"The offense is terrible, our bullpen can't hold leads, and our manager is a moron."
The blogger who typed those words -- and who is prone to similar graceful outbursts -- hasn't posted anything since the Twins started their five-game winning streak. Anyone can look at statistics, starting with the fact that the Twins have a 4 1/2 game lead in their division and are tied for the second best record in the majors, and taste the bile oozing from those words.
The Twins have issues -- and the sun will rise in the East tomorrow.
Jon Rauch may not be the October answer ... Good argument can be made for a no-doubt No. 1 starter... A reserve outfielder with an excellent glove would be more useful than Brendan Harris... What's the deal with Anthony Slama?
I'm all about swapping opinions -- passionate ones from multiple points of view. Sometimes we don't have all of the facts, which was the case Monday night, when we wondered why Michael Cuddyer was at second base instead of Alexi Casilla as Orlando Hudson's injury replacement. (Frankly, if Casilla was healthy and Gardy started Cuddyer to see what would happen, I would have been fine with it. But that's a moot point now.)
This is sports, not science, which means its OK to argue with a handful of facts instead of a truckload.
But here's the problem.
The name calling, hyperbole and level of ignorant, attention-seeking screeching that comes from a small handful of places on the web makes it that much more difficult for the thoughtful, opinionated, controversial, insightful, funny, wise, research-generated, experienced-backed voices to do an even better job of providing for people who read and follow their work.
