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  1. Nine of twelve
    And this probably should be the new normal. I have grown tired of hearing Bert and Jack complain about "kids these days". We have phased into the era of a pitching staff functioning as a team rather than relying on today's starter. A 26-player roster with 13 or even 14 pitchers allows the manager to bring in fresh arms more frequently. Certainly there will be exceptions based on how a starter is performing on a given day but in general it makes sense to me to use several relievers who can let it fly for an inning instead of using a pitcher who has already thrown 70+ pitches when the game gets into the sixth inning or so. It's analogous to track. The times in a 1600-meter run will always be much slower than those in a 4x400-meter relay. Starters are distance runners and relievers are sprinters. Better overall to use your sprinters when you can.
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    As I said in another thread, at Cruz' age he could fall off the cliff at any moment. Giving someone his age a two-year contract doesn't sound smart. However, he's not a typical 40-year-old. He had a very, very good 60 games. Is he truly the best option available? I just don't know.
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    It was no fluke that the '91 North Stars got to the SC finals. They peaked at just the right time and they were playing really, really good hockey through Game 1 vs the Pens. But then they just ran out of gas. The postseason is a far more brutal ordeal in the NHL than in the other three major North American sports and the same thing has happened to many really good teams over the years.
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    To me the line one shouldn't cross is the one which separates celebration from poor sportsmanship. I don't think Bellanger crossed the line. Compare this to Bautista 5 years ago. He didn't stare at the pitcher to show him up (a la Bautista) or even look in his direction. He didn't flip the bat (Bautista threw his almost to the dugout) but rather just dropped it. And his expressions of happiness were directed toward his teammates, not the opposition.
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    FTFY. Not that I like the fixed version better.
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    Nor radio coverage, which didn't start until 1921. I'm not going to opine on newspaper coverage.
  7. Nine of twelve
    It's hardly possible to live a more remarkable life than Sid lived. It's too bad we can't all be so fortunate.
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    The better hitters would hit better, the worse hitters would hit worse, the better pitchers would pitch better, and the worse pitchers would pitch worse. Exactly as god intended.
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    OK, well then let's go back to the rules as they were in 1869, which is when professional baseball began. The point I'm making is that the game evolves, the rules evolve and technology evolves. How fair is it to the future of the game to use an inferior method of calling pitches just because "that's how we've always done it"? It is my understanding that electronic pitch calling is more accurate than human pitch calling, and for that reason alone it should be implemented. And by the way, I think it's wrong to refer to these systems as "robot umpires". It's inaccurate.
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    Yes, but only if the other team overpays.
  11. Nine of twelve
    I'm not saying that the 2020 World Champion is less legitimate than the World Champion of any other year. I'm simply saying that the circumstances surrounding the 2020 postseason are very unusual and therefore very memorable.
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    It really doesn't matter whether a pitcher or any other player was drafted, traded for, or signed as a free agent. What matters is what that player cost the organization. It all comes down to scouting, player development, and field management. An organization must know how to acquire players by whatever means at a favorable cost and get the most out of the players in the organization. If those things are done well success is assured.
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    May, Clippard, Odorizzi: Try to keep. Clippard probably just for one year but May and Odorizzi for two or more. Hill, Cruz: 1 year only, and only if a very team-friendly contract. They are too close to falling off the cliff. Romo, Avila, Adrianza, Gonzalez: Thank them for their contributions and wish them well on their future endeavors elsewhere.
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    I doubt it. For example, I know who lost the 1919 World Series and why, only because of the highly unusual circumstances surrounding it. I don't remember who won.
  15. Nine of twelve
    I disagree with your second paragraph. You present it as fact but it's not, and even as an opinion it's far from universally-held.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Which team does Tyler Duffey pitch for? I thought he was on the Twins' roster.
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    I would extend this to the Dodgers and the Atlantas.
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    Almost correct. The losses to the Angels were in the 2002 postseason and we are now in the 2020 postseason. That makes 19 postseasons, so it's actually 1.32 postseason losses per year.
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    This approach can also be described as follows: Swing hard in case the ball hits your bat!
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    I don't think it was a tangent at all, just a complementary perspective.
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    I get this, and it's certainly a legitimate viewpoint, but it only applies to major-league-level batters. Hitting a home run requires nearly perfect contact and there are tons of minor leaguers who simply are not capable of doing that.
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    I only watched one at-bat in this game and only saw the last five or six pitches of it. My wife had the game tuned in and I just happened to be by the TV. Fortunately for me it was the AB that won the game. After seeing many (many many) AB's in my life it's still amazing to me that major league hitters can even make contact with an upper-nineties fastball, much less hit it over the fence in fair territory.
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    Given the Twins' current needs I'd take neither over a similar right-handed batter.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Two reasons: Reason 1: Reason 2: $$$
  25. Nine of twelve
    I lifted this from the StarTribune web site. I enjoyed reading it. https://www.startribune.com/perranoski-reliever-who-shined-for-dodgers-and-twins-dead-at-84/572628121/
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