Holy smokes. I can’t believe I just typed the words “holy smokes”.
Is it just me, or is it getting harder and harder to watch the Twins games beyond the 6th and 7th innings? Wow. The White Sox have been basically just asking us to gain a 3 game lead on them over the last couple weeks, but the Twins just cannot get it done.
There’s been a lot of good moments. Close games. Good ball play. But the Twins are just getting squeaked out of wins in the late innings.
And to make it worse it’s against teams like the Mariners and the A’s. It seems like those two team just like to take it to the Twins when they play.
Let’s hope that the upcoming home games plus September call-ups breath a little exhuberance into this struggling Twins team. I guess for as bad as it has been it could be a lot worse. The Twins and White Sox are still in a dead race to the finish.
And the Twins get the play the White Sox at the end of the season at the dome. Wow, the dome is gonna be crazy if the division race is still this tight at during that series.
Posted by lukep at 10:02 pm on September 3rd, 2008. No comments... »
Categories: Ramblings. Tags: A's, Mariners, Twins.
How about that. Punto bobbles the ball one play. The next play the Twins let a runner score while handing out a slick double play. Trade ya 2 outs for a run? Sure.
Game tied. Lead gone. Game will continue.
Just another Twins/Mariners game.
I wonder if there was any chance at all to nail Beltre at the plate? Probably not.
Either way. Nathan knocks out the next hitter and we’re off to small-ball our way into a 1 run lead for the 10th inning. That’s the way it goes.
I probably wouldn’t bet money on anything I just rambled about here.
Posted by lukep at 10:55 pm on August 25th, 2008. No comments... »
Categories: Ramblings. Tags: Beltre, Mariners, Nathan, Punto, Small Ball, Twins.
Haha, not sure why I laughed at that comment about Sean Green, relief pitcher for the Mariners
Posted by lukep at 10:01 pm on August 25th, 2008. No comments... »
Categories: Bert Blyleven Quotes. Tags: Blyleven, Mariners.
Imagine that? With the track record these two teams have playing against each other this year, it’s amazing to see that it’s only 1-1 going into the 6th inning.
In the 6 games this year so far:
Twins Lose 6-11
Twins Lose 7-8
Twins Win 7-3
Twins Win 9-3
Twins Win 7-6
Twins Win 11-8
Not a lot of low scoring ball games there. Who woulda thought Liriano get’s into a late season pitchers duel with Miguel Batista?
Posted by lukep at 9:51 pm on August 25th, 2008. No comments... »
Categories: Ramblings. Tags: Mariners, Twins.
