Open Thread

by The Cheat on Oct 7, 2009 11:35 AM CDT

So we're having some site issues -- took me an hour to get through to write this post -- so use this thread during our sporadic uptime to do your thing, and, in the event that I can't post gamethreads, comment on those as well.

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ok

fuck nick swisher.
also, Q swings at the first pitch relatively often.

the suck is not just a river in ireland.

by BuehrleMan on Oct 7, 2009 11:43 AM CDT reply actions

ha. Good times.

The tension is so thick, I could FNS with it. -SkanchoDanza

by homesickalien on Oct 7, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions

some dude on the radio

told me that the new stadium will net the twins an extra $40mil annually. assuming half goes to payroll, i’d say we are fuxed.

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 11:54 AM CDT reply actions

Mostly due to April and May hot chocolate, coffee and sweatshirt sales

"One more game and then we can blow this son of a b@#$* up!" - Hawk Harrelson on his thoughts regarding the Metrodome

by tailgater on Oct 7, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Does that mean that Mauer wont be in Yankees pinstripes after next year?

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Oct 7, 2009 12:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

no because he'll be on the red sox

by soxshenanigans on Oct 7, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions

shortage of cash has never been the reason for a low Twins payroll

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 2010

by Nordhagen on Oct 7, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions

true

but the old man is dead now. plus i assume they ran it “cash flow” style meaning “you show up to the game and we’ll think about spending the money.”

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions

thornton led sox in games pitched: 70

tied for 40th in ML.

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 12:03 PM CDT reply actions

implying....ozzie mollycoddles the bullpen.

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions

also implies ozzie tends to eschew matchups.

i’d use an AL comparison instead of MLB as a whole for a start. more pitching changes, for obvious reasons, in NL. also would note how many of those guys averaged less than one inning per outing.

of course, DJ led both the AL and MLB in innings pitched as a reliever.

by larry on Oct 7, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah, dj is ozzie's bitch.

i’m so out of it, i didn’t realize that NO relievers pitch 100 innings anymoar.

where have you gone dick tidrow?

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions

suggests that, at the very least, he was giving his two best relievers the most opportunities.

whether they should have been given even more, well, leave that to others.

by larry on Oct 7, 2009 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah but the irony

is ozzie thought DJ was his worst reliever.

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

did he?

he called him his team MVP, starting at least midseasonish.

by larry on Oct 7, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions

this is why his minions like him..

while yours hate you. its called the ability to lie.

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I is confused.

Don’t think Ozzie was lying.
Without DJ, our starting rotation holes were far more gaping.

The tension is so thick, I could FNS with it. -SkanchoDanza

by homesickalien on Oct 7, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions

he's probably referring to leverage.

by larry on Oct 7, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Not leverage, maybe lie to me or the mentalist

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Oct 7, 2009 2:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

so you think if KW goes to OG...

“oz, i’m blowin this bitch up. give me five guys we gotta keep.”

and ozzie sez

“oh man i gotta have DJ. he’s my MVP!”

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions

frankly, i think he would say that.

by larry on Oct 7, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions

you know

you may be right. not sure if that’s a reflection of the team or his odd theory of managing.

by Hatchetm on Oct 7, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions

i don't think his theory of managing is all that odd.

but there’s a reason i think he would be a terrible GM. the five players he’d want to keep at all costs would probably include guys like kotsay and pods.

by larry on Oct 7, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions