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  1. knothole61
    This just in: the Twins on Tuesday night became just the second team in American League history to lose 10,000 games--the Browns-Orioles franchise being the first. This was accomplished, of course, by including the often poor records of the Washington team. Years ago they used to say: What is Washington? A: First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. Ah, but that 1924 Series was a dandy, eh?
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    Did I do the math right? The 2025 Twins have scored 2 runs or less almost 35% of of the time? Horrific!
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    Gleeman is unequalled in his ability to get to the point, both powerfully and painfully!
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    *Comment: I love Ryan, sign him to a big contract as soon as possible, if possible. And...how can an offense staffed by highly-paid professionals be so bad?
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    Hubie, right...there's something very disturbing to me about him as an MLB manager, I think he'd make a great middle school counselor or a public relations director for some fairly low-profile firm, but he leaves me flat in his leadership role with the Twins. When I see him sprawled out in his office with that mellow countenance (win 11-0 or lose 11-0, the same mellow countenance) it makes me cringe. Frankly I really can't listen to him any more...maybe that's my failing, but I can't. And yeah, the players seem quite fond of him, maybe they love him...but is that the best approach to success in major league sports? I can't say for sure, I can only offer the wisdom of 16th century Florentine philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli who believed that a leader could not rely on love to ensure success because fear holds by a stronger bond than love. I don't want Rocco to turn into Woody Hayes on steroids, I just think he might tighten the screws a bit more from time to time.
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    Buxton is a phenomenon, an exciting, multi-tool player, and we are lucky to have him. But...he gets in what appear to me to be some strange "head-spaces" at times (sometimes for a game or two and sometimes for weeks) when he looks absolutely lost at the plate, and he was lost tonight!
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    You know, I completely understand the revulsion at the sight of anyone not running 100%. But I'm pretty sure that if Lewis keeps trying to run full speed he will spend much more than half of his seasons on the IL. His value to the Twins is not as a base stealer or a guy who can stretch out an extra base from time-to-time anyway-yes? He's really pretty earthbound. I say let him use "the better part of valor" on the base paths and live to fight many more days as a result. Channeling my inner Johnnie Cochran: If it's speed he will not succeed. Some guys just pull under high strain. The more pulls (tears) you have the weaker the entire mechanism becomes and the greater the likelihood of future injuries. Even when a given tear "heals" it can leave behind a sizable calcified node on the spot. I'm probably not up on the latest medical knowledge, but I do know that chronic hamstring problems can spell doom for an athlete. Time will tell, and maybe he'll fly around the bases unhindered for years to come...I just wouldn't bet on it.
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    I know that the aesthetics of it are not pleasing, and that purists will say that if he can't be counted on to go 100%, 100% of the time he should just pack his bag, but I think for Lewis to contribute to the Twins in a meaningful way, he'll need to be coached to run the bases at a controlled 75% effort, most of the time. It's hard to pull a hamstring at a reduced speed. He should have no trouble fielding at third base or shacking around the bases. The pulls occur when you get up on your toes and extend, and surge for at least 10-15 hard strides. If you have the inclination to pull, and Lewis clearly does, no amount of stretching or whatever "vibration technologies" they may have today (I may have made that up?) will keep him from risking a pull any time he puts the pedal to the metal...any time. I think he can find his hitting stride again, (maybe .900s in OPS?) but I wouldn't have him try to find his full running stride again. It's really not a sellout, just common sense in my humble opinion.
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    Bride is a Milwaukee kid who will soon turn 30...I hope that the Twins are through with him. He looks much more potent without the 1950s sport glasses, although it's just an illusion! Nothing personal and I wish him well, but I can't stand the thought of watching him bat any more. The Twins managed two hits tonight before the big national audience...very sad.
  10. knothole61
    Bring up the Uber for Ober. Look, I can't imagine that Dobnak could be any worse than the current version of Ober--likely somewhat better. I might even be able to ignore his flamboyant presentation at this point. The Twins scored 5 today and it wouldn't have taken more than an average pitching performance to have given them a fair chance to win. I like the Ober story too, but he is toast at 90 mph and we can't afford to give him any more starts right now. Bring up, Dobnak, Adams, somebody, anybody else! Oh...Wentz is really, really bad.
  11. knothole61
    That's me...I've gone from Jax is not clutch, to Jax is a god, to Jax is not clutch. I will say no more, but wish him well--he really confuses me. Nice win!
  12. knothole61
    "Nuestro vino es amargo, pero es nuestro vino."
  13. knothole61
    The Twins displayed some real character today: after a long. long rain delay with the card games. and cat naps, and uncertainty whether the game would even be played, they came out in the muddy, damp drear, before just a handful of stalwart fans, and got the job done. That's character! In 1960 John Updike wrote: "Williams is the classic ballplayer of the game on a hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill." Well, the Twins did well on an uninspiring day near the end of a horrible month of baseball...let's hope that what it took to do so can carry them on to bigger and better things.
  14. knothole61
    As Lao Tzu wrote quite some time ago: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." GoTwins... Great job Ryan against a dangerous lineup...Cal who?
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    I'm tired of the Johan Duran as closer show. He's not been in a groove for some time and he provides far too many boneheaded moments such as the 2 bizarre HBPs in the 9th. He looks like he's learning a new off-speed pitch or something. Give him the 7th for now. A modest proposal: put Jax at closer...give it a try. I have been critical of Jax as a pitcher with superior stuff who folds too often in the clutch, but I willing to eat some crow after his masterful 7th inning tonight. Man, he was magnificent, and the strikeout of Raleigh was sublime! He put down the top of the Mariners' order in 13 pitches while striking out two good hitters including the phenom Raleigh. What a shame to waste a great comeback and Jax's 7th tonight. Maybe we finish one off tomorrow?
  16. knothole61
    Doc, you never know. I did find the PH kind of strange, especially late in the game given Castro's defensive liabilities. Actually, Kody seems to be just the guy you need at the plate if you are looking for a medium-deep fly ball at any given time.
  17. knothole61
    For your Minnesota Twins: over one-third of tonight's at bats were taken by players with a .193 average, batting average...and neither Bride nor Keirsey saw action. Seattle's three lowest batting average, averages (I did that again!) tonight came out to .242. And Wentz is atrocious...no, he really is. I know, I know...he's a lefty. Arrrggghhhh! The season has gone beyond sad now, to some nether world that I cannot name.
  18. knothole61
    I don't believe that this lame duck ownership team is going to go to the trouble of searching for and paying a new manager AND paying the rest of Baldelli's salary--I think the club exercised his option for 2026, yes? He could (and may) lose 50 more in the second half of the season and not be fired under the existing circumstances.
  19. knothole61
    A law firm from Mars?
  20. knothole61
    T & R, I love your analysis of Wallner. A few games ago a single fell in front of him that I felt the character in Damn Yankees could have gotten to even after having been turned back from young Joe Hardy into old Joe Boyd! At this point (27) his fielding is nothing to write home about and he's a .200ish pop up and K machine who hits an occasional, and often magnificent, moon shot to the terrace in right! I hope he hits his stride soon, but as hard as it is to say, he may have reached his peak already..."so we beat on."
  21. knothole61
    Sjoski...this is amazing, thanks for the stat. Is it a lack of perspiration, or inspiration? Probably some of both? Man, it's been awful!
  22. knothole61
    Irish, we also have to add the 14-3 loss on June 5 to the A's...thus, in the last 14 games the Twins have managed to lose by scores of 14-2, 16-4, 16-3, and now 17-6. I know what's at work here and I'm frankly quite sick of it. When games get out of hand all that matters to Rocco (and I'm sure many here on TD) is that effort is not wasted, pitchers are not strained, and players do not risk injury in a hopeless cause. So reasonable and rational, eh? Well I hate it. Have some pride...have enough respect for the game, and yourselves, to fight hard to quell the rout. Draw a line and say no more. Risk an injury, strain a few pitchers, but build a rock-hard resolve that will serve you far better during difficult times than the rationality of the rag doll that you are practicing.
  23. knothole61
    Love that win! I think we'll have our hands full with the Brewers in town though. Milwaukee should have close to (or more than?) 50% of the crowd and they have been playing very well for weeks. If that's not enough, we will face their fireballing phenom on Friday night and on Saturday...wait for it...a lefty! But at least it should be exciting and I'll hope for the best.
  24. knothole61
    Bride looks like the math brainiac, 10K runner who always had oranges and some thoughts on reducing the pain of shin splints while riding on the high school track bus. He really does...
  25. knothole61
    The sad stretch continues...but wasn't it nice to see Buxton return (none the worse for wear) after that potentially devastating HBP that kept him out of the game in Houston on Sunday. Heaven only knows what might have happened if Buxton (and his .850 OPS!) had been forced to pinch hit to start the 10th last Sunday with a sore elbow? But hey, he's so much better now: "wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles!"
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