Riverbrian

The word "Impact" in this context is undefined. I'm sure they were expecting an "impact" from all 4 of those players and the price paid for any of them really shouldn't be part of the definition. Some people read "impact" and insert it into their own minds eye of what "impact" means to them and they start thinking they are going to drop 20 million AAV on players to match the readers definition of "impact". When I read that they are going to target "Impact Pitching". I don't assume that it means money spent to acquire it. To me it simply means that they are going to find guys to fill out the pitching staff and they expect the guys they find to make an "Impact". And to that I reply "Well Yeah... I sure hope so". I hate to think that they are going to waste time and roster space picking up players that they don't believe in.

I never walked through a minefield but I imagine someone could get lucky for awhile or it could happen right away. In either case... you are probably better off with a map so you avoid them altogether. Regardless... The overwhelming majority haven’t been speaking their minds for quite some time. You know that... I know that.

Yep Ozzie was run out of South Florida for letting all hang out. I agree with you. I wish they could speak their mind but they can’t and this discussion is a living breathing undeniable example of why they can’t and won’t. We really don’t know what we do when we do this. But we do it. And we must all lie in the bad we made.

Nobody has told you what they think in a long long time using this format. Are you still watching or listening to them or reading the quotes in the paper. If you are... they will continue. Actually, I take that back. Tommy Pham was honest. Said what was on his mind with no regrets. Got ran out of St. Louis as a result. There have been moments of honesty. It is usually followed by public apology.

I came home one day and the garage door wouldn’t open. I grabbed the ladder and the tool box, up I went. Keep in mind... I don’t know what a wrench does. I’ve been a home owner for quite some time and household repairs don’t repair themselves I’ve learned but I tend to wait for that to happen because I don’t know what I’m doing. My wife would love it if I could fix stuff but she stopped dreaming of the day. So... I went up the ladder and I stared at this contraption... looked at my tool choices... wiggled some things with my fingers and the garage door opener started to work again. As I started down the ladder, I reached for the tool box and accidentally knocked if off the ladder, it landed on the roof of my wife’s car. She’s hears everything, so the clatter drew her to the garage, she immediately sees a dent in her car. There was an immediate press conference right there at that moment between us. The first thing out of my mouth was... “I never thought I could do this but look honey, I fixed the garage door opener!!!” Under different circumstances this would have been a big deal. Turns out tho’ I said the wrong thing at that moment, it was indeed a great achievement for me but the timing wasn’t right. Turns out, I probably should have taken a different approach. I’ve told that story to other friends and they are all able to tell me a story of a time where they themselves have said the wrong thing. Some major... some minor, It just typically doesn’t happen with TV cameras on us. Could he have done it better? I sure hope so. Could Lavine have been a little smarter about his statements about service time last year... I absolutely believe so. Mistakes happen. You make some great suggestions on how he could have handled it differently but you’ve also had more time to think and craft that suggestion and you are not doing it in a live press conference with no do-overs or the possibility of weighing the pros and cons before hand, I simply have much better uses for my emotions then to waste it on someone who didn’t express themselves perfectly. I shake my head because we are actually pissed because he tried to express that he was still proud of his team. And simply didn’t say it perfectly or even well for that matter. Is this really how the world works? Sadly, it is and has for quite sometime now. And that’s why we need public relations, that’s why they speak in cliche. That’s why Politicians don’t say anything on the campaign trail, that’s why negative ads work during elections, thats why the police chief can’t say that he thinks “Bob did it”, that’s why the National Enquirer has a circulation. It’s Us. We are the reason. We are jerks.

This one is the most crushing because it lacks the benefit of time to heal the wounds.

Don't contact me. I'll give him bad advice to try and tear those Patriots down.

Well, they lost. The punches are going to come.

My theory is that the Twins have a PR director and the Rays have a PR director and the Red Sox have a PR director and our reactions are why they have them. My theory is that he has been exposed to the do's and don'ts since he hit a major league field. My theory is that he has learned from past mistakes and will make new mistakes but all of it shapes how they conduct themselves with a microphone in their face today and tomorrow. I don't believe he needed a PR meeting prior to the press conference much like I don't believe a SS needs a meeting to throw the ball to 1st base after fielding a grounder. Yet sometimes, the SS throws the ball in the dirt.

Yes Pro Sports is emotional... Which of course, doubles perhaps triples the PR necessary to negotiate the public emotional landmines. It isn't General Mills... it's more acute because of the emotional investment. "not frustrated at all" You are hanging him for those words and by doing so, all you are doing is proving my point. He has to be very careful with what he says because if he doesn't express himself perfectly, we kill him for it. Which you are doing. You are fixating on a sentence, inflating it's value and meaning in a sound bite world and throwing it back at him.

I shouldn't be surprised but still find myself surprised that we have people here who don't recognize PR. Public Relations is a pretty big field these days. They offer degrees in Public Relations at Universities and Colleges around the country. The reason you need public relations is because over time it has become clear that every time you walk up to a public microphone, the public will inflate the words you use to problematic levels. He is not going to stand in front of the public and point out mistakes made by the front office, the players or himself. Because if he does... the public will make him eat those words and they will be spoon fed back to him as long as he remains in a public position. If you don't believe that will happen... you simply don't recognize this behavior in yourself. Universities and Colleges around the country would have no reason to offer degrees in this field. How anyone is shocked by positive comments, cliches, measured statements out of the PR playbook in this day and age is what is truly shocking. Be honest with yourself, what you want is for him to express himself honestly. Then after he does, you want to take those honest words and bang him over the head with them again and again. The real conversations happen inside the offices of 1 Twins Way and that's where the real conversation should happen because we have proven time and time again that we can't handle the truth.

I agree For tonight... I'm going to bed. Tomorrow I'll go to the movies. I'll look for something to laugh about. If I find something... I'll feel normal again.

And 29 teams will be judged as failures every year then.

The Yankees had pitching, clutch hitting and incredible defense. I think it's Ok to say that they earned this.

The season will end on a loss for 29 teams. It was a great 2019.

What else is there to say.

C'mon now guys... Figure it out.

Wide Awake... Ready to go

You will be amazed

The impossible can be done!!!

ROSARIO!!!

There is magic in the air

There will be fighting back