Riverbrian

​plouffe

Yeah... I had to coach tonight as well. I told my team to ten run the other team so I could get home quicker and they did.

yes we can... Unless you have 20 wins... 100 RBI's... And 40 Saves and average 35 thousand in attendance. If you have those numbers you are a unique and talented player and your next contract will be a doozy. And if you have those numbers OPS and WHIP becomes a throwaway stat.

I don't know and it's a great question.

We may not have signed Hughes to a long enough deal.

Me 2... I hate to admit but I don't make it til midnight the way I used to.

If you get T-Shirts made... I'd be interested.

Yeah!!! And we didn't know... That we... Ummm.... Didn't know.

I'm willing to bet... They read Twins Daily. Although I'd be disappointed if they were reading the game thread as the game is going on.

Big K... Take that ump!!!

LOL... Brilliant. Sample Size... You got sneaky Gap power. A good Manager is gonna move you up in the lineup.

Plouffe!!! A different player this year! Dear Trevor, I'm watching... Keep it up!!! sincerely, Riverbrian

Hughes needs to regroup... Catch a second wind.

I'm stumped.. Is this a Jinx or an anti-jinx... It's not clear to me. I may need an interpretation from sample size.

The low hanging fruit tastes like vegetables.

Thats how you play the game of baseball and that why the Twins are over .500 baseball bay bee.

Just had to out-brain me... Didn't ya.

If you assume nobody reached base... If you assume he had base runners... The number will climb accordingly.

No matter my opinion on our broadcasting crew... They are one of us... Part of the family. I wouldn't want to replace my weird uncle either. Wait... OMG... I'm the weird uncle!!!

You mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this thing down?

Bill Fischer threw 84.1 straight innings without a walk in 1962.

Hicks Atta Boy

Alright... I'm joining in the middle of a pitchers duel.

LOL... To that I don't know. It's quite possible that right before Scooter made contact... Ryne Sandberg looked up from reaching into the sunflower seed bag and said. "What the Hell is Revere doing over there". If Revere is positioning himself and having a consistent problem with it. The coaches need to put the sunflower seeds down and lean over the railing and wave their hat and position him for each batter.

The highlighted part... We are in complete agreement. I also want to know this. I just don't believe that the current defensive metrics can tell me that for a wide variety of reasons. The important thing to me is the damage that can be done by one ball in a zone that a large percentage get to but he doesn't get to because a coach waved him over to Dominic Brown's back pocket or he had a cramped foot or slowed up thinking it was Marlon Byrd's ball. And once you have that screwy piece of data in the mix. It can take a real long time to stabilize it because of the weighing involved and the small number of opportunities in that particular zone. In the end... It's Ok... If you believe in what UZR or other metrics are telling you... I just don't belong to that church. I love stats... I think Bill James is the man... I think he revolutionized baseball for the good and smart people are continuing to advance things but my personal belief is this: Some stats can tell you pretty solidly what they have done in the past but the eye can tell you what they can do in the future. Once a player fixes something... the data changes. It doesn't matter if a hitter is hitting .184 when he steps to that plate. If he gets a hit he's batting 1,000 into the future. It's why I don't want to throw Hicks away. He can fix things and he just might. I'd love to have Ben Revere on my team but I'm guessing that Hicks, Arcia and Buxton will all be better choices someday. That's just my personal opinion. And I fully admit that I overvalue Speed... Probably to a fault but I can't see myself changing. Too much baseball under this bridge.