21 thoughts on “November 13, 2019: Rocco’s Modern Manager Of The Year Award”
At least the Twins beat the Yankmes at something. Well-deserved; I hope we get to enjoy Rocco‘s number retirement ceremony someday, because that suggests a pretty successful tenure. He certainly seems like he has it in him.
Agreed. Whether he's a wunderkind or not, I (mostly) like his laid back approach and hope he and his success sticks around for a good long while
And Sam Elliot was sitting at a bar, not behind a desk.
And Pappy O'Daniel at the breakfast table.
I'm assuming everyone else also watched the big hearing today at work (the Minnesota Supreme Court's oral argument about the efforts to prevent the DNR from changing the official name to Bde Maka Ska)
How did it go? Can you tell judges thinking by the questions they asked?
Chief Justice Gildea and Justice Anderson seem to likely side with the plaintiffs challenging the name change. Justice McKeig definitely is with the commissioner. The other four were harder to read. Justice Lillehaug asked a lot of questions really trying to parse out the statutes.
The #MNTwins have extended the contracts of both chief baseball officer Derek Falvay and general manager Thad Levine through 2024. Both were under contract through 2021 but have had their deals redone.
Manager of the Year one day, two top execs with extensions the next. It seems that perhaps the Twins had a pretty good season.
I won't provide the link, since it is behind a paywall, but Dan Hayes' story in The Athletic about these extensions makes me feel pretty good about them sticking around for a while. Grant it, most people will say nice things about the organization and the community they work in, but Falvey goes out of his way to gush about Minnesota and the Twins organization as a whole. Class act.
I'm not a fan of driving in Charleston, and I've only driven for 20 minutes here. At night. On poorly lit/marked residential streets. With Mrs Runner holding the GPS
30-8-7 for Wiggins tonight. It's Happening!!!!!
I want it to happen so much at this point because it would be nice for the guy and it would validate my thinking that Thibs was just an awful coach for any of the younger players, and Thibs+Butler likely made it especially toxic. That’s the story I want to believe at least.
David Kahn was a better GM and Kurt Rambis a better coach than Thibs.
At least the Twins beat the Yankmes at something. Well-deserved; I hope we get to enjoy Rocco‘s number retirement ceremony someday, because that suggests a pretty successful tenure. He certainly seems like he has it in him.
Agreed. Whether he's a wunderkind or not, I (mostly) like his laid back approach and hope he and his success sticks around for a good long while
Well, two things.
Gabe Kapler succeeds Bruce Bochy as the manager of the Giants. I know Kapler has a pre-existing relationship with Zaidi via mutual time in the Dodgers’ front office (where Kapler was involved in an Astros-esque scandal), but I’m a bit surprised he got another gig so quickly after how things went down in Philadelphia.
Every character actor behind a desk in a Coen Brothers film
Paul Newman, character actor. Well, okay then.
And Sam Elliot was sitting at a bar, not behind a desk.
And Pappy O'Daniel at the breakfast table.
I'm assuming everyone else also watched the big hearing today at work (the Minnesota Supreme Court's oral argument about the efforts to prevent the DNR from changing the official name to Bde Maka Ska)
How did it go? Can you tell judges thinking by the questions they asked?
Chief Justice Gildea and Justice Anderson seem to likely side with the plaintiffs challenging the name change. Justice McKeig definitely is with the commissioner. The other four were harder to read. Justice Lillehaug asked a lot of questions really trying to parse out the statutes.
Manager of the Year one day, two top execs with extensions the next. It seems that perhaps the Twins had a pretty good season.
I won't provide the link, since it is behind a paywall, but Dan Hayes' story in The Athletic about these extensions makes me feel pretty good about them sticking around for a while. Grant it, most people will say nice things about the organization and the community they work in, but Falvey goes out of his way to gush about Minnesota and the Twins organization as a whole. Class act.
I'm not a fan of driving in Charleston, and I've only driven for 20 minutes here. At night. On poorly lit/marked residential streets. With Mrs Runner holding the GPS
30-8-7 for Wiggins tonight. It's Happening!!!!!
I want it to happen so much at this point because it would be nice for the guy and it would validate my thinking that Thibs was just an awful coach for any of the younger players, and Thibs+Butler likely made it especially toxic. That’s the story I want to believe at least.
David Kahn was a better GM and Kurt Rambis a better coach than Thibs.
Velander wins AL CYA. He and Cole got every first and second place vote. deGrom nearly had a unanimous win, missing only a single first place vote. It's the exact same vote total as last year for deGrom.