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  1. Nshore
    Let's attend to the important things first. The Twins don't have a theme song for fans to sing. The Red Sox have "Sweet Caroline" - the Twins - nada. Next, the team color. Watch a Dodger home game and you see a sea of blue. The Twins have a different uniform for every game of the season. Baseball fundamentals!
  2. Nshore
    I remember Tom Kelly saying he wouldn't want to manage for a team like the Yankees, with all of their resources and star players. The biggest challenge for the manager would be to not trip over something and get in somebody's way. So if a prospective manager is looking for a situation that will require full use of their powers along lines of excellence to right the ship - look no further than the Minnesota Twins!
  3. Nshore
    Somebody should get the architects of the World Series years to talk to Joe Pohlad about the secret - never duplicated - formula. Maybe Tom Kelly, Andy MacPhail and Jim Rantz can talk some sense into him.
  4. Nshore
    Wow - no, I didn't know that. about Joe Pohlad. I guess the Twins are doomed. Or maybe by some miracle he'll learn something. People have failed spectacularly before, then later find success. The most important thing for him is to surround himself with the right people. Because I think we're stuck with Joe.
  5. Nshore
    I don't know much about Joe Pohlad's background, but I assume he doesn't have much experience in running a business operation or hiring and firing people. He's learning the baseball business on the fly. He seems to want to do the right thing. Hopefully he will network with other savvy baseball people and understand - soon - that he needs to make some changes.
  6. Nshore
    The Pohlads get a lot of criticism, but IMO most of this mess resides with Falvey. You can field a team of motivated, fundamentally sound players regardless of the budget. I went to too many games this year where the team looked like they were sedated. Now it's Falvey on the hot seat because there's nobody left to blame. Whoever he hires better be good or he'll most likely be gone.
  7. Nshore
    I can't imagine what all the angst is about. Falvey shrewdly stole James Outman from the Dodgers - a fine example of his superior personnel judgment. Soon the Twins will have their own Murderers Row.
  8. Nshore
    Nelson Cruz is an interesting option - assuming he's interested in managing. Unless there's a baseball miracle, the 2026 Twins are going to lose - a lot. Cruz has the calm demeanor and leadership qualities to handle it.
  9. Nshore
    I agree with your points. And I think it paints a larger picture of concern than just the manager - It goes all the way through the core of the Twins' system of player development. IMO, a player that gets called up to the Major Leagues better have a pretty firm grasp of how to play their position or run the bases. I wouldn't think a ML manager has time to run a baseball fundamentals school on the side in the midst of a season.
  10. Nshore
    The players on this roster stank so bad that they got their boss fired. Hopefully that disgrace will light a fire under some of them for next year. For others, the skills just aren't there and they need to be gone - and that was Falvey's fault not Rocco's.
  11. Nshore
    What's really kind of scary is that before the trade deadline the Twins' braintrust looked at James Outman and said "He looks like a player who can help us". Hard to fathom. And these are the same people making the personnel decisions to remake the roster.
  12. Nshore
    It's hard to understand why this organization can't develop first basemen. They end up having to settle for second rate utility guys, or last minute pick-ups off the scrap pile, which puts them in a competitive hole right off the bat.
  13. Nshore
    It's worth remembering that Buxton often looked totally overmatched as a hitter early in his career, and many fans wanted him gone. It's the nature of the game for some players to take giant steps forward as they mature. That's why I still have some confidence that players like Lee and Lewis are going to be a lot better than we think.
  14. Nshore
    Heavens to Genesis Cabrera! That summary is as depressing as a Tom Waits song. Excellent work Mr. Birkeland. Very appropriate season's epitaph. Also - seeing that outstanding performance by Abel against the Phillies, I don't think they'll be looking to put him in the bullpen anytime soon.
  15. Nshore
    Playing Julien at first base amounts to criminal negligence at this point.
  16. Nshore
    Drew MacPhail is Director of Player Development. He should be interrogated and made to explain himself. On the other hand, maybe he should be promoted to replace Falvey, with the desperate hope that the MacPhail winner genes will lead to success, like on a stud farm.
  17. Nshore
    Shorty Pleis.
  18. Nshore
    Falvey and Baldelli must have finally fed some new statistics into their Fortran computer program half way through the season and came up with the revelation that it's better to have a runner on second base than first base.
  19. Nshore
    Paddack's doing his part to sink Detroit too.
  20. Nshore
    If they keep Wallner, they should sign Arraez and bat Keaschall and Arraez in front Wallner to make it impossible for him to hit a solo home run.
  21. Nshore
    Good starters are an incredibly difficult commodity to come by, and pitching is the name of the game. IMO it would make no sense to trade Ryan for any number of suspects.
  22. Nshore
    The as yet nameless, faceless new minority Twins owner(s) are a bit concerning. I assume it's some sort of private equity conglomerate. The Pohlads aren't great, but private equity is worse IMO. They're looking to absorb as much profit as they can, put as little as possible back in to the business, sell off the parts, and burn down the remaining structure for the insurance money. Not expecting a big spark of energy to the ongoing baseball operation.
  23. Nshore
    Totally agree. The Twins gave Alcala 5,000 opportunities. The Red Sox spit him out like a rotten oyster after 5 seconds. It's just a different mentality and sense of urgency in winning organizations.
  24. Nshore
    Wallner got himself sidelined because he saw the Mendoza Line rapidly closing in in his rearview mirror.
  25. Nshore
    The on field celebrations by Lewis when he actually gets a hit are kind of nauseating to me. The team stinks, HE largely stinks, but he hops around like a grasshopper when he hits a home run. I prefer the Harmon Killebrew home run slow trot method - "I did it before, and I'm going to do it again" attitude. I realize it's how today's players are, and I'm just getting old - and really tired of seeing bad ML baseball. Get off my lawn.
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