Blyleven2011

They activated buxton

This is a ridiculous idea to go after a pitcher and all in , the twins have a darn good rotation and the problem isn't pitching ... It's quite obvious it is offense we need to go all in for if we are considered a contender for the division title , if we are going in as a playoff wild card don't mortgage the farm ... Twins are not a consistent offensive team , offense doesn't hit and score enough runs , the twins can hit homeruns but they want that every at bat ,,, THE TWINS ARE NOT A HOMERUN HITTING TEAM ( do the twins have a player that can hit 35 to 40 homeruns , NO ) , concentrate on singles and doubles and the homeruns will come , IF the players want to see better pitches to hit , they need to hit to all fields , if they hit to all the fields , opposing pitchers will have a more difficult time trying to get them out and our batters will see better pitches , better pitches to see equals singles , doubles and occasionally a homerun ... Would be nice to have a manager that , bunts, steals , hit and run to stay out of the to many double plays we hit into , hit behind the runner to position them better into scoring position , if it's a right handed batter that means hitting to the opposite field ... The twins need practice and more practice on selecting a ball to hit , they are always guessing wrong , strike three looking proves my theory ... No need to go all in on a pitcher at deadline , it's offensive that can play defensive too ...

From the eye test ... Lewis has an injury and goes on the IL list , rehabs his hamstring and gets healthy enough to start playing games in AAA , hardly a handful of games played , no real results to shake off the rust , gets promoted and the rust is still there and so is the injury ... He was brought up to soon and isn't 100 % , he needs to go back to AAA and shake the rust , work on his confidence and get healthy ... Not the same Lewis who once drove a rolls royce and the eye test suggest he isn't having fun being a player playing below league average players ...

I was going to write about his fastball but I guess I didn't think it was necessary because he's using it less and his primary pitches are his sweeper and change up , but sneaking a fast ball in won't hurt either , just keep it a high strike ...

Jax seems to have his MOJO back , if he can get more outs by sweeper or change up , then by all means keep doing so ... I have no worries about Jax , his wrinkle to start the season was abnormal compared to last year , but he's got the smarts to right the ship if it occurs again ... No worries ...

2015 July , Brian Dozier hit a 3 run homerun to win in the bottom of the ninth , the twins were down 6-3 and we scored 5 runs , I think Mauer might of hit a homer in the inning too ... I remember it well because I was sitting in my recliner and I got up and applauded ( CLAPPED ) the win and said it's about time , IT WAS A CRUMMY SEASON and probably the only walk off that year ...

Injuries happen that's a gimme , but boy do the suck ... We have not been to fortunate on drafting first round players that can stay healthy and play games ... WHY ??? Why can't they stay healthy , why are most players injury prone in today's games , there stronger today but the bodies break down to easily ... Is it what they ate and drank growing up that causes the body to be fragile even though they build the outside of their bodies to be stronger ... It's a theory of mine ...

He wants to keep his job ... I like Anthony laplanta in the both , keep him and find another replacement like Perkins or Trevor plouffe for morneau ... I tend to stream the opposing team broadcasting...

It was a loss ,a shut out loss , when the weather isn't to the players liking , they take the field but don't seem to want to play ... It wasn't much to work with with the lineup , wish we could find a normal leadoff hitter to spark something with hitting and stealing abilities ...

Tough loss to swallow with Lopez on the mound ... Now an off day to make the misery that much worse ... time for some offensive help , wallner would be nice , buxton if healthy ...

We got a new hustler , Vasquez tags up ...

Haven't heard that for a long time , Texas league hit ...

Let's not end it ...

Be nice to have a crooked number inning here ...

And a below average manager to boot , couldn't resist..

Rocco would have pulled a pitcher like SWR , Festa or Matthew's after a long inning in the 4th ...

Lots of pitches and Tampa takes a sizable lead that will hold up unless or bats wake up ... I said earlier it was going to be low scoring game and I was referencing the twins ... Clemens walks , 16 games in a row Clemens has reached base ...

Going to be a long low scoring game if bats don't swing ...

Getting that challenge on the double play was huge early in the game to prevent rays from scoring , the rays gifting us runs on a attempted double play error and twins could do wrong ... They worked for the win ... Jax has his MOJO going strong and Clemens seems to have found a home ... Nice to be back in the win column and let's take the series from the rays ...

Anything can happen in the game of baseball .... The twins won ...

The show begins , Duran in for the save ...

France hitting it where they aren't by going opposite field ... We definitely need more players doing the same ...

Where is he playing tonight , rightfield or DH ???

Where are these smarts coming from ... Heads up play on the double steal ..

I left the room to start dinner tied 1 to 1 and comeback and twins have a 2 to 0 lead , I guessed they challenge the call at first on the double play attempt ... Looked it up and we won the challenge , things are going to go right tonight except in left field I guess ...