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  1. NYCTK
    Oh well. The only important thing is it's still very affordable to go to a professional baseball game, and blaming the players for a non-existent problem is especially foolish.
  2. NYCTK
    No, they just signed Andy Green as their manager yesterday.
  3. NYCTK
    There's a lot I disagree with here, but I'll focus instead on the inflation since that's an interesting question. Seems based on the other information you provided that $4.50 would be something like $50 today. But more importantly, I want to point out that despite everyone loving to complain about rising ticket prices, MLB tickets are one of the entertainment products that have failed to explode in cost. Outpaced inflation, perhaps, but not by massive leaps and bounds. Helps that the Mets are atrocious, but I think the average ticket price I paid in my trips to the ballpark the last couple season was something like $15-$20. Comparing that to concert tickets or a lot of other entertainment products, a trip to the ballpark is still a remarkably good deal! The concessions are another beast.
  4. NYCTK
    Looks like it's a done deal... To be honest, I've always said Falvey wasn't really the issue anyways. The Twins issues were always the Pohlads. And Falvey isn't even taking over an executive role it sounds like. Go Mets! Go Falvey!
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  6. NYCTK
    We'll see about that when he maintains a 33% K rate over the course of a season... TBF I have that opinion of "Emma" too. Until I hear him or a teammate affirm that nickname I refuse. His nickname on BBRef is The Dynamite, which seems more appropriate, particularly for his swing. I will never say the swing of someone with that much swing and miss is beautiful. But Dynamic, or Explosive? Sure.
  7. NYCTK
    I haven't been watching since he came up. My question on his Savant is about the sprint speed. It's showing 60th or so percentile. Does that seem about accurate to those watching the games? Or has he not yet had a chance to unhitch the trailer and show top speed yet?
  8. NYCTK
    Those articles were laughable, and there were like 4 within 24 hours. What the heck were the authors smoking?
  9. NYCTK
    Attendance STILL went down this year because fan's aren't complete idiots. The only thing that could have brought the fans back out would be an actual investment in the team/organization or following through on their promise and seeing the Pohlads finally get the hell out of our lives. Tom instead hampered the health of the organization for a small, short term, questionable, gain. BUSINESS GURUS!
  10. NYCTK
    Small nitpick, but we keep seeing it. It is importantly NOT a strike. It is the owners threatening to lockout the players, ie, a lockout. The blame will fall entirely with the owners, not the players.
  11. NYCTK
    As a Mets fan, I think this article overrates the value of Amick and Agbayani. I fully expect Amick to flame out, maybe get to the show and hit a dozen home runs with a .175 batting average before he ends up in Korea. Agbayani is beloved in the Mets system though, thanks to his father. I actually called Agbayani to the Mets a month prior when it was obvious the Mets would be sellers. That was a perfectly valued trade, just a shame it was for nought. Nothing of actual value was lost or gained, ultimately.
  12. NYCTK
    I'm sorry. That's impossible. Tom Pohlad doesn't do have measures. He said so. And we must always take him at his word.
  13. NYCTK
    Francisco! He doesn't like the nickname Frankie.
  14. NYCTK
    I'm clowning him. Not defending him. That's what he said last season.
  15. NYCTK
    Smdh at all these people around here waiting for him to struggle so that they can write him off officially or get him out of here.
  16. NYCTK
    A win-win in his books. He gets to debut in the majors and he gets to leave the Twins.
  17. NYCTK
    Why don't we simply package together all of our crap and then trade it all for a good player?
  18. NYCTK
    The guy that returned Taj Bradley wasn't a significant asset? That same guy that looks like he might be a playoffs starter? He's not significant? How about Varland? Is the guy that performed like a top 5 reliever in the league significant? Not arguing the trades aren't defensible, but to say the players traded were insignificant seems a mighty stretch. These plebians have had it far too good for far too long. LEAVE THE BILLIONAIRES ALONE!
  19. NYCTK
    Counterpoint: Falvey very clearly was starting a rebuild, using 2026 as a bridge year to 2027. Keeping Larnach, Jeffers and both Pablo/Ryan was not part of that plan, but Tom Pohlad vetoed prudent baseball decisions for a short term, minimal boost in revenue. Tendering him a contract was obviously defensible, but starting the season with him was less so. But, at the same time, he's never had much value and SOMEONE needs to play.
  20. NYCTK
    Correct. Two top tier relievers traded away with 2.5 years of control remaining. Obviously signaling a full rebuild. They had no intention of truly competing in 2026 on July 31, 2025. Not until the losers running the team stepped in.
  21. NYCTK
    OK. So they only traded 5 or 6 players that were under contract for the following season at the trade deadline. When's the last time someone did that and WASN'T a rebuild? Look man, you don't have to contort yourself to defend Falvey or Zoll or the Pohlads or whomever. The Twins had very clearly signaled they were rebuilding and that 2026 was a bridge year. That is, until Tom stepped in and actively hurt the organization.
  22. NYCTK
    How many trade deadlines did Falvey trade away 11 players? You can try to act as if it wasn't a clear signal of a rebuild, but you don't actually believe that.
  23. NYCTK
    They had a clear direction last year at the trade deadline, which was hard to swallow but also celebrated by people like myself for that reason. But then the loser ownership group stepped in because they were afraid of losing money.
  24. NYCTK
    This season was never going to be a success and the biggest what ifs are only what if they stuck to their guns and completed the rebuild in the offseason? And what if the Pohalds actually followed through and sold the team to owners that don't suck? I was hopeful that a follow through, which would have included trading Ryan, Lopez, and Jeffers, would have actually set this team up with a proper window of contention in 2027. But now it just looks like Tom Pohlads half measures means the Twins will just strive for 82 wins again, and hope he can help his family improve their bottom line.
  25. NYCTK
    Ok. But what about Larnach?
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