Comments on: KC 4 Twins 2 http://firegardy.com/2009/06/30/kc-4-twins-2/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Mon, 07 May 2012 02:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/06/30/kc-4-twins-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2642 sirsean Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:57:25 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=731#comment-2642 <p>I was hoping Gardy getting tossed would light a fire under the team and get us to play a little better. Alas, no.</p> <p>And if Mauer would stop killing rallies, that'd help. His bat has looked pretty slow lately, and he just hasn't been connecting with the ball. Seems to me he needs some time off. If only we had a catcher on our team who could step in and hit every once in a while. Perhaps someone like Morales. Why in blazes doesn't he ever play?</p> <p>The pitching staff has looked good in June, but we're just not scoring runs; the problem is that when Mauer and Morneau aren't hitting, we can't score runs. We either need Mauer and Morneau to both have historically good seasons ... or we need Cuddyer/Crede/Young/Kubel to step it up and be able to produce runs on their own. I'm not that confident either can happen.</p> <p>Though it is remarkable that we've been hovering within a game of .500 all season. The lack of losing streaks at least gives me hope. Good teams can go a while without a long winning streak, but a good team will never go on a long losing streak. At least that's promising.</p> I was hoping Gardy getting tossed would light a fire under the team and get us to play a little better. Alas, no.

And if Mauer would stop killing rallies, that’d help. His bat has looked pretty slow lately, and he just hasn’t been connecting with the ball. Seems to me he needs some time off. If only we had a catcher on our team who could step in and hit every once in a while. Perhaps someone like Morales. Why in blazes doesn’t he ever play?

The pitching staff has looked good in June, but we’re just not scoring runs; the problem is that when Mauer and Morneau aren’t hitting, we can’t score runs. We either need Mauer and Morneau to both have historically good seasons … or we need Cuddyer/Crede/Young/Kubel to step it up and be able to produce runs on their own. I’m not that confident either can happen.

Though it is remarkable that we’ve been hovering within a game of .500 all season. The lack of losing streaks at least gives me hope. Good teams can go a while without a long winning streak, but a good team will never go on a long losing streak. At least that’s promising.

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