Mauer may or may not have agreed to 10 year deal with Twins

[cubsfan]

http://wcco.com/sports/twins/joe.mauer.minnesota.2.1462891.html Edited February 1, 2010 by cubsfan

[jersey cubs fan]

scary length for a catcher, but if you are in the AL it's easier to deal with. And Minny had to do this, good for them.

[Tim M]

I hope it's true, if only because it'll dissapoint annoying east coast fans.

[UMFan83]

That's great news for the Twins, bad news for the Yankees and Red Sox.

 

Good job Twinkies, that should help get those Minnesotans out of their Vikings funks.

[UMFan83]

scary length for a catcher, but if you are in the AL it's easier to deal with. And Minny had to do this, good for them.

 

I doubt he'll be a catcher at the end of that deal.

[Sammy Sofa]

Good move for an AL team.

[SouthSideRyan]

I said this would happen all along.

[cubsfan]

or not

 

 

Am told by source close to the Twins that the report of a preliminary 10-year agreement with Mauer is not accurate.

[shnsajax]

I said this would happen all along.

 

Exactly. They have to sign him too moving into a new stadium.

[SouthSideRyan]

I said this would happen all along.

 

Exactly. They have to sign him too moving into a new stadium.

 

That, and Mauer wanted to play in Minnesota from the 1st contract he signed, such that nobody else stood a chance to sign him away from FSU. The team has had fairly consistent success, and he has friends on the team. Unless they flat out insulted the guy(which would be death for the franchise, he was gonna re-sign.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

God, I hate twitter

[Tyrant]

God, I hate twitter

 

Why? Saying you hate Twitter makes you sound like Bill Plaschke or something.

[Post Count Padder]

I hope it happens. Yankees fans are getting excited at the prospect of having Mauer in pinstripes already. And the Twins need something like this, too.

[Cubswin11]

If they sign Mauer long term, I wonder what that means to them potentially resigning Morneau long term (after 2011 or 2012) when he becomes a FA. If they sign Mauer long term, 1B seems like the natural position for him to shift to, to help prolong his career and be able to play in more games. I have heard 3B as a potential position swap, but 1B would likely be an easier transition. There is always the DH, but it seems like the trend going into this year is for teams to leave the DH spot open to multiple players instead of have one DH.

[erik316wttn]

God, I hate twitter

 

Why? Saying you hate Twitter makes you sound like Bill Plaschke or something.

 

Only twits use Twitter.

[Tyrant]

God, I hate twitter

 

Why? Saying you hate Twitter makes you sound like Bill Plaschke or something.

 

Only twits use Twitter.

 

Sounds like something Bill Plaschke would write.

 

I don't get all these new age stats with the VORP and the WAR and the VOIXCYEIVH and the WeEniE! Who has time to understand that? I liked back when things were simpler, with just batting average and RBIs.

 

I also don't get Twitter and their tweets and their twits and their twoodles! Who has time to understand that? I liked back when things were simpler, with just Facebook and Blogspot.

[17 Seconds]

God, I hate twitter

 

Why? Saying you hate Twitter makes you sound like Bill Plaschke or something.

 

Only twits use Twitter.

 

Sounds like something Bill Plaschke would write.

 

I don't get all these new age stats with the VORP and the WAR and the VOIXCYEIVH and the WeEniE! Who has time to understand that? I liked back when things were simpler, with just batting average and RBIs.

 

I also don't get Twitter and their tweets and their twits and their twoodles! Who has time to understand that? I liked back when things were simpler, with just Facebook and Blogspot.

 

or maybe it's just because twitter is stupid

[Tyrant]

God, I hate twitter

 

Why? Saying you hate Twitter makes you sound like Bill Plaschke or something.

 

Only twits use Twitter.

 

Sounds like something Bill Plaschke would write.

 

I don't get all these new age stats with the VORP and the WAR and the VOIXCYEIVH and the WeEniE! Who has time to understand that? I liked back when things were simpler, with just batting average and RBIs.

 

I also don't get Twitter and their tweets and their twits and their twoodles! Who has time to understand that? I liked back when things were simpler, with just Facebook and Blogspot.

 

or maybe it's just because twitter is stupid

 

Good reasoning.

[17 Seconds]

Good reasoning.

 

sounds like something bill plaschke would write

[Tracer Bullet]

how could anyone actively hate twitter?

 

Signing Mauer long term is obviously good for MN at almost any cost.

[TruffleShuffle]

how could anyone actively hate twitter?

 

the part i don't like is when news stories from the AP or CNN or whoever use reactions from twitter. then you have idiotic things like "OMG, can't believe U R gone!!!" in a news story about a death of a celebrity.

 

otherwise i don't have a problem with it.

[Tyrant]

how could anyone actively hate twitter?

 

the part i don't like is when news stories from the AP or CNN or whoever use reactions from twitter. then you have idiotic things like "OMG, can't believe U R gone!!!" in a news story about a death of a celebrity.

 

otherwise i don't have a problem with it.

 

I can agree with that. But I think the benefits of it far outweigh the annoying things.

[Bull]

how could anyone actively hate twitter?

 

the part i don't like is when news stories from the AP or CNN or whoever use reactions from twitter. then you have idiotic things like "OMG, can't believe U R gone!!!" in a news story about a death of a celebrity.

 

otherwise i don't have a problem with it.

 

I can agree with that. But I think the benefits of it far outweigh the annoying things.

 

solution: just say no to CNN.

[Post Count Padder]

Can the Twitter argument thread jack just end already?

[David]

how could anyone actively hate twitter?

 

the part i don't like is when news stories from the AP or CNN or whoever use reactions from twitter. then you have idiotic things like "OMG, can't believe U R gone!!!" in a news story about a death of a celebrity.

 

otherwise i don't have a problem with it.

 

 

I agree.

 

Otherwise, I sort of like Twitter. I never post anything myself, but it was pretty cool using it to follow Bears training camp and getting all the updates. I could see it being a similarly good way to follow spring training now.