Comments on: Postgame: Red Sox 1, Twins 0

By: Johnnyonspot

Johnnyonspot — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:01:17 +0000

If “apoplectic” describes fans after last nights giveaway, there is no word to describe how fans, including me, now feel after the bullpen has just blown the second game of this series. So now we have there big ace tomorrow. Do I hear “sweeeeep”? And to think two days ago I declared that the Twins are the real deal. Looks like I spoke too soon.

By: Gyromatic

Gyromatic — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:23:46 +0000

JRLC is right. The math on Young’s “put in play” line don’t add up to a .304 average. I would bet that number came right out of Gardy’s mouth and Joe was but quoting him on it.

Furthermore, the stat is tenuous, if not outright flawed, in that it ONLY takes into count when Young actually puts the ball in play versus, say, when he swings and misses. When a pitcher is struggling in finding the strike zone, a 0-1 count is detrimental also in that it forces a hitter to swing, perhaps, at other bad pitches to protect the count. As for last night, Mauer, Morneau, and Kubel take good at-bats, work the count (they heard DiceK struggles with his location early in games), get on base, and all their efforts are flushed down the toilet with one swing ofthe bat by Young. Pitiful. Grow up, kid.

By: ben-jee

ben-jee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:48:07 +0000

Peter says:

July 8th, 2008 at 7:32 am

‘Well Mr Christensen. Thought you are a writer at the Strib but this high 5 seems like s sum of arguments by Gardenhire’s lawyer.’

Great post!

By: TwinsTerritory

TwinsTerritory — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:04:40 +0000

The Twins aren’t going to make a big trade most likely.

They are comfortable with Casilla and Buscher, and the pitching can’t be helped all that much.

But, what about Brian Roberts? We could put Casilla at short and Buscher/Harris/Punto could play short.

By: TwinsTerritory

TwinsTerritory — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:03:01 +0000

I think a lot of fans were just mad because we haven’t seen this team lost a lot lately, and seeing them do it when they only give up one run to a All-Star lineup like the Red Sox is hard to take.

Nonetheless, you can’t blame a lot of people for the loss.

The only thing I was upset about was Monroe’s at-bat. When you’re up 2-0 in the count, you need to get something done other than a weak foul-out. All we needed was a groundball (with no DP chance) or a fly to the OF.

By: Call Me Stupid

Call Me Stupid — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:08:13 +0000

So where is Gomez during these Gap shots Young can’t get? Maybe those gap shots are just that…. Gap shots. The plays I thought Young screwed up on were the inside the park HR debacle, the ball that bounced over his head for a triple (Should have been a 2 base error in my opinion) and a couple that he ran over cause he couldn’t bend down far enough to pick it up. But were dbls anyway you look at it