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  1. Platoon
    That's not all! I finally figured out what was missing in almost 1600 posts? A CB update!
  2. Platoon
    I agree, with the available choices tuis lineup is in the ball park. Definitely try and get May back in the rotation. I think he broke down 3 times last year in the pen. The only way Robbie G would make my roster, is if he promised to give away all his fielding gloves. A lousy Rosario is better in LF than a good RG. The Dozier thing is like a puzzle piece. Once it's resolved the rest will be easier to fit. That said, I don't see how the team will improve their dirth of quality SP without that happening. He is the classic scenario of getting something out of something you don't need at the current time, and won't end up keeping. If he stays Polanco virtually has to stay at SS. I don't think that's sustainable. If BD moves, I would still love a glove first guy (Vielma?) at that spot. That's not going to happen regardless of whether a trade occurs, but it's what I would do if I was king!
  3. Platoon
    >>>>>>> Molly is open to new ideas? Photos? Any chance Molly was wearing a red seed corn cap?
  4. Platoon
    I more or less agree with the lineup. At this time, only one of two things is going to happen, a lineup similar to this is either going to be pretty decent once we hit 2018, or this team will continue to be a disaster far longer than I care to think about. I opt for the former. But it's going to take time. Kepler isn't a MLB 3 hitter now, but could be. Mauer certainly isn't anymore, and won't be again. I am not as onboard with Park as you are. 20 HR's is ok, but not if he doesn't cut down the K's. His SO history is long and well documented, and it happened in a league with AA pitching. Your statement about Molitor was spot on, if he doesn't quit thinking its 2009 as far as Mauer is concerned, then the whole order is bleeped up. It's going to be interesting to see if he can start managing this team like a young team with a future, instead of a team that is supposed to win big right now. He didn't do that last year, and set the orginisation back another year in the process.
  5. Platoon
    The only way I would take Puig on this team, is if I had a preordained landing spot somewhere else for him. The talent is there, but he really doesn't seem a fit here. But if he could be acquired and moved without screwing up the main goal, SP, go for it.
  6. Platoon
    You might have a valid point. Although I do think Polancos range makes up for a little. That said, if I was pitching, I would rather not look over my right shoulder and see either one!
  7. Platoon
    Dozier is kind of the key to unlocking the door. Moving him brings in pitching. Allows Polanco to move to what is likely his natural position. Forces the team to hasten the upgrade of the black hole at SS. Defensively the choice between EE and Polanco is a wash. If Dozier stays for two years, the Twins middle infield defense stays static for those two years. That's not good. Dozier is a solid player, but not irreplaceable. He is also the only logical path to overall improving the teams largest weaknesses. Quality depth at SP, and MI defense. I hope we don't overplay our hand in making a deal.
  8. Platoon
    No!
  9. Platoon
    I wonder what Molly would think of Dave counting down to 1000? Looks like he was either padding his own stats, or disrespecting the game? Rosario got sent to Rochester for trotting over to an uncovered base. Where do we send Dave W.? . I hope this won't quire another thread? But I could see the reason for it. Suggestions where to send Dave could run into the thousands!
  10. Platoon
    I never got around to reading 'War and Peace'. I always heard it was very very long, and went on forever. I used to wonder if it would have interested me? "Used to" being the operative words in that sentence!
  11. Platoon
    My hat is off to Dave.W or is it Dave W.? It's been entertaining, funny, and maybe even a little weird. That said, few journalist would have either the cajones, and or gravitas to pull of such a media mosh pit! It brings to mind names like Cronkite, Murrow, Hannity, Limbaugh, and Mike Max! Someday when our children ask their mother why dad didn't come out of the basement for two days, she will mumble, "why don't you ask Dave W."? .
  12. Platoon
    Platoony Me: Nor in the last 24 hours!
  13. Platoon
    I don't know how long TD has had GT's. I have hung around on the periphery for a couple years or so. But my biggest fear for GT is Twins success! GT's are fun for the sarcasm, and gallows humor. If for example they replace Robbie G in LF, no longer play Sano in RF, or actually start catching the ball and hitting an occasional cutoff man, it could throw every one off! It starts with just one person saying something sensible about baseball, and the next thing you know everyone is doing it. Then we get back in the hunt for that coveted second WC slot. From there it just gets out of control. We have a good thing going, DONT RUIN IT!
  14. Platoon
    We used to do that to cats on the farm! Take a stick and push it through a hay bale. The cats would sit there and watch that stick, swipe at it, and chase it. No matter how often, they kept coming back. Like us, the cats were both happy to be excited, and excited to be happy! And like Dave*, I should have felt guilty for taking advantage of beings with lesser intelligence. But seeing the cats so happy made it all worthwhile! :). *I'm just jerking your chain!
  15. Platoon
    I haven't even tried to read all of this! But I read enough to know that while the baseball IQ of many, myself included, is definitely debatable, this thread a testament to persistence. That so many have hung in their through the thin and thin of this momentous not yet event shows a passion for Twins baseball not reflected in last years attendance, brat sales, or beer sloshed on the person in front of you. (The seat was empty) It shows that things are definitely looking up in TwinsWorld!
  16. Platoon
    Your lucky! My daughter asked me on Sunday to "try this Xmas cookie"? I did, smacked my lips, and said "it tastes like lard". "That's what I thought". she said......" I looked at my shortening can, and it was way past dated, really old stuff". I wonder if she was trying to tell me something?
  17. Platoon
    I was just outside with shorts on. I can say with certainty that there will be little rioting in the streets today. And since I don't tweet, I will do as I usually do, complain bitterly to my wife!
  18. Platoon
    On how good Byron Buxton can be: "I don't know how to answer that in terms of -- what you see creates the potential in your mind as far as where his talent might take him. I was somewhat jokingly at the end of the year saying I might have misgauged him a little bit in terms of what he could do because I was focused on bunting and putting the ball in play and cutting the swing down and strike outs and then he comes up and hits eight or nine home runs in September." This is the one that gets me. I know with his speed, if he could bunt like a Carew, he could bunt for the first 200 points of his average. As for me, I was kind of hoping they would consider him more of a generational, at least for the Twins, player. Not Ben Recere with a better arm.
  19. Platoon
    It might be called "Hot Stove League". Every winter is rumors innuendoes and conjecture, sadly in the Twins case, cruel jokes have been played out mostly as the result of actual moves.
  20. Platoon
    Repeat after me...... Pitching,pitching, pitching. There pitching, and then there 8 other guys standing around to see if the pitcher needs help.
  21. Platoon
    Cannot believe anyone would be upset about Whine Line getting The PURR to carry that award winning show. Next to Sid and 'Sports Hero' WL is by far the most informative radio broadcast in St. Paul Park!
  22. Platoon
    Ironically? That you will be on 104.7 The PURR? Or, ironically that anyone would sign Whine Line to a contract? Wait, that would not be ironic, that would be puzzling. :). All kidding aside, when I travel anywhere outside NE Mpls The PURR quits purring. Any chance WL could get picked up by Sirius/XM as I am moving to Canada on 1/20/17.
  23. Platoon
    Pre-begging forgiveness from the lady in Chicago, I would like to clarify a point on the person which we are not allowed to reference. While I wont identify him by name, he plays first base, used to catch, and is from St. Paul. My point on said player we can't mention is that contractually there is only one option available. I was not endorsing or suggesting it. Actually I was trying to make a point whilst trying to be polite, that discussions over the future of this person are a waste of digital ink. (As my post will most likely be construed by some) That said, I am sure Whine Line, uncumbered by the philosophy of sticking to any one topic, will explore this in depth. Sadly that's the same time I will be listening to my tape of Sid Hartmans greatest interviews.
  24. Platoon
    In fairness to the post, if one looked at Dozier simply as a fan, of course you would keep him. But it would be this fandom which would keep the Twins from eventually improving as a team. One only has to look back a year at Plouffe to see the future folly of not trading Dozier. I know Plouffe didn't have as high a value, but whatever he would brought will always be speculation, because we kept him, he had a poor year, and we released him. Zip! On a contending team I keep Brian Dozier. On this team, several years out, I trade him now for as much as I can get. His history of lengthly hot and cold spells make it a big gamble to wait for the trading deadline. Plus besides the obvious need for pitching , keeping Dozier forces the Twins to keep Polanco at SS. And please, no more Mauer contract talk! Ugh! The issue with Mauer if one has one has to be dealt with by the manager. The FO has only one option, release and pay. Even I think BD has a better chance to hit 50 HR than that happening!
  25. Platoon
    Actually you have a valid point. Like so many players, once Santana's hitting fell off, his defense started getting picked apart. I realize he isn't anywhere near perfect, but for me his flexibility with short benches puts him up on Grossman. For all of DanSans faults, he doesn't approach RG's ineptitude with a glove, or arm. Keeping Grossman as a 4th OF is hopeless. He can't throw well enough for LF, let alone RF, and certainly can't run enough for CF. he did validate one of my long held beliefs about hitting though. If you stand there long enough, and the pitcher isn't paying attention to who he is throwing to, you can eek out a walk. If he does, you get called out o strikes!
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