Blyleven2011

No they're the crappy twins hitters , where's Vazquez he could join the fun ..

Can't get hits but the strikeouts are adding up ... Pathetic swinging at crapp they can't hit , what happened to our scouting reports , they aren't working ... Oh that's right , scouting is coming from the wiz kid , he can do it all don't you know ...

Velocity down for Ryan a couple ⁹f ticks ...

Has Correa stats been better in Houston staying out of the double play ...

1 . Is Joe Ryan a first half pitcher ... 2 . or is he just tired of playing for this organization ...

Your not taking me out , Im pitching the tenth inning , this is my game ... Jack Morris / aka , blackjack

Martin didn't read the flight of the ball and the right fielder decoyed him into thinking it was going to be caught .... Just another Baserunning blunder , but he did come into score eventually ...

Twins had No fight tonight to play spoiler against Cleveland now just 2 1/2 games behind Detroit for the division ... Twins played the Yankees tough and gave us some excitement by scoring runs ... Tonight we reverted back to our dull way of baseball ... Why can't Rocco motivate his players to play consistent baseball , we were in this game until the eighth inning and our bullpen gave up 2 runs in each of the last 2 innings to sink us ...

From this era I wouldn't spend on souvenirs but at flea markets I find some nice old memorabilia from the 60's and 70's ... I won't buy tickets to see a game until it's sold but I will take gifts ...

Well it wasn't a Cleveland 1 run win , twins not competitive to start the series , rusty from a day off ... Back to the norm , game sucked ... No where near as the Yankees series ...

I wish our pitchers didn't do slumps , what's sands excuse ...

Sands sucks , now last 4 outings he hasn't been effective ...

I'll let you know in 5 minutes ...

We are out hitting Cleveland so pitching is holding .... Twins aren't as hungry as the Yankee series , don't they know they could play spoiler if they beat Cleveland ...

I'll take the large pinstrips over the pajamas ...

It's the usual , get behind and fight back , I hope they have the fight in them , we haven't played Cleveland well this year ...

I'd like to add another fan appreciation request ... Get rid of these losing city connect uniform , especially these blue pajamas...

I'll get back to you after the weekend , but I hope we have some enthusiastic games like the Yankees series , I hope they don't revert back to 3 hits per game...

Dang , you beat me to it .... It's the obvious answer , no other answer will do .... Also wallner right oblique on IL list , Keirsey Jr brought up , would have been a good time for some enthusiasm and bring up fedko for last nine games , but he wasn't on 40 man roster , why not dfa someone from the roster and add him , What a crock , the moves they make just to antagonize the fans ...

Injuries weren't the main culprit , as posted by riverbrian , 7 out of 10 teams with the most injuries are playoff bound , I have to agree that injuries weren't the problem , 1 problem was depth and the number one problem is ... I wish you Cody could have the guts to say the real problem is our field manger and his coaches , FO's incompetence doesn't help .... I've stated many times since FO and Rocco have been in place that we will never win and so far they have proven me right that the organization is a dysfunctional organization ... They don't play baseball the way baseball should be played, the players are failing at the major league level because they don't take the talent that has earned promotion ( or in our case promoted to soon ) , these players need to be taught again and again at the hardest level of baseball for the player and team to succeed , take te talent and make that talent better , I just don't see that happening with our organization , some of our traded players at the deadline are thriving with their new teams atmosphere .. We need a better atmosphere and better coaching at the major league level , I don't blame the minor leagues development , I blame the twins level of development in the MLB ... THE EYE TEST DOESN'T LIE ....

Gene was definitely a strategic manager , he didn't have the best talent while here so he had to play small ball baseball for runs , intelligent as was kelly ... Tom kelly won 2 world series 87 and 91 as you know so people are placing him number 1 and it's a good argument , there is no argument on who is closet to the worst , Rocco may have a winning record now but next year in 2026 with over a 100 losses he may not , I'll have to look his record up and the winner is 517 wins and 494 losses for a 511 winning percentage .... Rocco will be on the losing side of 500 if they do retain him for 2026 , is the wiz kid going to allow this to happen to his good buddy ...

I too struggle with international pitchers who have made the major league club , there's got to be some relief pitchers that had a taste but I can't think of any ... Does berrios count out of Puerto Rico , taken in the draft ??? ....

Many years ago , if you could throw 95 or higher and throw strikes, you were on the roster regardless of age ... Get Santiago stateside , get sone weight on him and maybe he could move up fast and hit the majors at 20 yrs old with proper coaching ... It could happen and would be a credit to our development squad ...

I had to roll my eyes to the title Cody , I know you love your twins and are loyal to them but this is a ridiculous article ... Where do you get these ideas to write about and your articles that you post are usually a day late and a dollar short ... Rocco is a terrible field manager , he's not a leader but a follower of the FO , he's not a teacher like kelly , gardenhire or molitor , just because a prospect has earned his promotion or in our case promoted to soon he sits backs and thinks they will play in the most difficult level of baseball , players regressing ( is that the players fault or the manager and coaches fault ) , i lean on the field manager being more at fault , the way the twins play with bad Baserunning , throwing to the wrong base , defense in question , no adjustments at the plate , not teaching the hitters to hit to all fields ( when we all know if the hitter hits to all field , the pitcher will have a more difficult time getting the batter out , that results in the batter seeing better pitches ) ... IN SHORTER TERMS ROCCO IS BAD AT FUNDAMENTALS ... Rocco is definitely the worst and 2019 manager of the year was not warranted because the players mostly had career years and he sat back and gave pre and post game interviews , and very bad ones at that ... ( if i had the vote i wouldnt have voted for Rocco ( cash or boone earned it ) because what do you base the honor on , his first year as manager and players having career years doesn't get my vote , managing gets my vote , he was terrible in his first and second years in the playoffs which has no reflection on the vote , just stating 2019 and 2020 ) ...

Hello brock ,,, Twins not playing today , since baseball is in the playoffs positioning stages have you every thought of opening up the game thread on the twins off days so we can comment on the other teams playing .... Cleveland just beat Detroit , Detroit still has the divisional lead at 31/2 games , Cleveland is back in the race ... Hunter Greene throws a gem for the reds , 1 hitter complete game , just a dominant pitching performance , NOW THATS BASEBALL , reds now 2 games back for a wild card position ...