Twins tailspin...

Well, I don't even know what to say…

The Twins are in a complete free fall, and I can’t even blame it on Gardy.

I used to be able to pin nearly %50 of our losses on him, whether it be a bad call because of his constant umpire badgering, or his misuse of personnel, or his misuse of the pitching staff.

I always thought we were one dunce manager away from going to the next level.

And I want to point out one thing: I ask all real baseball fans if they think Gardy is a good manager, I see nobody stepping to the plate (as it were) in his defense.

I don’t ever remember any conversation with anyone, who said: “boy, Gardy made some good moves tonight that won us the game.”

Is there anyone besides Terry Ryan who thinks Gardy is up to the task?

In my circles, I don’t hear from anyone, repeat anyone, who thinks he’s a top flight skipper.

And this is what pains me the most, because it’s easy to blame “The Blockhead” (hey, anyone who names his son Toby is admitting mental deficiency right there), but right now I can’t.

We were just swept in 3 games by the Tigers by a score of 33-1.

This can not be laid on the Mgr’s doorstep because he made a bad move, this has to go higher.

The most specious stat in today’s Mpls Star Tribune was this: the Twins lead the American League in fewest errors, 7 at the moment.

Ha! You don’t have an opportunity for an error when the ball leaves the park!

Terry Ryan was quite stoic on his radio show today, even though we’re 8 games back after only one month of play.

Hello?

This franchise is in a free fall! I know cadet teams that could beat them.

Mr. Ryan, unmoved continues on course, unfazed by the devastation surrounding him.

The only thing that keeps me from unloading on him, is that I attribute much of our pitching woes to the immortal & eternal enemy of baseball: Dr. Evil- Commissioner Bud Selig and his perfidious World Classic side show.

After watching the NFL draft this weekend, and watching the classy & dignified Paul Tagliabue, and then comparing him to the twitchy, insecure used car dealer Bud Selig; is it any surprise the NFL is the most popular pro sport in the land?

Twins after 2 weeks...

Well, well, well…who could have possibly guessed this start?

If you would have said the Twins would be 1-5 and Johann would be 0-2, I would have said “you’re crazy.”

If you would have said, after that start, that they would sweep the A’s and take the 1st 2 games from my beloved (stop, puke here, I’m kidding) Yankees, I would have said “shut down the meth lab.”

After that atrocious start, which seemingly resembled last year when they had the leagues’ lowest run production, I was just about to lead the rebellion to remove the blockhead (Gardy, actually this year he’s demonstrated a little more self control, which only gains him more respect with umpires, but that’s for another day), and “Mr. Ryan”, who it looked like he saddled us with 2005 all over again.

Well, well, well… all of the sudden we’re back to .500 ball, which is all we ever asked for when we started this brutal stretch of games.

Before the season started, if you asked me who the better pickup was: Rondell White, or Batista; White flags would have been flying, and they would have been flying as a sign of victory.

Ooops! Now, White may come through later this year- when he stops swinging at throat level fastballs like he did Sat. night (unless he buys my video, and learns the tomahawk swing), but for now, it’s been Batista & Luis Castillo who have proven to be of value.

The good news is this team is slowly lurching forward; now if Rondell could get in gear, we’d have full-fledged machine moving forward like we did in ’91.

It's Twins Time!

I feel like that stupid little brat in the Disney commercial, "I'm tew excited tew sweep."

That poor kid is destined to become the next Danny Bonaduce (see The Partridge Family), Lord save his soul.

Anyway, my heart is pumped with emotion, and ready to go on the start of a successful new season; my head, unfortunately feels otherwise.

For 3 years in a row, the Twins won the AL Central (2002-04), last year they fell apart.

They were right on the doorstep of the Series, just knocking to get in, but always bested by the big money teams.

The pitching has been stalwart throughout, but the defense and the bats have become liabilities.

Tom Kelly prized defense, Gardy wants bats, so he accepts an inferior defense to get it.

The problem is, WE HAVE NO BATS!!!!!!!!!!!

Jason Bartlett can't field, nor can he hit anymore.

Justin Morneau can’t field, nor can he hit anymore, once teams realized he can't hit a curveball, that's all he sees. I hope he's grown this year.

Batista can’t field, and can’t hit anymore, but he can still eat. That’s a welcome comfort.

Everyday every way Jacque Jones is gone, but oh, wait Rueben Sierra is here. I can’t explain how shocked I am that he’s injured…again.

That said, I take Luis Castillo over Luis Rivas any day. A Proven veteran over a proven head case is a no-brainer.

Right field, who knows?

Most of us think Kubel is the Cadillac of the group, but my friend Hawk is a Ford man. So we’ll see…

The one thing I will never understand about Carl Pohlad is this: His beloved wife and Twins fan Eloise is gone, and he’s got more money than most Countries in this world, what is he waiting for?

Buy a Team ala Steinbrenner.

Win today, you may be gone tomorrow.

Carl saved this team once, please do it again.