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4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Giving him the 6th was ALREADY progression. Quite a bit.

We're trying to win baseball games. 

Well, we disagree that innings is more important than pitch count. But we will never know how he would have done. We do know that Thielbar offered absolutely no relief, gave the kid an earned run gift, as well as a loss. The perfect teammate. His old tired arm can throw every day. And worse results.

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Just now, h2oface said:

Well, we disagree that innings is more important than pitch count. But we will never know how he would have done. We do know that Thielbar offered absolutely no relief, gave the kid an earned run gift, as well as a loss. The perfect teammate. His old tired arm can throw every day. And worse results.

I'm not defending Thielbar, believe me.

 

Posted
6 minutes ago, gregens said:

Wow, comparing yourself to Mariano Rivera at this stage of his career is obnoxiously arrogant.

I'm pretty sure he wasn't comparing himself with Rivera. He's basically saying it happens to the best sometimes too. 

Posted
13 minutes ago, gregens said:

Wow, comparing yourself to Mariano Rivera at this stage of his career is obnoxiously arrogant.

Schmoeman5 why the thumbs down? You can’t leave a thumbs down without explaining the reasoning 

Posted

Another bullpen disaster as well as the usual k-parade. Can we just agree that Thielbar's days are over. He has company for sure but he just doesn't have it anymore. Somethings are very wrong with Twins right now..top to bottom. They need their key guys back but that isn't happening. Team looks tired. The AB"S are weak. The k's beyond aggravating. There is no imagination in their plate approach. But most everything is broken at the moment so I guess that's all I've got.

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Just now, Schmoeman5 said:

I'm pretty sure he wasn't comparing himself with Rivera. He's basically saying it happens to the best sometimes too. 

Well, he could have said the same thing without the Rivera reference. He didn't use Thielbar, for instance 😇 Unfortunately, it is happening pretty often lately for Duran. And giving himself the whole year is...... well..... kind of depressing. Aw shucks.

The amount of contact batters get is even more depressing. Even if he gets the out, the hitters and making great contact throughout the at bats. At Jeffers and Vazquez keep calling the breaking stuff that is getting tattooed. Very unfortunate.

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5 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

Schmoeman5 why the thumbs down? You can’t leave a thumbs down without explaining the reasoning 

Schmoeman...you got son' 'splainin' to do!

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Posted
1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Well, he could have said the same thing without the Rivera reference. He didn't use Thielbar, for instance 😇 Unfortunately, it is happening pretty often lately for Duran. And giving himself the whole year is...... well..... kind of depressing. Aw shucks.

The amount of contact batters get is even more depressing. Even if he gets the out, the hitters and making great contact throughout the at bats. At Jeffers and Vazquez keep calling the breaking stuff that is getting tattooed. Very unfortunate.

His whole year has been off as compared to last year. He's still been good. Just not AS good

Posted
3 minutes ago, insagt1 said:

Another bullpen disaster as well as the usual k-parade. Can we just agree that Thielbar's days are over. He has company for sure but he just doesn't have it anymore. Somethings are very wrong with Twins right now..top to bottom. They need their key guys back but that isn't happening. Team looks tired. The AB"S are weak. The k's beyond aggravating. There is no imagination in their plate approach. But most everything is broken at the moment so I guess that's all I've got.

IDK…they did a good job tonight of pulling together to make Tommy Watkins feel better about himself. If empathy is a postseason tiebreaker…

Posted
9 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

There seems to be a discernable undercurrent of unease among the dozens of fans at TF tonight. 

Well to be fair, the team has sucked eggs for a bit, and the manager has shown no inclination to do anything different, and the front office seems to be happy with the daily till, and the local scribes haven’t bitched enough to raise the hackles of the pitchfork and torches folks.

But, and however,  if Rocco should say something like gaddummit or byjesus, once in awhile in his postgame speech….duck your head!

 

 

oh I forgot…. this team as it now and managed now, flat out sucks!!

Posted
1 hour ago, Tlaker said:

Schmoeman5 why the thumbs down? You can’t leave a thumbs down without explaining the reasoning 

I thinks the thumbs down is misinterpreted.

It is defined on TD as, I think but can't find where I read it - the info was on this site - a disagreement. To express that you disagree. One can disagree without explaining why. Sometimes it is very evident. I think people sometimes take it as an affront, and personal, but by definition, perhaps, it really isn't.

Posted
7 minutes ago, insagt1 said:

Another bullpen disaster as well as the usual k-parade. Can we just agree that Thielbar's days are over. He has company for sure but he just doesn't have it anymore. Somethings are very wrong with Twins right now..top to bottom. They need their key guys back but that isn't happening. Team looks tired. The AB"S are weak. The k's beyond aggravating. There is no imagination in their plate approach. But most everything is broken at the moment so I guess that's all I've got.

I'd add that team morale appears to be virtually nonexistent, to boot.

Posted
3 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

His whole year has been off as compared to last year. He's still been good. Just not AS good

He knows what he expects for himself, and it is expressed well with his own words, and I think that explains it all.

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