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If I had my druthers, this would still be the team I want to see on the field

While that has some merit in baseball, it cannot work in religion. It's a popular opinion for many but it's wrong. Jesus never took a vote with the disciples. Mohammed never had a focus group. Moses shared with the Lord the complaints of the people but it never dictated what was to be done. That was God. Where Smietana (and many) miss the mark is that the issue is education. There are many "recovering Catholics" in the world (meaning people who struggled with the Catholic church for whatever reason and left). But most people who leave the Catholic faith do so because they are poorly educated about the Faith. I think this probably applies to the denominations as well. If someone is following a church, whether it be Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, or Islam, they do it because they believe that their faith is the "True Faith" and therefore contains "The Truth". While society will change, objectively speaking "the Truth" can't change. Otherwise it wouldn't have ever been true. You can market faith but only based on the Truth. Also Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Blessed Passover to others and Blessed Ramadan as well.

I’ve had friends make the argument that 98% of what a manager does is not on game day. (They would say that when I groused about Gardenhire). If there’s truth to that, I think Rocco gets a B to B+. Honestly half the critiques in the article can’t be placed on Baldelli. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t solely responsible for Shoemaker and Happ making more starts or Colombe closing without input from the front office. It wasn’t Baldellis fault that there were so many injuries. On the flip side, the fact that the Twins stayed cohesive and didn’t turn on each other when things went to crap is a testament to good management.

This is the greatest idea in baseball history!! Wait… breaking the race barrier in the major leagues was better. But still, GREAT IDEA!!

I’ve never once said that vaccines aren’t science or support of vacccines is mob thinking. Go back and actually read what I’ve written. I’m not going to repeat myself if you just plain don’t read

Yes I do think he’s saying that. But that doesn’t negate the only other tweet he’s made on the subject. Mob thinking on any side is wrong. But you can’t say that Simmons is participating in it. I have a good friend who’s daughter just started speaking her first words. She got her vaccinations one day and he says (and I believe him) that that was the last day she said anything. That was 18 years ago and she is still non verbal. He’s anti vax and I can’t blame him one bit. Simmons says he has personal reasons to not get vaccinated. That’s enough for me. I got vaccinated and I doubt Simmons would care.

The only issue that I have with his latest tweet is that he misspelled effects. He doesn’t contradict his prior post in the least. He’s making a passive aggressive smart a** statement and there are people just waiting to make a big deal out of nothing. I think if you asked him directly, he’d say “do what’s best for you and your family” Mob thinking is more infectious than COVID

That’s what you claimed he said. He literally said the opposite. I was correcting you

Nope

It was meant with respect

This is Brock’s house. Don’t poop on the floor!

I’m not suggesting that the Twins can’t DFA anyone for any reason on or off the field. The issue I have is with groups of people who aren’t attached to a company thinking that they have the right to have someone fired. It’s happening way to frequently these days. This mob rule mentality is misplaced power. That is the first amendment argument. Mobs don’t have the right to try restrain someone else’s first amendment right.

I have a hard time getting excited about pitching prospects when the Twins are clearly never going to hold on to them after they have developed. I'm tired of the Twins developing pitchers for other teams. (Yup still p***ed about Berrios)

Of course he does. And I have a right to mine. Calling for the dismissal of a person because you don't like their opinion (even though their opinion has absolutely nothing to do with their job) is frightening. I'll grant you, if this was "tongue in cheek" like the articles I'm used to from Stu, I totally missed that. If someone wants to inform me that this was just satire, i'll apologize and shut up about it.

It shouldn’t. But the thrust of the article disagrees with your statement. That is what I have a problem with the article.

Also if someone is taking medical advice from Simmons or Cousins, that person is an idiot. But again nobody deserves to get fired over having an opinion i don’t hold.

I agree he didn’t live up to expectations. I agree that he could be let go because of he sucks. But to suggest he be let go over his stance on COVID is frightening.

I’m missing the quotes where he’s actively trying to dissuade people from getting vaccinated. And even if he is, the first amendment is not just for popular opinions but its for the stupid people too

I agree! I just don’t think it’s a fireable offense if you don’t

So the thrust of the article is “unless you are really successful at your job, you can’t hold a different opinion from me. If you do I demand you be fired!” And for the record, I’m vaccinated.

I believe it's a retool up to the moment that they trade Berrios and Buxton. If they get traded, it's obviously a rebuild.

I love any article that starts by quoting Dylan Thomas. Also everything you said is 100% true!

Donaldson saw Giolito in the parking lot after the game. Not to fight but to have a direct conversation. I think that’s awesome. He says what he means. Why would that make someone unlikeable?? He’s trying to fire up a team that’s had the most disappointing season thus far and I hope it works! I just like the guy more now.

Gooseberry Falls is a gorgeous place to visit Splitrock is also a beautiful park if you like smoked fish, Russ Kendalls Smokehouse is a must visit Grand Marais is a lovely town but loses points for me because there isn't a decent cheeseburger anywhere in town Duluth is beautiful along the pier Glensheen mansion is worth the visit for families. Grandmas has a great cheeseburger The nice thing about the north shore is if something isn't working for you, head down the road a bit and you'll find another option!

I like the article but not a fan of the headline. Saying his body betrayed him again would be like saying "Tiger Woods body betrayed him as he crashed his car at 85 mph"