July 16, 2025 • 23 mins
In this episode of The Grind, Tim discusses the potential of J.J. McCarthy as an NFL quarterback, arguing that his dedication and work ethic make him unlikely to be a bust. He also reflects on Byron Buxton's commitment to the Minnesota Twins, emphasizing the importance of personal happiness over chasing championships. The conversation highlights the balance between professional aspirations and personal life for athletes.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Grind, a Minnesota sports podcast. It's been twelve thousand,
three hundred and fifteen days since the Minnesota Twins lifted
the World Series trophy into the Skies as Jack Morris
went ten innings, and we are attempting going through different
(00:22):
paths to break the curse. Welcome into the show. My
name is Tim and I'm the host of The Grind,
a Minnesota sports podcast. Make sure you hit that subscribe button.
If you're watching on YouTube, hit that like button as well,
so that we can introduce this podcast to more people.
Thank you for subscribing. If you do already over four thousand,
(00:42):
I appreciate it. This started from nothing and here we
are building it up. So one man show hosted produced
all of it. So thank you. And if you're listening
on Apple or Spotify, I hit that follow button rate
review the show as well. All Right, a couple of
things that talk about today. J J. McCarthy why he
(01:07):
is unbustable. I don't think it's possible for j. J.
McCarthy to be a bust in the NFL, and I'm
gonna explain why. Plus Yron Buxton says I'm staying a
(01:28):
twin for the rest of my life. Last week I
wondered why, But this week I respect it. And that's
what I'm gonna talk about today. But first I need
to tell you about five Star Bass Solutions of Minneapolis,
because they transformed our bathroom in forty eight hours. I'm
talking about the hall in Selada. We had an ugly floor,
(01:52):
a disgusting shower with the mold a step going into
the shower. Our countertops were old and nasty, with a
vanity and a mirror that was outdated. The entire bathroom
was outdated, And in forty eight hours, they gave us
the masterpiece of our dreams and we had our bathroom back.
(02:13):
Don't wait eight weeks for a bathroom project to get
done when it can get done in forty eight hours.
New floor, We went from a single to a double sink,
new countertomps and vanity, new mirror, new shower, tub and surround,
all done in forty eight hours. Then we had our
bathroom back like that. Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis
(02:36):
offers free consultations and affordable payment plans. Five Star Bath
Solutions of Minneapolis, What are you waiting for? Get your
bathroom done in forty eight hours? All right? JJ McCarthy
was seen throwing the football with TJ. Hockinson as bragining
(03:00):
Camp is on the verge of beginning. And that's not
anything out of the ordinary because you see quarterbacks all
the time in the offseason throwing to their wide receivers
and getting reps in and getting training in with their guys.
(03:22):
So it's not that in and of itself does not
blow me away completely. It does show a dedication. It
does show a willingness to get better form those relationships
(03:44):
because although it's just throwing to a wide receiver, although
so many quarterbacks do it, it's still gotta do it.
There's still plenty of qbs that don't. And here's the
video of Parthy throwing into Hockinson. Hockinson shirtless, McCarthy's throwing
(04:05):
the ball with his hat backwards and good throws the
ten second video on Hockinson's Instagram page. It just shows
a willingness of McCarthy. But here's why I don't think
McCarthy will be a bust in the NFL. Now, there's
a difference between being a bust and not being a
(04:28):
bust and being a great player. And you are drafting
a top ten quarterback in the draft to be a
great player. You're drafting and selecting your QB number ten
overall to be a great player. But here's why you
won't bust. McCarthy works his ass off too much to
(04:57):
be a bad football player. Last year, when he was
injured and he could have just rehambed his knee, got
it back one hundred percent. We were told that McCarthy
studied tape on every single NFL defensive player so that
(05:19):
he will be ready and prepared for them when the
Vikings meet that opponent. I do not have to worry
about McCarthy playing an hour or two of video games
because he is so inundated with his preparation, with his
(05:46):
preparation mentally and his preparation physically. We're at a point
when I watch McCarthy prep, when I see his everyday
habits or hear about him, and I see him throwing
to wide receivers in the off season, football is JJ
(06:07):
McCarthy's obsession. And if I'm being one hundred percent honest,
which is podcast as one hundred percent honest one hundred
percent of the time, if I'm McCarthy's fiance or a
friend of McCarthy, and this is his obsession. I'd honestly
(06:27):
tell him to chill out a little bit, because being
obsessed with the game of football is not always a
good thing. There should be appropriate balance to a professional
and personal life, and I think and believe that although
(06:49):
kirk Cousins got ridiculed and criticized for taking Tuesdays off
for having a sabbath, I believe kirk Cousins had the
perfect balance of being a professional quarterback and a husband
(07:09):
and a dad. Because we see these players as professional athletes.
That's all we see these guys as. All we care
about is how they perform on the football field. We
don't give our rats you know what about their personal life.
But I do, and I see the other side. I
(07:32):
think about the other side. Having appropriate balance between a
professional football life and having the balance as a husband,
as a dad, as a follower of Jesus is really important.
As a player and as a coach. I don't know
how much balance McCarthy has because he's obsessed with the game.
(07:55):
But because of that obsession, I think it's impossible for
Jajon McCarthy to be a complete bust. It does not
mean he is going to be a great top five QB.
But if you work your butt off at anything, if
(08:18):
you work around the clock busting your balls to be
great at something, it's almost impossible to be a bust
at whatever it is you're working around the clock for.
And that's jaj McCarthy in football. I remember when I
lived in Washington, DC from twenty sixteen to twenty nineteen.
(08:42):
I went out there for a part time job at
Series XM Radio, and I worked around the clock to
try to get full time between working different jobs and
doing different things making an income so I could pay
rent for fifteen hundred dollars. And I was there at night,
I was there in the morning, I didn't sleep, and
eventually I found success in the field that I was
(09:05):
working to find success in. And it's the same thing
for McCarthy. He works around the clock to be a
good football player physically, mentally, and because of that, I
don't think it's possible for jaj McCarthy to be a
(09:28):
bottom feeder in the NFL. At worst case scenario, JJ
McCarthy is an average QB that can't quite get that
team over the hump. Worst case scenario, I see Jajon
(09:53):
McCarthy as a Tua tongue of I LOOA. The problem
with this worst case scenario is that I also see
it as the most likely scenario because I think what
(10:14):
we oftentimes do is we comp quarterbacks. McCarthy is John L. Way.
I saw that somewhere. McCarthy is fill in the blink
for whatever quarterback you want to fill in. He is
about to lead his team to a super Bowl. He's
about to carry the Vikings to super Bowls over and
over and over again. And the problem with that is
(10:38):
that it doesn't take into consideration just how challenging it
is to win super Bowls. And I think it's fair
to analyze comparisons and look at them objectively. Let's simplify it.
Do you expect McCarthy to be as good an NFL
(11:04):
QB as Kirk Cousins is or was? Because that in
and of itself is asking a lot. Here's another comparison.
Do you expect J. J. McCarthy to be as good
a QB as Brock Purty. He's already played in two
(11:30):
Super Bowls. Sure, he had a great team around him,
but Rock Purty has already had a chance at two
super Bowls. And then you think about it, in this way.
When Joe Burrow made his first Super Bowl a few
(11:55):
years ago, everybody goes to this immediate thought, Oh, he's
gonna be there for years and years and years and
years to come. Oh this is just the beginning. He's
gonna have plenty of more opportunities, is he. Just because
(12:16):
you make a Super Bowl and lose does not mean
you're gonna make plenty more Super Bowls and have a
chance to win. For many quarterbacks, it's a one time,
one shot opportunity. Just because Joe Burrow made the Super
(12:39):
Bowl and lost to the Rams a few years ago
does not mean Joe Burrow is going to make it
to the super Bowl moving forward. And he's a top
five QB in the league. So we also need to
ground our expectations for McCarthy because in our minds where
(12:59):
we think, oh, super Bowl here, super Bowl there, we're
gonna go on a super Bowl generational run. But winning
a Super Bowl is way tougher than really anyone could imagine.
Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, these guys make it look easy
(13:21):
when it's not so. To think that McCarthy's just gonna
walk in and strut his stuff and win a Super
Bowl is a little outlandish in your thinking. Maybe he can,
(13:42):
Maybe Jajon McCarthy can play average football and win the
Super Bowl because the Vikings team is so good around him.
But let's not say McCarthy is going to be the
(14:03):
next coming of John Elway or Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady,
because it negates or disrespects the challenge that it is
to win a Super Bowl. And although his bottom is
(14:29):
an average QB in the NFL, that also might be
his most likely position. I don't think McCarthy can reach
top five QB status. Where I think McCarthy eventually ranks
in the NFL is exactly this is the best case scenario,
is exactly where Kirk Cousins was. Is he a top
(14:50):
ten quarterback or is he like thirteenth? Is he a
top ten guy or is he twelfth? Where does McCarthy
rink among qbs? I think his peak is like Kirk Cousins,
where it's like, are you borderline top ten? You're kind
of there, but you're kind of not so although he's unbustable,
(15:11):
I don't know or believe if McCarthy is top five either.
All Right Byron Buxton played in the All Star Game
Home Run derby answering questions, and this is what he
had to say about the trade deadline, kind of around
five hundred trade deadline combing this question about hugging by yourself.
(15:31):
Do you pay attention to the FIRS?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
I mean, I see him, but they don't dictate what
we got to do in the.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Field to get ourselves right. Have you talked with any
higher ups about have your own statusfy?
Speaker 2 (15:43):
What they think about about what.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
I can't be trading.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
I got a no trade call. I'm Minnesota Twin for
the rest of my life. So that's the best feeling
in the world, knowing I get walk into a clubhouse
and it's going to say Twins for the rest of
my life.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
You want to play, you're going to serious. I'm a cooin.
That's home. But first first, before I talk about viron
Buxton nine five two four one five four one for
the best rotationally grazed one hundred percent grass fed beef.
And what's so beautiful about Hoakland Farms beef. Talking about
Hoakland Farms is that their beef is cheaper than grocery
(16:25):
stores and it's healthier than grocery stores. I bought for
four dollars and thirty cents a pound. You go to
the grocery stores and here's the deal. Four dollars and
thirty cents a pound for their steaks, for their chuck roasts,
for everything. Go to a store and try it by
a chuck roast. It's like eight dollars a pound. And
this is one hundred percent rotationally grays, one hundred percent
(16:46):
grass fed beef Hoakland Farms nine five two four nine
one five four one. Tell Jared you heard about it
on The Grind, a Minnesota sports podcast. All right, Iron
Buxton his comments last week, I was wondering, why why
do you want to stay with the Twins when you
could chase a World Series title with the Phillies or
(17:09):
with Boston or Yankees or whoever, I don't care. And
he's playing his best baseball of his career. He's hitting
and playing defense at a level that we've always known
he could achieve, but has never been healthy enough consistently
(17:33):
to achieve it. You look at Buxton and it's clear
and obvious that the guy has talent. It leaps off
the page. It just never has been healthy. And last
week I was questioning, why don't you want to take
this one opportunity where when you've been healthy, to make
a run at a World Series title. But today I
(17:57):
have a fresh perspective, and today I respect Buxton's decision
to say no, I'm staying a Minnesota twin for the
rest of my life because I look at things from
a different perspectives. There's the fan perspective, where oh, chase titles,
(18:22):
win World Series, be happy, get a ring, chase chase
chase win, win, win, go after go after it. And
then I look at things from the personal perspective, and
I talked about this earlier with macarthy and Kirk Cousins.
Buxton has a wife, Buckston has a kid, and he
also has a no trade clause. If his wife and
(18:46):
kid and himself are happy being in Minnesota for the
rest of their life and being a Minnesota twin forever,
what's wrong with that? Sure, the twins may not win
a World Suites for the foreseeable future, But if Byron
Buckson is content being a Minnesota Twin and living a
(19:12):
life filled with contentment because his family is happy to
live and reside in Minnesota, if that's where they're comfortable,
I actually respect his decision to stay put more than
(19:33):
putting his family at risk or in an uncomfortable spot
by moving them somewhere for a year and then you're traded,
and then he moved them again. So the fact that
he wants to stay in Minnesota twin and he eventually
will go down as a player that could get his
(19:56):
number retired because he stayed in Minnesota, And that in
and of itself can be as valuable to a player
as a World Series tell because let's face the truth here.
Let's come face to face with the truth. Players. Okay, cool,
(20:19):
you won the World Series and you can always have
that on your forever resume. Who won the World Series
nine years ago? I have no damn idea. I have
no flipping clue. Yeah, Jack Morris won the World Series
in ninety one, and so did Kirby Pucket, and so
did those boys who won the World Series twenty four
(20:41):
years ago. No idea, Sure, Derek Jator World Series champion.
You can say, name some players, Alex Rodriguez, You name
a player and in your mind they're a World Series champion. Cool,
good for them. Who gives a shit? The fact that
Buckston wants to stay put and be content with being
(21:06):
a Minnesota Twin is a decision we should respect way
more than we already do, because he is putting his
family's life of being content, of being happy ahead of
(21:30):
chasing a World Series ring when that could lead you
who knows where, that could lead you to unhappiness and
discontentment because then he got a crabby wife and a
kid who are living in an area that they don't
(21:51):
want to live. And I respect Buxton's decision to a
say want I'm happy here and I'm not gonna be
like the rest. I'm staying here and I'm gonna be
happy to be a twin because we love it here
and we're staying here. So anyone that criticizes me and
(22:15):
says I should move, screw you. I'm staying. So that
mentality and that decision to stay put, I love it
and I think it's very cool and I respect it
way more than a player that goes from team to
team to team to team during the final five years
(22:38):
of his career to chase a championship. When fans would
say that's just a player that loves the game to
win a ring, I say, oh, it's almost a little
pathetic because of how you're getting there. And who you're
(23:03):
putting in situations that they don't wander, that are full
of stress. So it's a cool decision and I respect
that decision. All right, everyone, thank you for watching and listening.
Remember five star Bass Solutions from Minnapolis and Hoakland Farms
Beef nine five two four four one for the best
rotationally graades one hundred percent of grass fed beef. Thank
(23:25):
you for choosing this podcast today, and I hope I
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hit that like button. Have a good day.
The Grind, a Minnesota sports podcast. It's been twelve thousand,
three hundred and fifteen days since the Minnesota Twins lifted
the World Series trophy into the Skies as Jack Morris
went ten innings, and we are attempting going through different
(00:22):
paths to break the curse. Welcome into the show. My
name is Tim and I'm the host of The Grind,
a Minnesota sports podcast. Make sure you hit that subscribe button.
If you're watching on YouTube, hit that like button as well,
so that we can introduce this podcast to more people.
Thank you for subscribing. If you do already over four thousand,
(00:42):
I appreciate it. This started from nothing and here we
are building it up. So one man show hosted produced
all of it. So thank you. And if you're listening
on Apple or Spotify, I hit that follow button rate
review the show as well. All Right, a couple of
things that talk about today. J J. McCarthy why he
(01:07):
is unbustable. I don't think it's possible for j. J.
McCarthy to be a bust in the NFL, and I'm
gonna explain why. Plus Yron Buxton says I'm staying a
(01:28):
twin for the rest of my life. Last week I
wondered why, But this week I respect it. And that's
what I'm gonna talk about today. But first I need
to tell you about five Star Bass Solutions of Minneapolis,
because they transformed our bathroom in forty eight hours. I'm
talking about the hall in Selada. We had an ugly floor,
(01:52):
a disgusting shower with the mold a step going into
the shower. Our countertops were old and nasty, with a
vanity and a mirror that was outdated. The entire bathroom
was outdated, And in forty eight hours, they gave us
the masterpiece of our dreams and we had our bathroom back.
(02:13):
Don't wait eight weeks for a bathroom project to get
done when it can get done in forty eight hours.
New floor, We went from a single to a double sink,
new countertomps and vanity, new mirror, new shower, tub and surround,
all done in forty eight hours. Then we had our
bathroom back like that. Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis
(02:36):
offers free consultations and affordable payment plans. Five Star Bath
Solutions of Minneapolis, What are you waiting for? Get your
bathroom done in forty eight hours? All right? JJ McCarthy
was seen throwing the football with TJ. Hockinson as bragining
(03:00):
Camp is on the verge of beginning. And that's not
anything out of the ordinary because you see quarterbacks all
the time in the offseason throwing to their wide receivers
and getting reps in and getting training in with their guys.
(03:22):
So it's not that in and of itself does not
blow me away completely. It does show a dedication. It
does show a willingness to get better form those relationships
(03:44):
because although it's just throwing to a wide receiver, although
so many quarterbacks do it, it's still gotta do it.
There's still plenty of qbs that don't. And here's the
video of Parthy throwing into Hockinson. Hockinson shirtless, McCarthy's throwing
(04:05):
the ball with his hat backwards and good throws the
ten second video on Hockinson's Instagram page. It just shows
a willingness of McCarthy. But here's why I don't think
McCarthy will be a bust in the NFL. Now, there's
a difference between being a bust and not being a
(04:28):
bust and being a great player. And you are drafting
a top ten quarterback in the draft to be a
great player. You're drafting and selecting your QB number ten
overall to be a great player. But here's why you
won't bust. McCarthy works his ass off too much to
(04:57):
be a bad football player. Last year, when he was
injured and he could have just rehambed his knee, got
it back one hundred percent. We were told that McCarthy
studied tape on every single NFL defensive player so that
(05:19):
he will be ready and prepared for them when the
Vikings meet that opponent. I do not have to worry
about McCarthy playing an hour or two of video games
because he is so inundated with his preparation, with his
(05:46):
preparation mentally and his preparation physically. We're at a point
when I watch McCarthy prep, when I see his everyday
habits or hear about him, and I see him throwing
to wide receivers in the off season, football is JJ
(06:07):
McCarthy's obsession. And if I'm being one hundred percent honest,
which is podcast as one hundred percent honest one hundred
percent of the time, if I'm McCarthy's fiance or a
friend of McCarthy, and this is his obsession. I'd honestly
(06:27):
tell him to chill out a little bit, because being
obsessed with the game of football is not always a
good thing. There should be appropriate balance to a professional
and personal life, and I think and believe that although
(06:49):
kirk Cousins got ridiculed and criticized for taking Tuesdays off
for having a sabbath, I believe kirk Cousins had the
perfect balance of being a professional quarterback and a husband
(07:09):
and a dad. Because we see these players as professional athletes.
That's all we see these guys as. All we care
about is how they perform on the football field. We
don't give our rats you know what about their personal life.
But I do, and I see the other side. I
(07:32):
think about the other side. Having appropriate balance between a
professional football life and having the balance as a husband,
as a dad, as a follower of Jesus is really important.
As a player and as a coach. I don't know
how much balance McCarthy has because he's obsessed with the game.
(07:55):
But because of that obsession, I think it's impossible for
Jajon McCarthy to be a complete bust. It does not
mean he is going to be a great top five QB.
But if you work your butt off at anything, if
(08:18):
you work around the clock busting your balls to be
great at something, it's almost impossible to be a bust
at whatever it is you're working around the clock for.
And that's jaj McCarthy in football. I remember when I
lived in Washington, DC from twenty sixteen to twenty nineteen.
(08:42):
I went out there for a part time job at
Series XM Radio, and I worked around the clock to
try to get full time between working different jobs and
doing different things making an income so I could pay
rent for fifteen hundred dollars. And I was there at night,
I was there in the morning, I didn't sleep, and
eventually I found success in the field that I was
(09:05):
working to find success in. And it's the same thing
for McCarthy. He works around the clock to be a
good football player physically, mentally, and because of that, I
don't think it's possible for jaj McCarthy to be a
(09:28):
bottom feeder in the NFL. At worst case scenario, JJ
McCarthy is an average QB that can't quite get that
team over the hump. Worst case scenario, I see Jajon
(09:53):
McCarthy as a Tua tongue of I LOOA. The problem
with this worst case scenario is that I also see
it as the most likely scenario because I think what
(10:14):
we oftentimes do is we comp quarterbacks. McCarthy is John L. Way.
I saw that somewhere. McCarthy is fill in the blink
for whatever quarterback you want to fill in. He is
about to lead his team to a super Bowl. He's
about to carry the Vikings to super Bowls over and
over and over again. And the problem with that is
(10:38):
that it doesn't take into consideration just how challenging it
is to win super Bowls. And I think it's fair
to analyze comparisons and look at them objectively. Let's simplify it.
Do you expect McCarthy to be as good an NFL
(11:04):
QB as Kirk Cousins is or was? Because that in
and of itself is asking a lot. Here's another comparison.
Do you expect J. J. McCarthy to be as good
a QB as Brock Purty. He's already played in two
(11:30):
Super Bowls. Sure, he had a great team around him,
but Rock Purty has already had a chance at two
super Bowls. And then you think about it, in this way.
When Joe Burrow made his first Super Bowl a few
(11:55):
years ago, everybody goes to this immediate thought, Oh, he's
gonna be there for years and years and years and
years to come. Oh this is just the beginning. He's
gonna have plenty of more opportunities, is he. Just because
(12:16):
you make a Super Bowl and lose does not mean
you're gonna make plenty more Super Bowls and have a
chance to win. For many quarterbacks, it's a one time,
one shot opportunity. Just because Joe Burrow made the Super
(12:39):
Bowl and lost to the Rams a few years ago
does not mean Joe Burrow is going to make it
to the super Bowl moving forward. And he's a top
five QB in the league. So we also need to
ground our expectations for McCarthy because in our minds where
(12:59):
we think, oh, super Bowl here, super Bowl there, we're
gonna go on a super Bowl generational run. But winning
a Super Bowl is way tougher than really anyone could imagine.
Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, these guys make it look easy
(13:21):
when it's not so. To think that McCarthy's just gonna
walk in and strut his stuff and win a Super
Bowl is a little outlandish in your thinking. Maybe he can,
(13:42):
Maybe Jajon McCarthy can play average football and win the
Super Bowl because the Vikings team is so good around him.
But let's not say McCarthy is going to be the
(14:03):
next coming of John Elway or Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady,
because it negates or disrespects the challenge that it is
to win a Super Bowl. And although his bottom is
(14:29):
an average QB in the NFL, that also might be
his most likely position. I don't think McCarthy can reach
top five QB status. Where I think McCarthy eventually ranks
in the NFL is exactly this is the best case scenario,
is exactly where Kirk Cousins was. Is he a top
(14:50):
ten quarterback or is he like thirteenth? Is he a
top ten guy or is he twelfth? Where does McCarthy
rink among qbs? I think his peak is like Kirk Cousins,
where it's like, are you borderline top ten? You're kind
of there, but you're kind of not so although he's unbustable,
(15:11):
I don't know or believe if McCarthy is top five either.
All Right Byron Buxton played in the All Star Game
Home Run derby answering questions, and this is what he
had to say about the trade deadline, kind of around
five hundred trade deadline combing this question about hugging by yourself.
(15:31):
Do you pay attention to the FIRS?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
I mean, I see him, but they don't dictate what
we got to do in the.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Field to get ourselves right. Have you talked with any
higher ups about have your own statusfy?
Speaker 2 (15:43):
What they think about about what.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
I can't be trading.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
I got a no trade call. I'm Minnesota Twin for
the rest of my life. So that's the best feeling
in the world, knowing I get walk into a clubhouse
and it's going to say Twins for the rest of
my life.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
You want to play, you're going to serious. I'm a cooin.
That's home. But first first, before I talk about viron
Buxton nine five two four one five four one for
the best rotationally grazed one hundred percent grass fed beef.
And what's so beautiful about Hoakland Farms beef. Talking about
Hoakland Farms is that their beef is cheaper than grocery
(16:25):
stores and it's healthier than grocery stores. I bought for
four dollars and thirty cents a pound. You go to
the grocery stores and here's the deal. Four dollars and
thirty cents a pound for their steaks, for their chuck roasts,
for everything. Go to a store and try it by
a chuck roast. It's like eight dollars a pound. And
this is one hundred percent rotationally grays, one hundred percent
(16:46):
grass fed beef Hoakland Farms nine five two four nine
one five four one. Tell Jared you heard about it
on The Grind, a Minnesota sports podcast. All right, Iron
Buxton his comments last week, I was wondering, why why
do you want to stay with the Twins when you
could chase a World Series title with the Phillies or
(17:09):
with Boston or Yankees or whoever, I don't care. And
he's playing his best baseball of his career. He's hitting
and playing defense at a level that we've always known
he could achieve, but has never been healthy enough consistently
(17:33):
to achieve it. You look at Buxton and it's clear
and obvious that the guy has talent. It leaps off
the page. It just never has been healthy. And last
week I was questioning, why don't you want to take
this one opportunity where when you've been healthy, to make
a run at a World Series title. But today I
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have a fresh perspective, and today I respect Buxton's decision
to say no, I'm staying a Minnesota twin for the
rest of my life because I look at things from
a different perspectives. There's the fan perspective, where oh, chase titles,
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win World Series, be happy, get a ring, chase chase
chase win, win, win, go after go after it. And
then I look at things from the personal perspective, and
I talked about this earlier with macarthy and Kirk Cousins.
Buxton has a wife, Buckston has a kid, and he
also has a no trade clause. If his wife and
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kid and himself are happy being in Minnesota for the
rest of their life and being a Minnesota twin forever,
what's wrong with that? Sure, the twins may not win
a World Suites for the foreseeable future, But if Byron
Buckson is content being a Minnesota Twin and living a
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life filled with contentment because his family is happy to
live and reside in Minnesota, if that's where they're comfortable,
I actually respect his decision to stay put more than
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putting his family at risk or in an uncomfortable spot
by moving them somewhere for a year and then you're traded,
and then he moved them again. So the fact that
he wants to stay in Minnesota twin and he eventually
will go down as a player that could get his
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number retired because he stayed in Minnesota, And that in
and of itself can be as valuable to a player
as a World Series tell because let's face the truth here.
Let's come face to face with the truth. Players. Okay, cool,
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you won the World Series and you can always have
that on your forever resume. Who won the World Series
nine years ago? I have no damn idea. I have
no flipping clue. Yeah, Jack Morris won the World Series
in ninety one, and so did Kirby Pucket, and so
did those boys who won the World Series twenty four
(20:41):
years ago. No idea, Sure, Derek Jator World Series champion.
You can say, name some players, Alex Rodriguez, You name
a player and in your mind they're a World Series champion. Cool,
good for them. Who gives a shit? The fact that
Buckston wants to stay put and be content with being
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a Minnesota Twin is a decision we should respect way
more than we already do, because he is putting his
family's life of being content, of being happy ahead of
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chasing a World Series ring when that could lead you
who knows where, that could lead you to unhappiness and
discontentment because then he got a crabby wife and a
kid who are living in an area that they don't
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want to live. And I respect Buxton's decision to a
say want I'm happy here and I'm not gonna be
like the rest. I'm staying here and I'm gonna be
happy to be a twin because we love it here
and we're staying here. So anyone that criticizes me and
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says I should move, screw you. I'm staying. So that
mentality and that decision to stay put, I love it
and I think it's very cool and I respect it
way more than a player that goes from team to
team to team to team during the final five years
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of his career to chase a championship. When fans would
say that's just a player that loves the game to
win a ring, I say, oh, it's almost a little
pathetic because of how you're getting there. And who you're
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putting in situations that they don't wander, that are full
of stress. So it's a cool decision and I respect
that decision. All right, everyone, thank you for watching and listening.
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