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  1. John Bonnes
    I think I've defended Delmon more than jusst about anyone - even wrote a multi-part series on him - but he got every opportunity he needed. He just didn't perform, except for 2010. To this day, I don't understand why it didn't work, but it didn't. And the Twins traded him away because they weren't going to offer him arbitration and the shouldn't have offered him arbitration.
  2. John Bonnes
    I also think I have a copy or two of the Prospect Handbook we could send to him...
  3. John Bonnes
    Where do you think DeVries ranks right now if the Twins need to call up another starting pitcher, compared to the other arms in Rochester? Ryan hasn't been as hesitant as Smith to add folks to the 40 man roster if he thought they could help....
  4. John Bonnes
    We could let him back into the Twin Cities. :-)
  5. John Bonnes
    If he's healthy, I love this idea. He was who pitched against the Twins on Thursday, right? He got shelled, but I didn't think he velocity was bad, so I assume he's healthy. The Angels are in full blown panic mode on their bullpen. This could well be a mistake they made.
  6. John Bonnes
    Hughes has had a couple of big errors recently at second base, particularly with respect to turning double plays. I remember quite a few people on this forum telling me that Hughes D at second base was comparable if not better to Casilla's when Hughes was lighting it up in spring training. So I have a couple of questions... 1) Still feel that way? 2) Is his roster spot (for position players) the most in jeopardy, even though he doesn't have options? I pointed out after the first game that it looked like Plouffe was the first guy off the bench for an infield need, and Plouffe is also right-handed. If something happens, like Doumit or Mauer or Carroll is dinged up a bit (but not bad enough to go on the DL), and the Twins feel like they need to call up a third catcher or utility infielder, Hughes looks like the most redundant player right now.
  7. John Bonnes
    Are there any high end rotation types? It doesnt sound like there's much like that in his year's draft. Giolito's health, Appel's K rate, ZImmer's velocity, etc. there is no use targeting these guys if they aren't who we want them to be.
  8. John Bonnes
    I don't. Initially, I pointed out the inconsistencies which I assume you're referring to. (I forgot about Stewart, but that's why we talk these things out.) But I was struck by the Santana/Hunter vs. Mauer/Nathan dichotomy, particularly Hunter/Nathan. There may have been particulars behind the scenes in each that made the difference, but from a general standpoint, they look very similar. To be honest, I still haven't seen a reply that totally satisfies my question as to why the situations between those four players were so cut and dried different. Or maybe it is coincidence. You want to know why I asked the question? Because several times per year I'm privately asked various questions about the Twins and race, that's why. Some of that may be left over from Calvin Griffith years, where it was an awfully touchy subject. But when it's a thoughtful question (or accusation), and I don't have a great answer, rather than play the Outrage Card, I choose to say "I don't know" and think about it. Or even to dare to discuss it out loud. Which is what I did today. But now it's time for bed. I think I'll sleep OK.
  9. John Bonnes
    I hadn't thought of Stewart. It's a fantastic counter-example. A couple of people here have mentioned Puckett, but I don't consider that as particularly compelling, mostly because it was 20 years ago. But Stewart is a great example that it took 50 replies for someone to mention.
  10. John Bonnes
    And Willingham gets in on the action by throwing to the wrong base.
  11. John Bonnes
    Hughes' spot on this roster it tentative enough without sucking defensively.
  12. John Bonnes
    Criminy, Hughes.
  13. John Bonnes
    And then another. Ugh.
  14. John Bonnes
    Tough break. The Twins get a double-play ball but Swarzak reaches out, knocks it down and it ends up an infield single. Texas scores on the next batter with a single.
  15. John Bonnes
    Got the link. Here is the story from vita.mn: http://www.vita.mn/story.php?id=147062235 It has things a little different than me. 1. It says MMG Untouchable is Danny Valencia, so he might be alternating between that one and the Fugees. If so, it wouldn't belong to Parmelee. I was trying to do these from memory. 2. Ryan Doumit: Mother by Danzig. He got his list from Dan Edwards, so I assume he's correct and I'm wrong.
  16. John Bonnes
    I just want to thank the community here for contributing to this discussion in a thoughtful way. Emotions can run awfully high with this topic, and I was hesitant to even start it. It's really nice to see this community handle it so well. THANK YOU.
  17. John Bonnes
    To be honest, I'm not totally sure on that one for Doumit. I was having trouble keeping up. Can you provide a link to that story on vita.mn. I was looking for some official documentation on this, and I think they got it straight from Dan Edwards, who plays the music at Target Field.
  18. John Bonnes
    I didn't get that from the story at all. I thought it tried very hard to point out what a couple of posters have pointed out; if there is any racism, it's almost completely subconscious. I think it's worth considering, that our background influences us all on a gut level. And that gut level impacts how much we connect to people. How much we connect to people influences how desperately we cling to them.
  19. John Bonnes
    I now just have this gif running constantly in the corner of my PC screen. It never gets old.
  20. John Bonnes
    Go back and click on Seth's link. You will not regret it. That is AWESOME. We need to see if we can post that somewhere on the front page.
  21. John Bonnes
    The argument in the story isn't that these moves were made for racial reasons. The suggestion was that a team feels more pressure to hang onto players with which that fan base identifies and a Minnesota fan base identifies more with Mauer and Nathan than Hunter and Santana. We can go back and forth on specifics, but I don't see any significant differences in the situations that explains why two deals got done and two didn't. If the Twins would've kept Hunter and Santana and let Mauer and Nathan go for exactly the same money, we would be saying the same thing about Mauer/Nathan that we say about Santana/Hunter: they wanted too long of a deal, they were too expensive, etc. That doesn't mean that the Twins made a decision based on the color of the players' skin. They may have made it because they felt like the fan base demanded it, or because they felt like the players wanted to stay more, or because they were more popular. But then the question can be asked: why would the fan base demand it more, why would the players want to stay more, why were they more popular?
  22. John Bonnes
    Well, sure, Nathan was paid like an elite closer. Hunter was paid like an elite center fielder. Santana was paid like an elite starting pitcher. They were all paid about the market value. They were also all given very long contracts. The difference is that the Twins paid Mauer and Nathan, but didn't want to pay the market value for Hunter/Santana. I'm just wondering why the difference? It's not like Santana/Hunter were more replaceable. The Twins didn't have a high upside center fielder when Hunter left - that's why they traded for Gomez. And when Santana left, Liriano was recovering from Tommy John. I'll also ask another question: was the author right? Was there more urgency from the media/public/bloggers for Mauer/Nathan? And if so, why?
  23. John Bonnes
    The Twins struggled in Latin America markets, to be sure. If I remember correctly, their pride and joy was the Venezuelan academy, which is not closed, partly because I think Venezuela is such a mess. That can't help their ability to have Latino player on the 25 man roster. It may be that this just hasn't been an organizational strength.
  24. John Bonnes
    Thanks. That pdf is awesome. It's going on my phone. Yeah, the area I'm talking about is pretty clear. It's the "K" spots north on 1st and 2nd St., to the west of 3rd Ave.
  25. John Bonnes
    I was much better at this in the 80s and early 90s, back when they had REAL music. #Sonny
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