in case you missed it, the twins lost today. again. shut out, actually. by whom? fausto carmona. he\’s the cleveland starter whose name roughly translates to jackass cockpunch. you may recall him from such hits as \”beating the twins on april 24th.\” we actually were able to notch two runs against the wily dominican that night. who knows how that may have happened.
it\’s late, so i\’ll keep this to two things:
a) four hits. that\’s how many the twins amassed today. bartlett, hunter, kubel, redmond, and something called garrett jones all did o-fers. only castillo, morneau, cuddy, and little nicky sunshine could muster a hit. i don\’t care if we\’re facing carmona, sabathia, or the ghost of sandy frickin\’ koufax, we aren\’t going to win many games with four hits. our hitting is awful.
2) four hits. that\’s how many santana allowed today. that\’s thirteen less than our staff gave up on tuesday. not only did we not score any runs, we wasted a fantastic effort by– some might argue– the only reliable starter on the staff. our pitching is awful.
and, unlike last season, there\’s no f-bomb in the wings. one of our young\’n\’s (boof) is already flailing in the major league rotation. garza had a decent spring but apparently didn\’t get outs in the right fashion. and… scott baker? how many more chances will he get? apparently one more, at least.
mark it down, kids: your twins finish fourth in the AL central this season, ten games behind the division-leading tigers.
i wish it wasn\’t so…
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