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  1. Blackjack
    But whatever the offers were, it would have offered them lifetime security.
  2. Blackjack
    This. Spend the money on signing our own young guys and pitching.
  3. Blackjack
    After watching that video of him running the bases in yesterdays game recap, i don't know about that. He's a big, big man, if his legs hold up, it will be a miracle.
  4. Blackjack
    Pick your poison, night games at 24 degrees or day games, at 32 degrees with sunshine. Pull up a chair on the west side your house this afternoon (provided you are in Minnesota), if you're out of the wind and in the sun, its actually pretty nice. Are the Twins going to get a higher attendance in the afternoon games in nicer weather or in the evening, even with the kids 'available', when everyone has to dress up in snow suits? Remember, the Twins goal is to get more fannys in the seat so the can sell more $10 beers, $8 hot dogs, and all the other foodie items that are not cheap.
  5. Blackjack
    Baseball also needs to schedule more day games this time of year. I was just looking at the schedule, the games 4/9 and 4/10 with Houston are night games, forecast for 32/20 and 32/23 for the two days. 32 and sunny is a heck of a lot warmer than 20 degrees!!!!!! The sun is powerful this time of year, I was out at noon and even at 22 degrees it was melting the ice off the roads and steam was coming off the parking lots. We can only hope that the Twins get used to the cold over the weekend so that the when the hot-house flowers from Houston come to town, worrying about neck gaiters and long underwear, the Twins are acclimated to it and just worrying about playing good ball.
  6. Blackjack
    How about a change in scheduling where you're playing division opponents, teams that will be back in town later in the season?? Then it would be a lot easier to postpone a game.
  7. Blackjack
    By the way, where did Joe Benson end up??
  8. Blackjack
    Both teams are playing in the same weather, no advantage for either team, deal with it. If the players don't like it, bring it up at the next collective bargaining agreement. Obviously MLB likes it and the money that the longer schedule brings in. The only reason the games should be postponed is if the fields are dangerous, as in its snowing out. Otherwise deal with it. Hopefully we'll be having this same discussion in November when the Twins are playing in the World Series!!!!
  9. Blackjack
    I did a search to see what others were saying about the bunt. Not too many supporting Dozier. Mike Axisa, CBS Sports: “Translation: ‘We're very upset Sisco and the Orioles didn't just roll over and lose in the ninth inning. How dare they try.’ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bs-sp-sisco-bunt-reaction-20180402-story.html
  10. Blackjack
    Plain and simple, Dozier comes across as a whiner. If that's his form of 'leadership', the Twins don't need it.
  11. Blackjack
    Where there is smoke there is fire. Hopefully Sano has learned a lesson about keeping has testosterone in check!!!!
  12. Blackjack
    I hope this is sarcasm....
  13. Blackjack
    Isn't that what the major league pitching coaches are paid to do?? Help their pitchers figure things out???
  14. Blackjack
    How often do players get tested?? Are they tested multiple times per year?? Is every player on every team tested?? Are the tests scheduled or surprise tests??
  15. Blackjack
    My exact thoughts!!!!
  16. Blackjack
    If Joe has a year like last year, the two big factors on whether he comes back in 2019 will be: 1) how close the Twins are to a World Series 2) wanting to stay home with his twin girls. It has to be tough saying good bye when you're heading out on a 10 game road trip. Unless the Twins are in the ALCS and just barely lose out, I think with the example set by his older brother Jake, giving up his managerial career in order to spend more time with his family, I think Joe will be done after 2018.
  17. Blackjack
    Thanks, I needed a good chuckle with my morning coffee!!
  18. Blackjack
    Supply and demand and smarter front offices say otherwise BUT only time will tell. If I could goto Vegas and bet on it I'd put $20 on his contract being closer to $8 million per year than $15 per year, no matter what the length is.
  19. Blackjack
    It would be interesting to see a breakdown in revenue between ticket dollars and concession dollars. It takes butts in the seats in order to sell $8 hotdogs and $10 beers. Winning puts butts in the seats, more 'fair weather fans' that don't goto a lot of games and will splurge on more concessions.
  20. Blackjack
    This. He'll think that he's worth $15 million a year for 4-5 years, nobody will bite, he'll end up settling for $24 million for three years -- somewhere else.
  21. Blackjack
    I said the same thing last week and got ridiculed. Somebody must still be sleeping off the weekend. How much does Dozier really want to win?? Unless the bidding team is Boston, NY, or Houston, what other team has a better chance of winning in the next few years?? With the Twins being full of infield prospects, I don't see them making a 'break the bank' offer for him. The Dozier situation is going to be interesting, with lots of chatter here on TD about him.
  22. Blackjack
    As I said, he'll probably be able to feed his family on whatever he signs for.
  23. Blackjack
    Only time will tell. The same goes for Buxton and Rosario, can they keep up the good work from last year? I'm optimistic but....
  24. Blackjack
    With the way the whole free agency process worked out this, teams NOT handing out extravagant contracts to older free agents, I'd be a little nervous if I was Dozier. Nervous is probably not the right word, he'll make enough money to feed his family, but he's not going to get the big deal that he could have predicted two years ago after hitting a bunch of home runs. Maybe he will give the Twins a home team discount.... If not, bye bye.
  25. Blackjack
    It would be nice to see this updated after the 2018 season, to see if the Twins really did make a mistake (or two).
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