Twins (Lopez/Matthews) vs Red Sox (Pivetta/Crawford): 9/22/24, 11:35am/4:35pm

[Craig Arko]

This entire organization seems desperate for the season to be over. In a week, their wish will be granted. Too bad.

[MinnesotaTwins26]

If only Joe Ryan wasn't injured.

 

[USAFChief]

6 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Can't blame Rocco for using Sands, who is de facto one of his best relievers in the pen who just so happened to implode. This just simply isn't a viable bullpen. 

Can I blame him for putting a 2-0 lead, with the season crumbling, in the hands of a waiver wire pickup and then bringing that stiff back out to start yet ANOTHER RALLY?

Or isn't that on Rocco either?

[TwinsAlmostWin]

5 minutes ago, MinnesotaTwins26 said:

On the bright side, the Vikings are 3-0!

This is such a tired bit. Every Twins season fans say "well at least we have the Vikings to cheer for," and at the end of the Vikings season fans say, "Go Timberwolves." and at the end of the Timberwolves season fans say "Go Twins." Repeat every year, and every year. I don't find any humor and comfort in these sayings anymore.. 

[MinnesotaTwins26]

Christian Vazquez + Ryan Jeffers = Derek Bender?

[Western SD Fan]

damn. They said we are facing a lefty on Tuesday. So we can chalk that up as a loss. We can’t hit now much less a lefty where we make each lefty look like Randy Johnson.

[ChermesZ]

I’m having a hard time not hating the twins organization right now,

[Danchat]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Can I blame him for putting a 2-0 lead, with the season crumbling, in the hands of a waiver wire pickup and then bringing that stiff back out to start yet ANOTHER RALLY?

Or isn't that on Rocco either?

I said it was dumb and a bad call by Rocco, but Sands and Tonkin were also garbage. It's one thing if that one reliever imploded, but all of them are stinking it up.

[S Bart]

I moved...yelled Rocco by name and left Fenway.. Irvin..move was idiotic...can Molitor..Gardy..or Kelly...sub for Rocco..the rest of the week?

[Blyleven2011]

As a loyal twins fan I have the right to bitch,  I'm not venting  anymore , I'm bitching   ...

Fire the manager and coaches , manager can't have alittle confidence in his pitcher to at least finish the inning , he has a bullpen worn down and he needs outs by the starter ,  also in today's game , buxton didn't know how many outs there were ...

These are very frustrating games regardless of if we make the playoffs  ...

Boston fans are have a great day in bean town , twins can't wait to get on the plane home  ...

Fire the manager and coaches , we need major league caliber professionals  ...

[Peter]

5 minutes ago, TwinsAlmostWin said:

This is such a tired bit. Every Twins season fans say "well at least we have the Vikings to cheer for," and at the end of the Vikings season fans say, "Go Timberwolves." and at the end of the Timberwolves season fans say "Go Twins." Repeat every year, and every year. I don't find any humor and comfort in these sayings anymore.. 

totally agree with you on this!!! That’s run its course!!!! Won’t start paying attention to Vikings/football until twins season is over. I’ve put my heart and soul into them and it’s 😭😥devastating heartbreaking and crushing seeing this implosion 

[NYCTK]

4 minutes ago, ChermesZ said:

I’m having a hard time not hating the twins organization right now,

Importantly, the organization. Not the players. 

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, S Bart said:

I moved...yelled Rocco by name and left Fenway.. Irvin..move was idiotic...can Molitor..Gardy..or Kelly...sub for Rocco..the rest of the week?

Tingler?

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

See ya, Rocco. Popkins. Maki. Watkins. Falvey. Lavine. Can't fire the owners unfortunately. But these guys are just as much to blame for this. A disgrace.

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, NYCTK said:

Importantly, the organization. Not the players. 

Yeah, keep the staff who are running the draft process and purge the rest. The whole organization needs to do some serious soul-searching.

[D.C Twins]

Rocco is officially a comically bad manager. 

Whole bullpen available for a must win second game of a double header and allows the worst pitcher in the bullpen to blow up the game

[Craig Arko]

The Twins, while predicted to win the division, came to a sudden arboreal stop.

[S Bart]

12 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Using Irvin like that was dumb, but what are the alternatives? Jax and Duran are the only consistent relievers in the pen. All of them allowing multiple baserunners is unavoidable. A better manager doesn't fix bad relievers and this roster is full of them. And Alcala being in AAA for some reason isn't Rocco's fault. Having 0 capable lefty relievers is also not his fault.

Well...from a person present at the game...it was really obvious after 3 batters that the guy was all over the place...he should have been gone at that point...and then he brings him out for another inning..he is hitting batters...all over the.place..

[TwinsCD]

2 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

The Twins, while predicted to win the division, came to a sudden arboreal stop.

I'm sure someone will have the answer in the postgame fallout but this has to be the first time since like May that the Twins have been on the outside of the playoff window.

[Patzky]

Seems like a good time for Margot to PH for Willi lol.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

This team quit on its manager a while ago. This is their send off to Rocco.

[Parfigliano]

How does a 29yoa guy with 300 PAs and a -8 WAR pollute this organization.

If I was rebuilding Id start with the people that even suggested that as viable

[S Bart]

16 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Can I blame him for putting a 2-0 lead, with the season crumbling, in the hands of a waiver wire pickup and then bringing that stiff back out to start yet ANOTHER RALLY?

Or isn't that on Rocco either?

It did not help that the crowd was silent until the Irwin messed up situation..agree about Sands.  Still..coming into that situation was not helpful for him. Sorry. This one is on Rocco...

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Going out with a whimper…

[Parfigliano]

4 minutes ago, S Bart said:

It did not help that the crowd was silent until the Irwin messed up situation..agree about Sands.  Still..coming into that situation was not helpful for him. Sorry. This one is on Rocco...

Nothing is on Rocco.  He's the littlest rock you slip on.  Not the rocks fault you stepped there.

[S Bart]

17 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Tingler?

Actually...Joe Madden wants to return to the game...would he be a good fit?

[insagt1]

At least we can say it has been a total team collapse...from the manager on down. These games have been very tough to watch. Who would have imagined only a few weeks ago that on the last week of the season they would be on the outside looking in....helplessly.

[CRF]

What an effing train wreck. The GM(s), manager, and entire coaching staff need to be dumped. Of course, they won't be and everyone will be back. It's sickening.  

[Hubie29]

Where are you, Rocco apologists? Hiding? Ready to admit you have been wrong for years? If not for the Bomba squad, who i could have managed, he would go down as one of the worst Twins managers of all time.  No exaggeration either. I can't be a Twins fan anymore if I have to look at him in the dugout again next year. 

[Western SD Fan]

6 minutes ago, S Bart said:

Actually...Joe Madden wants to return to the game...would he be a good fit?

He would be a good fit for the team, but not for the FO. Madden has made comments that he believes that analytics have went too far in today's game. The FO would never allow him to manage how he would want to.