Gardenhire

[spang]

Say what you want,that the twins play in a weak division etc ,etc but this guy is just one hell of a manager. He takes this small market team and gets the most out of them year after year. They just never quit coming at you and that is a mark of a very well managed team.

For a guy that gets very little ink, I think he is at or very near the top of the list.

 

[Chadman]

Could not agree more. The thing that those outside the team that doesn't watch them don't see at this point, is that the guys that have come through over the past couple years, and especially over the past month, are the guys he and the organization stuck with. Guys like Cuddyer, Young, Punto, and damn near every player on this team. He always supported who he had to work with, and went to battle with them every day.

It shows now. I could not be more proud of this team. Amazing night, and amazing run, and a wonderful manager in Gardenhire.
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[Missy]

:toast: :toast: hell of a manager

 

[walleyek]

Manager of the Year, IMHO. Lost argueably best starter early in Slowey, then loses Perkins, Liriano is a bust. Morneau and Crede go down. Crain gets called up from miinors three times. Best skipper in AL, hand's down.

 

[DrRays]

Twins only blunder

Twins only blunder

Trading Garza and Bartlett for Young and Harris.

 

[walleyek]

Agree, but dumb-dumb Delmon has come up big lately and could be the x-factor vs. Yanks.

 

[spang]

Those are great points. Even though I'm in Ohio I love that team. Adversity just seems to piss these guys off.Liriano blows, then Morneau goes down. At the time it looked like a possible fatal blow but not for these guys. I still look at the team on paper and I don't see all that much. It just amazes me what Gardenhire gets out of this them. Kelly, before him, was pretty damned good at the same thing but I think he had a little more beef on the field. He was a great manager in his own right.

The entire organization just seems to do things very well as a whole.

 

[redsfann]

Could not agree more. The thing that those outside the team that doesn't watch them don't see at this point, is that the guys that have come through over the past couple years, and especially over the past month, are the guys he and the organization stuck with. Guys like Cuddyer, Young, Punto, and damn near every player on this team. He always supported who he had to work with, and went to battle with them every day.

It shows now. I could not be more proud of this team. Amazing night, and amazing run, and a wonderful manager in Gardenhire.
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Agree 100%. Add in a great farm system and you have a blueprint of a successful organization.
Got to see a lot of the current homegrown Twins play here in town a few years ago--the Twins even left Mauer here at low-A ball for the whole season even though he was already a major-league caliber player.
Then the ownership changed and they had a chance to get a Cardinals farm team, so they did. :sadwave:

 

[scott_baio]

Year in and year out they seem to be there at the end. Organization as a whole is a model for pro teams. It's no secret either - funny how clubs like kc and pittsburgh (and many big-market teams) just can't seem to get a clue when the model to copy is right there!!!

Whether they win or lose it's tough to route against the twins!