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  1. Blyleven2011
    We need better disciplined players that have better skills in hitting , running and fielding .... If he listened to his father as a good son should and has the skills to be successful , why don't the other players on our team listen to the coaches to be more disciplined at hitting , running or fielding ... ( that is if the coaches are coaching these skills of the game ) ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    He has always seemed like a very mature person , very positive as well .... Can't wait to see him back in a twins lineup and hopefully he can replicate the small sample he showed before his injury in 2022 ... We need his offense in a twins lineup ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    Don't forget the wild pitch or passed ball
  4. Blyleven2011
    I feel the excitement of others ... But can the twins right the ship with Rocco as manager ... He needs to change his style of managing and go with more gut feelings instead of his spread sheets , more stealing , hit and run now without the massive shifts , teach the hitters discipline batting and cut down strikeouts , ( as a player matures he should cut down his strikeouts , i dont see this happening , no situational hitting)... Was his manager of the year worthy in 2019 when the team had career years with the so called juiced ball , ( I say no because I didn't have anything to base his managing skills on ) , since then he has been mediocre and then worse the past 2 seasons , take the talent and tap into that talent and make them better ( run , throw and catch ) ... I know it sounds negative but these are things Rocco needs to change with the talent we have for winning baseball ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    There seems to be less purists of the game today then ever before ... I would favor the ghost runner after the 13th or 14th inning if the game was still tied ... I'm for the winning team to really earn the win , not help in scoring by adding the ghost runner ... There are exciting games in extra innings sometimes where both teams scores in the same inning and moves on to the next inning , and are exciting ( 1986 , Houston and the Mets was the most exciting extra inning game I have ever seen , 16 innings ) ... Some new rules are good to speed up the game but MLB hasn't found the right solution on most of them ... The pitchers are only allowed to throw over to firstbase a few times and on the final attempt if the runner isn't caught stealing, it is a balk and runner goes to second base ... what a crock , it won't be anymore interesting watching baseball than before .... I know what I like and I'm a purist , the game I love and played just isn't quite the same , my time is valuable to me but I don't mind extra inning suspense ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    I can't believe all this bickering on the assumption of Joe Mauer getting in to the hall of fame ... Everyone has their opinions and are entitled to them ... Will Joe Mauer get into the hall of fame , ONLY TIME WILL TELL NEXT JANUARY ... see you next JANUARY when the ballots are read for discussion on whether joe gets elected or not ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Great article ... didn't know Gibson had the same surgery , im more optimistic that it works out for kiriloff on his recovery of wrist injuries ... we're pulling for you Kirilloff ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    I wish the twins were capable to retain their coaches when they got a good one , hitting coach left , bench coach left , pitching coach left mid season of 2022 ... Rocco needs smart people to surround him that keep their heads in the game ( two mound visits in the same inning with no intention of removing the pitcher , this error happened 2 years in a row because all the coaches didn't have their heads in the game ) , to many blunders by coaching and the twins lack fundamental baseball ... The twins can't seem to win because of coaching , you need a better plan especially in close games
  9. Blyleven2011
    Just read the title ... Players had career years , juiced ball they say , was a very good season to watch baseball , though alot of those homeruns they hit were solo Homer's ( over 50 percent ) , not a game changer 3 run homer ... Lots of double digit wins was very exciting ... Now I'll go read the article and responses ....
  10. Blyleven2011
    In the article it was written that the fans are mad at losing arraez and it won't matter by August if we're winning ... I can see the twins in the world series against Miami and arraez getting the winning hit in game 7 sometimeinthefuture ... Arraez was the best hitting major leaguer the twins have brought up in along time , his bat and energy ( spark plug ) will be missed
  11. Blyleven2011
    I'm not sure what I got from this article ... If he can't beat the very good teams ( above 500 clubs ) and beats the teams he suppose to then he will not win a playoff game ... I hate hearing we are a weaker division and would rather hear we are a lower revenue division ... You got to play the game , play it the right way and you can compete during the season and maybe contend in the playoffs ... I'd like pitchers to think they can beat anybody or at least keep us in the game , i want a bulldog please because your article is saying he doesn't win as often to the higher revenue teams ......
  12. Blyleven2011
    I hate talking trades about someone other than Kepler , pagan ... When healthy Polanco hits and gets on base well and plays good defense ... We need his veteran leadership and he loves to play and play and play ... He needs rest on occasion , but his mind doesn't tell him that , he plays through nagging injuries to much ... I like Polanco and his approach to the game and I hope he has a great season ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    The FO hasn't paid for pitching in free agency much over there time hear ... We have young able talent in starting pitching , give a spot in the pen to a long relief pitcher , varland , swr , etc , etc ... Let the young players play ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    The teams both have to play in the cold month of april so I don't want to hear this excuse as the twins hot bat's from spring training cool off in the cold climate ... Let's hope that the spring weather is in favor of baseball and the twins can jump off to a good start .... They have a full spring training to get prepared this season so I don't want to hear this excuse either ... The motto of the boy scouts is always BE PREPARED ... Can the coaching prepare the twins players to play fundamentally sound baseball , that is the question for winning baseball ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    I like what I have seen so far .... His hard work and his great composure on the mound has worked so far , alittle more hard work controlling the strike zone and developing his secondary pitches in AAA and he will give us some years in a twins uniform ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Nice to see vargas getting an invite to spring training on a minor league contract ... Vargas could hit it a long way when he connected .... Sano has to earn a major league contract back , if he wants to stay in the game he better settle for a minor league contract with an invite because that is all he is worth at this moment ( sorry to say ) ... I hope the best for both of them ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Loved all the praised tributes the players gave to Mike ... The best was Josh Rabe with Mike telling him it was the general manager calling the shots and you better listen ....
  18. Blyleven2011
    Yes I've heard or read tgar somewhere ,,, he definitely is like arreaz and has the love of the game and would play anywhere you asked him ... I feel the pain and would also not like to lose him to a career injury ... Lewis will bring alot to this game and maybe will be a fan favorite over Buxton and Correa , we need that after trading arreaz ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed that the offense can be exciting and produce some double digit games cause it hurts to cross my toes ... All it takes is the right approach ( discipline ) in batting in the right situations ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    Yes it is a risk on his career with those 2 operations and could possibly threaten his career ... If tge fo and manager say he's a outfielder , I say no ... If Lewis says he wants to play outfield , it's his career he's risking is definitely in question ... He most likely will have problems in the future with that knee where every he plays ... I hear your concerns and he is valuable to our team in every phase of the game , he's a players player and will contribute to a great clubhouse atmosphere ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    Farmer is the emergency 3rd catcher until a replacement arrives from AAA ,,,
  22. Blyleven2011
    Im for the team to be straight forward on addressing the fans with the answers whether good or bad want to hear ... They continue to tell us one thing and do a complete 360 and do something else , they won't tell us about a players full condition because as Rocco stated it's their right to privacy ... Our FO and Rocco plan on being in government after their careers are finished ....
  23. Blyleven2011
    It would be nice for Rocco to find a lineup that works well and stay with it as much as possible ... Kepler ( for sure ) and Gallo shouldn't be batting high in the order
  24. Blyleven2011
    The twins way , good defense, fundamentally sound and exciting baseball ... The new twins way is keeping the fans confused ,,, Urshela's bat and defense was good , our offense only had 5 players hit over 270 last year , we traded Urshela , arreaz and lost Correa's bat and then we didn't so that was a blessing to keep Correa ... We need offense and players need to step up and have a better plate discipline when behind in the count ... Yes we have a surplus of left handed hitting outfielders and signing Gallo and not trading Kepler is confusing .... We have plenty of depth though , I would like to see the younger past propects get some of an opportunity if healthy to show what they can be moving forward ... We have depth which is comforting in away , better depth than the current FO has shown us ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    The teams were all consistently competitive back before free agency , with the same player year after year ... Dave goltz had some very good seasons with the twins and as stated above the run support just wasn't there for him as he battled against other pitchers like Nolan Ryan, Jim palmer and the rest of Baltimore's pitching staff , catfish hunter and the rest of Oakland and Yankees pitching staff , there was alot of great pitchers he went up against and kept us in the game ... Calvin was cheap and let him walk , he might of kept thriving in minnesota rather than the west coast as the early 80's turned ugly for the twins until the twins meshed and won a world series in 87 ... Thanks for the memories ...
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