Twins 1, Mets 5: Pitchers are the Best Athletes (Derogatory)

Last 2 wins came with either Buxton or Correa sitting on the bench. Today they both play and promptly go a combined 0 fer 8. Good thing for them and unfortunately for us they are supposed superstars or they be next in line to be DFA'd. Maybe they'd wave their no trade clauses and we could trade them both for one Luis Arraez. then we'd at least have 1 player that could hit.

Again, it’s not rocket science.  Walks turn into runs, throw the ball all over the field like little leaguers, no key hits, the “stars” you count on to lead the team go 0-7 with 4ks.  You lose.

It’s basically as predictable as the sun rising in the east.

Btw, what was the attendance tonight?  Yeah, it was cold, but  geez, the stands looked barren tonight.  Better get used to it - we keep playing like this and even nice weather won’t save the gate this year. 

Three hits is not going to cut it. The miscues didn't really factor into the game tonight but they add up. Among the plays/non-plays that were obvious are Larnach lumbering late on a foul ball, Larnach waiting for a base hit to get to him instead of charging the ball (it wouldn't have made a difference), a slow and poor relay and subsequent throw to a base without a defender there, a very poor throw on a steal, and the pitchers doing their thing. It was a real ****** night to play baseball but the number of little things add up. I am still not seeing Twins running out simple groundouts where I see the other teams hustling down the line. Buck and Carlos? Oh my.

Tomorrow the Twins should see the sun at game time. Maybe that will help. Ryan was good if not exactly efficient tonight. Maybe Ober can go 7 innings tomorrow. The bats need to show though.

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

They said 10,240 attendance.  My wife and I were there and I'd say 4,000 tops of which a lot were Met fans.

It looked empty. Some sloppy public relationship gaffes, crappy weather, losses, poor fundamental play, boring style of play, negative press, etc. It all adds up. Things could get ugly.

I'm hoping for some wins and sunny days ahead. Today is over and tomorrow should be better.

According to the title  ...

If the pitchers are the best athletes on the team , I bet we could convince Bert Blyleven  to come back from retirement  ....

6 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

It looked empty. Some sloppy public relationship gaffes, crappy weather, losses, poor fundamental play, boring style of play, negative press, etc. It all adds up. Things could get ugly.

I'm hoping for some wins and sunny days ahead. Today is over and tomorrow should be better.

I don't see attendance improving much for tomorrow.  Tomorrow may be an important game for future attendance as the game will be broadcast free over the air on Fox 9 for people who live in the Twin Cities Area.  If they play like they played tonight, that may end up sealing the season's worth of attendance.

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

The miscues did factor in. Failing to tag up from second (I forget the runner) on the sac fly probably cost a run (and the lead). 

It was France and it takes him a while to get from base to base. Mostly, I meant that 3 hits is not good odds for a win and then catalogued a few sloppy plays for examples of what has been too often a pattern, which I'm hoping the Twins will stop.  I would have tagged up but France, who is currently our best player, doesn't like to run. France, Miranda, Lee, and Vazquez have serious gravity when running. 

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

Met Brandon Nimmo runs to first on a walk.

I want to let the Twins slide on hustling due to the weather or maybe just empathy, which actually sounds a little pathetic. I was watching a few other games on the computer though and wasn't seeing much of this jogging to refrain from hurting oneself. Also, we did watch the Mets hustling on balls hit for easy outs, or errors in the case of grounders to the pitchers. Some things should be easier to address than others and hustling at all times is a start. 

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Seems about right. Plenty of tickets still available for that big twins-Rockies series July 18-20 at Coors field 

I actually watched several innings of three Rockies games thus far this year. They play much better defense and try to run the bases. They were more watchable in those games than the Twins in my opinion. Sad statement of my age and baseball addiction that I'm still watching the Twins.

Looking forward to watching Zebby Matthews pitch tomorrow night against a pretty strong Iowa Cubs team. I hope he isn't rusty from sitting for a week.

Joe Ryan is about the only Twin worth a damn. Excellence.

1 hour ago, Parfigliano said:

They said 10,240 attendance.  My wife and I were there and I'd say 4,000 tops of which a lot were Met fans.

Props for sticking it out. Even better with the wife.  Nice catch. 

Pardon this glimmer of optimism (it's not my nature vis-a-vis the Twins), but I'm pretty happy with the starting pitching at this point. Even SW-R is a bit of a gamer and Ryan, despite the high pitch count, looked solid tonight. When Lopez comes back, (and I really don't think he will be gone a long time), and we get extended "prime time" looks at Festa and Matthews, we may find that we have a very formidable rotation going forward. That's just one piece of the puzzle, but a major piece for any team.