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  1. USAFChief
    I'll say this for Beane: he's a man not afraid of his convictions. He thinks big, and goes out and does it. No playing it safe, tinkering around the edges, or "better to do nothing than make a mistake" philosophy. TR could learn a lesson there.
  2. USAFChief
    I admit, I don't know what timeframe is reasonable. If in a couple years they're knocking on the WS door and they go out and spend like drunken airmen, I'll post multiple mea culpa's and sing hosannas. Deal?
  3. USAFChief
    Would you agree the Twins set themselves up for this kind of backlash through their own statements?
  4. USAFChief
    Because if we believe in 52% then we believe there's a lot of unspent percent laying around from the last three years.
  5. USAFChief
    I think you have that backwards. Did emptying a good portion of their minor league system for Miguel Cabrera kill the Tigers?
  6. USAFChief
    I disagree, in principle, but if true, then they shouldn't have implied such during stadium negotiations.
  7. USAFChief
    My bet is he ends up on MLB network.
  8. USAFChief
    That's fair, IMO. There probably was no level of reasonable spending that could have turned 370 losses into 370 wins. I think we can agree that DSP's comments are, at the least, discouraging though, right?
  9. USAFChief
    I think this is an interesting thread (duh...I have, like a go zillion posts in it already), and I believe payroll, what it is, what it can be, what it should be, is a legitimate topic for Twins fans. I also see potential for this thread to go off the rails and get personal or insulting...lets all resist that urge. Me included. And lets remember we can have opinions on ownership without being crude or mean.
  10. USAFChief
    I like Levi's comment...I hope the next manager makes Mauer a bit less comfortable, and asks him to do the things offensively that will help the team win more games.
  11. USAFChief
    He won't have been misled if the Twins go over 52 percent by enough in the coming years to make up for the past four, you mean, right?
  12. USAFChief
    "How else would they pay for it?" Out of pocket. Out of their own pocket. Completely independent of TF revenues. Up front, written off, out of the current budget, The Pohlod family is $150m poorer, and the Twins have $20 or $30m more in available revenue each year. This isn't hard to understand.
  13. USAFChief
    One take away for me is yet another reminder that it is really difficult to understand baseball, and even more difficult to try to predict it. The A's did pretty much exactly what is considered by many the optimal strategy...wait to add impact player(s) until "it gets you over the hump." It's not that simple.
  14. USAFChief
    Or more money available for player acquisition and retention, as implied during negotiations for said stadium. They could have paid their share out of pocket. Not for nothing, it still would have been a great deal for them...the value of their franchise is up by at least double the cost of what that out of pocket expense would have been.
  15. USAFChief
    I see a couple differences: Most businesses don't ask the government (us) to kick in a good portion of the upfront costs of capital improvements. Twins ownership said they would cover some of the costs of building TF. Others may disagree, but I don't view using revenues FROM the stadium to PAY for the stadium as meeting that obligation. Had the public understood this arrangement up front, perhaps the public changes their end of the arrangement, particularly given the statements made by the Twins about the need for greater revenues in order to keep their players. If that revenue isn't going to payroll, why publicly finance the stadium?
  16. USAFChief
    That's fair. For 2015. We do, though, have history from which to judge. Also fair?
  17. USAFChief
    I haven't read the article, but he wants Suzuki to move to first base, too? How does he think that leads to more wins?
  18. USAFChief
    Actually, the difference is that the Royals were in contention, and therefore had no reason to trade away older assets at the deadline.
  19. USAFChief
    I've posted this before, and continue to believe it: the Twins did not, are not and will not put a penny of their own money into Target Field. They borrowed the money, and are paying that off from TF revenues...using the old "other people's money" real estate ploy. That's where the extra money is going. They are taking their yearly profit, AND paying off their note. Probably on a loan they made from banks they own, so they are making money in interest on that as well. They end up with a new stadium, at zero out of pocket cost.
  20. USAFChief
    "The Wil Myers Trade." Greatest baseball trade ever, or greatest trade in the history of sports? Discuss.
  21. USAFChief
    Pretty awesome baseball game.
  22. USAFChief
    Bringing a starter in, with shaky control to begin with, into that situation was idiotic.
  23. USAFChief
    I'd at least look into it.
  24. USAFChief
    Kemp is owed $21m for each of the next five years, which will be his age 30 thru 34 seasons. He put up a .850 OPS (140 OPS+) this year, right in line with his career average. He's probably not the superstar he once looked like, but he's a good bet to post similar numbers, and a huge bet to be way better than anything the Twins are likely to put in left field for the next few years. If the Dodgers want prospects in return, no. If its nothing but money, well the Twins have that, and should be going over budget the next few years anyway if they're going to meet their famous 52 percent promise, considering they've been below it for a couple years now. I'd take Kemp off their hands, put him in LF, and not look back. They still could buy any pitching they want, if they were so inclined.
  25. USAFChief
    Concur. I strongly think Mauer would be a disaster waiting to happen.
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