<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190010412080350956</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:19:12.128-06:00</updated><category term='Morneau'/><category term='Minnesota Twins'/><category term='Baseball'/><title type='text'>Minnesota Sports Idiot</title><subtitle type='html'>I am a huge Minnesota Sports fan and I love to share my opinion. I do not tend to ride with the rest of the Bandwagon, You can count on me to be the voice of reason or the voice of the Idiot. I get tired of hearing the same thing over and over agian.. Brett Favre put me over the edge.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5190010412080350956/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Scott Reisenbigler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07125485088884889758</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tAEetPCex9A/TETjcsPZxhI/AAAAAAAAADc/xMLXtRbEiac/S220/001.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190010412080350956.post-215024077103202199</id><published>2009-09-27T12:46:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T13:08:08.754-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baseball'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morneau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Minnesota Twins'/><title type='text'>The Case for Trading Justin Morneau</title><content type='html'>I know this may sound nuts but getting rid of Justin would help the team out. If we could get top of the rotation starter and few prospects why not do it. Justin is a great player up to the All-Star break, but after the break he is a below average player. Expect for his MVP year in 2006 here are his stats in August and September&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2007&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;August        BA= .227 HR=2 RBI=7&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;September BA= .215 HR=2 RBI=15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;August        BA= ..282 HR=3 RBI=22&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;September BA= .243 HR=2 RBI=21&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2009 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;August        BA= .220 HR=3 RBI=13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;September BA= .077HR=1 RBI=4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He gets paid lots of money to produce but when the pressure is on and the Pennant race kicks in he is no where to be found. Micheal &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Cuddyer&lt;/span&gt; has proven that he can handle the 1st base job and still hit for power and average. The team has been on their best run of the season with Justin out of the the line up. The line up has been producing it best numbers all year. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Cuddyer&lt;/span&gt; has been the major catalyst in all of this.  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Delmon&lt;/span&gt; Young is proving he can play at high level since the injury. He is batting .300 over the 37 games and has 6 home runs and 20 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;RBI's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Moving &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Cuddyer&lt;/span&gt; to 1st base opens up the outfield for  Young, Gomez and Span. This way Span will not be bouncing around all over. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Kubel&lt;/span&gt; could still do the DH and be the 4&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; outfielder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitching is the part of this team that needs to be fixed, trading &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Morneau&lt;/span&gt; would help solve that problem. Plus it would save money to sign &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Mauer&lt;/span&gt; and make up grades to the team.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Okay let the ripping begin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5190010412080350956-215024077103202199?l=minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/feeds/215024077103202199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/2009/09/case-for-trading-justin-morneau.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5190010412080350956/posts/default/215024077103202199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5190010412080350956/posts/default/215024077103202199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/2009/09/case-for-trading-justin-morneau.html' title='The Case for Trading Justin Morneau'/><author><name>Scott Reisenbigler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07125485088884889758</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tAEetPCex9A/TETjcsPZxhI/AAAAAAAAADc/xMLXtRbEiac/S220/001.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190010412080350956.post-2761614439066961188</id><published>2009-09-14T16:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T16:16:16.542-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gophers new Stadium</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tAEetPCex9A/Sq6ylO9fqVI/AAAAAAAAACQ/dtCIzwhG5wI/s1600-h/184.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tAEetPCex9A/Sq6ylO9fqVI/AAAAAAAAACQ/dtCIzwhG5wI/s320/184.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381434957495249234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was able to attend the Gophers vs Air Force game on Saturday at the new TCF Bank Stadium. I have to say that place is state of the art. There are no bad seats in the whole place. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I do have a few pro's and con's of TCF Bank Stadium, They are as follows:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pros: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wide open concourses&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Great Site lines and Views of Downtown&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Short lines to the restrooms and seperate Urianals instead of the long metal tubs at the Metrodome&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cons: I know this was the first game so hopefully as time goes on they can get them figured out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Seats seem to be small (or I am just fat) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Getting into the stadium took a while. They had lines for Men and Women. A lot less women go to the games then men. I think they need to make a few of the women's lines men's lines..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Concession lines were long and the people working in them were very slow. We had 5 people in line in front of us. After waiting 10 minutes and only 2 people being served we decided to wait and come back later.  Plus I did not think the food was all the good. It was okay but nothing to write home about.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My overall experience was very good. I love the stadium and what it means to the University. It should really help with recruiting. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5190010412080350956-2761614439066961188?l=minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/feeds/2761614439066961188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/2009/09/gophers-new-stadium.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5190010412080350956/posts/default/2761614439066961188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5190010412080350956/posts/default/2761614439066961188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://minnesotasportsidiot.blogspot.com/2009/09/gophers-new-stadium.html' title='Gophers new Stadium'/><author><name>Scott Reisenbigler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07125485088884889758</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tAEetPCex9A/TETjcsPZxhI/AAAAAAAAADc/xMLXtRbEiac/S220/001.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tAEetPCex9A/Sq6ylO9fqVI/AAAAAAAAACQ/dtCIzwhG5wI/s72-c/184.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
