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  1. Teflon
    Whenever the next meaningful Major League baseball is played, the ball is likely to be more juiced as the MLB 'braintrust' responds to the current situation with the ol' reliable "more home runs are a magic cure" ploy.
  2. Teflon
    I think a better test of survival skills would be if they could find decent toilet paper anywhere.
  3. Teflon
    On May 12th 1978, Twins third baseman Mike Cubbage, annoyed that his recovery from his latest batting slump was going to get interrupted by an inevitable rain-out, remarked to Bob Fowler of the Minneapolis Star while dabbing at raindrops on his tinted aviator glasses, "That weather guy at Channel 4 is going to get fired one of these days!"
  4. Teflon
    Additional Attributes: Panache: Dan Ford Personal Grooming: Rick Aguilera Lineage: Roy Smalley III Mustache: Roy Smalley III
  5. Teflon
    Actually Out Of The Park (OOTP) baseball is a very detailed and immersive PC sim that's been out for years and upgrades their product each season. They have complete MLB and Minor league rosters down to short season leagues - plus full customization, league building, historic replays, exporting of data, online leagues, etc. MLB the Show is truly fantastic - but is a console experience while OOTP goes into much more depth. Two very different kinds of experiences. I recommend both.
  6. Teflon
    The regional Twins games broadcast on TV in my teen years were heavy on Dave Goltz pitching in his road blues so seeing him in Dodger white on national TV was as if he had ascended to a higher realm.
  7. Teflon
    Wrigley Field in Los Angeles was 340 to LF with a 14.5 foot wall so wasn't a gimme for for right-handers. If you quantum lept 1959-era Mays and Killebrew to Camden Yards, gave them Sammy Sosa Home Run Derby bats and threw them Rob Manfred atomic baseballs they'd fare a little better.
  8. Teflon
    With pronounced IF shifts and 4-outfielder alignments, 3B requires more range. While Sano may be the size of a Range Rover he's not a range rover.
  9. Teflon
    The second choice was the Patriot 107.5 so this is still acceptable.
  10. Teflon
    Fortunately Graterol should be ready to step up soon if Berrios falls off.
  11. Teflon
    Kenta Maeda has only 33 quality starts out of 103 total starts over four seasons - a 32% rate. (The MLB average is 42%.) Maeda's W-L record in games started is 42-32 with 20 of the 42 being "Cheap wins" (A non-quality start) while only 4 of his losses were "Tough" losses. (Quality starts) Seems like Vance Worley logic being applied here. Certainly not worth giving up Graterol.
  12. Teflon
    Interesting fact: Duran throws a "Splinker" as his fourth pitch, according to Baseball America. Twins' Jhoan Duran Uses 'Splinker' To Flummox Hitters
  13. Teflon
    Depends which baseball MLB decides to use next year - the Mitch Garver 30 HR ball or the Mitch Garver 12 HR ball.
  14. Teflon
    It's a toss-up between Minnie and Paul.
  15. Teflon
    Jeff Sullivan's recent Kepler article on FanGraphs shows some interesting performance indicators in Max's 2018 season that should make us as optimistic about his future as the MLB teams that were asking the Twins about possible Kepler deals this off-season.
  16. Teflon
    I have to agree with Ted...
  17. Teflon
    This post assumes Buxton would be the same potential future player here as with another team. While I'm not doubting Buxton's potential I am doubting the Twins ability to help him reach it. They have a garage full of sports cars but can't seem to figure out how to work a clutch.
  18. Teflon
    Joe -even though the timing of your retirement feels right, actually watching that curtain come down is still a melancholy feeling. Such memories... That 2007 season when we sat in the Dome after the last game of the season watching the Royals-Tigers game go into extra innings to see whether the Twins would win the division or not - and then the joy when the Royals pulled it out in the 12th and you and the Twins came out and celebrated with the fans! Or the 2009 season - your MVP year - when what was supposed to be the last regular season game ever played in the Dome wasn't - prompting a tie-breaking 163rd game which was one of the best, most-thrilling baseball games I've watched in my life. Thanks for all the great baseball and memories. Best wishes to you and your family.
  19. Teflon
    Baldelli's first order of business - get a catchy slogan that the troops can rally behind. "Roc the Boat" seems to be a natural.
  20. Teflon
    Would this Badass bullpen ultimately be more successful than the Kickass offense of Brad Childress?
  21. Teflon
    Just curious - what is the actual age when "so-and-so is only X years old" stops being a reasonable rationalization? Does the number of consecutive years it is used matter?
  22. Teflon
    Thanks for all the hard work Tom. Your recaps were a great addition to the this site. Hopefully the Twins give you a few more wins to work with next year.
  23. Teflon
    Even if the Twins were to suddenly reach an Astros-like competence in player development by Tuesday, the front office's derailed build-from-the-draft strategy will take how many more seasons now? For at least two good reasons, the Twins should be doing everything possible to win in 2019 - not 2022. 1 - The AL Central is pure crap at the moment and the Twins get 76 games against it. 2- If ticket sales drop any more, the Twins will start ripping out seats from the upper deck like Cleveland.
  24. Teflon
    Twins biggest off-season need: Replacement season ticket holders.
  25. Teflon
    Unless the MLB equivalent of Steve Kerr is just sitting out there somewhere, replacing Molitor isn't the most pressing concern facing this team. (Or necessarily a concern at all.) This Twins' front office philosophy has looked to emulate an Astros-type model built around a core of high draft picks that the team can control for a number of years. I don't know why this should be lauded as it is definitely the least work and cheapest thing an organization can do. 1. Suck for a number of years. 2. Stockpile a lot of high draft choices 3. Develop them (The only aspect that requires skill or effort) 4 Sit back and control their MLB careers for six years. Unfortunately, the part involving the skill and effort the Twins appear to be reasonably bad at. We've waited long enough, haven't we? More than a manager change, the front office needs a philosophical change. They may have begun to show an admission of these shortcomings with the number of minor league players from other organizations that they've been adding. Additionally, the front office should now be a lot more willing to trade higher-ceiling prospects for lower-ceiling established players. I realize this adds more opportunity to look bad as a GM and requires more deft maneuvering than just sucking, drafting and waiting. Hopefully this front office is as impatient as we are.
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