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  1. Dave The Dastardly
    My point being the Twins FO, which proclaimed it was going to establish a pipeline of team-produced talent, has apparently been unable to do so. Unless I'm mistaken, all the SPs listed were acquired via trade. Ipso facto; the pipeline is either plugged, or it leaks like a sieve.
  2. Dave The Dastardly
    No Twins Pipeline Pitchers among the starters? Say it ain't so!
  3. Dave The Dastardly
    Sounds like the Charge of the Light Brigade. Once more onto the breach?
  4. Dave The Dastardly
    Sounds like a typical MLB balls-up.
  5. Dave The Dastardly
    Thou Shall Want
  6. Dave The Dastardly
    Given Winder has been stricken with the Twins' Dreaded Impingement Malaise, thus suggesting reduced time on the mound until, if ever, he fully recovers I'd say the logical path forward for the man leads straight to the bullpen. With a slow build-up he might actually prove to be the proverbial long reliever much bemoaned as lacking by many TD followers. And there is nothing to prevent moving Winder from the pen into a starting role, if he's no longer impinged, as other starters fall by the wayside. Impingement, as we have come to learn, runs rampant through the Twins staff, as well as through Twins fans; the latter perhaps from hoisting too many desultory libations.
  7. Dave The Dastardly
    Very interesting. Farmer is superfluous now that the Prodigal Son has returned. Not many teams would carry a starting quality shortstop for a "spare" and doing so blocks a couple of our Pipeline Shortstops from getting a taste of the Bigs filling Farmer's spot on the bench. I'd say make a deal; Farmer and maybe one of our retread outfielders (Hello Gallo) for LA's best catcher prospect.
  8. Dave The Dastardly
    I've always had a soft spot for KC, mostly because I was living in Eau Claire, WI back in the 70's and met Tom Poquette (Eau Claire native who was an outfielder for KC) thru his brother. Nice guys, both of them. KC had a helluva roster in the 70's, most notably Hall of Famer George Brett and two time Cy Young pitcher Bret Saberhagen. It seemed the team was always in the play-offs. I liked that, that a small market team could be a continual serious pennant contender and always hoped the Twins would learn a few lessons from KC's success. Unfortunately, it seems both teams need more than a few baseball lessons these days. Regardless, I still root for both. Maybe I need a few fandom lessons myself.
  9. Dave The Dastardly
    Another "sure fire" reclamation project? Or Dumpster Diving? Not only not blowing up my skirt I don't even feel a breeze.
  10. Dave The Dastardly
    Nice comparison; Ryan to Radke. Radke was a rock, a cerebral, dependable, stopper. He often gave up a run or two in the early innings, but had his team ahead or still in the game when he left in the later innings. Like they say down south; he "out thunk" opposing batters. And like you, I see Ryan's resemblance to Radke. We should be so lucky to have Ryan replicates Radke's career.
  11. Dave The Dastardly
    If Ryan is a "true" # 5 for the Twins then Katie bar the door!
  12. Dave The Dastardly
    My doc calls me mellow yellow... not sure why but I hope it will pass.
  13. Dave The Dastardly
    I'd offer all the Twins "O"s; Polanco, Gallo, Celestino and Solano. for a talented catcher. A trade like that would also open up a few spots for deserving rookies.
  14. Dave The Dastardly
    Baffling. I guess we'll have to wait for the Pipeline Guru to descend from the mount and share his wisdom.
  15. Dave The Dastardly
    Interesting, but I find it confusing when you used different statistical categories to evaluate Yankee hitters; bWar for Judge, OPS+ for Rizzo, OBP for Torres for example, then went totally subjective when comparing Yankee hitters to Twins hitters. Regardless of methodology, I agree with your overall assumption. There is no reason, other than a self-constructed mental barrier in the minds of Twins players and coaches, for their continued embarrassment at the hands of the Evil Empire. But that's my totally data-deprived personal opinion. In other words, probably not worth much. On another matter, I find your comments concerning Donaldson being an "albatross" for the Yankees and the organization unable to find any other team willing to take him off the Yankees' hands telling. Sometimes the best trade a team can make isn't so much what the team "gained" but what they got rid of. Kudos to the FO for sticking the Evil Empire with Donaldson.
  16. Dave The Dastardly
    Super-utility equates to jack of all trades, master of none. Manager's job is to learn where each player plays at his best and leave him there. It's not a question of where he "can" play, but rather where he excels.
  17. Dave The Dastardly
    Fragility is not fixable. Nor is it predictable. So parking Buxton on the bench for scheduled "rest days" when he's feeling fine does nothing but lose one more game on the field for him, the team and fans. Play the guy when he's healthy and rest (repair) him when he's not and hope we can squeeze 100 games out of him between IL stays.
  18. Dave The Dastardly
    The boys down at Kelsey's passed the hat and raised $75 to buy out Carlsson. Guy doubled his money overnight. Shrewd. Wall Street's been calling, wants to hire him as a consultant.
  19. Dave The Dastardly
    Lee being forced to play 3rd with CC at short? How about the older guy with the bad wheel moving to 3rd to make room for the younger, healthier Lee?
  20. Dave The Dastardly
    I have a blindfold over one eye and rose-colored glasses on the the other. Ouch! Riding the rail can be painful.
  21. Dave The Dastardly
    What's those Gallo numbers mean in American?
  22. Dave The Dastardly
    The modern day average sports fan is into scoring. Instant gratification. Look at pro basketball, the basket's been at 10' since the average height of a player was around 6'. Now a 6' 8" player is called "Shorty", yet the basket is still at 10'. Why? More dunks, more scoring and traveling is something you do in the off-season. Pretty soon game scores will be up around 200 points and BB fans will be wetting their pants with excitement. Pro Football; old enough to remember when the Vikings with the Purple People Eaters and Fred Cox won games without scoring a touchdown? Boring! Now defensive backs can't even look at a receiver without drawing a penalty and footballs are flying through the air like artillery shells on the Eastern Front. Why? Higher scores. A 2-1 baseball game? Boring! The weak-minded need more excitement. So, juice the balls so they fly out of the park. Defensive skill? Counter-intuitive. Ability to hit home runs? Atta boy! The longer, the higher, the greater exit-velocity the better! Okay, go with the flow. Drop the Manfred Man and instead have each team send their top three homerun hitters up to the plate, set-up a pitching machine on the mound, set it at "meatball" speed and run a home-run derby. The team with the longest home run wins. I can hear the "oohs" and "aahs" already. Name it after me; "The Dirty Dastard". Has a certain ring to it... ring to it... WWE?
  23. Dave The Dastardly
    Jeez! Gordon has either played or been suggested to play at every spot on the diamond. Can we use him at manager, too? How 'bout Front Office?
  24. Dave The Dastardly
    I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Golden Corral. Kind of sounds like a rich man's stockyard with the same intent; eat all you can and gain weight. Cows wind up being slaughtered, repeat human customers undergo the surgeon's knife and the investors reap the gold. First visited one in North Carolina; very good food. Even got to overhear the guy on the next table tell how his brother's wife tried to run him down, missed the husband but demolished his newly completed 6 foot high cedar fence. Said the husband was more upset about losing the fence then losing the wife. The teller was dead serious but me and the family couldn't help laughing. Good food and free entertainment. Hard to beat. We visited a Corral when we got back to Minnesota; food was horrible and nobody made us laugh. Gotta be a moral in there somewhere...
  25. Dave The Dastardly
    Gotta agree with your list. Though I'd go with Shane Bieber over Dylan; though Dylan will probably never Cease to amaze me. Sorry, couldn't resist.
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