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  1. REPETE
    I don't consider myself a cockeyed optimist, but I have to say, I predicted in Spring Training the Twins will win the World Series. I've been right twice before!!!
  2. REPETE
    Yeah, I struggled with that too. As for this team, does anyone see similarities with the '91 team? Worst to first, and nobody expected anything from them at the beginning of the year, either. In hindsight, in almost all sports, we often forget how a team that wins it all was perceived at the beginning, or even middle of the year. We just remember they won, and talk about what a great team they were.
  3. REPETE
    I believe it's a combination of Molitor's calm, plus Torii's got them having fun. It's nice to see the guys jumping in the outfield after a win (for that matter, it's nice to see a win!). This team was missing a spark plug. As TK said when they brought in Dan Gladden, "you need a guy like that on your roster." Bill Parcells said, "you are what your record is." That means right now, the Twins are 6 games better than 500. Will they end up there at the end of the season? Who knows. But right now, they are 6 games over 500, and I'm enjoying the ride, and looking forward to the roster still being turned over at mid season, due to injuries, poor performance, or young guys performing so well in the minors they can't be ignored any longer.
  4. REPETE
    with all the fielding woes of this team, I don't recall catcher being the spot everyone's looking at. Unless Joe was able to run from behind the plate to the outfield on long fly balls, this isn't going to help. As for Santana, yes, we could put Escobar there and improve immediately, but we need to find out if we have our SS of the future. Escobar may give us 3 more wins on the year (generously!), but ultimately, nobody will really care if we lose 93 or 90. Santana should've played SS all of last season, but the manager at the time was trying to save his job, not build for the future.
  5. REPETE
    I would say this site, as a whole, is fantastic, esp when comparing it to the morons previously mentioned on Star & Trib (no offense meant towards said "morons"...). However, the previous quote about Indiana, while obviously meant as a joke, sums up the problem at hand: 1. it's a tangent that all too often occurs ("Joe Mauer Batting Title" turns into FO should've never signed him to a huge contract, which spurs "other horrible signings" discussions) 2. There's always 2 sides to any argument, regardless of it's whether Joe could win a batting title, whether the FO should've signed him to the long term deal, whether the FO should have/have not made any other deals, or whether the Indiana Law is good or bad. Without typing a three page post, which nobody would read, it's impossible to get all arguments in this type of forum, so nobody should be trying to "win". Best thing to do on this site would be to stay on thread, don't take things personal, and don't turn someone's disagreement with you into a personal argument between the two of you.
  6. REPETE
    I have often thought the "roid" policy has gone too far. I'm all for banning substances that make huge arms & bulging foreheads, but if i twist my knee, and go to the doctor, what do they prescribe? Steroids! So a fat, out of shape guy that gets hurt getting off his couch can take something to go to work without pain, but guys playing sports 162 games per year can't take something to keep them on the field? These are the type of things that keep guys on the field, which in turn, keeps people sitting in the stands. Who wants to go watch Doug Bernier playing MLB because the young guy in front of him twisted an ankle and is out for 2 weeks, when the guy working at the post office can be back doing his route in 1? (nothing personal towards the post office or it's workers, mind you).
  7. REPETE
    I have a feeling if Meyer, Berrios, and/or (to a lesser extent) May are up here for long periods, this team may be farther from contention. That said, I'd still rather see these guys learning on the job than Milone, Pelfrey, & Stauffer's Lasagna. At least then we can be talking about contention in 2016.
  8. REPETE
    I also believe Nunez stays on the roster, if for no other reason than a bat off the bench. So far, in Hermann's limited ABs, he hasn't shown much. Nunez at least poses the threat of getting a hit. They could probably throw his glove away.. As for the bullpen, I couldn't agree more. If the old guys falter, I hope TR is on the phone quick. I'd much rather see the young guys come up and get bloody noses in a learning experience than the old guys get bloody noses before they're knocked out of the league.
  9. REPETE
    only thing good you can say about Stauffer is he makes a decent frozen lasagna. Outside of that, he can hopefully get a guy out now and then, but we don't have to see him too often!
  10. REPETE
    Love the September angle. We have a full season tix package, split by 15 people. I purposely got multiple games late in the year, just to enjoy the young kids, and look to the (dare I say "bright"?) future!
  11. REPETE
    So Hicks could be on his way to Pittsburgh to resurrect his career? As for Arcia, I love the guy, but hope he gets his act together, and realizes a 380' HR counts the same as a 480' HR. I think Morneau had the same problem, and it took him a few years to figure that out, too.
  12. REPETE
    My hope is they keep Graham on the major league roster, if for no other reason than he wears stirrups. I do have to say, it's nice to be talking about keeping a 5th starter, not because of potential, or the future, but the fact they may actually do something, like win 10 games. Last year, they kept Gibson (against ALL odds). This year, by all accounts, Milone & Pelf (besides his last outing) have looked good. They could do worse things than send the youngster down for a month or two, as whoever they keep will know they are on double secret probation.
  13. REPETE
    I could never figure out why Santana was in CF last year. It was another Gardy gaffe. He should've been playing SS every day last year to determine if we have our SS of the future. I love his arm at SS, and hope he sticks, but had Gardy played him at SS, we'd have a much better idea of the future today! IMHO, Escobar is an nice player, and I think he has great value as the utility player, and he's good at it! But I can't help but think he falls into the category that TK was quoted on others; "He's a nice player, but you put him in the lineup every day, and he'll play his way right out of the majors."
  14. REPETE
    The great thing about Pelfrey was he took so long, you could TIVO his games, and start watching about an hour into the game. His pitches worked perfect with the "30 second jump". The trouble came when he got knocked out in the 3rd inning, then you couldn't fast-forward between each pitch, and you still watched until 11PM. Being at the games he pitched were hell!
  15. REPETE
    I do agree. $130K is NOT $130K, I'm assuming they're walking away with about $70K after taxes/agents (give or take). But it's an opportunity to pursue a dream. If the dream comes true, that's when the big payoff comes. They know this going in. Most guys know (especially college draft picks) in about 3 years whether they have a legitimate chance at the show. That's where the signing bonus helps. If it's a High School pick, they're getting paid something. In college, they don't even get a stipend, They're paying their dues, and hoping for the best. I don't know how many minor league players each team has, or what the financial impact would even be for a MLB owner. And I certainly won't begrudge anyone for making more money. If they can get it, more power to them. Again, all i'm saying is, the article mentioned they make $1100/month. I just didn't think it was 100% accurate, portraying these guys as making $5500 annually..
  16. REPETE
    No, but that's a 9th round pick. For higher picks, i'm sure they make a little more, picks below that make less. But for a chance to chase your dreams, I'm just saying it's a trade-off, and they have 7 months out of the year to earn more than their $1100 stipend.
  17. REPETE
    I'm not saying $130K for 4-6 years is great, but it's not as dire as the article suggests. "$1100/month" doesn't tell the whole story. Plus, the schedule isn't as long & grueling as the Majors, so these guys can, and I assume have to, get "offseason" jobs to make ends meet. So it's not nearly as bleak, when you consider it an opportunity to live out your dream, and potentially earn more than most of us could hope to make over 20 years at a regular job..
  18. REPETE
    If Eddie earns a spot out of Spring Training, I still believe he's only keeping the spot warm for Buxton. So using him as an every day CF for half the year, then moving him to a corner spot would be OK. Sano in the OF? That could be the 2nd coming of Delmon Young...
  19. REPETE
    after reading the article on Max Murphy, I'm a little confused on the Minor League salaries. He was a 9th round pick, and "quickly signed for $130K". I assume that $130K is a signing bonus, meaning the stipend he gets for playing in the minors is just that, spending money. The $130K is what he should be planning on thru his duration in the minors. Am I looking at this all wrong?
  20. REPETE
    Ever since Gaetti drilled a guy in the back with a foul ball when he was leaving, I'm terrified to leave! I try to live by the rule "Don't leave the game early!", but my wife (who gets up about 4:30AM every day doesn't always see things the same, so I finally gave in last year in a meaningless blowout loss in late Sept. She promised she'd never tell anyone, but I told her "I'll know". The one game I always throw back at her was the Willinghammer walkoff 9th inning HR vs Oakland a few years back, and how glad she was we stayed for that. But that game was 3-2, and still took 3 1/2 hours, along with all the games Pelfrey pitched! I do believe Baseball needs to address this and shorten games. There's 162 of them.
  21. REPETE
    So Brock, when we were looking for people, I considered posting it on this forum, but thought it wouldn't be proper. If we need people next year, is this OK?
  22. REPETE
    We do the exact same thing in Section 118, and lost 3 people to the 90+ loss seasons. Luckily, we found one new taker right away, and found 2 people in the last 2 weeks. Our old Season Tix Rep (Kelcey McKean) was going to assist us in finding people to join us, but then left. But I'd suggest contacting your rep, and asking them to assist you. They have the lists of people that dropped their whole package, but may be interested in 5 or 10 games.
  23. REPETE
    Using the eyeball test (very scientific), Plouffe did improve. But improving from terrible to OK is not what this team needs. My issue with his throwing errors weren't the "hurried" throws. The people in Section 108 were in danger when Plouffe got a routine grounder, and made the casual throw. Again, by the "eyeball test", he seems to rarely make a great play. 3B is a great place to be flashy, and he certainly doesn't have Flash.
  24. REPETE
    "Lowest rate of fly balls leaving the yard? That will bounce back hard." I don't believe this is necessarily true. The move from Yankee stadium was undoubtedly good, esp moving to TF, but the decline of "roided up" hitters he faces will keep that number in check. HRs in general are going down.
  25. REPETE
    Only way ANY of these pitchers should be considered trade bait is if they all pitch lights out in spring training, and we truly have a "glut". If that happens, there's always plenty of teams looking for a starting pitcher due to injuries. But if the injury bug hits the Twins, we'd be shaking our heads asking why we got rid of pitchers?
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