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  1. jokin
    I guess I'm very privileged today. This is a quite enjoyable viewing experience, I must say...lonelier than I first assumed... but quite enjoyable.
  2. jokin
    "Geographic range?" I didn't know Fargo/Forks winters resembled Vegas. I'm calling my travel agent ASAP and getting my Xmax in Vegas rebooked!
  3. jokin
    You left out Fargo International?
  4. jokin
    The "Man" casts a shadow over Sioux Falls as well? Alas.
  5. jokin
    How much worse than Rochester?
  6. jokin
    I'm glad you brought that up. I have worked on projects throughout ND, a nicer and more industrious citizenry I have yet to meet. I have a question I have always been meaning to ask you: Given your state's new found Oil-based prosperity and the muscle-flexing that comes with that boom wealth, what are the chances that the Twins could partner with the State of ND, Fargo and Grand Forks, purchase a sickly franchise like the Las Vegas 51's and move it to your state? Much closer to the mother-franchise and a natural fan-fit. Put a new stadium on the Interstate between your towns, and you could call them the Fargo-Grand Forks 29's. Or resurrect the Fighting Sioux nickname... The demographics for the 2 metro areas combined is close to 275,000, so it seems within the realm of financial possibility. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts.
  7. jokin
    So....you're saying Riverbrian has no excuse, then?
  8. jokin
    I'm so glad you brought that up. That Shannon Stewart trade immediately came to mind to me when I first opened up this thread this morning. I was excited at the time of the deal, like a kid getting an extra and unexpected present for his birthday. In any "off-the-cuff", "hadn't given it much thought", "caught me unprepared", "my boss has a gun to my head so I'm just following orders", throwaway quote, Shannon Freaking Stewart would more immediately come to mind to the average person as an answer to the question, 999 times out of 1000.
  9. jokin
    Please cite examples. There are actually very, very few on TD who could be qualified as such. If we can agree that, "very few" = "some", then I will concur with you.
  10. jokin
    Actually, it was 4.5 decent to good years for them.
  11. jokin
    Can't any of you cheapskates pony up for MLB.TV? The things I like best is the Mariners broadcasters are that they are informed and fair in there reporting,,,and no DicknBert Homer headache....
  12. jokin
    That was kind-of the point of the article, and the head-sratching by Berardino. Has Ryan learned enough in 18 years to do better than what Ryan himself regards as still his most satisfying mid-season trade from all those years ago in 1995- which he fails to point out, solved absolutely nothing in making the 1996 (and beyond) ballclub better.
  13. jokin
    I think the lesson would be don't trade proven starting pitchers at their lowest value ever for 2 very speculative flyers.
  14. jokin
    Clearly, Thome still had value, as the Phillies flipped him the next year for 2 legitimate prospects, a young pitcher and catcher.
  15. jokin
    That's most certinaly not what I said. What I said was ...actually.... "what I said", and those facts that I posted are what I would have you believe is what I actually said.
  16. jokin
    I said that, except it wasn't speculation. His 1995 numbers with the Twins were his career low to that point. It was the Orioles that got the steal in that deal. He was so "unwanted", they quickly re-upped him well into the 21st Century.
  17. jokin
    Excellent plan, Otwins. Especially in the transitional phase (that hopefully begins with a September Rosario call-up!). Dozier has impressed me mostly by not having the mental/physical breakdown he suffered last year. He just seems to be destined to a LNP-type career (I say that with respect to LNP, not derision), with a lot more pop than pop-gun in his bat. It's yet to be determined on his potential future status as the regular UTIL IF, as the question needs to be answered if he has a wider Core Competency in the infield than just 2nd base.
  18. jokin
    1) Yes! on Buxton 2) Yes! on Correia- Albers, Blackburn, Hendriks 3) Yes! on Duensing, add Swarzak (both are arb eligible)- Thielbar's emergence as a lefty makes Duens superfluous (his lefty split isn't good this year)-with P. Hernandez available when he comes off the DL, besides Aaron Thompson, this would also potentially open up a spot for Tonkin. I'd also like to find out if Ibarra is for real or just a flash in the pan.
  19. jokin
    Just for my own masochistic fun, I looked up Mark Guthrie's post-Twins career. He pitched 8.5 more years and was anything from serviceably competent- to very effective- as a lefty RP over that span. The Twins saved about $400,000 for moving him in '95.
  20. jokin
    That would qualify in my book for the understatement of the day. Rodriguez was a ML failure before he joined the Twins, when he was a Twin and after he was a Twin. In 7 ML years, he cracked below the 5.00 ERA line just once (4.63). The author of the piece got it right, Rodriguez was extremely over-hyped, Ryan bought into that hype without kicking the tires a little bit more. As you stated, he was a BA top prospect, whose ranking was continually falling as he persistently failed to meet those lofty expectations with Boston. His suspect minor league peripherals and smallish physical stature just didn't make this a good bet. Since you mentioned Perkins, his 3 most recent appearances hasn't helped his trade value any. I hope the Twins aren't tempted to panic by Perk's temporarily diminished value by another Frankie Rodriguez type, oh-so-tantalyzingly dangled in front of them.
  21. jokin
    Erickson was yet another example of trading a player at the worst possible time. Scott had a complete reversal of fortune that year for the Orioles, who bought Erickson at the absolute low-point of his Twins career (5.95 ERA/81 ERA+) to an amazing resurgence that same year for the Birds ( 16 starts/3.89 ERA/123 ERA+). And he gave them 4 very solid workhorse years after that, averaging around 230 IP/yr. For that, TR got 77 innings and an 8.30 ERA from Scott Klingenbeck. Oh, and for all that "hard work" and self-satisfied, self-back-slapping, Ryan saved less than half of Erickson's 1995 salary- a princely sum of $931,250.
  22. jokin
    Tough Love with unconditional love, yup, perfect. This may work out to be the best thing for Sano's maturity development. Any mention of anyone else involved in the disciplinary process? Smith, management figures? Sano's agent?
  23. jokin
    In 1995 he traded 4 Twins pitchers, Aguilera, Erickson, Tapani and Guthrie for: Rodriguez (5.20 ERA as a Twin) Klingenbeck (8.30 ERA as a Twin- and a guy who thought air traffic controllers had a cushy job flying around in helicopters all day) Coom-dog (or Barney Rubble, as Kirby called him. Twins OPS+ of 88) Not an inspiring list to hang your hat on for all your hard work, I'd say.
  24. jokin
    Any Jon Shave sightings lately?
  25. jokin
    Now I understand. It's the killer smile that has been holding back Pinto's promotion.
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