Torii

He tries too hard. He had no chance at the ball yesterday and yet he still dives for it and let it get past him. It was a huge mistake. It was unexcusable to take that chance in that situation.

There were 2 outs and a runner on first. He was already playing a very deep outfield so that an extra base hit can be cutoff easier so the runner on first won't score. So it is already iin his head that he should keep any balls hit in frontof him.

In this situation he just needed to stop the ball from getting past him, the out was secondary. It as a huge mental gaff.

If it was a physical mistake it would be easier to swallow. If he was just unable to get to a ball in the gap it would have been easier to understand. But this was dumb.

Then he is up in the next inning. I knew he would try to hard to win the game with 1 swing of the bat. All the pitcher had to do was keep the ball out of the strikezone. Torii swung and missed on all 3 pitces, the last one was 3 feet outside.

Don't try so damn hard. If you are going to try hard at something try to do something with value like try to be patient at the plate.

The Twins have won 3 in a row many times this season and Oakland has lost 3 in a row also. It can happen. The odds are slim but don't give up yet. The Twins have beaten longer odds already this season.