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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Nick, Thanks for a concise summary of the most productive off season I have ever witnessed as a Twins' fan. I read that before one season, Dean Smith put up a picture of the incoming Tar Heel basketball team winning the national championship in the arena in which it was scheduled to be played in March at the end of the season, so the players could visualize that happening. And it did happen. It is my hope that the Twins will, from day one of spring training, visualize winning the World Series in 2020.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'll vote for that.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    That is interesting.What is their prediction for Odo??
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    When someone apologizes, the person being apologized to, has 2 choices: 1) accept the apology or 2) don't accept it. I have tended to accept, rather than analyze, apologies during my life and that works better for me. I, for one, accept Marwin's apology and am ready to move on. If Cora or Bregman or Hinch or Beltran apologized, I would feel the same way. My father taught me that when I did something wrong, man up and admit it and apologize. That's what Marwin did. It's very difficult to do that, especially when there is a close bond between a group who did something wrong.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Looks like the prospects balanced out (though the Twins got the younger one), the Twins lost Grateral but got a middle of the staff starter with a team friendly contract plus $10 million dollars and lost a draft pick. Under the circumstances, I'd say this was a better trade than what the Twins originally agreed to.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good point about the 40 man roster. I was remembering seeing Raley hitting some long balls in spring training last year. Not a very large sample size, I know.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    I may be the only one, but I dread losing Raley as much as losing Graterol. Raley is a masher and can field and run.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    My wife and I have had to cancel our annual trip to Ft. Myers this year due to health problems. We have 2 tickets to each of the first 4 home games: Home opener with the Blue Jays, The Red Sox, the Phillies and a second game with the Red Sox. The seats are all on the 3rd base side in the lowest level, most near an aisle and most near the top of the lower level, so not much stairs to walk up and down. I'll be glad to sell them. for half the face value. I have printed them out and can email and snail mail them to a buyer. Reply through TD private messenger or email me david@statesvillelaw.com or call 704-871-9000. Ask for David Benbow
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Nick, What happened here was what you suggested in an earlier post. Good call.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    I couldn't agree more. Thanks Cody for a fun article.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'd like to have been a fly on that wall.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    This is an example of a face saving compromise for both the Twins and the Red Sox. I like this suggestion.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Until there has been a contract signed with a meeting of the minds, there is no deal. There never has been a deal in this scenario.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Major League Baseball has set new records for most strikeouts each of the last 12 years . This has a lot to do with why the Twins pitchers are striking more batters out now. Most teams' pitchers are striking out more batters year after year. . The game has changed dramatically. I realize the point of the article is that the Twins are at the forefront of this change. In order to prove this point, how do the Twins' pitchers rank with the rest of the teams in each of the last 15 years as far as total number of strikeouts by Twins' pitchers per season? Has the Twins' SO ranking increased steadily?
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks for warning me against reading anything by Barry Daniel, real or fictional.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree. Good thought process in this article.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree 100%. A man is only as good as his word. I admit I only know what I have read, but I didn't fall off a turnip truck riding into town this morning.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    I wonder if the Red Sox are getting so much flak from fans and from whom ever, that they are having second thoughts. The Red Sox really got very little from this trade of one of the top 5 players in all of baseball plus a former All Star, albeit a former All Star with a huge salary. I just thought the Red Sox could have gotten more...
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    To paraphrase Will Rogers: "All I know about, I read in Twins Daily".
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Doc, The Maeda trade makes your article even more timely and further emphasizes your point that the Twins are steadily improving their starting pitchers. When you add to this equation the unpresidented presence of 6 hitters with 30 + homeruns last year on a team which set a major league record for home runs in a season (take that you Bronx Bombers), the top defender in CF, a rookie who is predicted to hit over .300, 6 (excuse me 5, I forgot Brusdar is a Red Sox now) players on the top 100 prospects list, plus one of the top bull pens in the majors, what we have here is a potential World Series Champion. This is unchartered Twins Territory. Sind me, Positively Giddy
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Give that man a prize.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm going the 22nd of Feb through the game on the 28th. 4 games. Numerous practices. Hope to see some TD fans there. We need some TD tee shirts and TD hats, so we can identify each other and greet and meet each other.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    My favorite visiting player in 1987 was Jose Conseco. In June or July, the A's and Twins were tied for 1st place when the A's came to town with the Bash Brothers. The A's left 4 days later...and were 4 games out of first. It was a sweep. After I got to know Wally the Beer Man, and as the game progressed, I thought I was more and more clever. After every Conseco swing and miss or called strike, I would yell: "Jose can you see?". It was a wonderful 4 days in Minnesota.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    I have been a Jake Reed fan ever since his first year. The citizens at Rochester love him. He has been involved in many community activities. I surely am pulling for him to make it to the majors this year. He is what is good and right about sports figures being looked up to, especially by kids. I would enjoy meeting him at spring training in a few weeks to thank him for the example he sets for the rest of us, young and old..
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Interesting discussion topic, article and posts. Thanks.
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