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  1. nicksaviking
    I'll look back fondly on the Gardy years anyway. Until the last four years, it was a pretty good run. I wanted a championship and I wanted change, but I still think Gardy was a fine representitive for this organization, even if I didn't think he always made the right decisions.
  2. nicksaviking
    I don't think the process was a show, I think Ryan wanted to consider outside personalities, but he said early on that his preference was to hire internally. The game wasn't exactly rigged, but it was likely heavily tilted in Molitor's favor. I'm guessing the outside voice would have had to be head-and-shoulders better than the existing option. Lovullo probably would have had to be an A+ and Molitor a B+ for this not to turn into an Occam's Razor situation.
  3. nicksaviking
    As long as it's not short for "The Buck stops here."
  4. nicksaviking
    Colby Rasmus making this team a .500 ballclub seems like pretty high expectations. I like his pop and he can play decent defense, but that guy's got some serious strikeout and walk issues. I think for a contending team he'd merely be a platoon/4th OF.
  5. nicksaviking
    So Jim Pohlad has begun taking part in the interview process? http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/280564562.html Um, not sure what to make of that. If it's a lack of confidence in Ryan's decision, it probably means Ryan shouldn't be there in the first place. If he actually thinks his baseball IQ will be usefull in the decision, then I fear we may have a burgeoning George Steinbrenner or Jerry Jones. I guess option #2 wouldn't be bad if he started commiting payroll like an owner that views the team like a hobby. Not holding my breath though.
  6. nicksaviking
    The Twins surely aren't the favorites, but is Maddon to MN really that much more outrageous than Francona to Cleveland.
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    Nick Blackburn, Jason Marquis and Mike Lamb have weighed in. They all agree that it would be foolish to pay a guy that kind of money who doesn't actually play in the games.
  8. nicksaviking
    Well the Twins have the advantage of not being in a precarious position with an existing manager. If they are interested, they need to get out front of this NOW. Don't allow the Cubs, or whoever else may be interested, to hide in the shadows and try to work out a deal subversively. If the Twins make a bold move, these other teams aren't going to have a lot of time to decide if alienating their current manager and his supporters on the team is going to be worth the chance at getting Maddon. Don't disregard the fact that any other team that wants Madden is takng a risk that he'll say no. That will be damaging considering the existing manager is still under contract. Just think how awkward the situation with Mattingly would be if the Dodgers made a play for Madden but he instead chose the Cubs. The Twins need to make these teams decide now if they are willing to show their hands, or fold altogether.
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    He has, I agree and that's why I would prefer him most out of the internal candidates. I do think he's open to new baseball ideas. That doesn't change the feeling that he also has the air of a "my way or the highway" kind of guy. Though perhaps his, standoffish? stoic? icy? demeanor betrays him to some degree. I don't even know how to describe him exactly.
  10. nicksaviking
    He's open-minded. He's more than that, but really, that's enough to get me excited. No more stubbornness please. For some reason, some people lately have been promoting the idea that stubborness is a good trait, when it's basically the death blow to inovation and evolution. I'm not saying Molitor or Meintkiewicz would be bad managers, but to me they seem like the type that would be described as bullheaded and they'd be proud of that fact. This game's always changing, we need people who will adapt with it, not drag their feet and insist the game must be played the way they most feel comfortable playing it.
  11. nicksaviking
    There isn't a free agent available that I'd rather have than Madden. Considering Ryan's defensive responses to Parker's payroll questions, I'm guessing he doesn't plan on putting a lot of money into free agency. Well, here's a good spot to put it.
  12. nicksaviking
    Hey, if they do snag Madden, they may just get Dave Martinez to Minnesota after all!
  13. nicksaviking
    To be clear, I don't think this is happening, but the timing is incredibly conicedental. As noted, the Twins are the only team without a manager under contract. So if the Twins are not his destination, that means he either has another gig likely lined up where another manager is about to get a late axe, or he plans to sit out a year. I'm not sure why he would choose to sit out a year however unless it's under protest against his cheap club which he has defended multiple times in the past. He won't get paid if he sits out. Don't you have to think he wouldn't be resigning unless he has something else cooking? Maybe the Twins were dragging their feet while they were working something out behind the scenes. The Twins would probably be one of the only clubs who could keep such a thing quite seeing as how cloak and dagger they are. Trips to central Florida wouldn't raise many eyebrows considering their base of operations is only a couple hours away.
  14. nicksaviking
    Drugs are bad, we get it. We didn't always get it though. People either don't remember or weren't around, but Cocaine abuse in the 1980's was more common than alcohol abuse. http://www.medscreensinc.com/usdrugtrends/ People didn't think or know that it was highly addictive and it was offered at social events of every class of people, particularly the young and wealthy. The message got out, people undestood the addiction and the dangers (aided by deaths of celebrities like Jon Belushi and Len Bias) and it's usage plummeted in only about a half decade.
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    You need to start adding links if you're going to keep implying Molitor used steroids A Google search finds me nothing other than message boards with people guessing who Jose Canseco was talking about when he said a current HOFer was a steroid user (duh, teammate Ricky Henderson). Molitor is a HUGE oppnenet of A-Rod getting into the HOF for what it's worth. My horse in this race is Lovullo, but I could care less about Molitor's past. I want a guy who knows how to manage a baseball team, not a boy scout troop. I don't think you understand how many men would be disqualified from managing a baseball team had cocaine use in the 70's and 80's been a determining factor.
  16. nicksaviking
    And the fact that this was not a consideration by anyone in the organization probably should indicate that there needs to be wholesale changes. I'm not sure why we need to give this organization continued benefit of the doubt when they continue to fail.
  17. nicksaviking
    You need better dreams. I think the first 1/3rd of that was actually a nightmare.
  18. nicksaviking
    It's the AA team that moved to Tennessee I believe. I'm guessing the idea is that Glynn will be on the Twins coaching staff. Of course this implication, along with the fact that Ryan said he believes the Twins need a Hispanic presence in the dugout (yet don't seem overly interested in a Hispanic manager) may mean that Ryan, not the new manager, will be putting together his staff.
  19. nicksaviking
    If Molitor's 3rd interview is being described as "OK." He's out of the running. They would have offered him the position if they'd heard what they wanted to. I know some would argue the team is doing it's due diligence. I could also see the arguement that they are just once again too indecisive. There is a history of the later option with this club. It's starting to feel like Ryan really wants an internal candidate to work, but Lovullo or someone Ryan wasn't expecting is clearly the more impressive candidate.
  20. nicksaviking
    If it works for the Cardinals, it works for me. I want him in the rotation to start the year, but the club clearly wants to baby him. I'll agree to the compromise.
  21. nicksaviking
    No but there would have been plenty to predict they would have outperformed opening day starters Correia, Pelfrey and perhaps even Gibson. Even if they would not have outperformed them, there really should have been next to no concern about Pelfrey and Correia losing out in what was clearly destined to be another losing season. Winning doens't happen until the young guys get their feet wet.
  22. nicksaviking
    I'd like to think so, but this team continues to opporate like pitching prospects are delicate flowers that can't possibly handle the MLB spotlight unless the team has no other options. They have no problem throwing AAAA guys to the wolves, but if it's an honest to God prospect, they seem inclined to find any excuse to resist letting them take their lumps at the MLB level. This needs to stop and signing more Kevin Correia's to multi-year deals isn't going to encourage the front office to let the (hopefully) future arms sink or swim. This team isn't cutting bait on a starter in thier first year of a multi-year deal even if the prospect is ready. I'd love a one year deal for a Justin Masterson, I'd hate a three year deal for a Brandon McCarthy.
  23. nicksaviking
    But it won't be Gibson or Nolasco losing a rotation spot to a new free agent. It will be Meyer and May. If I thought for a second that Nolasco actually had to win a job in spring training I'd be on board, but no one really thinks that. There was no reason May or Meyer couldn't have competed for a rotation spot out of spring training last year, but they were never given a chance because of all the "depth" this team thought it had at the position.
  24. nicksaviking
    I agree. I guess my point was that I feel that the free agents who are available and could be viewed as a top of the rotation option, will almost certainly turn out to be albatrosses due to the idea that they have all put a lot of innings on their arms, almost certainly the best innings of their career are already gone. Hughes performance going forward has little bearing on what I want this club to do with the pitching staff.
  25. nicksaviking
    Well I think the second half of 2014-early 2016 is different than the previous years, or likely the years that follow. We are finally at the point where we can expect to see the prospects that we have been promised for so long. I think the feeling is that the Twins didn't have the young talent capable of getting a shot from 2011-2013, that's when they should have been signing the better quality free agents to 2-3 year deals. I'm glad to have Hughes, I'm not glad to have Nolasco. Signing another Hughes, which in turn blocks May or Meyer would be acceptable, signing another Nolasco would not be. I don't trust the front office to identify another Hughes though, as they have a much longer track record of finding disappointment on the free agent market. If the prospects we've been waiting for don't pan out over the next season and a half, then it's time to recommence the call for the team to get more active in free agency.
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