The Twinkies
Just how good is Johann Santana? True, his current season might not be quite the equal of last year's Cy Young season, but he is the rock of the pitching staff.
He pitched last night, taking a 5-0 lead, and 4-hit shutout into the 9th inning. He gave up a home run to lose the shutout, but got the win. A much needed outing from Santana, as the night before, the Twinks and ChiSox went 16 innings, with both sides using all their pitchers. (Twins won 9-4). So, the Twins needed Santana to put in a lot of innings to give the bullpen a rest, and he delivered.
What's particularly admirable is that in Santana's last outing, August 12, Santana shut out Oakland 1-0, in a 3-hit shutout.
I still think the Twins don't have a chance for the wild card. (And don't let the fact the Twins just won 3 straight against the ChiSox make you think they have any kind of shot at the division!)
The pitching is good, but the offense is horrible. They couldn't swing their way through a sparse thicket of dry spaghetti noodles. And in one of the more disappointing aspects of Gardy's teams, the Twins continue to make awful base-running mistakes.
Well, you know my motto. We'll always have '87 and '91.
(What, you didn't know I like baseball? See here!)
He pitched last night, taking a 5-0 lead, and 4-hit shutout into the 9th inning. He gave up a home run to lose the shutout, but got the win. A much needed outing from Santana, as the night before, the Twinks and ChiSox went 16 innings, with both sides using all their pitchers. (Twins won 9-4). So, the Twins needed Santana to put in a lot of innings to give the bullpen a rest, and he delivered.
What's particularly admirable is that in Santana's last outing, August 12, Santana shut out Oakland 1-0, in a 3-hit shutout.
I still think the Twins don't have a chance for the wild card. (And don't let the fact the Twins just won 3 straight against the ChiSox make you think they have any kind of shot at the division!)
The pitching is good, but the offense is horrible. They couldn't swing their way through a sparse thicket of dry spaghetti noodles. And in one of the more disappointing aspects of Gardy's teams, the Twins continue to make awful base-running mistakes.
Well, you know my motto. We'll always have '87 and '91.
(What, you didn't know I like baseball? See here!)
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