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  1. ashbury
    You already saw this, but the others may not have. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=526170843465927
  2. ashbury
    You're depriving yourself from enjoying a really entertaining game, unfortunately. I put aside my antipathy for both teams and just watched the drama.
  3. ashbury
    Enough to have more starts at SS than anyone else on the team, including the guy named as MVP. 😀
  4. ashbury
    I like runs and RBIs. Among players whose games were at least 60% behind the plate, Jeffers had the 8th most runs batted in, and the 9th most runs scored. Part of his secret formula was to be 4th in the majors in HR (among catching peers I mean). Someone has to catch. If you discard Jeffers, it's a false economy - you will be hard pressed to replace the production without paying through the nose.
  5. ashbury
    I had the Twins for 78 wins in TD's preseason survey, so for me Rocco is a dark horse candidate for Manager of the Year for this over performance. 😊
  6. ashbury
    Yes, sorry, I missed that caveat in your explanation. I expect he has some trade value in a full teardown. That's the only scenario I care about anymore. The onslaught of trade this guy, trade that guy, has worn me down.
  7. ashbury
    For every player with a positive value that you listed (where's Wallner?) there appears to be an article at TD titled something like "To Save Money Should the Twins Consider Trading X?" 😀
  8. ashbury
    It's not worth starting a whole different thread, but I'll mention that the recipients of the Most Valuable Twin and the Twins Defensive Player of the Year happen to be the only two Twins among finalists for Gold Gloves this season. https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-gold-glove-award-finalists
  9. ashbury
    Our new old hitting coach turns 34 in a couple of weeks. David Popkins is just under a year older than that. I find it very interesting that such relatively young people are given the reins at the major league level, in preference to someone with decades of experience. If it works out, great, but Popkins didn't last that long here. It could be some variant of the Peter Principle at play here - someone with any abilities in one area may get promoted to some bigger job (bench coach, manager) until they reach a certain degree of failure, after which they either have lost their credibility or else (Rowson might be an example) latch on with someone else in a similar role to what they did succeed at. Nothing new under the sun, maybe.
  10. ashbury
    The billionaire who won't spend has no advantage over the millionaire who can't spend. 😀
  11. ashbury
    When the concession stands all run out of those little packets of mustard for your burger or hot dog at the same time, DSP is the guy who fires the person responsible for the oversight and promotes an eager young intern as the replacement, all the while scolding Twins fans for expecting mustard to be available for each and every food item anytime they want. I will take your word for the other stuff.
  12. ashbury
    Me. Back in the bankruptcy days, and the atmosphere in the ballpark wasn't good then. I trust that it is better now.
  13. ashbury
    Follow me on Facebook for great investment tips that will make you glad you didn't waste time on baseball.
  14. ashbury
    Noble on the mound (about to give up a single).
  15. ashbury
    Nah, this is from today. No real difference from yesterday of course, as far as opening festivities are concerned No Twins batters in the lineup today. Jack Noble just pitched a so-so fifth.
  16. ashbury
    National Anthem
  17. ashbury
    Come to games and you can take quick snaps like this. (Or better. 😊)
  18. ashbury
    All billionaires are hypothetical. Eat the Rich. 😀
  19. ashbury
    True. But. I Am Not A Lawyer, as they say, but with business at this level I view all signed contracts as mere starting points for discussion when someone becomes dissatisfied. At a smaller scale Correa has a non-trade clause and yet we're discussing trading him, for example.
  20. ashbury
    "Be careful what you wish for." People have been saying we'll be better off under different ownership. What if new ownership resides in Nashville, Tennessee, for instance? Or consists of a consortium of investors who find themselves with cash-flow problems next time there is an economic downturn?
  21. ashbury
    It's a very different experience from Spring Training at Ft Myers. Definitely a bucket list item, but keep your expectations in check and look for the little things to entertain you. You saw the size of the crowd in my photo - there is a pretense that this is a fan experience, with a 7th inning stretch and so forth, but people are here to watch prospects, not a "game" per se. Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting Josh Tobias, a recent Red Sox farmhand who now scouts for them, and he was willing to share a thought or two as we watched (no scouting nuggets from him, of course - I wouldn't ask). I commented that there are a lot fewer big-name prospects in the AFL anymore, but he responded that it makes the scouting here this month even more important because pretty much every player here has a "for sale" sign if the offer is good enough. (My interpretation, not his specific words.)
  22. ashbury
    And yet, he did come back. And the collapse continued, to the tune of 2-9, until they gave him the final game or two off again.
  23. ashbury
    While I can't root against my Twins, I still would find it darkly hilarious if the Pohlad family, whose fortune got its start through Depression era farm foreclosures, winds up "right-sizing" their Twins payroll by selling valuable assets like Correa's contract for pennies on the dollar, in a "distressed assets auction" type of scenario, receiving next to nothing in return just to get it off their books. They'd be basically foreclosing on themselves, or more specifically one of their wholly-owned subsidiaries. Even then the irony will be bitter-tinged because, unlike those farmers, they do have sufficient resources such that they can choose to ride it out, but just won't because they are incapable of running a loss - it's simply not how things are done by civilized folks, dontchaknowit.
  24. ashbury
    Where's the game thread for our AFL team today? Guess I have to start my own. J/K. Here's a photo though. That's Kala'i Rosario in RF in case you can't tell. 😊 Had a good time watching a bad, sloppy game last night, with USAF Chief. / edit - and that's Rosario with a HR swing in the 5th in the cover photo
  25. ashbury
    I'm grouchy about naming a team MVP this year, but for Most Improved you've got a great choice in Cole Sands. I was slow to get on the Griffin Jax train, and I'll be more open this time around.
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