Comments on: Opening night

By: melanal

melanal — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:53:21 +0000

ooh, no picking on neshek! he’s a geek god.

By: grote

grote — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:12:49 +0000

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, if only Casey could get but a whack at that -
We'd put up even money, now, with Casey at the bat.

I already said my piece on the Twins. The Tigers and Indians have committed too much salary to their murderer's row lineups and have too many good young arms for the Twins to compete this year...give it 2 more years.

The Wild will be middle-of-the-road competitive for years. It's how they roll.

The Wolves have the young talent, picks and cap space to be quite good in 2-3 years, but those picks and cap space are at the discretion of McHale and Glen Taylor, and you've seen how that's gone (speaking of model franchises, I'll be @ the Pistons game tonight)

The Vikes will compete in the NFC North for years to come because the NFC North sucks, and the Wilfs are willing to spend for talent and don't tolerate incompetence.

Tubby's Gophers will contend for a Big 10 Title...next year. He took Monson's leftovers and got to 20 wins this year. Watch what happens under his system when he gets some big Ju-Co bodies to go with what I think is the best backourt trio in the conference (Westbrook, Nolen, Hoffarber).

Gopher football...I see the stadium rising on campus and can't help but wonder how they'll fill it with 6 wins per year, at best.

By: nateek

nateek — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:48:44 +0000

With a few wise FA acquisitions and some luck with the farm system, they are going to field one hell of a team for opening day 2010.

I think you're spot on with this grote. We're kind of a town with a youth brigade theme. If you're really an optimist, and I mean REALLY an optimist, it's conceivable that by 2010, the Wild, Twins, Vikings, T-Wolves, and most Gopher teams (namely basketball and football) could all be pretty competitive. Might we be the Boston/New England of 2010?

By: SpellsGood

SpellsGood — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:26:52 +0000

I even got to watch the game last night with the free first week of MLB Extra Innings. Youngsters looked good, especially Go-Go…they shouldn’t be as bad as everyone thinks.

By: msparber

msparber — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:26:37 +0000

I call ‘em as I see ‘em.

By: Mpls Simpleton

Mpls Simpleton — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:22:34 +0000

As long as its not the Colonsee’em!

By: noodleman

noodleman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:12:39 +0000

Sheesh!

c/Colesium/Coliseum

!!

By: noodleman

noodleman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:00:29 +0000

Seems like a popular thing these days to make dire pronouncements about the near future.

Happens every year. 'Round about the middle of May, when the Twins have had a win-streak or two, the naysayers begin to hop on the pennant bandwagon.

By: noodleman

noodleman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:59:19 +0000

Note to the Pohlads and the Twins marketing department:

When it comes time to roll out the new outdoor stadium, do it in style ... like the Dodgers did this weekend with the reopening of the Colesium:

Only thing missing was the cornfield [LA Observed]

By: grote

grote — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:47:57 +0000

The Twins have a TON of young talent in the outfield, bullpen and starting rotation.

They need to shore up the infield and spots 1 & 5 in the starting rotation (Livan ain't a #1, and I dunno who they have @ #5)

With a few wise FA acquisitions and some luck with the farm system, they are going to field one hell of a team for opening day 2010.