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  1. Platoon
    I didn't think this team was going to be good this year, but no way did I ever think it would be such an unmitigated disaster. In a perverse fashion they earned almost every loss with some failure in any of the games various disciplines!
  2. Platoon
    I might add, Susan Dey would easily surpass any standards so far exhibited on GT!
  3. Platoon
    GT has standards? Who'da thunk?
  4. Platoon
    ..........and leave the driving to us.
  5. Platoon
    I have converted to O'Douls and iced tea! . The thought of a hangover gives me a headache! Edit: Not at the same time.
  6. Platoon
    Looks like another 23k crowd tonight... I see the 23" but I can't find the k anywhere.
  7. Platoon
    First? You mean there was more than one?
  8. Platoon
    I have been grumbling, virtually since I have been on TD that the Twins were just another line on the top of the Pohlad Companies stationary. And the two letters in the alphabet that conerned them were not WL, but PL. I also contended that Hunter was not a strategic move, but another "Experience" investment, like a new Polish Sausage stand. An attempt to lure the casual baseball rube into the clutches of Target Enterprises. The fact that the P&L finally forced a move is sadly not a sign that anything has changed. I really really hope I am wrong. I have been a fan since they moved here. But I fear that Ryan was simply another Hunter type move, to be replaced by someone else who will acquiesce to the Pohlad Way. Pohlads determination to keep Molitor will be a red flag to baseball oriented competent GM candidates, but will not deter someone who is bottom line inclined, and wants to work the ladder. JHC, I really hope I am wrong!
  9. Platoon
    . It would be the ultimate topping to the season! A wins streak and roar past Atlanta for that second pick!
  10. Platoon
    Happy Birhtday! . That said I am very disappointed in your dog. Weather experts could have told him that you never try and outrun a tornado in a vehicle. Our dog, Lathy, (he barked with a lithp) led us to the SW corner of the basement during the Comfrey Tornado of 1998, and showed us how to put our head between our legs. (Only years later did we find he had an ulterior motive) While Lathy had an acute weather sense, he suffered from gender issues. A dog psychologist finally figured out that when Lathy would bark, our constant question, "Whats the matter girl" was likely the root of the problem.
  11. Platoon
    Mostly agree, and specifically with points made about Vargas and Berrios. I would not put Berrios in the pen, just keep sending him out there as a SP, and work on his issues. That's where his value lies. Vargas, after being mostly forgotten by some, may still become more important than thought. Nothing lately seems to suggest that Joe Mauers legs are going to carry him through two more seasons as a 1B. While Sano and Vargas would stretch the theory of having offense on the corners, straightening out the teams middle infield, and a full year of Buxton, Kepler, and Rosario in the OF might let you get away with that. Plus while I hope a new regime moves on from Park, if they don't, he remains a logical fallback at DH. As for Sano, he plays third until you absolutely positively cannot justify his presence there anymore. We ain't there yet.
  12. Platoon
    The reason you did not see me call for Keplers head, or possibly a lower part of his anatomy is I wouldn't have done it if I had been manager. I just did not see that attempt as egregious as some did. A week or so later he saved a game with a dive on the foul line. Same as Rosarios throw home. If Ryan just catches a chest high throw the game is over. Both were attempt plays. Making the last out at third is not an attempt play, as it's a long held rule of the game that the effort is not worth the risk. And I exempt Roaarios, because there was no risk with that shift. I imagine each play is in the eyes of the beholder, as is each managers decision, so it's doubtful we will agree on this. But at least we agree on the matter of deferential treatment. And once that horse is out of the barn, that's when you can no longer put it back in by trying to belatedly discipline veterans. You either establish it in the beginning, or you are stuck with the disrespect of the players, likely for your tenure. And what players say to the press about their love and respect of coaches and teammates, is sort of like what the used car salesman says to you about that car, grandma drove to church on Sunday's.
  13. Platoon
    And the rubber needs to meet the road on extreme examples. NO, you can't bench them all at once. But in a 100+ loss season you can sit someone until you get his attention. And you can sit them equitably. Remember the kerfuffle over Rosario virtually walking into 3rd with two outs? And off to to an immediate benching and Rochester he goes! And no public comment about Plouffe doing something similar the day or two before. When you bench a player with Plouffes status on the team for doing something like that, people listen. When you don't, people ignore. Yesterday Robbe tags on a one out FB, and according to the radio guys just made it, down one at the time. AND was lauded for setting himself up for the inevitable wild pitch to tie the game. The players see treatment like this, at the best sporadic, at the worst preferential. It makes whatever else comes out of your mouth just warm air. I hate to use this comparison, because I got hammered last time. But I doubt the players Mike Zimmer and Bud Grant coach(ed) have any misconceptions over what Grant and Zimmer want, nor whether it applied to the entire roster, or just a certain few.
  14. Platoon
    Sano, Buxton, Kepler, Polanco (only if you trade Dozier), Berrios. Vargas would be close, considering the Mauer leg issues, and assuming Sano plays the field somewhere. (Park goes) I also would be hesitant to trade a couple of guys in th BP, (don't laugh) Chargois especially. Maybe with some SP into the 7th inning, and a manager who has let's them know what their pecking order is, some of those younger arms will play out. Buddy won't last forever! Santana has to stay, at least to start the year.
  15. Platoon
    I got the impression on yesterday's radio broadcast the Polanco Ole'd yet another hot GB? His arm is better than I thought it would be, but not anywhere near "strong". It would play well at second. I would move Dozier, for a decent SP if possible or for a very good glove SS, to fill in until or if Gordon or Vielma show up. Polanco is the SS that teams that go 81-81 have. So, if that's our ultimate goal, he's the guy.
  16. Platoon
    In one paragraph you note that managers in general have no real effect on a teams performance, and in another you say Molitor nearly brought the club to the playoffs last year........ I say the following without being critical. I don't think either statement is true. His odd lineups and decision making last year were covered by lots of luck, I think we now call it sequencing. This year, while the truth is no one would have had a winning record, his handling of players in general was questionable, and the release of his lineups everyday has become almost the only reason to tune in. But the bottom line is lack of fundamentals. Despite the Twins PR machine at the mikes, being a young player does not excuse that. Every player in baseball history knows to hit a cutoff man, knows to anticipate where he will throw the ball when he gets it, knows not to make the third out at third base, etc. It's not because they weren't told about these parts of the game, it's because they chose to ignore it. The managers job is to see that they don't ignore it. And that means all of them, not just a select few. I think that's his biggest failing. Thats a quality that all good managers either have, and it's the first one the players notice if you don't!
  17. Platoon
    Reusse has a deep history in baseball, from his youth on. He is likely the only writer that enjoys the game enough to follow it on all levels, not just with his Twins press pass as a job. Is he correct on every evaluation? Probably at about the same rate as the teams scouts, FO, and posters here are. You could fault him for being old school, and others could be faulted for being too analytically attached. But no matter, he has likely saw more baseball games live, than any two of the other TC pundits combined.
  18. Platoon
    And never in the second inning, play for a run with this pitching staff. Ugh. I am not of the never sacrifice crowd, but it should be reserved for certain instances, mostly late, in a close game. If you can follow woth the right hitter. Not just willy nilly. One never knows, when Centeno bunted the first time he could have hit a double instead, and still DP'es the next time!
  19. Platoon
    Star Trib headline Star Date 9/16/16. " MN TWINS PLAY BEST GAME OF YEAR". Sub heading: "Post game a stunning announcement" Following the game, manager Paul Molitor announces his retirement! "My work here is done" proclaimed Molitor. He went on to blah blah blah......... Star Date 9/18/16. Jim Pohlad names Paul Molitor GM of MN Twins!
  20. Platoon
    I am not listening, actually forgot about it. Your post is at 12:34, so up 2-0? Early? And he sacrificed? If next you tell me he PH Robby, I am heading to the SW corner of moms basement!
  21. Platoon
    Whether one agrees with a specific lineup move on a particular day or not, Molitors lineups simply have no direction. Not to the future, not to defense, not to match ups, virtually not to anywhere discernible. Speaking of nots, the biggest thing a MLB manager can do is not make the team worse than it is. Put people in places where they fit. Where there talent matches the postion. Make them aware of their place and standing on the roster. Treat them all the same way, enforcing your vision whether you are Mauer, Dozier, Kepler, or Rosario, with similar reactions. No, that will not solve actual talent issues. But the managers job is NOT to acquire talent, it's to make the best of the talent he has. Molitor has not, nor does he seem to have the capacity to do so in the future.
  22. Platoon
    A break? Or did they sign someone whose SO numbers could only increase at this level? What I find interesting about the Twins, is they take someone like a Walker or Palka, and contend he can't play MLB because his SO rate will likely increase from an almost unacceptable level already. Yet they spend 25M? for someone from a lower level ball with essentially the same weakness? I sure hope it's just the wrist!
  23. Platoon
    Parker>>>> "As far as Dozier's future, you're right, it's likely to regress next year simply because this was a career year and opponents will spend all winter figuring out a strategy to keep him from beating them -- just like they did at the end of last season when they went away-away-away and this season when they stayed away and shifted the infield until he proved he could beat it. ". I watch where the catcher sets up, not where the pitch ends up. I still see them sitting outside, even emphasizing the spot with a hand wave etc. And pitchers endlessly leaving the ball up and middle in. While Dozier is on an almost ridiculous streak of not missing his pitch, he is getting a plethora of them to swing at. He has improved laying of the two strike off the plate stuff, but I have not understood the reluctance to STAY out there by pitchers. So he hits a single once in awhile? A BB? Or feed him a piped FB? To me it's a duh. IMHO, pitchers who work down, and away, have a pretty good chance of succeeding, those who's ego, or lack of control cause them to throw FB middle in don't.
  24. Platoon
    I read a lot of the TC columnists regularly, but I do think this is the first of them to actually call for Molitors head. And even this one is past due. This morning I was thinking of why I even watch anymore, and I do. Either live or DVR, but I do. It's not because I care if they win or not, frankly winning only hurts them at this point. So why? While I like baseball and have since I knew what it was, it dawned on me that in the last couple months, my interest lies more in "what the hell is he going to do today"? The unbelievable lineups, Suzuki as DH, RG in the 3 hole, the inconsistent use of playing time for discipline, the complete misuse of Meyer and Berrios initially, talking about owing veterans on the team a chance to win, offense over defense in defensive positions, never a definite BP rotation. As the song goes, "day after day and night after night it went on and on". Reuesse is right, you can't and won't win without pitching. But that doesn't mean the rest of the team should play at the level of the Dundas Dukes. (My sincere apologies to The Dukes) And with that, I will let the bashing of Reusse commence!
  25. Platoon
    "Pitching. The art of throwing a baseball 60'6" and missing bats.
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