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  1. Woof Bronzer
    Great piece Matthew. If baseball is the American past time than baseball history is American history. And don't listen to the critics here - they love politics in sports, just only when they agree with the politics. (You never hear the "stick to sports" people demand that we stop singing the anthem or "honoring the troops" at sporting events or having presidents throw out the first pitch or, like NY did the other night, offering a tribute to a divisive figure who had nothing to do with NY or baseball.) Write what you want to write.
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    Do you have any constructive feedback to the piece, or do you think that writing about brown people automatically makes the writer a left wing fanatic?
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    You must be furious about the Yankees' "tribute" the other night...
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    The folks in this comment section have come up with simple, thoughtful, smart ideas off the top of their heads that are better than anything we've seen from the Pohlads in years. As an organization you almost have to want to be this bad at PR. In all seriousness the Twins should hire some of the folks here. Passionate fans would make for productive employees.
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    You are literally copy pasting Twins marketing gobbledegook.
  6. Woof Bronzer
    Well now I know there are at least 2 people on Planet Earth who would have traded a decent MLB reliever for the ghost of James Outman's rookie season.
  7. Woof Bronzer
    Agreed, when the team is this terrible, when the system fails so totally, people run out of new words to describe it.
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    If this is average, what in the world does failure look like?
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    As far as I know the Pohlads have never used the phrase "minority owner" but "limited partnership group". I'm skeptical the Pohlads would give anyone a share of their family business. I suspect the partners are investors who are paying off the debt for a handsome return, not minority owners. The debt was the main reason the Pohlads couldn't sell so that's their priority. Regardless I think fans expecting these limited partners to make any meaningful positive impact on the on-field product are bound for disappointment...if anything the partners will ensure that the Pohlads run bare bones payrolls until they make the partners whole.
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    The weird thing is though can you really call it a rebuild if you don't trade away any of your top 5 players?
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    Then don't trade him?
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    I'm quite comfortable judging James Outman, in fact I don't think I need to see another James Outman at bat as long as I live. Taj Bradley has pitched in this league more than 2 years now. These aren't prospects, they are who they are. Abel doesn't look like a major leaguer by any stretch of the imagination and Roden's ceiling is, what, 4th outfielder?
  13. Woof Bronzer
    Billionaires do not tolerate criticism. Buxton and Ryan are as good as gone. If there's a silver lining maybe Pablo stays now?
  14. Woof Bronzer
    Most businesses have plans, and successful ones usually share them with the employees affected by the plans. Just flailing away without any plan, or with a plan you hold secret from everyone, is a recipe for disaster for any business. The Twins shared their plan with Correa at the deadline, so I'm not sure why it's unreasonable to expect them to share the plan with the face of the franchise. The Twins plan last off season was to hold tight because Falvey thought this team was really good and last year was just a fluke. Not a good plan, in my opinion, but a plan. There is truly no need to carry water for the Pohlads and FO.
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    I think things are going exactly according to the Pohlad plan (recall Joey P call it "the best possible outcome".) They wanted this, and Rocco is being a good soldier by facilitating it. The on the field plan for the next couple years is going to be running low payrolls and losing. It doesn't take any special managerial talent to do that. Why would they fire a guy who is doing exactly what they asked and delivering the results they want?
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    If Martin is an integral part of the team we're definitely losing 100 games.
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    I was struggling to find it when I posted the comment but just needed a little better googling: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/the-measure-of-a-fastball-has-changed-over-the-years/
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    I think there's a difference between Falvey/Pohlad brazenly lying to fans about the trade deadline, and Lewis expressing an opinion about contract structures. I'm glad Royce speaks his mind, and I wish more players would do it. That doesn't mean he is exempt from criticism. And I'm sorry, a millionaire using "contract anxiety" as an excuse for not performing is absurd. My old neighbor was ex-NHL and his philosophy was, focus solely and totally on being the best player he could be, and the money and all the rest would work itself out. His agent negotiated all his contracts, and he had a financial guy manage investments and set him up for the future. He just played hockey. If Royce discovers a bit of humility, stops worrying about his contract and stats, puts the work in, and starts performing at a high level again, the money will follow. He has the talent.
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    I'd be really interested in a league wide study on this. Does velo have a correlation to injury rates? How do pitcher injuries today compare to the past? My gut tells me pitchers get hurt more often these days but if I'm being honest I probably WANT this to be true because I think the decline of the starting pitcher and rise of openers/piggybacks/etc has hurt the game (baseball needs stars). But I just haven't been able to find any comprehensive study/data on this topic.
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    I don't think this is quite right. Pitchers are definitely chucking it harder today, but part of the velo increase is literally due to improvement in radar gun technology. There was a really interesting study done a few years ago that showed that an 85 mph fastball clocked on a gun from the 80s would register as 93 mph with today's gun technology. (Which makes the fact that Nolan Ryan was clocked at 100 back in the day even crazier. He almost certainly threw harder than anyone pitching today.) So, in the 70s an 88-90 mph fastball would clock in the mid 90s today - pretty typical, worthy of a long career, etc. I don't think there's as big of a difference as many people are claiming. What I do think has changed is teams are asking guys to squeeze out another 1-2 mph by going max effort. Back in the day teams were more focused on starters going longer - duration vs max effort. But again the idea that everyone throws so much faster today is a bit more complicated than people make it out to be.
  21. Woof Bronzer
    That attendance chart seems to indicate a correlation between winning and attendance. If more attendance = more profit for the Pohlads, it would follow that there is a positive correlation between winning and profit. It took me 2 minutes on an internet blog to come to this conclusion. 40 years into their reign the "business savvy" Pohlads have somehow never understood this.
  22. Woof Bronzer
    Interesting point to make when the best team in baseball is 19th in home runs. But yeah, no need to let facts get in the way of sabermetric conventional wisdom.
  23. Woof Bronzer
    Remember, according to Derek Falvey the trade deadline sell off was an intentional effort to make the team better.
  24. Woof Bronzer
    Haha more ranting and abuse. You sound like a Trump cabinet member. Whatever went wrong in your life, to make you spend your time belittling internet strangers - I hope you find peace and happiness someday. Free bit of advice - maybe instead of working through your anger issues online, try doing so in a therapist's office. There are resources out there and therapy can help. Peace and be well.
  25. Woof Bronzer
    White Sox 12, Twins 3: Woof. Hey leave me out of this!
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