I agree, he's friendly. He waves at so many pitches passing by. But how do you equate that with the Twins coaching staff messing with him? Perhaps he's only 23 and he'll learn. Or perhaps he never will learn. If you were his coach, and he was hitting as dismally as he is, wouldn't you try to help him figure it out? If you didn't intervene (er, give advice), then you would be negligent in your duties.

I'm just awfully tired of knee-jerk Twins' coach hating.

I don't have a problem with the coaches trying to figure out the problem, I have a problem with the fact that our coaching staff can't seem to get anything out of some of these young players. In my opinion, the culture in the dugout needs to change. I think Gardy and crew has a problem with motivating some of these young players, which tells me that a culture change is needed.