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Vanster, how are we ever going to replace Perkins? This is a loss of epic proportions. Monumental! Astronomical! A loss beyond comprehension! A game change.......... Well anyway you get the picture! I heard that they are hoping rest for 15 days would possible help. Wouldn't it have been easier to keep him on the active roster, it easily could have been another two weeks before we had a save situation again anyway? Could you get back to me soon, mom wants her laptop back!

Someone overrated our SP? I am going to the SW corner of my moms basement to reflect on that concept!

Whether it be most, quite a few, or some of them believing it, there was a lot of speculation that Plouffe would be traded. A dollar to a dozen donuts Miguel was amongst them. This is not a Plouffe tirade, it's the observation that at 22 Sano could have believed that as easily as at 52. Frankly I was far more easily frustrated at that age than I am now. Impatience and impetuity are more likely equated with youth than with maturity!

There's an awful lot of IF'S there. But one must remember these are IF'S that were consciously put in place. Sano in RF, the BP, Park, and in essence mostly the same starting staff. And while the SP has been above their norm, there is no reason to expect that to continue. Veteran mediocre pitchers may on a rare ocassion find another gear for a year, but not often and not collectively. While there a lot of IF'S, the one that intrigues me the most is the relationship between Sanos hitting and RF Experiment. Something seems amiss. I know he said all the right things, but his actions in the off season, and from what I can gather was not exactly a mad rush to ST early to work on The Experiment causes me to wonder if the he is distracted or disgruntled. Everyone has a slump, but his has made me wonder if the move to the OF is impacting his bat? The Twins lost two years in development of Sano and Buxton to injuries, and one year of development to the faux title run last year. So, I wasn't even expecting a WC chase this year, but was hopeful they would use the year to make adjustments to the awkward roster situation and integrate some more youth. Time will tell!

You might add Arcia to that list!

I don't go to a game and cheer like a fiend, nor boo like one either. Sometimes I am appreciative, and sometimes I am bewildered. I am surprised at how surprised some are. Taking away the month of May last year left the Twins with a 63-72 record. I realize you can't just throw out the good, but May did seem an outlier. So we move to 2016. And what exactly did we do to improve? Same SP. did not improve the BP from within, or out. Added a high SO power hitter, 29 yrs old, who has played the equivalent of A ball during his career. Moved an enormous kid to RF, with predictable results in the field, and disastrous results at the plate. And kept a 22 yr old CF, who was sure to struggle, at least initially. (I think he will eventually be fine, or way better than fine). For some reason Some thought this would be a contender out of the chute. Based on? Whether you think booing is proper at this time or not, is one question. The other is, are you sure you aren't really booing your own Pollyanna like projections, which were likely overly optimistic to begin with!

First of all, you would not fire anyone over 7 games. That's silly. That said, after watching the Twin orginisation over this many years, the following seems to me obvious. Ryan will never be fired, he might ride off into the sunset, but fired? Never! But when he does, if Rob Anthony is not the new GM, I will be stunned. Pleased, but stunned. (Remember changing GM's is not necessarily a panacea, see Timberwolves) Molly is so far removed from being let go, you cannot see that far. By the time that happens half this team will be gone. This ownership is not going to do anything as long as the team turns a profit. These are business owners first, there is no baseball background or desire to spend enough to really be great. It's an investment. How did they do? Let me check the P&L, and I will get back to you. When I consider the future of the Twins, I look at the past 20 years. There is absolutely nothing in those 20 years to indicate there will be any abrupt changes made. To project or hope otherwise is not only futile, it's frustrating. Taking that history into consideration makes all those ST decisions understandable. They kept the high buck guy in the rotation, they hung on to the 3 guys out of options, they sent the rookie (Duffey) down, kept none of the high velocity RP, and built the pen out of sticks and stones.the only thing that surprised me at all, was Kepler. And that went away when I found out Mastro was not on the 40 man, and Polanco doesn't play OF. Meaning they wanted a Sano safety valve. If Mastro is on the 40 man, Kepler would be in Rochester today. Frankly, the whole thing is depressing, but it is what it is, and it's not going to change as long as the Pohlads own the team.

I saw the same thing!

Putting things in a realistic perspective, it took four 90 loss years for Gardy to be removed. So on that basis, the answer is 3 yrs, and 355 more games. For me there are several issues with the Twins, some just bad luck. And the bad luck includes last May. It gave us the delusional thought that this was a playoff calendar team. It's not, at least yet. And it's not necessarily the decisions last winter that are hurting, it's the long term contracts signed over the last two years, by fairly average players. And the refusal to sell high on the Willinghams, Suzukis, Perkins, and yes even Dozier over those years. Would we be any better today? Hard to say, it would have sped up the learning curve for some youth, the question of course is if they would have reacted? When you try and rebuild, but can't bring yourself to cut ties with what are currently productive players, you end up with a neither a rebuild, or a veteran team. I do think the talent exists in the long term, but I don't think it's going to be this year. This is the year last year should have been. But wasn't. One thing for sure, if Sano, Buxton, Berrios, Burdi, etc don't pan out, this is going to get ugly! Regardless, either way, Ryan will be the GM until he walks away of his own volition, and Molly has got about 3 more years of leash!

The only thing that would make Dozie jerk his head more to the LF corner than now is moving him to the 3 hole.

Where would you find a network that would carry it.

omg, get out of bed, go downtown to the brew pub, old bank on th left side. Vunder Bar

late, but post of the day!

I used to use that after a shower, drove the wife wild!

He needs time to acclimate to this level of play!

As a rule, yes. But we are in Twins Territory, where hitting for a veteran is highly frowned upon. It is deemed a lack of respect!

I heard Chief is ecstatic....... Oh wait, they said he was beside himself!

Is there really an afterlife, and if so why does He let us suffer watching this?

But you had a better chance!

you have just touched on several of the negative issues dealing with being the guest of honor at a sacrifice!

Brian, the best way to get along in a truck stop, walk up to the biggest trucker there, slap him on the back, and loudly proclaim: "ahhh hear dat gooood buddddy." Another tip! Showers are really expensive, sometimes if you go into the lounge, and ask one of the guys if he minded if you shared his shower, you might save $15 bucks! Of course sometimes you wont!

I don't think he was volunteering himself as the sacrifice. Perhaps a poll to see who it should be. For baseball gods, does the sacrificial entity have to be a virgin?

Once again? You mean there was another time?

You were maybe lucky it didn't go faster! Going fast isn't the problem, stopping can be. . We had a Budget, some guy in the same size rig from a different rental blew by us on 80 in WY, slow down signs flashing all over the freeway. 2 miles later we found him jackknifed in down a 20 fr embankment. patience is a virtue!

My oldest daughter and I moved her sister from Medford OR to SO MN in winter. 3 days, 2000 miles, two blizzards, 3 road closings for weather, pulling a SUV on a trailer, no F*^€ing cruise control, and a CAT! One of the worst drives, and the most fun I have ever had. There is a Shell station in West Wendover NV that is still standing despite her best efforts. Top question of the trip: "why don't they put those cows in the barn?", when seeing Black Angus out on the WY prairie in the snow. Lol