Riverbrian

Concur

May has really been OK this inning. The Sox got a couple of hits off of pretty good pitches.

It depends on your mood. If you are half Empty today... It's a sad statement.... If you are half full of it... Like I am. I'm thinking... At the least the Twins are playing alright.

Schafer

I can't believe it... I was looking forward to watching the Vikes all week. Now I'm sitting here... Watching the Twins. Old habits I guess.

If Trevor May ever has a daughter. He's got to name her April.

I gotta go with other as well. I'm ok with Escobar... Santana and Hicks... I'm ok with platoons.... Splits... Full time... Whatever... However... I think all 3 players need a safety net... So OF is where I'm shopping come FA time. So... I gotta go with other.

Vikings getting killed... The Twins are the Minnesota story today.

Plouffe with an Amazing Homer!!!

Nice 1 2 3 for May

And Herrmann... You forgot to mention Herrmann. Herrmann would not be forgotten about at 1313 Mockingbird Lane

That's too bad... The game is gonna be amazing!!!

I'm a huge fan of Dozier... On the base paths and defensively... He makes me very happy. I love that he has pop in his bat. As a total package... I think Dozier is very very valuable. I'm concerned because I think he can be pitched around. If Dozier can put the bat on the ball more often and take it the other way more often... He could be the best 2B in the league. I'm concerned because he can be pitched around and until he can do something with the outside pitch I'll remain optimistically concerned.

Good Post String 1. Mauer -- I think Mauer is a fantastic ball player... I think he will produce like typical Mauer in the future. I think he has one of the sweetest swings in the game. I'm a happy he's a Twin. However... I feel terrible saying this: "I'm not counting on him". I think Mauer has reached the point where he has to prove he can stay healthy to be counted on. The development of Vargas has become more of a priority to me. The Twins need a 1B/DH like Vargas because he is almost guaranteed to play a month or two at 1B while Joe hits the DL. 2. Defense -- I've always considered myself a defensive freak. I've always been willing to sacrifice OPS for a guy who can make defensive plays. I see what defensive metrics are saying but... I see a light at the end of the tunnel. With Plouffe's improvement... The Infield is in good shape. The OF was a mess but Hammer is gone... Santana is getting better each day and Hicks has been encouraging offensively in September and that leads me to consider the possibility of Hicks hitting enough to play and if he can play... His D is pretty good... Also Schafer is pretty good out there. 3. Pitching -- This should be #1... In my opinion. Hughes and Nolasco are under big contract so they ain't going anywhere so Hughes needs to keep doing it and Nolasco has to figure it out. Milone and Pelfrey need to pitch like they are interested in staying in the majors. While Gibson and May become what we hope they will be. Eventually Meyer will show up and maybe even Berrios. At some point the Twins may need to take a run at a frontline FA starter like Lester. I just don't think this is the year to do it. What the Twins need is to find someone out of nowhere... Like... Fiers... Carrasco... Petit... Shoemaker... McHugh or Simon. That type of performance from someone. We may have to think outside the box to find someone like Fiers. We may need to replace Rick Anderson. Watching Worley pitch well in Pittsburgh has me ready for a new pitching coach. Not that I know for sure that Anderson is a bad coach. I'm just ready for a new approach in case it's the approach that is causing our pitching woes. 4. Home Record -- To me this comes down to Tude. I want my Twins to be tougher. I don't think they pitch tough or run tough. At least not as tough as they can at times. This has been better this year but the team still needs more Tude. I believe we need a new manager in an attempt to get more Tude. 5. Fundamentals -- Absolutely... However this is one area where I think Gardy is strong. No worries... We have youth making youth mistakes. This improves with time.

If I'm a pitcher... Why would I throw him a fastball up and in? I wouldn't until Dozier proves he can go the other way. Yeah... I'm concerned. 100 at bats without a dinger is significant from your home run leader.

Prophet school seems to have been a wise investment.

Cubans... Jeez

I heard him say that Rick Allen has the best arm.

Nice shot of Gardy coaching Hicks in the dugout. See... Gardy doesn't just sit there and chew sunflower seeds.

A. Hicks doesn't need to tag there. B. The catch was not guaranteed. C. Parmelee... What was he doing? If that happened at the high school level...I'd be disappointed!!!

That's Sconnie... He has the howl... Almost done.

That was extroidanarily bad base running

I almost googled it... But I'm saving my strength so I can get thru this game.

He rubbed the pot roast all over his chest

You spelled that name wrong... It's Frunez.