Blyleven2011

I wish our week in reviews were more positive , but it's just the way it is with a crappy playing baseball team that is hard to watch take the field ... I wish they would come to play once they take the field ... They remind me of a possum and play dead at home and get killed on the road ... And that's all I have to say about that ...

Bad news ... This was a very upsetting home series with Detroit winning 3 games in our home , embarrassing really .... All I can say is that these two teams are terrible , bad disciplined baseball and Detroit out played us ... 14 strikeouts , 7 hits , mental errors , bad base running again by Solano , Varland not on his game again , I'm really pulling for this minnesotan to take us the distance , he's worked hard to get here , maybe driveline will work for him this off season like Joe Ryan did last off season ,,, Good news ... Welcome to the show ... Balazovic made his debut and pitched fairly well for 3 plus innings , 1 walk , a few hits and some strike outs ( no runs ) , big fella throws in the mid 90's , I'm sure they will option him back to st. Paul ... I hope all the twins make reservations for driveline this winter because they need more help than they are getting from our staff ...

I don't know what the odds were but it would have been a safe bet to make that he would and then double down that it would be looking ... I'm sorry buck , your just not fun to watch right now ...

Alot of game left but I'll tune in on radio and find something to occupy my time while still listening ... Hope for a comeback as always ...

True , I was just stating what Rocco did with Kirilloff who is a better hitter against lefthanders

Rocco likes Kepler and everyone knows that ... But when is he going to learn Kepler is a rally killer and does belong batting higher than eighth ... He doesn't pinch hit for Kepler but did against Kirilloff when he had to face a lefthander ,,, Another head scratcher ...

Looking back at 2019 and 2020 playoffs the hitting was poor in each series cause they went up against better pitching ... Now the hitters make very little contact with any pitcher these days ... The twins went out and traded at the deadline last year ... alot of us didn't think we were serious contenders for the playoff last year and didn't want to add ... Alot of us thought they were going to win the Central , and the FO added players with team control mostly in trading off prospects which was a good trade off and not just for rental player's ... The players acquired at deadline and our regular player's under performed and injuries hampered our goal to the division title ... This year going into this season minus a couple of our better hitters from last season being traded were replaced by Gallo , farmer , Solano and Taylor , also Miranda was demoted after a month in April ... On paper there was concerns about our lineup that the fans questioned , and now performances of the players have answered those questions in a bad way , unwatchable baseball ...

Lewis , mathews and Culpepper , we got our eyes on you ... Go get them you corn cobs ...

Williams was drafted in the 8th round of 2018 same year jeffers was drafted in the 2nd ... I have been following Williams for a few years and he does seem like a late bloomer if you compare him to jeffers ( jeffers debuted in 2020 ) , Williams been a slugger in the minor leagues and now since he reached AAA last year has primarily played first base and DH ... If the twins are going to keep him and not trade him , I'd like to see a late season call up and see if he can adjust to MLB pitching .... How long has it been since we had a power hitting first basemen ( Morneau ) , and he's a right-handed bat , something the Twins need over garlick ...

He definitely is not the same player we have come to expect ... Are the twins being to cautious not playing him in CF or is he injured ... The FO seems to think that the players have a right to privacy and the fans don't need to knowxif he is suffering from an injury ... I wish the FO and Rocco would be more forth coming and communicate to the fans so we can cut him some slack if he is injured or just lay it on thicker if he's not ...

By a larger margin or percentage

And there hasn't been enough wins to satisfy the twins fans ... Rocco say his players have the skills and talent , What's holding them back ...

Georgia mud fudge for me , I'll let you know when I'm in town ...

Twins win , THE TWINS WIN ... Two bad teams that can barely hit the ball , I almost fell asleep...

One out to go ...

Where was al those damn word in yesterday's game , I kept waiting for one ...

You think we're frustrated with the twins giving us a headache ,,, I'm sure the Padres and Mets fans have migraines ...

Guess out long man Hendrick can't go twice through the order .... What's up with that Rocco , he's stretched out as a starter in AAA ... I

9 strikeouts , 50 percent ... Tge strikeouts gotta go ... Twins are ahead and that's what matters ..

I know you like Julien as a hitter and not so much as a 2nd baseman , Julien bat has done well in a small sample ,,, I hope his defense does get better after the jitters subsides , what would you think of a veteran of Polanco as a DH ,,, I think Polanco for sure would be better than Buxton as DH and maybe would help him stay healthy , I posted this during spring training of my thoughts ...

The game of adjustments .... Baseball is a game of adjustments and the twins batters just don't seem to get it and maybe the plan the FO and manager have don't get it either ... We went against the opener , adjustment 1 ... Went went against 2nd pitcher , adjustment 2 and had some success ... We went against 4 other pitchers and adjustments 3 through 6 ... Rocco says the players don't need infield and batting practice so long as the players are prepared to play , they may take the field but they sure don't come to play ... To my knowledge we have played 3 games that the other team has sent an opener in to start a game and we have lost all 3 games , not sure this is correct on openers because I was out of town for some weekend series , cubbies , cleveland and others ... 3 losses to the team that starts an opener against us , did the players prepare themselves mentally for these games , did they look over Rocco stats sheets on each pitcher to see what they throw and where they throw it ... Are they prepared for adjustments in situational hitting with runners on base , the answer is obviously a no ... no because there is no consistency to their preparation of the daily game and it shows on a daily basis from one game to the next , they get lucky once in a blue moon and score a crooked number by hitting a few homeruns , rest of the game they can't seem to string any hits together to score any runs , can't even hit a sacrifice fly with bases loaded and no outs , can't seem to hit the pitch to the opposite fields , the list goes on and on ... can't wait until Lee gets here and starts hitting the gaps for doubles , doubles have been way down for the twins hitters , ( when was the last time we had a player hit 40 doubles in a season ) ... People are saying strikeouts, batting averages don't matter , if you don't make contact it definitely matters ... Whatever happed to the purist form of baseball in hitting , we have the purists form of pitchers and it is being wasted on mediocrity hitting ... The strikeouts gotta go ...

Your amongst friends that are disappointed too ...

Has the twins beat a team this year that has started an opener ... I think we are 0 for 3 , but I could be mistaken and there could be more openers , I'm out of town alot and miss some games and series ... A very disappointing loss ...

Winder get sent back to AAA and new pitcher coming in tomorrow for bullpen game ... That's just a good guess ...

I'm going to go the distance and watch the known outcome ... That's just what a diehard fan does ...