That may lead one to believe that an automatic Margot might be preferable, but that assumption would be false. All types of Margot’s must be demolitioned from the area before surface prep.
A front office blow-up management change, followed by a sale of the team and another front office management change would super-suck.
If this team continues to play this badly, I can’t imagine Baldelli makes it to the All-Star Game and Falvey survives past the World Series.
if it’s just Baldelli being the sacrificial lamb, it wouldn’t really matter that much. I don’t think managers actually impact the in game outcomes that much.
he was a bit in no man’s land…
Staying on his feet and letting his momentum carry him could have risked a full speed collision into the wall. That would have been way worse.
This!
also to add, face value tickets preseason were up 20% over last year. They screwed the pooch last year, then passed on the offseason, took the only option in video broadcast, and raised ticket prices….
this frickin’ team…
Matt Wallner slugged .500ish in the international league and continues to do so.
remember minor leagues vary greatly league to league. The Twins affiliates change every few years, which skews some of the points of reference. Read the Terry Tiffee article for a good perspective.
The last outing his breaking ball wasn’t breaking enough. A pitch that last year would have hit the catchers mitt inside and thigh high was dead center of the zone. Two outings ago he adjusted for the lack of break with a back door slider low and away, this go around he didn’t…