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  1. JADBP
    You hit the nail on the head!!! What player wants to play for the Twins now? Just the rookies. Look at Ryan’s performance after the trade deadline (with bizarre Ryan’s rumors). He caved. And I don’t think it was intentional but, so sorry to say, he’s been mailing it in. Like most of the team. Pohlad/Falvey blew up the team, Rocco lost all control of the players, and they just gave up. There are maybe 2-3 that are trying. This all starts with Pohlad/Falvey and ends with Rocco. I’m can’t blame the players one bit! Imagine how the felt watching this absolute destruction unravel in real time. I have to believe they felt humiliated, dejected, sick to their stomach. What I just cannot figure out is how this possibly makes the team more attractive, more valuable, to potential buyers. Any ideas??? It’s not the players. It’s the management.
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    I really do hope Joe reads Twins Daily! Hi Joe! You’re an idiot!!
  3. JADBP
    There is still time to catch PIT. But so what if we do. It won’t improve the Twins for several years. This whole team, top to bottom, is an absolute mess! I can’t imagine why anyone would want to buy into the team unless they can start replacing people from top to bottom. And that requires majority control—but apparently they only sold 40%. Seems like they just wanted to pay down the massive debt. Or, more likely, the banks forced them to pay down the debt. Maybe the Pohlad goal was to keep the baby Joe entertained away from the rest of Pohlad other businesses/money so he doesn’t screw them up too??? Maybe this is all a game to keep the man-child contained? I am pretty sure they can see he is an idiot too. Why else did they have to step in on the Correa deal …other than because Joe couldn’t get a deal done. A deal that both sides wanted to make!
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    They just did, Danny!!! Fired 4 of 5 scouts!
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    Nope. Rocco is the worst Twins manager ever. I’d take Sam Mele, Gene Mauch or even Billy Martin over Rocco! At least they got their players to stand up tall and play their hearts out! Rocco has completely lost the respect of the team. They have no choice—they have to fire him. The sooner the better!
  6. JADBP
    You’re absolutely right! As long as the bozos are running this show, I won’t watch a game. I DON’T care!
  7. JADBP
    Wait…whaaaattt? “Coming up with a plan….” is not something that this coaching staff seems to do. Ever. Never. Never ever! Fire Rocco fast! That’s accountability!
  8. JADBP
    DUH!!! OF COURSE HE IS THE FALL GUY. Nah Nah NAH Nah, Nah Nah NAH Nah, hey Hey-ey Goodbye!! All I can say, is GOOD RIDDANCE!
  9. JADBP
    I sure hope the Twins release Miranda, he get's picked up by maybe the Reds or Angels and has a fabulous career (away from the Twins)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  10. JADBP
    Wait? Which franchise player? Killebrew? Olivia? Carew? Puckett? Viola? Or are you trying to blame Correa? I wouldn’t have laid that title on him but yes he was a bust. Wasted $$. Like so many other trades and FA that the twins brought in, especially over the last 2-3 years! What di we have for dumping 30-40% of the team a few weeks ago? And they think they are fooling us when they say it wasn’t about money….
  11. JADBP
    Sorry I missed that Outman came in in the 8th. But there is still an issue. At that point, Rocco should have been able to see that he would again come up in the 9th and with no bullpen, the CWS were likely to at least tie the game. in the end, I am soooo over Rocco. He’s become a pathetic robot to stats. Like a robot, he is even emotionless.
  12. JADBP
    The 9th inning was a managing disaster. Buxton leads off with a double and Larnach walks. Down by one, with no outs, a good place to be. Keirsey comes in to run for Larnach. Now, we have the middle of the order coming up in Keaschall, Wallner and Jeffers. So far so good. Then Keaschall pops out. Ouch. So, what does the idiot do? He again subs out Wallner for Outman! Wait…WTF? Outman is batting .134!!!! He’s not LH and neither is the Pitcher. Wallner is and is batting .234 and has an OBP over 100 pts higher than Outman. But alas OUTman lives up to his name. Easy out. I suspect the CWS coach is just laughing. Jeffers comes in and is the final out. Why if why does the idiot keep subbing out Wallner? It makes absolutely no sense. It’s like last year with Margot. Does Rocco understand that that he keeps making these “never works out well” decisions over and over? Doesn’t Jayce Tingler ever tap him on the shoulder and say “Hey, how about we let him hit tonight.” I would think that after watching Margot go 0-29, the Saber tool would say do NOT use him as a PH in big. Flashing red letters. Same for PHing for Wallner with a far inferior hitter! What is WRONG with Rocco?????
  13. JADBP
    Yes, it looked like at, most, 3-4000 in attendance. They won’t announce actual attendance as it is too embarrassing.
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    Hey. News Flash! Attendance went UP today! By a miserable 183 people. Or dogs. Remember, the listed attendance is only the number of tickets sold, is is NOT the number of fans in seats. From the looks of things, I’d guess it was actually well below 11,000. Maybe the added the dogs to the count? oh, and todays game….pathetic 9th inning. Both Buxton and Larnach get on base then 3 pitches say outs. It’s as if Rocco doesn’t care, doesn’t even bother trying. They camera panned to him once and he had a deadpan, bored, “who gives a f” look in his face!
  15. JADBP
    There is NOTHING on the planet that the Pohlads can do to rebuild trust. Absolutely zero!! ESPECIALLY JOE!
  16. JADBP
    OH I wanted the Twins to take Green so badly, was stunned when they took Lewis. Oh well...
  17. JADBP
    Bullet Points: 1. Unlike NFL and NBA (both of whom have salary caps), MLB is dominated by 3-4 teams with enormous payrolls and great teams. 2. This leads to a very inequitable and distorted competitive balance. 3. This, in turn, suppresses fan enthusiasm across the remaining 28-29 teams. This shrinks the entire sport of baseball while 3-4 teams win most championships. 4. Look at the NBA as an example. They exploded in popularity once they rebalanced the payrolls and MANY teams won, instead of 3-4 consistent winners.
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    We are very very close to billion dollar contracts. Ohtani at $700mill and Soto at $765 mill (with a possibility or reaching $800mill). But you missed the point entirely. What I am despairing about is the inequity of these contracts. Can you see the Twins, Rays, CLE, BAL, heck, probably all but 3-4 teams able to muster up a $300-400 million payroll? Of course not. Of course these teams are going to do better. They can afford to have several of these magnificent players on their teams. It’s not a guarantee of success—there are low budget teams that do well with good coaching and management. But it makes the league very very unbalanced. A few teams that perennially do very well and most teams struggling to find a “window” when they can effectively compete. The result is MOST MLB fans are rooting for teams (like the Twins) that have little chance of winning a World Series. The flip side is that if more teams can actually compete for championships, then the entire league has more fan engagement, not just 3-4 big payroll teams. The whole of MLB brings in more $$$. Everyone gets richer, not just 3-4 teams. Now MLB know this is a problem and has been trying to address it (with luxury tax, revenue sharing, and expanded wildcards). But they really have not made a dent in the problem. Many teams still struggle with small payrolls in smaller markets. Again, there are exceptions with well-managed small market teams with “windows” (KC). Compare this to the far more competitive NFl and MBA. You must not remember the NBA in the 60’s-80’s. From 1957 to 1981, 3 teams (BOS, LA and PHI) won 75% of NBA championships. The NBA wanted to grow beyond that fan base and did-with aggressive changes. In the last 10 years, 7 different teams have won the NBA. Championship.
  19. JADBP
    Dan Bauer: good points, we are in very close agreement. So, how does that lower tier of players get represented in the union? If you look at the player reps, they are all pretty much the highly paid stars. How many of them are honestly representing all the players making minimum wage?
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    Royce’s problems all start in his head. He has plenty of talent and skill. He has a problem harnessing it. I agree. He’s already a made millions and is going to make millions more. Little sympathy for trying to take care of his already wealthy family. I agree the union has the wrong focus. BUT—The owners pay nearly $Billion contracts then complain that contracts are too high (and complain that small market teams don’t pay their players enough). The owners need to police themselves. Both orgs, the ownership cartel and the Union, are complicit is their greed. Owners in big markets want to make ever more profit and win ever more WS. And the top players all want that $300 million contract. This makes is increasing challenging and unfair for teams like the Twins, TOR, Rays, PIT, etc to succeed. ALL OF THIS IS RUINING BASEBALL!! What sense does it make to pay someone $30-40-50 million a year when many players are making $1 million or less? Sure, everyone in a while KC gets on a good run. But how many bad years are there in between runs? Compare this to the NFL or NBA. The salary cap seems to be the one thing that can allow a team like the Vikings or Golden State to compete. And those leagues are much better for it. I am guessing more players will get into the $millions faster with a cap. We just need to even out the playing field. And quit the Billion dollar contracts. That’s just insanity. If the players and agents can’t see this, then too bad. it could be a long strike but it has to happen. They can take zero if they don’t like competitive baseball. When will the many small market teams ever stand up the The NYY, METS and LAD? Greed is the cancer that is ruining baseball.
  21. JADBP
    Remember...Sabermetrics is NOT about hitting homeruns....it is about GETTING ON BASE. The more players that get on base, in whatever fashion, the more runs they score. Few do it as well as Luis. Love to watch him.
  22. JADBP
    That’s very simple. Chief: replace the coaches!!!!
  23. JADBP
    The real problem is that no matter how hard Falvey tries, no Free Agent wants to sign with the Twins. This team is so far beyond insanity that FA’s are just going to pass. And FA he can sign will come with the “I’m signing with the losers” premium price tag. There are zero FA’s out there that trust a single word out of Falvey’s mouth. And there are few players that want to play for Rocco. Evidence: Twins players last few years and comments from departing players. Good luck with the off-season!
  24. JADBP
    I really could care LESS what Rocko thinks. He has lost this team …. and me. please please send Rocks for Brains packing.
  25. JADBP
    And…if Popkins was to blame, why did we nosedive again this year? I think we were hitting better than last year ....at last until the dumpster fire was ignited!
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