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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Interesting article. So MLB is taking money from companies for advertising (encouraging the purchase and use of a product) cannabis products that the players will be suspended and/or fined for using? If true, MLB is certainly being hypocritical. Maybe, when the Minnesota Twins move to Las Vegas, the locally legal prostitution houses can be major advertisers. "Do what your favorite players do after a tense game of baseball. Visit "The House of the Rising Sun"." And on the way there be sure to take your Roman pills with you in case of ED problems. Wash down those pills with a six pack of Old Milwaukee. And bet for your Las Vegas Twins at your closest sports betting lobby at a Grand Casino. Children and adults, who have tv for a moral guide, are like rudderless ships.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    I was friends with Herm Starette, former pitching coach for the Braves, Phillies, Brewers, Giants, Orioles and bull pen coach for the Red Sox. I wish he were still alive, so I could ask him if it really is that simple. He was a really good guy. I miss talking with him.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'll take that job.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm still scratching my head over that move.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Agreed.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good point. Very good point.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Who gave Sano a 30 million deal? How in the world could that have been justified at the time, given his track record for being out of shape and for getting into questionable circumstances? Anywho, I believe the author is on to something. Sign the young, good, proven, trouble- free players to early contracts and most will work out for the team's benefit. I like it.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    That is exactly what I am talking about. "Winning is he only thing"...is that really the measure of a good process. I agree that is true in war, but is it true in the entertainment sport of baseball. I really don't know. I'm just trying to determine the definition of success in a baseball team. Is it totally winning and only winning. If so, there can only be 1 successful major league team each year and the other 29 teams are failures/losers every year. That may be true for some of us, including me. If so, why do we (I) put our selves through this year after year. Why waste or precious and limited time on earth losing every year. That is the basis of my question. Do I really want to do this year after year and if so, why?
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Maybe they are turning down the job of pitching coach because they can earn more at other jobs and get to be home every night.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Well said. But what does a "Good process" look like? Is it just "winning" games at any cost? Or is it "playing the game the "right way""? Or just being "slightly above average" each year? Is it having "community oriented" players who are good citizens? My definition would be to strive for all of these. Would you sign, say, Trevor Bauer to appear at a number of charity events to benefit single mothers? Would you sign Josh Donaldson or Miguel Sano to teach the art of hustling on every play? Or what about having a Vince Lombardi trophy each year for the Twin who did the most to win games, at all costs? What defines a "good process"?
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    You may have hit the nail on the head. "Minnesota nice" is a good quality, but it just may be a hinderance to winning baseball games. Look at the jerk Yankees (except Judge and Yogi Berra and Mariano Rivera) and the cheating Astros and the elite Dodgers. It is a mindset.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Revision notice Doc. Correa will opt out of his Twins contract, according to a PR newspaper. Are you suggesting signing him to a 10 year 330 million deal? If so, I agree.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    If the season started today, Who is the back-up catcher for the Twins? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBODY ! Check out the top 30 Twins prospects and see who is in the pipe line to be a future catcher for the Twins. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBODY. There is no catcher among the Twins top 30 prospects. Well there is always Free Agency. Let's see who the available free agent catchers are: Contreras is ranked in the second ten among all Free Agents, but will probably receive a qualifying offer from the Cubs, which means the team which gets him in Free Agency will take a hit. Gary Sanchez is the 3rd ranked catcher in FA and he is a known quantity. I was pleased with Sanchez's work behind the plate and as a hitter. I suggest the FO make a concerted effort to sign Sanchez to 3 year/ 30 million dollar contract, as soon as the Dodgers strike out the last Astro hitter to win the world series.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good luck in Baltimore Jake. You have always had my respect for you skills and your attitude, resulting in playing the game like it mattered. You win the Twins Daily "Hustle Award" for 2022. I wish you the very best and you will love living in Baltimore. Try Obryki's Crab House. Delicious.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan

    High Marks??

    tarheeltwinsfan commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    2012 through 2016 the Twins pitching fWAR ranking averaged 19.6. 2017 through 2022 (excluding the outlier year 2021) the Twins pitching fWAR ranking averages 19.0. Even if we include the year 2021, the Twins pitching fWAR ranking only averaged 16.33. Not much of an improvement. Not even slightly better than average. Now for the worst part...The Twins farm system rankings, beginning in 2017, went as follows: 14, 6, 8, 15, 12,23. Lewis and Kirilloff and Graterol were in the top 5 for several years. The one pitcher who was in the top of the Twins system consistently was traded away (Graterol). Petty was also traded away. I do like Maeda and I do like Gray, but neither are aces and the Twins are not going have an ace come up through the system this way. I do realize that few minor league pitchers become aces, but all aces begin in the minors somewhere. Where did they come from? How predictable are they? How do you get an ace and how do you keep an ace? "Show me the money, Jerry...show me the money."
  16. tarheeltwinsfan

    High Marks??

    tarheeltwinsfan commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    Correct...plus Twins traded away Petty, Graterol, Gil, Hendricks, etc. Just stop trading those young fire-balling pitchers. Stop it already.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan

    High Marks??

    tarheeltwinsfan commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    Show me the money Jerry...show me the money.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    You are asking the correct questions Doc. The team that makes the quickest correct transition to emphasizing the usage of long relievers, will be ahead of the game. Baseball is a game of keeping traditions (things that work) and ground-breaking changes (new ideas based on analytics combined with psychological methods), and the wisdom to know the difference.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    That is the BIG question. If he starts and hurts his arm, this website will roast Falvine alive, and a once in a generation reliever may be lost..
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    I like your plan. Submit a copies to Rocco and to Falvine, please. Then hope they will take the necessary steps to implement your plan.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Oh my. I didn't realize we were almost as bad a team as last year's team.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Very good point. How does a team rid itself of the Yips. 1) Sign Correa 2) sign two Ace pitchers 3) sign a catcher who is a vocal leader 4) sign a manager who will turn over the clubhouse buffet table after a loss. When there is a loss..."No soup for you."
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    I realize you've got to give talent to get talent, I just don't like trading Petty and Brustar when the Twinkies are so desperate for pitching. Always have been, Always will be.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Wait til next year... This has become my annual end of season proclamation. Oh the joy of being a die-hard Twins fan.
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