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  1. The Great Hambino
    I think he still finds a way to GIDP
  2. The Great Hambino
    I'm surprised you don't like Papa John's since you're such a ketchup aficionado and that's what they use for sauce
  3. The Great Hambino
    A) There's no guarantee that a mild run of success (a return to fringe contention) would prevent new owners from installing their own people in power B) There's no guarantee that continued suckitude will result in changes, especially if the Pohlads remain in ownership. It took 4 straight 90 loss seasons to can Gardy, though the GM position had its own issues over that stretch. C) Winning baseball is more fun to watch than losing baseball Ergo, I pick option 2. This is a different answer than what I think should happen. An organizational reset is needed. But I want to see them win anyway. I was indoctrinated too young to not want to see them win
  4. The Great Hambino
    I think he pitched better than the results suggest and was getting a little unlucky or missing by a thin margin 60 foot hit, full count walk, full count walk, dominant strikeout, weak groundout to score a run, and then the only solid contact he allowed wound up in Buxton's glove. I'd like to see more whiffs, struggling to put them away sometimes, but he's still pitching well. Velo was good tonight
  5. The Great Hambino
    Shaded away on it too ... that was fun
  6. The Great Hambino
    And once again, Larnach renders Keaschall's steal meaningless
  7. The Great Hambino
    I like the aggressiveness from Keaschall, even though I think Larnach coulda made it to second carrying Correa on his back with that pitcher's delivery home
  8. The Great Hambino
    How do we do thumbs up or down with no thumbs? Also: sure, why not
  9. The Great Hambino
    Darn. I took the assignment really seriously too
  10. The Great Hambino
    Buxton is very fast Correa is an impressive fielder for someone so slow. Both are definitely top 15 hitters in the entire Twins organization. How'd I do?
  11. The Great Hambino
    Jax in the 7th...
  12. The Great Hambino
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  13. The Great Hambino
    If I had to bet, I'd agree that a new manager would probably get similar results and that there's only so much a manager can do if the players just don't perform. But I'm also wrong a lot. A new manager - just a new voice - can provide a spark to get guys performing where they ought to be. And if things don't turn around with a new voice, then the organization will have to look elsewhere for changes to be made. It gets harder to blame the manager when you go through multiple with the same results. So in a sense, a managerial change can be a win-win. Either the team improves, or the heat gets concentrated on the front office. Come to think of it, Falvey seems pretty self-aware. This could be the real reason a managerial change isn't coming until dictated by ownership, whether it's the Pohlads or a new group. Even if he thinks a change is needed, why play that card when it could be a get-out-of-jail-free card down the road?
  14. The Great Hambino
    Are any of those quotes from this season? I agree in principle. And in the past I've thought that's where Rocco was at his best - keeping things together behind the scenes. But this run of underperformance that started last year and has continued into this year makes me wonder if a) that's still true or b) if it is still true, why it is no longer translating to on-field results. In an era of constant player movement, 15 players still remain in the organization from the initial 2023 ALDS roster, and that doesn't include Buxton. It's not like there's been some mass talent exodus. In fact, some of the top performers this year weren't in that group - four of their top 5 in bWAR this year weren't on that team, the fifth being Buxton. To be fair, we can't know exactly the effect he's having in the clubhouse without being in there. But the context clues don't support his continued effectiveness in this area. And it's not like he has some elite tactical mind to fall back on. So we're left with ... what, exactly?
  15. The Great Hambino
    I may have missed it, but in all the posts in the "don't fire Rocco" camp, I don't think I've seen a single defense based on something he does well. Seems telling to me
  16. The Great Hambino
    It seems like most, if not all, defenses of Baldelli run along the lines of "it's not his fault" or "he's not the problem." If that's your position ( and there's certainly at least some truth to it), then ask yourself this: Is Baldelli the solution to any of the team's issues? I have a hard time coming up with a way in which he is. So even if he'll get replaced by Tingler or someone else that will be a clone or continue following Falvey's marching orders or whatever, it's worth trying to see if someone else can be the solution, or part of the solution. The status quo is not worth maintaining with the continuity Baldelli provides, so there isn't much risk in his replacement being worse. The upside of his replacement being a solution is worth that risk.
  17. The Great Hambino
    Items 2, 3, and 5 can all fall under the umbrella of over-promising and under-delivering. With the right amount of mental gymnastics, item 1 can as well. no wonder the only emotions they can evoke from fans these days are disgust and apathy
  18. The Great Hambino
    The worst thing about right-sizing the payroll is that it was only months after apparently, uh, wrong-sizing it with the signing of Correa and extension to Lopez. Locking up so much payroll on a couple of players when you're about to slash the overall budget was wildly irresponsible. They can't make a credible claim that they didn't see the need to reduce payroll coming. The TV revenue issue shouldn't have been a surprise. DSG was already in bankruptcy and the crumbling of the RSN model could be seen from miles away by anyone paying attention. It can't have been Falvey going rogue with those signings. If he had gone against ownership wishes on something that big, he would not have been granted more power. This is entirely on whomever in the Pohlad family is calling the shots. I'm not even sure if it's actually Joe running the show anymore. I think he might be a puppet. He's like if you built a human from scratch but blew your whole budget on the haircut.
  19. The Great Hambino
    Just think - in a few months, someone's gonna have to pick an All Star to represent this team. Hopefully it can be Keaschall so we can pretend to have hope for the future. It will probably either be someone traded away before the game takes place or Willi Castro as a pitcher
  20. The Great Hambino
    I think they've been celebrating all season
  21. The Great Hambino
    The most effective 8th inning reliever this year has been Willi Castro
  22. The Great Hambino
    See? Jax can pitch just as effectively in the eighth as the ninth
  23. The Great Hambino
    Watching this team is like watching the first act of a sports movie for kids
  24. The Great Hambino
    Correa has been quite the combo of bad and unlucky this year
  25. The Great Hambino
    Alonso ... buddy ... just accept it and shave it off
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