Cm1

Other teams to emulate before KC: The Rays, the A's, St. Louis, Cincinatti, the Nats. Only the Nats are well out of our revenue range, but they've built within pretty well. The truth is in 1-2 years we'll be fine. We really aren't that far off.

I haven't been able to follow the Twins in several years. It's the pitching. I don't care whose fault it is, we haven't had any pitching. I also find Joe Mauer depressing. Now Kennys should take Joes spot. I watched maybe 3 hours of spring training ball and in it I saw the worst first base play I've seen ever. Joe slowly, cartoonishly stumbled over his mitt and fell flat on his face. Most catchers, especially catchers that hit, take a day off at first once in a while. Obviously Joe never had to. But it's Joes bat that's depressing. Not only does he leave runners in scoring position, but he doesn't seem to understand a fundamental of hitting. It makes some sense, he never played hockey and probably doesn't golf much? Because those swings would teach him all he needs to know about the torque his swing doesn't have. I had the same problem. This season there were a few players who were actually worth watching. But my sense is Terry is trying to set up another extended 80-90 win run, which is great, but it won't start for another season or two. Even so, Terry hasn't shown a great ability to find and develop pitching. Why is it that other organizations do that? Why can we all name them? What is it about those organizations that they always seem to be producing pitchers? Thanks for the memories Gardy.