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  1. glunn
    Windy the Pegasus. I wonder if somehow this could jinx the entire system. Those tiny wings are barely enough for a bird and could never support a horse.
  2. glunn
    Who should play right field if Kepler is traded or given a limited role?
  3. glunn
    Good article. And I am rooting for this kid.
  4. glunn
    I am wondering how the Young trade is relevant here.
  5. glunn
    Great article -- very funny and informative.
  6. glunn
    You are welcome. I can understand why you feel the way that you do. I can also understand Nick's desire to make the world a better place. This is a tough time with COVID plus this, and I would hope that as fellow Twins fans we can all cut each other a lot more slack.
  7. glunn
    That's clever, but my point was that people who don't want to see politics on TD can easily click back to baseball. That seems a far cry from telling people to move to a different country. In the old days the phrase was "love it or leave it." If you don't like the Vietnam War then move elsewhere. It turned out that the Vietnam war was a big fraud and senseless waste of lives and dollars. My response to love it or leave it has always been that I want to talk about our country's flaws so that we can address them. I love our country, but serious flaws can't be fixed without admitting that we have serious flaws. Again, my message to Mr. Fellows was that if you don't like "hockey" then keep in mind that the vast majority of our threads deal with Twins baseball, and we do it well because our community is, in general, respectful of opposing views. I was soliciting Mr. Fellows to STAY not leave.
  8. glunn
    You are a good writer. But this differs from your restaurant analogy. Here, there was a sign in the window of the restaurant that you must have read before you came in. And you were a click away from a different restaurant (thread or website). I get your point about not coming to TD for political discussion. I go to ESPN for baseball, not hockey. If I accidentally end up with hockey then I click on baseball. Bottom line -- TD is the best place to discuss Twins baseball. Our community has made this so, and that includes the moderators and hundreds of members. So please just treat political threads like I treat hockey -- not something to care about and something that can be clicked away easily.
  9. glunn
    I am not going to express any opinion about the article or Kepler. I believe that worthwhile arguments have been made on opposing sides of this. Instead, I would like to offer a suggestion that might unify many of us -- I believe that it would be a great thing if the Twins and all other Minnesota sports teams decided to wear patches on their uniforms with the logo "GF" or some other logo that evidences a commitment to justice and positive change. This would be a small response to a huge problem, and there are much larger solutions that will have more impact. But I like the idea of sports teams unifying on the issue of racial injustice, and the patches would remind fans of a problem that have been ignored by too many people for too long. Would it not be beyond cool for the Twins to win the World Series wearing those patches?
  10. glunn
    It still seems to me that there is fertile middle ground that should be explored. My understanding is that revenue sharing could be good for the players in a normal year, and that both sides will benefit from keeping the sport going. I think that the owners should open their books and financial projections to the players and the parties should seek a long-term deal that allows the players to benefit from revenue sharing once things turn around. The players would take more of the hit from COVID than merely pro-rating salaries, but would get more than before after COVID is over.
  11. glunn
    I agree with all of this except the part about this not being an official season. If the Twins win the World Series I want it to be official. If the Twins don't win the World Series then I won't care about whether it was official. And I think that not making it official would diminish the joy that will result if this thing can get off the ground and stay off the ground. I have some appreciation for the sanctity of baseball, but in a pandemic it seems to me that we fans should have the joy of rooting for a championship that is not going to be burdened by an asterisk.
  12. glunn
    I don't know who deserves to be shamed here, because I don't know the numbers. When parties are at an impasse, sometimes the solution is to expand the deal. Revenue sharing seems to work in other sports. Maybe the answer is to go to revenue sharing for three years, perhaps with the players getting 55% this year, then 53% next year and then 50% the following year. . Another solution would be for the owners to give any profits for this season to the players. This would make sense to me as an owner, because otherwise I will probably be facing a loss. In one of the worst years ever, if I were an owner I would consider any deal that allows me to merely break even. And an owner facing a $10 million loss would still be better off with a $5 million loss. I wish that we knew the numbers. I hope that the owners are sharing their projections with the players. If not, then shame on the owners.
  13. glunn
    This is well-written and makes sense. If i were the Twins I would be scouting and courting the $20,000 players. looking for the best prospects, and luring them with every permissible enticement, such as free luxury housing at the training facilities, delicious meals, lots of coaching and video and every other permissible perk. This could be a lot like college recruiting where perks might make a difference for some of the better prospects.
  14. glunn
    A.J. was my first thought when I saw the title to the thread, but I am fine with Jeter. And I am not sure that hate is the right word, but I cannot think of a better one at the moment.
  15. glunn
    Interesting article. I look forward to the takeaways that might benefit current players, and I wonder how the current coaching falls in terms of the schools of thinking that you have referred to. And you are doing great job of explaining this.
  16. glunn
    Metal trash cans might work. And swimming pools. Maybe drain lakes and add liners? And everyone should get their car oil changed.
  17. glunn
    Someone just sent me the following link that adds some color to this issue -- https://library.wilmingtontrust.com/z-featureditems/featured-2/oil-market-collapse
  18. glunn
    You should have thought of that a month ago.
  19. glunn
    This is just a theory, but I have heard that it's expensive to completely shut down a well and then restart it later. In the meantime, there is very little storage available and they cannot just dump the oil. If wish that everyone would fill their gas tanks now -- that might help some. And this might be a good time to look for additional storage for the U.S. strategic reserves. In the meantime, this is probably going to decimate the oil industry. Thanks, OPEC.
  20. glunn
    Oil below zero, and no place to store more. On the other hand, the air in Los Angeles has been very clean.
  21. glunn
    I was hoping to have this pick before Monday.
  22. glunn
    I am hearing similar views..The bounce feels good, but I fear that bottoms could be tested.
  23. glunn
    I love these articles. Thanks, Heezy.
  24. glunn
    I am betting that this is dead cat bounce, that will be followed by significant capitulation, followed by more bailouts, followed by a bottom. I hope that I am wrong. The human and economic toll of this looks worse every day.
  25. glunn
    This thread is a welcome taste of what we are missing.
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