Comments on: Twins Notes: Birthday boys, pimping, demoting, neglecting, and mocking

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 12 May 2012 03:56:28 +0000

That’s the real pickle – If a restaurant was staffed will incompetent waiters, cooks with no talent and a manager handcuffed by his poor staff – customers would cease showing up and paying for a meal. Eventually the business would be forced to close their doors.

This for a million reasons will not happen at Target Field, and even if it did – the revenue stream provided by the TV deal and advertisers would simply afford the ownership further excuse to cut the payroll and hire less talented players to fill out the roster.

Yikes.

By: herb

herb — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:42:31 +0000

The only people completely responsible for this mess are the Pohlads, who after being handed Target Field decided to cut their payroll. Cut it. They didn’t expand their payroll and get real players in here. They cut it. It is also obvious they aren’t spending money on prospects, or on top-notch coaching or scouting or management at the minor league level. This is a cynical, low-buck operation from the top down.

So the heck WHAT if Casilla, or Valencia, or Plouffe or Revere or anyone else is “in Gardy’s doghouse”? They should be, they are barely major-league players. Is anybody else interested in them? If so, maybe we can trade them! With the exception of maybe, at best, a half-dozen players, the entire 40-man roster is filled with old minor-leaguers, failed journeymen, weak prospects, and other teams’ rejects.

It isn’t their fault they suck. They just aren’t as talented or focused as other players in this game, and the few guys who are decent can be avoided by our opponents because they are surrounded by sub-mediocrity. That isn’t Gardenhire or Anderson or Vavre’s fault either. You can’t coach someone to have talent. This entire team lacks talent.

So everybody here is calling for Gardenhire’s head. Well newsflash, with all the evidence we have before us of the Pohlad mindset, who do you think we will get to replace them? Joe Torre? Yeah, right. More like Joe Blow, formerly manager of the Jackson, Mississippi Central High School girl’s softball team.

What needs to happen is for people to STOP GOING TO GAMES. The Pohlads are in this for the buck. When they are gone, we will start winning again.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:50:58 +0000

I’m holding out hope for Appel at #2. He and Kyle Gibson could help as soon as 2013. Lord knows the Twins need the rotation help, and will have the open slots.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:17:06 +0000

So is it crazy to suggest that Sano should be fast tracked, look at B. Harper?? why not?

By: @_2244

@_2244 — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:04:21 +0000

Upon further review, I see Robby’s initial response was to a “broadcast Tweet” from Aaron. Seeing as how Aaron’s initial Tweet was not directed at Robby or FSN, I know see another side of this. Please strike my initial post from the record. My apologies for calling you out, Aaron. Mea culpa.

That is all.

By: TMW

TMW — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:01:32 +0000

I’m not following Callis’s line of thinking on Buxton over Zunino.

By: vikesgeek

vikesgeek — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:47:16 +0000

Looking forward to the mid-June rematch with the Pirates when the Twins can reassert their Spring training strengths.

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:43:05 +0000

Totally disagree with _2244 above. At worst, it was even between the two of them. Robby is sticking up for “his guy” because he perceived Aaron was mocking his comment. First of all, it was an absurd comment, and the entire FSN crew from top to bottom is trying too hard to make light of the fact that they have to cover the worst team in baseball for 162 games this summer. Second, Aaron didn’t attack Smalley personally – he didn’t say “Roy is stupid” or “Roy was a terrible baseball player”. Aaron disagrees that Marquis has been a solid performer this year, and he expressed that. It was Robby that fired back and Aaron explained that if you provide nothing but a direct quote and a statistic, it’s the information itself that does the mocking, not the messenger. If Aaron wrote that same tweet and Marquis’ ERA was 2.80, it wouldn’t have made any sense.

Robby has just as much a right to be on Twitter as Aaron, and if he disagrees fine. But I would struggle with any of the FSN crew becoming part of the “discussion” about these players because their job is package the Twins as a television show, and they obviously can’t do the effectively or impartially when they’re never going to say “This is a horrible, unwatchable product for anyone except the most diehard or gullible of fans”.

By: Pedro Munoz

Pedro Munoz — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:07:36 +0000

Sano is already in Gardy’s doghouse. He also hits too many home runs for Gardy’s liking, but Vavra should be able to fix that when the time comes.

By: @_2244

@_2244 — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:54:58 +0000

While I don’t disagree with your Tweets calling out Smalley, I thought you were a little out of line with Robby. Dude corresponded with you while he was working, and seemed to be decent about it. I guess I didn’t see the need to give him what I perceive to be a snarky remark. I’m inclined to think Robby couldn’t care less if you click the volume or channel buttons on your remote.