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  1. Linus
    We? I think you have a mouse in your pocket.
  2. Linus
    You had me going for a minute, I really liked it before I realized I was being duped.....
  3. Linus
    I'm not sure how much involvement he has during the regular season. My point is that the guy had a real knack for figuring out what guys would make it and how other guys could contribute in a different way. He seemed to get the most out of the guys he had. That's an incredibly valuable skill that should not be overlooked.
  4. Linus
    Is this trolling? If not, a little more ice, little more mix......
  5. Linus
    OK, I guess we will have different definitions / opinions. Go back and re-read all the related posts and tell me people weren't overreacting (the nicest word I can come up with) over the potential non-Twins involvement with regards to Maddon. I'm fine with whatever opinions people have abut the Twins and their successes / failures. Just be real about it. When people spout off and then it turns out to be not true, just own up - don't make excuses.
  6. Linus
    Well, one of the secrets to the success of the Twins during the Kelly / Ryan era was that they are two of the best baseball guys in terms of determining if somebody is actually going to be a productive player at the MLB level. We should not shun this input from Kelly no matter who the manager is.
  7. Linus
    No way, the off white classic jersey is the best looking one they have. I don't care about the pinstripes but they need to keep at least one classic version and all caps should have the TC logo. The jersey I like best is the complete throwback flannel gray from the original Twins. You can purchase a Killebrew replica that is awesome. Of course these flannel jerseys were made of wool so that could be a problem.
  8. Linus
    You mean we TD posters had an ongoing stroke over all this for nothing? Can't believe it.
  9. Linus
    While I don't think TK would sign on for being a bench coach for 162 games, I could easily see him being a "consultant" to Molly where is around a lot during spring training and at Target Field to be of service to Molly in any way possible. Best of both worlds?
  10. Linus
    He was hurt after the rosters expanded. Prior to that, well, that debate has been waged here extensively. I think he will be in our rotation next year, maybe even out of spring training - I like him a lot and think is a big piece of the puzzle.
  11. Linus
    This, a thousand times. Starting pitching, especially good starting pitching is the best currency there is and the most fundamental factor in the short and long term success of any franchise. Trade it at your peril.....which is why I was adamantly apposed to the Delmon Young trade, even straight up much less throwing in Bartlett for nothing. Few corner outfielders are worth a good, young pitcher.
  12. Linus
    Liriano would be crazy not to accept. He is so inconsistent that it would be very hard for any team to give up a draft pick and sign him to a long term deal for decent money. No way I would want the Twins to do it. If Liriano doesn't accept, he will be taking far less money. Perhaps the same amount for two years.
  13. Linus
    Agreed. If they did this, they could contend next year. I understand that everyone feels beat down from the last 4 years but I think there is genuine reason for optimism next year.
  14. Linus
    Well, when your pitching is as bad as ours - yes. He's not a great pitcher but he could have improved our rotation last year, and maybe next year. Another factor is sinkerball pitchers without great secondary stuff are an absolute high wire act. They can have success but their sinker has to sink and their control has to be impeccable. When either of those two things are not present, it gets ugly in a hurry. He is essentially Nick Blackburn - and I won't be surprised if he ends up hitting the skids like Nick did.
  15. Linus
    I think there are two interesting aspects to this situation (Ryan's answer not being one of them): First, Gardy apparently had more pull with personnel decisions than appeared on the surface. And when you got on the wrong side of Gardy, you tended to stay that way. Maybe he basically told the front office to get him out of here because he didn't like the attitude or whatever. Second, I don't think the Twins necessarily should get blamed because of the turnaround as that happens, pretty frequently, actually. The part that was a massive mistake was not keeping him around just in case. He wasn't taking up a 40 man spot and it would have cost them nothing to take a longer look. I actually think the real reason for all of this has nothing to do with the Twins coaching or the Pirates coaching. Rather, he had the "elbow cleanout" procedure and likely wasn't the same pitcher. When he got by that, the old movement, etc. came back. The big mystery technical change he quoted was that he was "flying open". Well, that's as basic as "keep your left arm straight" in golf.
  16. Linus
    Ok, I'm going to try and be polite: he has shown nothing to deserve all the bouquets being thrown at him. Counting on guys like May, Millone, Pelfrey, Pino, et all are how you end up with AAAA starters getting a bunch of starts. Don't get me wrong: I hope the guy is lights out. I'm just saying that the failure rate for a pitcher with his pedigree is approaching 50%, and the Twins have a chance to win next year if they don't roll the dice on guys like this. If he turns out great, there will be plenty of ways to get him into the rotation.
  17. Linus
    Close to zero. When Gardy had players and Maddon didn't, the shoe was completely on the other foot Don't get me wrong; I'm not defending Gardy, rather I am just clearly not proposing that Maddon as our manager holds much of a difference in win-loss record going forward.
  18. Linus
    This. Sending him would have been a hail mary attempt. Would have helped if Gordon had run hard out of the box.....
  19. Linus
    I believe all of these injuries can be easily explained. Its Dick Martin's fault............. (long time Twins trainer in the Kelly era and before)
  20. Linus
    Big dog, c'mon - you missed the key piece, Swarzy. No irrational trade thread is complete without both Swarzy and Duensing.
  21. Linus
    Wonderful. He went from bad to sub - par and you want to hand him a job next year. If he is one of the five best in spring training next year, fine. My guess is that there is 50-50 chance he never sticks in the big leagues and any good team is not going to be handing out starting jobs to guys with May's numbers, unless he proves better.
  22. Linus
    If Alex Meyer had Bumgarner's control, he would have been in the majors five years ago
  23. Linus
    Wow. That's crazy.
  24. Linus
    Um...that's kind of the point. The quality of the players is a lot more important to manager's win - loss records than the other way around. I seem to remember the Rays losing a lot, before their minor league system starting producing a bounty of quality players, especially pitching. I would have been perfectly fine with Maddon as a manager, or not. What I care about is adding another good starter because that is going to matter a whole lot more in the short and long run.
  25. Linus
    Well in this case he laid out some very straight forward observations about how critical pitching is in the overall record of a given manager, which is far less subjective to most of the "facts" posted here and elsewhere. Go ahead and ignore it and you are the one fitting facts to the story. Sorry.
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