Sometimes it’s okay to admit you just aren’t very good.

Torii Hunter seems like a bright guy. He’s also a great defensive center fielder and can, at times, hold his own on offense. With another loss last night – this time to the Mariners – the Twins are now two games under .500 and are officially dead in the playoff chase. Hunter can’t seem to figure out what went wrong.

This from today’s Strib:

"I don't know what's wrong, don't know what happened. Don't know if it was [trading] Luis Castillo, or the comments from Johan, or what. But something negative has hit this clubhouse. Something's not right."

Well…what’s wrong is that the Twins aren’t very good. They should have done something positive at the deadline to help the offense and they didn’t. They are what they are right now – a .500 or so team with 3-4 good hitters and a leaky bullpen that can’t get from the 6th inning to the 9th without falling apart.

It was fun while it lasted; they made us watch for a couple of months but now… it’s over.