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Congrates to Justin , It was bitter sweet to bitter again , Watching this beer guzzling goalie , grow up and turn into an MVP, only to see him struggle post injury.Yet through it all, Justin was Justin , a Class act , a good family man a humanitarian . Like Jim Thome baseball needs more people like these 2 , good luck Mr. Morneau

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WT-heck is going on with these deals today. This might be the craziest day in a long time.

 

Me thinks the GMs just wanna have fun at the meeting , so there getting there home work done early

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I'm really happy for Morneau. Seems like a good place to hopefully improve what he's done the last 3-4 years. I certainly hope for that. Good dude. Just like Cuddyer! And, nice contract. A 2nd year and more per year than I would have guessed. Good for him!

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I'm really happy for Morneau. Seems like a good place to hopefully improve what he's done the last 3-4 years. I certainly hope for that. Good dude. Just like Cuddyer! And, nice contract. A 2nd year and more per year than I would have guessed. Good for him!

 

Me 2.

 

He still has career ahead of him and he will always be one of my favorite Twins.

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Very bizarre move by Colorado, to be honest. I hope Morneau stays healthy and produces for them, but what is going on with the Rockies? Basically giving Fowler away, and then signing someone they didn't need for what appears to be above-market dollars.

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Really happy for Morneau but I agree with drivlikejehu that the Rockies are a puzzlement.

 

I remember some "need to add a veteran" for stability discussion when they signed Cuddy. Is this the same thing? Helton retires, have to add veteran leadership?

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Why didn't the Twins resign him they will never replace his bat.

 

I hope this is sarcasm.

 

I'm pretty surprised he got that much. I figured he would get a Ryan Doumit type contract, 1 year 3-4 million.

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Good for Justin- he has to be happy with this deal!

 

My guess is the Rox logic is similar to Twins/Hughes: change of scenery is everything.

His bat stands to benefit in Denver- is there a better fit for him?

 

As for the Rox "plan", that's anybody's guess- but not our problem.

Good luck to him, sure it will be good times with Cuddy, and I WILL be watching that series!

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Glad that the Twins didn't resign him, I heard too many short sarcastic answers from him during interviews - until he got a little humility after his injuries.

 

You wonder why he would even want to keep playing, one more concussion could affect the rest of his life, he already banked one big contract, how much money does a person need?

 

Good luck to him.

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Good for Justin! I wish him all the best. I always hate seeing long-timers go, but such is the business and I hope he finds success again.

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You wonder why he would even want to keep playing, one more concussion could affect the rest of his life, he already banked one big contract, how much money does a person need?

 

Good luck to him.

 

Maybe because he loves it? I hope that's why anyway, and I would be very sympathetic to that answer. I doubt it's just about the money.

 

In any case, I wish him the best. I'll have to catch a few Rockies games this year to watch the former MVP and former batting champ.

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Glad that the Twins didn't resign him, I heard too many short sarcastic answers from him during interviews

 

I like guys who can play baseball. I've never really cared if they're good at TV interviews.

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Very bizarre move by Colorado, to be honest. I hope Morneau stays healthy and produces for them, but what is going on with the Rockies? Basically giving Fowler away, and then signing someone they didn't need for what appears to be above-market dollars.

 

Todd Helton just retired so someone has to play first base. I think Morneau could definitely hit 25+ homeruns playing in Denver.

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Maybe because he loves it? I hope that's why anyway, and I would be very sympathetic to that answer. I doubt it's just about the money.

 

In any case, I wish him the best. I'll have to catch a few Rockies games this year to watch the former MVP and former batting champ.

I am 44 and play basketball before work with a group of coworkers every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will keep doing it as long as my body allows, hopefully into my 60s. One of the guys is 65. Why would you quit when someone is paying you to do something you love so much? Youth will not come back. Do it while you can.

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I am 44 and play basketball before work with a group of coworkers every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will keep doing it as long as my body allows, hopefully into my 60s. One of the guys is 65. Why would you quit when someone is paying you to do something you love so much? Youth will not come back. Do it while you can.

 

You'd have to call security to keep me out.

 

If I was cut... I'd still show up with my glove and bat... Pretending that the cut didn't happen.

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  • Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 30m
    justin morneau deal with #rockies came in at $12.5M for 2. good to see 1 club friendly deal in the bunch.

  • Just to show how perspectives vary. Heyman calls the deal "club friendly" while many of us were shocked that it was for 2 years.

 

I'm still surprised we didn't bring him back and have Mauer play 3rd. Joe would be perfect over there, and we could of dumped Plouffe. It would be a much better team.

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I'm still surprised we didn't bring him back and have Mauer play 3rd. Joe would be perfect over there, and we could of dumped Plouffe. It would be a much better team.

 

I really think that if the Twins thought Mauer had the range to play third, they'd have tried that out. Even though I'm critical of the Twins front office often, I do think they are aware of the idea of the defensive spectrum and that moving Mauer to third would have been far better than moving him to first.

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I really think that if the Twins thought Mauer had the range to play third, they'd have tried that out. Even though I'm critical of the Twins front office often, I do think they are aware of the idea of the defensive spectrum and that moving Mauer to third would have been far better than moving him to first.

 

A year or two ago, sure. But not in 2014.

 

What's the point of moving Mauer to third when Sano has improved drastically and looks to be in Minnesota by mid season?

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