Open Thread: Twins @ Red Sox Recap

by Jesse on Jul 9, 2008 4:45 PM EDT in Game Recaps

July 9th, 2008.

This is what happens as soon as you get used to winning. Darth Vader shows up on vacation in Boston, buys a Red Sox hat, has a steak or seven with David Ortiz and suddenly he's using the force to blow Ron Gardenhire's bullpen management skills all to hell. Then, once Vader goes for a leak and Gardy's free to do the right thing, he'll only mess with the pitcher once he comes back. Who says an evil Jedi needs a Death Star to have a good time?

There were a couple of times in this series that the Twins pulled an Epic Fail with the bases loaded, which is something we're not used to seeing. It's been tossed out literally dozens of times throughout the Blogosphere over recent weeks that the Twins rake with RISP. In this series, when they needed to do so, they couldn't. The result of which was our first series loss since June 10-12 in Cleveland, and our first time getting swept since June 6-9 in Chicago. That was a rough patch if we've had one this year.

After that, of course, we went 18-3. Now we've been swept.

It's a long season. Let's just keep it in perspective for the moment. Well, you can, I'm trying to...I'm sure I'll feel better in the morning. Getting swept is never fun.

Anyway, Vader can't be on vacation forever.

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nothing says ‘fun times’ more than getting your brains beat out, and the game going 4 hours long

lets win a few in Detroit (remember its a Thursday afternoon game!)

by DedicatedFollowerOfFashion on Jul 9, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions

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I want to hear Nathan go completely bonkers and demand more playing time.

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by Andersklasen on Jul 9, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

Fail.

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by Andersklasen on Jul 9, 2008 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

It's still going on!

Might as well pad their stats against the soft under bellies of the Twins’ bullpen.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Jul 9, 2008 5:05 PM EDT reply actions

The road seems to have a strong effect on the bullpen...

The first time they were up in Detroit, the Twins bailed out Detroit twice in games that were in the bag—very reminiscent of these games in Boston, even though, I have to say that I saw a bloodbath coming concerning that final game. It just seemed like the Twins were going to get beat by football score after those two gut wrenchers.

"I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. See, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it . . ."

by Skippy tastes better than Jiff on Jul 10, 2008 5:31 AM EDT reply actions