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  1. Kwak
    Does MLB have rule (similar to the NFL) concerning interviewing minorities for manager positions?
  2. Kwak
    Financial Accounting Definition of Terms MTBT is the Twins (Corporation or whatever legal entity it really is) Pohlad Entity #1A, and asssume there maybe be several of these--all separate legal entities from each other, though "owned" by the family in some way. As we know the MTBT was to "front" $ Millions for Target Field. Let me hypothesize that the MTBT sold a major revenue stream (let me say the suites) for $X Millions to Pohlad entity #1. Maybe the MTBT sold other revenue streams to different entities for cash--enough cash to meet the required "front money". Since these revenue streams do not belong to MTBT the Forbes estimate overstates the revenue to the MTBT--it will be much lower. Therefore, if suffient revenue streams are removed from the MTBT, the 52% claim could be valid even though the revenue to the family is unchanged and is roughly equivalent to the Forbes estimate. They simply moved money to different pockets--but their claim of a 52% payroll of revenue, applies only to the pocket that holds the MTBT--not to all of the pockets.
  3. Kwak
    As I reflect on the title of this thread my mind, heart and soul all agree: "There isn't a problem."
  4. Kwak
    Your memory is a bit hazy. Game 1--challenged Thomas--HR. Game 2--Twins had a lead late, I believe two baserunners, Gardenhire calls "prevent defense" retreating OFers just about to warning track. A shallow pop-up to CF, and Hunter goes "all-in" to catch it--he doesn't. Ball scoots by him for an inside-the-park HR. Game 3--started a damaged Brad Radke--predictable result. Garza was left off of the playoff roster.
  5. Kwak
    Excuse me--Nolasco, Hughes, Suzuki, Kubel, Bartlett, re-sign Pelfrey--did I miss anybody with a salary well over rookie minimum? All of these guys could have been replaced from within the organization at minimum salary. True, that would signify all-out rebuild mode--but save ~$30MM in 2014, lose another 12 games or more, and net the very first selection (and a lot more budget) to sign amateur players. If I were Mr. Pohlad I sure want a lot more for my $30MM that the result obtained--and maybe he did!
  6. Kwak
    Calling a bigger strike zone will help! Call strikes at the letters at the batters normal stance--not his crouch. Strikeouts are much higher because HR hitters are paid lots more than the BAVG types--including the subpar defense the often accompanies the much larger HR hitter. Better defense probably speeds-up the game as well.
  7. Kwak
    Q: If the Twins were a "73 win team", why didn't they win 73?
  8. Kwak
    Perhaps iwas phrased like this: " Terry, the team committed $30MM in 2014 alone for free agent salaries--and all "we" got was four extra wins! So, what happened? Did you again fail to provide talent? Or, did Gardenhire mismanage it?"
  9. Kwak
    The process requires taking STEP 1.
  10. Kwak
    Baseball s Olbermann's favorite sport and Gardenhire's firing requires him to comment. Olbermann rants because he needs ratings. People won't watch a bland, balanced, middle-of-the-road TV show--they require entertainment to keep watching. When people tire of Olbermann's act--he will be fired for the third time.
  11. Kwak
    Are we certain that these are the only people leaving the team?
  12. Kwak
    Sunrises require sunsets to precede them, we should look at Gardenhire's leaving as a sunset. I expect far fewer ejections of the next manager.
  13. Kwak
    Trading Nolasco to the Dodgers? Ice cubes to Eskimoes, Oil to Saudis, etc. What a fantasy.
  14. Kwak
    This off-season will determine how serious the Front Office is about winning NOW vs selling hope (as well as a low payroll) about "winning soon". Will there be big personnel changes or status quo with the sacrifice of some bits and pieces?
  15. Kwak
    "A batter is considered successful if he gets a hit one out of every ten trips to the plate." Hmm, ah, No. I am in favor (in principle) of trading prospects for proven talent. Though, each possible trade must be scutinized--not many are worth it. Top talent makes a huge difference. In the rotation, acquisition of a #1 pushes every one else down a spot to face (theoretically) a weaker opposing pitcher. I firmly believe that Johan Santana transformed the Twins from a contender to a consistent winner by being a true #1. But a trade for a sound #2 would be a huge boost. Vargas made a huge impact on the offense when he was promoted. Remember Willingham in '12? Then compare his next two seasons with '12--huge! Adding the equivalent of either a true #2 or a hitter who produces like Willingham in '12 substantially changes the Twins.
  16. Kwak
    You are forgetting all of the pitchers that have been developed.
  17. Kwak
    I read that article too--and shook my head! Evidence of Gardenhire management. Just in Sunday's game Hicks made a catch (Cabrera) that Santana wouldn't--Hicks is an OF and Santana isn't an OF. Santana doesn't belong the CF--but he does belong in the line-up.
  18. Kwak
    As they say: "Wait 'til next year!" Though I wish to defer my prognostication until March when the trades are made, contracts signed, and injuries disclosed.
  19. Kwak
    I want to second the motion of trading prospects for talent (Shields). Many posters blasted that trade as short-sighted, but a huge problem for the Royals was solved--they are no longer irrelevant.
  20. Kwak
    Ah yes, sell hope. It doesn't cost much to do so, and is so reassuring. Yet so little has changed. Part of the "winning formula" of the previous decade was to "pound the strike-zone" with the starters (trusting in 'stuff' ..." and use lots of relief pitchers to gain a "match-up advantage" in the late innings. But things have changed. "Cheap pitching" doesn't work--unless he's a newly-promoted, Twins-draftee (and there are lots of those guys). A line-up of below standard fielders because "they hit" is a double-edged sword--and the Twins have felt that sharp edge repeatedly. Yet, the Twins cling to selling hope and above all--defend the status quo. It is true, someday the Twins will win their division. But it will be due to the fortuitious conditions where Detroit blew-up it's roster due to cost and age (ala` CLE after 2001), and the other three repeated their struggles all in the same season sort of like CHI in '00, and CLE in '07--one-year aberrations.
  21. Kwak
    Apparently he failed one of the "loyalty tests"?
  22. Kwak
    Speaking of elephants in the room, how does the NL and especially the NLCD compare withe AL and the ALCD hitting-wise especially power hitting? Last night May said he made two bad pitches--the two HRs. I recall a Verlander comment about Mauer claiming that "making a mistake [to Mauer] is a single...". Making mistakes to power hitters in Detroit--HR. Perhaps that is part of the explanation why Worley has better results in PITT (well and PITT has better defense).
  23. Kwak
    The attitude of the enire organization must change. The arrogance of using "The Twins Way" is hollow based on results. This arrogance has led to a completely entrenched organization that is in damage control mode to limit how many insiders "are fed to the wolves", rather than purging itself and rebuilding with new people at all levels so it can succeed in a new environment. The methods "that worked before" (and not nearly as successfully as many posters claim) no longer succeed. Some of those are gone forever. As easy example is the Metrodome--the Twins truly had a home-field advantage there that isn't present at Target Field. The Twins must change from within before it can be a consistent winner on the field.
  24. Kwak
    If it's Sunday, I'm probably 3 sheets to wind after celebrating all Saturday night/Sunday morning--I'm trying to avoid being HBP!
  25. Kwak
    Say for example Corey Kluber who was a 4th rounder selected by San Diego in '07?
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