Stinky
Posted by SBG on Thursday, August 31st, 2006 at 5:35 am
On the heels of three straight losses, Ol' Patrick takes a swipe at the local nine.
Smell 'Em has taken on a whole meaning for the Twins hitters.
Fish don't give off an appealing odor when they have been belly-up for four days and that's what has become of the Piranhas.
Our heroes should have spent less energy worrying about cute T-shirts and A.J. Pierzynski's antics and put more effort into taking solid at-bats against a collection of struggling, marginal and journeyman pitchers.
The Smell 'Em t-shirts went on sale on Monday I believe for $16. I personally won't be buying one because I already have enough shirts to cut the lawn in, and I live in an apartment.
Reusse continues:
Two comatose games are the legal limit for a team that considers itself a playoff contender, but the Twins offered more of the same against Luke Hudson, a 29-year-old righthander who labored long in the minor leagues.
The Twins had a 2-0 lead for a time, thanks to Michael Cuddyer's third-inning home run and starter Boof Bonser's five strong innings. Once Kansas City scored three runs in the sixth, Ron Gardenhire's new school of fish -- the Dead Crappies -- could muster only another home run from Cuddyer in the ninth and lost again 4-3 to the guppies of the American League.
Dead Crappies. Ouch.
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Ouch, indeed.
It has been stinky to watch. #2 and #3 hitters popping up and weak grounders.... peeee youuuuu!!
I see that Radke's been scratched from his next start, vs the Yanquis. That's bad. Now we get to look forward to Bonser, Baker, and Silva in that series. That
couldwill get ugly in a hurry. Santana better throw 8 innings today, because we're going to need our bullpen over the weekend.By the way, I have a bad feeling about today's game.
That bad feeling was the continued sleeping Twins bats.
Castillo is batting .294 with a .348 on-base percentage. The Twins are talking about replacing him in the leadoff spot with Lew Ford, who is batting .228 with a paltry .293 on-base percentage.
This was in the PiPress today. Thought we could all use some good news to cheer us up.
Thanks for that. I wasn't quite depressed enough to jump out my window until I saw that little tidbit.
I see that Radke’s been scratched from his next start, vs the Yanquis. That’s bad.
I don't mind it so much. The way that the Yankees take pitches, Radke wouldn't last very long anyway. And if the Twins do happen to make the playoffs, they would very likely face the Yankees in the first round. I don't like Radke's chances the second time around if they get a good look at him now. And the conventional wisdom is that the Yankees don't do well against pitchers they haven't seen before, so pitching Baker could turn out alright.
they did see Baker back April. He made them look silly
Hmmm...forgot about that game. That could've been the obligatory Yankees-not-hitting-against-an-unkown-rook game and the next game they'll pound him. Then again, they probably don't have a ton of advanced scouting on him since he's been in the minors, so maybe he'll have a bit of an edge still. I'll certainly be tuned in to see what happens.
From Sid:
Okay, can I ask - just what makes the Yankees the best-hitting lineup in baseball? Their team name? I think Sid meant "hyped", not "hitting".
And there is no way the Yanks score 15 with A-Rod's hole in the order[/snark]
Did Ruesse get to write the AP game recap today? There's some stuff in there that's a little more color commentary than play-by-play as far as these recaps go, if that makes any sense:
Useless? Harsh, but true.
Lost their edge? Sounds like an LCD Soundsystem track.
Sure sounds like Reusse there.
1) Gordo called Peralta "Joel Piranhta" before correcting himself. And not "Jeremy Piranhta" either, even though i must have missed the antecedent for that joke.
2) Whoever gets David Wells better use LCD Soundsystem's "Losing My Edge" for his warmup music. "I was there. But I was there."
And not “Jeremy Piranhta” either, even though i must have missed the antecedent for that joke.
My earlier comment is that if you can add "Jeremy" to the front of a pitcher's last name, and it sounds right, then you're looking at a "pedestrian" ballplayer. Jeremy Peralta does have a ring to it...