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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    A few twists in the episode, for sure... Finally seeing what happened to Benjen (sp?) was nice. Going back to the Frey's and the Riverrun situation is also nice. Also confused about Arya but her story arc has been one of the more interesting aspects of the world (excepting her two year circle of wandering with the Hound) so I'll let it take me where it's going before saying anything. Not sold on the Margerie conversion at all. Maybe it will be explained going forward but right now, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Yes, Margerie broke the hold of the Lannisters over the throne but she also broke the hold of her own house, which I *guess* can be an acceptable strategy but doesn't make a lot of sense. I'd rather deal with the Lannisters and break them in my own time than be forced to deal with the continued presence of the Sparrow, an equally dangerous but far more unpredictable foe.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Meh. This move seems reactionary and we're well past the point where the Twins should care about being reactionary. I hope Buxton succeeds but it's hard to imagine he has learned enough to adjust in one month of play in Rochester.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    No. No. No. NO. I can't stand Guillen. If the Twins go outside the org - something I'd support as I don't care for Mientkiewicz's love of all things old school - I want them to make a move in the vein of Neil Allen. Pick up a highly regarded MiLB manager from a forward-thinking team.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, sure. I don't want to see Buxton in Rochester all season... But one more month? Yeah, I want to see at least one more month. But kicking the can down the road to September only puts the Twins in the exact same position heading into 2017. Buxton needs MLB service time, I'm only of the belief he doesn't need to see it this June. Call him up around the ASB and see how he does over 200-250 PAs (assuming he continues to dominate AAA and deserves a promotion).
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Buxton had a good month. Fantastic. Now let's see him do it again.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, exactly. If a story spends close to 2,000 pages leading the reader into dead ends (Renly, Stannis, Caitlyn, probably Dorne... too many to list, really) or circular nothingness (Sansa, Arya, a few others), there's something fundamentally wrong with the story. Books 1-3 of the series bait us with intriguing events and characters while books 4-5 switch on us and tell stories largely outside the realm of books 1-3. Not that those stories shouldn't or can't be told... But they don't fit into this particular story because, in the end, they provide no real advancement of the things most readers care about. As an audience, our capacity to retain information and feel empathy has its limits. Martin went well beyond those limits, losing us in an immense world (and not in a good way) and continually introducing characters who only reminded us we weren't reading about the characters we cared about. It led most people I know to fatigue, then exhaustion, and finally anger because the books were no longer delivering on promises made in the first few thousand pages (and audience trust is a real thing that should never be ignored). If Martin wanted to tell a more substantive story about Dorne or Easteros, there is nothing preventing him from doing so in another series.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    It's also no coincidence the series became much more compelling the moment it forgot Dorne existed at all. It's possible that Dorne still has a role to play in the series but the smaller that role becomes, the better off the story is for it. The same goes for Highgarden. It's fine to include key players from those corners of the world but we don't need to see what actually transpires in those corners. They're bit players; pawns to be called upon to further the aspirations of the characters we want to watch. Margaery is fine but I want to see Margaery operate out of King's Landing with the implied force of Highgarden behind her command. I don't give a damn about Highgarden itself. The place is irrelevant. That was one of the biggest mis-steps Martin made with the series. The more he strayed into the world and away from the story, the less interest I had in learning more about the world. The show has done a commendable job of streamlining that a bit.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    One additional point to note is that the series is not taking the approach I feared they might take... Wrapping up a chaotic series with a deus ex machina in the last half season (or, even worse, the final two episodes). The White Queen(s) are finally in play on the chessboard. We're still at least 20-25 episodes from the show finale and the players we want to see win (though which one will win is very much up in the air) are setting themselves up to go on the offensive instead of retreating into a corner. Retreating into a corner is fine and it's a solid basis of storytelling but the "good" characters have spent 75% of the series retreating and hiding. That stops becoming intriguing storytelling and turns into a slog of misery and false-starts. It's not a fun experience. I'm excited to see what comes next.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    That last episode brought me back into the series in a big way. Dany is once again a powerful leader. To top it off, the way she handled Jorah's departure was rewarding from a viewer aspect. Loads of maturity, strength, and not even a little bit of whining. All around good stuff. Sansa has finally turned into a character I don't want to see torn apart by Dire Wolves. She's proactively taking on the situation and I want to see more of it. I've never said that about Sansa in any incarnation. Hodor's death, while gut-wrenching to watch, was extremely satisfying. Finally, someone died the death of a real hero and the way Martin circled back with the character couldn't have been handled any better. But Bran is kind of a dick for it. Hell, I'm even interested in what's happening on the Iron Islands right now. What? I ****ing hate the Iron Islands. I really want to watch more of the series right now, something I haven't said in at least two years, maybe three.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I was wondering if one of the anemic Twins' offenses of the steroid era was worse. Thanks for the research.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    1968 should be discarded as an aberration. MLB posted the second-lowest runs per game in 1968 at just 3.42. The only year with fewer runs per game is 1908 at 3.38. So the 2016 Twins are, in actuality, much worse than their 1968 counterparts. Which makes them the worst offensive Twins team in history, probably by a healthy margin.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah. Rosario wasn't just scuffling, he has major flaws that prevent him from ever being a consistent source of production. Many of us saw this coming going into the season so we shouldn't be surprised it happened. Rosario is rocking an isoD of .019 on the season. That's ridiculous and something he can't just "work through" at the MLB level.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh, if it's the straw that broke the camel's back, it's hard to get too upset about it.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    The steal was irrelevant. If Eddie was demoted for that, it's only another indication this organization is driving blind. But Eddie deserved to be demoted.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    As critical as I was of the Berrios move, this kinda needed to happen.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Pretty much my take. 1. Berrios should get more than four starts to prove himself. 2. Berrios wasn't terrible in two of his four starts. 3. Pat Dean. Like you said, if Gibson was returning it's a "short straw" situation and Berrios is the odd man out. Maybe he gets demoted because there simply isn't room for the number of pitchers on the roster. But Pat Dean? Nah, man. Not for Pat Dean.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, the most consistent and highly-regarded pitching prospect since Liriano. He deserved more than four starts. Maybe six, seven, whatever... But more than four. It was bad enough when the Twins did it to Meyer but now it's ridiculous.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    It's possible but we just don't know what will happen until teams actually get a second or third look at him. In 14 career starts, the guy has a 2.73 ERA and a 3.17 FIP. He has earned his shot to get an extended look.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    First four starts of career. Jose Berrios: 15.0 IP, 12 BB, 20 SO, 10.20 ERA Trevor May: 14.1 IP, 13 BB, 7 SO, 8.79 ERA Kyle Gibson: 22.0 IP, 9 BB, 11 SO, 6.45 ERA Those latter two guys seemed to turn out okay once you let them get past the butterflies. But hey, Pat Dean.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    This team, man. This team. Are they trying to alienate their entire fanbase or is that just a nice side effect of losing interest in an organization that appears to be wandering the woods with a broken compass?
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, maybe. I'm far from sold on Duffey but he has a 90mph fastball, an 83mph change, and a 78mph curve. That's a 12mph spread on his pitches and the fastball/curve have very different looks to them. Hughes has similar splits but his curve isn't nearly as bendy and he throws it about 60% as often as Duffey throws his curves. And results matter. Duffey has been getting them, Hughes has not. So you keep throwing the guy with the results out there until something changes.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I was being polite about it.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    It's the most logical move. Hughes cannot survive in the rotation with a 91mph fastball. Move him to the pen and cross your fingers that 91mph fastball turns into a 93mph fastball. Hughes can not only survive at 93mph, he can thrive.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't care much about losing Graham. But I do care that this team continues to appear directionless.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Absolutely not. Style points matter.
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