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  1. Bill Brown69
    For my 2 cents this starting 8 can win a World Series if the DH position is filled with a RH power bat that can also be serviceable in a pinch at a position.
  2. Bill Brown69
    As a pitch frame skeptic I am more interested in passed balls, caught stealing and most important - calling a game.No data to study the last element. I think that a real good framer is always trying to catch the ball with the edge of his mitt, leading to more passed balls. That last part though is why the catcher position will never be truly understood except by those who have worn the mask. My Dad was a minor league catcher and even I don't have more than a 10% knowledge of what makes them good. 2 stories to share. Dad was catching a guy who had a live arm but wild. 12 pitches in the bases would have been loaded except for the 3 pitches that went to the backstop. He took the ball out and shoved it under the pitchers nose and said "throw this SOB over the plate and let somebody else chase it!" 9 innings and 1 hit followed. 2nd story, Dad went out to talk to a pitcher, pretty rattled, couple runs in and a couple guys on base. "Hey do you see that blonde in the 4th row? I will set you up with her if you can strike this guy out. Frank Howard struck out and the pitcher and my aunt have been married close to 60 years.
  3. Bill Brown69
    No concussion this isn't even a topic. Put Mauer at 1B at 24 years old this isn't a topic. Last yer I really don't think Mauer had much of a case, but now I think he has at least a chance. A gold glove at 1B or another batting title or a WS ring and I think he is almost a lock but 1 more year of .290ish with few homers and I guess he tops out T 52% of the voters. It is a shame because he was the best pure hitter since George Brett, with all due respect to Tony Gwynn.
  4. Bill Brown69
    I am sure hoping for 86 wins before Sept is over.
  5. Bill Brown69
    WC game Santana First game after Big Sexy!!!!!!!! Then Berrios, Gibby or Mejia and Santana! Then we figure it out for the next series!!!!
  6. Bill Brown69
    Simple, take 6 of the next 8 for 80 wins, sweep the Yanks, 83 wins, and then go 5-5 for 88 wins. Don't know about anyone else but I LOVE the fact that we are most likely to play the Yanks in the playoffs(if we make it) Get that monkey off my back and beat down to the tune of a big time blowout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  8. Bill Brown69
    How about we start talking about building a real winning team, not just a team with a 80-100 mil salary? I do think that Carl was a tightwad but I also think Jim is a bit more of fan and is willing to take a little less % to field a team that can win, not Detroit wild spending but reasonable and mostly in line with what was expected when the new ballpark opened.
  9. Bill Brown69
    My biggest hope is that he bats 3rd next year with Sano behind him.
  10. Bill Brown69
    I have 2 things. If Mauer can go 40 for 100 (40 for 105 in his last 30) he will finish the season at .321. I looked all this up hoping there was a way for him to win another batting title but even if Altuve went 17 for 89(round numbers to divide) he will finish at .333. No player in history has ever went 50 for 100 but that would put Mauer at .340. #2 Mauer gets a lot of blame for not hitting home runs from a position deemed to be a power position. We however have a second baseman that hits like he plays first. Their 1638 combined OPS is higher than the Red Sox, Indians, Angels, Dodgers, Yankees or Mariners starting 1b,2b combo, along with others that aren't in the playoff hunt. I for 1 am rooting for Mauer to win another batting title next year, although from maybe a different spot in the order.
  11. Bill Brown69
    The Hawks and Bison are at the same level, just in different conferences for now.
  12. Bill Brown69
    Yep, the Fighting Hawks, as in How About We Keep Sioux.
  13. Bill Brown69
    17-11 September record should make that last game a moot point so we can rest up for the playoffs.
  14. Bill Brown69
    But you are missing the part about being a MLB GM is the utmost is exclusive "good ole boys" club. You can get away with blocking a player now and then but if you consistently play like a jerk then all the other GM's will just quit even taking about dealing with you. When that happens you are out.
  15. Bill Brown69
    And the defense...oh, my the defense. Absolutely spectacular. here's the best part: it can still get better: with more experience, he's going to get better at making his break on the ball, taking the best possible route, honing his arm and decision-making. This is some of the finest CF play we've ever had in MN, and we've had a lot of really terrific CF D over the years. I'm not ready to call him the best ever defensively in a Twins uniform...yet. but that's the sort of thing we're talking about. Best in the game, potentially one of the best all-time Right now I would put him a 3 man argument over the best defensive CF ever to wear a Twins uniform and IF HE STAYS HEALTHY over a 12+ year career I have no doubt that he will be regarded as #1 defensively of all time. Edit to add on. Buck is right now 91st on the career active list for Defensive war, in 3 partial years!!!!!!!!!
  16. Bill Brown69
    Then tempt him with a 10 year expensive contract. While you are at it tempt Kepler, Rosario, Polonco, Sano and Berrios with long term contracts just to see who would bite. I understand that it is highly doubtful all sign but get 3 over the next 2 years locked up.
  17. Bill Brown69
    Well, I hope so!
  18. Bill Brown69
    This could well be a Minnesota thing. Hrbek after shock! The FO will have to evaluate all of his issues along with every other player of our current "core" and put forth contracts accordingly. For me the strikeouts are the glaring number but the walks give you pause to think what could happen if he REALLY recognized the strike zone. That would put him in rarified air.
  19. Bill Brown69
    This is the deal, if you can bunt, slap it to right, pull it hard and hit homers then there is no way to defend that. Use the whole field, including that 30 feet in front of home plate and the weapon that is Byron Buxton's potential is something we have never seen. Sit back and enjoy the ride because this is going to be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  20. Bill Brown69
    The same reason 95% of hitters can't beat a shift. By the time you get established as a MLB player things are so ingrained it might take years to change.
  21. Bill Brown69
    If Mauer would have moved to first 10 years ago he would be in the discussion with Keith Hernandez and a couple others as the greatest defensive first baseman of all time.
  22. Bill Brown69
    From the day Hrbek retired until the day the contraction was announced I did not watch or listen to a single game. I could not stand the misery of knowing that the only baseball would be bad baseball.
  23. Bill Brown69
    Not sure if I would put Duffey as important as the others. Sano might well be the unaffordable contract. He has publicly stated his goal is to be the first 500 mil contract in baseball history. Lock up 3 position players long term, 1 per year for 3 years and evaluate pitching as they develop and lock up 2 pitchers for a long deal and we have a reason to pull for "OUR" guys for several years.
  24. Bill Brown69
    My statement was more from the average fan perspective. They had better use those savings to lock up some of this core or else there will be a @*%&load of fans walk away from this team. I listed 6 guys who look like they could become solid players if not All-Stars. If all 6 walk at the first year of free agency or are traded before because "we can't afford them" then kiss me goodbye as a fan of this team, and a lot of others just like me.
  25. Bill Brown69
    I have so much to say on this that it would be its own topic BUT Here is what I have said before. "I DON'T CARE IF THE 2015-6-7 PAYROLL WAS UNDER IF THEY USE THOSE SAVINGS TO LOCK UP SOME OF THIS CORE FOR 10 YEARS" I do not make Falvey/Levine money but I have created 5 businesses out of thin air. Identify the right guys to sign long term and do it! Is this Rosario the real one? Can Kepler keep moving forward. Can Sano keep his weight under control? Can Buxton not kill himself the way he plays? Can Polanco stick at short? Is Berrios the next coming of Pedro Martinez? Everybody has question marks, but the front office is paid to identify the right guys and put them on the field and keep them here for the fan base. I for 1 am sick and tired of having to project every one of our prospects to flourish and have a career year at the same time to even sniff at being competitive. Give me some guys I know will be here and I can go buy their jersey and enjoy following for a number of years!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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