SidBits

BG's close personal friend Sid Hartman has a few choice tidbits in his column today. BG can't actually find the link in the "improved" Strib, but here are said tidbits:

Paul Molitor will replace Al Newman on the Twins coaching staff if negotiations for a contract can be worked out. Scott Ullger would then become the third base coach and Molitor would become the hitting coach...My good friend Ron Simon represents Molitor and can be a very difficult negotiator...Visiting with Pohlad recently I got the impression he might raise the salary budget some, but only if the right players were available to help the team score more runs. There's no doubt Pohlad would like one more World Series crown....Ryan said that there's a possibility Matt LeCroy, who was released, could be back with the Twins depending on what players are added to the roster.
Posted by Batgirl at October 16, 2005 12:51 PM
Comments

Lecroy better be back!

Posted by: Hannah! at October 16, 2005 04:48 PM

I respectfully disagree. I sincerely hope for LeCroy's sake that he is picked up by another team.
I do wish him well. He is not, however, going to be part of a BETTER team next year.

Molitor can, or used to be able to hit. Can he translate his prowess to others? IN other words:
can he teach? Deceptively simple is teaching, and coaching for that matter.

Come on Mr. ohlad--you can't take that pile of money with you. It would be glorious to be watching our Twins in post season rather than kinda cheering on the Bitch Sox.

Thinking Spring-

kal

Posted by: kal at October 16, 2005 06:18 PM

oops, i mean Pohlad.

kal

Posted by: kal at October 16, 2005 06:20 PM

Molitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!

LeCroy

Posted by: Stacy at October 16, 2005 07:22 PM

Ulger != hitting coach?

THERE IS A GOD!

Posted by: Torhu at October 16, 2005 08:35 PM

Great, the White Sox won the pennant. The perfect ending to the perfect Minnesota sports week.

I'm going to be surly for a while now.

Posted by: Chris at October 16, 2005 10:58 PM

Didn't Molitor try his luck at batting coach in Seattle with less than stellar luck?

I hope I'm wrong on this. This off season is starting to drive me nuts. Twins don't make the playoffs, Vikings are acting...well like Vikings, and the Gophers lose while leading by what? 10 with a minute to go! At least the Wild seem to playing pretty good hockey.

Wishing we could all talk about pitchers and catchers reporting next week.

Posted by: caluofmn1991 at October 16, 2005 11:21 PM

Yes, Poll-Moll was out in Seattle last year as a hitting coach, and we went from a 93-win team to a 99-loss team.

It wasn't his fault, obviously, but the only thing anyone actually heard him *do* was screw with Ichiro's swing, which may have caused that terrible April of his.

Posted by: Deanna at October 17, 2005 02:18 AM

So it could get better with him as the batting coach but it might not....

Doesn't really fill me with too much optimism.

I wonder how many of those 1 run games the Twins would have won in the second half if Hunter never got hurt.

Posted by: caluofmn at October 17, 2005 11:43 AM

This is the link that BG was having trouble finding: http://www.startribune.com/stories/507/5659008-2.html

I think that the new Strib layout SUCKS but that is just my opionion. The Newman/Moliter comments are on page two of the article.

Posted by: CapitalBabs at October 17, 2005 01:37 PM

New Star Trib.com is just awful

Posted by: caluofmn at October 18, 2005 11:20 AM