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  1. nicksaviking
    If I recall, he also made comments about how the community had a vested interest in the Twins and it would have been too damaging to allow contraction. Not sure that would have held up on appeal.
  2. nicksaviking
    Like LIV baseball? Man, the Twins would be trying to get all the best players!
  3. nicksaviking
    Makes sense. The second generation gets to watch what the first generation built and probably takes some pride in that. Sorry to work in generalizations and be a bit negative here, but it's probably hard for the third generation to avoid a sense of entitlement and ennui since it's all they ever knew. And as I've said several times, Jim Pohlad was by far my favorite Pohlad. Low bar, I know.
  4. nicksaviking
    Yup. Pretty obvious now that the 'Right-sizing payroll' comments weren't aimed at fans but aimed at potential buyers. Also, probably the least qualified Pohlad was put in charge. Which maybe means he wasn't actually put in charge, but none of the others felt like running it any longer.
  5. nicksaviking
    Ok, this isn't going to be popular, but hear me out. Taylor Swift. Do it! Forget about paying MLB.TV $20 a month to watch the Twins, Amazon Prime would be paying US FANS for the right to stream Twins games. OK, next. Who's got another good one?* *For entertainment purposes only, only non-serious answers apply
  6. nicksaviking
    I doubt they WOULD stipulate that, I doubt the league would LET them stipulate that, but I doubt even less that they would move.
  7. nicksaviking
    That would be great, but pretty sure no one would let that happen. Then again, you'd probably have plenty of tax payers protesting for the payroll to be about 1M total.
  8. nicksaviking
    Agree. That would be great, but I'm just skeptical. I don't want an ego, those types seem to meddle even when they don't have the skill or knowledge to do so.
  9. nicksaviking
    I don't care who it was, I don't want what happened to the Marlins to happen to the Twins.
  10. nicksaviking
    John Fisher bought the A's in 2005 and ran them into the ground so he could move them in 2025. That was 15 years. Also, come 2040, Target Field will be as old as the Metrodome was when the Twins left it. However, I see very little chance the Twins are moving in 2040 as relocation is MLB's biggest threat to get new stadiums. The other owners aren't going to let the new guys in the club jump in line and steal their best leverage to improve the stadiums that actually are outdated. The Coliseum in Oakland was already a terrible stadium in 2005, and like the Coliseum, the Metrodome was ALWAYS a cut-rate stadium that didn't match up to it's peer venues. Target Field still ranks as one of the best in the league.
  11. nicksaviking
    *********Moderator Note********* This is obviously a big deal and some good conversation is occurring, but continue without the name calling and personal attacks.
  12. nicksaviking
    Well I thought the idea was that the status quo wasn't acceptable. Now were happy with new owners doing the same thing the Pohalds do?
  13. nicksaviking
    The Marlins went from a 115M opening day payroll in 2017, sold in 2018 and haven't had an opening day payroll over 100M since. They've been a bottom ten payroll team every year, and a bottom five payroll team all but two of those years.
  14. nicksaviking
    Probably doesn't matter either way, but with a local buyer, you at least have an outside chance that the person would actually be a Twins fan and motivated to go all out for his or her life-long favorite team.
  15. nicksaviking
    I feel really guilty, because I REALLY dislike the Pohlads. But it's hard to get away from the feeling that we could be Eastern Europe being liberated from the Nazis by Joseph Stalin.
  16. nicksaviking
    That's exactly what the Marlins did.
  17. nicksaviking
    What about Tom Petters or Denny Hecker?
  18. nicksaviking
    I agree, they didn't care too much, but they cared enough about their standing to keep the Twins out of the A's/Pirates/Rays tier of teams. Going there is a real possibility with new owners with zero built in equity.
  19. nicksaviking
    If everyone is harping on them for not caring about winning (rightfully so) why would we assume they care about their 'legacy'? Look, I'll be cautiously optimistic, but that's going to be 75% cautious and 25% optimistic.
  20. nicksaviking
    Yes, I completely agree, but what makes everybody think we'll get owners that do care? Local owners with other local businesses still have a vested interest in trying to keep a good reputation around here, even if it's just a token gesture. Some hedge fund led group is ONLY going to answer to their investors.
  21. nicksaviking
    Agree, I'm not afraid of them moving. Except even further down in the payroll rankings. Not saying they absolutely will, but assuming they won't with new owners seems to be looking at this with rose colored glasses.
  22. nicksaviking
    I'd really not like to get a Derek Jeter led group like the Marlins got. Which should also be a cautionary tale for anyone hoping A-Rod decides to buy the Twins instead of the TWolves.
  23. nicksaviking
    Ziggy has full revenue sharing and salary caps and floors. He couldn't pocket half of the payroll if he wanted to.
  24. nicksaviking
    Even if they don't move the team, the new owners won't have decades of equity to profit from either. I don't care for the Pohalds any more than the rest of Twins nation, but thinking we'll get owners who'll increase the payroll is probably extremely wishful. There are more 'bad' owners than 'good'. And the 'good' owners lately only seem to buy the big market teams.
  25. nicksaviking
    I didn't say I was. I'm saying complaining about everything and pretending that the successes, like Joe Ryan and Pablo Lopez aren't real takes away from your argument.
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