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  1. dougkoebernick
    Although Oswaldo Arcia looked promising in 2013 and 2014, the fact is that he does not look promising in 2015. Despite this, many people have posted at various times this summer about calling him up. This is not going to happen. He needs to get his act straightened out or get healthy - whichever is the case. Until he does that, I would recommend that we give the Arcia obsession a break. http://www.healthcareatoz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Breathing-In-and-Out-of-a-Paper-Bag.jpg
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    At the all-star break the Twins' winning percentage was a measly .423. However, until the current losing streak they had won at a .555 clip since the break which gave us all a little hope. In some ways it is like deja vu though because if you look back at 2011 and 2012 the Twins also came out after the all-star break and played better for a short term than they did before the break (.529 in '11 and .466 in '12). Each time they hit a wall at around the 50 win mark and struggled mightily for any wins after that time. In 2011 they went 13-43 (.232) down the stretch after being 50-56 (.471) before driving their Yugo into the ditch. In 2012 they went 16-31 (.340) down the stretch after being at 50-65 (.434) before their losing ways prevailed.
     
    So here we are in 2013. As stated above, the Twins went into the all-star break winning at a .423 clip and then had a nice run where they won 15 of 27 games (.555 clip). They have since lost four straight. The question for everyone out there is, "Will they go in the tank the rest of the season like in 2011 and 2012 or do you think they can pull out of the short tailspin they are in?"
     
    The second question is whether or not this is reflective upon Ron Gardenhire's managerial skills. It is one thing to say that he doesn't have good enough players but if a team hits a wall at similar points for three straight years and does a nose dive I would argue this is worthy of further discussion and closer examination.
     
    I like Gardenhire and won't ignore his entire body of work but if this happens again I would likely be okay with a managerial change because I think it does say something (though I'm not quite smart enough to say what).
     
    Thoughts??
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    On July 29th I posted the following - I've added some additional comments.
     
     
    I enjoy reading everyone's comments on this great site and why I don't have much insight I thought I'd have fun and list five things that won't happen even though some people would like to see them take place.
     
    1. Terry Ryan will not be fired. still stand by that
     
    2. Joe Mauer will never catch again.still stand by that and hope people will realize that
     
    3. Joe Mauer will not be traded. ditto
     
    4. Jose Reyes, Cole Hamels, and anyone else making more than $12 million a year will not be traded to the Twins. too easy of a prediction so no bonus points
     
    5. Jose Berrios will not be promoted anytime soon and save the Twins' season. the first part was true but the second part may not be
     
    Now, here are five things that just might happen.
     
    1. Miguel Sano will end up with at least ten homeruns. i should have said twenty??
     
    2. The Twins will trade for two bullpen guys but not give up much at all. stand by that
     
    3. Ron Gardenhire will bat cleanup for my softball team next week. he kicked ass
     
    4. Buxton will return in September and be ready to go in 2016. was off by a few weeks
     
    5. The Royals will regret trading five minor leaguers in the span of two days for temporary help. i may have been wrong but it is too early to tell
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