The Twins pieced together another offensively-charged victory on Sunday; in other words the Twins won yet another sloppy game against an inferior opponent. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau went back-to-back for the second consecutive night, and M's starter Felix Hernandez clearly did not have his best stuff. Francisco Liriano will probably never have a worse win in his career, as he struggled mightily in the fourth and fifth but was the beneficiary of a lot of run support. Again, do not expect this heavy hitting to become a trend for the Twins, who are more classically a team which relies on cheesy bunts, turf hits, and Dome doubles to score runs. As long as the pitching continues to struggle, do not expect this team to be competing very much longer.M
ichael Cuddyer gave Twins fans some false sense of hope with his home run in the fifth inning which made the game 9-5. The Twins did their best to squander a 4-0 lead, but in the end the horrid Mariners were simply too bad for the Twins to give them the game. Ron Gardenhire came down sick during the game, and he had to watch the final six innings from his office in the clubhouse, thereby leaving the job of managing the bullpen up to his moronic underlings, Scott Ullger and Rick Anderson and Steve Liddle. Luis Ayala got six outs without allowing a run, giving hope to the chance that every May 9th hereby being named Luis Ayala Got The Job Done Day. Matty Guerrier tried his darnedest for a completing a Matt Guerrier Special when he gave up a home run to Adrian Beltre in the eighth inning, but in all reality, by making the game a three-run lead, Joe Nathan profited by the cheap save. It would be nice to save Nathan in order to use him in a two-inning situation one of these days, but -- oh, wait, what the hell am I talking about? Ron Gardenhire would never think of using Joe Nathan for more than ten pitches in one appearance. If Joe Nathan is unable to pitch more than three innings a week, that's pathetic. Here's to the good old days of Bruce Sutter and Goose Gossage regularly going two to three innings to get a save. Ron Gardenhire is putting a nail in the coffin of old school baseball, and he is the shining epitome of "new baseball," which is becoming harder and harder to accept.
ichael Cuddyer gave Twins fans some false sense of hope with his home run in the fifth inning which made the game 9-5. The Twins did their best to squander a 4-0 lead, but in the end the horrid Mariners were simply too bad for the Twins to give them the game. Ron Gardenhire came down sick during the game, and he had to watch the final six innings from his office in the clubhouse, thereby leaving the job of managing the bullpen up to his moronic underlings, Scott Ullger and Rick Anderson and Steve Liddle. Luis Ayala got six outs without allowing a run, giving hope to the chance that every May 9th hereby being named Luis Ayala Got The Job Done Day. Matty Guerrier tried his darnedest for a completing a Matt Guerrier Special when he gave up a home run to Adrian Beltre in the eighth inning, but in all reality, by making the game a three-run lead, Joe Nathan profited by the cheap save. It would be nice to save Nathan in order to use him in a two-inning situation one of these days, but -- oh, wait, what the hell am I talking about? Ron Gardenhire would never think of using Joe Nathan for more than ten pitches in one appearance. If Joe Nathan is unable to pitch more than three innings a week, that's pathetic. Here's to the good old days of Bruce Sutter and Goose Gossage regularly going two to three innings to get a save. Ron Gardenhire is putting a nail in the coffin of old school baseball, and he is the shining epitome of "new baseball," which is becoming harder and harder to accept.Nick Blackburn on the hill today; he pitched horribly last time out, so it's time for a good outing. His following turn in the rotation falls next weekend in New York -- I will guarantee Blackburn's ERA will significantly rise then.
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