Blake

I had an instructor once refer to himself as an "oblate spheroid."

You're a Twins fan. I think irrational goes without saying.

You don't get the cash until you learn how to close!

Everything sounds plausible except for the Chief in a French Restaurant part. I figured you were more of a bistro kind of guy.

I disagree and refuse to mock.

You mean there's no Spring Training for SCORCHING hot takes?

I do not dispute anything you've said. I think, however, the only reason Molitor is still around is due to the complete disarray of the entire organization last year. I think Mr. Molitor needs to show he's a big league manager this year or he's gone. Of course, Molitor probably would be gone if the Twins hadn't also realized their entire system needs to be rebuilt.

To Willihammer's comment: If players know what their role is going to be and how things will be set up for and during the season, then it's on the players to accept and embrace the way things are going to be done. However, if Molitor doesn't clearly define how players are going to be played and appears to be using them in some arbitrary fashion then I get players getting frustrated. And that's on Molitor. (it appeared to me Molitor didn't have much of a plan last year when it came to players. But, I have to give Molitor a pass, because the whole organization melted down last year)

Injury prevention, what a concept! I wonder if it will every catch on with the Twins?

Sounds like a kind way to say "watched helplessly as the ball rolled between the defenders."

For some reason, I always get the impression Nick actually resembles Ricky Vaughn. Minus the tats and prison term.

"...The old saw about the early bird just goes to show you that the worm should have stayed in bed." -Robert A. Heinlein

Excellent article.

Maybe move TJ Clemmings to third and have Sano play LT?

Mostly dead? what, no one's included a quote from "The Princess Bride" yet? Who are you people?

I'm surprised you didn't wind up with a funny white canvas coat, you know, the one with the arms crossed and your own special handlers in that special place for special people.

What's interesting is that this site could easily have become a Frankenstein monster. Instead, it's butterflies, unicorns and skittles. (Hey, the Twins season hasn't started yet, so, I'm optimistic. And maybe on drugs)

This is one of the many reason I like baseball. Excellent!

Fastball command and Tyler Duffey come to mind. Duffey needs to locate his fastball to be effective and last year, he was completely discombobulated according to my (aging) eyes.

I'm sticking with my 71 wins prediction.

Brock who? Seriously, though, the site is a lot of fun and keep up the great work everyone, mods, contributors, general smart-alecs (a little self-promotion never hurts). That means you too, Mr. Beauchamp.

Hah, it's funny, but, I was really late to this thread and mentioned bat girl during my musings also. Glad to know I'm not the only one who remembers her.

Things that are green and school lunches are one in the same, aren't they? I think you need more of a contrast: say, school lunches, bed time, nap time, pre-nap time along with the occasional segue into "Casa Blanca."

I'll call my epic "The Long and Winding Road." I was born, though Mom uses another term, which I shan't repeat, eons ago, (Chief, are you taking notes?) in the redneck town of Bakersfield, CA. At age 4, I moved to the coast and lived in Morro Bay, CA for the next 14 years. The very first baseball game I attended was an Angels game at Anaheim stadium before they reconfigured the stadium. Or, my memory is faulty and it wasn't really a giant bowl when I was there in the sixties. Due to being a complete miscreant as a teenager, I wound up being shipped off to live with relatives in MN. Yeah, that first winter was a shock. However, I recovered to the point I was wearing shorts and a sweatshirt any time it was above 35 and sunny. I wound up falling in with a bad crowd that introduced me to the Twins and I first became serious about the Twins during spring training of 1987. Yeah, that was great timing on my part. I was and still am, I suppose, somewhere between a casual and serious fan of Twins baseball. I started out working in a factory, assembling widgets and moved from there to welding together the parts for the widget assemblers. Somewhere along the way I got married, had kids, got divorced, got tired of MN winters and moved to AZ. I loved living in AZ. Some of the friendliest people I've ever met. Along the way, I got some training in computers and changed what I do for a living. After the death of my father, I realized it was time to head back to CA to look after mom, who, like all of us, isn't getting any younger. So, back to Bakersfield. Now, happily remarried to a lovely and incredibly patient woman who lets me indulge my passion for baseball and the shooting sports, life is good. On top of that, for whatever reason, TD allows me to write game threads, which I thoroughly enjoy. Though, fair warning, allowing me to write game threads might be somewhat akin to giving an arsonist matches and gasoline. My favorite Twins moments? Laudner and Gaetti picking off Darrell Evans. Pucket putting the Twins into game 7.. leading to the greatest pitching performance I've ever witnessed, Jack Morris in that epic Game 7. Brian Dozier hitting the home run that completed the comeback against the Tigers in 2015. (Jim Thome against the Sox gets honorable mention) I am in and out when it comes to TD. I started out on the Stribs comment boards but they got boring, unless, of course, there was a new installment of Batgirl and LegoVision. I'm not sure how I stumbled across TD, but, I'm here. Deal.

Baseball scheduled pitchers and catchers for February 14 because MLB loves us. I thought that was obvious.