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Rally Weimaraner
That sure took a while
Dock_Elvis
Not like there was a hurry though….the Twins are a ways off spring training
stl_cards16
Hope Molitor is up to the challenge. There’s going to be a lot of talent hitting the majors in the next couple years. This is going to be a big couple years for the future of the Twins.
Infield Fly
The deal’s done already but this makes me wonder whether Minnesota might not have been an equally good landing spot for Joe Maddon (financial considerations aside).
stl_cards16
I agree. Was really surprised there wasn’t at least an interview with Maddon. But reports were Maddon was interested in going to a large market, so maybe he declined an interview.
areg
The problem is that no one leaves beautiful Tampa Bay to go to Minneapolis–especially when the two clubs are about equal in talent right now.
Infield Fly
Ol’ Paulie finally gets his chance! 🙂
SinHalo27
Great hard nosed player… should be a great manager with all those young power bats in Minnesota there. Good luck Moli!!
Out in Left Field
Great Hire! Local ties, HOF player, and experience at all levels of the Twins system. He was the one that taught how to execute the team hitting philosophy as minor league coordinator for a decade before spending last year with the big league club. The kids in the organization have had years of contact with him and according to articles and interviews out of Minneapolis, he is well respected by them.
daveineg
58 year old first time manager? Great players don’t historically make great managers. Lets see how Molitor does. Seems more a PR move than anything.
Dock_Elvis
Joe Torre, Bruce Bochy, Casey Stengel, Leo Durocher, White Herzog, list goes on
Karl Larson
I think Molitor could be a decent manager. I’m just sick of the Twins “sticking to their comfort zone” by promoting from within. They need to start hiring more people from outisde the organization if they want to have future success.
cman
Agreed. However they won’t. It will be thousands of years before they win another world series.