jctwins

This reads like a Mitch McConnell might be returning to the Senate soon article. Not a joke.

I've been here since the merger with BYTO and I still don't understand how this works. I keep wondering why I'm on the board and no one is talking about the headline of the day. Too much clicking to get what I want to see.

I've been extremely critical of this organization for years now. When given the opportunity, even directly to St. Peter, Falvey, and anyone else that would regurgitate the "We appreciate your passion" bullsh!t. I've been a Pohlad hater through and through. But I sat and watched Tom through the entire game on Saturday, and he's there (a new step), he's attentive, and honestly he comes across as open to conversation with the wait staff. We don't exactly know what he's done to make anything happen, but they are getting their marketing house in order, and rewarding fans that come to games. He has said on the record "we just need to ****!ing win", which is more than any other Pohlad has said on this subject beyond "we want to field a competitive team within the financial parameters are given (wah wah). I will decide whether I truly still hate this organization depending on how they conduct themselves this off season, but if anyone not named Pohlad had been in charge since he stepped in, I'd be applauding every move made as one in the right direction.

Update the URL to www.BattleYourTailOff.org and then we'll be getting somewhere.

This is why guys have to pass physicals after a trade. It would have been unwound, which would have been an embarrassment. To the original comment, this does make a decision to add for this season more questionable, especially when they know Buxton is going to be a question mark the rest of this season, too. I also think it explains why the trading was pretty light either way.

I'll remain skeptical, but I think it's apparent that they are not as monolithic as we used to think.

I think this is a pretty spot on take. I hate the Pohalds as much as the next guy, but at least it feels different. The only thing I'd question is whether Tom wants out. I think he's enjoying it more than he thought he would. But I could see him being smart enough to make the right moves that actually improve value and put them in a far better position to sell at the right price, unlike his brother.

Are you kidding? That was the owner representative that said they needed to cut after that season. Prior versions of Pohlad have said **** like "we want to be competitive while making good financial decisions". I also think it's becoming apparent that Tom didn't have anything to do with this business until he came on this year.

I think it's entirely possible we finally have an owner representative that understands that spending money might actually be a formula for making more money.

It was the same with Mauer in his era. Every trade deadline we needed dozens of articles about him not going anywhere. Apparently they generate click results.

This feels like the reason to basically skip a start for Prielipp to cut down innings if anything.

Serious question...does anyone else think Tom has been quiet since these initial comments as he's seen the difficulty in actually living up to them? I suspect he is wishing he had said that differently and is kind of learning the hard way why prior Pohlads have felt better just staying quiet.

This is the answer. Gardy rode TK's reputation for good defenses, but I saw with my own eyes at Spring Training it's because TK was still doing the work on the field while Gardy laughed with the guys. As TK stepped away, this got lost. He was uniquely relentless on developing players vs. counting on talent.

The Twins are who we thought they were!

I bet this is largely what we're all perceiving.