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  1. USAFChief
    I don't know where to place either on the continuum.
  2. USAFChief
    "Hi, everybody!" There is nothing like a ball game on the radio. Years ago, when I was stationed overseas and there wasn't a thing called the internet, and AFRTS was quite different, my mother-in-law--bless her heart-- used to record a couple three radio Twins games on cassettes and mail them to me. That was the only option. I'd listen to that game 2 or 3 times a week until the next one came, then save the old one with the others, to be pulled from hibernation and put back in the rotation when I needed a change. The voice of Herb put me back somewhere in Minnesota every time. Herb Carneal. The best
  3. USAFChief
    Avian flu > Wacha > Archer > Bundy
  4. USAFChief
    Yes?
  5. USAFChief
    __offer USAFChief use of a suite wth catering for ten (10) 2023 series of USAFChief's choice___
  6. USAFChief
    Guessing he'd have trouble with the physical. I mean, he's pushing 40.
  7. USAFChief
    I had to ask, didn't I?
  8. USAFChief
    1. Correa, 2. Donaldson, 3. Ervin Santana ...who am I missing?
  9. USAFChief
    Two points: 1. further proof the Rogers trade was a poor decision. Really poor. Really, really, really poor. 2. Christian Vasquez's 3/$30 is the THIRD LARGEST FA CONTRACT IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. Holy cow.
  10. USAFChief
    The Twins had no intention of signing Carlos Correa to a long term contract. None.
  11. USAFChief
    No. Abso-blanking-lutely no.
  12. USAFChief
    Whether or not the Twins are one player away isn't the point. At least for me.
  13. USAFChief
    Concur. Strongly.
  14. USAFChief
    If you use up your payroll flexibility you won't have payroll flexibility so you can't use up your payroll flexibility.
  15. USAFChief
    I absolutely don't believe that.
  16. USAFChief
    10 years is significantly different than 13? A renewed physical with "different criteria?" WHAT? My belief is the Twins were never seriously considering signing Carlos Correa. The rest is smokescreen. There is zero possibility his ankle had anything to do with their decision. What possible new information would there be? They knew about Correa's 2014 ankle injury LAST year. You're telling me legitimately thought 10 years and $285m was OK last week, but NOW they needed "due diligence?"
  17. USAFChief
    Yet you believe they offered a 10 year deal. Is that a "different lens?"
  18. USAFChief
    I'm not intrigued
  19. USAFChief
    Sounds like the Giants got cold feet. As for the Twins, that was never happening. The Twins knew it, Correa knew it, Boras knew it. I doubt they actually even offered the $285. Any small chance they were actually serious was shown to be false when they traded for Farmer. Something like that was always the plan.
  20. USAFChief
    I did not say flat rate. I said the agent fee isn't a factor in which contract is worth more to Correa. Boros gets the same percentage rate no matter the contract. 5% on the $280m the Twins offered, 5% on the $350m. Arguing Correa lost more in agent fees by getting a richer contract is the equivalent of saying he should have signed a one year contract at the MLB minimum. He'd save a ton of agent fees that way.
  21. USAFChief
    No, I mean he gets his (3% I think) on the entire contract. So he would have taken the same percentage from the Twins offer as the Giants. Correa will lose 3% of the extra $65m he got from the Giants, but that's better than not getting the extra $65m at all.
  22. USAFChief
    Nick...you're better than this. He slugged .458 in 2021. On the Twins alone that would have put him behind Polanco, Cruz, Sano, JOSH DONALDSON, Garver, Buxton, and Kyle Friggen Garlic. 38 isolated HRs is nice and all, but when it come as part of only 99 hits total in over 600 PAs, it's not very helpful. 61 hits that stayed in the ballpark in 616 PAs. That leads to only 77 RBI on those 38 HRs, and way too many empty trips to home plate. He's not a good offensive player. Much like Sano, the whiffs cost too much.
  23. USAFChief
    Boros was getting the same percentage from any contract. Not a factor.
  24. USAFChief
    I would add, from my perspective at least, I believe Viking ownership wants, above all, to win a Super Bowl. It's their overriding priority, and they will do whatever they can to get there. Return on investment is nice, but won't get in the way of football. They'd unhesitatingly incur operating losses to win. I absolutely do not believe Twins ownership would do the same. Profit is priority 1. They have that right, of course, but it's no wonder to me the Twins are a distant second to the Vikings in fan interest.
  25. USAFChief
    This is a moronic waste of $11m that should have been spent to improve the team.
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