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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree with Thyrlos that the $ paid to Jax may be an issue. I would enjoy analyzing his contract with the Twins and his contract with the Air Force Academy in view of this interesting turn of events.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great pick at #1. Keep drafting those SS's.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm fine with Royce Lewis. I thought he was a great selection prior to the draft. Hunter Green has the Sports Illustrated jinx.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    I, for one, feel serving my country in the military is a higher calling than being paid money, even a lot of money, to play a sport. In our society, some feel differently. That's their right to feel that way. Most of us will agree that our military academies' sole purpose is to educate future officers in our military, a necessary and honorable goal. Let's talk about honor for a moment. If a young person commits to play a sport and thereby get a free education ($50,000 to $300,000 or more) at a private or public university, in order to play that sport, then that student should study hard and play the sport to the best of his/her ability. That student athlete should not be allowed to come to college, voluntarily quit the sport, and still expect to have his/her college expenses paid for. That wouldn't be honest, would it. If a young person commits to get a free education, room and board, plus monthly pay at a military academy ($400,000 or more), promising to serve 2-4 years ion the military upon graduation, then that student should do the best job he/she can do in college and then keep his/her oath and commitment and serve in the military for the time agreed upon when the oath was taken upon entering the military academy.This issue is clear to me. Duty, honor, country.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree with all 5 of your points. Especially the need for young players to actually play some in the major leagues before the jitters will go away.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    It's easy to say this in June in Minnesota when the weather is wonderful. But what about April and September and October (playoffs), to say nothing of the rain-delayed games played before 1,039 fans who remained to see the game. I just think it was short sighted of the politicians and the owners to have failed to have built a retractable roof over the stadium at the time of construction. But I guess that is easy for me to say because I don't have to pay the extra taxes and fees and ticket prices and parking fees it would have cost to build a roof. Even if a roof had been free, many would object to it due to the aesthetics and due to the lack of a breeze. I totally agree baseball is better outside for the fans who attend the games. So maybe the summer attendance is boosted by the beautiful Minnesota summer weather, to offset the chilly, damp April and September and October weather attendance. I guess since I'm a southerner, I think too much about sitting outside in cold damp weather as being a bad thing. It reminds me of sitting in a foxhole all night in the sleet and freezing rain along the Korean DMZ when I was in the army. Sorry, I got off track there. I'll say this...if the Twins get in the playoffs, I'll be in Minneapolis for a game or two, no matter what the weather. Gooooooooooo Twins!
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Free Curtiss.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    You mean like Ricky Nolasco?
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Construct a retractable roof for Target Field. That was so very short-sighted to fail to do this. It would pay for itself when folks know that they will definitely get to see a ball game after traveling from the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Idaho, or the far reaches of southern Minnesota. The Twins are a regional team. I'm a huge Twins fan and have traveled to Minneapolis from North Carolina for some games at the Metro Dome, but I'm not going to fly to Minneapolis, book a room and buy tickets where there is a chance the dad-gum game will be rained out, especially in April, October or early November. Plus we wouldn't have to play any more make-up double hitters where the Twins starting pitcher is "Johnny Twenty-six".
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    That's cold...but I had to laugh.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Gee Whiz!
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good report, Doc. Keep the reports coming. The pictures were awesome.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good positive article. I enjoyed your assessments. Thanks.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    "The Machine"...I like it. Sincerely, Bulldog
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  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    This list helps me feel better after the 4 game sweep by the Indians this past weekend. Thanks, I needed that.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great post. Thanks!
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Sorry, I didn't do my last reply correctly. I was trying to reply to a quote and it looks like I was taking credit for someone else's quote. My bad. I'll get my 12 year old stepdaughter to show me how to reply correctly.
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  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    We're all "GM wanna be's". We enjoy the "What if this or what if that" questions and discussions. But I can't be too hard on TR or Gardy or Molly or Derek or Thad. It's tough to have a job where your performance is scrutinized by thousands of arm chair quarter-backs after the fact. But you know what...I sure do enjoy it. I enjoy reading the posts of other Twins fans. Thanks TD owners and members.
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  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Some posters on TD would have him start in LF for the Twins. Just saying.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Why not just pitch Gimenez?
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood...who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly...." Theodore Roosevelt. Therefore I say "Thank you" to Derek Falvey and Thad Levine for being willing to suffer the slings and arrows of Twins Daily readers.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    When were Buxton, Sano, Kepler, Berrios, Polanco, Gonsalves, Jay, Thorpe,Gordon, Garver, Stewart, Burdi, Reed, Granite, Shaggy and Duffy drafted? Where is each of them in their progress to becoming a productive Twin player? Add Hicks also. How long is it taking these guys?
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