TryingToBeHopeful

I have, and will continue to be, optimistic about this season. Maybe they can turn it around, or maybe they wont. Im not sure. But this series really felt like a bad team playing a good team. There were stretches where I felt we could've made some noise, but it always felt like the Rays know how to win, what to do, and did it. Go Twins. Play better tomorrow.

Watching the Rays in this series feels like playing golf with someone who is reasonably in the same skill class as you but does what he needs to and shoots a low score with you are sitting with a 95. Kind of in awe and admire playing with them but then realize, I should be shooting what he shoots if I really put my mind to it. Maybe not a straight forward, but the Twins are a Professional team, with professional players, making millions of dollars, just like the Rays. I hate to admire teams that tear us apart only to realize that could/should be the Twins

First off - I love reading what the excellent authors at TD have to say, and how they say it and I love reading the responses from people who are obviously passionate, at least to some extent, about the Twins and the greater game of baseball. I haven't made a TD account to post because I never saw the need, but this stretch of the season is frustrating to watch and follow. I would assume most or all (myself included!) of the community has some degree of experience within the game of baseball, and that naturally there is a competitive nature to our desire to win and our desire to watch winning baseball. I don't expect the Twins to outspend major market teams (maybe i should?) but there are plenty of examples of quality organizations, including the one we are currently playing, who consistently put out a competitive product. I will be the first to concede that compared to probably every individual within the Twins organization, I am the least qualified to make actual assessments of how to improve. But I can't understand how someone in the FO, coaching staff, ownership group, or the players hasn't been more vocal about the stretch we are in. I hate the Yankees, I do. Tremendously. But I can't help but admire how Aaron Boone treats winning and poor play, and attacks the game with a mentality that is infectious . Or how guys like Aaron Judge truly embody the leadership role and the team follows his lead (to hit, win, compete!). The thing that bothers me also is that every guy on this Twins roster, including the least talented (whoever that might be) is in the top .01% of athletes in the game of baseball. Buckle down, do your job, get a hit, throw a strike, make an out, compete. I have no doubt that's their desire but man, how do you fail over and over. Sometimes I wish I didn't care about winning or losing, and baseball could just be a thing to watch while doing something else. I look forward to the rest of the season, hope we find a groove, and won't feel at all ashamed to win the AL Central even if we are close to a .500 team. If we win, we win. Then win one game at a time after that.