Manager Ron Gardenhire was pacing behind his desk when the media entered his office.
“A terrible night for Twins baseball. We got dominated by a very good pitcher over there. But we played terrible. We didn’t pitch worth a darn. Not aggressive. Missed a play or two. And got no-hit by a very good pitcher over there, which doesn’t make it any easier for our baseball team.”
Gardenhire noted that the Twins had an off day Thursday to regroup before opening a three-game series in Seattle on Friday. Then he said, “Questions? And make them quick.”
Asked if Liam Hendriks’ performance (2.1 IP, 9 H, 6 ER) made it tougher on the offense, Gardenhire said, “He just didn’t pitch well. The kid didn’t get anything done. We didn’t hold runners. They ran all over the place on us. All the little things that a baseball team’s supposed to do, we didn’t do.
“Letting guys steal second, letting guys steal third. You go to the mound, you bring a pitcher in, tell him, ‘You’ve got to slide step. He’s going to steal third if we don’t.’ And and what do we do? The first pitch, pick your leg up and they take off running. If the guy hadn’t swung, he was standing up.
“That’s not acceptable. That’s not good baseball by any team. So we have to do a lot better. Running all over us. Looked like Little Leaguers out there, and that’s a bunch of bull.
“OK, that’s enough. I’m not going to go any further. Have a good night. Congratulations to Mr. Weaver.”
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1. Craig in MN Posted: May 03, 2012 at 08:15 AM (#4122365)Blech.
Time for a terrible choice: Do I make plans to do something else for Monday, to avoid watching this trainwreck, or do I force myself to watch, in case history is made?
They had 99 losses last year and they're worse out of the gate this season. If they lose Mauer and Morneau again we're looking at a possible "worst Twins record ever" which would be > 102 losses. They're pretty much as bad as the 81-82 Twins already.
If Mauer were to de-German his last name, he'd be Joe Wall, which sounds like a hardboiled detective.
Oh, and if they lose Mauer and Morneau again, we're talking a historically bad team not seen since the Twins were the Washington Senators.
* Night too, but weather matters. Seeing a terrible team while getting rained on and freezing is not my idea of fun.
Sorry, but those are two of the gayest names I've ever heard.
Also Liam Hendriks, who I believe was the star of a long-running science-fiction TV show. And someone named "Clete" must have come here through a wormhole from the 1940s.
Clete Thomas lunged awkwardly for a fly ball that rolled past him to the fence. As he threw it back to the infield he could be seen bursting into tears. He then put his glove over his face and sobbed into his mitt while Gardenhire told him to "keep his chin up." AFter the inning, Clete's mom handed him a bottle of grape powerade, his favorite, in an effort to cheer him up.
I still can't believe there was an NFL player named Blenda Gay.
Homophobia!
Little Nicky's shout of warning came too late, and the running man's shoulder hit my liver like a shot of rotgut whiskey. I rammed my left mitt into his brisket and tried to stand my ground, but I'd taken too much of a beating over too many long nights, and my body whispered, "No mas." The world spun, and went hazy.
While I lay on my back and my knees considered their options, the sky was blocked out by the body of one of the boys in blue, distinguishable only as a dull roaring sound. I turned my mush away from the hateful noise, and as consciousness faded, my eyes came to rest on the familiar, lovely, hateful visage of a woman in a red dress, sardonically smiling to herself at a seat in the third row. Annie. Of course it'd be Annie. It was always Annie, and always would be, as long as I stayed a sucker.
Man, just yesterday the Twins had a 97 OPS+; get no-hit once and it's down to 90. Holy crap they're playing Plouffe in RF? It's not clear that guy can hit well enough to be a SS, you play him in RF? Anyway, Mauer's hitting, Morneau is doing OK, Span is hitting and Willingham is crushing the ball so the offense has been the least of their worries. The 71 ERA+ with the best starter having a 4.91 ERA is mighty ugly. The Twins need to get some of whatever the Astros are smoking.
Turns out Rich Harden's first name is actually James; his middle name is Richard. Still, I would accuse his parents of tempting fate.
EDIT: Though at least his name isn't "Peter Rose".
If your last name is Harden, John Wesley is the only appropriate name for a son.
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