Experts: Naming Five Twins Starters Right Now 'Pretty Good'

52 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

This made me think - can I name five coaches.  Rocco is easy, Wes is pretty well known.  Beyond that it could be the Marx brothers.  Thanks for messing with my mind.

I thought it was the Marx brothers. Now I have doubts.

Separating the diehards from the casual fan, as he says, may be fun for us, but when the casual fan doesn't have a clue who they are watching they will stop watching.  And how that helps the organization is way above my pay grade. 

The other thing us diehards should be watching is the attendance figures; this is what may determine how much money is available in the off season.  Two seasons in a row of huge losses doesn't help the payroll budget a whole lot, especially if the new CBA is more costly.  So we may be seeing this crew long past this September.  Learn their names.   

8 hours ago, Mark G said:

Separating the diehards from the casual fan, as he says, may be fun for us, but when the casual fan doesn't have a clue who they are watching they will stop watching.  And how that helps the organization is way above my pay grade. 

The other thing us diehards should be watching is the attendance figures; this is what may determine how much money is available in the off season.  Two seasons in a row of huge losses doesn't help the payroll budget a whole lot, especially if the new CBA is more costly.  So we may be seeing this crew long past this September.  Learn their names.   

Exactly.  I am one of those who longs for a stable line-up.  I have completely stopped watching.  Hoping for a way to catch Berrios pitching tomorrow for Toronto otherwise absolutely no reason to watch.  I can glance at Game Day if I want to or read the box scores tomorrow to keep up a little.  IF Buxton comes back this year I could be enticed to watching regularly again.   But you all probably know by now I have to watch on my iPad which I absolutely HATE.

I believe that the Twins have a lot to play for. They are professional baseball players and they want to advance their careers. Also this will  give us a chance to check out some of our pitching prospects for next year. I am impressed they they are playing hard and want to win these games. If they could make it to .500 wouldn't that be grand.

15 hours ago, MABB1959 said:

Exactly.  I am one of those who longs for a stable line-up.  I have completely stopped watching.  Hoping for a way to catch Berrios pitching tomorrow for Toronto otherwise absolutely no reason to watch.  I can glance at Game Day if I want to or read the box scores tomorrow to keep up a little.  IF Buxton comes back this year I could be enticed to watching regularly again.   But you all probably know by now I have to watch on my iPad which I absolutely HATE.

I do not say this with any malice or glee, but you will never get a stable line-up with this manager; he simply doesn't believe in it.  Remember the days when the manager would be standing on the top step of the dugout, intensely watching the game as it unfolds and sees the whole field?  Me too.  Remember the days when the manager would sit in his chair behind the protective screen with all the computer printouts and manage the game from there?  Yea, me neither.  But that is what we have in our dugout; this is a computer game to him, and he moves the pieces....er, the players around as the computer dictates.  Same with the lineup.  Same with the RP rotation.  It looks more like a youth league game where the coach has to get everyone in the game somewhere.  And the diehards might enjoy the action, but the average fan doesn't get the managed chaos and tunes out.  Personally, I know a lot of old time baseball fans; I do not know one at this moment who cares anymore.  Not a good sign.  Let us hope for better days.

Every single word of what Mark G. said is exactly right!  

Rocco was trained in Tampa to use his computer rather than his eyes and knowledge of the game.  So sad...  

Regarding the "line-up" for each game, I'm pretty sure Rocco draws the names out of a hat.

And, it's pretty disheartening to have MLB where we live, but follow other teams to see how our former players are doing...

(BY THE WAY - Jon Marthaler needs to be a regular contributor here.  Pithy is good.)