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  1. glunn
    Let's at least put the inflammatory language in context and with a different emphasis: "Ryan's staunch opposition to giving any sort of credence to advanced analytical research is frustrating to me. So is the staunch insistence, by some, that anyone who doesn't bow at the SABR alter doesn't know anything about evaluating baseball talent." I am not saying that the post is not inflammatory. Indeed, I am wondering if we need a new rule about deleting any post that uses the word "bow" or "bowing". We are seeing those words too often, and they are not helping.
  2. glunn
    Shane, I have great respect for your insights and writing, as I do for Seth's. Sometimes I agree with him and sometimes with you. I would hate to see you slow down, much less leave. The good news is that in these forums we are all equal. Just try to be a little less inflammatory -- the "rampant bowing down" comment would have been so much better if it had been phrased in a more respectful manner.
  3. glunn
    Please be advised that every member of TD, from the founders to the rookies has a forum to say whatever they want. In these forums we are all equal, but we are also all subject to TD policy. If you follow the policy, you can say what you want and any member can argue with any other member, so long as the argument is respectful and does not violate any of the rules that are posted in the policy thread at the top of the main page. Frankly, I personally agree with you more than Seth regarding the issue of whether cycles explain the Twins current woes. As a moderator, I work for Seth and the other founders, but it is OK for anyone to argue with them -- just follow the rules, which we have spent a lot of time developing and which are posted in a sticky thread that is easy to find. Your post does not violate TD policy, but your comment about "non-independence" troubled me. I just want to make it absolutely clear that it would be completely wrong to think that there is some kind of conspiracy to be apologists for the front office.
  4. glunn
    I think that you make a fair point about that sentence at the end being inflammatory, and I wish that I had issued another warning to tone down the rhetoric. On the other hand, having been a moderator for a while, I don't know which is worse -- labeling and personal attacks versus inflammatory statements and trolling. They are all against the rules and we are going to continue to enforce all of the rules. We moderators have been instructed to enforce the rules and we are trying our best to enforce all of them. The goal is intelligent, respectful debate. Passion is good, but it must be tempered with respect. Otherwise, the ideas get drowned out by the personal squabbling. We are trying our best to strike a balance here, and every one of your moderators talks with the other moderators almost every day about how to promote civil debate without squashing the passion that most fans feel for their positions.
  5. glunn
    I look forward to reading these blogs.
  6. glunn
    I was expressly talking about a gut feeling. And in the next paragraph I admitted that this might be completely incorrect. That said, my sense is that Beane almost always comes up with more wins per dollar of payroll than almost any other GM, and that he generally comes up with a competitive team despite a relatively meagre budget. I wonder what he could do with $100 million per year of payroll.
  7. glunn
    That is what I was referring to -- thanks, John.
  8. glunn
    "Failure at trying to be the best I can live with, failure at trying to be mediocre, not so much."
  9. glunn
    Moderator note - please tone down the rhetoric.
  10. glunn
    I believe that the cyclical theory explains part of the lack of success of the last 3 seasons, but my gut tells me that if the Twins had hired Billy Beane 10 years ago, there would have been a lot more success. Even if I am completely wrong about Beane being far more effective than Ryan/Smith, it seems short-sighted to me not to pursue every possible avenue of improvement, particularly hiring some people from organizations that have produced better results with less revenues. For example, it seems to me that the A's almost always have better pitching than the Twins. Why not try to hire a couple of their scouts and minor league coaches? If they bring good ideas, keep them. If not, then don't renew their contracts. I will be a Twins fan until I die, even if they lose 100 games per season forever. I spend a lot of energy and karma hoping that they will win. I buy their merchandise, watch their Menards commercials and attend their games. I feel that they owe us fans their best efforts, and that includes trying new things when the old things are producing record levels of TID (Twins Induced Depression). I also don't see how management can ignore the fact that other teams are doing new things and enjoying far greater success than the Twins. Yes, the innovation and the success MIGHT be purely coincidental, but it seems to me that it would be arrogant not to at least try the new things. Many of us fans give 110% of our hearts rooting for the Twins. After 3 years of TID, I think that we deserve 110% from the FO, and that includes being willing to admit that outsiders may know better.
  11. glunn
    Moderator note -- please tone down the rhetoric.
  12. glunn
    Kob's post was patently incorrect (considering that the Twins have fired more white guys than black guys) and inflammatory, so I deleted Kobs' post and awarded him an infraction. Now you compound Kobs' trolling by implying that the Twins are racist with respect to Black and Latino players, despite the fact that most of their top prospects are Black and/or Latino, e.g. Buxton and Sano. I happen to agree that it would be wise for the Twins to look for greater ethic diversity in terms of coaches, but veiled and unsupported insinuations of racism are offensive and inflammatory. We moderators are giving a lot of latitude in this thread, but if you want to talk about racial or ethnic discrimination then you are going to need to be factual and sensitive to the reality that accusations of racial/ethnic bias are inflammatory when they are based on conjecture.
  13. glunn
    John, your argument is logical, but even if Gardy is a good manager and difficult to replace, I believe that the Twins would benefit from some new blood and fresh perspectives, preferably from a new manager who has worked inside an organization that has had great success with a low budget, such as the Rays or the A's. My personal sense is that Gardy is not a great manager, but even if he is, it seems to me that the Twins have been developing a losing mentality and maybe some players are no longer listening to Gardy and his staff. I have no evidence of this other than watching a lot of continuing mediocrity on the field, but obviously a lot of us feel that Gardy is not doing a great job. In my mind, there is lots of room for debate about Gardy's competence and effectiveness, but after watching three years of dreck, I am ready for some new blood, or at least some different variety of dreck.
  14. glunn
    I was deeply disappointed. I was hoping that the Twins and Gardy could mutually agree not to renew Gardy's contract. I was hoping for some new blood from a winning organization, like the A's or the Rays. That said, I will remain a steadfast Twins fan for life and continue to care about my fellow Twins fans and respect the fact that some of them disagree with me. I wish that Gardy was gone, but hope that he justifies the confidence that some of my brothers have in him.
  15. glunn
    Moderator note -- this is at best an exaggeration. Please read the TD policy sticky thread about "trolling." I share the opinion that Gardy has not done a great job with rookies and young players, but to say that he "hates" them is unprovable and inflammatory.
  16. glunn
    If you set up the thread and notify a moderator on game day, then we can make the thread sticky.
  17. glunn
    And thanks to you for being part of this.
  18. glunn
    Another disappointing season, but at least we had fun on the game threads.
  19. glunn
    That, and maybe an apple crisp.
  20. glunn
    So it looks like the Twins will get the #5 pick.
  21. glunn
    Same to you my friend. You have been a valuable contributor to the game threads, and I am sure that your mom is proud of you.
  22. glunn
    So if the Cubs and Twins end the season with identical records, who gets the higher draft pick? Do they flip a coin?
  23. glunn
    Then Colabello fails to harness her power.
  24. glunn
    So who makes the World Series this year? I am guessing Tigers and Dodgers.
  25. glunn
    Olivia!!! I once paid a woman to change her name to Olivia.
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