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Et, voilà … a team with no SS

Okay … show us your blueprint then?

I don’t think it was a scapegoat move at all. It was needed. But that they retained a,l the other coaches? Hmmm … maybe they could or will make changes yet

You should join me in Fort Myers … good times!

Agree. Wish I had the time to watch more of it

So true

I have been a proponent that I don’t think the manager really affects the outcome all that much. And yes, the style of play that people criticize when they say ‘Fire Baldelli’ I think would continue with a new manager under this FO. And I have fully admitted that I wouldn’t do much better and I’m not someone who should be in charge and I’m very clear that I’m stating opinions. I think those are all things that don’t impose a pov of knowing better as many express, as if they know what went into each decision and it’s wrong because it wasn’t the desired outcome. Because I don’t know. And I don’t think any of us does, yet many act as they do. I can still be disappointed with an outcome and not go off the blame rails as if I knew for certain what the better course was.

Yeah, no … the thing is you don’t know what’s going on in the dugout, you don’t know what’s being discussed, what numbers are being used and how or maybe not at all. Game threads are absolutely a **** storm in this regard. It’s people who think they know and know better and looking for excuses to crab about the game and the Twins. And I’m not saying that no one should be upset about the state of things, but you don’t know truly what and why things are being decided. Yes, a few know baseball really well, but no, you are privy to nothing and most just are overly nostalgic in a not so good way, about how they miss baseball yesteryear.

Yes. Seriously, though, I think you’ve said this very well, and I’ll take it a step further and surmise that whenever a poster here thinks the wrong call was made, it’s based solely on the outcome they didn’t want and then blame whatever/whoever they dislike and then it gives them the platform to spout their dislikes, over and over again. Wash, rinse, repeat, And I’m sure sometimes they are right. After all, a broken clock is right twice a day. There is no way to know for certain what is happening, how or why certain decisions are made. Have we gotten too analytical? I’m not certain that’s correct. But … I do think that some teams are better at analyzing the data and coming to better conclusions.

Is this satire?

ESCO!!!!! ?

Just emphasizing it ?

Anecdotal evidence isn’t really evidence, you know ?

And what makes you think Polanco will be healthy enough? I’d rather see Gordon at SS than Polanco at this point. The only solution is to re-sign Correa to the contract he wants. ?

Since we already know that’s not happening, I guess your time as a fan is over?

I have a very short list: 1-Stop acquiring players that break down easily or a lot. I’ll revisit this thought if both Mahle and Paddack come back better. Which leads to … 2-Do better evaluating players you are trading for 3-actually spend on acquiring an AWESOME bp that can not only withstand the workload but can shut down the opposition and close out games. And see 2 above 4-Re-sign Correa, whatever it takes 5-Keep Urshela okay, that last one really isn’t a deal breaker

Okay, so, to answer the question asked by the author, there is nothing this FO could do to earn back your favor?

Yeah and they hardly traded away our future. Not a great season, but I’ve seen worse. At this point I’m glad it’s over but there were good moments, too.

All I’m suggesting is to not turn it into some conspiracy it isn’t, and those doing it look for reasons to put it on Rocco or the FO. And that very well could be the case, but until anyone can provide actual evidence apart from their hatred of Twins management, and this spinning a narrative to support that, do some actual reading and investigating instead of spewing conspiracies

This was reported in pretty thoroughly at the time and it had nothing to do with the leadership

We know why he left. It had been reported on pretty thoroughly. You just don’t want to believe it because you only want to believe an answer that is nefarious

Just drove by the stadium (it’s on the way to my Mom’s) … it’s packed full with vehicles and services. And the back up of traffic through the area is horrific because non-working stoplights at Metro Pkwy

As much as I love Eddie, he won it last year and I can’t stand the Braves. I’m going with my other favorite Eddie and hope Esco and the Mets win it all

It’s official!

He’s not being paid for his words either