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  1. ltwedt
    To quote someone we once loved, "It ain't about the loot!".
  2. ltwedt
    All very good - For the first few years coming to spring training we stayed in Naples and made that 30 mile drive to Ft Myers up I75 - being the slow learners that we are, we now stay in Ft Myers - anyhow - if you are interested in local seafood, served by those with a heavy southern drawl, take the drive South on I75 to Naples, exit on Collier Blvd, and go South to Cracklin Jacks. Small, cozy, local, . . . but great food. We like the Gator/Shrimp/Scallops platter. Oh - but get there early for the evening meal - the place fills up rapidly the closer to 6 PM you get - they have a 3-4 person group of roving minstrels, that do real foot-stomping, kinda like Cajun music - It's so good that as you enter the door, your arteries start to cinch up. Check it out!
  3. ltwedt
    Yeah - I "scored" a grab bag - very disappointed - last year's poster (made available last year at this time, so you can imagine how up-to-date it was), last year's Twins yearbook, and a 2013 autographed - Terry Steinbach - calendar! Once again, the Poland are making money by misleading the fans!
  4. ltwedt
    I believe that the 2013 edition of the Twins is compilation of players that TR is hoping will all have career years. I can not believe that he could expect Willingham will have a season like last year, and that Plouffe will have a year like his July and early August, but that's the way it appears. On the pitching side, I really think that there are pitchers that will excel at Rochester, yet fail at the major league level - read here - De Vries, Hendricks, Blackie, et al. The hope that Diamond (most probably a legit 3 or 4 in any other mlb rotation), Worley (a stretch #2 or 3), and Correia can anchor this staff is scary! Like beyond hope scary! I am still holding out hope that we make a trade - but who and from where?
  5. ltwedt
    yeah - Or until . . . it's over
  6. ltwedt
    Great trade - suddenly I'm back on TR's band wagon!
  7. ltwedt
    "The Twins did not lose any players in the MLB portion of the Rule 5 draft." So . . . Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? I mean, does it reflect the fact that the Twins don't have anyone that any other MLB team is interested in? Or, are the Twins just crafty enough to somehow protect the players that another team could be interested in? Seems like often the more I know, the less I know!!
  8. ltwedt
    Geez - HE left US! Get . . . the hell . . . OVER it!
  9. ltwedt
    Let's see - Melky Cabrera vs James Beresford - - - - . . . The Twins picked Beresford - Surprising . . . NOT!
  10. ltwedt
    Sign Hunter??? How does that make the Twins Better???
  11. ltwedt
    Geez - He's looking for 6/$90??? Yeah, well - People in hell are looking for ice water, too. But . . . maybe . . . just maybe if there are others who make deasl like the one we made with Blackie, or The Lemon it could happen!
  12. ltwedt
    Yeah - well . . . so far TR has been sitting on his hands. I am at the point that I really don't care WHO - obviously someone(s) has to - but please, please, please - don't shock us all by once again making a trade that is based on someone who is coming off the dl, or just had TJ, or "used to be good and would make the front office look good if we could resurrect his career". Get someone that will actually help. Oh - and please look at FA starting pitchers - there are some really good ones that can be had (Edwin Jackson comes to mind).
  13. ltwedt
    Be great to see Bruno again - Huge welcome to Steinbach, - Didn't Scotty fail at third before ???
  14. ltwedt
    Yeah - I'm one of those who think that this situation needs some pretty drastic actions - and I do not consider the termination of Stelly, et al even a start. Ulger and Liddle probably needed to go - Liddle because of ALL of the base running gaffes - and Ulger because - well, it's Ulger! He's been terrible and they've hidden him for just too long - but he's one og "Gardy's Boys" so maybe it's a step - but it's an Armstrong - (. . . One small step . . . ) But I agree with you - what happens from here on - on the field is most important. Thanks
  15. ltwedt
    No and Yes. IF/OF instruction was informal. Jerry White was the OF coach. So here are your "new" Twins' coaches: Gardy: manager Andy: Pitching Scottie: Outfield/3B(or 1B) Vavry: Infield/1B (or 3B) and 3 openings: Glynn: Bench Bruno: Hitting Cuellar: Bullpen Awww - . . . and NOT the Dazzle Man?
  16. ltwedt
    Great event tonight John - Thanks for the conversation and your continued efforts. LT
  17. ltwedt
    I'd really like to see the Twins "roll the Dice" just a bit - shake things up, I mean - how much worse can the starting pitching be? Like - Target Daisuke, Edwin Jackson, and Josh Beckett. Like you guys said in #59, offer them a year at $6-8 Million with incentives and a team option. If the Rays would part with Upton, try that, - I'd trade either Revere or Span - C'Mon - test the waters and see who might be interested in either - or maybe both! Is Joe Benson going to be ready? Let's make a decision on Morneau/Parmalee. Either one - I don't care - Morneau makes the most sense because of his salary, but DO SOMETHING!!! Would Luke Hochevar be available? He might be a good fit.
  18. ltwedt
    Yeah - I know I'll be in the minority here, but I believe that a share of Casilla's problems can be laid at the feet of the manager. Gardy did pretty much everything to insure that Casilla would never play the same position more than 3 times in a row, and if Alexi screwed up (as Alexi does) Gardy would bench him for and extended time. No consistency in either Alexi's play OR in Gardy's handling of him. What's the quickest way to insure that a young player develops no confidence in his abilities??? Jerk him around like Casilla has been jerked around by the manager. Now - having said that, do I think he belongs on the Twins 40 man roster??? No - But does he belong as much as about 1/3 of the players that ARE on teh 40 man? Yup
  19. ltwedt
    Boy - not much to look forward to in terms of SP. Here are three things that absolutely MUST happen next year: 1 - the entire medical staff/FO need to start making better decisions about the health of the players and the DL; 2 - One (or more) of these players should be traded for something other than a C+ prospect - hopefully a SP - Span, Morneau, Willingham; 3 - The Front Office needs to look to improve NOW - not after the 2014 All-Star game is here, and the attendance drops below 30k.
  20. ltwedt
    OK - I'm confused on the Nishi-Blackburn thing - please straighten me out - The Twins did not DFA, them nor did they option them, but they DID "outright" them. I get that outrighting them takes them off of the 40 man, and uses an option, where DFA does not use an option. Why is it termed in this fashion? Is it meant to further send a message to the two of them, that sorta goes like - we don't want you here either now, or never. Thanks - and I'll hang up and listen . . .
  21. ltwedt
    Seriously!???? Parmelee in Right????? If that happens anymore than once or twice in the next 6 weeks, we are really in trouble. Get over this "Nicky Punto of the outfield", please. He has NO place on the major league team, and should be dealt to whomever will take him - he's another in a series of C players, of which the Twins seem to have many.
  22. ltwedt
    What is the fascination with Parmalee????? He comes up, doesn't play, can't hit, and can't play ANYWHERE but 1B - Does he figure in the Twins future plans??? I hope not! Let's do a two-person package and get rid of Valencia and Paramlee - maybe for Leeeeewwwww!
  23. ltwedt
    ANYTHING but AM1500!!!!!
  24. ltwedt
    You Guys are THE BEST! Congrats on a great site, and thanks for all of the work you have done - Aaron and John - podcasts are a real highlight! I know I need to get to Seth's podcasts, too - all in good time. Thanks!
  25. ltwedt
    Russell Schmoka > Jeff Gray
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