Viva Magglio
05-15-2002, 10:44 PM
:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
I was not in the chat room tonight because I was actually at the game in my capacity as a split season ticket holder. You know, for all the money I spend on this team, the least I would expect is a g**damn concerted effort on their part to provide some sort of return on my investment. I realize that Ismael Valdez and John Rockers are having halfway decent seasons, but they are not Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax for Christ's sake! Two hits? We only got two g**damn hits??? Once again, I thought Todd Ritchie pitched a good enough game to deserve a win. Yet, his teammates on offense let him down once again. How absolutely uninspiring they were tonight!
We swung on first pitches left and right, especially late in the game. A three run deficit is like a thirty run deficit to our listless batters. Where's the passion? Is this ballclub even interested in making the few of us who go there cheer for them?
I don't expect us to win all 162 games, and I realize at various times throughout these 162 games that we will not be focused all the time. However, this was only Game 40, and we have gone through the motions too many times already throughout those forty games.
If you think we can just sleepwalk our way to the division title, don't hold your breath waiting for the champagne celebration. I realize Minnesota has a much easier schedule in the early going than we do, but they are not going to roll over and play dead for us. We now trail them by 1½ games, and games like tonight's will only serve to keep us behind them. Meanwhile, Cleveland is beginning to show some signs of life. We lead them by only 2½ games.
Before we start speculating on what our playoff rotation should be, let's make sure we get there first. Don't dismiss this as a "sky is falling" rant or think we will win this division by default. Winning the AL Central is certainly not out of the question for us, but it is by no means a forgone conclusion. If we don't start playing competitively on a consistent basis, someone instead of us will win the AL Central. And if we win the division, I do not want us to be in and out of the playoffs like we were last time.
I want our team, our franchise, and our fandom to escape this never-ending malaise, and tonight's effort (or lack thereof) only prolongs it.
I was not in the chat room tonight because I was actually at the game in my capacity as a split season ticket holder. You know, for all the money I spend on this team, the least I would expect is a g**damn concerted effort on their part to provide some sort of return on my investment. I realize that Ismael Valdez and John Rockers are having halfway decent seasons, but they are not Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax for Christ's sake! Two hits? We only got two g**damn hits??? Once again, I thought Todd Ritchie pitched a good enough game to deserve a win. Yet, his teammates on offense let him down once again. How absolutely uninspiring they were tonight!
We swung on first pitches left and right, especially late in the game. A three run deficit is like a thirty run deficit to our listless batters. Where's the passion? Is this ballclub even interested in making the few of us who go there cheer for them?
I don't expect us to win all 162 games, and I realize at various times throughout these 162 games that we will not be focused all the time. However, this was only Game 40, and we have gone through the motions too many times already throughout those forty games.
If you think we can just sleepwalk our way to the division title, don't hold your breath waiting for the champagne celebration. I realize Minnesota has a much easier schedule in the early going than we do, but they are not going to roll over and play dead for us. We now trail them by 1½ games, and games like tonight's will only serve to keep us behind them. Meanwhile, Cleveland is beginning to show some signs of life. We lead them by only 2½ games.
Before we start speculating on what our playoff rotation should be, let's make sure we get there first. Don't dismiss this as a "sky is falling" rant or think we will win this division by default. Winning the AL Central is certainly not out of the question for us, but it is by no means a forgone conclusion. If we don't start playing competitively on a consistent basis, someone instead of us will win the AL Central. And if we win the division, I do not want us to be in and out of the playoffs like we were last time.
I want our team, our franchise, and our fandom to escape this never-ending malaise, and tonight's effort (or lack thereof) only prolongs it.