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  1. Dave The Dastardly
    Thanks for the link, but the article sounds more like a salary negotiation ploy by Padre ownership; take what we offer or we'll trade you. My question was whether or not Padre fans ever pushed for trading Gwynn because he had "trade value". I think probably not for several reasons, one being there was no social media to foster screwball ideas at the time and two, I don't think anybody had invented "Trade Value" yet. The Game was just about the game.
  2. Dave The Dastardly
    And did Padres fans ever consider trading Tony Gwynn because he had "Trade Value"?
  3. Dave The Dastardly
    Versalles and Gagne are numbers one and two in my book. Saw both of them play shortstop and they were cat-like vacuum cleaners. Made difficult plays look easy, bringing fans to their feet and smiles to the faces of Twins pitchers. Correa will have a tough time changing my mind but more power to him if he can.
  4. Dave The Dastardly
    And the love-in begins.
  5. Dave The Dastardly
    Amazing how some are quick to sell short the players (i.e. Gordon, Arraez, Polanco) who most often come through on the field and then offer trading them in return for the mythical "Ace". As if there's any pitcher out there with "Ace" status dying to sign with the Twins. No way you get into the Hall throwing 4 innings a night. So forget the Ace dream. The only way an Ace is going to sign with the Twins is if they're anticipating surgery. Besides, you don't "build" a contending team by trading your better players. You build around them.
  6. Dave The Dastardly
    Let's face it, Buxton is fragile. The man could tear an ACL pulling on his pants, herniate a disk with a sneeze, tear the ol' latissimus dorsi just picking up a baseball bat. That means the only way to prevent him from becoming injured is to not play him. Which defeats the purpose of having him on the roster in the first place. Best we can hope for, in my semi-lucid opinion, is that unless the Twins pack Buxton in cotton and don't allow him to move is maybe 30 games in full health, 30 games at 3/4 health and 20 games of tough-it-out gutsy DHing. And since Baldelli can't schedule in health (sorry Rocco, no spreadsheet for that), let Buxton play when he's healthy without forcing him to take "pre-planned rest days", stick the talented centerfielder on the IL as soon as he gets injured (don't have him riding the pine for a couple of weeks first), and plan on having a half-time centerfielder not named Lewis on the roster.
  7. Dave The Dastardly
    Pagan's a non-starter... heh, heh, heh
  8. Dave The Dastardly
    Someday in the not too-distant-future games will no longer be played. Stats will be compiled from past seasons, projections will be made, W-2s added and "game" winners will be announced on the Big Screen to a lethargic stadium crowd more concerned with sampling new stadium foods while texting their friends and occasionally watching "players" model new uniforms on the field.
  9. Dave The Dastardly
    Does MLB have its own group insurance plan? What's the players deductible?
  10. Dave The Dastardly
    It's a Pavlovian response.
  11. Dave The Dastardly
    X-rays or metal detector? Got a brother with three screws and a plate in his fibula. Can't be in the kitchen when his wife fires up the microwave. Jumps around like a Blyleven hot foot otherwise.
  12. Dave The Dastardly
    Yeah. Too bad we'd already snatched Gallo.
  13. Dave The Dastardly
    So if the Twinkies are still interested in re-signing Correa they're going to discount his deal as well? That's all this team needs; two hobbled super stars. Add 'em together and maybe we'll get a total of 160 games out of them. Then subtract scheduled Rocco Rest Days... Nope. Ain't seeing a trip to the play-offs in the cards.
  14. Dave The Dastardly
    Sure he'd pass a Twins physical. Buxton did, right?
  15. Dave The Dastardly
    Sounds like Buck is going to have lots of people to talk to during games.
  16. Dave The Dastardly
    Wait a minute... are you saying Twins fans aren't high? Haven't you been following the TD trade threads?
  17. Dave The Dastardly
    Love the Handle!!
  18. Dave The Dastardly
    50/50
  19. Dave The Dastardly
    Hey, Falvey - I played shortstop when I was a kid and I can read spreadsheets. Hell, I even used to design data bases. I'm a little slower now (physically, though my wife claims it's all in my head) but tell you what... I'll fill that hole at short for, oh, say $5 million and my own bobblehead. But you gotta get me a Rocco Rest Day every other game, you know, so me and Buck can talk baseball on the bench. I bet there's a lot I can learn from him, even if I am in my 70's. You know what they say about old dogs... uh, slipped my mind, but I think it was something about water and drinking... which I also know how to do.
  20. Dave The Dastardly
    Question: Whatever happened to using Kepler as Buxton's centerfield backup? Yeah, he still maybe can't hit but he's better defensively than Celestino isn't he? That would mean leaving Celestino in St. Paul and giving Wallner a shot in right since Buxton will probably miss his usual 80 games or so. Just wondering.
  21. Dave The Dastardly
    Sorry, free beer ain't gonna cut it. We're talking Americans here; TV zombies trained to shop only "sales"; a discounted price. As such they believe 50% off is actually better than "free". So what the Twins have to do is offer two 50% off coupons for every adult ticket sold. If the Twins win, adults get handed another pair of 50% off beer coupons as they walk out of the stadium. This will accomplish three things; eliminate people leaving in the 7th inning to avoid the after-game rush, fill the stadium with all sorts of cheering and encouragement and encourage the ticket holder to come back for another game in order use their "new" coupons. If the Twins loose, instead of more 50% coupons, adults get a Twins Crying Towel, a handkerchief-sized cloth bearing a likeness of a crying Baldelli. The backside will include a list of possible uses for the Crying Towel; blowing your nose, changing automobile oil, wiping up paint spills, wiping other things when hunting in the woods where bears go... all "feel good" activities. Attendance will be off the charts. Guarantee it.
  22. Dave The Dastardly
    It is sometimes advantageous to disavow any knowledge of the Twins... like in the fall of the year when the players are collapsed on the diamond, their own hands wrapped around their throats.
  23. Dave The Dastardly
    Loved the article. Well put. Any relation to Lalla?
  24. Dave The Dastardly
    Greg Gagne wasn't overly exciting, but we still managed to win.
  25. Dave The Dastardly
    What do the Tarot cards say?
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