The guy is worth $2Billion dollars and is pushing 93years old. He was too cheap to keep David Ortiz, he was too cheap to keep Torii Hunter, and now he's going to be too cheap to keep Johan Santana. The Twins are NEVER active in signing big name players. They want their farm system to come up and rise to superstar status. Im seriously sick of this guy. He's the biggest penny-pincher in the world.
2007-11-26 05:40:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Yes. He lied repeatedly about how much his contribution to a stadium would be, agreed to have his own team contracted, used to pocket luxury tax money instead of spending it on the team, violated baseball rules by loaning Bud Selig money, and won't spend his money to get a winner.
Look, if you have $2 billion and lost $50 million, that is 2.5% of your worth. That's like a guy who makes $50,000 spending a few hundred on Twins tickets. So we should spend money but he shouldn't? He could have a great team and still be rich.
2007-11-26 08:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by Bucky 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a Twins fan.... I'm not sure, the owner for the Marlins really seems to screw everything up over there. I mean they win a world series and let everyone good go.
By the time Jim Leyland became manager in 1997, Huizenga's free agent money had added Bobby Bonilla (.297, 17 HR, 96 RBI), Gary Sheffield (.250, 21HR 71RBI), and Moises Alou (.292, 23 HR 115 RBI) to the offense and Kevin Brown (16-8), Livan Hernandez (9-3), Alex Fernandez (17-12) and Rob Nenn (35 saves) to the pitching staff, all of them handled by the league's best defensive catcher in Charles Johnson.
The Marlins won the wild card with a 92-70 record and then took out the Giants and the Braves in the N.L. Playoffs. They defeated Cleveland's Indians in the World Series, winning on the first of their extraordinary post-season plays. The seventh and deciding game went to an eleventh inning when Marlin shortstop Edgar Renteria whacked an RBI single just past the glove of Indian pitcher Charles Nagy to score Craig Counsell with the series-winning run.
Florida became the youngest franchise to win a World Championship (fifth season). They were also the first Wild Card team in Major League history to win it all.
Huizenga began peeling off the layers of his championship team almost as soon as Bud Selig handed him the World Series trophy. Claiming expenses were too high, Huizenga held a fire sale over the next year, selling most of his star players and leaving a devastated hulk of a team which plummeted to a 54-108 season. The Marlins became the first team to lose one-hundred games the season after winning the World Series.
Leyland resigned after the 1998 debacle, and Huzienga sold the team to businessman John Henry shortly thereafter.
Then (I know it's a different owner but he did the same thing practically) they win another world series and let everyone good go within two years, yet they still (2 years ago) did pretty decent (all things considering, even this year but not as good [by 7 wins]), and of course what'd they do after they were close but didn't make the playoffs 2 years ago, with a team that shouldn't have been anywhere close? They let go of the National League Manager of the Year.
But Pohlad. I cannot wait to do a little dance on his grave when he keels over. That may sound mean, but I can assure you, it's not. Twins have a good manager and a good pitching coach, good staff at the MLB level, and great scouts... but some of their coaches at the minor league level suck... and the hitting coach isn't much better at the pro level.
Thank God for the new stadium, but seriously, it won't matter if they don't have the best product out on the field. We have no one to replace Hunter (Denard Span isn't ready), we could use a 3rd basemen (Punto's defense is gold but the hitting coach wasn't able to help him at all this year, and isn't that his job? I know they didn't do anything to fix Morneau a few years ago, he had to go to his dad for help [hit a few hundred balls off the tee, then went on a tear]. They also did just a bang up job with David Ortiz., didn't they?).
And who should we all blame this on? Pohlad for sure. Definitely one of the worst owners (from a fan's POV). But, he knows how to make money. Too bad he doesn't understand the concept of making MORE money - and more importantly, making the fans happy.
2007-11-26 17:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by XFactor 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, yes he is. He is one of the richest owners in the MLB. He can get any, and I mean any, player in Major League Baseball. Even ARod before he signed with the Yankees.
Unfortunately for Twns fans, they are idiots and can't see out of the forest. I've lived in the MSP area my whole life and they don't realize their owner is keeping them small market, not the fanbase. Even the local newspapers have toed the company line that the Twins are small market and can't afford guys like Hunter. Or maybe they've just grown decencitized to it all.
Fans should protest outside the stadium and not go to games. That, and flood the papers and KFAN with outraged phonecalls and emails. Terrible ownership, with a terrible brainwashed fanbase, and not to mention a terrible new stadium that will be built and I won't begin to start with what's wrong that, means a terrible team for years to come.
2007-11-26 17:49:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At least Mr. Pohlad has had competitive teams since becoming owner of the Twins. In comparison, the ownership group of the Pittsburgh Pirates has not enjoyed even one season of winning baseball. Twins fans should thank their lucky stars that they do not have owners like the Pirates!
2007-11-27 00:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by P.I. Stingray 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Twins cutting David Ortiz had nothing whatsoever to do with money. They didn't think he was going to turn into a good player, so they let him go.
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2007-11-26 13:49:45 · answer #5 · answered by Kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,he is and get used to the stupidity to continue(like us Detroit Lion fans-William C Ford has been a loser owner for over 50 years!)Pray he sells the team or dies soon.I feel sorry for you guys also.Santana is worth his weight in gold(and some!)
2007-11-26 19:02:20 · answer #6 · answered by Johnny Z. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree. He's the richest owner in baseball and it will be a wonderful celebration when he dies so someone can make the Twins what they are capable of being. He's a miserable owner.
2007-11-26 13:51:48 · answer #7 · answered by Legends Never Die 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Two words: Peter Angelos
2007-11-26 22:02:49 · answer #8 · answered by RogerAnthony 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. That'd be Jeff Loria.
Pohlad might be the overall stingiest, but that's pretty much how he got to be a multibillionaire in the first place.
2007-11-26 14:46:04 · answer #9 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DUDE CAlM DOWN THEY THOUGH BIG PAPI WAS GONNA TURN INTO A NOTHING SO THEY CUT HIM AND THEY DIDNT KEEP TORII CUZ HE WANTED TO LEAVE
2007-11-26 14:10:24 · answer #10 · answered by Kramer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋