Watching the Minnesota Twins the past couple of seasons, there's been one question that Twins fans have been asking themselves repeatedly: "Well, it can't get any worse...can it?"

When Justin Morneau went down with a concussion in July 2010, Twins fans asked that question. Next thing they knew, concussion-like symptoms and injuries to his wrist and neck sidelined the Canadian Crusher and made him a shadow of himself.

When Joe Mauer was extremely "sore" two weeks into the 2011 season, Twins fans found themselves asking once again. The result of that ordeal was Mauer being limited to just 82 games, as the Twins limped to one of their worst seasons in franchise history.

Then, when the Twins started to scuffle after splitting a series at Yankee Stadium a few weeks ago, Twins fans didn't think things could get worse and that a turnaround was on the horizon.

Turns out that predicted U-turn was right into oncoming traffic. The Twins limped through a 1-4 homestand and then went on the road to Los Angeles to get shut out by Jerome Williams.

It couldn't get any worse...could it? Oh, yes, it can.

The Twins were no-hit by Jared Weaver on Wednesday night, and it's the cherry on top of the crap sundae that Twins fans have endured over the past two-and-a-half years.

It's hard to pinpoint where all of this began, but the Twins might have started to fall in Game 1 of the 2010 American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees.

Game 1 was pivotal for the Twins because of all the postseason beatings they had taken over the previous seasons. Minnesota surged out to an early lead thanks to a home run by Michael Cuddyer, but then saw Jesse Crain give up a blast to Mark Teixeira in the seventh inning to put the Yankees up for good.

Since the Game 1 loss, the Twins are 67-119 and currently hold the worst record in baseball at 6-18. What was once a model franchise has taken a Humpty Dumpty-like fall that might take general manager Terry Ryan a long time to put it back together again.

Just 10 seasons ago, the Twins were one of the pluckiest teams in baseball. If a team had a problem with it, they would take the field and thoroughly beat them into the ground with their fundamentally sound brand of baseball. They even talked trash, a foreign concept to the current leaders of the Twins team.

It could be assumed that if the 2012 Twins faced the threat of contraction that the 2002 Twins faced, they might have just said "OK" and packed their bags for greener pastures.

There comes a point in every rebuilding phase where a team simply bottoms out. This is that time for the Minnesota Twins. Changes need to be made in order for this team to compete for American League Central championships once again, and they need to happen soon.

A performance like this has to spark something, and it will be interesting to see whether the Twins get up and fight or lie on the mat in the fetal position.