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Another great idea from St. Peter and crew! While I'm not on staff, here's a few more they ought to consider:

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Not sure I agree that this will be the last time expectations will be low for awhile. With clearly increased competition in the AL Central (finally), it may be possible that the 2013 Twins will be a...

Gardy's quotes even about the simplest of reasons why the Twins lost a meaningless Spring Training game to the Red Sox today (Minnesota Twins: Eduardo Escobar's base-running blunder irritates...

There seem to be some very positive, competitive players on the team. I enjoyed Mike Bernadino's stories about Ramirez and Escobar, and Darin Mastroianni is quickly becoming my favorite Gladdenesque...

Not all that much choice. My main concern with Worley is that he'll feel too much pressure to be our ace. We don't have an ace. It's not our year for an ace. It's not our year to take on Detroit....

I don't rely on national sports writers to diagnose the hometown team's problems or prescribe their cures. I respect Gardenhire, perhaps even more than I've let on, but you put us in the AL East...

Kirsten, thanks so much. This team's attitude, chemistry and culture is fascinating to me, and you've given those of us who couldn't listen in a real treat!

Finally, some auspicious news for the team. In order to break our curse, they must be named Morris and Viola, they must be baptised beneath the center field batter's eye, and pine tree saplings must...

Yup. I think Vern was hired about the same time as Shurcan Pickum.

If I'm in an executive position with the Twins, here's what I'm watching closely:

1) How does Gardy respond to the new coaches? Steinbach, Cuellar and Brunansky were brought in to shake up the...

I've been critical of this organization's culture for awhile now, so I understand the frustration, but I DO still have a degree of respect for what Gardenhire and Ryan accomplished. In the early...

Nice work. I would gladly welcome that kind of crying over the kind we've endured over the last few years. If this whole organization can turn it around for and with these young players, we might...

The few cheapshots notwithstanding, I'm enjoying this thread. I haven't been happy with Gardenhire for years, but I've had a hard time putting my finger on why. He seems so different from TK. I...

I just wonder who will be leading the team in 2016. Mauer may end being worth his contract, but he clearly has no interest in a leadership role in the clubhouse. And it seems to me that this team...

Wow. Well, on the plus side, this might be another piece of the puzzle that gets us a new manager in 2014. Maybe even a new GM.

Yes. We have enough evidence of this already: Gardy's Spring Training 2011 assertion that Nishioka would be a Gold Glove contender, TR's claim that Jason Marquis was a strike-throwing innings eater...

Couldn't agree more. TR has proven that he's only capable of thinking small. For all of the praise he got for signing Willingham and Doumit, we need to keep in mind that the few moves he made last...

Looking at the folks who are in the playoffs this year, it's pretty clear to me that it isn't a set number of years to contention, it's a culture shift. When the Twins demonstrate accountability,...

Do we really want the Rays to pick our pockets again? Stay away -- those guys are clearly smarter than we are at this point.

I'm not convinced that trades are Ryan 2.0's speciality. The time to trade Span was before the deadline when he carried a hot bat and glove -- when there were many possible contenders for an extra...

Seth, I admire your writing and I appreciate everything you contribute to Twins baseball talk, but I totally don't get this perspective. We've had enough of this route to failure over the last...

I still love the team, and I'll cheer for them, but I can't fathom why anyone would renew a season-ticket package for 2013. With no changes on the horizon (yes, I read the Mackey piece -- I'll...

Seth, I'm certainly not trying to be combative or sarcastic, but, sincerely, why do you think Gardy's a great manager? What attributes do you feel he has to lead a team to a league title? I'll be...

There's always the element of what we couldn't see during the negotiations, but I don't begrudge fans for worrying that the same brain trust/scouting crew who brought us Nishioka might not have had a...

Yes, good comments today. I'm a bit puzzled about how folks think the Twins will try to "stay competitive" in 2013. They haven't really been competitive for a championship in quite some time. But...