Comments on: Twins: The pivotal game No. 14 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/ The latest on the Minnesota Twins Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: rayreiner http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92282 rayreiner Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:55:47 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92282 Baseball leadership defined: 1. Making plays when your team most needs them made. 2. Not making mistakes when your team can least afford them. 3. Doing the "little" things that consistently help your team, so that they add up to "big things" overall. 4. Playing relaxed, but with greater concentration the greater the pressure. 5. Having your teammates feed off of this relaxed concentration and intensity. 6. Making your teammates better. Whether a guy is a rah-rah guy, or a kick-butt guy in the locker room is immaterial. Leaders lead by their play on the field. And right now, our team lacks leadership. We will need more than one. So some of these guys need to emerge, quickly, or they will not transition from being a good team to being a championship-caliber team. Baseball leadership defined:

1. Making plays when your team most needs them made.

2. Not making mistakes when your team can least afford them.

3. Doing the “little” things that consistently help your team, so that they add up to “big things” overall.

4. Playing relaxed, but with greater concentration the greater the pressure.

5. Having your teammates feed off of this relaxed concentration and intensity.

6. Making your teammates better.

Whether a guy is a rah-rah guy, or a kick-butt guy in the locker room is immaterial. Leaders lead by their play on the field. And right now, our team lacks leadership. We will need more than one. So some of these guys need to emerge, quickly, or they will not transition from being a good team to being a championship-caliber team.

]]> By: Miss Optimist http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92278 Miss Optimist Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:49:30 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92278 not much shuffling..... tolbert got another shot.... loves that track team too much not much shuffling….. tolbert got another shot…. loves that track team too much

]]> By: gobbledygookguy http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92276 gobbledygookguy Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:47:28 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92276 the lineup is late because gardy is scuffling a little today after the tuff loss. but he's a battler. the lineup is late because gardy is scuffling a little today after the tuff loss. but he’s a battler.

]]> By: Sherm http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92275 Sherm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:46:00 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92275 Ron Gardenhire is confused. He thinks his job it to tinker with the lineup everyday. It makes him feel important. Whether or not the Twins win is not important to him. His ego is bigger than the playoffs. Ron Gardenhire is confused. He thinks his job it to tinker with the lineup everyday. It makes him feel important. Whether or not the Twins win is not important to him. His ego is bigger than the playoffs.

]]> By: TOM http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92274 TOM Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:42:59 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92274 Gardenhire always changes the lineup around without good reason. He doesn't yet know who should play third base or shortstop. He is beginning his habitual manipulation of the lineup that will ultimately cost the Twins the division championship. Gardenhire is fundamentally opposed to establishing the best possible lineup and leaving them alone to play at their best. He always has to be messing with the lineup. Gardenhire always changes the lineup around without good reason. He doesn’t yet know who should play third base or shortstop. He is beginning his habitual manipulation of the lineup that will ultimately cost the Twins the division championship. Gardenhire is fundamentally opposed to establishing the best possible lineup and leaving them alone to play at their best. He always has to be messing with the lineup.

]]> By: Miss Optimist http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92273 Miss Optimist Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:32:56 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2008/09/04/twins-the-pivotal-game-no-14/#comment-92273 Well why not slide into first when you see a guy with marginal talent get rewarded and get called a gamer etc? If the manager wants you to battle and all those other lame sports cliches then why not break the first rule of base running? Well why not slide into first when you see a guy with marginal talent get rewarded and get called a gamer etc? If the manager wants you to battle and all those other lame sports cliches then why not break the first rule of base running?

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