<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Do You Trust the Twins? </title> <atom:link href="http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/</link> <description>"like butterflies with hiccups"</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:03:56 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15</generator> <item> <title> By: Jim Crikket </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-10005</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Crikket]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:03:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-10005</guid> <description><![CDATA[Certain seems so at times, yes.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Certain seems so at times, yes.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Packerchu </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-10004</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Packerchu]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:59:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-10004</guid> <description><![CDATA[Do you mean they ate the hubris? :O]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you mean they ate the hubris? :O</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jim Crikket </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9707</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Crikket]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:31:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9707</guid> <description><![CDATA[It's not that I expect the people running the team to be "gods" or in any way perfect at decision-making. But I also don't want them to think they ARE "gods" that already know all they need to know about how best to run a baseball team... that they can't possibly benefit from learning more. Again, as I stated in the post, it's really a feeling you get that they take pride in being ignorant about modern statistical analysis that I find so frustrating.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s not that I expect the people running the team to be “gods” or in any way perfect at decision-making. But I also don’t want them to think they ARE “gods” that already know all they need to know about how best to run a baseball team… that they can’t possibly benefit from learning more. Again, as I stated in the post, it’s really a feeling you get that they take pride in being ignorant about modern statistical analysis that I find so frustrating.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Packerchu </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9703</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Packerchu]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:36:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9703</guid> <description><![CDATA[I think some Twins Fans want "gods" instead of mortal "experts". They used to, Craig H, they used to. :|]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think some Twins Fans want “gods” instead of mortal “experts”. </p> <p>They used to, Craig H, they used to. š</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Craig H </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9657</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig H]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:24:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9657</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hey, this blog is easily in my top 20 already, Jim Crikket, and I've only been reading for a week or two. On their podcast, Gleeman and Bonnes pretty regularly discuss how they also cannot predict the Twins' moves. In contrast, they had a Rays analyst on last week who said there is someone out there who can guess practically every move the Rays FO makes. Do the Twins even have a Way?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, this blog is easily in my top 20 already, Jim Crikket, and I’ve only been reading for a week or two.</p> <p>On their podcast, Gleeman and Bonnes pretty regularly discuss how they also cannot predict the Twins’ moves. In contrast, they had a Rays analyst on last week who said there is someone out there who can guess practically every move the Rays FO makes.</p> <p>Do the Twins even have a Way?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jim Crikket </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9652</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Crikket]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:44:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9652</guid> <description><![CDATA[Iāve long felt the Twins should at least employ analysts familiar with what the modern philosophies are, even if they donāt necessarily buy in to those philosophies themselves. It would be a wise start. As for the Patton stuff, I was going to go with Sun Tzu references, but thought more people would have seen āPattonā than read Art of War. Maybe not.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iāve long felt the Twins should at least employ analysts familiar with what the modern philosophies are, even if they donāt necessarily buy in to those philosophies themselves. It would be a wise start.</p> <p>As for the Patton stuff, I was going to go with Sun Tzu references, but thought more people would have seen āPattonā than read Art of War.</p> <p>Maybe not.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: thrylos98 </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9650</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[thrylos98]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:35:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9650</guid> <description><![CDATA["itās frustrating that this organization seems to almost take pride in their unwillingness to use modern analysis to their benefit." Another one bites the dust ;) Good to see you joining the 'dark side'. But what is all that Patton stuff?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“itās frustrating that this organization seems to almost take pride in their unwillingness to use modern analysis to their benefit.”</p> <p>Another one bites the dust š</p> <p>Good to see you joining the ‘dark side’. But what is all that Patton stuff?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: mark </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9645</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mark]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:38:16 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9645</guid> <description><![CDATA[That was a great post JC. Great insight as usual. I however perfer to take a more simplistic approach. The Twins now spend more time deciding how much to charge for beer, bratwurst, and cheap souvineers made in China than they do on deciding who to put on the field. Baseball is now a game of generating dollars. Really no different than running a Target Department Store. Belive me, the Twins are holding meetings trying to sell a 16 ounce beer for $10.00. The Mauer contract has mortgaged the Twins for another 8 years. A career year forward for Mauer is .320BA 9HR 75 RBI. They need to sell more beer. A side note: We have decided NOT to renew our partial season ticket package. If we want to go to a game we will buy the $8.00 tickets on the street.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was a great post JC. Great insight as usual. I however perfer to take a more simplistic approach. The Twins now spend more time deciding how much to charge for beer, bratwurst, and cheap souvineers made in China than they do on deciding who to put on the field. Baseball is now a game of generating dollars. Really no different than running a Target Department Store. Belive me, the Twins are holding meetings trying to sell a 16 ounce beer for $10.00.<br /> The Mauer contract has mortgaged the Twins for another 8 years. A career year forward for Mauer is .320BA 9HR 75 RBI. They need to sell more beer.<br /> A side note: We have decided NOT to renew our partial season ticket package. If we want to go to a game we will buy the $8.00 tickets on the street.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: FH </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9635</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[FH]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:06:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9635</guid> <description><![CDATA[I agree wholeheartedly that there is a "head in the sand" issue in the Twins organization. I am focusing on the plague of injuries the Twins had this year -- I'm not even going to delve into the other issues mentioned here. They're obviously a problem, but a problem that wouldn't be as much of an easy fix as hiring a new training staff would be. With the current trainers' approach to things like elbow injuries (wait a year, realize that there's a real problem, <i>then</i> send the pitcher to surgery and lose them for at least another season) and the number of simple injuries that other teams don't seem to suffer nearly as much of as the Twins do, I am rather surprised that we continue to keep the same staff. It's not like this is the first bad injury year we've suffered in recent history. If a player is missing months for a sprain or weeks because of a pulled hamstring, there is a problem. Sports teams are generally known for their ability to rehab a player quickly and well, but our guys have extended stays on the bench from the smallest tweaks and pulls. I can't believe that any other team out there would find this acceptable considering the amount of money they pump into their training facilities and staff. As long as the Twins continue operating the way they have been, I have to say that no, I don't trust them. I <i>hope</i> they do well, but I can't <i>trust</i> that they will.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree wholeheartedly that there is a “head in the sand” issue in the Twins organization. I am focusing on the plague of injuries the Twins had this year — I’m not even going to delve into the other issues mentioned here. They’re obviously a problem, but a problem that wouldn’t be as much of an easy fix as hiring a new training staff would be. </p> <p>With the current trainers’ approach to things like elbow injuries (wait a year, realize that there’s a real problem, <i>then</i> send the pitcher to surgery and lose them for at least another season) and the number of simple injuries that other teams don’t seem to suffer nearly as much of as the Twins do, I am rather surprised that we continue to keep the same staff. It’s not like this is the first bad injury year we’ve suffered in recent history. If a player is missing months for a sprain or weeks because of a pulled hamstring, there is a problem. Sports teams are generally known for their ability to rehab a player quickly and well, but our guys have extended stays on the bench from the smallest tweaks and pulls. I can’t believe that any other team out there would find this acceptable considering the amount of money they pump into their training facilities and staff.</p> <p>As long as the Twins continue operating the way they have been, I have to say that no, I don’t trust them. I <i>hope</i> they do well, but I can’t <i>trust</i> that they will.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jim Crikket </title> <link>http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/10/25/do-you-trust-the-twins/#comment-9633</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Crikket]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=9290#comment-9633</guid> <description><![CDATA[I hate to say it, but I suspect they damn near wet themselves whenever they see Bill Smith's name show up on the "incoming call" screen of their phones.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hate to say it, but I suspect they damn near wet themselves whenever they see Bill Smith’s name show up on the “incoming call” screen of their phones.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>