Drubbings becoming all too familiar to Minnesota Twins

The Twins got rid of one weak link now its time to get rid of another one. Hernadez is as bad as it gets. The other teams are using him for batting practice and nobody id afraid to dig in on him or get hit by his floaters. Livan its now time to go if the Twins are to win anything. Too bad but the league has seen him and sits back and drills his pitches now. These are not bloopers they are ropes. Bye bye please. Go Twins.

They stink. They have, arguably, 1 good starter, 1 good reliever, a good closer. A few decent fielders, a couple of hitters...and that is all. I hate to say it because I love the Twins and I really like the players (what I know of them). Until there is new ownership willing to spend money to make money, the Twins will be relegated to this type of ball play. In the past they were able to have stretches of 8-2 to make up for 3-7 stretches...this team cannot do that. We dont have the horses. The Twins have, in recent history, been lauded for their ability to win as a "small-market" team, above their payroll--now they are playing to their payroll.

At least our mistake on Livan cost half of what Milwaukee wasted on Gagne, so at least we've got that to console us!!

The reason were getting drubbed every game is Mr. manager leaves Hernandez in till he gives up 8 runs. This manager has to go. I know he will say the bullpen is tired - if so send them down to AAA and bring somebody else up - they can't do any worse

the manager is not at fault here. he has done well in the past with reasonable people. the problem is hernandez , lamb, everett are definitely not contributing. there are others who are at a minimum question marks who most likely also won't contribute. many of us lobbied hard for the new stadium. the front office NEEDS to thank that effort by bringing in quality free agents or making sensible trades which will help at the time not after someone develops in the minors three years later. if they don't do that no field manager will succeed here

The manager is at fault here. The Twins get behind and pack it in. Manager's job is to motivate and Gardy ain't motivating. Same lame excuses every game; "We just gotta keep pluggin away, ran into a hot pitcher, blah blah blah!" He has no fire in the belly. Time to move on and get someone in here to crack the whip on these overpaid underachievers.

wait, what about "we battled our tails off"

FIRE GARDY NOW!!!

I previously wrote that this team reminds me of '87. Well, it did until the last two weeks. The Twins have made so many mistakes and were completely outplayed. This is NOT Twins baseball.

It's still a long season, but if this continues, I'll take my crow medium rare, some Country Bob's sauce, and a side of slaw.

Could this be what we're going to experience the last 4 months of the season? It's getting ugly with really no end in site.

I think Gardy's time has come and gone. I'm not sure who to replace him with, but this team needs a shot in the arm and you know the old phrase "it's easier to fire one coach than to replace 25 players."

Too many non-Twins..Lose Everett, Livan, and Lamb if he doesn't start to play with some semblence of what he did in Houston. Play Punto (better fielder anyway) and Casilla. If Harris doesn't come around, send him packing but at least he plays hard. Send Boofs butt to Rochester. Start Baker, Blackie, Perkins, Slowey, and Liriano..let the team jell..if we gotta losse, lose with Twins not Astros and carpetbagging mercenaries.

Planet Earth wrote:

I think Gardy's time has come and gone. I'm not sure who to replace him with, but this team needs a shot in the arm and you know the old phrase "it's easier to fire one coach than to replace 25 players."

...and he would be ired by the Mets in a New York minute..players play and coaches coach..contrary to public perception, you cannot make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.

When is this team going to get a LEGITIMATE third baseman who can hit greater then his weight?? The person who should be fired is this good for nothing GM!! Delmon Young for Garza and Bartlett?? Pure Genius!!!! Yeah RIGHT!! The owner gets his stadium then right away cuts the payroll!! We got what we deserved by giving this penny pinching old fart the stadium. GO LYNX!!

CzarInMinneapolis wrote:

The manager is at fault here. The Twins get behind and pack it in. Manager's job is to motivate and Gardy ain't motivating. Same lame excuses every game; "We just gotta keep pluggin away, ran into a hot pitcher, blah blah blah!" He has no fire in the belly. Time to move on and get someone in here to crack the whip on these overpaid underachievers.

He's just making the GM observe some of his handywork. Gardy's has a minority vote when it comes to trading personnel and budget considerations. The Delmon Young disaster is all on Smith. Funny, the stadium gets approved before the team salary is slashed. Smith is the bank security guard.

I said long ago - Send Lamb to MARS! Let Everett co pilot. So Long Livan - get your cheeseburgers somewhere else! This team needs some stability - Buschere at third - Punto at short, let the kid play at second - he looks pretty good after last year, and tell Delmon to listen to Vavra. Start Baker, Blackburn, Perkins, Slowey, and maybe give Guerrier a start, until Lirano gets it figured out. PLAy DEFENSE!!!! Cut out the stupid baserunning, or ride the pines for a while. GO TWINS!

Come on all you whoopdee doo idiots who thought the Twins would play .500 ball this season, where are you morons now? I've been saying they were going to suck this year and all I've heard is that I know nothing about baseball. LOLOLOL As someone who has watched since 1964, I figure I've seen more games than most of you posters have days on this earth. They suck and they are going to suck for quite a while. If you think Pohlad is going to spend his money on players when the stadium opens think again. He will first make as much money as he can to make up for his losses in the 90's. He is a skinflint and the buck stops with him.

Hey Pioneer Press Nazi's when did the word suckk bocome offensive?

Torii Hunter wrote:

Come on all you whoopdee doo idiots who thought the Twins would play .500 ball this season, where are you morons now? I've been saying they were going to suck this year and all I've heard is that I know nothing about baseball. LOLOLOL As someone who has watched since 1964, I figure I've seen more games than most of you posters have days on this earth. They suck and they are going to suck for quite a while. If you think Pohlad is going to spend his money on players when the stadium opens think again. He will first make as much money as he can to make up for his losses in the 90's. He is a skinflint and the buck stops with him.

I will bite torri, I am probably older than you. They can play 500 ball, but as I pointed out, they have too many non system guys this year. If the carpetbaggers (smiths deals) don't pan out, die with twins and Twin system players. The organization is respected due to that system. Let the young guys take their lumps and jell as a unit under fire...like the Hrbek, Brunansky, & Gaetti bunch did..Livan is no better a deal than Ramon Ortiz and Ponson were last year. He has a winning record but an ERA that is Bonseresque..Let the wily old hand Baker lead this merry band and see what happens.

Well, he was safe, now he is out, maybe soon he'll be safe again!

Ron Gardenhire