A lot of people lately have been asking what I think of Ron Gardenhire's status as manager of the Minnesota Twins. (If you consider three to be a lot of people.) As a fan of the Twins I will tell you what I think: It's time for Gardy to go.

Understand that it pains me to say that. Gardy's a good guy. He's won six division titles in his tenure with the Twins. That is a record that may never be broken. Unfortunately, it wasn't his ability to reach the playoffs that was ever the problem; it was his ability to advance. His first time in back in his first year as manager, 2002, he and the team advanced to the ALCS. After that it was six straight playoff series losses.

Nowdays we Twins fans would drool for the chance to win our division and lose in the first round. Four straight years of 90+ losses is also a Twins record that might never be broken. No matter how good of a manager we feel Gardy is, it's obvious the team needs a new direction. Someone to light a bit of a fire.

Who? An obvious choice would be Paul Molitor. Paul, however, has one big problem: He's part of the current regime. If it's a new direction we seek, the underling is not the answer. How about Doug  Mientkiewicz who's doing great things managing down in the minors? An intriguing choice, but I think Doug is a few years away from being able to manage in the bigs.

So I am going to throw out a wild card. You heard it hear first folks. This might sound crazy at first glance, but I think it's so crazy it just might work! Ozzie Guillen!

Yes I will say that again! Ozzie Guillen should be the next manager of the Minnesota Twins! Ozzie Guillen! Ozzie Guillen! Ozzie Guillen!  (That's to help the Google searches.)