Twins simply can't help themselves

A 4 game sweep at Texas last weekend. I think most would have been cool with 3 of 4, but they went the extra mile and got the full sweep.

Sets them up well for a 13 game stretch against nothing but lowly White Sox and lowlier Tigers, with the first 6 at home.

And in fine 2019 Twins summer fashion, they drop 2 of 3 to Chicago, including a dismal, uncompetitive 4-0 smothering today.

So basically, we get a quick reminder that all this talk of this easy schedule the rest of the way means precisely jack shit.

We cannot count on the Twins to handle their business, like Cleveland did, in these matchups. We cannot count on them to win home games. After the last 2 disastrous, humbling homestands(Mets/As/Yankees, then Royals/Braves/Indians...a combined 8-11, 5-11 if you take out the Royals) they really needed to show up for the home fans. Now, they could very well sweep a Tigers team that's one of the worst MLB teams of the decade, but anything short of that means you don't even win THIS homestand. That would be humiliating.

This thing is going down to the last week, probably the last days. I guess it's good the Twins finish on the road.

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  1. MichelleAugust 21, 2019 at 7:08 PM

    I was told after the August 11th game to calm down. Okay, I may have thrown in the towel on the Twins but in fairness the pitching and now the defense is questionable. I can’t see this team making it far in playoffs. Although there are people on Twitter who still think the Twins are going to win the World Series.

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