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  1. gunnarthor
    I like mock drafts. BA has one up but it's behind a pay wall.
  2. gunnarthor
    I agree, it's too early to give up on this team and they have plenty of talent. But, as I mentioned in another thread, I do think some of these problems are on Molitor and the coaching staff. We have the talent but the ML coaches have to get the talent out of these guys. I'm flabbergasted that Lynn is this bad. I have no idea why. I know NL pitchers have trouble adjusting to the AL but this is ridiculous. Hopefully it's lack of ST and he gets going soon but, wow, he's been bad.
  3. gunnarthor
    Aren't some of those problems - players not playing up to expectations - things that a manager is supposed to be able to take care of? And things like playing Garver more (or moving Rodney out of the closer spot) aren't those things a manager supposed to take care of? Yeah, it's not Molly's fault that Santana, Polanco and Buxton are out. But there are a lot of problems that might be lessened with a better manager.
  4. gunnarthor
    It's not just one month. The team was a dumpster fire in 2016 and I thought they made the playoffs last despite the manager, not because of him. We have enough of a track record - in my opinion - that Molitor isn't a good manager. There are better managers currently unemployed. Heck, all the narratives about Gardy are actually true about Molly - he does throw players under the bus and he didn't play the rookies. It's hard to grade managers but I do think that it's fair to say that the talent level he has been given has not performed consistently during his run. Hire someone better.
  5. gunnarthor
    Back to Trump: he got sued again for defamation by the pornstar. https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/stormy-daniels-defamation-lawsuit/index.html He's really taken a bit of the ol' shine off the Presidency.
  6. gunnarthor
    You missed the part where I ripped the Democrat for offensive racist remarks, too?
  7. gunnarthor
    Well that's good news. Hopefully Romero can win rookie of the year for us.
  8. gunnarthor
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/siblings-clemens-car-crash-parents-hospital-reunited-photo?utm_term=.shY56jg72#.ckV1Z36bg My brother sent me this. Sounds like the family is trying to raise money for the hospital bills.
  9. gunnarthor
    I understand that they probably won't but going on the premise that it's hard to fire the players and this is the second year in three years that the Twins have looked bad early it seems like some of this has to be on the manager. Either he's not getting through to his players or isn't able to solve the problem. If it's the second, it doesn't matter who the manager is, if it's the first, then a change could help. Joe Girardi and John Ferrell are both available. Neither is the next Joe Maddon but both have had success and are probably better at this managing thing than Molitor.
  10. gunnarthor
    Meh, my shoes are fine. I didn't see a lot of her actions as you did. I don't remember her much during her run as a first wife. I'm sure she did first wife stuff but, frankly, first wives were supposed to be elegant ladies wearing dresses and hosting dinner parties, etc. Hilary Clinton changed how we perceived the role of first lady (and man, did she get **** for that). Most of my dislike for Barbara Bush came during her son's Presidency. The Katrina remarks, the support of a wasteful war, her general tone which I found to be snobbish but you could call elitist. The idea that criticism of her family was criticizing America. Trump wasn't the first ******* to make those arguments. It's a little off tangent but what remarks do you want? Do we just forget that she insulted thousands of people in an ugly racist manner? I know we've gotten to a point where people talking about racism is offensive but isn't the idea that a former first lady and President's mother telling all these folks to be grateful for what they are getting a bit much to gloss over? She lived a great life. She amassed wealth and power and made her children incredibly powerful. I hope my wife pulls off the same for our kids. But it doesn't mean she was a "good" person or that we can't answer 'what did she do that was racist' when a person asks.
  11. gunnarthor
    Someone asked what, if any, racist things she's done. I answered that question with one example. In other threads I've also pointed out some of the ugly racist things Hilary Clinton had done. You think she was classy. Fine. Others don't.
  12. gunnarthor
    She said some dumb (racist) things about the Hurricane Katrina refugees - I'm fairly sure there were other dumb things like that over the years but I think most of the cringe-worthy quotes came across as a mom trying to protect her son (who happened to be the President) from criticism. I never much cared for her. I think the press treated her as a nice old grandmotherly type when she was really much more political. I don't think she was a great role model for young girls but that's also probably part of the generational gap.
  13. gunnarthor
    http://www.startribune.com/slumping-twins-miss-struggling-miguel-sano-byron-buxton/481196541/ Basically thinks the Twins miss Buxton's energy and Sano's bat. Also was surprised to hear that Duffey didn't think he should be sent to AAA.
  14. gunnarthor
    Uff-da. really was hoping that we had already hit rock bottom.
  15. gunnarthor
    I really hope it doesn't get worse than this.
  16. gunnarthor
    Glad he's back. I know we've spent a lot of time discussing drafting bullpen arms but it's amazing how many of these guys have had to deal with serious arm injuries - Bard, Chargois, Jay, Burdi - and I"m sure I"m missing several. Hope he becomes a solid arm for us.
  17. gunnarthor
    I wonder if the fact that he's DHing more is getting in his head. Like a bad at-bat sticks with him longer b/c he can't forget about like he could if he's on the field? Hopefully the Reds pitching staff can get him back on track.
  18. gunnarthor
    He joins Rosenthal, Peter Gammons and Jayson Stark, among others. The Athletic is sure adding some great writers/reporters. I'm pretty sure their baseball coverage is better than ESPN. http://awfulannouncing.com/athletic/joe-posnanski-becomes-latest-big-name-writer-to-join-the-athletic-but-will-keep-writing-for-mlb-com-as-well.html
  19. gunnarthor
    mlbpipeline has updated their top 100 for the draft. http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2018?list=draft They also have an article about the draft. Generally, it's a depth draft (which is good for us) and heavy on high school players, particularly arms. "It's a high school dominant Draft," one National League scouting director said. "There are some good college players at the top of the Draft, though maybe not the star potential of some of the Drafts of the past."
  20. gunnarthor
    To be positive a moment, Gibson has been decent for our #4 starter. Good to see. I wish Molitor would've let him pitch a bit longer but I'm just looking at the box score. Maybe he done. Who knows.
  21. gunnarthor
    I don't think there are many managers worse than Molly. Certainly not Gardy. I'd like the team to move on from him today.
  22. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I saw a lot of funny tweets about it this morning but the funniest was someone saying "For Trump's lawyers, this must be like watching a toddler play in traffic."
  23. gunnarthor
    Well, even with regression, I don't think anyone thought he was done. Something sorta between the last two years.
  24. gunnarthor
    Agree that it should be it's own thread.
  25. gunnarthor
    Well, yeah. Molly isn't a great manager. We're going to have to get a few more reliable arms in the pen though. Reed, Pressley .... I'm not sure who else I trust. Rogers against lefties? Maybe.
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