About me I want the Twins to win more than anything else I don't care if Gardy is managing, our best player is from St. Paul or Germany, if we are using an opener, Dave St. Peter is giving away 2 for 1 beers or Mike Pelfrey battles his tail off, I just want to win. I read this site all the time and twitter and everything Twins related but rarely say much but I have to get it off my chest. Why does the average Twins fan hate Falvey? I feel like this early season attendance problem is tied directly to the front office. This state just doesn't like Derek Falvey and it boggles my mind. I don't know if it is the 20 years of hearing getting the bunts down on our TV broadcasts or if it is resentment to the computer nerd tag or age. I feel like Vegas had us at 84 wins, the national media was kind of like watch out for this team but everyone around here was acting like this was going to be an awful season. While last years offseason can only be called a nightmare we still won 78 games with Bobby Wilson, Logan Morrision getting many at bats and Sano Buxy Dozier being awful. The good news though was we didn't hand out long deals and almost every stiff we signed is gone (except Reed but he fills the quota of needing one "Reeder" in Twins territory). This is a major key because in the past we signed stiffs to long term deals you just couldn't cut bait on. That is why I don't understand the angst of most Twins fans about this regime. Falvey took over a 59 win team with a bad farm system and some bad contracts, turned things around and we have little money tied up going forward. I know there is no salary cap in baseball but the Twins have a salary cap or salary ceiling. They have also invested a lot in technology that seems to be helping and dealing with guys on a personal level. I like that Rocco went to meet guys in the offseason and I love his demeanor and attitude with our young guys. I hate my fellow millennials but the job is to get to them and not complain about them. But everywhere people tell me they hate these guys and they have done nothing. (even local fm radio hosts) The key to this turn around was patience and not signing stupid deals. While I loved the 2017 season I think a lot of it was quite frankly done by accident. The key was we didn't panic and extend players we didn't have to. I think if the previous regime was in place after 2016 Plouffe, Mauer Molitor and Dozier would all still be under contract right now and those contracts would not be looking very good. (and I love Dozier). These guys seemed to have a plan and stuck to it. I also think a KEY to success was changing the culture by getting rid of Joe Mauer. Now you can say he retired, but I am 100% convinced he was told we aren't resigning you and he didn't want to play anywhere else. How do I come to that conclusion? He said he wanted to play and all of a sudden with 2 weeks left in the year he is playing double headers and throwing the catching gear on. If it was his choice and he was wanting to retire I think one of the best players in team history should have had more fanfare to come see Joe play one last time near seasons end. You can't tell me guys like Berrios and Rosario didn't resent that all the attention was on Joe when they were the all star type guys. So what do we do at 20-12 now and going forward? 1. Buy the heck out of good arms at the deadline (not Jepsen Rausch) 2. Replace Dick Bremer He's good at calling the action but if you were the CEO of Amazon you don't want your national spokesperson saying how great of an experience it is getting to talk with a salesperson at Best Buy before you buy a TV. Sorry for the long rant.
