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  1. Mike Sixel
    I think the pulling together thing is a bit indicative that some of these guys actually played together in the minors, and they finally have some young, excited to be in the majors players, on the roster again. This team was both old and bad. Now it is just bad. That helps the chemistry, I'd think.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Agreed on all counts. I mis-read the intent of your post, clearly.
  3. Mike Sixel
    So you are saying "pinto is so bad, we can't win with him".....that's my point. he's not exactly helping the young man believe he is, or will be, a MLB player. he's basically telling him "you are not good enough to play in games that count". That is no way to build for the future.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Role models falling can lead to cynicism.....IMO. That's the big issue with them falling, but, I think we do see kids emulate the behavior of role models. Even the mistreatment of other people. Probably not all the way to murder, but we see trash talking, and I have seen / heard kids talk about women badly based on what they have heard athletes say. When the kids were younger, not as they became teens (but then, my kids migrated away from some of those kids, so who knows).
  5. Mike Sixel
    The Twins probably don't need another OF that can't field/DH type.......
  6. Mike Sixel
    Agree with KWAK. Span=Pinto in this case, btw......
  7. Mike Sixel
    BS this is media created, if that is your point. Media coverage has nothing to do with my (or others') feelings about what Rice and Peterson did (or allegedly did). Nothing at all. And, frankly, in a free society, that is kind of the media's role, communicating difficult issues to people so they can make informed decisions. I suppose we could become Russia, and have the media only tell us stuff the government and big business want us to hear/read/see. I'm not in favor of that, frankly. The media did not hit Rice's wife or Peterson's kid. This isn't about the media at all.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I actually read it the same way Shane did, but then maybe I have jaded eyes for the twins right now.
  9. Mike Sixel
    This is fair, IF, we set some kind of expectation of things being better, say, next year. If not, then not much really changed, imo. I get your points, bird, and appreciate your approach in this thread. But I have some issues with Gardy, that are all over this quote. It is about hustle and getting after it, and all kinds of things except wins and losses. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, maybe it isn't about stuff that doesn't really matter and how important that is to him. Maybe it isn't about the complete lack of that from him and Mauer and Perkins and Dozier the last few years (if it does matter, where was it before?). Maybe it isn't about him trying to say "hey, none of the last part of this was my fault, and I know we still suck, but really, I promise, it will be better, trust me, even though we have produced no results at all as a team again this year". Maybe I'm no longer able to take anything Gardy says seriously or objectively anymore. His refusal to play Pinto is the deal sealer for me. If that is not evidence of his ability to build up young players (or NOT), I don't know what is. He's basically saying "I refuse to play you in games that matter. Heck, I even refuse to play you in games that don't". Not sure how that builds the future at all.
  10. Mike Sixel
    If there was a love button, I'd push it for this one.
  11. Mike Sixel
    On another board I was on, there was a great debate about authors......can you enjoy an author's work if he/she is a bad human being? Just like athletes, can you root for them if they are bad (in your opinion) people? It is a tough call. I personally can't root for a bad person on a team I like. I am quite happy that my kids aren't really sports' fans much. They won't be burned by stuff like this so much as some of us have been. Kirby and AP were/are two of my favorite athletes to watch/enjoy. This has been a bummer of a week for me, but it has reminded me of why I root for teams now, and not really people.
  12. Mike Sixel
    They have played .350 ball since the break.....and he says things are getting better?
  13. Mike Sixel
    I don't think he has any idea that he is sending that message, btw.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Basically, he is looking pinto in the face and saying. ...."you suck, I refuse to play you." And people wonder why we think he is not good for young players.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I think he'll be fine also......but not elite. That's the issue, imo. It isn't a ton of money, so I doubt it matters, but this is why you don't sign RP to long term deals. History has shown this, outside of a handful of outliers.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I don't think fixing the defense is that easy......you aren't getting rid of Arcia before next year. That leaves CF, LF, SS and 1B and C. You aren't changing 1B and C.....so that leave LF and CF. The Twins are not signing a big time CF, so that leaves LF, imo. I guess you could just put Hicks or Shaefer out there, but that is not fixing 20 runs or 30 runs......not in one OF spot. This is the spot they are in. They some guys they already have penciled in that are not all around 5 tool players......
  17. Mike Sixel
    Mind Boggling. And people wonder why some of us want Gardy gone. If this isn't evidence he is not right for playing an building up young players, I don't know what people want.......
  18. Mike Sixel
    He walked the bases loaded. Ugh. He is playing Suzuki right now, and not Pinto. Ugh. He, like most managers, is stuck in the past on managing to the "save" stat. ugh. He pinch runs with two outs all the time, with a runner on first. That guy is very much not likely to score. ugh. He sacrifice bunts early in games too often. He gets mad at the press for asking him strategy questions (part of his job is talking to the press). They have been worse and worse at the "little things" the longer he has been in charge. Ugh. He seems, to me, to prefer plucky veterans over unknown younger players. He appears to be unable to fire one of his coaches, even if that guy is not doing his job well (he is, after all, the manager, not some flunky). That's part of your job, holding others accountable and being able to make hard choices, not just about players, but coaches too. How long of a list do you want, about how people feel about Gardy? There are a lot of evidence and management studies out there in the world, they all say that management needs to be refreshed every 10 years or so......new voices and thoughts are needed.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Because Hunter is bad? One of the worst OF on defensive metrics in all of baseball......people are stuck in the past. Torii is not good anymore.
  20. Mike Sixel
    1 WAR is worth around $8 MM on the market right now, right? or is it $6 mm, I forget. Cabrera is getting around $13-15MM per year, he's the only FA OF that looks legit, imo. I believe the TWins will not be signing him. They might, might, sign a guy they HOPE will have a good year out of nowhere.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Pinto ever going to play again? And people wonder why some of us want Gardy gone. They need to play Pinto. So. Frustrating. And with all the AAA pitchers, no one deserves a shot more than Swarzak?
  22. Mike Sixel
    How did May look? Better than Cassel, sure, but was the FB finally fast?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Think about that last year as a signing bonus for the earlier years........just part of the cost of having a player be good for 3 years is the bad 4th year. If you aren't willing to live with that, you probably are not ever signing a big time FA.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Actually, from what I have read on line, both calls were called strikes correctly.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I don't buy that at all. They are trying to throw their best pitch, regardless of level. Especially a starter. I think that's bunk, frankly. Now, if you are saying it is the number of pitches, not number of innings, that is probably valid. Either way, I'm not worried about the number of innings/pitches this year, I'm worried they were both hurt.
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