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  1. USAFChief
    Concur. Let's not hire another Popkins, but with a different name
  2. USAFChief
    Not to mention I'd rather they focus on finding players that weren't DFA'd 3 times last season.
  3. USAFChief
    The complete disregard for opponents' running game is an organizational philosophy. They've said so. They prioritize the hitter. Pay attention to the hitter. Don't use a slide step. Not one pitch out, ever. Catchers on one knee even with runners on. Position fielders for the hitter, even if it takes them away from holding runners or taking a throw, particularly at 3rd. Rightly or wrongly, as an organization, they don't believe controlling the running game is important.
  4. USAFChief
    I like this quote from Posey: "Today’s game is so much about meshing what your eyes see and instincts are with what the data is telling you.” Yes! You don't have to remove Matthews just because Durhan is coming up for the third time. You don't have to PH Manny Margot simply because 150 years of baseball history says LH hitters don't hit LH pitching as well as RH hitters do.
  5. USAFChief
    General statement: Holy **** is that org chart bloated. Also, it's impossible to tell how many actual baseball analysts there are.
  6. USAFChief
    Ok, Mr St Peter.
  7. USAFChief
    Maybe they need look at their hiring process. They brought a "young and inexperienced" hitting coach to the big leagues out of independent ball? And now they're keeping him on, after failing, by demoting him?
  8. USAFChief
    ? If the organization has determined Shoman isn't doing a good job, why would they retain him and send him to the minors? Wouldn't that have an even worse impact?
  9. USAFChief
    Look at the feet in the second half of 2024. Specifically his back foot sliding out. He was losing his base and off balance on everything, not just fastballs.
  10. USAFChief
    RIP. Great ballplayer. It's not a big deal, but I don't think he deserves to ever have a plaque in the HOF.
  11. USAFChief
    For one thing, I don't think "framing" equals "catcher defense."
  12. USAFChief
    So then the manager DOES matter, and changing managers likely will result in different decisions. He has a philosophy to guide him, but he makes decisions. He, alone. Every. Single. Game.
  13. USAFChief
    And zero people have said fire Rocco based on one decision. BTW, it's a shame you and Arko are forced to come into this cleverly disguised thread and discuss the manager against your will.
  14. USAFChief
    Hi HBD. How's things? I made up my mind on Rocco last year. Doubt that's going to change. For better or worse, I suspect the conversation isn't going to end with the announcement he's coming back.
  15. USAFChief
    I watched him make decisions that lost ballgames. Go back and read the OP.
  16. USAFChief
    Wanted to add my thanks for the weekly recaps, Nick. Hope to see them again next year.
  17. USAFChief
    More proof this organization doesn't prioritize winning.
  18. USAFChief
    Yeah, ownership sucks. But pray tell, what is it you expect to accomplish with this "focus?" Are they firing themselves?
  19. USAFChief
    What, the actual, ****?
  20. USAFChief
    Yes, I love the Twins. My fandom dates from 1963, when my father spent money he didn't have to take me to my first game at the Met. I've followed the team closely ever since, through thick and thin. Lots of thin, BTW. Had my little portable radio under my pillow at night for west coast games as a kid, naively thinking mom and dad didnt know. Followed through 11.5 years stationed overseas, when there wasn't internet or TV or radio and my mother-in-law used to record games off WCCO on cassettes and mail them to me where I'd listen to each one half a dozen times, simply to have Herb Carneal take me back home. I spend money to watch them, and to go to games. Quite a bit of money, in fact. Half my freeking wardrobe is t-shirts with a Twins logo of some type. I infected my kids with this love, and now they follow the team as I do. Hell, I volunteered for the better part of a decade as a moderator on TD, and it's maybe the worst GD job I ever had. So yeah, I love the Twins. And BTW, I have every right to question the organization as I see fit.
  21. USAFChief
    An innings eater would have been a godsend. We got a 5.71 ERA from Matthews and 4.90 from Festa, and that's withOUT eating innings. I gotta believe an innings eater could have matched that production while actually eating innings. Part of the 2nd half pen collapse was needing 12 outs minimum from 3/5ths of the rotation every time out. See above: not preparing pitchers
  22. USAFChief
    Falvey always speaks "corporate-ese" but that seems fairly straight forward. And, as I said, they took on the remainder of Richards' $2.1m salary.
  23. USAFChief
    And I certainly might have missed something, but I don't remember Falvey being a candidate for any other jobs.
  24. USAFChief
    Indeed. "Rocco can't be blamed for blowing that lead. There was no chance to remove Alcala. Happened too fast" "Well that's not true. 7 hitters. 5 runs. 2 HRs. A delay looking for Wallner's glove. " "Yes it is true. Because I said so. And furthermore, you're a Neanderthal worthy of being mocked." "Here's an example of a manager activating his pen and making a change IN TWO PITCHES." "It wasn't Rocco’s fault and furthermore you're an ******* for pointing this out." . Now ban me. It's what you do.
  25. USAFChief
    Well, Falvey could be covering his boss's ***, but he specifically denied that finances played a role in the 2024 deadline. They also added Trevor Richards, who has a higher salary than, say...AJ Puk. So there was at least SOME salary space available. They just wasted it. Worse than wasted it, because Richards actually made the team worse, and was soon gone.
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