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  1. bighat
    Classic "GOOD EDDIE"!
  2. bighat
    Yankees players look to be having an awful lot of fun today. Relaxed, joking around in the dugout, like they're playing in a Spring Training game or something. About as loose as I've ever seen a team in a playoff game, and I can't blame 'em.
  3. bighat
    The Twins do have to score like 8 runs to win this thing - Odorizzi isn't the problem right now, the issue is that the Twins can't seem to do anything offensively.
  4. bighat
    That wasn't fan interference, but why would you even try to catch that ball as a fan? Sometimes I wonder if all common sense just flies out the window as soon as some of these people enter the gates.
  5. bighat
    Dang. Hello darkness my old friend.
  6. bighat
    Rats.
  7. bighat
    Yeah, Kep looks foggy up there. It seems that the Twins should have either shelved him for the playoffs, or put him in during that last KC series. One or the other. Playoff baseball isn't the time to shake off a month of rust.
  8. bighat
    I don't think Game 165 is where you shake things up. You dance with the one that brung ya. In this case, it's Rosario batting cleanup. He might just lean into one tonight and blast one to the concourse.
  9. bighat
    8-1 now. Kiermaier hit a 3-run bomb when the team was trailing 1-0 early. It's a good strategy: 3-run homers are a good recipe for winning ball games. Twins will need to hit bombas with men on base tonight. A bit worried about Severino as he's about as rested as possible with only two starts under his belt this season! Odorizzi's an All-Star. Been a rock all year. Time for Jake to step up and pitch the game of his life. Go Twins!
  10. bighat
    Looking at some comments here, I almost wonder if many Twins fans would have preferred an 82-82 season and missing the playoffs over a 101 win season and getting swept by the Yanks in embarrassing fashion? I'm not being sarcastic and don't judge anyone's personal opinion. It's kinda like the prettiest girl at school accepting your invite to the prom (yay!) only to dump you immediately after the night is over (embarrassing!). Would you rather have just not gone to the dance at all? Or does the experience build character? Of course....from a fan's perspective, we don't need any more "character building experiences". We've had plenty of those moments and it's been a long time since anything went our way. For the record, I'd prefer to make the playoffs and get swept rather than finish in the doldrums.
  11. bighat
    Thing is though - by the time Duffey was brought in (both games) it was almost like the game had already spun out of control and was out of reach. Bringing in Rogers with the bases loaded and nobody out, in the 3rd inning, already down 2-0....is that really the best use of Rogers? Even a solid outing by Rogers in that situation would still leave the Twins down 3-0 or 4-0 (as opposed to 7-0). So now you're down 4-0 and if you somehow come back to tie or take the lead, Rogers isn't there and you're watching Trevor May come in for 2 innings late in Yankee Stadium to close the door. Does that end well? Chances are it doesn't. We knew pitching would be a problem. Everyone did. The Twins have been winning games with final scores of 9-7 all year long. For the Twins to have any chance of winning the series (let alone the game) the offense is going to have to put up at least 8 runs. The offense scored 4 and 2 runs, respectively. There's simply no way this team can win games without more runs that that. Regardless of whether or not Rogers or Odorizzi were in the game or not. The offense needs to score a bunch of runs. Period. Fair or not, it's on them to win this game and this series. Because the pitching staff is a lost cause, regardless of how they are managed.
  12. bighat
    Bingo. Every baseball fan outside of New York City has been pulling for the Twins to be this year's story. This was the equivalent to the dreaded 5 seed vs. 12 seed matchup in the NCAA tournament. Everyone - not just Twins fans - wanted to see Minnesota stick it to the Yankees. This was the upset everyone wanted to see happen. Even New York media outlets were saying this would be a knock-down, drag-out series. The Twins have disappointed their own fans terribly. They've also drawn facepalms and eye rolls from baseball fans all over the country. This has truly been an embarrassment on a national stage. If the Twins get swept, they should be ashamed of themselves and rightfully so.
  13. bighat
    Donde esta La Tortuga?
  14. bighat
    Serious question: have we all given up on this team already? There's still hope the Twins can nab a game at home on Monday, you know. Oh yeah, these first two games have been a gut punch. Couldn't have gone worse, really. Frustrating. But they just need to win 3 straight. One game at a time. If they can take a game on Monday, this series becomes interesting again. But remember that double-header sweep in Cleveland? We need that mojo back. Is it too late?
  15. bighat
    This is what we all said the last time the Twins got crushed by the Yankees in the playoffs. And the time before that also. If you haven't seen the movie before, here's what happens next: we miss the playoffs for 7-8 straight years and the nightmare repeats a generation later. It's not about being nice or mean. None of these players are from Minnesota, it's not a cultural war between the Midwest and the East Coast. It's simply one team having resources and spending money vs. another team that doesn't have as much resources and doesn't spend as much money. It's the Waldorf Astoria vs. Extended Stay America.
  16. bighat
    Ditto.
  17. bighat
    Last night's bullpen decisions look pretty bad in retrospect....bringing in Stashak down 5-4 and Gibson down 7-4 (essentially waving the white flag) look like the wrong moves. The Twins seemed to treat last night like a warm-up game, when it looks like it might have been the only game they could have won.
  18. bighat
    This is basically the only path we can take in order to keep our sanity at this time. I suppose it's the healthiest way to process what we're seeing also!
  19. bighat
    I don't want to rip anyone's head off, certainly not any fellow Twins fans. But yeah I think we're all feeling pretty depressed and frustrated with what this team has shown so far. We all hoped for better and were dreaming of an upset. This isn't fun for anyone, it just sucks.
  20. bighat
    Twins gonna get crushed 18-2 or something? How is this acceptable in professional sports?
  21. bighat
    Yeah this is pretty awful and depressing. Yankees and their fans had no respect for the Twins coming into this series. The Twins are a joke, they said. And they look 100% right.
  22. bighat
    Oh. My. God. Over.
  23. bighat
    Third straight 0-2 count on these guys. Let's get a double-play or a K for crying out loud.
  24. bighat
    Anndddd he hit the guy with an 0-2 count. Unreal. Twins let another run in and this game's over, IMO. Keep it to 3-0 and there's a chance. Pretty embarrassed for this team right now.
  25. bighat
    Not sure I can watch this Stanton AB.
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