MIN 12, DET 1: Once Again, The Twins Bounce Back

The longest losing streak the Twins have endured this season is just four games.  Probably the stat of the year.   Contrast that with last year where in order we had losing streaks of 9 (to start the year), 4, 8, 5, 5, 4, 11, and 7.

Great job, as always. 

 

Recently on TD there have been threads debating whether to offer extensions to guys like Gibson and Mauer.

 

I have another contract issue. From his profile, it appears that Tom Froemming is finishing up his second season on TD.

 

Have the owners/moderators considered giving him a long-term contract to buy out his arbitration years and perhaps the first couple years of free agency? The last thing we would want is to have him bolt for YankeesDaily and force us to go back to reading the crappy stuff from MLB.com.

Yeah but what happens when he becomes the Brendan Harris of game recappers?

That 2.5 game lead is a lot more comfortable. Obviously there's still a lot of time left, but it's a nice cushion.

The longest losing streak the Twins have endured this season is just four games.  Probably the stat of the year.   Contrast that with last year where in order we had losing streaks of 9 (to start the year), 4, 8, 5, 5, 4, 11, and 7.

Just realized that if you don't count the losing streaks above last year we had a winning team.   How's that for putting lipstick on a pig?

Just realized that if you don't count the losing streaks above last year we had a winning team. How's that for putting lipstick on a pig?

Sure, but if you just limit them to only 4 game losing streaks, they still would have been at 75 wins.

Nice win. And in anticipation of tonight, here's a sentence I'm sure no one's said in a while: I'm really glad the Gibby's on the bump.

Sure, but if you just limit them to only 4 game losing streaks, they still would have been at 75 wins.

He's alive!

I have been diagnosed with a slight case of pennant fever, and have been told if the Twins keep this up, it could turn into an FULL BLOWN pennant fever    Great recap as always!!!!

Seeing Granite's diving catch and gritty defense reminded me of another fan favorite who used to wear #8 for the Twins.

Almost like this...

 

Substitution pennant for boogie, yeah I got that       

I'm still worried about the Rangers.

I'm still worried about the Rangers.

I am too but Oakland has been sneaky good lately. 11-3 in their last 14

Angels play 4 games against the White Sox beginning next week, at the same time the Twins will have 3 against Cleveland. That's a dangerous stretch.

Liked how Molly freaked at signs of disaster yesterday with Mejia and pulled 'em. This is essentially playoff baseball at this point, wins are more important that building character right now. Don't take the Tigers lightly, they lead our season series 7-6 right now and can beat the Twins on a given day.

Just win. Looks like the Twins are going to have to hit their way into the playoffs, scoring 12 last night was a good start.

Molitor is weird... Pulling the starting pitcher after 4 2/3 innings so he can't get the win when the tying run is not at the plate. He has done this more than once to young pitchers, pulling them when they have just 1 out to go to get the win.

I really hope he's gone. I'm tired of the embarrassing way he manages pitching during games.

I want Molitor gone, but not because he's too quick to pull starters. In fact it's just the opposite...far too often he waits until a fading starter has damaged the game before pulling him.

We are making the same point. He has no frigging idea what he is doing. He pulls people too early, he pulls people too late. He has no game awareness and no idea how to evaluate performance. He makes his decisions in a bubble.