Article: Twins vs White Sox, 07-25-2012, 1:10pm

[CDog]

Thank the heavens the inning ended and ended that train of thought from Bremer. Or train wreck of thought. Wow, that was uncomfortable for me. And I don't know that I've ever really had too much to say about him before.

[Hijinks]

But how can anyone be a Blackburn fan?

If they are fans of the opposing team?

[Ultima Ratio]

I am so happy to see this continue to happen to Blackburn cause I wish nothing but bad things apon him.

Whether you like it or not, he's going to be a starter again for us next year. You know that, right?

[DPJ]

The mark of any good fan.

Cause any real fan of the Twins should hate Nick Blackburn, he's everything that's wrong with this teams pitching philosophy.

 

I'd rather cheer for wife beating Brett Meyers then Nick Blackburn.

[CDog]

Between last night and today, I'm wondering if there's some sort of force in left field. Maybe some weird magnetism wreaking havoc with anyone out there's muscles and brains and blood flow.

[AJ]

this team is pathetic

[DPJ]

Whether you like it or not, he's going to be a starter again for us next year. You know that, right?

I hope he is, I want this team to bottom-out Houston style.

[CDog]

Cause any real fan of the Twins should hate Nick Blackburn, he's everything that's wrong with this teams pitching philosophy.

 

I'd rather cheer for wife beating Brett Meyers then Nick Blackburn.

You stay smart AND classy and all will be well.

[Boom Boom]

Maybe we should all try to say something positive about Nick.

 

He's 1/5th of our 2013 rotation, so that's one less item on the shopping list. And I don't hope that a speeding bus runs him over.

[Ultima Ratio]

I hope he is, I want this team to bottom-out Houston style.

To what end?

[DPJ]

To what end?

Worst team in baseball for atleast 3-4 years.

 

Bottom it out, start over and pray the Twins are smart enough to hit on some picks and trades.

[GCTF]

Maybe we should all try to say something positive about Nick.

I like the clean shaven look. At least he no longer looks like he just got home from a week long bender.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Damn, this team can really look pathetic some days.

[Hijinks]

A double and this could be tied up, and cue two K's in a row.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Damn, this team can really look pathetic some days.

At least we're getting the game out of the way early today - leaves plenty of time to drown our sorrows in whisky later.

[Guest USAFChief]

I would have laid 10 to 1 on Casilla K'ing.

[Ultima Ratio]

Worst team in baseball for atleast 3-4 years.

 

Bottom it out, start over and pray the Twins are smart enough to hit on some picks and trades.

I've heard a little, though not much, of this thinking and completely disagree. Yes, losing and better draft picks are proportional, but winning and losing is infective. It's not like you can try to lose a couple years and then turn it off in the following years and try to win again. Look at the Royals and Pirates, it takes decades to even get a winning record, even all the while stock piling high draft picks... it's an all-too-easy and none-too-clever approach.

[twinsnorth49]

A double and this could be tied up, and cue two K's in a row.

make that three, nice.

[CDog]

Damn, this team can really look pathetic some days.

The second half of last season and the first few weeks of this year were like that. It seemed like every single inning on both offense and defense were an adventure and a struggle. That almost every play seemed like it was nearly impossible to execute cleanly. And it had more or less gotten better for a couple months+ and has come back with a vengeance recently. Ugh.

[Brock Beauchamp]

make that three, nice.

At least Casilla made Peavy work for it.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Well, at least it wasn't an 0-2 pitch.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Nick Blackburn is bad at baseball.

[GCTF]

A lot of arc on Blackburnsie's ground balls today.

[Ultima Ratio]

Put a tent up, the circus is back.

[DPJ]

I've heard a little, though not much, of this thinking and completely disagree. Yes, losing and better draft picks are proportional, but winning and losing is infective. It's not like you can try to lose a couple years and then turn it off in the following years and try to win again. Look at the Royals and Pirates, it takes decades to even get a winning record, even all the while stock piling high draft picks... it's an all-too-easy and none-too-clever approach.

 

It doesn't have anything to do with "leaning how to win" Teams with talent win and teams without talent lose. The Pirates and Royals have been bad for so long cause they didn't hit on picks, lost what little talent they had to free agencey or bad trades.

 

Hell the farthest team to advances in the postseason in the Gardy era was the 2002 team that had no "winners" among them.

[Hijinks]

Beginning to understand why people drink during the day.

[Guest USAFChief]

Just F'ing release Blackburn and get it over with. I can't take any mor 0-2 "sliders" in the middle of the plate that get pasted into the gap.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Maybe it's just me (I'm only partially following the game as I work on something else), but the last few hits seem to have come off some not-too-bad pitches. Looks like Chicago did a good job scouting where Blackburn likes to throw the ball.

[Hijinks]

Flowers hit a double, time to pull blacky

[Brock Beauchamp]

A lot of arc on Blackburnsie's ground balls today.

Turn your television upside down and Blackburn looks fine.