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Falvey or Baldelli? How about the both option? They go together. The are/were a self proclaimed team.

If a team is doing that, they ARE winning! Goes hand in hand.

Captain Clipboard. Bullpen Bozo. Early innings Pinch Hitting. And never smart enough to NOT pinch hit Margot. Should have AT LEAST been gone at the end of 2024, after managing the great collapse.

Best thing that can happen to a Twins player is to get traded. At least then you might get to be in the playoffs AND WIN SOME GAMES, and even get a ring, as many traded have. Bader and Duran are really smiling, and look to have a great chance to play in the Series.

Pipeline is a myth. More like Falvey’s oil leak. It’s like the difference between expected stats and what really happens. Only one means anything.

To the title question: who cares? The FO is reluctant to reset? What does a sellout and becoming the worst team in MLB since called, then?

Does the 33 million the Twins gave to Houston to take Correa count? 😇 New York Mets: $323,099,999 Los Angeles Dodgers: $321,287,291 New York Yankees: $293,488,972 Philadelphia Phillies: $284,210,820 Toronto Blue Jays: $239,642,532 Texas Rangers: $220,541,332 Houston Astros: $220,217,813 Atlanta Braves: $214,836,398 San Diego Padres: $208,909,333 Chicago Cubs: $196,288,250 Arizona Diamondbacks: $195,294,235 Boston Red Sox: $193,629,093 Los Angeles Angels: $190,508,096 San Francisco Giants: $173,019,524 Baltimore Orioles: $162,314,278 Seattle Mariners: $146,793,414 Detroit Tigers: $143,193,033 Minnesota Twins: $142,762,022 St. Louis Cardinals: $141,455,581 Kansas City Royals: $130,001,503 Colorado Rockies: $120,693,976 Cincinnati Reds: $115,466,833 Milwaukee Brewers: $115,136,227 Washington Nationals: $107,653,761 Cleveland Guardians: $100,522,729 Pittsburgh Pirates: $87,645,246 Chicago White Sox: $82,279,825 Tampa Bay Rays: $79,216,312 Athletics: $73,118,981 Miami Marlins: $67,412,619

FINALLY! Amazing how much crap one used to get by saying Baldelli should go in back in 21 and 22 from those that finally came around. Glad it happened however long it took. That Falvey didn’t go with him is tragic. Even more tragic is Pohlands still owning the team. This is the manager that kept running Manny Margot out there to pinch hit. What a genius. A legend in his own mind. Nobody made him do that. All Baldelli. Like his countless pinch hitting and bullpen decisions. Fire these invasive McDonalds adverts too! (infecting the phone site)

Still no backing for your claims.. How better or best option or tool available becomes you thinking I would mean 100% accurate is fascinating. You must define words differently than dictionaries to have come to that understanding of what was said.

Parades don't come to quitters. It is apparent that Cleveland's success while Falvey was there had nothing to do with him, regardless of the spin that it did, and that it would transfer to us when he was given control. Cleveland continues to turn it on at the end of seasons, and we know what Falvey's Twins do. Cleveland was 46-49 at the All-Star break. (Twins were 47-49). Cleveland was 54-54 on July 31. Did they sellout, throw in the towel, and dismantle their team? Nope. They were 68-68 on September 1, 10.5 games back. The players didn't quit, either. Our Falvey threw in the towel. Decimated the team. Even with Lopez and Keaschall coming back, he chose to blow it up. Not Cleveland. Atlanta won a World Series in 2021 with many players hurt and out for the season and 51-54 on July 30th. They didn't sellout the farm for the future, but Alex Anthopoulos made some improbable choices that worked (including a supposedly washed up Eddie Rosario, who had an improbable run and was MVP of the NLCS, batting .560 with three home runs and nine RBI in six games). And they didn't cash in all the trade value and deal an expiring Freddie Freeman, but kept him to make a run with him. They didn't give up! That got a parade. Even when it seems improbable, great things can and do happen. But it never happens to quitters. When you sellout for hope and dreams in the future, you mostly find that the future was now, and the dream keeps recurring in the dream state, but not in reality. Will it always happen, if you don't quit? Nope. But it will NEVER happen if you do.

Falvey traded for hitters that hit under .200. Do not despair. .200 is within reach. .200 is the new .300. We already have Lee and Lewis and Wallner and Julien and Clemens even over .200.

Definitely. Whatever it takes. We need more sub .200 bats in the lineup. Makes it more exciting when the team occasionally wins a game with hitters in the .100s Falvey must think fans are stupid. Very respectful.

Is 24-26 young? Still learning? Making mental mistakes? Need developed still? If they haven’t figured the mental part out by now, what was all that baseball about all those 10 to 15 or more years for?

But yet it is used to grade the umpires, and overturn calls. Hmmmmm. How does that compute with your claims that have no backing? It is better. It is a tool. Not a robot, just as my thermostat that measures temperature better than my guesses is not a robot. Always use the best method available without delay, I hope. At least try to get it "righter". Most fans certainly want the right calls. I don't like bad calls, regardless of whether it helps my team. I want the humans.... the players.... to decide the games, not the umpires.

For all the easy strikes calls he takes when he is batting, it seems he could use some work.

I guess they have to do it in steps for all the amateur umpire fans and folks that think umpires and not players are the human element of the game and get all butt hurt about a better tool. But just use it for every call and post it immediately for all to see on the scoreboard. Stop being so slow. Just do it. The sooner the better. Then catchers can pay attention to real skills, like throwing the runners out and less wild pitches and passed balls because they are focused on catching the pitch instead of trying to make it something it isn’t.

Martin’s mind seems to perpetually be on vacation. Skills seem there, athleticism, plate awareness……. but he is 26 and still playing dumb, making horrible decisions repeatedly. He has a hero complex. At least he hits.

Absolutely. Pennant races and playoffs suck. Winning is over rated. Watching good baseball is boring. This is definitely the best time to be a Twins fan. Errors and dumb base running and .100s batting averages. The best of times.

Japan and Korea are calling.

What was the point of even pitching Ryan for a few more days? It’s not the playoffs or a race for a spot. No reason at all. Stupid. Give him a couple more days. Buxton is crazy to stick around this mess.

So they think Lee can play shortstop. Right. Lee and Lewis. Settling into being underachieving high first rounders. Was it 5th and 1st overall?

Harry Dean Stanton wins that pic. A fine singer, as well.

When I was a kid, I thought it stood for Top Cat for a while.

Was I talking to you? Don’t think so. What a child these days. I guess I wasn’t the only one.

Not true Charlie Sheen changed his name from Carlos Estevez. The Royals’ pitcher is not a sibling or son of Martin, and do not share mothers.