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  1. spinowner
    For those too young to remember Harmon Killebrew he and Thome were essentially the same player except for the side of the plate they hit from. Killebrew was 5 inches shorter but just as strong as Thome if not stronger, if that's possible.
  2. spinowner
    Except I'd leave off the exclamation point. He didn't say it loudly or enthusiatically. It was more like being in awe of having seen how hard the ball was hit. And there was a shot of the dugout on replay where they showed the players reacting. There was no audio but Orlando Hudson clearly said, "Holy (fecal matter)!"
  3. spinowner
    Agree. But I still like thinking about this. After all, spring training is a time of unbridled optimism.
  4. spinowner
    Keep in mind that revenue comes from the public, either directly via sales of tickets, concessions, licensed merchandise and so forth or indirectly via advertising, sales of broadcast rights and so forth. The owners only collect and redistribute it (with a small cut for themselves for the trouble ). So if you decry the size of salaries of any entertainers, whether musicians, actors or athletes, then the only way you can make a difference is to ignore the entertainment.
  5. spinowner
    Plouffe is a difficult one because I think his primary value to the Twins is as a trading chip. The advantage of extending him (if the cost is not too high) is that it improves his tradeability, at least in theory. The receiving team would know that he's locked up and would be willing to part with more in return than if there's only a year or two of control. The disadvantage is that if he's not traded the Twins are then locked in with a player who may not fit.
  6. spinowner
    I don't care much about whether he flips his bat. That's way less important than what he does with his bat when a pitch comes in.
  7. spinowner
    But it took quite a few years before he got enough command of other pitches to really succeed. I remember watching the Twins playing in Shea stadium in 2002. He was facing Mo Vaughn and got two strikes on him and then threw him a Blyleven-quality curve. Vaughn could do nothing but watch. That was the moment when I knew he had finally turned the corner and become a really good pitcher.
  8. spinowner
    Amazing but true--major leaguers can hit a straight pitch no matter how fast. I'm waiting for the day when some fireballer throws a straight 97 or 98 to Miguel Sano and he hits it over the third deck at Target Field. It will happen.
  9. spinowner
    Those are reasons that make me think that Sano and his agent(s) would negotiate for a lot more. That said, I predict Sano will get the biggest and longest contract ever signed by the Twins, probably in two years or sooner.
  10. spinowner
    I was too old when Kirby came up for him to be an idol or a hero. And I didn't see him play until 1985 because I was in optometry school out of state in 1984. But by 1987 he was my favorite Twin of all time and therefore my favorite player of all time. And that is still true today. The story I heard is that he had an eye exam scheduled during the 1995-1996 off-season but he had a cold or something that day and decided to cancel because his vision seemed fine. If he would have kept that appointment his condition would have been detected and treated and he would not have lost any vision. While he always had a positive outlook in public I have no doubt that he was devastated by being forced to retire before he was ready to do so. And the knowledge that his vision loss was completely preventable had to have made it even worse. We all have our demons and when a person is going through hard times it's easy for those demons to overwhelm. I strongly believe that if he had finished his career in the usual way he wouldn't have had the personal and health problems he encountered later and that he'd still be alive today. So if you haven't had an eye exam done recently please schedule one soon. Fortunately cases like Kirby's are rare, but we want people to find things out the better way and not find things out the worse way.
  11. spinowner
    I'll add 3.: There is another GM willing to buy high. The Ben Revere trade was a good example. 1: Everyone knew we wouldn't win much in 2013. 2: We had Aaron Hicks. I would guess Ryan knew he wasn't quite ready but hoped he could survive. And 3: the Phillies were willing to give a good pitching prospect (May) plus throw in Worley. In reality I don't think this type of trade happens very often unless the buying team either is desperate, is in a pennant race or misjudges the player being sold high.
  12. spinowner
    Agreed, although it's easy to envision a scenario in a year or two in which I'd change my mind about Buxton.
  13. spinowner
    I remember seeing the footage of him on draft day. Loved it then, love it now.
  14. spinowner
    Add Arcia as the fourth outfielder. Thinking optimistically that could be the best outfield in the major leagues in a couple years.
  15. spinowner
    Promote this officer to Captain! (We already have a Chief.)
  16. spinowner
    No extension for either. Suzuki's future, as with many backup-caliber catchers, is as a coach. Or maybe minor league player-coach as in Crash Davis, if fiction can come true in real life. I think the Twins will come out smelling like a rose with Dozier's contract. He'll be down-turning when it expires and we'll have Polanco/Gordon/Vielma to cover the middle infield by then.
  17. spinowner
    The great philosopher Red Green put it this way (or very close to this way): If you're not having fun but your wife is, you're still having way more fun than if you're having fun and your wife isn't.
  18. spinowner
    Ha. Interesting way to look at it. I'd bet on Garza to take the title. Actually I wouldn't bet on it. If one of them is put into involuntary retirement how would you factor that in?
  19. spinowner
    I agree that this is the almost certainly the case. My guess is that TR never put out feelers because he knew that the market would be unfavorable. Even though it was widely speculated that Plouffe could be traded there was no reason to tip his hand in any way unless he thought a good deal could be struck.
  20. spinowner
    I just now decided to catch up on this thread, so I apologize for being a bit out of sync. My comment on this is that at that juncture the Twins were desperate. Everyone knew they were not going to contend for the postseason. No elite FA would have signed with them. They needed someone/anyone who had a track record of eating innings. Even looking back, I think the Nolasco signing made sense based on what we knew at that time. Sometimes things work out well and sometimes they don't.
  21. spinowner
    I think we're doing all this because we were unable to trade Plouffe for what we all (including TR) think he's worth. As has been said before it's an unfortunate situation of a buyer's market for third basemen.
  22. spinowner
    It's easy to forget that you can't just make a favorable trade whenever you want. You have to get another GM to agree, and that simply doesn't happen all that often.
  23. spinowner
    In addition to the decrease in innings pitched per start scoring has dropped significantly with the passing of the steroid era. Both of those trends make bullpens more important now than they've ever been. If those trends continue there may come a time when you are correct, but I don't think we're there yet.
  24. spinowner
    Keep in mind the thread is titled "Dreaming of 200 Home Runs". It doesn't harm anyone to be a little overly optimistic. But even if he hits only 5 Sano's 40, Plouffe's 30 and Arcia's 30 will make up for it.
  25. spinowner
    Last season I commented that Sano has 700-home-run talent. Here are the numbers. He will turn 40 during the 2033 season. An average of 38 per year would land him at 702 at the end of that season. Now, I'm certainly NOT predicting that he will hit over 700. That would require his health to be consistently good for a long time, which is a challenge for a large athlete. But I will predict that he will hit 40 in more than one season. In fact, I think I will predict that he'll hit 50 in more than one season.
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