Now is the point in the season when all the pressure is split up between multiple people. The pressure is on the players, and Minnesota Twins' GM Ron Gardenhire. This is the time of year when the players are playing their hardest to win the starting spots, or a spot in the rotation.
The manager, Ron Gardenhire, has to make his cuts and assignments based on scouting reports, and player performance.
His dilemma? Inconsistency.
Players have had ups and downs, slumps and breakouts, and just about any other performance related opposite you can think of. Joe Crede, for example, had a batting average of less than .100, but just last week he went 3-for-3, including a home run, double, and single, and a walk.
Another problem, for the team in general, is their cohesiveness and team consistency. They were 8-3 through 11 games, their record today? 12-10, losing seven of their last 11.
I am a die-hard Twins fan myself, but I do not have so much pride in team as to say they ...
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Bong Got Hit Hard (and Other WBC Thoughts)
zonersports.com 3/24/2009 — If only LaTroy Hawkins was on his game, and maybe Jeremy Guthrie — the USA would have won it all. Or not. LaTroy Hawkins and Jeremy Guthrie? Ted Lilly? Matt Lindstrom? If this is so important why are we trotting out those guys?
Japan Repeats in a Classic Game
213milesfromshea.metsblog.com 3/24/2009 — Japan beat Korea in a classic game last night, one that is worthy of all of the praise it is getting. If you missed last nights game, it focused on fundamentals, it focused on slugging when needed and bunting when needed and it focused on Baseball. Going into this game, since 2000, in ...
Your 2009 WBC MVP: Dice-K
quinnmedia.blogspot.com 3/24/2009 — Japan did again, and repeated as World Baseball Classic champions, with a 5-3, 10-inning win over South Korea at Dodger Stadium last night. The Japanese led through most of the game, and had a 3-2 lead in the ninth. But wunderkind starter Yu Darvish had a bad case of wildness, walked two ...
Minnesota Twins: Ron Gardenhire's Wit and Wisdom
bleacherreport.com 3/24/2009 — There's no way around it. Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire is a divisive personality. You either love him or you hate him.
However, give the devil (if that's the way you prefer to view him) his due, Gardenhire has a way with words.
While ...
3/23/2009 Ichiro Suzuki
statlinereport.com 3/24/2009 — Ichiro Suzuki 4-6 2 rbi
The 8 pitch at bat versus Korea’s Chang Yong Lim was the biggest at bat of this sports icons career. Japan won the WBC title with Ichiro’s 10 inning game winning single plating 2 runs. This future hall of famer (in two countries) showed why he is simply ...