The Twins clubhouse Monday resembled the dramatic scene from the movie “Titanic” when musicians played their instruments amid chaos, hoping to distract paying customers from doom and gloom.
Don’t panic, long season, Twins players said. One bad week of baseball doesn’t make a season, they cautioned.
“To get down on ourselves right now would be ridiculous,” Trevor Plouffe said.
That’s a well-worn viewpoint when a baseball season starts in the gutter, and the Twins are clinging to the “small sample size” notion like a security blanket.
Forgive the rest of us for feeling a little queasy.