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  1. FranTheMan
    Mine came back-to-back ... being six-hours plus away, only get to a handful of Twins games each season. One of them was a 21-2 win over the Red Sox in May of 1994. Kirby had seven RBI. I helped out with baseball play-by-play for local radio station and they got me a credential ... was able to get Kirby to do an approximately five-minute interview just before the next game. He probably was impressed by my Rockies inaugural year tee shirt from Target ... http://i41.tinypic.com/10d8awi.jpg
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    I think the 2011 debacle resulted mostly from multiple injuries that forced the Twins to field a largely minor-league/not-ready-for-primetime line-up for much of the season. If the real issue is as you speculate, hopefully the players still around were given a reality check by management. Baseball or elsewhere, employees cannot be given the impression they're in charge. They're not. But, again, my advice to Hardy is if/when the past is brought up, he just say "no comment." He has his boucoup contract in a low-pressure environment, with a perennial also-ran. Away from mismanagement and impatience. He should count his blessings, play baseball and cash big paychecks.
  3. FranTheMan
    Games look fantastic on the iPad version of the app (via my home WiFi).
  4. FranTheMan
    Don't think FCC has anything to do with the blackouts. The NBA package is not affected. In fact, NBA games aren't blacked out in League Pass, even when the opponent network is the only one carrying a game. This is all about MLB. They have fans willing to pay (most are 'displaced, such as Yankees fans in Kentucky) and so there's no reason to change from MLB's perspective. Even though a black-out free MLB package would be great for promoting the game and would sell like (something less cliche than hotcakes). I am in-market for Twins games, but bought mlb.tv yesterday, so I will be able to see the AL Central rivals, plus the Rockies and Dbacks (closet fan of both, even before Cuddyer and Kubel) and be able to hear Vin Scully all game. I paid $124.99 for premium. One improvement this year is premium buyers get the At Bat app, unlocked for mlb.tv, no blackout radio and GameDay graphics, included for no extra charge. Have it set up on my iPad and iTouch and worked great for yesterday's Yanks/Phils ST game. Last season, this app cost $14.99 and if you wanted it on more than one device, you had to pay that price for each device.
  5. FranTheMan
    Yup. "Idiot" Brewers and "idiot" Twins. The player was the victim, twice. Fired, twice. For no good reason, twice. Speculating here, but I think everyone, Hardy especially, will be better off when this dead horse story is buried. It does him no favors.
  6. FranTheMan
    I've been to six or seven MLB parks. I loved Coors Field, but that was tempered by the Twins losing two of three there (in a season when they lost only four interleague games). My 1A is Cleveland (still The Jake to me). I absolutely love the Home Run Porch railing in LF. You are literally on top of the LF and I will never forget the fan-prompted dance-off between Jason Michaels and Rondell White that went on for about five innings. Will always have a soft spot for Rondell after that. I also happened to see what, unfortunately, has turned out to be the last sighting of totally dominant Liriano there. Cisco and Nathan combined to strike out 17 in nine innings. Nice ballpark and great memories. Not sure I got the full Wrigley experience. Had infield terrace seat and it was a night game against the Astros, Zambrano and Wandy putting up zeros. Best part was it was a really bad night for Soriano. He struck out his first three times and the fourth time, hit the ball off his body. He thought it was foul and didn't run it out. After the three K's, that made the boos rain down. Even kids were calling him every name in the book. Game goes extras and in the bottom of the 13th, up comes Soriano with the bases loaded. Yup, a walk-off grand slam. Pretty sure he was elected mayor of Chicago that night. Maybe I got the full experience after all.
  7. FranTheMan
    Would like to see Willingham play RF a few times before making a judgment. But I disagree with this point, Seth. Speed and athleticism play a big part in getting to balls and, even moreso, getting to balls that take a quirky bounce (see spidey and others above) or are misplayed. Hopefully, Willingham gets to everything, because the balls he doesn't get to seem likely to be triples or inside-the-parkers.
  8. FranTheMan
    If the wild cards are 'losers who don't deserve to play any more games,' then why have wild cards at all, let alone more of them? It would be a better idea to treat all playoff teams equally. This is a victory for the "Yankees Objection" and MLB greed. It is not about the fans at all.
  9. FranTheMan
    I think both Hardy and Ortiz were cases of them being healthier and of Twins' instruction paying off too late to help the club. There is an implication from both that the Twins Way is wrong or incompetent and that is absurd. Would like to see all players take personal responsibility for their failings, show some appreciation, and not point fingers after the fact. Not classy. At all.
  10. FranTheMan
    Suggestion: Stop reading/listening to Souhan. Your mental health will be better for it.
  11. FranTheMan
    There certainly is cause for concern. But it doesn't seem Morneau's condition has changed for the worse. The story is colored by Souhan's typical glass half-empty perspective. The presentation of the same quotes by other Twins media are not nearly as gloomy.
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