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Watching catchers set up outside on Dozier, and watching one pitcher after another miss it I the inside makes me think it's almost getting into their head. You get it inside in this guy, and he's gonna kill it. Just have to keep it outside,, ,,,,,,,aw bleep!

And your post likely ruined any chance we had for the least post in a thread........ Whoops

I keep watching it and thinking it, and not believing it. In his first AB he got one in and up also and missed it.. It seems odd. But good for Doze, they keep throwing him his pitch, and he just keeps hitting it.

Did not Rob hit 3 last night? Had a pretty big night? And now is in the 7 hole? It's time! FREE ROBBIE NOW

Park in a vacuum is one story, and one speculation. Park on a team with this many DH/corners is another one. While his contract is leverage, there are a lot of people for not enough spots. When he hits it, his power is real, all over the field. But he still looked like a serious guess hitter to me. I hope the new regime gets either a solid DH year out of him, or trades him for something we need. Of course, if your manager sees Suzuki as a DH, and Grossman as a 3 hitter, Parks next year will not be that important.

I liked your post because it was civil and punctuated properly! I also liked the use of and/or. And I maybe/must have been contradictory/confusing, because: 1. Under no circumstances do/did I want TR back. 2. I have been clear, crystal, forever. IF you can trade BD for a solid SP, i.e. a #3, then pull the pin. This is based on our very clear, crystal, need for SP. In another place, other than TwinsWorld, I would probably not do that, but the need for pitching trumps all. And there are limited resources here to acquire said arms. 3. Extending Dozier past his 32 year, to me, seems a poor idea. He is a heavy pull FB oriented HR hitter without the true all fields power of the Cabreras and Sanos of the world. Your going to be buying the end of the line. IMHO. Plus, you trade from excess, and the Twins only excessive is hitting. 4. Such an extension, would have been a TR imperative. Ergo, if the new guy jumps right in and does it, I euphemistically said, "we could just have kept TR". 5. I have been waiting for new leadership for this team, probably longer than most. I was very happy to see TR retire the first time, and would have never brought him back. 6. No the next GM should not be solely judged by his handling of Dozier, it should be judged by the totality of his work over a few years (kind of like my posts are). . But whoever he is, has a bigger mess on his hands than some here like to admit. Somehow the new GM is going to have to convert some of this offense, to pitching and defense. It's gonna be a fun winter. 7. Any mistakes in the previous six points, are solely the function of auto correct!

If I resent that, do I do it in this thread, or the other one?

PM: There’s not a lot that I’d be seeing clearly even if I were to focus on looking ahead. So, here in the interim … Look, I know people say, ‘Just catch Murphy every day. Play Sano at third every day …’ It sounds good in theory. In practicality of trying to compete, and give my pitchers chances, the people that are here. … It’s not that you feel compelled to play everybody, but there’s a lot that goes into those decisions. Like I said, if Sano plays 15 of the last 20 games at third base, how is that going to affect him going into next spring? I can’t tell you. But I get that people want to see those guys, and that games don’t mean a lot, at least to the fans in terms of winning and losing. They want to just go ahead and ride it out and let ’em suffer through whatever you have to suffer through. It’s not that easy for me to just do that. I try to have an idea of what the feeling is out there. I know guys want me to try to win games. At what cost do you want to either stay in the moment or look to next spring? The problem with next spring is there’s not many givens. I don’t know who you’d say is going to be a lock right now.>>>>>>>. When I read this I thought, well after 144 games, and all the inside info you should have from being the teams manager, you have no idea what a plan is for next year, especially as far as fielders go. Even if it's just your own plan? I thought that somewhat odd? And then I saw this lineup, and it was all clarified! He truly doesn't have a clue for next year. We are seemingly going into year 6 or 7 (I lost track) of a rebuild, and we still don't have a plan?

Is this like spring training?

You are! It's TwinsWorld. TM by the way. A place where up is down, and down is where we normally reside!

There was a lot spoken and little said here. But I want to comment on one point Molitor brought up. If I interpreted him right he thinks playing Sano at third, catching Murphy, etc impact the other players chance to win. Those players had a chance to win, it was called "The first half of the Season". (As I am typing this, I just found out Robbie G. is hitting in the 3 hole. Of course he gets a a 2 run single) . Everyone who thinks RG is a three hitter, and improves the teams chance of winning, raise their hand!

I agree and always have thought the same. That said, Molitor has brought some of this on himself by using the words "I" too often when discussing moves. Those comments certainly gave me the impression that he had an inordinate amount of input into the roster.

Ah, NO! I said if we EXTEND him, then we could have kept TR. I also said that trading him for SP was first choice, keeping him, if no SP was second, and extending him was 14th. But that was an hour ago, I now have changed extending him to #27! That said, I liked your post!

Many who left here in the past were monetary decisions, as in CHEAP decisions. This isn't. This is a strategic decision, hopefully to bring much needed SP. The FA market is blah, the Twins regardless of who the new GM is are not dipping into the top tier FA market, and our MiLB guys are not really studs. So where is some SP going to come from. Someone has to go. Without an influx of SP, and even with some improvement of the youthful hitters, the best I can see is 15 games out of the WC, instead of 25. SP in baseball is like a QB in football. You either got them or you don't compete. Pitchers and QB's win games. Second baseman and WR contribute, but do not have anywhere near the impact!

That makes me sad! In order of preference: 1. Trade for a MLB caliber SP. 2. Keep him. 14. Extend him. Let's give him a 4 year buyout/extension, so we have a 34 year old 2nd baseman who is coming off of a career 8 weeks. If that's the new GM, then we could have just as well kept TR.

That doesn't seem to be enough. Any watcher of horror flicks, and the last years of TwinsWorld have been a horror, knows about the hand that comes up out of the water. They never stay down. I would opt more for the wood chipper in Fargo! .

Hi. My name is Jim Pohlad, and this is my friend and your manager Paul Molitor. Paul and I go way back, our kids went to private school together. But enough about us, let's talk about the job. First off, the Pohlad companies firmly believe in letting their executives run each company without ownership interference, and.............. (Sound of door slamming). Pohlad to Molly: where did he go? Did we say something wrong?

And while my like means little to you, you still have it!

"Quit treading water". That has been my same feeling for at least the last two years, and probably should have been before then. Using actions and results as a window to look inside of Ryans philosophy it seemed this: Never make a big mistake. Never go all in, and never admit your toast and go all out. Always remain on the fringes of relevancy. Good orginisations know sports are cyclical. You are good, you have low drafts slots, your players age or move to greener pastures, and one day you say WTH, and start rebuilding. You trade off your remaining assets for prospects and start over. And if you are at least semi honest with your fans, and proceed with a plan, most will give you the benefit of the doubt. It's the only way to build a competitive team. Spending some money wisely when well into your cycle finishes the equation. But money alone will not do the trick. I hope the new FO comes in and try's to iron out this process, which is roughly a year or more behind schedule, and not take a short cut, and try and just bring the rubes back into the concession stands!

That seems all so long ago, in a world far away! .

And as all thing in TwinsWorld, Grossman goes away from his strength, working the count, and it surprisingly doesn't work.

Maybe you could help the Twins find a nice home for Plouffe?

Hopefully Kitty is going to a Cubs household!

Have you told him yet?