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  1. Number3
    A day late but it had to be done. It sends a message to the entire organization that there actually is accountability. Whether or not Molitor deserved to be fired is irrelevant. Now, who they hire to replace him is very relevant and I hope he is a take no prisoners type of manager.
  2. Number3
    If Joe Mauer is/was so great why is it always necessary for someone to revisit and reaffirm that Joe Mauer is so great? Greatness does not have to be proven by dredging up stats from a 100 column spreadsheet. Greatness simply "is". For someone with so much supposed greatness Mauer had very little impact on games day after day and was in no way a presence on the field when he should have been in his prime. There is no one in the Hall who has to have a list of miscellaneous stats to justify that he is in the "Hall". Best average with risp. 48 rbi's. Go figure. My guess..a LHB hits a flare to left and a runner on second can't score. Take one "great" season out and Joe Mauer had a nice career as a Major League baseball player. As such he is upper tier of the middle of the pack who ever played the game for any length of time but not among the "greats" who played the game. He stands out on Twins' teams of the past decade or longer because there is no one else on those teams who has even come close to star status unless you count Torii Hunter or Morneau for a couple of years so Mauer had to be hyped while performing at a journeyman level.
  3. Number3
    Draft from 2017, not 2016 but I don't think the pick from 2016 has played either.
  4. Number3
    Im responding to the comment buried back in the thread that the Twins leave players in the minors too long. Not only that but they are content to send Sano and Buxton back to the minors when there is no logical reason. Did the number 1 overall pick from 2016 get any time with the big club? I bet the off season marketing plan will consist of Sano, Buxton, and Royce Lewis arriving all at one time in a rebirth of the old and the baptism of the new as the Twins go all in for the 2019 World Series. They will have a great January and February and then the season will start.
  5. Number3
    Always figured that Dozier would tank when games actually meant something. Can't believe the idea of resigning him was actually proposed. Escobar? Why not? Status of Sano and Buxton is still at the top of the list for 2019 and needs to be resolved once and for all. Twins at least reached a status of mediocre respectability in 2018 and will probably be around the .500 mark in 2019 due mainly to weak Central and overall diluted talent in all of MLB. I still believe that more and more, the coach/manager is the most important person on the field not any one player and this is true in all of major league sports. I also think that Mauer's departure is an overall plus for the team and those who take the field in 2019 will play better without Mauer on the field or in the dugout.
  6. Number3
    ".....He’s given over 15 years of his life to Twins Territory......" As opposed to doing what?
  7. Number3
    I get a kick out of the comment (paraphrase) that if he had gone to Red Sox or Yankees...... Not only would even those deep pocket teams not want him with that contract looming over his head but neither would anyone else. Mauer is the most "untradeable" player in major league history. His only value as a free agent would be as a very specialized pinch hitter against right handed pitching when the object is simply to get on base. He will either retire or Twins will overpay him for another year just for "perceived" marquee value.
  8. Number3
    Twins lost and are 9-13 in September. Comparing Mauer to Killebrew is like comparing a goat to a bull. 2 different breeds of animals and I would bet that Killebrew could not have cared less what his total base count for his career was and could not have told you what it was if you asked him.
  9. Number3
    I don't think its a coincidence that Mauer did much better when he had a star supporting cast; primarily Justin Morneau along with Torii Hunter and maybe others. He obviously was not comfortable carrying the "star" load by himself. I still consider him an underachiever who relied totally on his natural ability. He had/has no desire to be a team leader and basically showed up for work. To Mauer, baseball literally was/is a "walk" in the park. (pun intended).
  10. Number3
    Unless the Twins fire Molitor and bring in a manager who acts (even if it is an act) like they actually care about winning baseball games I don't care what they do player wise in 2019. Guess what Texas just did?
  11. Number3
    Brian Dozier .189/4/17 in 42 games with Dodgers. Nothing like playing when the games actually count for something.
  12. Number3
    Twins have averted a bad September finish by winning 4 straight but are still 8-10 for the month. Only 10 to go with last 7 at home v Tigers and White Sox. I think how they finish will say a lot about how they do next year. How about at least 1 in Oakland and then 5-2 on the final home stand. Not too much to ask.
  13. Number3
    I don't believe "hate" should even exist. It is the worst possible emotion and should only be reserved for the rarest of cases. The biggest victim of hate is the hater, not the hated. I think the best word for Mauer is "underachiever" and I don't think it is off the rails to feel that he has basically coasted through his contract and has provided no leadership or inspiration whatsoever. He is constantly treated as a superstar while his performance on the field has been that of a journeyman "dime a dozen" player. I know, I know OBP. Big whoop.
  14. Number3
    Odorizzi has been a rock this year and has taken the ball every time it has been his turn. Win or lose he has been a true pro all year. Twins dealt a blow to Yankees #1 wild card hopes. I hope they win every one of their remaining games against White Sox, Royals, and Tigers (they had better win most of them) but I do hope they lose to the A's so that Yankees have to go to Oakland for the wild card game. Maybe September can actually mean something after all.
  15. Number3
    I fully expected to see Mauer's 4 run homer sneak over the left field wall. Instead it was a 406+ ft blast to slightly right center. So now the question remains why was that only home run # 6 for the season? The answer has to be that his main goal is maintaining that .300 life time batting average, not helping the Twins win baseball games. Therefore, simply make contact and hit to the opposite field. Bryce Harper did the same thing recently when his average was heading towards the Mendoza line. I honestly believe that Mauer will do anything to keep that .300 average including retiring.
  16. Number3
    Per USAF Chief "I can tell you one place where they're getting it wrong: take a look at the current 40 man roster, two years into their tenure. Arguably worse than at any point in my lifetime. And none of what young talent they do have has been signed to a long term contract. Not one single player." Bingo, bingo, and bingo! The Twins are in worse shape than at any time including 2016 and that includes the Manager. Molitor seems to be daring the FO to fire him with the lineups and batting orders he has been sending out there. "What are you going to do, fire me?" Only good news is that there should be absolutely no false hope for 2019 and absolutely no marketing slogan that can sugar coat the obvious. Proof in the pudding will be the Baltimore Orioles who crashed and burned this year. I predict they will out perform the Twins next year.
  17. Number3
    No point in going into the weeds on this. Very simply this team is in disarray and the only goal is to take the field next spring with a semblance of a major league baseball team. No plan, no systematic method of upgrading or even maintaining a level of talent. If you want to see what seats of pants with wings look like, check the back sides of F/V and rest of Twins' management.
  18. Number3
    I don't believe I said anything about the team turning right around. I do believe that the team needs a clean slate and a clean frame of mind to be be able to turn around. The Mauer era is over and hopefully the Molitor era is over too.
  19. Number3
    I honestly believe that Mauer has been a drag on the whole team for several years. Twins must "cut bait" after this awful season which started with promise and will end in total disarray. Mauer is as much symbolic as anything and as long as he stays with the team the worse than simply mediocre Mauer era will continue. Twins better start '19 with no Mauer and, by the way, no Molitor.
  20. Number3
    Nice to see Tigers now below the Gardenhire line of .400 and both Twins and Tigers are 2-8 over last 10 games as they simply try to get the season over with. Twins have replaced Gardenhire with as close to Gardenhire as they could find. Don't worry about any smoke coming out of the Twins' dugout because there is no fire in the Twins dugout. Games left with White Sox could actually mean something to one of the teams and guess which one it isn't. Games left with the Tigers will be spring training games that count in the record but that is about it.
  21. Number3
    "Enjoy a summer evening at Target. Ignore the men in funny suits and hats running around and especially the numbers on the big sign in center field."
  22. Number3
    Twins are conducting a social experiment; not a Major League baseball franchise. Their motto is "Can't we all just get along?" If they could change the rules to not keeping score they would jump at the chance. Truly is a crying shame. Joe Mauer and Paul Molitor are perfect to be the face/manager of this franchise. Really nice, low key people who don't want to ruffle any feathers.
  23. Number3
    Is this really all that complicated? Buxton is either a major league ball player or he isn't. Stop treating him like he has some kind of disability. If he is healthy he should be playing at the major league level. If he can't "hack" it so be it. Typical making the proverbial mountain out of a mole hill. What is better for his so called development, playing against an Oakland A's team that is fighting for a playoff spot or playing wiffle ball in his back yard? Way too many chiefs and not enough good Indians. That is for sure.
  24. Number3
    The fact that he was an All Star and has since regressed is not good. Plus, weight loss or not, he has been injury prone and probably still is. Let him play the season out, see what he is willing to do during the off season, and if he doesn't tear the cover off the ball next spring he is probably done. When the games start counting next year he either should be ready for prime time or not on the ML roster. His real position should be first base anyway and that is where he should spend the off season and spring.
  25. Number3
    Per Mauer's 1,000th run. That's $200K+ per run. What a deal. That is double 6 figures for simply crossing the plate playing a game. If this was Jeopardy, the question would be, What is wrong with pro sports today? Continuing to hype Mauer's career stats in light of what he has been paid is hilarious. Any product on the market with his price/performance ratio would have been discontinued due to lack of sales years ago.
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