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you draft Stewart, chances are he doesn't sign and goes to A&M to play QB. Could be a wasted pick.
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Do y'all remember the call when Hicks hit his first HR? We get more excitment from Bremer on balls that barely reach the warning track. Here's a guy who hit his first MLB HR and it was like it was no biggy. Didn't even show a replay of it like they do with almost every HR.
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That's what the announcers do. They'll also talk down to fans that disagree with the actions of the FO and Gardy...it's pathetic. The whole lot is.
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fantastic post!!!!!
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The announcers defending Gardy? Imagine that :-)
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I thought the best ever is when he'd blame the whole team for people noticing how poorly Punto was doing at the plate. Something like, 'if everyone else is doing their job, then no one says anything about Punto not hitting.' Edit: Here's the quote: '“If everybody else does their job in the lineup, Nick Punto is fantastic. When other people start struggling … then people starting saying, maybe he can’t hit”
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reminds me of an article I read awhile ago...here's snippet: '...With so many players struggling in so many ways, we found it a little odd that Gardenhire -- who by the way looks completely miserable whenever he is shown on camera -- apparently chose a Valencia at-bat in Wednesday's game as his tipping point. From Joe C's insider: Cuddyer was batting .103 (3-for-29) with runners in scoring position before he drilled an RBI double in the second inning. This came after a leadoff double by Morneau and a shallow flyout to center field by Danny Valencia. That at-bat by Valencia was among the myriad things eating at manager Ron Gardenhire. "Man on second, doesn't get him over, flips a weak fly ball," Gardenhire said. "That's not good enough. That's not how we play. And [he's like], 'I'm trying.' "OK, you are trying. Get it done. That's how we have to do it. Get it done because I'm tired of 'trying.'" Maybe there's more to it than that. Maybe it was just a case of wrong place, wrong time. And we hardly blame Gardenhire for venting his overall frustration. But from the outside looking in, we'll say this: Some guys get a free pass. Some guys get a tip of the cap for heroically allowing a lead and then a tie game to turn into a loss. But the brash kid doing an adequate job holding down third base gets knocked down a peg for the millionth fundamental error the Twins have committed this year? Sorry, but we're not sure that's the right guy to pick on. Thursday (Was Gardenhire's rip of Valencia misdirected?) edition: Wha' Happened? | StarTribune.com
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anyone have a link to the comments he made about Plouffe playing too far back on the safety squeeze last week?
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Not only that, but in the offseason prior to 2011, even though payroll went up, it wasn't because we were signing a bunch of FAs, it was mostly due to pay raises coming up (like Mauer's). We gutted the bullpen that offseason, and jettisoned our starting middle IF, while deciding there's no need to try and improve our rotation cause surely they'll do as well as they did in that fluky season. You know, exactly the right things to do in an offseason after finishing a great regular season and are just looking to add the missing pieces to put the team over the top to go deeper in the playoffs... :-). More like, 'we won won a lot of games and easily won the division, we can use filler and gut some key parts and still be competitive in the division...'
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I'm not surprised you disagree with me.
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That's not true...not at all...I choose to look at it realistically, based on trends...you seem to live in a world of extreme's. You say this about me, you tell another guy to move out of the county if he doesn't like things. I do, however, believe the #1 goal of the Pohlads is to make money. They want a division competitive team, but won't do what it takes to go to the next level. That maximizes profit.
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Um, Morneau will be gone...that 13M right there. Correia 5M, Pelfrey 4M, Willingham 7M, Carroll 3.75M, Doumit 3.5M. That's, what, 35M of our 76M? You say: 'What they choose to do is speculation in response to how I think it'll go down.' But earlier you said: 'If they draw better this year (which they will, imho) payroll will go up. And it will go up in proportion to how well they draw this year. And, yes, they will spend it. ' You say that as fact. Mine is speculation yours is fact...even though history is on my side.
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you mean you don't agree with this? You wrote: 'I don't think it is a foregone conclusion the payroll will keep going down.' Who will be arbitration eligible in the next three or four years that will demand a big salary? And consider the payroll droppin' off in the next two years. Morneau's, Willingham's, Doumit's, Carroll's . 1st year arbitration guys going to overtake all that salary off the books? Just because they are well positioned to take on salary doesn't mean they will They were well positioned this year too.
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contrary to some people's guarantee we'll spend the money savd this year next year,, in reality, there's no reason to believe they will since the Pohlad's and Ryan have said it doesn't work that way. As these players keep getting promoted for the minors, payroll will continue to lower over the next 3, 4 seasons as lower paid players replace higher paid players. On top of that, we're going to see less and less quality players hit the FA market anyway, with the new 25M revenue coming in and teams getting new TV deals. They'll be more likely to keep their quality guys. ANyway, enjoy the continuing debate
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anyway, I got involved with this ridiculous conversation after I told mike wants wins it was an exercise in futility. Silly me.
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Revenue from one year goes to the next years team salary. 2012 revenue doesn't pay for 2012, but 2013....unless you think they are trying to project, and if that's the case, are they projecting 152M revenue this year? Any way you look at it, we will be way below 50% this year, whether it's 2012 revenue or 2013 revenue that pays for this year's payroll...and that was the point, no? Unless you see us having a drop off of over 50M in revenue, which would be pretty extreme, no?
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214M...76M...it's like around 35%? :-)
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where does it say our 2013 payroll is $99.25M? Cots has our 2013 payroll at 76M http://data.newsday.com/long-island/data/baseball/mlb-salaries-2013/?desc=no&order=team 'Salary data was collected using information from the Associated Press, Baseball Reference and Cot's Baseball Contracts. The players included in this database come from each team's 25-man roster plus major-leaguers on the disabled list as of March 29, 2013'
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It's not even an answer...'don't know, have to wait and see.' It's about as non-committal as it gets and leaves it open to whatever you thought of the situation before he ever said it. It could be that the truth is something no one wants to hear, so he just throws out that quote. Here's the Q&A right before that one: Q: How long will Byron Buxton be here? A: Good question. I understand it. He’s playing very well. There are still some things I think he can learn here. We’ll just continue to evaluate it as we go. It's another non-answer. BTW, non-answers are fine...but we can't conclude things from them.
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Nishioka Having Decent 2013 Season So Far
ThePuck replied to strumdatjag's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Yeah, forget that guy...I mean how dare he A: Sign with a team that wanted him, fulfilling a dream to become a MLB player. B: Break his leg. C: After not doing well, ask for his unconditional release forfeiting money owed to him. D: Apologize to everyone for not working out, accepting all responsibility. Forget that guy! -
Is that the conclusion you get from that quote?
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The Pohlad family has consistently followed a model of keeping the annual player payroll pegged to 50 percent of team revenue, (here comes the important part, read carefully) though in rebuilding years it's fallen well below that (not just below, WELL BELOW). At the Metrodome, there wasn't as much money coming in. This year, though, the payroll will rise by roughly $30 million to a team record above $95 million. "All new ballparks have their peaks, and I'm sure the initial years will be very good to the Twins," Pohlad said. "Then it'll be up to us to sustain it after that, but the ballpark itself I think can sustain it for a long time." In a question-and-answer session with reporters in a conference room overlooking a snow-covered Target Field, Pohlad dismissed the notion that the team has been trying to disprove a tightfisted reputation. "We're not trying to show people," he said. "We're trying to do what we said we're going to do." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4897494 Question is, are they actually doing what they said they were going to do? I guess instead of questioning that, people should just move out of the darn county if they don't like it :-)
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You will never convince those who defend the Pohlad's and Ryan at every turn of anything. It's futile. Pohlad has even said that the percentage of revenue for payroll goes down during rebuilding years, like this one, but that doesn't matter. Even when it's from his own lips, it can't be true. Why do you keep fighting this fight?
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He covered a lot of ground to get to the ball, he jumped up and it bounced off his glove. Willingham was right there, which may have distracted him and he was by the wall. He should have caught it, but it wasn't a can of corn either.