we know what May can do if we never get to see him try?

Cripe, Sean Rodriguez. Facing Dunse. He kills no one but the Twins.