It is a little known fact grandson Joe just wants to win. Just wants to play for a team that has a chance right out of spring training. Knows "The Brass" will do something positive at the trade deadline. Top of the food chain, not looking at the bottom line. This trade makes me excited and scared all at the same time.
What did we do wrong with Gomez? It has been pointed out many times by the TV that you can't teach speed. OK. He covered center field very well, but couldn't chase down second base . . . it seemed at all. I wrote about that before. Maybe the Brewers can bunt a player over better than the Twins (not that hard). That would require Gomez to be on base, though. So they teach him to learn the pickoff moves of a pitcher better than we did. Cool. How about hitting? If Gomez simply learns how to GET ON BASE (single, infield single, bunt, walk, hit by pitch, strikeout that gets to the backstop) . . . anything, the Brewers have something. If he doesn't, he will be batting with the pitcher protecting him in the line-up since it the NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Hardy. The excitement says we get production out of this position. Maybe a few more errors than we are used to, but someone that bats closer to .300 than .200. Has power. Has shown what he can do. The scared part says . . . ????? . . . last year is a sign of things to come or he can barely pass his physical or I don't know. Is Joe's friend, that's a plus. Keep Joe happy.
They didn't want to pay Cameron, so they got a replacement and they got some up and comer for shortstop so Hardy could go. We wanted a replacement for Cabrera and had an extra outfielder. OK. Everyone is happy.
I typed in "Hardy Gomez" to get reaction to this trade. I guess there is this Melvin guy no one likes for Brewer fans. Also, a comment, which I can't find anymore, talked about how this was a good trade because Gomez has potential and let's stop right there. 75% chance this guy will be sad this year. 100% I wrote something like that about Gomez last year. He/She went on to say that the Brewers can now spend the money they would have spent on Cameron for starting pitching.
That right there is the dimension we don't get as a Twins fan. Spending money. Money not spent doesn't get recycled back into the team, it goes into The Pocket and doesn't ever come out.
This trade might work out for both teams, but right now I have to say the Twins did better. Bill Smith, thumbs up.
The Female War. What females will switch to Hardy t-shirts and not wear Mauer t-shirts?
Almost forgot, when you type in "Hardy Gomez" into Google, a top 10 hit is Hardy Gomez's facebook site. Probably had no idea why he was getting hits from the Upper Midwest.
Get there.
