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  1. knothole61
    The last two loses hurt, especially considering the razor-thin margin we are facing (along with several other teams) of making the playoffs. And in a fairly mediocre American League this year, any team making the postseason has more than just the proverbial "chip, chair, and chance" of making a deep run. Playoffs or not, I have a feeling that the Twins will give us some meaningful games in September, and back in April when I believe we lost 9 out of 10 at one stretch, that didn't seem possible. This has been a very interesting season and the 2026 Twins are an exciting team. I'm eager to watch them develop the rest of this season and next, and I'm left to wonder how much better this season would have turned out if we had a real closer.
  2. knothole61
    Caratini is puzzling to me...he has such a strange countenance. If I could pick three players off the current Twins' roster who would never come to bat in a crucial situation he would be one of them, and Gray would be the other two!
  3. knothole61
    Easily a top-ten moment in my 65 years watching this team...easily. The utter improbability of a team with one hit in 8 and two-thirds innings winning it with a walk-off grand slam (on an 0-2 count at that) has me stunned. It was quite a day...not only the miracle ending to the game but that equally stunning view of Chief's legs and lovely green patterned garment. Mojo rising baby...have a great road trip!
  4. knothole61
    Fabulous victory...that's the kind of gritty win (down to the last out) that teams who are serious about making a run after the ASB tend to come up with. It's getting fun boys--and please keep the foot on the pedal. Those interested in splendid defensive efforts should check out the last play of the Guardians-Reds nightcap. The Reds' centerfielder makes an amazing catch while pressed into the padding of the outfield wall. Man, talk about concentration!
  5. knothole61
    Winning the division may or may not be easier but it certainly will be better! Regarding Buxton...they'll probably sit him for a couple of days before they decide.
  6. knothole61
    Joe, a handsome couple and seated right on the rail...very nice!
  7. knothole61
    Shhhhhhh!
  8. knothole61
    Enigma, thy name is Buxton. When he's hot (about 20% of the time?) he's MVP quality, but does any Twin in recent memory have such prolonged slumps? Don't get me wrong, he's a great and exciting future Twins' Hall of Fame member but at times, like right now, it's very frustrating to watch him flail away at the plate and to wonder why. Unless I've missed something, he hit 25 home runs before the All Star Game (on pace to challenge Killebrew's single season Twins' homer record) and hasn't hit one since. And when he's off his game he never sees a chin-high fastball that he doesn't love! Love ya' Buck but please pull out of your latest funk in a hurry.
  9. knothole61
    On any given day, any given team...so true! Zebby Matthews is an interesting looking guy--he's right out of central casting but I can't quite put my finger on the part he should play. Tonight, as he was walking around with his cap off in the dugout, I imagined him playing the role of a junior officer on a destroyer in the South Pacific during WW II. Can you see it: fingers cupped around his coffee, half-spent cigarette in the corner of his mouth, and a steely look in his eyes as he scans the stark and choppy horizon for signs of the enemy? Man, that was a bad game!
  10. knothole61
    Holy buzzkill Batman! Hey VBR, where have you been? Long time, no read...
  11. knothole61
    And the lost the 's on their hats. Is nothing sacred?
  12. knothole61
    Man, baseball can be fun! I love a good pitchers' duel and this was one for the ages. Multiple pitchers kept a 1-1 tie going, (despite the ghost runners in the 10th and 11th) until the Twins added two in the 12th. Minnesota's pitchers gave up three hits all game--three hits, over 12 full innings, in a hostile ball park, against a solid team. This truly was a sweet win and I think the Twins are now primed for a very good home stand at a critical juncture in the season.
  13. knothole61
    Bobby Witt is on the 10-day IL and he's the spark plug of their offense.
  14. knothole61
    That was a very important win. If the Twins can shake their "getaway day" doldrums and win on Thursday the road trip will have been just disappointing and not disastrous. Come home on a high note and take care of business against the As and KC and I think the playoff train may be back on the track for now. My favorite Denard-ism last from last night's broadcast was: "That occurred simultaneously at the same time."
  15. knothole61
    DC, Winning against crap teams can be very helpful! I'll take all that I can get...
  16. knothole61
    PTL!
  17. knothole61
    I agree. If you had the luxury to use him strictly as a lefty bench player that might work. Otherwise, I'd send him out on the hustings and wish him well.
  18. knothole61
    Allman Brothers...take your pick!
  19. knothole61
    Actually...no!
  20. knothole61
    Baseball is a streaky game...streaky like no other. Part of the reason is the 162 games. It's hard for even the most dedicated players to keep their edge sharp and their bodies uninjured over a six month period of playing nearly every day, and the 2026 Twins are certainly no exception. The Chutes and Ladders picture someone posted seems especially apropos for the current crop of players as their ups and downs have been especially pronounced. Coming out of the break so cold is very sad indeed...but I have a feeling that getting back home and not playing the likes of the Cubs and Guardians for a while will prove very beneficial. Let's win at least one of the remaining games in Cleveland and then come home and start the playoff run in earnest. Hey, so little was expected of this team back in April that it's really all gravy at this point.
  21. knothole61
    Man, this can't be the board we had in the 1950s!
  22. knothole61
    The momentous nature of Ryan's frantic four innings tonight is steadily coming into focus for me. Since the infancy of baseball in America (let's say in 1876 when the National League had an original eight teams) I can find only one example of a pitcher giving up more that six home runs in a single outing...Charley Sweeney of the St. Louis Maroons gave up seven homers to the Detroit Wolverines on June 12, 1886. "An arm-weary and heavily drinking Sweeney gave up 21 hits and seven home runs in a 14-7 complete game loss." Furthermore, In July of 1884, Sweeney "openly drank whiskey during a game and walked off with a local woman." Later, in 1894 after his brief career had ended, "he shot and killed a man during a barroom brawl in San Francisco" and was sent to San Quentin Prison. It took Ryan, who likely was not intoxicated last night, only four innings to give up six! In the modern era of baseball (after 1901 and the establishment of the American League) Ryan has become the twelfth pitcher to give up a record six home runs in a single game: that's twelve games out of some 183,000 in modern baseball. In the words of Casey Stengel, that's amazin', amazin', amazin'.
  23. knothole61
    Well put, T & R--the next 12 games are very important and none of those as important as the next three, I think. If the Guardians sweep us the resulting six-game losing streak will likely prompt management to begin another fire sale. Even taking one of four might not keep the Twins on life support. I think the boys must split in Cleveland and then come home and put a winning streak together. Any less and the 2026 party will be over and the Murray/McCarthy madness will begin in earnest..
  24. knothole61
    Good points...just feeling desperate for a meaningful trade.
  25. knothole61
    A modest proposal: maybe the Twins could package Larnach (keep Jeffers!), Wallner, and Zebby who is out of options unfortunately, for a #3 or #4 quality starter? Matthews has, I feel, become a black hole in the rotation and we cant afford to be non-competitive every fifth game.
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