…and I want to know what you think, too. Rather than a shopping list of all that went wrong in New York — Pitchers losing it, Casilla reverting on defense, Buscher looking like a busher, Morneau’s one hit (the hand, the hand, the hand), Perkins’ meltdown, Punto watching strikes, Gomez’ problems and other stuff that I’ve probably blocked out — I figure it’s a good time to post a question raised in the previous comment section.

It also seems like a good time to offer some love from the Section 220 keyboard: I went through yesterday’s comments and was struck, once again, by the combination of civility and passion that the vast, vast majority of you bring to this blog. Yes, every now and again one of you takes a chunk out of my leg (or the leg of one of the other commenters), but there’s a load of substance in all those words. Folks who don’t read the comments on this blog are really shortchanged.

Another journalist asked me a few weeks back how many comments I had to delete to keep the conversation “so civil.” I told him less than 1 in 100. He was shocked.

I hope you all keep reading and responding.

Now, on to Beisbol-a-GO-GO’s question:

Are there any graybeards on this blog who were alive and a serious Twins fan BT (before TK)? I have a question that bugs me no end and I would like a knowledgeable answer, so please don’t fake an answer if you were not alive or a Twins fan years ago.

The Twins are universally praised in baseballdom and by the media as running a superb fundamentally sound baseball program and organization, e.g. the emphasis and success with good pitching, good defense and good small ball. But why is it the Twins treat pulling the ball with gusto to yank one out like a capital crime punishable by the electric chair or maybe a firing squad?

I know, I know, hitting the ball the other way is a great way for a hitter to get out of a slump. Fine, I’m OK with that. But it seems like there is an organization-wide allergy to power. Players who are drafted either don’t have it to begin with or are soon “cured” of it when they come up through the farm system. Players who arrive in a trade either have or develop the same profile.

I know we have Jason (Morneau) and also the real Jason (Kubel). But other than that it’s like pulling teeth. And years ago we did have power. What happened??? Someone, please explain. I ask because even if we got someone like a Beltre, is he only going to end up morphing into a real Twin??

Have at it, folks. Or ask your own question. Seems like a good way to spend an off day.

other people are here too

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