Comments on: Thursday lineups: Twins/Padres

By: sane

sane — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:15:43 +0000

Walt,
Make sure you put your Twins criticism in a form the coaches and players can use to plan their practice drills.
Without a clearcut to-do list organized by the fans and media, the coaches and players will have no idea what skills thet need to work on at practices.
The result would be chaos, rather than structured practices concentrating on those deficiencies uncovered by the fans and media.

By: the Dragon

the Dragon — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:46:38 +0000

Walt,

Interesting theory.

Maybe, if one halucinates real hard, one might also find that the slow start had just a tad to do with a NEW (to the team) CF, LF, 3B, SS, 2B and 2 SP’s. That’s 62% turnover in the field and a 40% turnover at SP.

BUT, I am sure criticism is the real answer.

Regards,

By: walt

walt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:36:02 +0000

The Twins were existing in a politically correct, no criticism allowed world, making excuses for the team’s youthful age. Once the media and fans began to realistically criticize their game, they improved toward their potential. The fans and the media need to be more honest about the team’s performance, regardless of their age, and should criticize them in a realistic and constructive fashion which will enable them to improve–something that was lacking in 2007.

By: Me Too

Me Too — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:50:24 +0000

BTW, with the stats that Bartlett is putting up this year, he needs to be an elite level shortstop, since his bat sure isn’t helping out the offense. Guess his teammates are pointing out his defense since they are trying to keep from crying about his offensive production.

/last statement was said in partial jest/

By: Me Too

Me Too — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:45:48 +0000

Again, his defense is better, and he did have a good glove, but I remember an aweful lot of infield singles. An infield single IS better than an outfield single, since it keeps the runners from advancing the extra base, or scoring from second. That much is true. I agree that his defense is better than Harris, but come on, it isn’t THAT much superior. His teammates are talking him up, that is great. That is what teammates and coaches are supposed to do. You always support your teammates. You don’t throw them under the bus.
BTW, Gardy was saying that when Everett was having problems, I can’t remember anything being stated after Harris has pretty much taken over the spot. Everett was a trainwreck, that much I agree with for certain.

By: mike wants wins

mike wants wins — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:34:33 +0000

Me Too: His Rays teammates and coaches have said repeatedly that Barlett is THE reason their defense is so much better this year. Gardy has said at least twice how good Barlett is in the field and how he misses his glove.