On Aug 13, 11:50 am, "brink" <brinknos...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "powrwrap" <powrw...@aol.com> wrote in message
>
> news:aa50fd2d-fea8-43cf-af9d-4d0212b50af1@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
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> > Would someone please call 911 for Bill Smith?
>
> > He's been stuck, immobilized in his office chair, sitting with hands
> > firmly placed under butt cheeks since May 10th, the day that he lost
> > his 8th inning reliever Pat Neshek. He has done nothing to replace
> > Neshek.
>
> > If you're not going to call emergency services would you please slap
> > him across the face and yell, "THE TWINS NEED A BULLPEN GUY THAT CAN
> > PITCH THE 8TH INNING, AND GUERRIER ISN'T THE GUY!"
>
> > Thank you.
>
> I agree in spirit -- though let's give Bill credit though for picking up
> Breslow mid-season -- he HAS turned out to be an effective reliever for the
> Twins, so it's not as if he hasn't added any value to the bullpen this year.
>
> And the problems with Guerrier are only recent -- he was fine until he
> started to fall apart the last few weeks Totally worn out from overuse?
> Regression to the mean? I'm betting on the former, he was pretty dang good
> for 2 seasons plus.
>
> NONE of this absolves him from some major, major bullpen missteps:
>
> 1) Re-signing Rincon for big money (or was this Ryan's major gaffe)
> 2) The retaining of Bass as an occasional high-leverage option -- Gardenhire
> shares some responsibility here of course but it's ridiculous to have 2
> mop-up level relievers in this pen
> 3) Failure to cut a deal for any of the decent relivers like LaTroy and
> Bradford who were just picked up after the trade deadline
> 4) Here's the worst one, IMO: failing to call up help from the minors. Has
> Bill Smith not watched this team this decade? That's what this team has
> done over and over again with fantastic results... Neshek, Guerrier,
> Perkins, Crain, Rincon, were ALL midseason callups and though not all were
> amazing right away, some were fantastic and all have been effective since
> then. NOT calling up Korecky again is just silly... or Mulvey, or
> ANYONE...
>
> Sometimes this team just doesn't make sense.
How about a left fielder that can Catch - that 4 inning monstrosity
8/18 was one of this years worst from a long Delmon blooper reel. It
was worst than the one he actually got an error for. It also cost the
Twins the game.