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  1. Nine of twelve
    I'm pretty sure they have navy Cleveland jerseys.
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    Edited for accuracy.
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    Not unique. The University of Richmond teams are the Spiders.
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    I'll echo my comment from the Wind Surge thread, that teams want to come up with names that are literally unique in the sports world. Hence Mighty Mussels, Blue Wahoos, Trash Pandas, and so forth. I just hope it's something that's not too weird.
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    From the NYT article: "One of the people said Cleveland planned to keep the Indians name and uniforms for the 2021 season while working to shift as early as 2022." This to me is a cop-out. They currently have jerseys that have "Cleveland" across the front. I don't see why they can't use those for a year until everything else is put in place.
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    This would probably involve royalty payments to Jimmy Webb.
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    I have enjoyed reading this thread so far, but it points up how difficult it is to come up with a suitable team name and/or mascot these days. The people in the marketing department want a cool, appropriate name that has never been used by any other team ever in history so that official merchandise will sell well and so that the team doesn't infringe on an existing trademark. The fans want a cool, appropriate name that has never been used by any other team ever in history so they can feel a special connection to the team. I would guess that Wind Surge is a name that has never been used by any other team ever in history, probably for good reasons. And it may be appropriate. But as for me I'm at a loss to come up with a name that is unique, cool, and appropriate.
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    I totally agree about the balk play. It required perfect timing and execution and only someone with top-flight baseball instincts could pull it off. It was something Paul Molitor would have done.
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    Players are scouted and developed, evaluated, signed, traded, and released/non-tendered. Coaches and managers are scouted and developed, evaluated, signed, hired away (although rarely for a lateral move) and fired/not renewed. The same thing that applies to players, coaches, and managers applies to all positions within the organization, right up to the general manager. Derek Falvey seems like a pretty intelligent fellow, so I expect that he knows all this and has contingency plans to follow in the event a member of the organization needs to be replaced for any reason.
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    In 2009 he was the best baseball player in the world, and it wasn't a fluke. And in 2010 he would have been on a World Championship team if not for injuries to Joe Nathan's right ulnar collateral ligament and to Justin Morneau's brain.
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    Well, yes. Putting a player on the roster should be based 100% on how the front office thinks the player will perform and 0% on how the player has performed in the past.
  12. Nine of twelve
    I had to think about this 3 times before I got it.
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    I agree, but the same should have been true for Blyleven. HOF voters don't always get it right.
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    I'm surprised by this, but if it does come to pass I hope it works out well.
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    I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned this piece by Michael Rand of the Strib. (Or the Twitter post itself.) https://www.startribune.com/rocco-baldellis-cap-adds-fuel-to-twins-saints-affiliation-reports/573235081/
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    I guess this means he's officially giving up on his career path in molecular biophysics, biochemistry, and medicine.
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    I thought about that when I made this post. Two things: One, Odorizzi was not a Cy Young winner, and, two, I would guess that Odorizzi had strongly signaled to Tampa Bay that he would leave as a free agent at his earliest opportunity. So they took the first satisfactory offer. Snell will generate far more interest and I'm certain the price will be much higher.
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    I would like to comment on Dick Bremer. It's a very difficult line to walk to be a home-team-friendly voice without being an overt homer. As for me, I like having a Minnesotan who is a Twins fan covering the games and I think Bremer walks that line about as well as anyone can be expected to.
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    Keep in mind that this is Tampa Bay we are discussing. If they agree to trade Snell to us it's likely that we are making an unfavorable trade.
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    As has been said in another recent thread and other past threads, A and AA teams travel by bus. That means that there has to be a minimum of 8 teams within a reasonable bus ride of each other. An affiliated AA league will never, ever be located in an area that includes Fargo (or Lincoln) because the three current AA leagues are well-established and fulfill that requirement. Even the A Midwest League would have other options farther south. You can add to all this the fact that MiLB is undergoing contraction. I'm afraid having an affiliated team in Fargo is a pipe dream at best and delusional at worst.
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    I look at a map and I see several cities that look like much better geographic fits than Wichita: Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Beaumont, Waco, Austin, Abilene, Lubbock. I know nothing about stadiums or other local conditions in any of these places but given bus travel I would think the feasibility of any of these cities is superior to Wichita.
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    This is exactly what makes his value as a Twin as high or higher than ever. As Richard posted earlier this morning, no player is off the table. I would trade him and anyone else on the roster if the value of the return was greater than the value of the giveaway. I doubt Falvine are going to get an offer that good because other GM's are very unlikely to offer value higher than Buxton's value to us.
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    Look at the geographic distribution of the three AA leagues. Wichita could maybe join the Texas league but that would happen only if one of the other franchises is eliminated, and in that unlikely event there are several cities farther south that make more sense. Lincoln is a non-starter. And even if MiLB is realigned to make Wichita available I'm sure the Royals would be all over it. There just isn't going to be a AA team close to Minnesota. Staying in the Southern League, as close to Ft. Myers as possible, is probably the best the Twins can hope for.
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    In most cases I don't mind if a thread goes off on a bit of a tangent. This is not one of those cases. I don't like it when someone makes me think of this broadcaster.
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    Per Phil Miller from the StarTribune web site: https://www.startribune.com/twins-rookie-league-team-folds-ending-manager-s-33-year-stint/573071622/
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