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Twins-Jays: Joe Mauer is not in today’s starting lineup; Henn traded to Baltimore

Posted on September 8th, 2009 – 2:41 PM
By La Velle

This just in: The Twins have traded lefthander Sean Henn to Baltimore for a player to be named later or cash. 

Joe Mauer, who was 3-for-5 yesterday, is not in today’s starting lineup. The clubhouse just opened, so check back later after we find out way. The only thing I can come up with now is that manager Ron Gardenhire said during the last homestand that Mauer definitely was going to get a day off.

So I’m guessing he decided to rest Mauer today with lefty Ricky Romero on the mound. Mauer will face Roy Halladay on Wednesday and probably DH vs Brett Cecil during the day game on Thursday. I’m sure he’s available to pinch hit, but we’ll see what’s going on in a few minutes. Check twitter for a quick update from the clubhouse.

Mike Redmond is catching tonight with Michael Cuddyer at DH and Jason Kubel in right.

Update: Yep, Gardy determined that this was the day Mauer would get off. Mauer said he was told by the manager that he wouldn’t start today and didn’t try to talk him out of it. Mauer is available to pinch hit tonight and, because of off days in each of the next two weeks, Gardy hopes that this is the last game Mauer won’t start this season.

Mauer will DH tomorrow’s game against Roy Halladay and the Jays. with Jose Morales getting the start behind the plate.

Update 2: Joe Crede has been activated from the disabled list and is available tonight. He’ll probably start tomorrow.

Francisco Liriano threw a 42-pitch simulated game to Crede and others and felt great. He’ll probably be activated tomorrow and will work out of the bullpen.

Update 3: Justin Huber and Armando Gabino have reported for duty.

Update 4: Just to make sure you were aware, Saturday’s game is a 12:10 p.m. start so the Twins won’t interfere with the build up to the Gopher’s opener at TCF Stadium.

Update 5: There was a mistake on the original lineup, Cuddyer is in right field and Kubel is the DH.

Update 6: Carol Gardenhire, Ron’s wife, is on the trip as they celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary today.

Twins (69-68)

1. Denard Span, CF
2. O-Cab, SS
3. Jason Kubel, DH
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Cuddy, RF
6. Brendan Harris, 3B
7. Delmon Young, LF
8. Mike Redmond, C
9. Nick Punto, 2B

Pitching: Brian Duensing, LHP

217 Responses to "Twins-Jays: Joe Mauer is not in today’s starting lineup; Henn traded to Baltimore"

SethSpeaks says:

September 8th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

It just makes sense. He hasn’t had a complete day off in a long time. I personally think it’s good. They’re out of the race. They’re going against a lefty. Got to just pick a day, and this one makes sense.

The more intriguing thing is Kubel in RF, Cuddyer at DH.

Bboc6830 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

This makes no sense. You can’t say they are out of the race, especially with 7 games left against the Tigers. If we had none left against the Tigers, then fine, say it. There have been crazier things to happen in the past few years. Think of the Mets and Phillies that last two years! The Mets thought they had everything locked up and two straight years everything came crashing down. I wouldn’t be so distraught about Mauer not playing if at least we had Morales playing in his place. He’s better then Redmond any day of the week. Bottom line is, you don’t take your best hitter/player out of the lineup at a time like this.

Duane says:

September 8th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Sure wish Morales was getting more at bats. I understand that there’s a lefty pitching.

yoke says:

September 8th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Span better be ready to cover a lot of ground out there.

Mike says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

They are not out of the race as long as they can beat Detroit. If they don’t drop more than 7 games back going into the Tigers series, a sweep of both Detroit series would mean they would just have to have the same win-loss as detroit for all other games and they’ll win the division. I’m not counting us out until we play the tigers again.

I am also curious about the cuddy/kubel switch up. Is cuddy still beat up from playing 1b? Maybe they’re trying to build up kubel’s fielding stats to make him more attractive trade bait in the off season

BCTF says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:10 pm

This has to be one of the worst defensive line up they have put out all year. 1B is the only position that we have our best option playing at. I am not counting 3B because we don’t have a “best option”

BCTF says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

Mike,
Why would they trade Kubel?

matswilander says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Not out of it. Seth, I’m getting tired of reading that the Twins are out of it, and I’m surprised that you are saying it just like Howard is saying it. One week ago today, they were 3.5 out. Now they’re 6.5 out. Who’s to say they can’t cut the lead back to 3 just as quickly, i.e., in time for the first Detroit series? I know they’re not playing well, but just a week ago they were playing well. It doesn’t make any sense.

Jordan says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Free Morales!

kirby91 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Playing Red Dog at this point seems to be a sign the, while the players say their not throwing in the towel the manager has. What does Morales have to do, hit .300 points higher than Redmond? They are both bad defensively. If fact Morales was just given credit by the coaching staff for getting the pitchers to throw more fastballs and stop nibbling.

Think1Way2 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

How did Liriano and Crede do?

stinky says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

I dont care who starts! score some runs and pitch well and it will take care of itself.

Benny W says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Redmond gets to catch because he’s Gardy’s buddy. Forget all the comments about Morales’s bad footwork or not going to instructional league - Gardy knows Morales is better than Redmond, he just doesn’t want to hurt Red’s feelings.

howeda7 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Morales caught the last game Mauer didn’t. It’s not as though Redmond wasn’t going to catch another game this year. If this is what you have to complain about, you’re reaching.

To that end, :-) I’m not thrilled that Punto seems to have regained his every-day status, but he has been swinging well and at least it’s in place of Casilla and not Harris.

kirby91 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

LEN3,

A relevant question for Grady might be:

You’ve moved Punto, Gomez, Harris and Lexi down at different times when struggling. Moved Mauer up to #2 and even Kubel as well as Red Dog (last few years) into the #3 hole. Joe Torre moved A-Rod down when he struggled and on and on… So is there any scenario by which you’d move Morneau out of the 4th spot even for a short time period? Do you take any of the blame for his late season slides after no giving him days off earlier in the season in order to protect him from hitting the wall in August/September?

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

gardy doesn’t take blame well he usually tries to pawn it off on his non favs.
you would think he may have learned a little after last yr.

kirby91 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

howeda7 says:
It’s not as though Redmond wasn’t going to catch another game this year. If this is what you have to complain about, you’re reaching.

He can catch again, once the team is out of the race. There is a lot of stuff to complain about. This is just today’s issue because most are tired of banging the drum again on all the other stuff that makes just as little sense.
:)

Brad says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

Punto in the line-up in a pennant race? He wouldn’t bat 10th, 11th, or 12th on any other team in MLB.

Why do we have to subject ourselves to this?

The guy goes 1-5 and he is right back in teh starting line-up. He gets thrown right back in there

joke

Glanzer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

Agreed, Benny W. Redmond is playing probably the final month of his career. We all know Morales will get the backup job next season. Gardy feels obligated to keep Redmond as the #2 catcher and Morales mostly as a bat off the bench for the rest of the year.

Glanzer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

Unrelated sidenote: I managed to track down someone who had the ‘91 World Series recorded directly from CBS and bought the DVDs for $20. And no, this person definitely did not have expressed written consent to make copies of those games. He totally disseminated them without MLB’s permission. But it sure is entertaining to see that awesome CBS theme song and listen to Pat O’Brien’s offbeat coverage.

Robert says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

Fire Gardy, make Redmond manager.

JC Smith says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

I understand they are working on a new contract for Red Dog for next year as we speak. A one year deal…….So he can backup Mauer in the new stadium….
One more year….Redmond. They feel they owe it to him plus they think he is a better defensive catcher than Morales.
Wonder who will catch in ‘11 when Mauer is in pinstripes?

JC Smith says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

So goes Punto, so goes this team. He is the heart and soul of this team. Not M and not M at 1st…..PUNTO..PUNTO..PUNTO..
So goes Punto, so goes this team!!
Play him everyday….And at SS over O.

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

if the twin record doesn’t improve they would be in the top 15 picks and not lose their 1st pick by signing a type a free agent. wait have they ever signed a type a? never mind!
i predict thet red will be back next yr.

ES16 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:46 pm

JC Smith,

Yeah, whatever. Redmond had looked like he’s 50 years old out there this season. They won’t be bringing him back as a player. A coach maybe.

twinlves says:

September 8th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

I just saw a tweet from Rock Cats Baseball that Angel Morales was added to their playoff roster. Does that mean anything for what level hes starts next season at?

USAFChief says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

“Joe Mauer is not in today’s starting lineup.”

A little 2011 preview, LEN?

Joe R from swmn now in Omaha says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

What a stinkin joke… tippy toes in Left…and why isn’t Morales in there in stead of Redmond???? I have a group I’m supposed to be putting together for the OCt 3rd game… I’m expected to shell out money for this crap??? this is getting real old..

fcmlefty says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:17 pm

Morneau breaks out of the slump tonight…I can feel it!

NoraG1 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

What a bunch of whiners and complainers in here. Also the ‘2011 preview’ stuff give it a rest. It is 2009 and nothing has been decided yet.

NoraG1 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Don’t pay then. Or do you pay so you can complain. LOL

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

As you know, NoraG1, the complaining here today is pretty tamed compared to what it’s usually like.

So quit hitting these guys while they’re down!

:)

Sauce says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Mike, you’re nuts if you think kubel is getting traded in the off season. And JC SMITH, just another day with your negativity

JimCrikket says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Frankly, I think anyone putting together a group trip to any regular season ballgame scheduled for October 3, for just about any team, needs to plan on seeing a lot of backups in the lineup for both teams.

At that point, any team who is either eliminated from the playoffs or has a playoff spot locked up (in other words, pretty much every team), is going to be making generous use of September call-ups.

bufftwins says:

September 8th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

LEN3: Great updates. You’re all over it! After a hard working day at the Skydome, head down to Younge Street and toss back a few cold Molson Canadians! Not happy that Mauer is sitting. He’s the best and perhaps one of the only reasons to watch the Twins day in and day out, but I’ll be tuned in.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:00 pm

So there’s gonna be a Hrbek’s restaurant at Target next year……

Pheasant under glass? Lots of walleye? Lots of similar natural foods?

T Bone says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

punto in line-up…..joke

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Casilla at the plate is the joke lately.

birdofprey says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

twinlves, the New Britain Rock Cats are short three outfielders, with Tosoni playing World Cup for Canada, Juan Portes and Moss injured. They start playoffs tomorrow. Rather than raid Ft. Myers, which starts playoffs tonight, of Revere, Benson, or Parmelee, they must have decided to reach down to the best outfielder from Beloit. Angel Morales will probably start at Ft. Myers next spring, as will Aaron Hicks.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

Happy anniversary, Gardy and Carol!

Maybe Gardy will get tossed early and he’ll be the one down on Younge Street.

Mike says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:20 pm

I don’t want the Twins to trade Kubel, but it is a possibility. I don’t know that the 5 outfielders experiment is going to carry in to next year, and they may need to trade some big league talent to get the help they need in the pitching staff. Third base too, I’m not buying the theory that Valencia is going to be ready to be an everyday 3rd baseman next year. He’s not even ready to be called up to be the backup to the backup third baseman for one month, what’s gonna happen in the next 6 months of not playing ball that will suddenly make him a major leauge caliber starter?

As far as why Kubel…
Span isn’t going anywhere
Gomez is arguably one of the best centerfielders in the leauge, I think they’ll give him more time to settle down in the batters box
Young has started looking like the hitter he is supposed to be this last month, and is also very young. I think they’ll give him another year to develop (plus I doubt his trade value is terribly high right now)
Cuddyer has the flexibility to also be a backup infielder, which none of the other guys has, and also is a HUGE presence in the club house.
Kubel is probably the weakest fielder in the bunch, and while his bat is great, I don’t know it’s something they absolutely need to have.

If the team thinks Mauer/Span/Cuddyer can be as good as they’ve been this year, and think Mourneau and Young can get started early and stay consistent, they don’t need a dedicated DH guy. Reality is, 90% of the time, Mauer or Morneau will DH the days they don’t start at their position. The days they do start, they can alternate between young and cuddyer, with the other one being in the field.

I would like to see them keep all five personally, but I doubt that’s going to happen, and Kubel seems both the most expendible and the most valuable on the trade market

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Mike, is there a better DH around than Kubel? The Twins will always want Kubel and M&M in the lineup.

They’ll keep Kubel unless they go into a rebuilding phase, or unless they get something like a Halliday — which ain’t gonna happen.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

Not trying to pick a fight, Mike — but I think there was a 4-man OF problem, not a 5-man.

And actually, it’s possible it ain’t a problem anymore — now that Gomez has adjusted to being the defensive replacement and pinch runner while augmenting this with intermittent starts.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

Actually I think the only problems anticipated for next year are –

1. Ace veteran starter
2. 2B, SS, 3B
3. Morneau’s late-season slumps
4. Position-player depth at AAA

And #2 is the biggie of course.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Oh! And some anticipate a new management team too.

:)

Aaron says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Romer

Could not agree more. We cannot play another season under the logic: “If the rest of the lineup does their job, then so-and-so will be fine.”

Macleod says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

Why does Mauer need a day off? Will this set him back years to come if he plays while the Twins are still in the race? He can have a day off when the Tigers magic number is zero. Not to mention he can have the next 6 months off when the playoffs start without the Twins. Nothing like giving your best hitter a day off during a pennant race. Ridiculous.

whygardywhy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

So Joey is not in today’s lineup and Gardy insists on using OLD man Redmond when you have Morales who can throw better, can hit better, can run better, and oh by the way catch better, sitting on the bench. I thought we were in a pennant race??? Guess not. If we are playing for now why do you continue to play Reddy. I’m sure he is a great guy who likes to walk around naked in the locker room. But his baseball days are over. Let the next generation take a shot. If Matt Lecroy catching makes Frank Robinson cry wonder what watching Redmond try and throw out a runner does to ol Frank? Gardy stop playing your favorites (Nicky, Reddy, Cuddy) and play the guy that deserves to play. Or you’ll be the next one leaving town!!!

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

Take heart, Macleod. The great Aaron Hill ain’t in the Jays’ lineup either.

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:52 pm

i hope gardy found a nice hardware store so he could take carol out today!!

Little Miss Sarcasm says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

he isn’t even in the country (if he is I bet the wife is very very angry)

Little Miss Sarcasm says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

how do you do the smiley face…. grrrrrr

DrDon says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:59 pm

-:)

dash, colon, paranthesis. several spaces in front and back of that puts in on the same line.

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 5:59 pm

romer i understand herby will serve deep fried bacon, cheese curds, pigs feet and cold spring on tap!

DrDon says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

try this…. I mean colon, dash, paranthesis… :-)

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

LMS, just type the colon, then the end parens. And it magically becomes the yellow smiley when posted.

DrDon says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

frown……. colon, dash, back parenthesis. :-(

Nick34 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Play Ball!! - Nice start by Span the man.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:13 pm

OC does his job.

Oh, LEN says it’s O-Cab.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Span forgets his job……

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Well?

MVP??????

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:17 pm

gardy needs to stop nicky from teaching base running to the young guys.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

HaHa.

Poor kid….

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Gotta love your snarkiness, ggg.

La Velle says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

The Twins have made a trade….but it’s not a biggie.

Update up top…

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

what was our favorite sean henn moment?

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Wow, 28 pitches for Romero in the 1st.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

BS keeping his trading tools from getting rusty.

He’s our man.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

“what was our favorite sean henn moment?”

Getting sent to AAA………….

DrDon says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

Today, being traded. :)

shazel says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

Gardy should be fired! Redmond??? Guess it doesn’t really matter at this point.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

Harris stretching out Romero, then gets the walk.

It all started with Morneau’s AB.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

No stolen bases for Harris this year?

Man.

What did they ever see in him…….

Nick34 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

Romero is going to pitch himself out of this game by the 4th inning the way he’s going.

I have no favorite moment for Henn, but of course, I wish him luck.

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

No Mauer and no Morales? Redmond is not the same as he used to be and this is a pennat race or so it could be seen that way. Where is Boof? I want to get a look at him and Liriano with a rested arm.

shazel says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Anyone have any ideas about why Duensing seems to be way better than his minor league #s would lead one to believe. Is it just a small sample size like when keppel first came up or do these major league catchers make BETTER use of all his pitches and his ability to locate them?

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Ball boy does his job….

USAFChief says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Good AB Cuddyer.

Nick34 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:52 pm

Cuddy!! That runner on 3rd really needed to score in that situation.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:53 pm

I watched a Red Wings game on TV a year ago, and Duensing didn’t look that athletic. Actually he looked a lot like Henn.

So maybe he’s just stronger now which gives him better balance and mechanics.

DrDon says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

Make sure we ignore Kubel’s 2rbi double, and dwell on the negative.

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:56 pm

Why did I know Cuddyer was going to strike out with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs? Who has the stats on that?

smithtrs says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

how can we dwell on the negative with so many quality AB’s by Cuddy. Stats anyone?

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

Man Kubel should be put in that 4 hole and stay there until someone can prove he does not belong. Stick Morny in a 5 hole and if he comes out of it all the bettr. Spahn is doing a great job. This team when healthy should be at least a 90 win team and that is good enough to compete in the Central. Retire Gardy and his Follies as he has shown us all the managing capability and teaching potential he and his staff have. I like Molitor, young, great ballplayer, paying his dues, and a motivato. If this team played with more aggression, man we’d be dangerous.

DrDon says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Oh, and no one else ever does that in Major League Baseball.

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

Nice job BD!

smithtrs says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Cuddy was .167 w/RISP and 2 out - and .235 w RISP before tonight’s foray into excellence - according to THE VULTURES at ESPN

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

I knew Paul Molitor at the U and unless he has changed since then, I must say he was really a laid back guy.

Dryburn says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

smithtrs……What I could find…..Cuddy this year, runner on 3rd less than 2 outs…30 plate appearances, runner scored 15 of those times. So not as bad as you might have thought, not sure. Scroll down to get to situational hitting.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cuddymi01-bat.shtml

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

USA is right, there’s been a lot of deja vu regarding Cuddy.

But he’s still on track for 80 RBIs and all those HR’s.

So he yanks your emotions around.

USAFChief says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

Has Red made it to first yet on that DP chopper to short?

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

Maybe it’s Cuddy’s big looping swing when he should just make contact that is annoying.

Hockey Rube says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

Hey LaVelle. Thanks for doing an awesome job with the blog. You, Joe, and Howard all daily stop by’s for me and I’m always happy with what you guys write. And I always enjoy hearin ya on the FAN. Have a good one

smithtrs says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:13 pm

RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
281
Michael Cuddyer MIN 66 20 11 2 0 1 15 0 0 13 14 .167 .313 .242 .555
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/split/185/count/244/qualified/false/minpa/25

LA_Twin says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:13 pm

4th inning, based on their track record, about time for the wheels to fall off.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:13 pm

Screwed up sound on FSN again tonight. I can barely hear D&B.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

It was hard to see it, but that looked like a pretty good play by Harris.

Think1Way2 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

I don’t know that Duensing can keep it up. I highly doubt he will if he’s in the rotation next year. He’s not THAT young at 26, and heb struggled in the pen… I don’t know, he came out of nowhere. And when that happens (Bobby Keppel, Sean Henn) they eventually fall back to Earth

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

Seems that they do fall back to earth eventually unless their stuff is filthy. Usually need mid to upper 90’s fastball with great location and some movement or the batters will eventually figure it out.

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pm

romer and that’s a bad thing?

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pm

It is annoying, Cuddy never chokes down, never really has the mindset to absolutely drive in the run. Therefore you get a .270/.275 hitter who likes to flail at it and runs hot and cold. Ironically our batting coach does not seem to want to correct these obvious flaws. The coaching staff is getting on in years and seem somewhat sedate in their approach. Perhaps Molitor was laid back, but so is Torre and other managers but they know how to say it and when to say it, listening to Gardy and his post game rambles and congradulating the oppositions play is not what I want for a Twins manager. Besides Molitor’s pedigree as a ballblayer is lightyears ahead of Gardy.

Nick34 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pm

Romer: What is going with the sound on FSN. The last 5-6 games I’ve watched were really bad. All you hear is background noise. I had to listen to the other teams feed due to this. Is this not the 21st century. All the other MLB games sound fine.

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

Excuse me but we had a guy named Radke who did not throw in the mid to upper 90’s and was pretty damn good. The key to pitching is keeping hitters off balance, perhaps BD is a late bloomer, sometimes the “light” doesn’t always go on when we’d like.

shazel says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

I don’t know if you locate like Duensing you don’t need to throw 95. I don’t know teams must have a scouting report on him by now and he’s just going in and out up and down like he’s freakin Kenny Rodgers or Andy Petite. I’m impressed.

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:33 pm

I’m not saying that Molitor would be a bad choice. But maybe not the best. My concern is that we don’t have any leaders on this team. Joe Torre had Jeter in New York and a bunch of leaders in L.A. Not sure we have someone to police the troops in the locker room. I think Molitor would be another one of the guys like Gardy.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

“Is this not the 21st century.”

Pretty easy to turn a guy’s mic feed up.

No excuse for this aural zoo they’re giving us.

Nick34 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:37 pm

Justin swings at the first pitch. Gardy..put him in the 6th hole starting tomorrow! Your set in your ways and way to stubborn. Change it up with him already.

LA_Twin says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

after hitting behind mauer, one would think murneau would learn not to swing at the first pitch so often. it works for the guy hitting .369, maybe it would help justin to get out of his funk as well.

shazel says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:39 pm

The Twins need TK to come out of retirement and bring back the magic. Then we’d see fundamentally sound baseball.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

Bad luck for the Twins on that DP.

LA_Twin says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

just hire jack morris as a manager and have him kick some ass in the clubhouse.

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

Believe me I am in Upstate NY and when Toree had something to say he said it behind closed door and it was heard and put in the papers. Besides he was a catcher, much like Soscia and has a great feel for the game. Gardy was a utility player at best, Anderson a bum pitcher with the Mets, the batting coach, who knows. What I do know is Molitor played the game right and with moxie, in addition he would be a far better teacher than these old men. As for leaders, yes agreed Jeter is a great example, but no championships yet with him as captain. In their heyday they had a guy like O’Niel in the locker room. I think the M and M boys are too reserved and some guys too young yet. The new manager must impress upon this team that some vocal leadership is required for sure.

shazel says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

yup and Gladden can be the new hitting coach! lol

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Okay Radke, Rodgers and Petite can get away with less than 95. But what are the percentages of those that will last long term like that. Petite and Rodgers started their careers in the mid 90’s and learned to adjust as they got older. I am not trying to discount the great pitching tonight by BD but the Yankees would probably be lighting him up like a Christmas tree tonight if we were in NY.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

Duensing’s range tonight — 67-86 mph.

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Speaking of Moxie - Dan Gladden

Dryburn says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Gardy is going to leave him in too long. Any bets?

coco says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

has anyone heard what we got for Henn? future considerations? player to be named later? a bat & 2 dozen balls? anyone? anyone?

shazel says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:47 pm

JH

Touche! I was just trying to be opptomistic for a change. Plus, how many consecutive good starts is it now for BD?

LA_Twin says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

a number of balls to be named later in exchange for Henn

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

He Dryburn..

Whadayaknow!

DrDon says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

LaVelle indicated at the beginning of this blog.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

Gardy showing off for the wife…….

:)

jjbiowa says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

I think the problem is with your FSN feed not with FSN itself.

I get FSN on Dish and D & B are plenty loud. The background noise is not disproportionately loud so maybe it is the FSN feed to your provider.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:53 pm

Same difference, jjbiowa. Someone at headquarters isn’t tweaking the right knobs.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Red having a heart attack?

jjbiowa says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Just saying that it apparently isn’t a universal problem, Romer.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Yessir, I appreciate the info, jjbiowa.

Nick34 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:57 pm

JJbiowa: Thanks for the update. I get my feed via comcast.

jjbiowa says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

Sigh….

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

That’s why I want Crede back next year.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Triple-sigh……..

shazel says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

whoops

LA_Twin says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

guy almost doubled his rbi’s for the year with one gopher ball

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

fsn has the same sound problem with gopher hockey games. you’d think they could find a jr high kid that could figure out how to fix it, he could try to fix rausch while he’s at it…. i guess everybody has bad days.
that could be a 20 penny nail in the lid.

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:05 pm

I thought Rauch was a late inning guy, where was Crain, he’s been looking okay and throwing gas. Cannot walk a .218 hitter, then go 0-2 on a .195 and let up a hit. Please Gardy go home.

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:05 pm

Nice going big man, way to contain things. Game over…

bufftwins says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

MacDonald with 21 base hits all year and a 3-run Jack. Holy Tom Lawless! Had all kinds of chances to build on a 3-0 lead and failed to bury them.

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

Gardy should not be the manager of this team next year, time for a fresh start!

LA_Twin says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

pathetic - cannot hit worth a damn with the pitching shows up and cannot pitch worth a damn when they get some offense.

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

Shazel

No problem, I do it all the time. The heart gets in the way of logic. Young guys like DB and Perkins will eventually get pounded by good hitters.

Twins Rule says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

Jon Rauch: another acquisition brought to you by GM of the century, Bill Smith. Season over.

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

To ask this team to now get those runs back and more is almost impossible, especially without Mauer and no help from some others (MVP)

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

what would the twins record be if they didn’t have the worlds best clubhouse?

Db Drafter says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

saw Deusch was doing great thru five, then realized that, having used the bullpen so much yesterday, Gardy would leave the rookie in too long. I was screaming with two men on in the sixth to get him out. Then he walks Wells and i turned it off, figuring game over. Five minutes later, checked the score and had to puke. Another Gardenhoser!

JH says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:11 pm

The bats go silent…

Twins Rule says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

Why is Redmond still employed by a major league team?

Dryburn says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

But hey……..Gardy is going to be able to move things around so that Baker, Blackburn and Pavano can pitch the Detroit series…..as though that will matter. He needs to go. The inning before last, the last batter drove the ball to the wall off Duensing. The next inning, the first batter leads off with a hit. Gardy should have pulled Duensing then. Instead, he lets another guy get a hit…still no pull…not even a visit to the mound….then he walks the bases loaded, none out, and Gardy finally pulls him. Brilliant! Gardy has to go next year….as does the rest of the coaching staff too. This is not working. They are wasting the talent this team does have with managerial incompetence.

LA_Twin says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

Twins Rule

Season was over before tonite. Twins would have to go almost undefeated and the Tigers would have to be below .500 the rest of the way for the Twins to catch the Detroit. Not going to happen.

Dryburn says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:17 pm

Amazing! A manager that pulls the starter at the first sign of trouble, even with a 3 run lead and 2 outs. Are you watching this Gardy? Take notes.

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:17 pm

Again, no Crain, rather have him bringing the heat than what this NL waife was tossing. No Mauer, no Morales, Morny still in the 5 hole, and one of the most blantant non-killer attitude teams I have ever witnessed. This team is tooooooo laid back, happy to just try and give a good effort. You know what boys? It is time to get some people in there who will kick your asses a little and explain that just trying ain’t doing it. Gardy’s attitude permiates this team and it is disgusting, I am a die hard TWINS fan. Please pay him off and fire his staff, truly one of the most overrated and over paraised managers in the game

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:21 pm

Well so much for Punto stealing that base, swing the bat boys!

jjbiowa says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:21 pm

I’d like to see Gardenhire gone but I just don’t think that they’ll make a change of manager going into Target Field. I have this feeling that next year will not be pretty - better enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and seeing the new stadium. My gut feeling is that the product on the field won’t be that different from this year.

Twins Rule says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:24 pm

I agree with jjbiowa. Next year we are looking at 74-88. Then Mauer will walk. At that point it won’t matter whether or not Gardy is fired because the franchise will be ruined.

gobbledygookguy says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

great clubhouse, top 5 manager, biggest home field advantage in baseball and 3 yrs of mediocre .500 baseball?

looks like it’s time for a house cleaning when they move out of the dome this fall!!

Camden says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

I’m sick of the Gardy talk. Cut him and you have Timberwolves part II when they got rid of Flip. It will be far from pretty.

Brian G says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

Nick Punto: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Punto struck out looking.

Worth all of 4 million

Gritty at-bat LNP

Nice line-up skipper

The fraud must end

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:26 pm

God I hope not, our manager is simply useless, no fight, no leadership qualities just a complete lame all around manager. The Tigers are winning, good, now I can quit hearing Gardenhose tell the fans, we are still in it, trying to win series. Hell he doesn’t even say sweep, he is just lost!!!! The sad thing is our players take on his horrible persona, they actually think it is okay, everything will be all right. God it is sickening. C’mon Mr. Smith grow a pair and can this sad sack.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:27 pm

No Gardy lovers here tonight.

Though I don’t know how any manager could make much happen with this demoralized team this week.

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pm

As long as the boys go out there and “battle” and get after, it’s okay. I say with the new stadium being a fresh start, they should start fresh with a new manager and coaches!

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:31 pm

Mauer better hit for someone this inning, hopefully OC, he stinks!

stinky says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

this is the best chance to get some runs

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:35 pm

Your nuts, Gardy has reached his peak, lost playoff series, praising other teams and their players, pathetic in game strategies ad post game drones that have no passion nor reasoning just the same spool spinning over and over and over. This team has talent, need a player or 2 at best with injured personal returning and some of this driftwood to be cut. Don’t worry if Gardy is sooooooo hot, some ballclub will pick him up and good for him. He’s not a bad guy, his term here is done. As for Mauer and or Gardy staying. There is a simple answer my friends, Mauer makes Gardy look like a better manager, Gardy doesn’t put Joe nor many other players in a position to display what they can do best. Gardy will be gone before Joe, case closed.

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:38 pm

And Justin comes through again! Great inning, this team has done it again…

jjbiowa says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:39 pm

filthy46,

I think that you make the case that Gardy SHOULD be gone…not that he WILL be gone.

I just don’t see the F.O. getting rid of him before the move to Target.

Nick34 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:39 pm

Gardy: No more 4 spot for Justin or I will want you gone as well. The guy is clueless and so is Gardy.

stinky says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

Mijares would make a good 3rd and short fullback

Camden says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

Smith got rid of our Ace, Smith got rid of our Gold-Glove power hitting center-fielder. Smith got rid of our gold-glove single machine short stop, and ance in coming. Fate took Liriano away. Smith was given Mauer, Morneau, Nathan.

Gardy was given three good players, had more taken away, and a bunch of young guys and poor talent. Hard to win a Championship with three players. He’s worked hard just to get us close. Take care of smith and get a decent GM. Then you can talk about firing when we have a team full of studs. (I.e. the Viking situation this year if they don’t perform).

You can’t turn trash into a 100-win team. It has so many paralles to the Wolve’s it’s not even funny. (Good coach, bad gm, with a couple good players, you fire good coach hire worse coach [or inexperienced, so worse for now while MnM are in prime], then go through couple of coaches, let go or trade of big names, reset, reset didn’t work, fire coach fire gm, struggling to sell tickets for $5.00, and then your looking at the Wolves now, or Twins circa 1996, still years in the future for winning.)

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

One good thing about all you complainers tonight — at least you’re not fair weather fans. After all, you’re here.

How Did Vavra Get a Job says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

BREAKING NEWS: Morneau flippin stinks!

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

Well I am off to do other things, I have made my case and in all probability they will have him back in next year. I hope not, hope this team falls flat and ownership buys him out. A simple question, you really don’t think Molitor would keep Justin in the “4″ at this point do you? Hell Torre once dropped A-Rod to the 8 spot because of lack of productio. Gardy is stubborn and has his head up a few of our players good ole’ butts. A good/great manager would drop him quick in the order or at least have the skills or a coach whom did to help Morny. But what do I know? The Twins were winning when he was sitting. Enough said.

stinky says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

that was a nice sheet of mud out there on the mound. along with the turf, the field is pretty crappy.

Me Too says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:51 pm

romer, that is correct. The fair-weather hans have already wrapped it up for the year. The people on here, or stopping in to look are the “real” fans, and if they choose to complain, so be it. It is a fan’s right to want their team to do well. I, personally just want the team to do well. I don’t get the daily whining that some people seem to like to do though.

ewen21 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:51 pm

Last ten games Red has started?
Check this out (tonight isn’t done yet):

_____July______
@ OAK 20th (13-14) LOSS
@ OAK 22nd (1-16) LOSS
@ LAA 25th (5-11) LOSS

___August________
vs. LAA 1st (6-11) LOSS
@ CLE 6th (1-2) LOSS
@ DET 9th (7-8) LOSS
vs. KC 11th (6-14) LOSS
vs. KC 13th (4-5) LOSS
@ TEX 20th (1-11) LOSS
vs. TEX 30th (5-3) WIN

__September_____
vs. CWS 2nd (2-4) LOSS

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pm

Cuddyer .268
Harris .264
Young .265
Those numbers will get us back into the game, follwed by Redmond at .244

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pm

Camden we have more than a few good players and decent pitching. Santana has elbow problems and is on his downside and he wanted crazy money, not worth it. Hunter, yeah, I miss he and Santana’s attitude, but seriously man a stud? Talk about a free swinger!! He is 34, hitting .237 and plays mostly right field, his contract demands were too fat as well. Fact is after Tom Kelly’s boys were all but gone from his last year here, Gardy has turned out to be a mess. Have you watched our playoff performances. Get a clue, give me Torre, Soscia, Manuel, or even Valentine. ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT IS NEEDED, GET IT????

Camden says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

filthy, What’s the odd’s we actually pick up one of those guy’s if we fire Gardy. I can also add the Vikings to my list of good teams (need to be great in MLB to make playoffs) that fired a coach and had years of ineptitude afterwards. It’s not all sugar and lolipops if he goes. If he’s fired there may not be 20 teams looking for Punto, but there will be for Gardy. If you can get Torre Socia, fine, but good luck with that.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

Decent AB going for Morales.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 8:58 pm

Did Mauer even take BP?

Little Miss Sarcasm says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

manuel? are you kidding? that guy is less professional than gardy.

jjbiowa says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:02 pm

It could be worse…we could be Pirates fans.

I’m old enough to remember the Pirates glory days in the 70’s so seeing them now is sad.

Steve H says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Twins made Frasor work for it that inning, but alas same result as many games this year.

Rich says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Another pitiful offensive effort. They don’t know how to put anybody away.

mike wants wins says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

I don’t understand playing Redmond anymore. I just don’t.

Old Crow says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

One more time!! We’ve got the best hitter in the league on the bench with 21 left to play. He’s got all winter to rest up. I wish my bosses had been that soft. Good bye Gardy!!

amtrekman says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

We all knew going into the season that if the pitching struggled, so would the Twins. Hitting hasn’t been the problem.

bufftwins says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

Redmond’s last 12 starts (11 losses). Last week a 4-run 9th inning loss and tonight a 6-run 9th inning loss. Never, ever have been impressed with his game calling.

bufftwins says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

That’s a 6-run 6th inning.

Brian G says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

Mauer gets on and we would have had Brian Busher up next in a pennant race.

clean house please

AA line-ups, LNP, and no bench

bufftwins says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

Johan Santana, Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett for Delmon Young, Brendan Harris and Carlos Gomez. Humber not called up, Pridie not called up, Mulvey let go to Arizona for Rauch. That is what is on the Twins big league roster right now from these deals. Think Bill Smith wants a do over?

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

Old Crow, we’re not in a division race anymore…….and we weren’t before tonight as witness reliance on newbies Manship and Duensing.

It would have been a miracle. Instead, it’s exactly what everyone really expected.

How Did Vavra Get a Job says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:22 pm

Gah, can they just forfeit the rest of the games? Clearly they dont care, and dont want to be there, and they would stop my channel changing back to family guy.

For cripes sake, the Blue Jays had more life tonight and they’ve been done for over a month now. Way to show some heart tonight guys…

Little Miss Sarcasm says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

if anyone cares, KC just went up on DT in the 7th……

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

So, since we’re not really in the race, no reason to play Red or push Crede or Mauer or Morneau.

I’d put Tolbert at 3B tomorrow. DH Morneau in the 6-hole.

Old Crow says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

Romer, So we’re here to push Mauer’s stats? In 3 weeks he’ll have all winter to rest. It’s not pushing it’s called playing the game.

How Did Vavra Get a Job says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

Tolbert at 3rd? I know I shouldnt care anymore, but Romer are you okay?

We already have enough automatic outs at the bottom of the order, we dont need it filling 2/3 of the middle too!

bg says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

ya, get morneau out of cleanup and put that stud cuddyer in that spot. that guy just knocks the socks off the ball, especially when he comes to the plate with runners on base. aw shucks

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

“It’s not pushing it’s called playing the game.”

No, Mauer is being pushed because we’ve been in this thing…..barely. A catcher typically gets way more time off than he has lately.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 10:07 pm

For helluva it, I would have —

span
oc
morales
kubel - rf
young - lf
morneau - dh
Cuddy - 1b
Casilla/Punto
Tolbert - 3b

But the Tiggs just got beat, so now I’d let Mrs. Gardy make the lineup out.

romer says:

September 8th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

Tigers only have one more offday this year.

filthy46 says:

September 8th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

Manuel is less professional than GARDY? Where is your head at? The guy is a hitting coach guru and coaches one of the more diversified teams in baseball, personality wise. In addition he knows when to bench players who desrve it and uhmmm, oh yeah there’s that little thing called a World Series title and yup they’ll be in the mix again. No we will not get any of the aforementioned managers I stated, but does that mean remain with the staus quo? The past couple of years these have been Gardy’s boys, they do not perform in the clutch and though injuries have bogged us down a bit this year, his managing has been bad. Most of all is he does not seem to care and his players take on his persona of “aw shucks, it’s okay.” No it is not okay, we are not a small market, we will have a new ballpark, we need a change. His coaching style is stubborn and idiotic at times, his coaching staff horrendous, pitch to contact, give me a break. Our pitchers are treated like wimps and we have no vocal leaders. I know the players play, but damn we need someone to crack the whip, year 3 and no playoffs.

Little Miss Sarcasm says:

September 8th, 2009 at 11:16 pm

have you seen how poorly he has reflected the Mets organization with the scout (?) situation and then the Ryan Church calling out when he was already traded….. granted he is in NY and they are rougher than MN but he is called out daily in the media and apparently most of his players don’t respect him (especially after the Church situation) oh and how have they done the last 2 years…. yeah, every team has injuries and that wasn’t the excuse last year. They could not beat the beatable Nationals or the Marlins

USAFChief says:

September 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am

Has Red made it to first yet on that DP chopper to short?

Yet?

JC Smith says:

September 9th, 2009 at 7:55 am

Now I see why Arizona let the big guy go…..
And Gardy better be watching Detroit, How does he think he can get back in this thing? Tigers have to lose A LOT.
“Don’t know and don’t care” What a statement!

The Block says:

September 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am

Gardy was thinking about throwing the football through the tire swing when he put the 6-11 POS in the game.

T says:

September 9th, 2009 at 8:52 am

The season has reached that point where you have to make a decision. Do you:

1) Concede that your pitching/hitting can’t click enough to actually catch the Tigers.

2) You’ve got 7 games left and can still pull it out with a bit of luck. (And a few miracles)

Because honestly, I think it’s time to look at Option 1. This team hasn’t had a win streak longer than what….5? And other than that it’s only won 4 games in a row…twice?

And now you’re asking them to pull out a HUGE winning streak of some kind and go 20-6 (and then pray redhot Detroit somehow only goes .500)?

I’m sorry, but it’s time to tuck it in and start looking for opportunities to evalute for next year. If the team should miraculously pull it together, then so be it. But I don’t think you can expect this team to put together the kind of hot streak they need when they haven’t done it all season.

USAFChief says:

September 9th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Just checking in to see if anyone can confirm or deny…has Red crossed first base yet on the DP chopper to short in the fourth?

Benny W says:

September 9th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

On his way to first he was lapped by Seabiscuit.

DrDon says:

September 9th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

So many comments, so little sense.

Think1Way2 says:

September 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

DrDon,

I see you constantly complaining about the complaining that goes on, but you have never contributed anything else.

USAFChief says:

September 9th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Not true, Think1.

Just yesterday the doc attempted to explain to us how to post a smiley face.

randi says:

September 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Another game, another Punto sighting. I see we get to be thrilled by Buscher in the line-up as well.

randi says:

September 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

At least Morales gets to play today. I look at this line-up and wonder how I ever thought they could win the division. Oh, well…I can’t seem to let go. I believe in miracles.

thrylos98 says:

September 9th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

The miracle is that Cuddyer is actually siting today. I hope it is the beginning of a streak, but I would not bet the farm on it.

Little Miss Sarcasm says:

September 9th, 2009 at 10:59 pm

Filty– if you see this, I apologize, I believe you are talking about Charlie Manuel and I am talking about Jerry Manuel. Charlie is way more professional than Jerry…and Gardy