Re: A sad day for a former Twins fan.
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tbuck said:
If the Twins closed their doors tommorow, i could never be a Tribe fan. Or a White Sox fan. Or an A's fan. I hate those teams with a passion. They are our rivals, and i've spent years hating them (as a TRUE) Twins fan.
The Victory Sports thing has me angry as well, and i won't be spending one dime on the Twins until that situation is resolved. If the game is on TV, i'll watch. If I get free tickets, i'll go. I'll certainly tune in on radio, as well. I support the team, but i don't support Pohlad and the business side of the Twins organization.
As for the team, i think people who assume the Twins got worse in the offseason are wrong. They may be worse this year, but just becasue we lost 2 players from the bullpen and our starting catcher doesn't necessarily make it so. We may be better. Is Guardado and elite closer? No. Is AJ irreplaceable? No. Latroy is our biggest loss, and a set-up man, while valuable, is not the make or break role on our team.
Joe Nathan has better "stuff" as a closer. His make-up? That's the question. Joe Mauer is a better defensive catcher than AJ. Will he hit as well? Maybe, maybe not. He'll come close, though. The RH set-up role just might go to Jesse Crain. I doubt he'll be better than Latroy, but he's promising.
Don't forget, we have Shannon Stewart in the leadoff spot all year, which allows Jaque Jones and his strikeouts to move down to a lower impact spot in the order. Can Torri, Koskie, Rivas or Guzman play as bad as they did last year? It's doubtfull. All 4 had poor seasons, and we still won the division. Don't count the Twins out.
On another note, i think it's time to stop saying the Central is weak. Everyone is better this season, and the division is deeper.
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YOu make some valid points but i disagree with Joe Nathen i dont think we will get much out of him at all didnt like his stuff when he was with S.F. last year and not sure why we traded for him. Shouldn't we as fans expect more from owners when we put so much time and money into the team.
is it so much to ask that we go after a decent freeagent once in a blue moon, everyone else does why dont the Twins that is my question. are we the smallest market in the major leagues? No actually im pretty sure that the twin cities market is the 11th or 12 th largest T.V. market in the league. im not givingn up on the Twins, this had noting to do with the players I mean who plays harder then the Twins? i just want to see some effort out of the ownership please! at least in the next 10 years.
well ive said my peace im out!
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tbuck said:
If the Twins closed their doors tommorow, i could never be a Tribe fan. Or a White Sox fan. Or an A's fan. I hate those teams with a passion. They are our rivals, and i've spent years hating them (as a TRUE) Twins fan.
The Victory Sports thing has me angry as well, and i won't be spending one dime on the Twins until that situation is resolved. If the game is on TV, i'll watch. If I get free tickets, i'll go. I'll certainly tune in on radio, as well. I support the team, but i don't support Pohlad and the business side of the Twins organization.
As for the team, i think people who assume the Twins got worse in the offseason are wrong. They may be worse this year, but just becasue we lost 2 players from the bullpen and our starting catcher doesn't necessarily make it so. We may be better. Is Guardado and elite closer? No. Is AJ irreplaceable? No. Latroy is our biggest loss, and a set-up man, while valuable, is not the make or break role on our team.
Joe Nathan has better "stuff" as a closer. His make-up? That's the question. Joe Mauer is a better defensive catcher than AJ. Will he hit as well? Maybe, maybe not. He'll come close, though. The RH set-up role just might go to Jesse Crain. I doubt he'll be better than Latroy, but he's promising.
Don't forget, we have Shannon Stewart in the leadoff spot all year, which allows Jaque Jones and his strikeouts to move down to a lower impact spot in the order. Can Torri, Koskie, Rivas or Guzman play as bad as they did last year? It's doubtfull. All 4 had poor seasons, and we still won the division. Don't count the Twins out.
On another note, i think it's time to stop saying the Central is weak. Everyone is better this season, and the division is deeper.
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YOu make some valid points but i disagree with Joe Nathen i dont think we will get much out of him at all didnt like his stuff when he was with S.F. last year and not sure why we traded for him. Shouldn't we as fans expect more from owners when we put so much time and money into the team.
is it so much to ask that we go after a decent freeagent once in a blue moon, everyone else does why dont the Twins that is my question. are we the smallest market in the major leagues? No actually im pretty sure that the twin cities market is the 11th or 12 th largest T.V. market in the league. im not givingn up on the Twins, this had noting to do with the players I mean who plays harder then the Twins? i just want to see some effort out of the ownership please! at least in the next 10 years.
well ive said my peace im out!
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