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PopRiveter last won the day on September 11 2020
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I'm a dad who loves baseball, fishing, playing indie rock. Happily married. Eat a lot of smoked meats.
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roger reacted to a post in a topic: Trading a Bat for an Arm
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I’m done. This sucks. Every offseason, they dump the player I care most about. Every single offseason. I find another. I buy back in. They do it again. being a Twins fan is not fun anymore. I give up.
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Correa's Deal was Six Years in the Making
PopRiveter replied to Lou Hennessy's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
It was nice to read this condensed history, but a few things jump out at me. This FO pushed a load of chips in on the pursuit of Shohei Ohtani in the off-season before the 2018 season and didn’t land him. If they’d been successful, the subsequent planning would have been built around him (and his contract) as a centerpiece. They have made a number of fruitless FA pursuits and some in-house candidates failed to qualify for potential big contracts (looking at you Sano.) Eventually, you have to spend money on some star player and to get a CC quality player with this level of financial risk is a huge win from my perspective.- 11 replies
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Correa is a huge asset, but my most recent TD comment was to express I wouldn’t want him at 13yr/$350m A lot happened since then. I checked out for awhile and to me the whole Mets things wasn’t worth a comment. But now this contract. I’m psyched. This won’t weigh down the franchise to its detriment. It will pay a star player to be a star player. This is a winner for a MN fan.
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PopRiveter reacted to a post in a topic: Again? The Twins Lose Carlos Correa to the Mets.
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I think the big loser is the franchise stuck with ANY player with a 13yr, $350m commitment. At 10yr, $285m I would have felt mixed emotions with at least some buyer’s remorse, but I won’t for one minute feel jealous of SF fans today. I hope the team can redirect some resources to improve their pitching situation.
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Carlos Correa Makes His Decision Clear
PopRiveter replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I was quoted as saying something similar. "When I go to Mills Fleet Farm and I go to the fishing lure clearance bin and I want something, I do some math to determine the price minus the color-coded percentage discount. But I usually decide it still costs more than I want to pay. So if you're a cheap enough guy, you can pass on just about anything. I'm the product here, and not especially good at baseball, so..." -
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Arraez vs Evil -my last remaining reason to care
PopRiveter replied to PopRiveter's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Everything I've read from every commenter has been reasonable and well-founded. Unfortunately, the overwhelming conclusion it leads to means there is no reason for me to stick around any longer. I think I'm done watching baseball this year. Evil won. Oh well. Baseball was fun through most of the summer anyway. Get outdoors and enjoy some beautiful weather. I'll see y'all next year! -
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This is all about feelings, and feelings aren't right or wrong so no judgement please. The events of the second half of this Twins season have drained me of enthusiasm and interest. Beyond my ambivalent feelings overall toward my Twins, I have a deep and abiding hatred for the Yankees. That never wanes. MLB is no fun to watch when the teams who pay 2-3x the payroll of their competitors are just beating up on the rest of the league. I especially root against Aaron Judge. It is not fair to him and I'll admit that, but he is exactly what I picture when I read accounts of the Nephilim or Goliath. His success brings nothing but pain. I would have already moved on 100% to football season, but Luis Arraez is my favorite current Twin and he still has a chance to play spoiler. In honesty, this will be a near impossible hill to climb. With Judge this close to the triple-crown, the mandate is in and you can see it every day on the field. MLB wants the huge east-coast storyline. For the rest of the season, many of the away crowds will be rooting against Arraez. More importantly, the umps will be skewing the field against him. The strike-zones will be pinched when he bats. Close calls will go against him. Judge is the recipient of every possible advantage right now and it's moved him just ahead in the race. If the numbers keep trending this way, I'll be checking out until spring. But if Luis can resurge and has a real chance to play spoiler, I'll still have one solitary reason to care about these otherwise worthless games. It's Arraez vs. Evil. Here's hoping!
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Game Thread: Twins @ Cleveland, 9/19/22 @ 12:10 PM CT
PopRiveter replied to twinssporto's topic in Archived Game Threads
The purpose of the season is to determine which teams belong in the playoffs. That has been accomplished. There can be no question. Our 2022 Twins just don't belong. -
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Game Thread: Twins @ Cleveland, 9/19/22 @ 12:10 PM CT
PopRiveter replied to twinssporto's topic in Archived Game Threads
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Game Thread: Twins @ Cleveland, 9/19/22 @ 12:10 PM CT
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This has the workings of a nice rally. I'm somehow still hoping for the best -
Game Thread: Twins @ Cleveland, 9/19/22 @ 12:10 PM CT
PopRiveter replied to twinssporto's topic in Archived Game Threads
Just set their new record for the most pitchers used in a single season? I'm beaming with pride. Now I can remember the 2022 Twins fondly as the "record-setting 2022 Twins" -
Game Thread: Twins @ Cleveland, 9/19/22 @ 12:10 PM CT
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Man. This team. I should've brought some whiskey to the office today. -
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PopRiveter replied to twinssporto's topic in Archived Game Threads
I'm with her too. You'd whine too if ya knew what's good for ya! ? -
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The Moments that Sank the 2022 Minnesota Twins
PopRiveter replied to Ted Schwerzler's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Good writeup. Feels like there was potential for a much better outcome this year, but it would have required a number of good breaks. It’s gotten pretty bleak lately.- 34 replies
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