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Comment on Target Field Open House by MarkW

MarkW — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:16:39 +0000

Nice, I’ll be there as well… despite this crappy weather, it should be pretty sweet!

Comment on Target Field Open House by sirsean

sirsean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:28:11 +0000

Good to know.

And yeah, dividers and troughs don’t really mix, I think.

Comment on Target Field Open House by pws

pws — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:22:21 +0000

Cameron Indoor Stadium still has them, but they have dividers, which really takes away the charm of troughs.

Comment on Target Field Open House by sirsean

sirsean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:12:24 +0000

I could be wrong, but I heard the only two places that still have the trough are the Dome and Wrigley field. I think you’re not allowed to install them any more, and you can only have them if they’re grandfathered in.

Which is disappointing, but is probably wise. I’m sure everyone’s seen the video of the guy diving headfirst into the trough at Wrigley like it was a slip-n-slide.

Comment on Target Field Open House by FunBobby

FunBobby — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:30:19 +0000

Excellent question. I think i read somewhere that it will be urinals, because some “suit” deemed the trough system unsanitary. I think it is a model of efficiency.

Comment on Target Field Open House by pws

pws — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:22:29 +0000

I would appreciate a picture of the bathrooms. Urinals or troughs?

Comment on Holy crap, Posnanski linked to us! by sirsean

sirsean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:08:53 +0000

Well I wouldn’t say “they can’t trade him,” but if the haul is similar to the one we got for Santana. I mean, if we can trade him for Heyward & Strasburg then hell yeah we should do it, but that’s not going to happen.

Especially if the 2009 draft is the start of a trend of the Twins going over-slot to get high upside guys, we’d be better off going for it this year and taking the picks rather than accepting an underwhelming haul in a trade.

And I don’t know why nobody seems to be putting pressure on Mauer to sign. Maybe because they like Mauer more than the front office? Maybe because we expect Mauer to do what’s best for Mauer, but we expect the Twins to do what’s best for us?

Comment on Holy crap, Posnanski linked to us! by FunBobby

FunBobby — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:43 +0000

I think the main reason for keeping Mauer all year is I think we can win a world series this year. If we are out of contention in july, and can someone get a package similar to something the Rangers got for Tex a few years back I say do it. Although the braves were trading for 1.5 years of him, not 1 or 1/2. I still think they will be able to sign him though

TwinsCentric writer Set Stohs had a good post on the topic last week http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/87093087.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUqCP:iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

why is the Twins front office getting all the blame. Instead of saying “Sign Mauer!” Why aren’t we saying “Mauer, sign!”.

Comment on Holy crap, Posnanski linked to us! by Bryz

Bryz — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:26:54 +0000

I saw that Posnanski linked to here yesterday. Congratulations! Throw that in your dad’s face as a retort to failing to change the blog name :-P

I don’t see how taking 2 draft picks is more advantageous than trading Mauer. You can get A LOT in return for him, so why not take a handful of players that either already have major league success or are much easier to project for the future, rather than two guys that will be coming out of high school or college and likely will still need 4-5 years to develop in the minors.

Comment on Souhan wants to trade Mauer? He’s not COMPLETELY crazy. by FunBobby

FunBobby — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:09:50 +0000

Remember when the Rangers traded Texiera to Atlanta and got like a million top prospects in return. For half a seaons of Tex! I only bring that up because, yes, you are right it seems to only happen to the Twins.