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  1. D.C Twins
    He'll be gone from the dugout by the end of the season and into a 'front office consultant role' which will fit him perfectly. I get the feeling that he is a big but methodical thinker, but not so great with fluid, agile, short fuse decision making that is required for a great manager. No offence to Rocco, he's just in the wrong place to maximize his talents
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    Lee to 3rd and Miranda to 1st and let Polonco and Julian figure out 2nd ... but then there is Lewis... what great problems to have! (I have my serious doubts about Krills long term health but I hope I'm wrong). Lee may end up being like Moss, Jefferson, Peterson, Culpepper falling into Vikings lap.... aweseome!
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    Rocco's managing..... whooaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  4. D.C Twins
    That prize combo of Nick -leback -punto is absolutely hilarious. Made my day.... Kudos
  5. D.C Twins
    are we sure the radars are calibrated correctly?
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    I find this HIGHLY unlikely. I have seen/heard of zero 6+ foot 220+ men getting sucker punched by a complete stranger for no reason in my life..... and I've been around for awhile and been in many situations.
  7. D.C Twins
    MORE COWBELL! (....and Nick Gordon is a valuable asset that I do not think has peaked yet)
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    Break x3
  9. D.C Twins
    I'll go Lawyerson (though nobody outside of the top 20 really stood out to me)
  10. D.C Twins
    "his leash should be short and there is nothing about a $3.5 million salary that will keep Minnesota from avoiding the same fate from a year ago." But will it be? This is the key. Nick Nelson's nice article convinced me that he was worth a 3.5 million flier (kudos to Nick, because convincing me was not easy). But the problem is that the Twins have not demonstrated the ability to cut relief pitchers loose at the appropriate time in the past seasons when things were not working.
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    I'd rather hear he was going to manage 'somewhere else' than 'differently' but I guess this is better than nothing until he is inevitably fired at or near the end of the season
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    His parents need to engage right now and make sure he is fully aware of the precipice he is on. (Male brains aren't fully developed until 25 at the earliest and probably a bit later) Because professional coaches have neither the time nor energy to devote to filling the role of parent to any of these players
  13. D.C Twins
    I see a slight hitch in Lewis' giddy up in that video but early days and encouraging that he is running period.
  14. D.C Twins
    Ahh... we've progressed from the '(fill in the blank) is in the best shape of his life' to 'just imaging if Buxton could stay healthy for a whole year' in the annual stories... .... which means opening day is getting closer!!!!!
  15. D.C Twins
    Great staff for the regular season.... post season is where the lack of an elite pitcher comes back to haunt.
  16. D.C Twins
    I had the opportunity to go to Spring Training in 1987 as a 13 year old as part of a package. I don't take all the credit for the WS later that year... but I did have the opportunity to tell TK that I liked what I saw in Al Newman and that I thought he should bring him North. Obviously he did so only based on my recommendation 🤣 TK was very kind to a teenage brat and, though I can't remember the specific comments, he had a great, albeit very dry, sense of humor! Seriously though, great memories and a recommend going at least once for kids (of any age :)
  17. D.C Twins
    Kudos to all commenters.... this is my favorite string to read so far this year. Thanks to all!
  18. D.C Twins
    It certainly could be (and I hope so) but.... Lopez and Griffin need to demonstrate sustained success. I have more confidence in Griffin that Lopez actually. Theilbar is old with questionable stuff that could fall off at anytime Who knows about Acala's health. I seem the remember that Moran has a problem with walks which is definitely a problem with relief pitchers and... Pagan is... er.... um... Pagan. An argument could be made that all bullpens have similar issues but I would argue that bullpens for teams that intend to compete for deep playoff runs tend to have a few more reliable relievers with track records of more sustained success.
  19. D.C Twins
    Outside of Duran... lots of question marks, albeit for different reasons.... which makes it an overall liability in my opinion until proven otherwise
  20. D.C Twins
    So, boiling it down to the basics, you believe that with Gibson, Pineda, and Dyson present and healthy, we would have made a deep post season run in 2019 competing with not only NY, but also Houston and Washington that year (I was inferring that you were cherry picking one post season team's starting rotation, not the actual NY stats presented) ...got it. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one (and hopefully the front office does too if we hope to challenge for a WS at any time in the future)
  21. D.C Twins
    '87 vs 2019 is one of the best comparisons of 'regular season' SP vs. 'playoff SP' 2019 had no Frank Viola (or even close really) and Bert (though not at his prime in his mid-30 still had the potential to flash billiance in big games... and after them..... um.... Les Straker anyone? anyone?!?) But, you are right, they barely MADE the playoffs
  22. D.C Twins
    As long as we are cherry picking from that year, let's compare the Twins (even healthy) SP to Houston's and Washington's SP that year (the next two opponents if we miraculously got through NY and yes, I definitely would have taken NY SP over ours in the playoffs). Having a bunch of reliable #3-esque SP is wonderful for the regular season and will result in a lot of wins. In the playoffs.... not so much. (I don't even think this is really a 'hot take') In addition, HR or bust is a difficult horse to ride through long series against elite competition because it is not consistent. And really we lost the NY series more because we got 'bust' and not 'HR' from the Bomba squad more than pitching
  23. D.C Twins
    We had a good 'regular season' pitching staff but that is different than a good 'playoff' pitching staff. If Pineda was not suspended, Gibson was healthy and Dyson was not hurt I don't think it would have changed the playoff outcome at all; none of them are 'difference makers' against elite competition. (maybe one game won?) None of our pitchers that year would strike fear into the hearts of the opposing line up in a must win game.
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    My bad.... I should have clarified that the 'Bomba' part was overrated, not necessarily the team in relation to Twins history. Though, even in real time I believe most of us were highly skeptical that our pitching staff was anywhere near good enough for a deep post season run against the elite teams
  25. D.C Twins
    Fair, but the juiced ball year definitely lowers the impact of their 'Team Home Run Record.' Best measure of Team Home Run Record would be the difference between Team Home Runs and the median team home runs hit in the league that season (or divide Team Home Runs by the Median Team Home Runs in the league for a ratio) to adjust for the conditions of that year. Those results could then be compared year over year. Given that metric, I doubt they would be the best ever. Still a fun season with wild success, but overrated historically.
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