sioux rube Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/26/2023 at 2:25 AM, Wilbur said: Up 6-2, now down 8-6 and the bullpen has only recorded 3 outs. Expand All started with 2 walks and it went downhill in a hurry after that Quote
The Sicatoka Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 Slightly off topic, but, ... Imagine hitting a walk-off, inside-the-park, grand slam. Unimaginable? Today. 1956. Forbes Field. 9-8 Pirates over Cubs. Roberto Clemente. Clemente is so underappreciated. 1 Quote
SiouxBoys Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/26/2023 at 11:28 AM, Kab said: Is it really necessary to pull starting pitchers after a certain number of pitches or innings? managers outguess themselves putting all these pitchers in, stick with what got you there Expand Pablo threw 94 pitches last night and was starting to give up hard contact towards the end. Pulling him from the game was not the problem. Quote
sioux rube Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 Twins have come back to earth losing their second in a row to Seattle 8-7 today Quote
The Sicatoka Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/26/2023 at 7:55 PM, sioux rube said: Twins have come back to earth ... Expand Dog days of summer. Validates. Quote
Wilbur Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/26/2023 at 7:55 PM, sioux rube said: Twins have come back to earth losing their second in a row to Seattle 8-7 today Expand Wondering if something is wrong with Duran? I would have 100% used him last night in the 9th inning with the bleeding needing to be stopped. Kudos to Winder for eating up innings today. Off day tomorrow means bullpen should be fresh Friday. Quote
SiouxBoys Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 Duran was used a lot on the 5-2 road trip, and then quite a bit in the homestand. He's fine. Quote
Wilbur Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 Another trade with Miami. Lopez heads south. Hearing rumblings of a right handed bat. Time will tell. Quote
Wilbur Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 Not Duran's night. Bullpen reeling a bit at the moment. Another day in the AL Central. Quote
sioux rube Posted July 30, 2023 Posted July 30, 2023 And they get swept by last place Royals. First 3 game winning streak of the season for the Royals. This team is going nowhere and now have lost 5 in a row Quote
The Sicatoka Posted July 30, 2023 Posted July 30, 2023 < checks calendar > Yup, it’s almost August. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Again. If the Twins don't win THIS division, you need to clean the whole house. Quote
SiouxHawkGuy Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 8:54 PM, SWSiouxMN said: Again. If the Twins don't win THIS division, you need to clean the whole house. Expand Clean house either way Quote
Wilbur Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 8:54 PM, SWSiouxMN said: Again. If the Twins don't win THIS division, you need to clean the whole house. Expand This is karma towards me years ago hating that Tom Kelly was managing the team the way he was during the lean years after the 91 series victory. What I wouldn't give now for a manager like him. 1 Quote
SiouxScore Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Cleveland has now traded their starting shortstop who in defense was having a much worse year than last and one of their top starting pitchers. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 9:27 PM, Wilbur said: This is karma towards me years ago hating that Tom Kelly was managing the team the way he was during the lean years after the 91 series victory. What I wouldn't give now for a manager like him. Expand Kelly had nothing to work with in the post 1991 era. I honestly don't know if he could win a title with this team or not. The eras are so different. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 12:17 AM, fightingsioux4life said: Kelly had nothing to work with in the post 1991 era. I honestly don't know if he could win a title with this team or not. The eras are so different. Expand I've wondered about this, what exactly happened between 1992 and 2000 that caused such a downfall? Quote
Wilbur Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 1:40 AM, SWSiouxMN said: I've wondered about this, what exactly happened between 1992 and 2000 that caused such a downfall? Expand Take a look at the rosters some of those years, down right scary. It did help them to be able to draft some really good players that helped turn the franchise around. It 100% wasn't on TK, and I was a dumb kid for thinking he could do more with what he had those years. Players were held accountable then. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 1:49 AM, Wilbur said: Take a look at the rosters some of those years, down right scary. It did help them to be able to draft some really good players that helped turn the franchise around. It 100% wasn't on TK, and I was a dumb kid for thinking he could do more with what he had those years. Players were held accountable then. Expand So guessing there was a lot of misses in scouting while they won their 2 world series or did the core just fall apart that quickly after 91? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 Sidenote: I have been trained for so long to think that today was the trade deadline.... realize there is one more day. 1 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 1:40 AM, SWSiouxMN said: I've wondered about this, what exactly happened between 1992 and 2000 that caused such a downfall? Expand When a MLB franchise slides, start first by looking at their minor league system. 1 Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 12:09 PM, The Sicatoka said: When a MLB franchise slides, start first by looking at their minor league system. Expand I found a book I bought many years ago that goes into some history on the Minnesota Twins and they got into that part. Lots of people the scouting department though would pan out didn't and the ones who did, just had some unfoutunate luck and didn't last. Quote
Wilbur Posted August 1, 2023 Posted August 1, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 1:50 AM, SWSiouxMN said: So guessing there was a lot of misses in scouting while they won their 2 world series or did the core just fall apart that quickly after 91? Expand After the 92 season things started to head south. They won 90 games that year, but pre wild card they didn't make the postseason. The 93 season their starting pitching took a bit of a dip. Then again, you had a young Eddie Guardado in the starting rotation. 1994 they were roughly .500 before the strike ended things, but that was it for Andy MacPhail (RIP Kirby Puckett's baseball career) and in comes Terry Ryan. Pitching wise other than Brad Radke, you just didn't have enough starting pitching the next few years. They even tried Rick Aguilera as a starter one of those years. After 92, it took until 2001 for TK to get the team above .500 with the likes of A.J., Hunter, Jacque Jones, Koskie, Mientkiewicz, Guzman, starting to figure out the major leagues a bit which many of them credited TK for their success. I'll say it again, the job that TK did getting that group to where they were before Gardy took over in 2002 was master class. Sweet Lou Piniella won the Manager of the year award in 2001, but the baseball writers got it wrong that year. The Rocco years are Karma for me not seeing what TK was doing with the hand he was dealt. Quote
sioux rube Posted August 2, 2023 Posted August 2, 2023 Lopez cruising along only to be pulled after 6 innings. He only had 94 pitches. I don’t get it Quote
Wilbur Posted August 2, 2023 Posted August 2, 2023 Guy hits a 102 mph fastball from Duran out of the park. Man, are these guys good. Twins win, Guardians get no hit. Two game lead in August, things could be worse. Brooks Lee is absolutely killing the ball in AA. Another left handed bat with some pop and promise. Quote
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