Memo to Major League Umpires: The Minnesota Twins are are quite capable of losing games on their own. They don’t need your help to accomplish that. I find it odd that an umpire standing at third base can’t see a baseball bounce into the stands for a ground rule double. I know it’s hard to watch the Twins play, but as an umpire you have to watch them play.
Nonetheless, this season has very quickly developed into a “adding injury to insult” type situation. It seems as if every day brings news that another player is going on the disabled list. And if the players being brought up from Triple A Rochester are any indication, the future is quite bleak.
It is so bad, that the everyday lineup for the Twins includes a guy playing shortstop who can’t make a throw to first base. Remember when Chuck Knoblauch was traded to the Yankees and had difficulty making the throw from second base to first? That was quite humorous in my book. This? Not so much.
