Don't blame the pitchers

Welcome back Everyday Eddie, but if the Twins intend to contend, they better wake the bats up. Even if you had Cy Young and the Big Train out there, you will not win games by scoring one run against a guy who only got his starting job back because someone else went on the DL. Let's go you guys. Seattle and Oakland were not that good before they traded away players to contenders. Hit the ball, Catch the ball, Throw the ball.

Bowling started Monday with a 147. Ended with a 268. Go figure.

Pennant Race

They used to call it a pennant race. Now I guess it's just a race for the division championship. Pretty long hall of 162 games, just to get to play 4 or 7 more. But I do remember the 1987 Twins who could not win on the road to save their lives, until they went to Detroit in October. But then they could not win a Series game on the road either, but they didn't need to do so. It seems as though every team has trouble now with middle relief. While Bert degrades the starters for only pitching 6 or 7 innings every 5 days, we hear about how the bullpen is "overworked" when they are asked to pitch one inning maybe 4 days a week. I don't know. But it seems that if the relief pitchers were better, they would be starters. (Save for the closers). But Good Luck Twins, you're going to need it. A lot of road games on the schedule for the next month. I think they need to be plus .500 to stay in the race.

Duh!

Maybe I am too critical, but we have had major league baseball in the Twin Cities for nearly 50 years. When are we going to get major league announcers. For Crying out loud. I could care less about what's in sushi, who eats crickets or any of that other tripe. How in the world can Bert Blyleven get on the stump and knock everything about the way starting pitchers are used, when he sits in the booth under the guise of a commentator, and he doesn't know an adverb from an adjective. I wosh he would go off in a corner somewhere with Sid Hartman and have a sushi eating contest to see who can mangle the English language more. Gimme a break. Where is Ted Robinson when we need him?

Otherwise, a pretty good game today. Denard Span is a player! But the bullpen needs to shore it up. Crain was lucky today, and I think he's admit it. A lot of well struck outs off the bats of the Mariners. KC is no longer a pushover. Be on your toes down there in the heat.

Throw Strikes

Last night's game has to be the ugliest of the year. Hey Bullpen. It's no secret. The object of pitching in baseball is the same as in bowling. THROW STRIKES! It's so basic, even a cave man can do it. A major league pitcher should be able to throw a strike at ANY time. When a major league hitter, even a low caliber player called up from triple A is looking at a 2-0 or 3-1 count, his batting average generally is increased by over 100 points. THROW STRIKES! Why is that so difficult.