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  1. insagt1
    post of the night so far!!!
  2. insagt1
    it has literally been decades since Twins beat Yanks 3 straight. What does it mean? Only what anyone wants it to mean. To win 3 you have to win 1....so tonites game is everything. It would be a great thing for the fans to cheer these guys off the field after a win wouldn't it! Lets hope it happens.
  3. insagt1
    For me, its ALWAYS better to at least make post season, than not. You can't win it if you're not in it. Its like a strikeout...it accomplishes nothing at all. The worst kind of out. While yeah, a DP is bad, by hitting the ball at least you have a shot at something good happening. With a 'k', you got nothing. (except the VERY rare passed ball) If you can't hit the ball, you won't be winning the game.usually! Our problem is we always draw the Yankees and we can't beat them...no matter what year, who plays, where the games are played and how many. We lose them all. And everyone has opinions on why so we don't have to go back there. As a Bruins fan I well remember 1970 when they finally won a Stanley Cup. Disgruntled Habs fans, and many others said...its not legitimate because they didn't beat Montreal (who missed the playoffs) Until Boston could beat Montreal in post season, it just didn't seem as 'right' to many. And that went on for years. Might be the same with Twins. Until they can figure out how to beat the pinstripes, the dragon will not have been slayed. (post 1991 of course). I still want a win tonite.
  4. insagt1
    Hindsight...Berrios was probably taken out too soon. Dobnak needed to come out after 2 innings. His sinker wasn't sinking. the 'moment' kinda overtook him, which is understandable. He never should have come out for the 3rd. Hindsight. Our hitters have been a terrible disappointment. All those 3-2 strikeouts. All those strikeouts period. Cron and Kepler look very injured and aren't helping the team at all. Sano hit a solo in game one and then he reverted back to that undisciplined hacker in game two. Rosario looks to me like a spoiled kid. There has not been one specific thing that has sunk the Twins, It has been a total team effort. They are non-competitive. All those walks....shows the pitchers have no confidence in their stuff. Yanks have been patient. Twins not at all. Night and Day. I've said this already...there are two types of fans. One tells you to stop complaining because what a great season they had..,.101 wins. The other says, until the team can succeed, even a little in post season, nothing else matters. We will be seeing both types of comments once this carnage is over. And don't forget the Pineda effect. Look at how much he has hurt the teams chances in post season. Unforgivable IMO. So---they just need to go out there and give it their best shot tonite...with nothing at all to lose. Until the Yanks get that 27th out, they haven't won anything. As unlikely as it is that anything will change, the score right now is still 0-0. Go for it!!!!
  5. insagt1
    This got me curious. Interesting to note that the Subway Series between Yanks and Mets only averaged 18M...a relatively small number considering the market. Perhaps it turned off many viewers outside of NY? Compare that with the Bay Area series between SF and Oakland in 1989...that averaged 24M. Also it looks like it was after the disastrous strike of 1994..that the numbers began to drop. That also coincides with the explosion of the internet, followed by cable and streaming and all the other stuff that they never had to deal with up to that time. The Twins series in 87 and 91 came before all of that. In fact I'm thinking most the playoff games were seen on non-pay TV back then too. Anyway...fun stuff.
  6. insagt1
    Doesn't change the fact that the national media drools over the big market teams, as do the advertisers.. A lot has changed since 1991 in the demographics of what and how people watch. A Yanks-Dodgers WS will get ratings..a Tampa-Atl will not. Even if on a relative scale, they will be a lot worse than in days of yore.
  7. insagt1
    last time Twins beat the Yanks 3 straight was back in the 90's (maybe even the late 80's can't remember for sure) according to the guys on FS1. Probably true. Winning 3 straight in the playoffs is a bit harder than doing it in regular season. Yes, it has been done before...but its a very small number compared to all the series that have been played. There are odds, but they are small. Best I can say is that there is no pressure on them now. They should just go out and play the game. Two things though....the pitchers can't walk so many and our hitters, my goodness, have to stop striking out wildly and often. We are seeing them at the very worst right now. And move Rosario down to 8th or 9th in the lineup. Hate his attitude (what he is letting us see)
  8. insagt1
    After watching the Yankees dismantle us in every aspect of the game, twice, I no longer feel bad. If we had lost two heartbreakers that showed that we can compete with them, I'd be feeling REALLY bad. But the pressure is off now. We are playing with house money and have absolutely nothing to lose....because there is no way we take 3 straight from the Yankees. While our guys from the pitchers to everyone else underperformed, worse than they have in many weeks, all of the Yankees did their job very methodically and made us look very bad. They play like they have been there before. I wanted to reach thru my TV and wipe that silly smirk off Rosarios's face in the 9th after he waved stupidly at two pitches over his head. He wasn't even trying. If we had someone else to take his place, he would be on the pines Monday. 14 k's...led by 4 horrible AB's by Sano. Did anyone keep track of how many of our guys struck out on 3-2 pitches both games? I don't think we got one single baserunner with the full count. Kepler clearly can't bat. He barely swings the bat. He really shouldn't be playing. Arraez, to his credit, came off the deck and got two hits in his final AB's. He too is very hurt but gave it a much better effort than Kepler. When it counted, every one of our pitchers failed. Our hitters demonstrated no plate discipline. They are not in the same league with the Yankees, in post season. If they manage to steal one Monday, I will give them credit for not totally throwing in the towel, like they did last night. They have no pressure on them at all, because at this point even non-baseball fans know they are done. Should we as fans be criticized for pretty much giving up? No, because after those two ugly losses, I think the Twins already have. While everyone failed last night (not counting the relievers who basically were in there after the Yankees knew the game was over) Rosario was for me, the biggest disgrace. He and Puig need to be put in a room and read the riot act on how this game has to be played....no matter what the score. Finally, if the Twins ever DID win the next three, I would rate it as one of the biggest upsets in MLB history.
  9. insagt1
    recall how he killed us in that 14-12 mess. Sometimes some hitters just love facing certain teams. Yanks love facing us...these Yanks, Yanks of years past, doesn't matter. Hard to explain because you can't, but Twins just can't beat this team.
  10. insagt1
    Guess we';ll never know. but how could he have been worse at this point? Our hitters and our injuries are making the lousy pitching a moot point too. Tanaka is good, but not that good. These have been some of the ugliest AB;'s of the season. When Eddie banged into that DP in the first, it set the tone.
  11. insagt1
    It is true. No Twins pitcher has risen to the occasion.
  12. insagt1
    Pineda plays a part in this. Hard to forgive him...especially the way this has come unraveled.
  13. insagt1
    But thats not the point at all. We aren't jumping off the cliff...we are simply disappointed that this team is incapable of taking it to the next level. but if you're satisfied, I;m not criticizing you. Afterall there are a whole lot of teams not playing at all right now. And we are. We just are not playing at all like a team that won 101 games and the Yanks ARE playing like the team that won 103. Simple.
  14. insagt1
    Even with no pressure now, Twins still are totally inept. Sano is lost and Arraez shouldn't be playing sorry. There is a reason he has fanned twice....when he has the best bat control of anyone. His swing has been hampered by his ankle. Adrianza needs to play. Or Schoop. Or Doctor Wu or Rocky Raccoon....I don't care. I know we all WANTED the Twins to win but I don't think anyone expected them to. Yanks are better in every category post season. Their pitching and their hitting is in gear. Twins pitching has been awful and the hitting is very disappointing. All the strikeouts....these guys are playing to just get it over with it seems. Figured with zero pressure in this game, they would loosen up and just leave it all on the field...but those AB's by Arraez and Sano clearly indicate otherwise
  15. insagt1
    This game and this series couldn't have been worse if it had been scripted. Twins pitching has been pathetic. The hitters are swinging at junk and for anyone who still thinks that past history is not a factor, I don't know what to say. Yanks know what the score is and so do the Twins. Total domination. This third inning has taken about 10 hours to play, and its still not over. Yanks are in the Twins head and Twins don't have one single pitcher who can get them out. and we all saw it coming. Every hitter looks like a batting champ. so it doesn;t matter who the Twins play now. The goodbye game is Monday.
  16. insagt1
    The fuse has been lit....only a matter of time before the bomb goes off. I think the moment is too big for Randy honestly. He is not sharp. And neither are our hitters. Dobnak won't survive the 3rd inning and Twins won't survive this game. This isn't being negative...if you are watching you can see the Yanks are playing with swagger, confidence and they are getting the calls. Its not a fair fight.
  17. insagt1
    Kepler needs to come out. He can't swing the bat.
  18. insagt1
    That depends on what your level of success is. Its different for everyone. Some will look at the 101 wins be satisfied. Others will look at post season failures and not be satisfied. If the goal is to win the WS...then you need to win some post season games. For me, thats pretty important. It doesn't minimize what they did regular season...but theres more work to be done.
  19. insagt1
    EVen if we had to replace our injured front liners with the 'B' team...how much better do injured A team players do than their replacements, on this team? Its hard to say but right now Yankees have our number no matter who plays. We need to change the direction of this game...stop making Tanaka look like Verlander out there. Our 3-2 lack of success continues.
  20. insagt1
    Randy puts up a zero! Thats good
  21. insagt1
    don't be a smarty. You know exactly what I mean. Yanks got 10 runs yesterday..2 on solo HRs. Twins scored 4, 3 on solo HR's. I would like to see Twins score some runs with some sustained pressure and baserunners. Eddie's DP just got us off to a crappy start. Tanaka is one tough pitcher. And Dobnak is going to have to shut these guys down in order for us to have a chance today.
  22. insagt1
    Rocco could get 2nd guessed bigtime if this series goes just 3 games and it turns out that several of the players on the roster were too hurt to contribute. Kepler and Cron look VERY injured. Arraez struggled in game on despite Rocco proping him up. Garver also looks not right. Oh well....only the 2nd inning.
  23. insagt1
    DP helps. Down by 1 because Twins only think HR instead of trying to get runs in the conventional way.
  24. insagt1
    Twins put two on and their RBI leader hits into a DP. Yanks put two on and.........of course they score. Why do all the Yankee hitters look like Babe Ruth up there?? They all look dangerous. this game is going to stink real fast if Randy can't get out of this inning real soon.
  25. insagt1
    And a leadoff double by MeMahieu ...the pain starts early.
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