Thursday, July 23, 2009

MN Twins

Someone should tell the Twins that Nick Punto, and Glen Perkins don't always need to see a medical specialist every time they struggle. They aren't hurt, they're just not any good. I'm so happy that Glen Perkins is from Minnesota. Thanks for being born here, now please go play for the Saints. Nick Punto you should be put in jail for the felony you've committed. Stealing all that money from the twins.
Twins GM Bill Smith needs to do something here prior to the trade deadline. If he doesn't he should be fired. Let's look back and see what ol Billy has done. He's the one who let Tori Hunter leave via free agency. I agreed with him at the time. But look at Tori Hunter now. The thing is, it is Billy Smith's job to predict that kind of thing, not mine. He traded Matt Garza, and Jason Bartlett for Delmon Young. He also traded Johan Santana to the Mets for a collection of shit. If he would have done nothing but sign the players we already had. This is what our lineup would be today.
Denard Span
Jason Bartlett
Joe Mauer
Justin Morneau
Tori Hunter
Jason Kubel
Michael Cuddyer
Brian Buscher
Alexi Casilla
That lineup 1-7 would be as good as any lineup in the bigs. Also let's look at the pitching staff we would have had.
Johan Santana
Matt Garza
Scott Baker
Frank Liriano
Nick Blackburn
That would leave Slowey and Perkins in the bullpen. Think of how good our team would be. Obviously hindsight is 20/20. But I am wondering if Bill Smith is trying to make the twins better or worse.
So he's got a 6 month window in my book to make things right. He has to handle the Joe Mauer contract. He also has to find a way to get a deal done, to turn the twin from pretenders to contenders. Take a risk, trade away a prospect. Think world series not division. Think this year not next year. The twins are close, so it wouldn't take much. And please stop putting Glen Perkins on the damn mound!

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