Comments on: It’s arbitration season. Can you feel the excitement? http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/ The latest on the Minnesota Twins Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: | Tits and Baseball http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-108215 | Tits and Baseball Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:42:10 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-108215 [...] KubelWhen reports surfaced last week that the Twins were on the verge of inking Jason Kubel to a two-year contract [...] […] KubelWhen reports surfaced last week that the Twins were on the verge of inking Jason Kubel to a two-year contract […]

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]]> By: sane http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106356 sane Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:09:45 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106356 "It appears if you spend obscene amounts of money for payroll and don’t win the World Series, that is a pattern to be copied, yet if you spend less and don’t win the World Series your a failure." Amazing, but true. Whatever the Yankees do is right. Whatever the Twins do is wrong. Regardless of how they did it. Regardless of how it turns out. Its called a UNIVERSAL TRUTH! “It appears if you spend obscene amounts of money for payroll and don’t win the World Series, that is a pattern to be copied, yet if you spend less and don’t win the World Series your a failure.”

Amazing, but true.

Whatever the Yankees do is right.
Whatever the Twins do is wrong.

Regardless of how they did it.
Regardless of how it turns out.

Its called a UNIVERSAL TRUTH!

]]> By: the Dragon http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106345 the Dragon Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:59:04 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106345 I am having trouble understand the following paradox: Several posters often say that getting to the playoffs is nothing, in fact a failure, if the Twins don't win the World Series. Then I see today, that spending 3X+ just about every other team is virtuous because the Yankees made the playoffs 13 times straight. Cool, EXCEPT that the Yankees HAVE NOT won the World Series in their last 6 times in the playoffs and did not even make the playoffs in 2008. It appears if you spend obscene amounts of money for payroll and don't win the World Series, that is a pattern to be copied, yet if you spend less and don't win the World Series your a failure. Can't make this stuff up. Regards, I am having trouble understand the following paradox:

Several posters often say that getting to the playoffs is nothing, in fact a failure, if the Twins don’t win the World Series.

Then I see today, that spending 3X+ just about every other team is virtuous because the Yankees made the playoffs 13 times straight. Cool, EXCEPT that the Yankees HAVE NOT won the World Series in their last 6 times in the playoffs and did not even make the playoffs in 2008.

It appears if you spend obscene amounts of money for payroll and don’t win the World Series, that is a pattern to be copied, yet if you spend less and don’t win the World Series your a failure.

Can’t make this stuff up.

Regards,

]]> By: sane http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106331 sane Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:52:35 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106331 thrylos98, A Harris-Buscher platoon does not HAVE TO be a strict L-R platoon. Harris can get all the at-bats, except for those against a RHP with a lights-out slider, or a difficult arm angle for RH batters to hit. Harris could end up with 80+% of the at-bats. Its not that revolutionary. thrylos98,
A Harris-Buscher platoon does not HAVE TO be a strict L-R platoon.
Harris can get all the at-bats, except for those against a RHP with a lights-out slider, or a difficult arm angle for RH batters to hit.
Harris could end up with 80+% of the at-bats.
Its not that revolutionary.

]]> By: thrylos98 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106327 thrylos98 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:40:44 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2009/01/12/its-arbitration-season-can-you-feel-the-excitement/#comment-106327 btw, scratch Prior. DePodesta in his blog says that the Padres re-signed him today. btw, scratch Prior. DePodesta in his blog says that the Padres re-signed him today.

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