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Let me say it one more time. I hope I don't see Duffey for the rest of the season. Duffey = death for your chances to win. His homer was the game. Provided relief? Provided the winning runs. He is toast. Bacon. Burnt. Fried. This is not first part of the season. Monitor hosts keeps hoping. I hope I don't see him for the rest of the season.

A savvy front office makes some trades before prospects burn out the hope flame. Decision should be made sooner than later, and improve the only team that matters, the Twins, and move on without regret.

It is amazing how many good teams, and great pitchers, can loose to bad teams. Including these Twins (if they qualify). I remember the recent 5 game series at Chicago. A team will always need victories against poor teams. A win is a win is a win. Until the playoffs. I can't negate a good performance because it may come against bad teams and offenses. I can't and won't. It's also amazing how many great offenses can perform horribly against a great pitcher having a great day. Or if you are the Twins' offense, it seems, it can even happen against a bad pitcher having a great day. "I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it." -Sandy Koufax It is interesting, even in other sports, that some great players don't seem to do so well against teams with winning records.... take a look at these quarterbacks that most would have liked to have on their team..... Aaron Rodgers 21-29 Drew Brees 20-48 Matt Ryan 17-22 Matthew Stafford 5-46 (new highest paid NFL player in history) Tom Brady 50-33 (well, he is Tom Brady...) Russell Wilson 19-12 Gibson changed everything about his delivery. That is a brave move. It may be gelling. I don't sell out on Polanco. I am not selling out on Gibson, yet, not with what he has done and is trying to do, for the long term. We need victories against all teams to get to the playoffs. If we get there..... we need a ton of luck, no matter who pitches.

I always try to be a baseball fan before a Twins' fan. It is not an easy task, but bias and stress is relieved that way. I really don't care what the "most" think, especially if they are biased by being a diehard and passionate fan of a team. Many are Twins' fans first, and baseball fans second. Hence, calling for pitchers to cowardly hit a batter to "have so-and-so's back". Most, at one time, denied the discovery of the solar system, and held tight to the world was flat. I don't care if other's have bias. I am sure guilty of it, at times, even if I try not to be. Just as I don't think that a fast start to a single season makes an all-star, or an "ace", I tend to not grace a quick start with extreme admiration. I don't see any of the observations in both of the articles sighted as "negative". I see them as a valid obervations, and opinion with thoughtful, realistic, common sense approach. And everyone has an opinion, and has the right to one. Plus, you made me laugh by sighting a tweet and the commentary. If you want to deal with "negative", you have the treasure of negativity from the the tweets and comments of the incessant twits.

I think you have reading bias. I don't get the same "tone" from the article you do, Nick Nelson.

Does this mean that Buxton has to wear the same uniform until the burst stops? Hey..... 17 K's today by our Twins against some pretty lame pitching, and it is not even a mention, and Buxton (... and Sano ) was the only one to not strike out! Success and victory can cover up some usually glaring problems. Today.... who cares!!??

It was the 4 pitch walk to start the inning that spelled the dome. That certainly counts as something they got off Curtiss. No Garver throw without the 4 pitch walk, either. You come into the game and give up a 4 pitch walk............ there you go. It all leads to something. Vargas should have caught the pop up.

The Twins don't have a closer. Belisle? Give me a break. Seriously. The Twins just don't have a closer. Haven't all year, really.

I don't need to see Duffey for the rest of the season.

To each his own. Hey - maybe Nathan could come on board, too! And the original Johan Santana next year! Santana squared!

Now wasn't that more fun to watch than Colon?

That's better!

Too good of pitches for 0-2!

Buxton got lucky on that hit. That is the sucker pitch way outside and low that he usually strikes out on!

I am amazed at how shallow Buxton plays. He sure can make up the ground, though. Makes for high speed into the fence/wall possibilities. So far, mostly he stays on the field, especially after the early career frequency of getting himself injured. Dive away, and land softly.

Totally! Missed opportunity there.

Good move Molitor! Get him out of there......

Rodgers just looks like he has lost all command of his pitches, outing after outing now.

I wish we could bunt like this all the time!

Is a 4 run lead enough for 2 innings of the Twins' bullpen?

It helps for the Twins to actually score some runs when Colon pitches. I still don't like him. I guess I will always hold it against him that the Cy Young award Santana deserved went to Colon, and that wasn't even his fault. I guess I just like to watch athletic athletes, and not guys that don't take care of themselves. Plus, he throws like a girl ....

I think they always have too much yellow (which makes them orange) in them. Even this year's model of the red tops they wear at home this year some. But these... even more so, I agree.

Those uniforms make Colon look fat.

Royce Lewis goes 0-4 and still has 2 RBI with a SF and a BB. He produces when he doesn't produce!

One could say that the FO has selected more "failures" since we really only want 5 good rotation pieces with 5 back up depth in AAA. And the very high percentage of selections have not pitched well enough to stick and be a consistent option. Seems like guessing as much as great evaluation to me. Plus, the new 10-day DL has changed everything about moving players around. Just ask the Dodgers. I like it.