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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Once again I will state: Pohlads spent spent $130 million on players payroll in 2024: How much did the 4 American League teams who are still in the playoffs spend in 2024 in payroll? Yankees - $330 million, Cleveland - $106 million, Kansas City - $122 million and Detroit - $98 million. The allegedly "cheap Pohlads" outspent on players salaries 3 of the remaining AL playoff teams, plus more than the Baltimore Orioles, who also made the playoffs. Was the Twins' failure to be in the 2024 playoffs the fault of a Twins payroll that was higher than 4 other AL teams which did make the playoffs in 2024? Or was it the fault of the players who failed to win enough games? Or management (manager and coaches) who failed to effectively lead, teach, direct and motivate these Twins players? Or the FO, which chose the specific players to whom a $130 million dollars was paid? Or injuries? Or fate? Or Minnesota nice? Or predestination?
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    3 of the 4 American League teams remaining in the playoffs have salary totals less than the Twins (Cleveland at $106 million; Detroit at $98 million; KC at $122 million). Only the Yankees have a higher payroll of he American League teams remaining in the playoffs at $309 million. If I were the owner of the Twins, I would be asking this question of Derek Falvey and Thad Levine, Dave St. Peter and Rocco Baldelli: "How did Baltimore at $109 million, Cleveland at $106 million, Kansas City at $123 million, and Detroit at $98 million make the American League playoffs and my Twins with a salary of $130,000,000 did not?".
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree with your article Mathew. Rocco is Minnesota nice, intelligent, positive, respected by the players, well spoken, and experienced. I'm very glad he is going to manage my favorite team in 2025.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Those two decisions to keep Rocco and Derek Falvey are good decisions. They have become like family to me. We're all disappointed that the Twins did not win the World Series. It has been an interesting season. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The owners, FO, management, players and total organization are "the men in the arena". (Now is a good time to read Theodore Roosevelt's great quote about those who strive in the arena, those whom strive for unattainable perfection, but keep striving. Whether it is in the classroom, a sales job, a courtroom, a hospital, politics or a baseball field.) I appreciate the Twins organizational efforts to entertain us Twins fans. I will continue to be the biggest Twins fan in North Carolina. I will continue to be positive and to "wait til next year". My wife and I will be at Ft. Myers in March again for a week of optimism, sunshine, the smell of freshly cut grass, the pop of baseballs hitting gloves and the sounds of bats squarely hitting baseballs... and springtime. We will talk of the trip we will take from North Carolina to Minneapolis for the playoffs in October, 2025. I'll continue to watch the games on tv with announcers and others who love the Twins. I enjoy my Twins Daily family, writers, contributors and friends. We will win some. We will lose some. Some will be rained out. We'll do it together. Without these types of seasons, there could be no 1987 and no 1991. It is worth it. I'm used to it. I'm a 79 year old Senators/Twins fan.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    T.S. Eliot's epic poem, "The Hollow Men", has an apropos ending that applies to the Twins 2024 season: "This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper".
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Just what the Twins needed...some bats.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    If mice had wings they could fly.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    Free tickets for all fans who will come to the park and cheer on the team. Goooooooooooooooo Twins.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    I forgot Wallner's arm, Lewis's bat and Ryan's uniquely released fastball. Thanks for mentioning these additional attractions. I'll add one more, Willie Castro jumping up and jogging to 1B after being hit by a pitch.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    My favorite plays are watching C4 throw the baseball, Buck run the bases, Wallner hit massive home runs, Vazquez's defense behind the plate and pick offs, Santana's scoops at 1B, Pablo's dogged determination, Ober's stares at the batters, Duran's 102 mph pitches and Jax's SO pitches. Also, I enjoy Corey's excitement, Audra's interesting interviews and Justin's astute observations.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    ouch
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Play ball !
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good, sound psychology DJL. It is my opinion that no one wants to win more badly than the players, manager, coaches and staff. We fans can simply chose to not go to the games, leave early or turn off the tv, Being a fan is much easier, than being a player.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Lopez and Ober, and pray for October.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Has Rocco told Lewis not to run out grounders or pop ups in order to not risk injury?
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    Maybe it is the climate change in Seattle !
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    Excellent article . Thanks Eric.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    I am proud to have been a Washington Senators fan as a boy, who was born in Washington, DC in 1944, while my father was in the army overseas in WWII. My mother had moved in with her parents in Washington, DC until my father came home from the war. When he returned, I was 9 months old. My grandparents remained in D.C. when my parents and I moved to Statesville, North Carolina, when I was 4. I still live in Statesville. I was the only person in my school who was a Washington Senators fan. "First in war, first in peace, and last in the American league." I was teased by the Yankee and Dodger fans. Later, my grandparents moved to Statesville, NC, where we lived. I could keep up with the Washington Senators because my grandfather still subscribed to the Washington Post. Later, when the Senators moved to Minnesota, I was sad, but I still pulled for my franchise. My favorite players, Camilo Pascual and Pedro Ramos, Harmon Killebrew (who had played in Charlotte) and Bob Allison, were now Twins and so was I. Charlotte was 45 miles from my home and Charlotte was a Senators/Twins farm team, so I could keep up with the Twins prospects through the Charlotte Observer and some baseball games from time to time. Washington was the closest major league city to my home town in Statesville, N.C. But I have come to love Minnesota and the fans . In 1987 and again in 1988 I came to Minnesota to visit my friend, Mark Davidson, from Statesville, who was playing for the Twins then. I had an amazing time and loved Minnesota in July. I have pulled for this franchise over 70 years and feel it is appropriate that the current Twins fans honor the history of this great franchise by publicly recognizing its origins. Long live the Senators/Nationals/Twins.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    Twins need some more catching prospects.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great article. Thanks Jamie.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    No.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    I don't think Blewett will blow it.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Vazquez needs to have his defensive time maximized and his offensive time minimized. Jeffers cannot play in every game as either a starter one day and then a late inning offensive/defensive substitute for Vazquez the next day.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    I do understand your point Whitey, but I still enjoy the numerous excellent TD articles about the Twins' prospects. After all, every player on every major league roster was once just a suspect/prospect. Just like in life, the journey is what's important.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    My feelings exactly. Thanks for your post wabene! It was excellent.
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