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  1. twinsnorth49
    Supposedly big time NCAA football team? Because they lost to the #16 ranked team with a top 5 defense. I'd continue arguing with you but your post is borderline flame baiting. It's all Leidner, you win. Case closed.
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    That sure doesn't sound like what Norris is talking about Chief. I agree certain, unspoken, common ground rules need to exist in every workplace and MLB is no different, I think the bigger issue in that regard is the reaction when those ground rules are broken. The reaction in MLB is akin to me punching my co worker in the face because he took my leftover pizza from the lunchroom fridge, except a punch in the face doesn't do nearly the damage a baseball does hurtling at 90 mph. The problem I have with Norris's response is that it implies that if these foreign players are going to come and play baseball in America, they better damn well act like Americans. That's just ridiculous, especially coming from a fringe major leaguer like Norris. Funny part is, if there is a single player who seems to have rubbed players the wrong way the most it's Bryce Harper, and he's as American as apple pie from what I've read. MLB could use a bit of a culture shift when it comes to it's buttoned down rules on decorum, I personally don't love demonstrative acts of celebration, I prefer understated confidence, but I also know others are different than me and that's ok. Hockey is a pretty good comparison, if a player celebrated a goal 30 years ago like Alex Ovechkin does these days , he would have guaranteed himself a crosscheck to the head or a thorough beating, but times change, attitudes change, personalities change, that needs to be more embraced.
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    I live in a diehard hockey city, this site is my lifeline to discussing baseball way beyond what most normal people find.. well...normal. I think the membership here is second to none, unbelievably passionate and knowledgeable. Thanks to everyone who participates.
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    This positive vs negative meme is so lame. It's really quite simple, have whatever opinion you want, they're all welcome. Just don't make those opinions about other posters or groups of posters. Seriously, it's not that hard.
  5. twinsnorth49
    Sorry, I must have misunderstood when you said they weren't a very good team. Ranked 16 and likely moving up, their offense is nowhere near as bad as the Gophers, they're also a lot healthier.
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    Leidner and the offense were pretty awful today, not much arguing that. Having said that, not many QB's have put points up against the Cats this year, their giving up an average of 9 points a game. Very good defense, not sure anyone would say they're not a very good team.
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    Definitely encouraging that TR and co seem to have the team turning the corner this season, now he needs to fine tune the engine in the off season to get them competing for the division and into the playoffs. This off season is crucial to find the right pieces to compliment the emerging young talent.
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    Try to remember immigrants are what made your country what it is today. It's a North American league because the teams are in North America not because Americans have some god given right to play in it and dictate everyone's behaviour. How should Blue Jays players behave? I guess Encarnacion and Bautista should act a little more politely when they do something exciting, so as not to upset those boring Canadians? Foreign players aren't invited guests in your country, they've earned the right to be there as much as anyone, they can act however they want.
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    I like South Park for it's subtle humour.
  10. twinsnorth49
    Oh, I'm fine, goes with the territory of being a dedicated fan. In my case I have nobody to blame but myself however.
  11. twinsnorth49
    You seem to handle it pretty well though Gerald, you don't seem the petulant type to me.
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    Can't that be said about any position where the other team has a superior player? I'm not sure the last WS team I've seen that have superior personnel at every position, or is "elite" all the way through. All Escobar has to do is outplay his opposition on any given day, which he's proven to do quite regularly this year and last. I don't see how he puts the Twins at such an obvious disadvantage, it doesn't add up.
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    Disappointment is hard for some people, it's understandable. They have my sympathy.
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    MPPOTDA most predictable post of the day award
  15. twinsnorth49
    EE is not supposed to be this good, therefore, logic. I don't support an extension, but I also don't support EE being a fluke.
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    So because he's not quite as good as two of the top SS in the game he can't be a starting SS on a contending team? What backs up this claim other than the belief he'll just regress far below the above average SS he currently is? Why does this myth about him lacking arm continue? He has plenty of arm, where does this come from? His lack of range is also severely exaggerated. Escobar's trajectory to the majors is the only evidence that provides doubt about him continuing his current level of play, and that still may bear out to be true. But for now, I'm totally fine with him being the SS on what should be a competitive team next season.
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    "Our American dollars"? Good grief, Norris talks as if he's entitled to play professional baseball just because he happens to have been born in the US. He's lucky to be on the same field as most of the foreign players in the league, who are far more entertaining to watch than stiffs like him.
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    No, it wouldn't by any means be an accident, a cover maybe but not an accident. The Russian military buildup in the region is beyond US control, their main goal is to keep Assad in power and they have more than the means to do so. I'm not sure what leverage the US has, they are pretty much resigned to coordinating air strikes with the Russians in the North and little else. A little investigation into the Russian buildup in Latakia is about all anyone needs to know.
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    I used to like you.
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    I noticed
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    Me and you Spin. How's things? Have plans this weekend?
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