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Or, maybe it's a combination ... they haven't wanted to for a number of reasons, not just because they haven't wanted to, or they couldn't reach an agreement, or they knew they would be outbid and didn't want to go that high, or it fell through, or ... again ... there could be many reasons for this and narrowing down your reasons adds to your frustration. While there are things I don't like about the front office, accusing them of something based solely on appearances and on something you know nothing about, is a little petty, imo.

So, just because the Twins don't sign a particular player, it's because they didn't try? That might be true of a given player, and they have their reasons, but sometimes your comments come across as this being the answer whenever they don't 'appear' to go after a particular player we all want. Just because we don't know the internal workings of the front office doesn't mean they aren't doing 'stuff.' There are a whole host of reasons why any front office, ours included, can't, won't and don't divulge details of just what they are doing and why; and yes, sometimes it gets frustrating to not know all the whys and wherefores, and we are left to speculate. Speculation can be fun, but when your speculation turns suspicious or accusatory every single time, it just does not do you justice because I know your mind to be way better than that.

Thanks for the rundown, guys! I have yet to make it to a Twins Fest given my work schedule and distance from the Twin Cities. Next year ...

Lol, that clip was awesome! Life changing!

FIFY

This is a shame, imo.

ARcia, with his mowhawk-like haircut showing

Great read, Seth! You do such a good job at showing the 'human interest' side of players ... hope to see, er read, more of it!

You should come back and give us a post-fest opinion of your time there!

Closer for some than others. I have my travel and lodgings arranged.

As long as it's respectful, have at it.

You could probably get his autograph at the Meltdown if you asked.

Pitchers and catchers report Feb. 22; first workout, Feb. 23. Full squad reports Feb. 27; first full-squad workout, Feb. 28.

I sometimes leave early when I accompany my parents to a game. For various reasons, they often can no longer sit through an entire game, especially my dad. (Dad is now 89, mom is 85.) Also, my dad uses a walker, and it's easier for him to leave with the least amount of crowd possible. We end up with a compromise ... they eke out one more inning for me, and I leave before the end of the game for them. I left a game early last August. It was a blowout, Twins losing. And it was HOT out and my seat was in the sun. And I had a long drive back to Chicago ahead of me yet. Given all those reasons, I didn't feel it necessary to stay for the entire game. I didn't miss a grand comeback, either. While I prefer to stay to end, and I try not to make it a habit of leaving early, sometimes there are good reasons to do so.

I like reading these types of articles on players. It's interesting insight.

PC police will give you a demerit for that one.

I haven't watched/read this above posted articles yet. But all I have to say is I think it is wrong to make pets out of wild animals that are not domesticated for such things.

This. And I risk getting this thread really off track, but it seems to me the loudest screamers of 'freedom' are the ones who want the greatest control of the outcome. But then maybe that's my perspective from an admittedly biased point of view. The peaceful way out ... until everyone can let go of the hate, that has been bred for as long as the conflict as existed, I'm not sure one exits.

I agree completely. But some still won't support the paper, and have a right not to, because of the content it represented, even if that support is going to the victim's families. I, personally, would rather support the victims through a special fund, rather than buying a product I do not agree with. It's a difficult choice, and sometimes one has to keep in mind the greater good, but is still a choice we are all free to make for individually using whatever strongly held beliefs one has.

Here is my perspective. I don't think gunnar's post is irrelevant to the conversation. In very broad terms this whole incident brings to fore clashing world ideologies, and freedom of speech has become part of that discussion. Charlie Hebdo isn't just publishing satire for satire's sake. They are publishing satire for a very pointed agenda. While the freedom of speech discussion is an entirely different one, there are a lot of questions of responsibility surrounding this incident. I find some of this satire ... reprehensible, quite frankly; but I think they still have right to create it and publish it. And everyone has the choice to ignore it, not support it, support it, read it, buy it, protest it, whatever. And the group being 'challenged' by the content do not have the right to respond in the violent manner they did. I don't think anyone has that right. But at what point does freedom of speech go too far? At what point are those doing the poking at all liable? And why the need to demean, belittle, offend, degrade? Face it, this wasn't satire for humor regardless of any humor any found in it. (And no, an emphatic no, I am not suggesting in any way, shape or form, that any of these victims deserved this, brought this on, should have been censored, or any such thing.) But at what point does this go too far? That said, no matter what group is being 'satired,' even for, to me, an agenda I do not support, no one has the right to take life, to respond so violently, in the name of anything, anyone or any Being. But as we bury ourselves in Paris, Nigeria goes unnoticed. To the broader sense ... ideologies. There is no answer for it. Maybe someday we all will learn how to live side by side no matter what our beliefs and/or disagreements. Maybe for a start we check our anger and our easily offended sensibilities and quit accusing the other and try a little humility and think that maybe, just maybe, no one is 'right' or 'wrong.' That all said ... my above moderator note stands. Please discuss. Try not to get personal with it or take it personally. At the end of the day, instead of holding someone else in disdain for something they said or something you think they meant, and remember that all lives count.

Okay, this is obviously a hot button topic and we each have our own thoughts. If we can't even discuss this without getting irritated and annoyed with one another over varying perspectives, there is absolutely no hope. Before this becomes a war of words please take a step back and allow for some consideration of another's points even if in total disagreement.

It was at the beginning of the change over ... I think in that 'Welcome to the new site' thread ... which is pages long and you may have missed it. But I do recall that it came up somewhere and was mentioned somewhere.

He did. Back in the beginning when this site changed over to its new look.