FINALLY we have a voice that matters speak out about the Twins' roster situation: There is a lack of talent. It means nothing to Management when fans and media call them out because the fans still show up to the big bubble known as the Dome. We haven't had a player call out management since Cy Young Winner Johan Santana - Then the best pitcher in baseball (and still in that conversation)
That was different though. That was 1 guy calling out for help with a team of young rising stars like Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan......well what do you know, now those 3 are the 3 best players at their respective positions in ALL of baseball.
Justin Morneau has the Hardware - and a 2nd place finish. Mauer has a 6th place finish and 4th place finish (many argue he was actually more valuable to the Twins in 06) and Joe Nathan has been as good as ANYONE as a closer over the last 5 years.
I have heard some people say the players need to worry about playing but tell me this, how could they be doing any better? Morneau is again an MVP candidate and would be the leader if not for our record. He is in 9th in Average and LEADS the AL in HR and RBI - and that's with having terrible players hitting 2nd half the season - taking away a few potential RBI. Mauer I guess has struggled, he is now only hitting .358 with a .427 OBP and 17 HR. Nathan has struggled with 3 blown saves...of course he has converted 27 and has a 1.5 ERA.
So I applaud these 3. They realize that an athlete only has so many opportunities to win a title, and with the core of our team all playing great - Span, Kubel and Cuddyer all continue to have great seasons - all we need are a few pieces. I say go get Halliday!!!!! He would give us something we haven't had since Santana. A guy that you just expect to win night in and night out. We would still have him for next year too, so hopefully by then Liriano figures something out, Baker settles back into what he had last year, and Slowey will be healthy.
I don't want to hear anything about being a small market, if we win we attract as many fans as the big market teams. Small market means you aren't doing enough to make it a big market - lets not forget we have a lot of fans from Iowa, the Dakotas and the ENTIRE state of Minnesota - that's 4.5 Million people. That is our market. I don't care if the "market" is considered within a certain distance of the stadium because we all know that fans from all over MN come to the cities all the time to catch a weekend of Twins baseball.
The Twins better act fast too because it won't be long before fans realize that a better weekend would be to come down in the fall and see a game at TCF Stadium - the greatest stadium in college football - where they know they are going to see a winning team with management that gives everything they have!
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