Brian Bass...

[UdeLakeTom]

We could be in Seattle or Washington...now there are places to complain about bad baseball. Maybe we should have re-signed Silva!

[PierBridge]

They said Span is up for good. Time to trade CUDDY for a shutdown set-up man.

We have 2 great set-up men?.

We won't trade Cuddy one we don't make rash decisions on short samplings I think we need to see more of Span before we declair him the next best thing to Kirby.

So he "span" can now hit lefties after hitting around a BUCK for his career?

What happens when there is actually a scouting report on Span???

[riverrat56]

Another stellar preformance by Bass today....

[SledNeck]

Originally Posted By: SledNeck

They said Span is up for good. Time to trade CUDDY for a shutdown set-up man.

We have 2 great set-up men?.

We won't trade Cuddy one we don't make rash decisions on short samplings I think we need to see more of Span before we declair him the next best thing to Kirby.

So he "span" can now hit lefties after hitting around a BUCK for his career?

What happens when there is actually a scouting report on Span???

maybe he'll be a .269 hitter then and avg 18 HRs 118 strike outs with 79 rbis ....I dont even have to say whats coming next

[bassislife]

I haven't liked how Bass has pitched at all this season. They need to get rid of him. He had another bad outing today. Big surprise.

[tisosy11]

Gardy goes from being praised to being destroyed.

Bass needs to learn how to handle pressure as well.

[bassislife]

This guy is terrible. Every time he is put in he messes up the game. The few strikes he throws are always smacked into a gap. Like tonight, he goes in to get a couple outs, but instead the mariners tie the game. He is easily the worst in our bullpen, hands down.

[mike morris]

Unbelievable! If your looking for a reason why we aren't going to win the AL Central, just take a look at our bullpen.

Guerrier has been bad this year. Crain has been no better. I don't think bass has ever been good. Even Breslow couldn't get an out tonight.

Man our starters are really going to need to pitch from here on out. That's our only bright spot along with Joe Nathan.

[MinnesotaMongo]

Good grief - it's ONE game...

[harvey lee]

I would agree that a contending team does not loose a game when up that many runs late in the game.

Very,very poor bull-pen showing. Couldn't we have put someone in to still win the game than to test these dudes all in one night?

[zepman]

It's been way more than one game this year that our pen has let the team down. They miss the sidewinder.

[Scott K]

We definatly need someone better in our bull pen if we are going any where in the playoffs. Maybe someone in the minors can help us out, who knows!

[Maximum12]

I didn't think they'd miss Neschek that much. Funny how you can pull one piece out of a pretty solid bullpen & it messes up everyone (except Rock-Solid Joe). Instead of the 7th all the sudden Crain & Guerrier are pitching the 8th, & while they've been solid in their old roles, can't seem to handle their new roles.

I've said it before & I'll say it again: screw the power-hitting third baseman! Forget a veteran starter or shortstop. What this team really needs is a competent bridge to Nathan. There have been too many of these meltdowns in the past month or so & it's going to be tough to hold off the Sox if the Twins can't hold leads like they've done so well the past several years.

Side note: the Mariners practically gave away Arthur Rhodes. Why couldn't the Twins have snagged him?