Royals 4, Twins 0: Bruce Chen Shuts Down the Twins

Here he is crying over the corpse of his wife, son daughter, sister, brother, mother, or father. Maybe he just got done murdering a total stranger or is in the process of doing so. That picture looks a lot creepier than anything I said on this site.

Of course, we really do know that the Twins were the intended victim. This team has no heart and soul and it shows after last night’s performance. Joe Mauer got a hit, Whoop-de-do. I got clobbered the last few days simply because I didn’t like a Jon Marthaler column, and got a warning simply for venting frustration right after Saturday’s loss, and did apologize for it. Maybe it is just me, but this full season has been a full clusterf**k. This organization has gone from sound fundamental baseball to aiming a paint ball cannon at a wall and hoping it doesn’t make a mess of things. Guess what, the gun fired on April 1st and we have the giant mess that is the Minnesota Twins 2011 season. Yes injuries were a part of it, but a lot of the injuries were due to poor conditioning practices put together by Twins field management. The only injury that can be excused is the one where beeping Nick Swisher (you will be forgiven if you join the Twins, Nick (: ) injured Nishi while trying to break up a double play. I understand, these things happen, but every other injury is on Twins Management. This includes all pitcher elbow injuries where I heard recently that the slider pitch may be the cause. In the end, the Twins will likely do what they should have done after July 24th and that is say goodbye to both Michael Cuddyer and Jason Kubel. Tom Kelly said directly, on a Twins telecast before the trade deadline that if the Twins don’t finish at least 8-4 during the 12 game homestand that directly followed the all-star break, that the Twins would have to be sellers. Guess what, Bill Smith tried to sell Denard Span to the Nationals while the Giants could have easily taken a much better option in either Kubel or Cuddyer. Instead, both are like inmates counting down the date to their release. What else is clear about this team is the fact that, as fans, we can stay away from the team all we want. The truth is that the players can’t and they have to go out and finish the season. However, the truth is Why finish the season? There isn’t any fire or life in this team. If the objective is to finish with less than 100 losses, then fine have a ball and play your hearts out, but at this point, it is clear that we will likely get more than 100 losses, but could have the number one draft pick as well. After this debacle of a season, I don’t know who would still be supporting Ron Gardenhire as manager of this ball club. I suppose only a dim-witted dog like Odie would do so. But the fact remains, the Twins have had a horrible season that was uncalled for from the start. At this point in time, the Twins are much worse than the 74 win ball club from 1990 which was the previous worst for a core group of players who were veterans at that time. However, that club could be excused because the 1990 AL West was competitive with the White Sox, A’s, and Royals also competing for a title. This season, it will be hard to finish last with a .457 winning percentage unless the Twins were in the AL East with that mark. So, what will it be Twins? More losing with the same core next season? Or are we going to right the ship by cleaning house? I vote for cleaning house with both Bill Smith and Gardy out and a fundamentals guy in as the new manager. Then I want the entire team to report to spring training on February 1st, 2012 to work out the kinks and get ready for the 2012 season. We need to create a team that is hungry for a World Championship. This core isn’t hungry for anything except money.

Last but not least, all the above is honestly what I feel at this point in time. If you disagree with me, fine. But no more personal attacks against me please. If I deem a poster made a personal attack against me, they will be flagged. This is a community that exists to discuss the Minnesota Twins and isn’t an attack machine against posters you don’t like.