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  1. insagt1
    For the love of Mike...Rocco get Irvin out of there. You are running out of innings and bad decisions. Blowing this double header will be so hard to swallow. But then, in honesty, Twins have played miserable ball for weeks now so I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
  2. insagt1
    O's totally beat themselves in both losses this weekend. Terrible coaching; terrible baserunning; terrible clutch hitting and a touch of bad luck.
  3. insagt1
    I have rarely seen a player go from darling and hero to 'why is he in the lineup' like Lewis. Since returning from his last long injury, he has mostly lost it. An occasional decent AB but the BA is now in the .240's. He's not a 'bust' but he IS a disappointment and has added to the Twins ineptness at the plate. So their answer to the Sox 3 run inning is 3 quick outs.
  4. insagt1
    KC and Seattle both lose which helps. But if Twins can't win this game it may not matter too much. Rocco with his 'managing' manages to turn a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 deficit because his reliever couldn't throw strikes and then when he did...it was high and mighty over the monster. Irvin has been terrible. Twins just seem to be clueless. When will the switch be flipped? Probably never. But...they do have the hapless, helpless, clueless Orioles to end the season. But both teams define frustration. Both managers and their coaches have totally ticked off their fanbase.
  5. insagt1
    So the results tonite really helped. Twins win and Tigers loss moves Twins back into the 3rd WC by 1 game. KC also lost so Twins trail 2nd WC by just 1 game. Seattle wins to stay 2 back. And of course Boston loses to make it near impossible for them to crawl back in it. Naturally one win does not a season make. they need to string a couple more. Props all the way around to the beleaguered bullpen who rose to the occasion tonite.
  6. insagt1
    This would hardly qualify as their best win...but it would qualify as a win that has been a long time coming. And I guess since this is now a 9 game season and Detroit got clobbered by Baltimore, it is quite meaningful.
  7. insagt1
    Lewis with a horrible AB but Twins did get 3. Should be enough, right?
  8. insagt1
    They keep flashing to the Twins dugout and only one player seems the least bit interested in this game. At least thats what I see. This week is as bad as the hitters have looked that I can remember this season. So Buck bleeds one thru to put runners on 1st and 3rd no outs. Guess we should expect strikeouts and pop outs to follow.
  9. insagt1
    Red Sox have fanned 19 times tonite. They suck as bad as the Twins in this offensive clown show. Props to Twins pitchers who will deserve a whole lot better if Twins blow this game.
  10. insagt1
    If I didn't know better I would be convinced the Twins hitters have been told to go up and look clueless. What incredibly weak, useless AB's. Now its raining hard. Good time for Sox to just dink one into the outfield to end this mess. Margot didn't even try in his futile AB. Winning run back at 3rd for Boston.
  11. insagt1
    oops...a brief reprieve as Sox run into an out at home. Twins get another chance for futility in the 11th.
  12. insagt1
    watching this pathetic offense night in and night out makes one want to follow another sport. Twins hitters are incredibly inept and have wasted good start after good start. Nobody is picking anybody up anymore. Two pop foul outs by key hitters.....and now they are poised and ready to lose their 3rd straight extra inning low scoring game. Ladies and gents...we would now like to welcome Seattle to the dance as Twins continue to trash their season.
  13. insagt1
    As a fan I never want my team to not succeed. Frustrated to the point of breaking? Yes. But playing is always (mostly) better than not playing. Having said that, the past few weeks and especially this past series does make it hard to be confident that things will change. They have the formula down pat: hitters fail with RISP; hitters strike out with regularity; bullpen fails completely in late innings of close games. Just as soon as both Correa and Buxton failed to deliver the runs in the 10th, you knew, without a doubt the game was over. When Rocco paraded Thielbar out there in the 10th, all you could really do was laugh and walk away. Its a 9 game season now and none of the wild cards have been settled. Major slumps by Orioles and Twins and a recent slide by KC truly does make this a race to the bottom. Only Detroit looks like it might be the Texas Rangers of 2024. Twins have as good a shot as anyone in these 9 games...IF, IF they actually knew how to win. Which they don't. But the games will be played and we will hang on to the bitter end, kicking, bitching, complaining, and all that goes with a team in distress. Thats all thats left us. Time it was and such a time it was.
  14. insagt1
    The way they lost 3 winnable games this series says it all. When it was crunch time they simply choked away all 3. Bullpen was a mess. Strikeouts and weak AB'S with RISP when it counted most. Poor plate approach. Not playing for each other. Same script every game. How does anyone believe this will change with 9 games left. Only hope IMO is for KC to continue their freefall.. Detroit won't be catchable by weeks end.
  15. insagt1
    The fail is complete. When Thielbar comes in to try and keep the game tied, you know the Twins have thrown in the towel. There is no excuse. The team is simply not very good and nobody is saving them. That mythical 'winning streak' is not going to happen. they just lose and lose and lose while teasing along the way. How can anyone be hopeful after this miserable series? Sad thing is Twins could have won all 4 games if they had any hitters who bought in to the team concept. Just get it over with now.
  16. insagt1
    Might as well just give up now. Can't score with sacks juiced 1 out and Correa and Buxton due up and nothing.....Twins will lose this one and it will be deserved. The team is just not picking each other up. they are wasting good starting pitching. And the bullpen is so awful they are giving up completely by sending Thielbar out to quickly give up the winning hit. No hits since the 5th. Only 3 all day. How the hell do you win with that? Bah
  17. insagt1
    If Twins think for one minute they can win this game (or any game) with 3 hits, they need to take a reality pill. the hitting has been so dismal. Just waiting for the inevitable.
  18. insagt1
    Twins must start scoring runs. There is no way they win this game late against Cleveland unless they get a few runs. Which has been the impossible dream.
  19. insagt1
    'they can still get on a winning streak'. Problem is there is zero evidence of that happening and time is flat running out. Does anyone who has watched these guys honestly think they have a large winning streak in them? Sure, anything is possible but we have to be somewhat realistic and see that their play over the last month has been chronically bad. Losing tough games has been their playbook. Resting Buck and Correa might have been a strategy, assuming the team had a playoff spot locked but that is no longer the case. Those 2 have to play everyday to help the team stay afloat. Its a long off-season. They can help whereas their replacements....less so. Why 'save' them for only 9 more games? Twins do have one bright spot. they end by playing the Orioles, who right now are playing worse than the WhiteSox, and if its possible to look worse, the O's are the poster children. But the grim reaper has taken up residence in Minnesota. They need to figure out how to get rid of him fast.
  20. insagt1
    The reality is that you can only absorb so many losses like the two in this series before your ability to mentally overcome them kicks in. You begin to think 'how can we ever win a baseball game again' so you play not to lose instead of going out and kicking butt. Whats going to go wrong tonite? Pro sports can mess with your mind. Right now, Detroit is playing like they know they can't lose...and they go out and win games. The Yankees have suddenly figured it out, with a bunch of extra inning and one run wins; while the Orioles have gone into a real dark place and they look like they don't even care anymore. If the Twins lose today and fall out of playoff spot, their recovery will be unlikely. Perhaps the fact that KC is also in the tank right now might help. But you have to be able to win. And Twins clearly can;t seem to climb that mountain. Its unfortunate that a guy who has produced some big hits along the way could rightly be called the 'culprit' last night. His AB's resulted in leaving 9 on base; the worst being the crushing DP that ended the 10th and killed what should have been an insurmountable Twins lead. Team psyche...its all messed up. Well...on to another day; another game; and low expectations. Surprise us guys.
  21. insagt1
    Correa gave Twins hope and then Santana wrenched it away with an awful AB. Routine DP killed a rally that could have sent Guardians home. Twins needed more than 2 runs and it was right there on a silver platter. Twins killer instinct is long gone. The pitching in the bottom of the 10th was brutal. The result was predictable. Twins don't have answers for their miserable play. It will mean going home early. This is so very disappointing watching these gut kicking losses.
  22. insagt1
    The nano-second he hit into the DP I said, 2 runs won't be enough. They will regret not getting one or two more. That DP was a dagger and paved the way for yet another crushing loss which this time may cause them to forfeit the final WC. Just can't continue to blow games like this. But they do it. And its often against Cleveland. A miserable, miserable showing in the 10th in what should have been a lockdown, lets go home with a W game. My goodness this team is the epitome of total frustration.
  23. insagt1
    The win kept us afloat for another day. Would be nice to string a couple together. I too would like to pass KC. But the playoffs hinge on Twins winning games, not hoping the other guys lose. White Sox may do to Detroit what Detroit did to the Twins the year the tigers were a shoo-in to break the '62 Mets record. So Tigers shouldn't view that last series as a slam dunk. O's-Twins finale should also be fun. Two teams that have struggled mightily for quite awhile. Somebody has to win!
  24. insagt1
    Twins could easily blow the next two and a rejuvenated Tigers team could knock of KC and poof...there goes the playoffs. Twins better take a real deep look at what this means and start winning ballgames....now.
  25. insagt1
    after last night the math says it could be quite easy for Twins to miss the playoffs. Especially when you aren't winning and the other guys are. Twins blow two more to Cleveland this series and they could be on the outside by thursday. Thats the reality.
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