Article: Twins vs White Sox, 07-25-2012, 1:10pm

[sbknudson]

Well, at least it wasn't an 0-2 pitch.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Nick Blackburn is bad at baseball.

[GCTF]

A lot of arc on Blackburnsie's ground balls today.

[Ultima Ratio]

Put a tent up, the circus is back.

[DPJ]

I've heard a little, though not much, of this thinking and completely disagree. Yes, losing and better draft picks are proportional, but winning and losing is infective. It's not like you can try to lose a couple years and then turn it off in the following years and try to win again. Look at the Royals and Pirates, it takes decades to even get a winning record, even all the while stock piling high draft picks... it's an all-too-easy and none-too-clever approach.

It doesn't have anything to do with "leaning how to win" Teams with talent win and teams without talent lose. The Pirates and Royals have been bad for so long cause they didn't hit on picks, lost what little talent they had to free agencey or bad trades.

Hell the farthest team to advances in the postseason in the Gardy era was the 2002 team that had no "winners" among them.

[Hijinks]

Beginning to understand why people drink during the day.

[USAFChief]

Just F'ing release Blackburn and get it over with. I can't take any mor 0-2 "sliders" in the middle of the plate that get pasted into the gap.

[sbknudson]

Maybe it's just me (I'm only partially following the game as I work on something else), but the last few hits seem to have come off some not-too-bad pitches. Looks like Chicago did a good job scouting where Blackburn likes to throw the ball.

[Hijinks]

Flowers hit a double, time to pull blacky

[Brock Beauchamp]

A lot of arc on Blackburnsie's ground balls today.

Turn your television upside down and Blackburn looks fine.

[DPJ]

Where's Dave to tell us that there's still hope for Blackie?

[Highabove]

I only have 16 more games left in our Season Ticket package.

I love Target Field (i will keep telling myself)

[USAFChief]

It doesn't have anything to do with "leaning how to win" Teams with talent win and teams without talent lose. The Pirates and Royals have been bad for so long cause they didn't hit on picks, lost what little talent they had to free agencey or bad trades.

Hell the farthest team to advances in the postseason in the Gardy era was the 2002 team that had no "winners" among them.

Could not disagree more. Talent is important, but that's not all that matters. This organization has the stench of losing becoming a part of its DNA. That's a shame.

[DPJ]

The Twins front office would really rather watch Blackburn do this then let Liam take his lumps?

[SRP]

Just F'ing release Blackburn and get it over with. I can't take any mor 0-2 "sliders" in the middle of the plate that get pasted into the gap.

I am paying attention on my smartphone while I work. It shows the chart of where pitches are delivered. Viciedo's homer pitch was 2 inches above his knee and grooved down the middle.

[DPJ]

Could not disagree more. Talent is important, but that's not all that matters. This organization has the stench of losing becoming a part of its DNA. That's a shame.

What in the hell is "stench in it's DNA"

How is someone suppose to respond to that. Talent is all that matters in this game, if you have talented players then you're going to win games. If you have nontalented players then you're going to lose games. Lets not get into the mythical world of clutch, knowing how to win and whatever bs media driven cliches.

[Ultima Ratio]

It doesn't have anything to do with "leaning how to win" Teams with talent win and teams without talent lose. The Pirates and Royals have been bad for so long cause they didn't hit on picks, lost what little talent they had to free agencey or bad trades.

Hell the farthest team to advances in the postseason in the Gardy era was the 2002 team that had no "winners" among them.

Expect to lose and you'll probably lose. Expect to win and you've got a chance. Why do you think sports psychiatrists exist? Why is teaming building and cohesiveness important to businesses and sports teams? Why do people attend religious services? Are beliefs efficacious? Does success not beget success? You don't have to answer all of these or any if you don't care to, but I think there something to the whole mind over matter, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts philosophical adages.

[snepp]

You like him because you're a sadist.

Masochist, pig, masochist.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Masochist, pig, masochist.

No, sadist.

[USAFChief]

What in the hell is "stench in it's DNA"

How is someone suppose to respond to that. Talent is all that matters in this game, if you have talented players then you're going to win games. If you have nontalented players then you're going to lose games. Lets not get into the mythical world of clutch, knowing how to win and whatever bs media driven cliches.

Yeah, its all just some big spreadsheet exercise.

I happen to believe that not everything that can be counted counts. And not everything that counts can be counted.

Losing is partly a learned behavior, as is winning.