TheLeviathan
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What Happens if the MLB Season Gets Delayed?
TheLeviathan replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This graph is lacking a fourth line: fan apathy. It might actually give that corporate profiteering line a run for it's money. I've always been willing to criticize the union (I have no love lost for unions) but this one is mostly on the owners. The game is broken by them both and I'm just so over it. Go Wild. -
Twins Sign Shortstop Tim Beckham
TheLeviathan replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I know it's all they can do....but damn what a riveting offseason. We flew into February at break-neck speed! Here comes spring training! Excuse me, I think the Wild and Timberwolves and Lynx and the NFL draft and NFL Monday in June are on.... -
I think we've reached the stage where won't has persisted to the point of being too late. I hope I'm wrong, but I think we won'ted our way into a can't situation.
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Because baseball staunchly refuses to acknowledge the underlying issues.
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Baseball is too slow and too regional as the poster above indicated. There is no Madden and won't be.
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Not only is there no evidence for this suggestion specifically to shortstop, it flies in the face of actual evidence that says this isn't true.
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Ortiz deserves it. Now elect the other guys that do as well: Manny Ramirez, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens. Right now the HOF morality lines make about as much sense as the CBA negotiations.
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I'm confused why Polanco moving to shortstop magically makes him a crappier hitter? People are aware he was so good at SS just a few years ago he garnered MVP votes right?
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Couldn't agree more. With our "do nothing" approach this offseason we need to utilize this season to gamble on some upside. Another "plays defense, but can't hit" old guy is the last thing we need. I'm a believer that defense matters, but I'm an even bigger believer that an offense that kicks ass every night is the best tool to win. The Twins run differential (4th best in the league) in 2019 is a testament to that. A relatively poor defense that year and they still won 101 games. The idea that you HAVE to play defense to win is demonstrably false. That said...go get Story.
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I'll add to what the Nicks said: if we're not willing to sign a Trevor Story or some other big time bat who can field, I'd be totally fine with a Polanco/Arraez middle infield. What they can do offensively is a major boon and we saw that in our lineup not that long ago. Meanwhile, a no-glove husk like Andrelton Simmons was a black hole in our lineup day in and day out. I don't care if he was the Jesus of Shortstops....it ain't worth that black hole. This isn't your Terry Ryan "Everyone throw a SINKER!" pitching staff any more. The emphasis on infield defense can take a step back in priority. Ideally, sign a guy that can do both and keep Jorge at 2B. If you can't or won't do that, I won't complain about a MIF that can hit instead of the crap-fest we rolled out at SS last year in the name of defense.
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Rhys Darby is hilarious.
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It looks like Oscar Isaac is totally throwing himself into the role. It could be bonkers. Marvel is setting up a supernatural/scary wing of their universe with Dane Whitman, Blade, Moon Knight, etc. That could lead to some seriously good stuff.
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Yup. That's a garbage starting point. Baseball should be thinking radically and all we get is this. Plus....14 teams in the playoffs? Ugh.
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*Said all future Gopher fans 11 months later the last two years (Hope it happens though!)
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His skillset is so unique. I hope the Twins find a way to keep him in the lineup somehow. I don't have any bright ideas on that front, but I like what he does for the top of our lineup. Especially in this era of baseball.
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Fun fact: Arraez "horrible" production against lefties for his career is still .100 points higher than 2020 Simmons against humans of any handedness!
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The Twins Need Buxton Insurance
TheLeviathan replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Kepler isn't a good CFer. That shouldn't be plan A if Buxton is hurt. Mixed and matched for some games? Sure. Every day? No.- 24 replies
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He wasn't good, but I feel it bears pointing out that he was stuck in a place he wasn't developmentally ready for yet. So it may not be a fair evaluation.
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The author's point to me seems exactly right. The team has some building blocks and reason for hope in the high minors along with an offense that could very easily be a winning-caliber group. Taking short, mid-tier shots at players has a threefold benefit: A) If they're successful and the team is winning it gives them depth and flexibility in their development of young players (plus...winning!) B ) If they are successful but the team is garbage you have attractive trade options. C) They're garbage and the team is garbage....worth a shot, short term deals come off the books quickly so you can try again. I've said all along I'm building for a 2023 success story, but doing that means I need to make moves now that help with that vision as well. I don't see anyone here saying sign 5 Randy Johnsons and have a sixth one in the bullpen just in case with an eleventy billion dollar payroll while we let the Pohlads eat Annie's Mac and Cheese and live out of boxes to feed our baseball habit. So maybe, just maybe, we could stick to what the OP actually said. (And yet, with this paragraph, I'm still in roughly 6th place for needless, off-track hyperbole for this thread alone. Sad Panda = Me)
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Nameless grunt Witchers don't really matter much. Parts of the show were great, it has elements of being really good, but it just doesn't totally land for me.
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Yeah, a lot of faceless (intended) nobodies were the only consequences. There was also some sort of lesson the Witchers learned but that didn't land either.
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The shpw has mostly failed on the promise it has. Watchable but it feels lacking. Curious....without spoilers...what went sideways for you in the finale?
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Marvel gets ripped for being sexless and therefore unable to create fully formed emotional characters, but that argument is such nonsense and No Way Home is a testament to that. That movie threw emotional haymakers that had real tears shed in the audience. It was fun without being overly quippy, it was a coming of age story, a tragedy, fanservice, and so much more all wrapped into one glorious package. Marvel might not be Citizen Kane or Casablanca or Goodfellas or whatever....but they consistently tell heartfelt stories that are fun. I'll buy a ticket for that anytime. You can keep the overwrought cinema opinions...those movies are great too!.....but if I'm going to a theater I want the kind of product Marvel gives me. No Way Home was laughs and tears and gut-wrenching and cathartic and all kinds of other great emotions. That studio knows what the hell it's doing.
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7 more years of @Nick Nelsonpreseason articles predicting a Buxton MVP year! We're going to break that "Joe Mauer's got New "Insert Gadgety Thing Here" record the Star Tribune set yet! (All in good fun! Nice article)
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I would only quibble that unions do come with downsides. I think this is an oversimplification that isn't fair to the point.. Your last paragraph is spot on though.
