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  1. Whitey333
    Yes very boring, listless baseball going on three years now. Players look like they don't care. Why should they? They have a manager that appears to not care as long as the plan is followed. It'd one thing to lose but fir crying out loud do theyveven care how bad they look. And Juluen made a terrible play for sure. BUT where was Buxton and Kiriloff the next two batters up? They did nothing. They had chance to pick up a couple of runs after Julien gaffe but did nothing. And what are we telling our young players? Waller reaches base 8 straight tired. His reward for.actually performing? Send him back to St. PAUL. LETS NOT TALK about options he had left. Let's talk about common sense. That's where it's point. The FO and manager don't have much common sense. What a boring and undisciplined team. At least we know they can blame it all on bad umpiring and injuries. They wonder why people are upset. Do they ever watch their own product? If our prospects are so good why do they appear to make such little influence on the team? Enough ranting and raving on my part. A lot of pent up frustration over the past two and half years. I continue to hope things get better. Been waiting for a long time. When will they ever consistently show any life in them?
  2. Whitey333
    Excellent well written article. This team the past 2 years and now this year is a very boring and frustrating team to follow. Way too many wins left out there. But the team is content because there appears to be little or no consequence for poor play and results. Thanks for writing an article that explains why many of us fans are frustrated with the play of the Twins.
  3. Whitey333
    Nice article. You mentioned Buxton controlling MLB for a decade? That took a lot of credibility away from your statements. Buxton, o ly playing half the time during his " decade" with the Twins controlling MLB is totally ridiculous. Other than that I did like the article. Trading Hicks was ok but to only get Murphy was a huge blunder.
  4. Whitey333
    Let's face the facts. Nothing much has changed the past two seasons and now this one. Same boring team, same boring manager, same boring results.
  5. Whitey333
    I'm not a Rocco fan due mainly to his inflexibility. He appears very poor at in game management. I think a manager sets the tone for the whole team. And Roccos team is boring, listless, and undisciplined. If managers aren't important anymore, perhaps we don't need one. Have Falvey manage lol. He knows everything and doesn't like being criticized at all. Or just let the players run the show. I think managers are important and are a direct reflection of their team. With the current FO and Baldelli we can expect more of the same for the next few years, yawn, yawn!!
  6. Whitey333
    I totally agree. This team has been playing boring and listless baseball for over two years now. There seems to be no leadership or fire on this team. I still watch because I love the Twins. I just don't like the "baseball" they are trying to sell us. It's like watching reruns if Gilligan's Island over and over.
  7. Whitey333
    Between some Injuries (again) and stupid management, the Twins again have a B-C lineup in today. Same old same old.
  8. Whitey333
    We've seen this many times over the past 2-3years. Poor play, poor hitting, untimely bullpen blowup. A very boring manager leading a very boring and listless team. But they extend him. Expect much more of the same for the next few seasons. And people say it's OK because they are in first place? You can be in first place but that doesn't make you a first place team. This is a boring team playing boring vaseball. Yawn!!
  9. Whitey333
    This is the strangest FO the organ I zation has had in many years. Strange signings, strange trades, not much roster stability. Way too much turnover.
  10. Whitey333
    Also it sure looks like the ànalytic approach is working well isn't it?
  11. Whitey333
    Yes Rocco was totally outmanaged last night. UT that is really quite the normal thing. Also we are probably stuck with him for a while as Ken Rosenthal reports Baldelli is now signed through 2025 after twins pick up two options on him. Both Baldelli and Levine should be gone. This team us very boring and has been for over 2 and a half years. This organization is so messed up right now. Kiriloff needs to pkay everyday. They sure mess with the young players and placate the vastly overpaid and overrated veterans. When are we going to get a major league team in the Twin Cities?
  12. Whitey333
    This team continues to do the same thing it has done the past couple of years. That is lose very winnable games. And losing them in similar fashion for quite a while. We've git people saying they could have been 5-1. People blaming the regularly bad umpiring. But they didn't go 5-1. They went 2-4!! Good teams go 5-1 on that trip. At keast they are home now where they are a very good 14-8. Let's hope we get back on track.
  13. Whitey333
    Buxton hurt? I don't believe it. Seems like a rerun of an old TV show.
  14. Whitey333
    No real surprises. But huge disappointments. This continues to be just an average team in a lousy division. If the bullpen is "taxed" it's because of very poor management. From the FO stocking the pen to Roccos Continual mismanagement of it. How can they be taxed. They had Thursday off. Looks like the pen took Friday off too. Yes Jax is becoming the latest reliever that's failing. He, just like Pagan and Colome before him just keeps getting sent out there day after day to lose games. Pathetic starting lineup as well. The lefty from Angel's has a higher batting average against lefties. Yet of course we stock the lineup with right handed stiffs like Garlick who shouldn't even be on the roster. The Twins will have some very good stretches of wins this year but I believe many more stretches of poor play and losses. They are what they are. Just an average team.
  15. Whitey333
    Continuing their road struggles I predict the Twins lose 2 of 3. With two lefties going in the series I am sure Rocco will give plenty of rest to Gallo, Kiriloff, Larnach. This players are going to have to start playing regularly against lefties. IMO the right hand platoons aren't all that great. This team us not great. They are decent with still a lot of holes in it. Go Twins. We should have swept the Dodgers. Gave away two games. It happened s way too often in the Baldelli era.
  16. Whitey333
    Yes it was obviously the wrong strategy. Rocco continues to show how not to handle a bullpen. Pagan is not a m never has been the guy to use in High pressure situations. He should not even be on the roster in my opinion. If Pagan represents the best option we have in the bullpen we are in a world of hurt. The FO inability/ unwillingness to upgrade the bullpen is really showing.
  17. Whitey333
    I agree that the other big issue in yesterday's game was the bases loaded no one out situation in which we didn't score again. But that shouldn't overshadow another pathetic performance by Pagan. He has literally cost the team 12 games over the past two years. Pagan must be DFA'd if the Twins are to be considered serious contenders. Also IMO Baldelli should be next. Like yesterday he consistently gets outmanaged.
  18. Whitey333
    The article like many of the new found analytics is cherry picking at its worst. What a joke of an article. This is exactly what is wrong with the new Era of modern baseball.
  19. Whitey333
    I agree with all the negativity directed at the umpires. Cuzzi is, and always has been one of the worst umpires in MLB. That being said, all you hear Baldelli talking about is how the umpiring cost them the game. That is the Twins refrain. If you lose a close game blame it on the umpires. What about leaving 15 runners on base? What about a woefil 4-17 with runners in scoring position? What about bases loaded and no outs in the 10th and only scoring one run? And that was on a walk. What about the winning run scoring on a bases loaded walk? He was in an 0-30 slump. How can you not throw strikes to him? How about a lineup that features Gallo at leadoff. Leadoff mind you is not where a lifetime. 199 hitter should be in the batting order. Go
  20. Whitey333
    Nice article. Great two games for the offense. The key is will any of it continue? Not talking 16 run games. But 4-5 runs per game would be great. Go Twins!
  21. Whitey333
    It's funny what a two day offensive outburst can do. It's great but I'm not sold yet. It was only two games. Great but certainly more flukey than substantive. If the team can consistently score 4 or 5 runs a game they have a great chance. Two games out of 40 is nice to do. Let's see some ongoing offense. But It was great.
  22. Whitey333
    Sands is proving again he is not a major league pitcher. Kiriloff I. Hope his wrist holds up. Kind of curious that Rocco pinch hit for him after he got three hits including 2 Homer's. I hope we don't have to wrap him in bubble wrap like they do Buxton Let's not get too excited after one very good offensive showing. Buxton is in a 0-25 slump. Correa does NOT look like he's coming out of a slump yet but I hope so. Gallo hits a mammoth homerun and people forget he is hitting around 190 which is near his 199 CAREER. I sure hope the offense can be more consistently good than bad. Go Twins
  23. Whitey333
    Jax is a decent, perhaps good reliever. He is not a great reliever. Great relievers get great results and don't whine a out "bad luck". I've said this since spring training: this team is a mediocre team, with a mediocre manager playing in a mediocre division. I keep hoping our star players wake up. I keep hoping our hitting as a whole wakes up. I keep hoping our mediocre bullpen holds up with its overuse so early. Just like last season. We're approaching the time when the players need to produce.
  24. Whitey333
    Strange team this Twins team. For many years we had good hitting but not so great pitching. Not we have very good starting pitching but can't hit in the clutch or much at all. Bringing Lee up now would probably do more harm than good.for.him. We however should not be afraid about who we would remove from the 40 man roster. There's plenty of candidates. Correa and Buxton should quit shrugging their shoulders and saying that's baseball. Buxton In an 0 for 25 slump should be making plans for improving, not making excuses.
  25. Whitey333
    Buxton has and always will be an enigma of sorts. At times he flashes some brilliance at the plate but that's getting to be less and less. He's currently in a o for 20 streak and looks bad and overmatched again. He is tied for the team lead in strikeouts at 43 with the recently demoted Larnach. He is tied in RBI with 19 also with the recently departed Larnach. Bottom line is Buxton is just an average hitter. Unless you accept a .226 average as superstar status like Correas .189. IMO Larnach and Miranda were demoted in part due to the poor performance of the teams so called star players. Had they been performing to their capabilities, Larnach and Miranda may have still been on the team as this may have been less pressure for those guys to perform. I'm not even saying they shouldn't have been sent down. Their production in some regards has been better than the star players. Too bad they had to be used in par at least as scapegoats.
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