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Everything posted by cr9617
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He's still overpaid
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This team could lose 90-95 games with or without the Hammer. It's all about pitching...
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No team is going to give up anything promising for Blackburn and the rights to pay 5.5 mil next year.
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Article: Ten Second-Half Storylines
cr9617 replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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I didn't call you Sid Hartman. I compared your statement about Mauer haters to those who refuse to criticize him, regardless of how much he gets paid, what position he plays, how soft he is, or how much of a clubhouse guy he isn't. Maybe I should have rephrased my point.
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If you mindlessly protect Joe Mauer at every turn, you are basically a Sid Hartman simpleton type that can't think on his own. BTW..I don't hate Joe Mauer. I just hate everything he represents, that's all. He just isn't worth anything near 23 mill per year for 8 years. There are a lot of guys in the league that can a game with one swing of the bat, and he's not one of them.
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Yep, never disagreed with that. I'm saying it's a mute point. He never intended to leave the Twins, and he wouldn't last 1 day in NY or Boston, and he knows it. He would have been absolutely destroyed last year. He can't even handle the media pressure in the Twin Cities....
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Right on I would say the main reason his popularity has taken such a big hit, is this: He and his agent used the Hometown angle to squeeze every nickle out of the Twins that they could. They knew that Twins would face a PR nightmare if he signed elsewhere, and the FO couldn't allow that to happen. While there was no doubt other teams would have offered as much or more for his services, it's pretty clear that Joe could never survive the pressure and media scrutiny that would go along with playing in a place like Boston, NY, or maybe Philly or L.A. I don't think he ever had any intention of playing anywhere other than MN, knowing full well the Twins would be forced into offering a massive contract. Forget about a Hometown Discount, the Twins had to pay a Hometown Premium to keep him here. Even though, i don't think he ever had any desire to play in bigger market with all that pressure and scrutiny. He's one of us. His agent used that angle and had the Twins over a barrel. Then his production goes down, he starts to transition away from catcher, he shows us how soft he is, how clueless he can be, and how non-exsistent his leadership qualities are. He's the anti-Kirby Puckett. We all know he's a great hitter. But he's paid like a top 5 player in the game, and he's more like a top 30 player. And some of the fan base feels cheated by one of their own....and he still doesn't quite seem to get it.
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I agree with this. Although, I wouldn't get your hopes up going forward. I don't see him as much more than a 2 or 3 year solution at SS. I hope I'm wrong...
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I don't know what you are trying to prove with your little tantrum. It's probably best for all of us if you analyze spring training statistics on your own time. Thanks for you cooperation.
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Read through your entire post(again). Spring training stats? Come on.....
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Spring Training numbers? Come on....
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Article: White Sox vs. Twins, 06/27/2012, 12:10pm
cr9617 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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Pretty much all the names you mentioned are, at best, borderline MLB players. It's hard to create something out of nothing. They already went to the well and found one keeper in Diamond. They would be extremely luck to find another.
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Mauer's response to Rickie Weeks
cr9617 commented on Bark's Lounge's blog entry in Blog Bark's Lounge
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Nishi isn't even worth discussing at this point.
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Agreed. I hope the FO doesn't have mediocrity as its main objective. HOPE being the key word..
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The Twins are in last place in the worst division in baseball, and have the worst record in the AL. More than that, they have no starting pitching to speak of going forward. This team is so far from contending....
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Let's hope they get a blow away offer....
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I disagree with the logic, and the reason. Get it?
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Conjecture? How many MLB starters have been worse than Blackey in the past 2/12 seasons? I'm sure you could find a few, but not much more than that.
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You are a consistent apologist for Blackburn, and I don't know why. He was ordinary at his best, and terrible at his worst. Lately, as in his last 2 1/2 seasons, he's been at his worst. It doesn't help that he's sort of the Poster Boy for their famous pitch to contact philosophy, which they were so proud of. I just look forward to the day he's no longer wearing a Twins uniform.
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He was nerver all that good to begin with, and should never have been given a multiyear deal when they didn't need to. Has has 1 pitch, a sinking fastball....and on most nights, it doesn't sink.
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I think you are underestimating the market for Greinke. The most we coud hope for in terms of a FA signing is a medium sized splash, so maybe one of those guys at the bottom of your list. Anyways, signing one or two average SP's isn't the solution long term. If teams are willing to overpay for some of our veterans, you have to listen...
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The Twins and Their Supposed "Outfield Depth"
cr9617 replied to Alex's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Tip of the cap to you...