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  1. Kelly Vance
    Knee jerk reactions are by definition statements given without true deliberation and discernment. 1000 ABs is not even two full major league seasons. And given how fast he went through the minors, this is small sample size when projecting whether a guy will have a good major league career.
  2. Kelly Vance
    Simple. He needs to get in shape and buy some eyeglasses.
  3. Kelly Vance
    For some: Mauer went 0-4? Bench the bum, cut him, sent him to Peoria....make him retire. For the rest of us: "WELCOME BACK JOE" You ain't done, and your story is not yet written.....
  4. Kelly Vance
    I remember suggesting Red Dawg as manager. He was available. Also, if they had let Gardy go a little earlier Tito Francona was available.
  5. Kelly Vance
    A contact play with a hit back to the mound (which is what Sano did) gets you out at home. This one got through, but I have lost runs doing exactly what you suggested more than once.
  6. Kelly Vance
    Yeah, I have defended the MOY all season, but I can't understand letting Magill, who has been effective, linger on the bench while Reed is off his game. Molly is overusing Pressley, Reed and Hildy. He needs to learn to adjust to performance and stop being so rigid in his thinking. We have several other guys in the pen. Molly is signalling he doesn't have confidence in anyone else. That's bogus. But I am trying to stay positive. I'm positive its bogus.
  7. Kelly Vance
    Would someone remind Molly we have other relief pitchers besides Pressley and Reed?
  8. Kelly Vance
    In a word, NO. Why leave a world series champion and contender this year to join a long shot team?
  9. Kelly Vance
    I think this problem, if you want to cal it that, takes care of itself when Erv and May and Pineda are ready. I could see putting Romero in the bullpen for high leverage appearances, and give Pressley a break. That keeps Romero in the arsenal and saves his arm. But I don't believe in innings limits per se. I think his arm will tell him when its tired. Its like all those people that say drink 8 glasses of water a day. Now doctors are saying drink when you are thirsty. Your body will tell you things if you care to listen. But I agree that he is a valuable future SP and maybe a staff ace. Berrios and Romero look like they will be legit starters for a long time, so he is an asset to be valued and not abused. Now, can someone tell Molly that we have other relievers besides Pressley and Hildy and Duke?
  10. Kelly Vance
    Sano went opposite field on purpose...... yay!!!!!!
  11. Kelly Vance
    Those who think of themselves as ex-players and coaches, be it baseball or softball, look at baseball as a pennant race the same as others who didn't play. But they know that you just have to stay positive. The season doesn't go away just because you hit a bad patch and lost a few games. In the Twins case way too many 1 run games. But that is what you kinda expect with a young team. Still, I am glad to see articles looking at the positive side. Six games below .500 in mid June is nothing.
  12. Kelly Vance
    Yeah, it is still June.
  13. Kelly Vance
    The wild card slots are not filled in mid-June anymore than any of the division races are. There is time to right the ship. But like Nick says, we need to get hot and make our own luck. This team has the potential for a winning streak after ASB. Six games under .500 is no reason to cry in your beer. Hang in there folks.
  14. Kelly Vance
    Such good news about Joe. Hope he comes back strong. This is a young team,. You expect veteran teams to win one run games. Young teams, uh no. But these guys are learning. The Rupp move wasn't an accident. I don't believe for a second that Sano is at a cross roads of his career. He is still just a young 25 and coming off an injury. He needs to learn to hit to the opposite field. He is strong enough to hit homers with the push away swing. Buxton too. Can you imagine how many triples he could hit in a year if he would learn to hit to right field?
  15. Kelly Vance
    Pretty damn close. Sano was an Allstar last year.
  16. Kelly Vance
    What the casual fan (who never played the game) doesn't get. You need to work, you need to learn from your mistakes, you need to think of the fans. Everyone of the Twins on this roster do that. But you need to be healthy and have a little luck. A lot of luck is better. This is major league pitching they are facing. Wise up. TD fans are impatient. The Twins aren't failing us. We are failing them. Geez you guys. This is a young team with a lot of talent. Hang in there. Show some faith.
  17. Kelly Vance
    Thanks. Reason I asked is I don't mind giving different guys a cup of coffee. A little incentive is a good thing. But they gotta be able to play.
  18. Kelly Vance
    When you go with a youth movement, you have to be patient. You cannot expect young players to be Willy Mays. Young pitchers improve, then regress, then improve again. Hitters have slumps. Other teams have scouts looking for ways to pitch us, beat us, and they sometimes exploit flaws. Bux needs to hit to the opposite field more. Sano too. But they don't deserve the kind of criticism leveled by TD. Both have been injured. Sano gets criticized for showing up overweight, when he had leg surgery in the off season.... what was he supposed to do, take up jogging on one leg? Bux had migraines.... then a broken toe. Yet people say he sucks. How unfair. I see a young team that can still pull it together in the second half. And the one thing I KNOW is true about this year. These guys deserve better fans.
  19. Kelly Vance
    can Wade play CF?
  20. Kelly Vance
    I swear, some of the posters on here would DFA their bride if she burned their bacon on the honeymoon.
  21. Kelly Vance
    FC: Agree with 1. Two, they are already kinda doing that. 3 Pressley and Reed aren't hurt. How do you release LoMo when Mauer is out. Leaving only Sano at 1B? Uhhhh no. OC:1, Keps has to play through it. He homered in Seattle and looked like he was getting hot. 2, OK. 3, OK. I think they have to play through the rough patches. I don't like it anymore than you.
  22. Kelly Vance
    I think this is one of those times when the only way out of the problem is through the problem. They need to get players healthy and play better. But it seems kind of wrong to get too down on a team that started the season with their #1 SP undergoing surgery, and which has lost 4 of their regulars to injury. I mean, that is just unfair. Doesn't excuse Grossman thrown out twice at home in one game for dumb baserunning (on the 3B coach too), errors, and chasing bad pitches with men on base.
  23. Kelly Vance
    Don't think so. The award is given to the manager the voters think deserved it Usually you have to be a contender. It didn't hurt that they rebounded from a horrible previous year, I'll grant you that.
  24. Kelly Vance
    I saw it in person during the Mariners series. Speed of the game.... Stuff you can't appreciate unless watching live.
  25. Kelly Vance
    You mean the Molitor that was last year's Manager of the Year?
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