Article: Game Thread: Twins v Pirates, 7/28 @ 7:10pm CT

[Ultima Ratio]

Naile it.  Feels like a Woody Allen flick, being a Twins fan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Without the funny, har-har, guffaw bits)

Edited July 29, 2015 by Ultima Ratio

[twinsnorth49]

**** off!

[Danchat]

It was a walk-off hit... for the Pirates.

[Puckett34]

That was...disappointing

[jimbo92107]

Pitchers still giving unprecedented respect to rookie Miguel Sano. They'd rather walk him all day than throw him a strike in a close game.

 

And it pays off.

 

CALL. UP. ARCIA.

[USAFChief]

I've been a Twins fan for over 50 years.  

 

I don't think my fandom has ever been tested to this extent.  Not through all the losing years.  Not through the playoff losses.

 

I'm so disgusted with Terry Ryan I can't even begin to describe it.

 

IMO he is giving every single one of us a big, fat, high middle finger.

 

And expecting us to pay for the privilege.

[DiscGolfer]

So how much more do you have to see before something gets done about the bullpen

[sampleSizeOfOne]

DP to end it?!?!?!?!  You know, nice bow on the whole package?!?!?

Yup, like two days ago, over in a twinkling... Er, i mean a Twin Killing.

 

Seems like a modest hope to break that string tomorrow.

 

Still, i like how we fought back in the bottom of the 8th.

 

And i was just about to ask how many times the helmet was going to come off...

[Ultima Ratio]

 

Pitchers still giving unprecedented respect to rookie Miguel Sano. They'd rather walk him all day than throw him a strike in a close game.

 

And it pays off.

 

CALL. UP. ARCIA.

Do you think Molly would PH Arica for Plouffe there?  I'm not sure he would.

[Winston Smith]

So how much more do you have to see before something gets done about the bullpen

Lucky Terry had his head in the dumpster the last few innings.

[mudcat14]

That's one of our veteran leaders folks!  Four pitch walk to the rook, then you go after a sinker-ballers 1st pitch at the knees for a DP. 

 

First move of the off-season has to be to trade that stiff.  We will never seriously contend with a .250, 15-20 HR guy in the heart of our order.  That's his ceiling folks.  Stop kidding yourselves that he's a keeper.

[Aggies7]

I've been a Twins fan for over 50 years.  

 

I don't think my fandom has ever been tested to this extent.  Not through all the losing years.  Not through the playoff losses.

 

I'm so disgusted with Terry Ryan I can't even begin to describe it.

 

IMO he is giving every single one of us a big, fat, high middle finger.

 

And expecting us to pay for the privilege.

I don't disagree but you have to keep things in perspective. Twins are 8 games below 500 in games that don't take place in May. We're just about into august now. Good teams play well in more than one month.

[DaveW]

Fire Ryan

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Pitchers still giving unprecedented respect to rookie Miguel Sano. They'd rather walk him all day than throw him a strike in a close game.

 

And it pays off.

 

CALL. UP. ARCIA.

This can't be stressed enough.

 

The Twins need someone who is going to destroy water coolers after a game like this.

[Kwak]

Nobody has a bullpen tonight.  PITs 4-run lead evaporated faster than alcohol.  Perkins another dinger!? Yikes. Walking Sano was foolish--but PIT lucked-out.  Woulda served him right for a single and a fly ball to send it to the 10th.  Oh well tomorrow.

 

ETA: notice how the NYY opened-up another can of whupazz?

Edited July 29, 2015 by Kwak

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Anyone gonna follow tomorrow's game?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Wasted a terrific game by Hicks!

[Ultima Ratio]

 

Anyone gonna follow tomorrow's game?

Will try... if my ulcers allow.

[twinsnorth49]

I've been a Twins fan for over 50 years.

 

I don't think my fandom has ever been tested to this extent. Not through all the losing years. Not through the playoff losses.

 

I'm so disgusted with Terry Ryan I can't even begin to describe it.

 

IMO he is giving every single one of us a big, fat, high middle finger.

 

And expecting us to pay for the privilege.

Ditto, I know it's an emotional reaction to a frustrating loss, but the ignorance and stubborn unwillingness to act on the very thing that cost this team yet another game is like a huge slap in the face.

 

If Terry Ryan can't see what's wrong with this ****ing club and figure out a way to try and fix it, especially considering their position, then I've officially lost faith in him.

[Halsey Hall]

Biggest contributor to this loss is by far poof.  I'd like to see him in civies in left field stands with a glove in one hand and a sign in the other saying "hit it to the seat next to me".

[twinsnorth49]

Biggest contributor to this loss is by far poof. I'd like to see him in civies in left field stands with a glove in one hand and a sign in the other saying "hit it to the seat next to me".

give it a rest Halsey, in no way shape or form was Plouffe the biggest contributor in this. The record is broken already.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Really a tough loss that we'll all remember for a long time.

[drock2190]

I was at the game tonight. 1st time in 2 years.

 

Kinda frustrating they blew the rally but it was a pretty exciting game

[KidBro]

 

Anyone gonna follow tomorrow's game?

It would behoove me to turn Dick, Bert/Roy and Marnie down on the TV and follow here..... I laughed so hard I cried, which was a nice cover during the top of 8th..... crap..... and the 9th too.   

[Bark's Lounge]

 

give it a rest Halsey, in no way shape or form was Plouffe the biggest contributor in this. The record is broken already.

Thanks for saying that North. It was becoming unbearable. I hope it stops for a little bit.

[jimbo92107]

 

Do you think Molly would PH Arica for Plouffe there?  I'm not sure he would.

If Molitor had Oswaldo Arcia to PH against a RH closer whose main weapon was a cutter, a pitch that bends inward towards Arcia's swing... He certainly might consider it. Obviously all this is speculation. The best way to find this out is to try it. Use Arcia to DH or play RF against righties, batting behind Sano. You'd find out pretty quickly if pitchers kept walking Sano to get to Arcia, one of the few people with a swing of the same magnitude as Sano's.

 

I'm okay with that experiment. I'm wondering what they're waiting for.

[Gibby]

 

And spinowner, add some baked beans and corn bread to the orange jello and what do you have?

 

Diarrhea?

[Craig Arko]

[Brock Beauchamp]

Biggest contributor to this loss is by far poof.

I'm going to assume you didn't watch the game because no reasonable adult would make such an absurd statement after witnessing that game.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Ditto, I know it's an emotional reaction to a frustrating loss, but the ignorance and stubborn unwillingness to act on the very thing that cost this team yet another game is like a huge slap in the face.

If Terry Ryan can't see what's wrong with this ****ing club and figure out a way to try and fix it, especially considering their position, then I've officially lost faith in him.

I'll third this. I haven't been this demoralized about a Twins team over .500 since... Well, I don't know if I can think of a time I've been this down on a winning ballclub.

 

I'm pretty level-headed. I look at scenarios from as many perspectives as possible. I don't complain when a specific deal doesn't go down.

 

But this bullpen problem was looming on OPENING DAY and by the middle of May, it was obvious IT WASN'T GOING TO FIX ITSELF.

 

And what was done about that? Virtually nothing. Moved a few deck chairs. Cut the worst reliever but left several bad ones. If I was Terry Ryan, I'd be bloody embarrassed right now.