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  1. Nine of twelve
    Here's the Strib article. Surprised nobody has posted anything here yet. http://www.startribune.com/twins-cut-ties-with-robbie-grossman/501672921/
  2. Nine of twelve
    Only St. Petersburg has a worse major league stadium.
  3. Nine of twelve
    What was the best thing before sliced bread was invented?
  4. Nine of twelve
    I'm not saying we should do nothing ever. But I'm saying that getting Greinke now and giving up what it would take to get him would most likely be a net negative for the franchise. This team needs to have a better core of players on the major league roster before we start thinking about this type of trade.
  5. Nine of twelve
    This.
  6. Nine of twelve
    Haven't read the thread, but I'll say this: Trading for Greinke would take us from not winning the World Series in 2018 to not winning the World Series in 2019. And what we would have to give to get is very, very unlikely to be worth the return and would probably decrease the chances of winning the World Series in 2020 and beyond. And if the trade does take place I would be happy to be proven wrong.
  7. Nine of twelve
    I didn't know that. It would have been nice if it could have stayed there but it seems like the team is doing what is best.
  8. Nine of twelve
    Grown up? Really?
  9. Nine of twelve
    We don't have a Rottweiler. We have a Flat Coated Retriever. He's an excellent watchdog but a terrible guard dog. He'd be overjoyed for a burglar to break in. He loves everyone.
  10. Nine of twelve
    All three offspring can carry it on, but regarding baseball it's very unlikely that the girls will make much of a contribution. In this day and age every MLB franchise would take any player who could contribute to its success regardless of genetic background, but people with two X chromosomes are very unlikely to succeed in baseball. It may not be fair but it's reality.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Ranked choice voting is the best. For EVERYTHING.
  12. Nine of twelve
    OK everyone, go back to 2016. Do you remember the three words that described the franchise that season? Total system failure. So Jim Pohlad and various consultants tore the old system down (which needed to be done) and decided to hand the rebuild to Falvey. And now Falvey and Levine have gotten to the point where their vision of a new system is starting to be implemented. And at this point it's still just a start. Of course, as expected, there are some detractors, mainly old school and impatient types. But keep in mind that this is baseball. It takes longer than 24 1/2 months for a new system to be put into operation, much less come to fruition. As for me, I choose to be optimistic about the new staff. I look at these hires as the cutting edge of the future of the game.
  13. Nine of twelve
    Maybe, or maybe not. For example, I don't think they ever saw Molitor as fitting their system, but they were forced by JP to accept him when they assumed their roles in 2016. Then the Twins squeaked into the postseason in 2017 and PM got the MOY award so the optics of letting him go then would have been detrimental to morale and public relations. It's only now, at the beginning of their third year, that they have been able to choose someone who more closely matches their vision of the person they want in one of the most important positions in the organization. And they can't just snap their fingers and have the best possible scouts and player development people in place. It's a large staff, it takes time to identify the people they want, and it takes time to actually hire those people, many of whom are currently employed with other organizations. And most of all, it takes time for prospects to mature into major league players. The highest levels of success will be attained only if a team correctly identifies which players to draft and trade for when they are very young, developing them well, and establishing a continuous pipeline of major-league-ready homegrown youngsters. Is 25 months enough time to do all that? My opinion is no.
  14. Nine of twelve
    With a nod to Tennyson, players may come and players may go but baseball goes on forever. I suppose looking at it like that you could say that no specific players are the game. But the game is only an abstract concept without someone to play it. Players of the past were the game of the past, current players are the current game and future players will be the future game. The beer vendors are not the game, the executives are not the game, the writers are not the game, the stat-heads are not the game, and even the fans are not the game.
  15. Nine of twelve
    Those of us of a certain age who were in the Twin Cities during the early TK era may remember a most excellent baseball writer for City Pages named Ann Bauleke. I'll always remember what she wrote about Brian Harper in 1991. Closely paraphrasing, she said that Brian Harper was a hitter who could catch. That's what Yogi Berra was. And there have been many of those players. The rarer breed was a catcher who could hit, like Johnny Bench or Ernie Lombardi. At his peak, Joe Mauer was the best catcher who was the best hitter. Ever. That alone would get my HOF vote.
  16. Nine of twelve
    There will always be math!
  17. Nine of twelve
    Regarding Buxton and injuries: Paul Molitor was injured frequently early in his career. Once he got past those years and played regularly he flourished. I can see the same happening with Buxton. I'm not saying extend him now, but I am saying the time will come to extend him, and soon.
  18. Nine of twelve
    So, a player suffering from migraines and then fouling a ball off his toe is sending a message? Really??
  19. Nine of twelve
    I strongly concur. Buxton has such a high ceiling and he is soooo close to emerging big time. Do not give up at this point. The Hicks trade is a prime example of scouting and player development being the keys to succeeding as a franchise. Had the Twins been better at both in 2015 we would be looking at an outfield of Rosario, Buxton, and Hicks, with Cave or Kepler as the fourth man. There would be none better in the major leagues.
  20. Nine of twelve
    Pohlad didn't want to move the Twins anywhere. Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point was the location where he tried to fake people into thinking he was moving to but that was just a ruse to try to spur stadium construction.
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    Regarding the AL vs NL debate, the record of the NL in interleague play this past season was 158-142. This was the first time since 2003 the NL won more games than it lost.
  22. Nine of twelve
    This is so cool.
  23. Nine of twelve
    Gladden has been at this job for, what, 20 years? And he is mediocre on a good day.
  24. Nine of twelve
    This. Every year has two seasons: Baseball Season, and Waiting for Baseball Season.
  25. Nine of twelve
    The play-by-play announcer on TV is almost superfluous. Sometimes I think that he/she is there mainly to get people who aren't paying attention to look at the screen when something important happens. It might be interesting to give Dick the night off and have Smalley, Hawkins, and Morneau do the equivalent of a TD game thread and just talk about whatever they happen to think of. Non-traditional but I bet it would make for interesting listening.
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