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  1. nicksaviking
    It might be ugly, but it seems to me the managers who get fired due to what may seem like unjust reasoning tend to get other chances. Freddi Gonzalez, Davey Johnson, Terry Francona, Ned Yost and Buck Schowalter come to mind. Of course your Grady Liddle example would be an exception.
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    Ah, the annual "There are no payroll limitations" quote. We really should go back and see if this annual lipservice is always reported by Sid. If so, it may just prove that he did die several years ago and that the Strib just continues to recycle his articles.
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    I would normally agree, but I was pretty happy with the young offensive players last year. We really had no business expecting Santana and Vargas to play as well as they did, not to mention Plouffe and Dozier looking like they were playing above their skill level. I want outside voices, (on the field staff and in the front office) but I can acknowledge that there may be a small chance that finding an elite pitching coach may solve this team's single largest issue. The offense wasn't elite, but it was more than good enough to compete, which is surprising since on paper, no one jumps out at you. Also, the more continuity this team shows with it's field staff, the more obvious the need for front office restructuring will become if the results don't improve. Gardy got the axe this time, but I think it is fairly safe to guess that if the team continues to fail the blame won't be placed on the new manager and his staff, but the front office next year.
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    I guess I'm not putting my money on Cuellar getting a promtion, I'd think pitching coach is the most likely position to be filled from outside the organization considering there probably isn't a soul in the club that wouldn't acknowledge pitching at the MLB level for this club has been disappointing for nearly a decade. However I still think Cuellar stays in the bullpen. I also don't think a faiure to bring back Steinbach is a reflection on him so much as the team may look to use the bench coach job to retain/reward a guy like Glynn, hire a protege for Molitor, or perhaps plug in a stat-head specialist.
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    Columnists who write opinion pieces dripping with vitriol, condenscension and hyperbole are no more journalists than Glen Beck, Keith Olberman or Dan Barreiro. I was fortunate enough to be given the ability to form my own opinions and recognize when someone is trying to twist facts in an attempt to sway favor. These guys can all stick to Twitter and stop trying to pound the final nail in the coffin of print and legitimate e-media.
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    I have no reason to expect it, but my money is on Cuellar staying as the BP coach. The offensive players get to keep a familiar face, maybe the pitchers get to keep one too.
  7. nicksaviking
    Wow, fantastic journalism all around. Everyone knows the best way to ligitimize your point is to fight hyperbole is with more hyperbole. Yeah, Souhan deserves to get skewered for exagerating the Twins softness, but nowhere did I see Souhan advocate the Twins should push players who have suffered from a concusion. Yet here was the title: Minnesota columnist: Paul Molitor will crack down on those wimpy players with piddly little concussions Few things drive me as crazy as when someone tries to over-villianize the other party. There were plenty of reasons to pan Souhan's article, Calcaterra did not need to embelish. Be objective and stick to the facts. Neither of these clowns should consider themselves journalists. Does anyone even write straight news stories anymore?
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    Molitor was always considered one of, if not the premeir instructor in the organizatoin. Now that he's in Minneapolis full time, I wonder if the club will be more inclined to promote young guys earlier if for no other reason than for their best instructor to develop them. There's no longer the option of sending him to Ft. Myers for a week to work with specific players. Santana and Poloanco got unexpected promotions last year. The club was in a bind when they called them up, but I wonder if the chance to work with Molitor weighed on those decisions at all.
  9. nicksaviking
    Did he leave the kind of lasting impression that someone would want to celebrate? Marge Schott made a lasting impact too. There's a difference between fame and infamy, negative impressions probably shouldn't get in.
  10. nicksaviking
    I wonder what causes one to offer 900K but not make it a cool million? Can we learn more about the ins and outs of blackmail/hush money.
  11. nicksaviking
    Well if Ryan and company don't want over-reaction from the fan base, perhaps they should start refuting reports when they state things like the Twins have had no contact with Maddon. I'd feel pretty comfortable in saying that the more cloak and dagger the authority is, the more conspiracy theories are generated. Keeping quite has it's advantages, plenty of them, and I think it benefits the Twins more than it hurts them, but they, and their supporters then need to accept the fact that the detractors are going to be forced to draw their own conclusions if next to no information is forthcoming. In fairness, Ryan and the Twins rarely seem to be bothered by this, it's more so their supporters. Not that I'm suggesting that the dissenting opinions shouldn't be civil.
  12. nicksaviking
    I'm on board, those are the first jersey's I remember watching them play in. The Vikings proudly have rocked the purple for half a century, the Twins gave up way too early on the powder blue! Though in fairness the product was pretty terrible when they wore those. Still, got to love the red, white and blue piping those babies had! I think it must have been a law that everything that happened within five years of the bicentennial had to have an uber-patriotic angle.
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    Well at least it's not cotton. Costanza! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-9ls-ugums
  14. nicksaviking
    Wow how time flies. I can't believe it's been so long since he famously helped Santana turn the corner.
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    My post was only half in jest. I was serious in suggesting that if Molitor actually did pick up flaws with pitchers on the staff last year, perhaps he would have done the same with the pitchers whom the Pirates corrected flaws.
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    Liriano + Worley + Molitor = WS I'm not a math wiz, but that formula looks accurate does it not?
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    As in: "There is no possible way a MLB pitching staff can be this bad. Eureka! The only explanation for why this staff looks like they belong in the Appelacian League is that they are tipping their pitches!"?
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    I have to say though, I don't think I ever heard a Denard Span interview that wasn't tepid. He might be robot.
  19. nicksaviking
    I got the impression Heyward's extension talks fizzled at about the time the Braves extended Freddie Freeman while at the same time it was being reported they weren't offering Heyward a deal in the same ballpark. The Twins may be able to sign him long term, but one shoud probably assume it would take an offer similar to Freeman's, which was 8 years $135 million. How comfortable are people with that considering they'd also have to give up top end prospects?
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    Clearly a bargain! If not, surely Pelfrey will be worth it.
  21. nicksaviking
    I'm guessing Colorodo's QO to Cuddyer is simply buying time to talk extension. The guy has to love playing there judging by the back of his baseball card the last two years. Three years in and the Twins still haven't had a player worthy of a QO. Disappointing. I'm sure Duensing will be worth one next year.
  22. nicksaviking
    I wouldn't choose those two either, but why do you think they wouldn't protect the team's investment? If it's because they are critical of pitch counts etc. that shouldn't matter much as it's the manager that decides pitching changes. I'd actually hope that a pitching coach encourages the manager to let the guys go deeper into games. I don't want a Yes-Man pitching coach.. That's of course assuming Molitor takes the recomendation simply as advice, and uses his own judgment for the final decision.
  23. nicksaviking
    Bert does seem to have the ability to teach pitching and even more importantly, the knack for diagnosing problems and attacking batters. Still, with his broadcasts the last several years, and his vacation schedule, I get the feeling that he doesn't have the desire for a full-time gig anymore.
  24. nicksaviking
    I'd hope a pitching coach would teach players individually and Viola likely would, but it's not a given that's how it would work. Surely some guys teach what they know. It seemed like Gardy did most of the time. We are assuming that Molitor will pick out his staff, but as he's an inexperienced manager and an internal hire. The hiring process also played out a lot longer than we expected. Through negotiation, it's quite possible Ryan told Molitor that the input for these coaches was largely going to come from the GM. I'd prefer Molitor gets to pick his staff exclusive of the GM's preference, but I guess it works out both ways. What if Molitor decided to do The Old Boy's Club bit and no Latin coaches were chosen? Ryan made it pretty clear he would like a Latin presence.
  25. nicksaviking
    This thread sure is throwing some big names out there. Molitor, Yount, Blyleven, Alomar? Cooperstown West is what they'll call Target Field. That's not even including the who's who of 1980s-90s baseball that is Morris, Viola, Hentgen, Guillen, Brunansky and Steinbach. I think we just need a 1B and LF to field a team. I think we need an upgrade to Mientkiewicz at 1B so I'll throw Paul Konerka into the mix and add Kirk Gibson to round out the outfield. I think we got something here, these guys might contend.
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