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I couldn't believe that. Wasted inning on his arm. Totally unnecessary. ,500 since All-Star break. I hope Cleveland and Chicago don't get hot. It seemed like nobody wanted to win the AL West in 1987 either. And that turned out pretty well for us. We did have a lot better pitching, though.

We all know the ol' assume saying. It wouldn't matter if I spent hours to notate all the specific instances. You will argue what you will anyway. This is how I feel. And of course it isn't Duran should pitch all the innings. I certainly wouldn't have made him throw a wasted eighth inning in Saturday's game when the score was 7-1!!!!!! And there were at least 15 games over the season so far that the starter was cruising and pulled way too early (like today again). That adds up to torch your pen, whoever they are. And that is a Baldy decision. The contributing factor is not always the pen, but it is still a Baldy decision.

Ooooooooo. I believe that is a personal attack. Or a great compliment, for which I thank you. I never said it was a bigger issue. "a top contributing factor". Yup. Horrible bullpen. Baldy's decisions are his. I'll say it again, and correct my typos. There were way more than 9 Baldelli decisions that were a top contributing factor. A top, not necessarily the top.

Who? Sano? Sano who? My comment was about Arraez. ???

yup. thAT is why i qualified it. ?

manager decisions. regardless of staff with this offense. They only needed to have the outcome changed on 9 games. You bet it is a real take, There were way more than 9 that Baldelli deisions were a top contributing factor.

Arraez has strikeoutitis for him since the all-star break. 6 ks in 6 games

.... or..... an excellent read that let a slower runner make the right play. Looked smart to me.

Speedy Nick Gordon can't even get to third base on the single to right. Deep right field and a throw to the plate. And Gordon can't figure it out. Yes. Perhaps the worst base running team in MLB.

You mean the manager that was 11 games over .500 in May and should be at least 20 games over .500 by now and at least 10 games up on second instead of making the cummulative decisions that led to tanking to where we are now? That guy?

Well, that is all pretty assumptive. A Lesson? Baldelli showed him. Bobby Knight school of pain.

First of all, no teams that wear uniforms in an MLB game like the Padres did, deserve to win a game, especially 10-1. All of the homers that Ryan gave us were crawlers, barely over the wall. A couple might have been caught (Buxton just missed, and Garlick looks like he can only jump 4 inches). All almost long fly ball outs, and with the 2 out homers, the end of the innings. But Baldelli can go.................... himself. Shame on him, especially after the game went to 6-1 and 4 homers given up, leave his rookie starter in the game that has been carrying this staff. He clearly was missing locations from the get go with the walk and a homer in the first. All homers that were hit were center cut pitches (all in the center of the plate, one center center and others various heights) except the last one, that was center height but 6-8 inches outside! All just crawled over the fence. Great for confidence Baldy, and thanks for putting Ryan in the wrong category of the record book. No excuse for that. It was not his game, and he deserves better protection. My opinion of Baldelli and his lack of intuition can now never be swayed otherwise. Right now, I can't stand the guy. As for Wes Johnson, whatever the pitchers are doing now, he is greatly responsible for. If you learn something, you don't just forget it when the guy is not there a few weeks later. It is still affecting your performance, and probably will for a long time. One might say that Johnson is responsible for the currrent state of affairs. I won't, because I think the coach is always overrated. Usually never could do it themselves, but are all high and mighty about how to do it. I am not saying they are not very helpful and important, just that it is always the player who plays the game, regardless of the coach. This team's pitching was horrible before Johnson left, and got worse as the year went on, with Johnson still there. He is no guru. And he is a quitter. Middle of the season and in first place. No respect. SMH.

Twins seem to love to sign guys that played on the cheatin' Astros' team. Gonzales, Correa, and now Peacock.

These unsigned 19 and 20 guys are probably better off going to college to play for the next year. I would love to hear the conversations that happen when the selection gets stiffed his slotted bonus.

If Mahle is on the team he can't break Buxton's hand again. Just like the Twins to go after the 2 tier... or 3rd. The guy that is coming off a shoulder strain IL stint and is pitching to his worst stats since 2019. Mediocre at best. Just what we need. He would fit right in,

Sano is infectious.

So throw Tellez another change up, eh? The first 3 run homer wasn't a clue, Sanchez? (So to correct the article, that was 6 runs, - 2 three run homers - on 2 home runs, not 7 runs.) 10 walks by our staff, 5 scored. The top of our batting order, Arraez, Correa, Buxton, and Polanco - 0/16 with 8 Ks. Ouch. But the pitching is again the story. Tic Toc. Trade deadline coming up. This FO has really let this team down, in the off season and so far now. 35 million on Correa and no pitching. Great strategy, eh? Jose Miranda is hot now!

Absloutely. I have been bringing it up all year. A virtual small rodent type animal even tried to argue with me about it. Putrid. Many are just slow, but even the quick runners don't steal well or don't even attempt to steal because they are only 50% effective. Mental mistakes on the bases. And Watkins is even worse at third base than Diaz was. Really a sad part of the coaching and training it seems. There are other teams that are worse than the Twins on the bases, but they are in the bottom of the heap in stuff like going first to third, scoring from first on a double, and even scoring from second on a single. We watch other teams run at will on us.

Kinda funny to see someone trying to compare Burnes to Archer, no matter what the stat you pull out. Good grief.

That was kind of a tough angle to throw from, and it would have to be a perfect throw to get the runner at home anyway, but that throw by Kirilloff was just sad. Maybe he thought he was bowling.

Song for Sano on his return. He has been away, and I know it is still "early", but I saw him on the dance floor and nothin' had changed.

What I said was what some manager said about Bob Gibson. Can't remember who. It was in Ken Burns' Baseball. Tongue in cheek. "Gibson's not that good. It's just the other teams don't get any hits the day he pitches."

They weren't that good. It's just that the Twins didn't get any hits when they were pitching.

If only Baldelli would have left Bundy in longer. Remeber when you got excited about who was pitching? And who was coming in for relief? Me neither.

Like Baldelli said in iterviews during the break..... "we got this".