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  1. IndyTwinsFan
    More information about "Tom Burgmeier"
    Thomas Henry (Tom) Burgmeier was born August 2, 1943 in St. Paul, MN, the fourth of eight children. He grew up in St. Cloud, MN, and graduated from St. Cloud Cathedral High School in 1961, where he was a significant contributor to Cathedral's Catholic state championship baseball team in 1961, as a pitcher.
  2. IndyTwinsFan
    Sure gives that appearance. May be that some of the COVID-19 related "complications" that were beyond our ability to control, plus some unfortunate injuries, may have blurred our view on the potential incoming pitching pipeline.
  3. IndyTwinsFan
    Good point. I had forgotten about that. Hope that hire begins paying positive dividends sooner rather than later.
  4. IndyTwinsFan
    I believe that another necessary thing to address would be overall hitting approach (and discipline) at the plate. In recent seasons, it appeared to this relatively untrained eye that plate discipline and an ability to produce "quality" outs was sorely lacking far more often than not. A lot of times, that hurt us immensely. How to best correcting it in a productive and sustainable manner is something is something I'm not qualified to answer. However, the acquisition of a high quality hitting coach who preaches that philosophy would be a start. I know some of us out here have stated they'd like to see a return of James Rowson to that role. I don't know if that's doable from a contractual standpoint, but there must be someone else out there with a similar pedigree we could get. Now to identify him and get him here. Go Twins 2023!
  5. IndyTwinsFan
    Entirely possible.
  6. IndyTwinsFan
    Based on what verifiable evidence? Or is this just an example of very sour grapes coming through?
  7. IndyTwinsFan
    I couldn't agree more with Doc's comments. I've lived well away from Minnesota since the season of our 1st WS win in 1987 and about all I ever hear about the Pohlad family originates on this site and other Minnesota-centric sources, same as Doc. And I take many of those comments and opinions with a grain (or two) of salt. I've personally never really had any significant issues with how the Pohlads have run the franchise since they bought it from the Griffith family. I know that there are some out there with a dim view of their ownership. They're definitely entitled to there own opinions but I, for one, have never seen or heard verifiable corroborating evidence that supports some of their opinions. Maybe elevating Joe will help elevate the appeal of the team to a younger fan base and maybe some of the more cynical of the older fan base, too. However, only time will tell there. I'm anxious to see how this all plays out.
  8. IndyTwinsFan
    I would hope to also see greater organizational depth (and skill) throughout the system. While it's clear that injuries were a clear problem this season, what was most telling to me was that it often appeared as though many of "next man up" types were clearly not up to the challenge for any significant stretch of games. In my mind, that also clearly needs to change rather significantly for the better if we want to take major steps forward in the near future.
  9. IndyTwinsFan
    TBD
  10. IndyTwinsFan
    Celestino got an RBI hit. How about that!
  11. IndyTwinsFan
    and I hope he gets it next season.
  12. IndyTwinsFan
    A spot-on assessment.
  13. IndyTwinsFan
    "Major league-caliber, at this point in time", might be a more accurate descriptor.
  14. IndyTwinsFan
    Especially with the roster as it now stands.
  15. IndyTwinsFan
    I don't know about that, but the roster, as it currently stands, is collectively not major league-caliber. Not even close.
  16. IndyTwinsFan
    I agree with that. Morneau, too, in my book.
  17. IndyTwinsFan
    Yet again!
  18. IndyTwinsFan
    Well, they certainly have numerous examples of that exact same scenario playing out this season. When we load the bases. it seems like the opponent has us right where they want us, because they know that the chances of us scoring under those circumstances is somewhere between slim and none.
  19. IndyTwinsFan
    Wrong!
  20. IndyTwinsFan
    Still offensively challenged in my book, regardless of how this game plays out.
  21. IndyTwinsFan
    An offensive explosion for this team.
  22. IndyTwinsFan
    Kind of, sort of.
  23. IndyTwinsFan
    Even though it's only 2-1, my feeling is that this game is very close to being decided. Especially with this offensively challenged team. Hope I'm wrong, but that's how I see it.
  24. IndyTwinsFan
    Calling John Belushi!
  25. IndyTwinsFan
    What we don't know if it was tickets sold of the turnstile count.
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