Well Twins, your run was nice while it lasted

[GopherWild]

With another loss to the worst team in baseball, I think it's time to give up on the Twins. I know I'll be called fairweather and a bandwagoner but I'm just being realistic. If they can't beat Seattle, they won't beat anybody. They will not make the postseason, you can give the White Sox the AL Central crown now and unfortunalty, we will not see a postseason with neither the Red Sox or Yankees because 1 of them will be there. Losing 2 in a row to Seattle is a disgrace and now the Twins are the laughingstock of the American League. There's always next season though. Vikings football is right around the corner too.

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Is that you dangla.?

So are you just renting a seat on the Vikings wagon? When should we be ready to fill that one?

[Can't Never Tried]

Ya gotta love his optimism though

[GopherWild]

I know the 2006 team was further behind than this at this point of the season and still came back to win the division. But that team wasn't losing to pathetic teams like this season's Mariners. Chicago & Boston just don't seem to want to lose and nothing is going right for the Twins right now. The White Sox & Red Sox play each other this weekend but the only way that's a good thing is if the Twins can sweep Oakland, otherwise they'll be further behind once September rolls around. They need to get it together because nobody else loses to Seattle.

[packerboy]

Ya gotta love his optimism though

It looks like GW has established another NO SPIN ZONE.

Go get em GW and may The Factor be with you.

[OGEE OGELTHORPE]

Losing 2 in a row to Seattle is a disgrace and now the Twins are the laughingstock of the American League.

With that comment you qualify for The most ridiculous item of the day.

The Factor is gone but not forgotten.

[GopherWild]

Okay, I admit, I really sounded ridiculous. I apolozige. It is frustrating seeing them lose 2 to a crappy team I admit, but I was wrong for all I said. There is still plenty of season left and I should be thankful that they are in a pennant race and I should be happy to have Ron Gardenhire for a skipper. Gardy is kkeping the team in it and without a great manager, they would be about 15 out by now. So please forgive me for my dumb comments, I will continue to root them on to a pennant. It's not over until somebody's magic number hits 0. And there is plenty of baseball left. I regret starting this thread.

[Govs93]

As long as they can stay within 2 games when the series against the Sox at the Dome starts on September 23, they've got a shot.

[GopherWild]

I'm just glad the Mariners are off the schedule now. Maybe I won't be so bitter. I guess baseball is one of those games where anybody can beat anybody. Even when Tampa Bay was inferior, they still beat the Yankees & Red Sox once in a while. And look at the Rockies last season, they came out of nowhere so it's definatly not over. I really acted like a fool for those earlier comments.

[NumberCruncher]

As of Thursday, August 28, 2008, at 11:18 AM, the Minnesota Twins hold a 29.29632 % chance of winning the division, 4.20462 % chance of winning the Wild Card, with a 33.50093% chance of reaching the playoffs.

[tomASS]

As of Thursday, August 28, 2008, at 11:18 AM, the Minnesota Twins hold a 29.29632 % chance of winning the division, 4.20462 % chance of winning the Wild Card, with a 33.50093% chance of reaching the playoffs.

so based on the current trend, how many wins will it most likely take to win the division.

I'm a sales and marketing guy - I need number crunchers to keep me in line.

[UpNorthStars]

88

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Okay, I admit, I really sounded ridiculous. I apolozige. It is frustrating seeing them lose 2 to a crappy team I admit, but I was wrong for all I said. There is still plenty of season left and I should be thankful that they are in a pennant race and I should be happy to have Ron Gardenhire for a skipper. Gardy is kkeping the team in it and without a great manager, they would be about 15 out by now. So please forgive me for my dumb comments, I will continue to root them on to a pennant. It's not over until somebody's magic number hits 0. And there is plenty of baseball left. I regret starting this thread.

I say stay off the bandwagon. We don't need someone like you who jumps off so easily.

[Can't Never Tried]

I was thinking he was a bi-polar poster

[tomASS]

I was thinking he was a bi-polar poster

[DMom]

I was thinking he was a bi-polar poster

[NumberCruncher]

As of Thursday, August 28, 2008, at 11:18 AM, the Minnesota Twins hold a 29.29632 % chance of winning the division, 4.20462 % chance of winning the Wild Card, with a 33.50093% chance of reaching the playoffs.

so based on the current trend, how many wins will it most likely take to win the division.

I'm a sales and marketing guy - I need number crunchers to keep me in line.

Depending on how other teams fare, we'll need about 92.3 wins to clinch the Central. This is our best shot since we'll need about 93.8 wins to get the Wild Card.

[GopherWild]

Well Joe Nathan with his 2nd blown save of the road trip and Twins fail to get 1st place. There's still plenty of season left to catch the White Sox but 4 back of the Red Sox (in the loss column), I do think the Wild Card is out of the picture. Red Sox have a very favorable schedule with most left at Fenway they are in good shape. Hopefully they can pull ahead of the AL Central race though.

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Well Joe Nathan with his 2nd blown save of the road trip and Twins fail to get 1st place. There's not enough season left to catch the White Sox and they are still 4 back of the Red Sox (in the loss column), I do think the Wild Card is out of the picture. Red Sox have a very favorable schedule with most left at Fenway they are in good shape. Hopefully they can do something next year though.

Why must you hate so much?

[Can't Never Tried]

Well Joe Nathan with his 2nd blown save of the road trip and Twins fail to get 1st place. There's not enough season left to catch the White Sox and they are still 4 back of the Red Sox (in the loss column), I do think the Wild Card is out of the picture. Red Sox have a very favorable schedule with most left at Fenway they are in good shape. Hopefully they can do something next year though.

Why must you hate so much?

[DMom]

hmm...I if I could get that on a T-shirt? It'a like the story of my life

[GopherWild]

Why must I hate so much? I'm not hating. All I'm saying is go for the AL Central. The Wild Card is meaningless right now. They can still go for the division.

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

With another loss to the worst team in baseball, I think it's time to give up on the Twins. I know I'll be called fairweather and a bandwagoner but I'm just being realistic. If they can't beat Seattle, they won't beat anybody. They will not make the postseason, you can give the White Sox the AL Central crown now and unfortunalty, we will not see a postseason with neither the Red Sox or Yankees because 1 of them will be there. Losing 2 in a row to Seattle is a disgrace and now the Twins are the laughingstock of the American League. There's always next season though. Vikings football is right around the corner too.

[GopherWild]

With another loss to the worst team in baseball, I think it's time to give up on the Twins. I know I'll be called fairweather and a bandwagoner but I'm just being realistic. If they can't beat Seattle, they won't beat anybody. They will not make the postseason, you can give the White Sox the AL Central crown now and unfortunalty, we will not see a postseason with neither the Red Sox or Yankees because 1 of them will be there. Losing 2 in a row to Seattle is a disgrace and now the Twins are the laughingstock of the American League. There's always next season though. Vikings football is right around the corner too.

Okay, Okay I see you point. I honestly still believe they can win the division. Seattle is on a little roll right now sweeping the Tribe in Cleveland after the Indians had a 10 game win streak. I guess things are a little funky right now and I was quite bitter and acted like a bandwagon jumper.

[Can't Never Tried]

With another loss to the worst team in baseball, I think it's time to give up on the Twins. I know I'll be called fairweather and a bandwagoner but I'm just being realistic. If they can't beat Seattle, they won't beat anybody. They will not make the postseason, you can give the White Sox the AL Central crown now and unfortunalty, we will not see a postseason with neither the Red Sox or Yankees because 1 of them will be there. Losing 2 in a row to Seattle is a disgrace and now the Twins are the laughingstock of the American League. There's always next season though. Vikings football is right around the corner too.

Okay, Okay I see you point. I honestly still believe they can win the division. Seattle is on a little roll right now sweeping the Tribe in Cleveland after the Indians had a 10 game win streak. I guess things are a little funky right now and I was quite bitter and acted like a bandwagon jumper.

I find it's more fun to walk along side the wagon and throw rocks at the the occupants !