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Posted By: tbob

The biggest loser franchise of all time is the Washington Senators which became the Minnesota Twins and yet without signing big name free agents and a horrible period from the late 70's until 1987, they managed to turn things around, win 2 world series titles and have won the division in back to back years and are competing again this year. All this despite a small media market, blase fans for the most part who are polite and appreciative but rarely bombastic, a current general manager who gave up on Eric Milton 9-2 and Kenny Rogers 11-2 this winter and spent most of the meager moola on Joe Mays who is in his 2nd year of rehab and whose one successful trade was for Shannon Stewart who is rehabing and picking splinters out of his butt while Lew Ford excels as a youngster. It's all about the farm system and the Twins have a great one now.
P.S. Yeah, yeah, I know, Joe Nathan, came by trade for AJ but he might be a ones season wonder, hope not.