The way I see it professional sports is a lot like politics. We, the fans, vote with our dollars, whether directly through ticket and merchandise sales or indirectly through watching games and viewing the advertising that brings income to the team. While the management and players don’t directly work for the fans like politicians work [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ron Gardenhire’
A Finger In a Collapsing Dam
Posted: 5th August 2009 by vacant in Opinionated MusingsTags: Orlando Cabrera, Ron Gardenhire
Originally published over at B/R. Some problems are too big for one man to solve. Some men are too small to solve a big problem. For Minnesota Twins fans, it is clear that there is a problem with their baseball team, and it’s a big one. Not the kind of problem a miniature fire extinguisher [...]
Minor League Month In Review, June Edition
Posted: 2nd July 2009 by vacant in Minor League ReviewTags: Aaron Hicks, Alex Burnett, Alexi Casilla, Anthony Slama, Anthony Swarzak, Ben Revere, Bobby Keppel, Bradley Tippett, Carlos Gutierrez, Danny Valencia, David Bromberg, Denard Span, Glen Perkins, Jason Pridie, Jeff Manship, Jesse Crain, Joe Benson, Joe Testa, Jose Mijares, Justin Huber, Kyle Waldrop, Ludovicus VanMil, Michael McCardell, Michael Tarsi, Ramon Santana, Rene Tosoni, Rob Delaney, Ron Gardenhire, Santos Arias, Spencer Steedley, Steven Hirschfeld, Steven Tolleson, Tyler Robertson
The month of June was full of promotions and demotions throughout the Minnesota Twins’ minor league organization. A handful of top-10 prospects were promoted this past month, as well as other key minor leaguers. As a whole, the Minnesota affiliates went 50-56 in the month of June; not poor enough to statistically boot any team from its respective [...]