Orioles (Povich) vs Twins (Lopez): 9/27/24, 7:10pm

[Danchat]

20 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

They badly need a fire and brimstone type of manager.  Rocco definitely isn't it.

Ah yes, the classic sports coaching cycle. Fire and brimstone manager works wonders for a couple seasons, then the players get sick of him and he gets canned for a players-first manager. That works for a bit until the team becomes too undisciplined, then the cycle repeats again.

[Parfigliano]

The Hindenburg didnt flame out as bad as this team.

[thelanges5]

Correa and Buck - too little too late but I like to see it. 

[mnfireman]

[thelanges5]

Santana!

[h2oface]

Good thing Buxton and Correa took half the season off to be ready for the playoffs........

[jaimedude]

Quite an effort by Royce Lewis the last 4 games. 

[TwinsCD]

Perfect way to end the season -- with another baserunning blunder.

[IndyTwinsFan]

4 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Ah yes, the classic sports coaching cycle. Fire and brimstone manager works wonders for a couple seasons, then the players get sick of him and he gets canned for a players-first manager. That works for a bit until the team becomes too undisciplined, then the cycle repeats again.

All I can say is the the current managerial approach is no longer working.  Maybe it's time to see what a complete 180 in the dugout would do for this team.

Can't hurt to find out. 

[notoriousgod71]

Santana some more stellar base running.

[jaimedude]

Fitting to have Jeffers up here with elimination. 

[thelanges5]

Jeffers going to bunt ?

[TwinsCD]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

See y'all in April.

[h2oface]

What? No mound selfie?

[knothole61]

6 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

The Hindenburg didnt flame out as bad as this team.

Yes, because the Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen which burns upward while the Twins season was a pure gasoline fire...or so it seems. I love the reference..."Oh the humanity!"

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

All I can say is the the current managerial approach is no longer working.  Maybe it's time to see what a complete 180 in the dugout would do for this team.

Can't hurt to find out. 

And I worry about the damage to the development of our young players if they are to continue here with Baldelli and his staff. 

[thelanges5]

Jeffers to shallow infield, way to hit the **** out of that one. 

[Danchat]

2 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

All I can say is the the current managerial approach is no longer working.  Maybe it's time to see what a complete 180 in the dugout would do for this team.

Can't hurt to find out. 

I'm not opposed to it, but it's just reminiscent of coaching changes in other sports. The Vikings from Frazier to Zimmer, for example. Went from the most soft spoken coach in the game to good ol' fire and brimstone, and it worked for a hot second.

[LaBombo]

At least the Orioles didn't hang a shutout on our beloved Los Angeles Rams...

[thelanges5]

12-25 in the past 37 games now. 

[thelanges5]

3 teams from the central in the playoffs and we aren’t one of them. Hard to believe. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

2 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Jeffers to shallow infield, way to hit the **** out of that one. 

At least he didn't pop it up, like he's done so much lately.  A very small victory. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

4 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

And I worry about the damage to the development of our young players if they are to continue here with Baldelli and his staff. 

Good point. 

[h2oface]

I hope hardly anyone shows up for the last two games. Fans need to send a message to the players, manager, FO, and owners.

[IndyTwinsFan]

3 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

12-25 in the past 37 games now. 

BOOOOOOO! 

[Longdistancetwins]

5 minutes ago, Danchat said:

I'm not opposed to it, but it's just reminiscent of coaching changes in other sports. The Vikings from Frazier to Zimmer, for example. Went from the most soft spoken coach in the game to good ol' fire and brimstone, and it worked for a hot second.

I tend to think baseball is different.  Just a gut feeling…

[thelanges5]

1-8 with RISP AGAIN TONIGHT

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, thelanges5 said:

1-8 with RISP AGAIN TONIGHT

Are you surprised by that?  I'm not. 

[insagt1]

I was willing to throw my allegiance to the Twins tonite, since they still had a small shot, and with KC losing there was still life. But after about half the game, I realized Twins weren't even trying. Lewis and Jeffers still with just horrible AB's. Santana in the 9th...another base running blunder that even exasperated Jim Palmer, the O's color man.

So the O's win a laugher and clinched the top WC spot and home field against either Tigers or KC. If its the Tigers, the O's might be in trouble.

Anyway, what a choke for the ages --12-25 since mid August. And looking awful accomplishing it.

I don't see any lane out there for Twins to not make a manager change. And then, go from there, because he isn't the only problem right now. Hard to believe how poor this team looked this week.

[thelanges5]

1 minute ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

Are you surprised by that?  I'm not. 

I guess it’s still shocking. The list of opportunities is so long. Base running, situational hitting, catching a ball, throwing strikes, finishing off a batter that is down 0-2…