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  1. knothole61
    Wow...well then, are any of us highly-paid athletes? Is it all just the same Seth?
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    And...if your 2 NFL losses were to the tune of 35-6 and 31-0 you might be a bit more concerned.
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    Okay, Morneau is not a spellbinder, but he's so damn sincere it's hard for me to hate him. He was such an incredible player until he took one too many shots to his head, and that's really so sad. I think that he had Hall of Fame potential. Provus is actually quite good, I think, a real professional. The cloying deference to the team kind of comes with the territory as a big time broadcaster--yes? It's akin to the coverage of the Masters golf tournament where the hidebound traditionalists who run Augusta insist upon decorum in the broadcast team (Jim Nance is the prototype here) and heaven forbid that anyone call members of the gallery either fans, or the crowd, or even the gallery, it's always patrons...always patrons! Slip up on that one and you'll never be back there again behind the mic. I love the tourney but always get the feeling that those in charge would like to turn the clock back to 1928, or so.
  4. knothole61
    Great stat...interestingly enough, 1904 was the first season I can remember in my long Senators/Twins fandom. Casey Patten, a strong lefty, was my favorite player during a dismal 38-113 season (.252) when the boys finished a cool 55.5 games out of first. How close will the 2025 Twins come to equalling that ignominy?
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    Absolutely amazing!
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    twinsfan - an absolutely brilliant find, complete with the "M" and a bat!
  7. knothole61
    Gaspar...strangest darn thing. It's as if someone owes him a favor or something. He reminds me of the coach's son in Little League who made the team even though he couldn't touch a ball against the pitching machine in tryouts, and got to play short and bat leadoff all year even though he stunk. He may be a good story (drafted in the 27th round!) but he's not a good player. His only hit so far didn't even leave the infield--yes?
  8. knothole61
    fire...yeah, I think that Baldelli has a good deal of support among the local media (Barrerio today said talk of firing him is absolutely crazy) and, most importantly, the Pohlads. But Rocco is on a very hot seat in that the Twins are going to be sold, (possibly soon?) and the new owners will not keep him around...no way. Rocco must certainly be aware of this.
  9. knothole61
    I'll spare you all (especially just after another bullpen melt down and a big Castro error) another old guy rant about AppleTV and its invasive coverage, "interesting" announcers, and stat madness. I did find it funny, however, that in the last of the first with Larnach at bat, and a couple of guys on, the ceaseless, AI generated (?) stat dance gave Larnach a 0% possibility of grounding into a double play!
  10. knothole61
    Finn, that's not much to ask really--is it? Run as hard (not as fast of course!) as Bobby Witt and you might win more games, but you will surely be doing your job--a job you are paid highly, in wages and public adulation, to do. I can hear some (likely Rocco) say: "Do you want your stars running hard on plays that are routine outs and risk injury?" I would answer..."Yes, damn right I do!" If you can't run 90 feet a couple of times a game at a reasonable pace, it might be time to seek other employment. And it just looks bad to trot toward first as if you are too precious to make a real effort--how inspirational for the fans and your teammates to see. It's kind of a question of pride and of a workman being worthy of his hire, in my humble opinion. When the Twins begin to retool this organization, as surely they must at this point, in addition to focusing on WAR, OBP, SLG, and the like when putting a roster together, I'd like them to consider a new metric that I'd place near the top of the list, namely the PDH factor: Pride, Determination, and Hustle. That's impossible to quantify you say? Hmmm, actually I think identifying baseball PDH is akin to Justice Potter Stewart's response when asked how he would define pornography: "I know it when I see it."
  11. knothole61
    I have to agree. Wallner is a big, strong kid--and a lefty, a plus defender with a rifle arm, and he's actually pretty fast for a giant. He's a cut above the occasionally hot but often not triumvirate of Miranda, Julien, and yes, even Larnach. He has a high K rate but still, to my eye, he takes more professional at bats than the others I've mentioned.
  12. knothole61
    thelanges, Thanks for doing the research. That is absolutely amazing! "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark..."
  13. knothole61
    There's plenty of blame to go around-yes? No earned runs for the Royals tonight...looks like the Hitless Wonders 2025 might have won 1-0 without the errors.
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    Fair
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    Love the name Doc! Did Lenz invent that freeze spray he used all of the time?
  16. knothole61
    Hmm, trashing Gasper when all but France and Bader are doing SO Well, good grief. Are you serious?
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    Wow...realy? Putrid and painful it was! It's just one loss, of course, but this latest pratfall exposes deeper problems, dare I say systemic decay? The pitching was foul, and to that you can add the six goose egg innings, five through ten, that lamely followed a dramatic offensive eruption. The redoubtable Aggies has declared that the pitching breakdown today is "not on the manager," and I think that is correct. But what is on the manager, in my humble opinion, is the creation of an atmosphere where such collapses are allowed to roll off the shoulder as just a part of the long saga that is a baseball season. I can't know how Baldelli really feels inside, or what he says to his team in private...but, if I had to guess, I'd say hes a pretty mellow cat; kind of a "what me worry"sort of a guy. And I think that such an attitude, while it may work well in certain professions, is not the key to success in MLB. After today's game I'd like to see some genuine anger, not necessarily bats tossed in the shower, but close. And that, I fear, will never happen with Rocco, and the orgaization is the worse for that. Didn't Shakespeare say it best? "In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sines, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage."
  18. knothole61
    Hippie, sorry to be such an O.F., but memories are all that I have left!!
  19. knothole61
    Back in the land of "lofty balsams"...assisted living I think.
  20. knothole61
    Gaspar had a good ST and he plays a number of positions, including catcher--okay, but he seems to have so little upside, really. If I had to choose an "infielder to earn a few reps with the team" I'd go with 22 year-old Luke Keaschall who seems to have recovered nicely from his Tommy John surgery. Just a thought...
  21. knothole61
    It's really sweet to have ended the four game horror so resolutely: suddenly Correa is a hitter again, Alcala a beast, Lopez an ace, and Bader a free agency miracle. Phew...and yet, the Twins beat the White Sox, (a team still projected to win only 53) in games that were essentially played on a neutral site, as there really couldn't have been much more than 1,000 Sox fans attending in today's drear. I'm happy with this turn of events, but regarding a resolution of my concern for the fate of the 2025 Twins I recall Churchill's words following the significant British victory at El Alamein: "This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning." Win Twins...
  22. knothole61
    Nice win--Bader's shot into the stiff breeze was impressive and Alcala was a man possessed. I hate to rain on our belated parade, but I really don't understand the Gasper thing. Do folks really think that impressive minor league numbers are likely to translate to success in a 29 year-old journeyman who has been knocking around the minors for 8 years or so? I understand the "feel good" angle but I guess I'm just too old to care, and he is taking a roster spot.
  23. knothole61
    Maybe give Dougie M. a shot--finally? Here's a thought (only made possible by desperate times!) why not float an offer to A. J. Pierzynski? I have no idea if he'd be interested, of course, but that's just the kind of out-of-the-box idea needed to shake the considerable dust off of this organization. He's very knowledgable and was a "take no prisoners" type of player who would, I believe. breathe some life into the Twins. I don't know...perhaps the past four games have made me a little crazy.
  24. knothole61
    Great athlete but MLB pitchers seem way ahead of him these days. He is easily fooled! Hang a curve though and he'll likely hit it 450.
  25. knothole61
    Gordon Liddy's moustache but not his ferret face?
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