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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I call into this show looking for scoops. You have to have some good ones here. I'm thinking TC Bear is behind this in some way. Moderatorgate has to be a drop in the bucket between what is going on right now. Don't you think?
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    naked batting practice here we come...
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, strange way to orchestrate your exit.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, Antony reports to DSP. I don't know much about DSP, but I really hope he'd avoid the Sano for Hoey swap mentioned elsewhere.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    It has it's own wiki... http://calvinball.wikidot.com/ of course a search for Calvin Ball also drums up some dude's resume....
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd think MLB posts organizational guidelines internally. Heck, even the NFL does that.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    I loved reading the Calvin ball episodes.... they had like what, 20 bases?
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not an expert on how these things work, but I'm not sure the end results will be what you had in mind
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't get this one as much. The team wants to go with the kids... by all means do so, but Molly has been pretty adamant against that approach. I can live with the boneheaded moves up to a point (presumably if he's improving in that area), but I don't like the idea of Polanco getting a call up and then rotting on the bench. That's not how a prospect is handled. Those are the types of things that worry me, and if I wanted the job, that's the type of crap that gets stopped. I get that the mess starts and ends largely with TR, but this strikes me as the kind of meddling that will make problems worse before they get better.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I usually sing TRs praises in acquiring talent as well, but these trades happened at a time when prospects weren't nearly as valued. A lot has changed in that aspect of baseball in the last 20ish years, and TR was a big reason for that change. I'm not quite so certain he adopted well when he could no longer pick and choose who he wanted when someone called asking for major league talent. That aspect of his job has gotten a bit more difficult over time. He's made some decent trades since then, but not of the quality listed above, and he's had a few more misses as well.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Toxic cultures are a bit different to deal with, and having worked in a few, I can personally attest that there's some truth to that. Usually though, the toxicity is most noted by the competent folks who are usually the ones being held accountable for that bureaucracy b/c they don't know how to play the blame game. This gets more difficult b/c it becomes exponentially harder to figure out who is and is not competent. That said, I don't think toxicity is the problem here. The org doesn't behave like one. You want to see an organization that behaves in a dysfunctional manner, go look at the NFL front office. I don't see that style of behavior in MN with the most obvious exception being the occasional media leaks clearly targeted at specific people. I would just expect there to be more evidence of a toxic FO if that's the case. I could be wrong there.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not going to argue that the organization is a bit too much on the country club side. I am going to argue the idea of the reverse Peter principle (if such a name exists). People rise to those jobs b/c they were good at their former jobs. Turning around and simply canning them on principle is the wrong answer. No doubt that the front office needs some cleaning, but if you want the best end results, then the org as a whole needs to be smart about the cleaning. Gardy teaching baseball fundamentals and Smith continuing to push paperwork is not what is wrong with this organization unless each of these individuals still retain far more power outside of their skillsets. Based on my observations, the org needs a clearer direction at the top, and it needs some significant help on the development side. Only Gardy is really in the cross hairs there, and I'd argue he was added b/c the FO recognized this to some extent, whether Gardy in particular is the right guy for that job, I'm not sure, but I'm responding more to the fire for the sake of firing mentality. Things can get worse. They really can.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    That's just not true. Generally, you won't get an existing GM to uproot unless there is a good incentive for them to do so, but as Brock stated, there's a lot of good reason to want this job. Like it or not, there are plenty of positives about the organization starting with a lot of young talent. What needs to be done differently is development. It's not like the next GM is in inheriting the worst team in baseball with no young talent.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    No one is arguing the need to bring in fresh blood. We are arguing the idea that everyone in the org should just be canned. That was the implication here. Smith was a good administrator. His role in administration at this point has nothing to do with baseball operations. If he's to be canned, it's because he's not doing a good job in that role, not because of his failures as a GM.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Brian has figured out how to turn ADHD into a special talent. One awesome game thread intro.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I guess the first concern I have about this is that you ignore the successes that these folks have. I do agree that the org needs new blood, but fire for the sake of firing is not a good thing either. Smith did bring some value to the org, just not as a GM. Putting a guy like that back in a position to which they were competent in is not bad practice. Bad practice is firing a competent guy b/c he/she was part of the old regime, not due to the quality of his/her work. No doubt, things need to change in the org, but believe it or not, they can get worse.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    This is the bigger issue. Not quite sure how Antony is at identifying MILB talent. If he lets his scouts/analytics guys do it, then i'd say by all means go and sell. But I have to think this was a clear sell indicator. Ryan has never been one to do that when he's forced to. He handles trades well when someone else's hand is forced. The real concern to me at last is that we end up with more WTF moments like Capps for Ramos or Hardy for Hoey. I think in the end, just collecting the best talent given is probably the best strategy, but for guys like Dozier, Suzuki and possibly Santana/Nunez, I'd want specific types of talents.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Hmm... where do I apply?
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    One thing I do see is that should be a pretty clear indication that they need to sell. This strikes me as an odd time to do this unless TR was pushing back against deadline selling. Maybe I'm reading too much into this.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Oh, not sure it's excellent news. Rob Antony is taking his place.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    https://t.co/LF2iYotKZ9 It's on ESPN.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    These types of statements really make me wonder whether our expectations are realistic. Escobar's .774 OPS along with average to above defense makes him a pretty valuable commodity at short. League average SS are much worse than that. As for Nunez, he's a utility guy, and as one he's quite valuable as he can spell 2b,3b, and SS keeping an above average bat in the lineup or providing one off the bench. Not saying I wouldn't trade him for the right offer, but I don't think the team's problem lies up the middle (except that they do need to find a spot for Polanco).
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    That's already being done. MLB is being sued by a bunch of ex-minor leaguers. Not quite sure where it has gone.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    If you were in Fort Wayne, you really needed to head up north and get some wings at Checkerz... You missed out there.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Seems to me this belongs in the fun with numbers thread... man that thread just died this year with the Twins performance.
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