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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Okay, but that didnt answer my question. If you are saying its preposterous to expect an employer to actually pay into it until its mature, then why offer it in the first place? In your argument, the employer is only using the offer of a pension as an enticement for the potential employee to accept the job offer, with the employer knowing they don't actually intend to fulfill it. To me that seems deceptive at best.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Okay, almost nobody does that now. Back then almost every team had one or two guys who played every day.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    Bolded part: You don't move a guy from RF to LF to make room for your 4th OF'er. That is why that matters. The rest: Nobody is arguing that the plan coming into ST was Revere in LF, Span in CF, Willingham in RF. We are saying the reason Willingham was moved had nothing to do with Revere. The reason Willingham was moved to LF was because he wasn't comfortable in RF.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    Ben Revere started 5 games in April and was sent to the minors. I find it hard to believe that Gardy moved Willingham to left field to make room for a guy who would start 5 games in April, then go down to the minors because they wanted him playing every day. The quote in your post simply states that Revere said his throws were not as accurate from LF. Nowhere does it say, or even imply that was the reason for moving Willingham to LF.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    Uh, the point of my post wasnt to yearn for the days of yesteryear. I don't know if, as a whole, players played a higher % of the teams games than they do now. My point was that there WERE players who played every single game then. Gehrig and Ripken were easy examples for me, because they had such long streaks, but there were many other players who played all of their teams games for a season, even if just for a few years. Now, nobody does that. Those ARE facts, even if they cannot conclude that players as a whole played more, there used to be star players who played every single game in a given season. Now there are none. Besides, my point wasnt to show how tough or heroic players were then compared to today, my point was to show that Gardy isnt the only manager who gives days off, and that it's not necessarily his preference or even his decision in every case.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    My question for you then: Why even bother having the pension plan to begin with? If your contention is that both sides should consider something like that as meaningless as the paper its written on during the hiring process, they why even offer it in the first place? It seems to me that when you offer a pension plan as one of the benefits of a hiring package, it should be considered some type of commitment, even if it's not legally binding. I mean, what ever happened to the integrity of keeping your word, even if you are not required to?
  7. Mr. Brooks
    I highly doubt the Twins are going to sign a FA to a multi year deal, then cut him after 2 months, regardless of how poorly he is pitching. People mention Blackburn, but he was allowed to struggle for nearly 3 full seasons before they finally cut the cord on him, and even still he'd be in the mix if he wasn't hurt.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    I'm not saying we should have done that. Just pointing out that there are always guys available. I wouldnt want to do it because it does no good to add a good veteran to this team, we are rebuilding. But if I were trying to say with a straight face that we are going to be competitive this year, and pretend to take it as an insult to suggest otherwise, I would consider those trades. Prospects in general are highly overrated. A tiny percent pan out to anything more than an average player, if that.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Actually jmlease is correct. Gardy tried him (Willy) in RF, but moved him to left because he wasnt comfortable there. The move couldnt have been made because of Revere, the move was made BEFORE a decision had even been made on who the 3rd starting OF'er would be, and in fact Revere was considered "likely to be the 4th OF'er" (quote from Dave St. Peter at the time Gardy made the move to LF from RF for Willingham.) http://twinsdaily.com/358-gardenhire-announces-his-outfield-plans.html
  10. Mr. Brooks
    The only way Parm is going to getter better against lefties is through repetition. What better time to give him those reps than during a rebuilding season? Unless it gets to a point that it seems to be hurting his confidence, I don't see what good it does to to give away any of his AB's, unless they are to another player who has a future as a starter on this team (Arcia).
  11. Mr. Brooks
    Jose Reyes was available. The Rangers are desperate to find a place for Profar to come up and play. Andrus is widely believed to have been on the market for the right price. Kinsler would probably be available for the right price. I'm sure there were/are a handful of other above average to good MI options that are available that havent been made known to the public.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Aside from the 6 BP appearances Blackburn made in his rookie season, he's only pitched out of the bullpen 2 times.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Harden is a cheap, low risk lottery ticket. I think the odds that we ever see him pitch a regular season game with a Twins uniform on is probably somewhere below or right at 50%.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    I have a feeling the Mets might object to that.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Jeez. If I had facts it wouldnt be an opinion, now would it? Is it okay if I state an opinion, on a baseball message board, is that cool with you? Or should this board be limited to facts only? I can get facts at baseball reference, I come to places like this to hear peoples opinions. And, FYI, I went back and counted. 8 times I used the words "I think" and/or "I don't think", 1 time I used the words "in my opinion, and 1 time I used the phrase, "of course I can't know". That is 10 times that I went out of my way to make sure it was clear that entire post was opinion, and not fact. But, again, maybe 10 times in one post is not enough to be clear to everyone. Most people, probably, but not everyone.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    I thought I made it pretty clear that all of that was my opinion. I guess I should have said it a few more times...
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Meh, what's the success rate on the 17th overall pick? If someone feels like looking it up that would be an awesome bonus, but I'm guessing its a whole lot more miss than hit. If they feel like Lohse can help them make the playoffs, then the 17th pick shouldnt stop them from making the deal.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    You're right, there was probably nothing in writing. Most huge companies like the MLB and MLB teams hire people with nothing but a handshake and a smile. That's kinda my point about the unions. I'm guessing the pension plan was in writing (has anyone here ever heard of a pension plan that was not written down somewhere?), but who do you think is going to be able to win in court, MLB with millions of dollars worth of hot shot lawyers, or a few non union employees pulling 80k a year?
  19. Mr. Brooks
    You forgot about the starting rotation.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    I think the real problem lies with the makeup of the roster. IMO, and I may be in the minority, every locker room needs an outspoken veteran voice that can police the locker room. The manager can't be expected to do it every time, because if he has to, then eventually guys are going to get tired of the same voice, and stop listening. And that, more than anything Gardy did or didnt do right/wrong, is what has happened. Plus, I think guys put more weight behind something said to them by a peer, especially if its a veteran who is regarded as a good player, than they do coming from an authority figure that they may feel they "have" to listen to. We used to have guys like Hunter and Pierzynski who, while many fans may not have liked, were not afraid to speak up, and get in the face of a younger player (or even a veteran) and set them straight when necessary. I just dont think this team has anyone like that, and I just don't think its possible for the manager to police the team and the locker room alone. Don't get me wrong, I think we have plenty of veteran leaders on this club (Mauer, Morneau, Carroll, Willingham), but I think (ofc I can't know this) they are more of the 'quiet, lead by example' types. And there is nothing wrong with that, it's just that I think that every team needs 1 of the other type too.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    It would be nice if every player could handle, or wanted to play every game, like they used to back in the day. (Just think of what Gehrig or Ripken would think of all these days off.) But, the sad fact is that most of the modern players can't handle it, or ask for days off. There are a few in the league that pretty much play every game, only taking days off when they are truly banged up, not just because they need a "breather", or because its a long season. But, those players are few and far between. And its not just the Twins, look around the league, very few players play 155+ games every year. I really dont know the reason for this either, as you would think that with modern medicine, modern training facilities, modern diets, etc., that guys would be in better shape to play every day now, vs. 30 years ago, but for whatever reason that isnt the case. So, that said, a manager has to manage all these egos, give days off to guys that cant handle playing 160 games, or that ask for days off, etc. Sometimes it seems like Gardy goes a little overboard, especially on getaway days, but when comparing to the rest of the league, I see too small of a difference to consider it anything but nitpicking.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    Why? Guzman had a few pretty good years, and was pretty much above replacement level every season. Santana has never been a top prospect, if you wind up getting ANYTHING of value, let alone Guzman level production, from a guy outside of your top 10 prospects (and more like top 20 on some lists), then you've gotten really good value. That is how good young teams are built, and I'd be thrilled to get that from him for 4 or 5 cheap seasons.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Like you, I'm skeptical that he can keep it up. But, at the same time I like the fact that the Brewers are willing to gamble and go all in when they think they have a window open. They did it a few years ago, trading for CC, and now they are giving up a draft pick and a decent amount of money to (they hope) add some depth and reliability to their starting staff. These are the types of moves I wish the Twins would have made a few years ago when they seemed to have a pretty good window open to them, and mostly stood pat every year, settling instead for minor tweaks.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    Sorry, I misinterpreted your comment. I thought you meant something like, "if they are so good, why hasnt anyone hired them away........." My bad.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    1) Nobody is talking about bench guys playing on starters day's off. That is completely different than guys like Butera getting every day AB's for extended periods of time. I even made sure to specifically point that out in my post. 2) The team is $30 million under budget. I don't see $$ as being any kind of acceptable excuse for not improving the team.
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