Game Thread: Twins vs Blue Jays, 5/20 @ 7:10 pm CT

[Blake]

 

Has an entire staff ever been fired during a season?

First time for everything. And I think this would be a great first time.

[LaBombo]

 

I've been watching baseball for over 50 years, and this is the most hapless team I can remember. Do the players even care?

 

"Hapless".    That is the perfect word.   Well done.

 

I was going to expand your statement to include ALL pro sports teams,   but then I remembered one team,   just one,   that I saw play once in my youth,   that saves the 2016 Twins from that distinction:

 

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3I6Qjmj6brQ/TjhqzPJnhWI/AAAAAAAAAJU/O7WP51L5eJo/s1600/panted-general.jpg

[curt1965]

Someone needs to take a bat to a water cooler! Does anyone ever do that now?

[jimmer]

This team, ugh, so hard to finish watching a Twins game with the way this team plays.  I've only been a Twins fan since like '84, '85, and I have never, ever, been disgusted with a team as much I am with this one.  There is not one phase of the game this team does even remotely well.  So hard to watch.

[LaBombo]

 

Someone needs to take a bat to a water cooler! Does anyone ever do that now?

 

They have a lady who comes in every Thursday for that.

[Aggies7]

First time for everything. And I think this would be a great first time.

It's not really an overreaction at this point. Almost two months in. No improvement in any facet of the game. Listless, uninspired play on a nightly basis. And everything is still status quo. Unacceptable IMO.

[operation mindcrime]

Has an entire staff ever been fired during a season?

Lmfao! We should start a trend. \m/

[Winston Smith]

http://kstp.com/sports/twins-general-manager-terry-ryan-addresses-the-teams-slow-start/4145197/

[Aggies7]

Someone needs to take a bat to a water cooler! Does anyone ever do that now?

I wish Odor would have saved about 25 hooks for every player on our roster.

[Blake]

 

Someone needs to take a bat to a water cooler! Does anyone ever do that now?

More than likely, the bat would rebound and put someone on the DL with a concussion. This team is hopeless, hapless and snakebit.

[jimmer]

 

They have a lady who comes in every Thursday for that.

yeah, because the players would miss the cooler when swinging at it.

[operation mindcrime]

Awesome! \m/

[Aggies7]

http://kstp.com/sports/twins-general-manager-terry-ryan-addresses-the-teams-slow-start/4145197/

I agree with him. First step is removing him.

[LaBombo]

 

Request for illustration please...

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J07k-712dqM/VM6Zlorf_vI/AAAAAAAAAqE/MrWqKbn9kd4/s1600/Picture%2B4.png

[Aggies7]

Lol the jays just feast on the twins. I don't believe we've ever beaten them.

[operation mindcrime]

Total system failure! \m/

[Blake]

 

It's not really an overreaction at this point. Almost two months in. No improvement in any facet of the game. Listless, uninspired play on a nightly basis. And everything is still status quo. Unacceptable IMO.

I'm a casual fan and even I can tell when players are not doing the fundamentals correctly. And it isn't just one game, it's nightly. To me, that's on the coaching staff. 

[LaBombo]

 

 

http://kstp.com/sports/twins-general-manager-terry-ryan-addresses-the-teams-slow-start/4145197/

 

That makes it official.   Terry Ryan needs a hug,   a gold watch,  and a fishing trip to Canada that lasts all summer.

[operation mindcrime]

That was awesome! \m/

[jokin]

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J07k-712dqM/VM6Zlorf_vI/AAAAAAAAAqE/MrWqKbn9kd4/s1600/Picture%2B4.png

 

LOL Statisticians-only insider joke- now it all makes sense when you express it this way.

[Aggies7]

Jesus, Dick. Bringing up columbine. You gotta be kidding.

[LaBombo]

 

What's up with May lately? He just hasn't been any good.

 

Elbow/Shoulder/Ladyparts soreness  =>  2-4 weeks Rest & Rehab ^TM   =>   TJ.

[operation mindcrime]

Santana's catch will be the highlight of this homestand! \m/

[Aggies7]

"Unfortunately, Mr. Ryan, I'm not sure this situation can be (corrected)..."

[Circus Boy]

Most teams break down in any one phase of the game -- offense, defense, pitching -- for an inning or two and recover. The Twins fail in all three phases so often that they are not competitive. The record for fewest wins in a season is 40 by the 1962 Mets. Unless something miraculous happens, I believe this team has a chance to break that handily.

[operation mindcrime]

Twins record by 10's:

 

1-9

5-5

2-8

2-8

 

I think we can all agree that 91-71 would have been a very good result for the Twins. That's a .562 win percentage. To get back to .500 for the year, they would have to go 71-51, or a .582 win percentage.

 

I'm fairly certain we can stick a fork in this season.

I stuck a fork in it at 0-9! \m/

[jimbo92107]

On a related topic, I don't suppose there's a Bryce Harper type coming along for the 2017 draft, is there? I got a feeling the Twins may have a very high draft pick a year from now. 

 

When a team's this bad, maybe the league should let them have the first five draft picks. Then in a few years they could at least be mediocre. 

[Riverbrian]

 

They have a lady who comes in every Thursday for that.

 

And She's Fat and to quote Jackson Browne... That Girl Can Sing. 

[LaBombo]

 

Jesus, Dick. Bringing up columbine. You gotta be kidding.

 

Dick is demoted to the ambient soundtrack at Bombo Manor tonight.   How,  pray tell,  did he manage that tie-in?

[Blake]

Atlanta stands a chance of moving ahead of the Twins in the overall standings.

 

Why be dead last in the AL when you can be dead last in all of baseball? 

 

#don'tsettle