In their 18 to 4 loss to the Twins last night, the M'a used six pitchers. All but one gave up runs. The one successful hurler was Tom Murphy, the catcher, thrown into mop-up duty at the end of the game. Some of his success may have come from the fact that Minnesota was exhausted from being on base 26 times in the course of nearly four hours after banging out 19 hits, six of them home runs, walking six times and reaching base once, of course, on one error.
What may be even more astounding is that over 34,000 people sat and watched this, although I'm sure most left early. Even I turned this stinker off after six. If this is what DiPoto had in mind for a "step back," maybe he didn't take a look to see there was nothing behind them but a sheer drop.
I take no satisfaction in the fact my post yesterday described accurately what we were to see later that night. To be honest, the pitching has gotten so egregiously bad that reaching my prediction suggests no forecasting talent on my part. Five-plus run innings have become the new norm for this team.
My curiosity only grows as to what Davis, the pitching coach, and Narvaez, the catcher, are saying to these guys on the mound. Maybe something like, "just throw it up there, let your fielders do the work." Ooops. Not such a good idea with these gloves behind them. Better to advise them to keep their bags packed, they're soon headed back to T-town when Tom Murphy takes their jobs.
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