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  1. laloesch
    It doesn't really matter at this point. The Twins are in free-fall and will get passed by either the Mariners or the Red Sox, possibly both and will not make the playoffs. Ohhh well. It's not like they were going to win any playoff games outside of a wild card game anyways.
  2. laloesch
    As good as SWR has been, you gotta feel for the guy. How many no decisions (no fault of his own) has he endured this season? 7 or 8? He should be close to 10 wins by now if the offense backed him better in those starts. I guess Bert Blyleven holds the record at 20 set in 1979.
  3. laloesch
    If that is whom teams were insisting on asking for (Festa) in a trade I would have walked away as well, unless it was part of a deal for a frontline starter. Anything less, no.
  4. laloesch
    Let the kids roll. I actually like this strategy rather than bringing in washed up veterans or retreads at the deadline. Matthrews and Festa getting their first taste of the majors is a positive heading into next year.
  5. laloesch
    It takes years to get over plantar fasciitis. I know because I had it. If they really want to get rid of it, he needs to take an entire year off to be bluntly honest.
  6. laloesch
    How are you gonna trade him when he can't stay healthy? The next step will be to trade Lewis, Lee, Ryan, Ober, Lopez. Time to start over.
  7. laloesch
    Another opportunity missed by the Pohlads. This team is sooo close to being a major threat in the playoffs and yet they just sit back and whine about "it's so scary our TV revenues are up in the air." Such a silly excuse and at the worst possible moment. Take a risk for once and be bold. If I doesn't work you do what Miami does and dump a bunch of salaries.
  8. laloesch
    That's debatable sometimes.
  9. laloesch
    no thanks to all of them.
  10. laloesch
    I agree with you. The homers have been circling the wagons around Buxton for years. They did the same thing with Sano until he was gone. Look it's unfortunate (really unfortunate), that he hasn't been able to stay healthy in years past and there's no doubt it's effected his production dramatically.
  11. laloesch
    There is truth to this statement above. I fear Royce Lewis is gonna fall into the same category. It's just injury after injury after injury.
  12. laloesch
    Why trade for a hitter when you have Lee in St. Paul?
  13. laloesch
    Good for Festa. Hopefully he nails this start. Exciting stuff.
  14. laloesch
    Radke was a horse. He had a few bad seasons, but overall a very solid pitcher. If the mid to late 90's Twins hadn't been so bad he would have been a much easier pitch (no pun intended) for the Hall of Fame.
  15. laloesch
    I like the idea of getting Jesus Luzardo, but giving up Brooks Lee is a steep price IMO.
  16. laloesch
    I think it's going to continue to be a battle between the Royals, Guardians, and the Twins for the top of the division. Kansas City has had tremendous pitching so far and they have young starters that are tearing it up. To me they look to be for real although the Orioles beat up on them during that previous series. Down the stretch I think it's going to be a battle of KC and the Twins for second place unless the Guardians cool off in the coming weeks. It should be interesting as they have a 3 game set at Texas, before the Twins come to town for three, followed up by NY. I have no idea who wins it at this point. The Twins have been red hot these last six series, but will see how they perform in the coming weeks when they play the Yankees and then the Guardians.
  17. laloesch
    I think my perspective was that it was a meh type of move. Kirlloff is just not cutting it at 1b that's apparent. He's sitting at negative war right now and is just awful. The Twins I think were hoping that this would be the season that FINALLY Alex would stay healthy and step in and take the role of fulltime 1b for the future. That hasn't happened. Carlos was signed as a backup in case that plan was slow to roll out or failed to happen. He's trying.
  18. laloesch
    Job hopping is not usually a good thing in my experience. You never have enough time to get fully imbedded and up to speed in most organizations in under a year. She didn't even make it remotely close to three years. She probably had little to no impact, or even a negative impact as she wasn't around long enough to do anything positive.
  19. laloesch
    pretty good analogy. MLB will collapse without reliable TV/streaming to all the teams "that don't matter" as some say. Sure they don't have the clout that the big market teams have which (tv stations covet because of viewership), but they still are a sizeable enough chunk of the overall revenue stream. MLB should be shaking in their boots with this situation. Alienating the fans, who will eventually lose interest and turn away for good will ultimately lead to the dirty word (contraction). IT's inevitable. MLB, the Twins, and other mid to small market teams affected by this had better act quickly and come up with a viable alternative otherwise they are FINISHED.
  20. laloesch
    Only time will tell.
  21. laloesch
    Overall, I find the site to be relatively good, but the advertisements are at times maddening to deal with, especially when using the app on an I-phone or android. They interfere with scrolling down through the comments and cause buffering issues because of so many images and videos trying to cue up. No issues when open on a desktop computer browser, but the phone.... well that's a different story. I think the negativity factor has not been as bad this season even with the slow start. In years past it was much, MUCH worse. I also have less gripes with the moderators this season than in previous ones. Overall (and I'm gonna be fair in this assessment) I think they've done a decent job, but some of them (not gonna mention names) can severely overreact and get WAYYY to emotional, throwing warning points at commenters that really did nothing wrong. They have (in the past) been much to heavy handed when it's absolutely not necessary in many of the circumstances I've witnessed. I've also seen them attack commentors implying they have nefarious motives with their comments. Most of the stuff they were implying was just silly (actually stupid to be honest), etc. and I'm not the only one that has noticed this. A few of them have titanic sized egos. ehhh your just a moderator something along those lines. All that said, I've seen a lot less of that this season which is also good.
  22. laloesch
    And it's all incredibly gross as Baldelli hinted and not fit for human contact. Should that thing crack open (which will inevitably happen) the smell will clear out the dugout or clubhouse and the streak could be over. A hazmat team will be required to come in and remove it. I have witnessed something similar. A piece of pork in a plastic package dropped in a grocery store parking lot (whether by design or accident no-one knows) I worked at in high school. It sat there for days cooking in the hot sun. No one dared approach it. Then one day a noble automobile operator came along and ran over it. All hell broke loose. People scattered. A no-go zone of at least a 100 feet materialized around it. And we (the lowest of the low on the totem pole employees - shopping cart retrievers) were sent out by the store manager to pick it up and dispose of it. It was rancid.
  23. laloesch
    OH - IO. repeat, lol.
  24. laloesch
    I tend to share your thoughts on this. Johan Santana was a reliever at first. Duran would take some time to adjust but if they were serious about it the discussions would likely be happening by now. We shall see.
  25. laloesch
    Mehhh overrated. Hawk was a North Carolina native. He was big on the Sox, but beyond that he's a Tar Heel.
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