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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Individuals have organized for the benefits provided by the organization since the very first village huddling around a camp fire. People have never been more mobile to choose the organization they belong to. Since Henry Ford made the car affordable, people have had greater ability to choose their organization, but individuals have always been more agile than groups, and groups have always needed to provide the needs of the individuals, in order to grow new members. Case in point, baseball teams follow the data on winning games instead of the data to attract new fans. While I am a stat head, I don’t like the current brand of baseball either. Homers and strike outs might win games, but It’s boring and too long. listen to your customers and they become loyal ignore your customers and they leave. that is as old school as it comes
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Mod note: faith and baseball is a part of our lives. Just like any topic here at TD, be thoughtful, respectful and empathetic, and we can discuss it. Break those rules and the topic will get shut down.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    That was the thrust of the article. Both organizations are stuck in the mode of “we used to attract fans/parishioners this way, it will continue to work this way, just try harder”. The kids don’t like Rock’n Roll anymore, quit trying to lure them in using rock ‘n roll. Accept it and adapt. From my own experience, the article may have missed an opportunity to identify the flaw in the comparison. The article did point out that young people want some of their life devoted to philanthropy and volunteerism, but failed to identify that in the old days church and baseball both filled a social experience need that is now filled by other things. Town ball still fills that social experience void. It’s a smaller community at an affordable price, just like Twinsdaily. MLB is neither small nor affordable, it is purely entertainment and needs to be more compelling. Church is not a social experience anymore for the youth, and isn’t entertainment. It could be an outlet for service and philanthropy, but the organizers haven’t quite figured out what that looks like. Where I agree with the article is if they both don’t figure out how to change, they are very much at risk.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    I believe it to be 2 reasons. 1) he could start again, if he’s already stretched out to 2, he could stretch out faster to 3/4/5 again pretty quickly 2) workload management for the rotation. It’s also why there’s a 6 man rotation. They do not have the horses for a full season.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sano needs to heat up well before the all-star break to be tradeable at the deadline. Provided that happens (and I think it will), I agree, it’s almost a certainty that Sano gets traded to a contender who needs a DH. That is the MO of Falvey and Levine, if they aren’t extending or picking up his option, they trade them away.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins have never had a 30/30 player, seems attainable for Buxton if he remains healthy
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    I know right! Rena’s work always makes me smile. I needed that today
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Add to: Double session of PT Watching any hallmark movie helping my 8 yo with homework
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Nope 160-2
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Buxton on pace for 162 home run seems kinda conservative
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    That was the gist of Baldelli’s quote in the post game. Something to the effect of they followed the plan, but missed on location of some fastballs over the middle
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Spell check got you, I believe and agreed Walton Goggins is a treasure, though I am not up to date on the shows, I’m adding to me queue
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed!
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Royce “Sticky Fingers” Lewis… keep swiping those bags!
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/2164747/tyler-duffey/splits/2021/ according to CBS he was 3 saves in 5 opportunities, it doesn’t jive w/ FG, but maybe CBS ignores 2 inning saves?¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    THIS! Two games, one save opportunity. They’ll give a few guys a shot, including Duffey again, before deciding who the closer(s) will be.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    10million is a small insurance policy/buffer. Prospects are a significant investment and failing them in their development by promoting them too early would be way more costly.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, my guess is Alcala and Duffy would be heavy in the mix, but Duran will get some opportunities too
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    It signals to me that they aren’t satisfied with Archer and Bundy who might have a shorter leash than Happ/Shoemaker
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    I dont like losing Rogers, but you have to give value to get value. The bullpen got worse, but the rotation got better and the floor for the rotation raised, and held onto near ready prospects overall kinda “meh”
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Or go with a 6 man rotation until May 1 and release one of Archer/Bundy depending on who looks least bad
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    As a current Wisconsin resident and casual Brewers fan, you'll see me there from time to time. I miss the days when the Brewers were in the AL East...
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    If this is accurate there wouldn’t be a good bullpen in the MLB because the average start is 5.1 innings and has been for several years. I do agree that managing the workload will be critical for the Twins. Knowing when to pull the hook on a short start, having a long reliever ready, and still be in a position to win a game at least some of the time will be critical. When 4/5 of your rotation hasn’t exceeded 110 innings in a season for 4 years (or never) they are going to have to find a way to win games when they go to the bullpen in the 4th and 5th innings. It’ll happen a lot.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins have not spent much on the bullpen in terms of free agency dollars, but Duran in the Pen seems like a significant investment. It took years of development to get him to this point, and that has a ton of value. While Rogers and Duffy might have some potential challenges, they both looked relatively healthy this spring. I’m a lot more confident in the Pen than in the rotation!
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well said Nick! I appreciate your candor on last year’s rotation outlook. While there were many who didn’t like Happ/Shoemaker right out of the gate… I think we all misjudged how bad it would really get. hopefully I’m misjudging the ‘22 rotation to the negative and I’m proven wrong (happily)
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