4/19/05: Twins/She-ca-go

[Timberwolf]

The Twins will finish a quick two-game series against She-ca-go tonight and then they will be home to play the Royals tommorow night. They are coming off a very frustrating loss last night where they left the runners in scoring position three times in that game. I hope things change tonight. Twins have blown opportunities against the Whiney Sux so far this year and that has to change.

Brad Radke is in the hill tonight. I hope he can pitch a lot better because quite frankly, he stinks. They really need a big performance out of him tonight. He has to set the tone.

He will go up against his counterpart, El Duque who stymied the Twins in the Twins home opener.

This is a game the Twins really need to win. They can't fall behind in the series of 4-1. They need this game. I feel this game may dictate how this season has to go. Twins gotta leave She-ca-go tied for first.

A must-win game early in the season.

Radke vs. Hernandez

[T-Wolves]

The she-ca-go thing is getting annoying first off. Second, I agree. This is a must win game. The Twins need this game badly. I wasn't liking the 3 double plays against them last night, not to mention all the missed opportunities. The Twins need to come threw strong tonight, this game may decide how the rest of the season will look.

[Durango53]

I dont see any must win games for some time. We are in the first month of the season.

Radke has had a good game up to this point. Another good game for him. Some good defense by Joe behind the dish.

The Twins are leaving way to many steaks out on the bases. Way to many the past two nights.

[Vince10984]

Chicago. White Sox.

That immature name changing got old.

[Chisox73]

I dont see any must win games for some time. We are in the first month of the season.

Radke has had a good game up to this point. Another good game for him. Some good defense by Joe behind the dish.

The Twins are leaving way to many steaks out on the bases. Way to many the past two nights.

The Twins had to have left 20+ men stranded those 2 games.

[Timberwolf]

Chicago. White Sox.

That immature name changing got old.

That nonsense will end now. I am done calling the White Sox as Whiney Sux or She-ca-go. I apologize for it. There is no place for stunt like that.

I am embrassed with my behavior at this board since the season started and it shouldn't be tolerated. I will act like a professional and just keep my mouth shut.

[Timberwolf]

What a dissapointing and disgraceful loss tonight. This was fricking pathetic. A Little League team right by my house in my town can play a lot better than us especially on offense. This was an embrassing loss. I was so disgusting watching this crap tonight. I haven't been this embrassed since two years ago when the Twins stunk it up on the road to finish the first half of the season by going 0-6 against Texas and Anaheim.

Our offense stink. There is no way to sugarcoat it. We had the bases loaded twice tonight yet the Twins could not cash in a hit for the second fricking straight night in a row. They could not cash in a run at all. I have seen Bad News Bears come through in a big hit no matter bad they are. The Twins had the bases loaded in the fourth and the sixth inning and they could not cash in a fricking damn run. Twins had runners in the corners in the first and third yet they did not cash in a run. This is beyond unacceptable in the major leagues. Great teams don't do that. If the Twins ever want to be in the creme de la creme in baseball, they gotta come through in a big hit. They have never done that ever. Doing it against the AL Central teams is just enough especially the bad teams. The competition in this division is going to be so much tough this year so they need to find a way to step up with the bases loaded and RISP against the teams in the AL Central. They haven't done that against CWS this year. That has gotta change. I am shocked the Twins stepped up against the Indians with RISP in the weekend.

Do they miss Justin Morneau? Yes, but you know what. This team has good enough of a lineup to come through with runners in scoring position.

Brad pitched well. This was his best performance of the year. Expecting everyone to throw a shutout is not fair. Johan may be the only one that can do it, but even then he is human. He will eventually break down when he is forced to throw a strikeout. He is starting tommorow night against the Royals. If I am him, I get good enough sleep because the way our hitters are going, he better throw a shutout and a no-hitter tommorow.

Twins hitting is pathetic. I am tired of saying it and I am tired of seeing it. I am also tired of Scott Ulleger, the worthless hitting coach. I will have some things to say about him tommorow.

The bottom line in this series is this. CWS got the big hits in runners in the corners while the Twins did not. That's what went wrong with the Twins.

CWS are lucky. They ain't that special. The better team lost.

[T-Wolves]

That nonsense will end now. I am done calling the White Sox as Whiney Sux or She-ca-go. I apologize for it. There is no place for stunt like that.

I am embrassed with my behavior at this board since the season started and it shouldn't be tolerated. I will act like a professional and just keep my mouth shut.
Not sure if it got as far as immature or to the point where you need to be embrassed by your behavior. Its just that some things are just meant to be left said and not read.

[Timberwolf]

I did not sleep last night. I am so angry about this loss last night. I really am. I was lying in bed thinking about these runners being stranded in the bases last night and Monday night. I never been embrassed with this team until last night. This was a disgusting performance. You can bet I won't be over this anytime soon. Hell I am not even over Game 2 of the ALDS loss from last year so you can bet this loss will stick at me.

You want to know what pisses me off? Several Twins players seemed okay with the loss and it's that April crap. That a loser's mentality. You gotta be pissed and angry. You gotta be annoyed at this loss. You can't keep saying that it's April and it's early stuff. We are not the Yankees or the Red Sox to win through talent. Twins gotta work and earn those wins. We are not the Yankees and Red Sox to trade for players when things go rough.

What we see is what we get. We can't expect other teams to help the Twins and we can't expect the Twins to come back from two years ago. The AL Central is pretty darn good this year. cws has showed that they are going to be tough this year. Cleveland is a very good team. Detroit is a solid team. Nothing is going to be easy this year. These games against CWS are very important and to lose to them in the fashion they did is disgusting.