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  1. Highabove
    Last year's Revenue was 213 million. 97million dollars of that is going torwards this year's payroll. Its not that complicated.
  2. Highabove
    How many private corporations receive a 390 Million dollar subsidy from the public? I will wait for my answer.
  3. Highabove
    This definitely gets my thread of the year vote. https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNQlhc8Vd9YElBa2i3MKDm8jVAdgENgeA1DidATqN9CuArPEZm
  4. Highabove
    Spending wisely can fill the areas that your Farm system cannot. In years past, the Twins Farm System was producing front line and star players. The Twins did not need a lot of Payroll to Win. Tampa Ray's Fans will never complain about the lack of money their Team spends on starting pitching. The Rays developed one of the premiere staffs in Baseball. The Twins Farm system spit out Liam Hendricks. Up to this year, the Farm System was not developing any power hitters. The Twins spent some money and brought in Willingham. If the Twins want to be competitive, the Organization must go out and buy what the Farm System is not supplying. It's as simple as that. At the same time, restock and develop your prospects.
  5. Highabove
    In 2010 the Twins showed an operating income of 26.5 million dollars 2011 the Twins showed an operating income of 16.6 million dollars Those are not bad before tax earnings. The Business Of Baseball, 2011 The Business Of Baseball
  6. Highabove
    I believe the current payroll rest at 97 million. Marquis 3 million dollars was added a few weeks into the season.
  7. Highabove
    1 In 2001, the Twins were finally starting to turn the corner with a crop of young new Stars. The Pohlad's were about to reside over a new age of winning Twins Baseball and all of the positives which would go along with it. Instead, Pohlad chose to take the big money, by offering up his team for liquidation. Luckily, Judge Harry Crump ordered the Team to play the 2002 season. If Pohlad had realized his wish, there would have never been Division Championships or a Twins Team to Talk about. This is only one reason for the negative feelings towards the Pohlad's.
  8. Highabove
    I wonder if we can look forward to seeing him in a Saint Paul Saints Uniform.
  9. Highabove
    There is 30 million dollars coming off the books next year. Where is most of that money going, into the pockets of the Pohlad's? The Twins have the resources to seriously upgrade there starting pitching. Unfortunately, Ryan will probably stick to his old habit of bargain basement shopping. The fans may also revert to their old habit of showing up as empty seats. It works both ways.
  10. Highabove
    Do you miss me???? Matt Capps https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTw9WY_-04ohR6-rfIU1BYnU8MENGgk6Iz4B5HC4wstF4MZQDj4
  11. Highabove
    add another 0-2 hit
  12. Highabove
    up 0-2 on both Batters
  13. Highabove
    From LaVelle Twins (36-48) 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Ben Revere, RF 3. Joe Mauer, DH 4. Josh Willingham, LF 5. Justin Morneau, 1B 6. Ryan Doumit, C 7. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 8. Brian Dozier, SS 9. Jamey Carroll, 2B Pitching: Cole De Vries, (2-1, 3.91) Rangers (51-34) 1. Ian Kinsler, 2B 2. Elvis Andrus, SS 3. Josh Hamilton, DH 4. Adrian Beltre, 3B 5. Nelson Cruz, RF 6. Michael Young, 1B 7. David Murphy, LF 8. Mike Napoli, C 9. Craig Gentry, CF Pitching: Roy Oswalt, (2-1, 7.79)
  14. Highabove
    Did Blackburn really find the light in just a couple of days? Much easier for soft tossers to find success in AAA. A large amount of Batters will display a lot less discipline at the plate.
  15. Highabove
    2013 Free Agent Class Starting pitchers Scott Baker (31) - $9.25MM club option Erik Bedard (34) Joe Blanton (32) Fausto Carmona (29) - $9MM club option Bartolo Colon (40) Aaron Cook (34) Kevin Correia (32) Doug Davis (37) Jorge De La Rosa (32) - $11MM player option with a $1MM buyout Ryan Dempster (36) R.A. Dickey (38) - $5MM club option with a $300K buyout Zach Duke (30) Scott Feldman (29) - $9.25MM club option with a $600K buyout Jeff Francis (32) Gavin Floyd (30) - $9.5MM club option Freddy Garcia (37) Zack Greinke (28) Jeremy Guthrie (34) Cole Hamels (29) Rich Harden (31) Dan Haren (32) - $15.5MM club option with a $3.5MM buyout Livan Hernandez (38) Tim Hudson (37) - $9MM club option with a $1MM buyout Edwin Jackson (29) Hiroki Kuroda (38) Colby Lewis (33) Francisco Liriano (29) Kyle Lohse (34) Rodrigo Lopez (37) Derek Lowe (40) Paul Maholm (31) - $6.5MM club option with a $500K buyout Shaun Marcum (31) Jason Marquis (34) Daisuke Matsuzaka (32) Brandon McCarthy (29) Kevin Millwood (38) Jamie Moyer (50) Brett Myers (32) - $10MM vesting option with a $3MM buyout Ramon Ortiz (40) Roy Oswalt (35) Carl Pavano (37) Jake Peavy (31) - $22MM club option with a $4MM buyout Brad Penny (35) Joel Pineiro (34) Anibal Sanchez (29) Jonathan Sanchez (30) Ervin Santana (30) - $13MM club option with a $1MM buyout Joe Saunders (32) James Shields (31) - $9MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Chien-Ming Wang (33) Jake Westbrook (35) - $8.5MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout if club declines Randy Wolf (36) - $10MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Chris Young (34) Carlos Zambrano (32)
  16. Highabove
    Good comments I'm glad that the (Trade Everyone Frenzy) has finally subsided.
  17. Highabove
    Theilbar has been with Rochester for a while. He's doing very well, does need to bring the walks down. A story in the making for the former Saint?
  18. Highabove
    There is another reason why I am appreciative of Revere. Watching a parade of waver wire pickups in right field was starting to get painful. I can see the Clete Thomas's of the world at Saint Paul Saints games.
  19. Highabove
    Twins Fans pay Major Market prices for Tickets and Food. They are not going to pay that Money for a bad product much longer. Totally stripping the Team for prospects is not going to happen. It is possible to put a competitive Team on the field and restock the Farm system at the same time. Draft Smart, develop and make a great trade when the opportunity arises. Its been done before. Again, the Twins have priced their Tickets to where they are now the 5th highest in Baseball. This is a very relevant issue.
  20. Highabove
    As stated above, 3O Million dollars will be coming off the books after this season. Unfortunately, the Pohlad's may choose to pocket a large portion of that Money as they did this year. I agree that the Twins do not need to sign one big splash free agent. They do have a large amount of money to rebuild the pitching with solid mid price players. The Twins do risk falling into the forth spot of irrelevance, which has been held by the Wolves for a number of years. The Wolves are building to win too.
  21. Highabove
    The Twins will have more then enough money to acquire a couple of mid tier pitchers, or a top Free Agent. It's a given that Scott Diamond will be on the staff.
  22. Highabove
    Deduno will eventually be up here if he can keep his walks down.
  23. Highabove
    DPJ is correct. It is well documented in print and on the sports shows.
  24. Highabove
    This a funny year. It just doesn't feel like your watching a last place Team.
  25. Highabove
    Hendricks does not even trust his own stuff off the Bat. All he is right now, is a Minor League Soft Tosser.
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