Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

tarheeltwinsfan

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,584

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    8

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by tarheeltwinsfan

  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    MLB teams are cold and calculating profit making organizations. The movers and shakers of each team make their decisions based on multiple factors, all of which are ultimately based on this question: "How will the bottom line of profits for this organization be affected by this particular move?" This is contrary to the bottom line for us fans, which is: "Will this particular move help my favorite team to win now and/or in the future?" Team owners' ultimate goals and team fans' ultimate goals are apples and oranges. I do understand that these goals overlap sometimes. For example, winning more games can be a sub-goal for the owners, only because winning usually results in increased profits for the owners. However, the ultimate goal of the owners remains increased profits.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    I learned to try to not get so frustrated over a baseball game.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    You are just exhausted from years of watching the Twins. You have no control over their wins or losses. Something must have happened in your life 3 years ago. Think back 3 years ago. What was it? I'm Dr. Fraiser Crane and I'm listening.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    You hit the nail on the head. I would be disappointed in the trip, if the Twins lost. But it would be fun to be surrounded by 35,000 screaming Twins fans pulling together for the Twins to win. I experienced that in 1987 and 1988 when I visited lovely Minneapolis. I don't get to experience that in North Carolina. Thanks David, for helping me think more clearly about an October visit when the Twins will be the home team for 2 or 3 playoff games.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Do I really to make arrangements and pay the money to fly from North Carolina to Minneapolis, stay two or more nights in a downtown Minneapolis hotel, spend hundreds, or possibly more than a thousand dollars, buying 2 or 4 game tickets, and then fly back to North Carolina... for a playoff game, because there is a chance I will have spent several thousand dollars, only to see the Twins lose a game like this one today? I know it is just one game, but really...!
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    For the want of a nail, a shoe was lost. Michael Taylor's lackadaisical play in lazily fielding a single, which became a double, resulted in this loss.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    I respectfully disagree because Kepler just said a positive change in clubhouse culture was the reason for his amazingly positive turn around the second half of this season. Maybe you are saying the Donaldson "toxicity" rumors have been talked to death, but the Yankees just released him this week. For these 2 reasons, I contend this topic is timely. Thanks Squirrel, for allowing me to disagree with you.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'd like to rephrase that to say the Twins have the 10th best chance of winning the World Series out of all 30 of the the major league teams. Maybe even better odds than that, since all 3 of the 1st round of playoff games that the Twins play will be at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota!
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    The Astros put on their pants just like the Mariners and Rangers. But I do understand what you are saying. I just wish we were playing the current Yankees team. I loathe the Yankees.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    By the way, the odds of scoring from 2B with zero outs is 61%, while the odds of scoring from 3B after a sacrifice bunt, resulting in 1 out, is 66%. This makes me rethink my yelling "BUNT" at the computer screen every time a Twins' batter comes to bat with a Twin on on 2B with no outs. Maybe I'll start yelling, "Hit the ball to the right side of the field" when a Twin is on 2B with zero or 1 out.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    The odds of scoring from 3B with 1 out is 66%. The odds of scoring from 2B with one out is 41%. Gallo was correct in how he handled the situation last night, only he fell down.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    I would like to add Josh Winder's 3 innings of shutout relief as a positive addition to the Twins success this week. Thank you.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Extra Innings. The salmon will just have to wait a while before I can grill it.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    I am sure I am the only one, but would any other TD readers have had Lewis bunt the 2 runners over with no outs in the 8th?
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Texas did not win that game last night. The Twins gave it to them.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    DON'T GET WORKED UP ! WHO'S WORKED UP ! WORKED UP ? THIS IS THE END !
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    After watching C-4 make those 2 great plays at SS just now, please disregard what I said last night about when will Lewis be moved to SS and C-4 to 3B. I was wrong. Let C-4 play SS as long as he wants to. He is incredible.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Would you also propose this equation: Defense<Defense+Hitting? And would you agree for for Buck his playing equation is Buck's Defense>Hitting? If so maybe Buck should only be a defensive replacement in CF and not bat. Look, I don't fault Buck at all, but he has not been helping this team this year by batting DH. There are better options for DH for the Twins in 2023.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    My point is that it depends on how much he has to exert himself on the basepaths. Accelerating quickly, stopping suddenly, touching raised bases as a runner races full speed past them, sliding into fielders, diving headfirst back to first base in response to a pickoff are arguably as taxing physically as catching 3 to 6 balls hit to CF, some of which require very little physical effort and some of which may require running at full speed and diving, similar to running the bases and sliding headfirst. I usually agree with almost all of your posts, CH, but on this one I must respectfully disagree with you.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    I guess with that logic, we should also hope Byron doesn't go 5 for 5 with a triple and 2 doubles and 2 singles and 3 stolen bases.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Depends on the definition of "ramping up". Sometimes rest and heal is all a player can do on the IL.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Ted, You present quite the conundrum.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great road trips and great report. Thanks.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    What a great video about my kind of place. Family owned, unique, beer and bras on the ceiling.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks Goat. That was a "Minnesota nice" comment.
×
×
  • Create New...