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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    I wish C4 nothing but the best. The left side of the Twins IF has enough positive energy to make Norman Vincent Peale proud. ( For you younger fans, Norman Vincent Peale wrote "The Power of Positive Thinking"...a magnificent book.)
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Dave St. Peter sure did crawfish on his answer to a good, legitimate question asked by Aaron.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Don't knock a good bar fight. The best "bar" fight I was ever in was while I was serving in the Army in Korea. My infantry company, C Company, got into a fight with B Company at the NCO club about 2 miles south of the DMZ.. It was involved 30 drunk 19-22 year old soldiers, knocking over chairs and tables, wrestling and punching in the beer and hamburgers and blood on the concrete floor with no bottles being used as weapons and few punches actually landing. The MP's came and separated our two companies and the MP's only arrested Sgt. Jones from B Company and no one from my company was arrested. As the MP's were taking the handcuffed, bleeding, B Company sergeant out of the NCO Club, I yelled loudly, "Goodnight Sgt. Jones !" And the fight broke out again. It was the most fun I had in my 16 months in Korea.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    One of our intrepid TD owners/reporters needs to specifically ask Joe Pohlad and also Dave St. Peter this 50%-52% payroll question. I'd ask the question if I had access to either of these fine gentlemen. Inquiring minds want to know.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    The key word in Rocco's quote was "almost".
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good article Lou. I live about 50 miles from Mt. Airy, North Carolina (the basis for the fictional Mayberry), I hope Sheriff Paddock produces a Sheriff Andy Taylor season, and not a season like Deputy Barney Fife.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    It is a shame we (I) get so worked up over the lack of off season acquisitions, when we (I) really don't have enough facts regarding why the FO does what it does. I wish he Twins FO could convince me that it was being completely transparent, however sometimes rumors and quotes and interviews are used as negotiation tactics to try to get closer to a figure, or a trade, which both sides can agree on. Puffery comes into play also. It is a fine line between what is acceptable puffery and what is not acceptable puffery and what are just downright lies. We've all done it. When we tell an auto salesman we can't go that high, but we really will, or we decline an insurance settlement offer and say we can't take less than X amount to settle, when we really will. It is called the art of negotiation.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    I think it may be that the Twins have signed Clay Bellinger for added insurance in the bullpen.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good summary. The Twins BP is loaded. The Twins BP is a likely source of trade bait, like the Twins 2B was, although the Twins traded the older, injury prone 2B (Polo) and I doubt that other teams want "older, injury-prone" relief pitchers.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    The difference that I am counting on is healthy seasons from C-4, Buck and Royce Lewis. That is a big "?". They pitching has lost the most. I hope the pitchers bond together like they appeared to do last year.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Don't forget "Willi" (Castro) you be my Valentine. You have put your legal training to good use with your clever puns.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm Gladden you are my Valentine, because I can't (TC) bear/bare to be away since you Rocco my world, so I ask, "Willi you be my Valentine?"
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Outstanding series of articles. Terrific information. Lots of hard work involved in creating these articles. My only concern about the Twins' farm system is that the Twins need more top quality pitchers in the pipeline. Thank you.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    What a great problem to have. In years past, I remember articles like this about who will play SS. Also, for too many years, after Mauer stopped catching, we Twins' fans were asking: "Who will catch?" The FO has done a good job of building a good team which only has a few questions about the roster. If the second or third (after the 5th starting pitcher and the left fielder) most questionable roster spot is the 8th reliever, the FO must be doing something right.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Really good point which I had not thought of.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    I don't have any stats to back this up, but I don't think it was Gray's fault that the Twins were15-18 in Gray's starts.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    Instead of replacing Gray and, yes, Maeda, with a top quality #1 or #2 starter, the Twins "replaced" Gray and Maeda with an improved bullpen. I hope this works. I hope Duran stays healthy. Larnach will do OK as long as the opposing pitchers just throw him fast balls.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Interesting article. This rule just makes the good teams better.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    We were in the army same time. I joined the army as an enlisted man in September 1967, went to Ft Dix for basic and advanced infantry training and then to Korea for 16 months in and around the DMZ with the Second Infantry Division. Came home in June 1969.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good leaders aren't always nice. They motivate by example. I hated my drill instructor in basic training. Sargent Duckett was not nice to us. I remember one cold, rainy December morning at 0600 hours in the dark before dawn at Ft. Dix, as we stood in the soaking, freezing, cold sleet and rain, dreading a long day ahead of hard physical training in this weather, he told us: "Gentlemen, Let's get going. It does not rain on the infantry." And the interesting thing was, even though I was "Outstanding in the rain"...I believed him. But in 8 weeks he broke me down from being a smart-ass college graduate and made me a soldier who obeyed orders without question and who was prepared, and willing, to kill the enemy, whoever that may be. He'd yell: "What's the spirit of the bayonet! and we'd scream, "TO KILL!" Friends, that is no small feat. Sgt Duckett was a motivator and a leader. He was "outstanding in the rain" with us.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Excellent article. Thank you for writing so very well about this important subject. I have found this to be true in other organizations in which I have been a member, such as my law firm, my church, my civic clubs, and when I was in the army. A good leader leads by example and pulls the others along in the right direction toward the ultimate goal, whatever that may be.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Since the end of the Twins season in 2023, there has been unanimous agreement among TD writers and contributors, that the Twins most pressing offseason need is a #1 or #2 starting pitcher to replace one of the top-producing starting pitchers which the Twins have had in many years, Sonny Gray. Until that "unanimously agreed upon goal" has been achieved, no matter what else the Twins have done, or will do, during this off season, I deem the off season to have been a failure. And I say "Peanuts!" I would trade all of the current 2023-2024 offseason Twins' acquisitions plus lots of money, for 3 years more of Sonny Gray or 3 years of Blake Snell. As my high school wrestling coach used to say when we were not being aggressive on the mat and were just messing around, slapping our opponents' hands: "Peanuts! Gentlemen the fans are buying peanuts while you are not concentrating on your goals and messing around."
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good points/ I do really like Bailey Ober too. He is from Huntersville, NC which is 20 miles from my home.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    Maybe the Jays want him back, like we want Berrios back. Do the Jays need a left-handed hitting right fielder? I sure do wish we could get Jose Berrios back some how some way.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Max Kepler may be a player who plays better when he has a pending contract year. If so, I would not extend him more than 1 year. Max Kepler is an enigma to me. I am curious as to what motivates him.
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