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  1. Nine of twelve
    This is the first player I thought of.
  2. Nine of twelve
    If Memphis and Nashville teams can make a PCL schedule work then St. Paul can certainly do the same. And IL travel would be easier than PCL travel.
  3. Nine of twelve
    Not necessarily. If St. Paul gains a AAA franchise, some other city would lose one. If it were a current IL city that lost out St. Paul could just replace that team.
  4. Nine of twelve
    I'm pretty sure the Ted Williams story is not just a legend. He was a hard-nosed competitor, and he went 6-for-8 in a doubleheader on the last day of the 1941 season. .3996 going in, .4057 coming out. This was in Philadelphia and with the Athletics in last place I wonder if their pitchers really tried their best to get him out.
  5. Nine of twelve
    Tom Kelly took responsibility for that decision publicly. I don't know what the private conversation was between the two of them or who brought it up first, but TK didn't usually let players off the hook if he felt a player did anything that ran contrary to his ideas about how baseball should be played.
  6. Nine of twelve
    My guess is that the teams would not be home at the same time very often. I would think both teams would want to minimize the number of times they played at home on the same day.
  7. Nine of twelve
    I don't know the ins and outs of the contracts between Major League franchises and their affiliates, but I'm sure the affiliates don't get all the profit. Even so I would think an agreement could be negotiated that would satisfy Saints ownership.
  8. Nine of twelve
    I respect your opinion, but substituting the word "change" for "ruin" makes your statement more accurate. I think it's very feasible to continue most of the things that make for a "zany atmosphere" whether the team is affiliated or independent, but there's nothing to say that any changes would be for the worse. And if you feel an affiliated team would be so popular that "they would have to probably double the seating capacity" that seems like a good thing to me.
  9. Nine of twelve
    I was a student at Ohio State during the early 1980's and knew a guy from Anderson's home town, Lancaster, OH. Apparently he was touching the 90's in high school before having an elbow incident. Still made himself into a very good pitcher, albeit for a short time.
  10. Nine of twelve
    To be more accurate, he was the Bert Blyleven of the '60's. I remember going to see the Twins with a friend of mine in Milwaukee in 1979. Camilo was the pitching coach at the time, and he was goofing around in the outfield during BP. He picked up a ball and threw a deuce to one of the players. Even then he could still put a big bend on it.
  11. Nine of twelve
    No problem. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Even when it's wrong.
  12. Nine of twelve
    This is a hot-button issue for me, so I'll repeat what I've said before in an effort to change your mind. When Blyleven retired he was third all-time in strikeouts behind only Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton. (He's now fifth.) Moreover, Ryan and Carlton are first and second in career walks. Blyleven is 29th. Not electing him to the HOF would be analogous to not electing a player who was third all-time in home runs. He should have been a first-ballot inductee.
  13. Nine of twelve
    I don't think St. Paul would be bad in terms of location, especially if we resurrect the American Association. Look how far Tacoma is from the other teams in the PCL. (And that includes Memphis and Nashville, for Pete's sake!) It would sure seem a lot better to me if there were three 10-team leagues, one east, one central and one west. I'm starting to get on board with this idea. Of course that means one other city somewhere will be out a AAA team but oh well. Franchises come and franchises go.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Hmm. Maybe we could have the Twins AAA affiliate there. That would hold more interest for me than an indy league team. I might even consider going to a game.
  15. Nine of twelve
    I probably don't like it either, but the real question is how this move would eventually affect the major league teams. Regarding HS players, I'm sure teams will continue to draft them. For development of such players it would make more sense to me to eliminate not the rookie teams but rather the low-A teams.
  16. Nine of twelve
    If this ever did come to pass I would think the team would have to be a Twins affiliate. I don't see a team in St. Paul drawing enough to be viable at the AAA level, but I could envision a Midwest League team there.
  17. Nine of twelve
    This piece is from the Strib website. Source is Baseball America. https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-saints-season-postponed-until-at-least-early-july/569821132/
  18. Nine of twelve
    Thanks for giving me something to do. Here are some close calls I'd make differently. 9. Probably Hisle over Rollins 20. I'd give a slight edge to Rosario over Reese, if not now then almost certainly in a year or two 22. Radke for now, but it will be Sano in the near future 23. Cruz only had one season with us so have to go with Boswell 30. Goltz gets the edge over Hall 39. This one is really tough. I just don't want to put Davis on this list. I could say Juan Rincon, but he got where he was by juicing. I might have to go all the way back to Lee Stange. 42. I think we still have to name a player who did actually wear the jersey before it was retired so it's Mike Jackson. (FWIW I think I remember reading that he chose 42 to honor Jackie Robinson.) 46. Bob Wells 47. Corey Koskie 57. This is the only choice where I strongly disagree with the OP. It has to be Johan.
  19. Nine of twelve
    This is the AP article on the matter, copied from the Strib website. https://www.startribune.com/fans-sue-mlb-teams-over-ticket-money-ask-for-class-action/569808942/
  20. Nine of twelve
    There are dozens of major league players in the same boat, and probably hundreds of minor leaguers.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Since nobody has identified him, I'll do it. Alfred Martin, Jr.
  22. Nine of twelve
    His name as mispronounced by Patrick Reusse: Pedro Mew-noze.
  23. Nine of twelve
    Well stated. I should amend my previous post to say just prove you can't spread the virus and you have my encouragement.
  24. Nine of twelve
    And don't forget who was coaching the Bruins then: Don Cherry. Anyone who is familiar with him knows what you are talking about.
  25. Nine of twelve
    That would be great. Just prove you cannot be reinfected and you have my encouragement.
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