New Dude in the Bullpen

He was warming up. I saw him. Last name Manship.

Man.

Ship.

Welcome Mr. Manship. Go get'em.

In praise of a good bullpen appearance

Bobby Keppel threw this tonight against KC. Well done, sir. You will have nights where you get written about otherwise on this blog, no worries as you are human. Keep it up. If you can be the bridge to Joey NayNay, you will get paid.

I didn't get a chance to watch the 6/27 game, but those numbers looked OK, too.

Let's do some analysis

Avid readers of this site have seen a theme of late. Let us analyze this theme. I did a quick look at all the Twins losses so far. I started from the 7th inning on to see just how many times our beloved bullpen have watched it run down their leg. I only did losses and not wins where they were bailed out (like the last two games). There might have been an error or two that I missed, but whatever. Let's take a look:

Legend: FUBB = Fuck up by bullpen.

Opener: Solid loss
4/9: Couldn't score
4/11: Score more
4/12: Solid loss
4/13: FUBB
4/15: Solid loss
4/16: FUBB
4/22: Solid loss
4/23: Starter's fault
4/26: Starter's fault
4/27: solid loss
5/2: FUBB
5/3: FUBB/Baker
5/5: Score more
5/6: Rain
5/7: FUBB
5/10: FUBB

That's about 6 losses due to the pen. Now, we all can't be perfect, 4 less FUBBs would put the Twins at 22-13 right now and one of the best records in the majors. Instead, just 18-17 and a half game out of 1st. That's a testament to the AL Central. Yeah, that's what we will call it, a testament. Let's see how this plays out during the year.