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Berardino: Twins place Milone and Fien on waviers
ashbury replied to Puckett34's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I didn't see the reason to sign him in the first place, and he couldn't keep Pawtucket from scoring the tying run in the bottom of the ninth the other night, so I'd be fine with losing him on waivers. I don't see a reason to have some guy named Buddy anywhere in the system, frankly, unless Buddy Bell is interested in mounting a comeback. -
Yeah, essentially everybody's got the arm strength to sling it from the left side of the infield to first. Hell, I have a terrible arm, but one time I got roped into playing third base in Vintage ball, where it's like slow-pitch but the bases are the full regulation 90 feet, and I surprised myself by getting a routine 5-3 out. (One time, I said - literally. There were other plays. ) It's whether you can do it consistently, time after time, with accuracy and strength. Fundamentals.
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My own memory from watching him in spring training a year ago was that either 1) when he threw it on a line from SS to the first baseman it would be a little short and the first baseman would have to make a scoop, or else 2) he threw it hard enough to reach the area of 1B on the fly but it would be inaccurate to the left or right. Close to enough arm, but just shy of it - distance or accuracy, but not both. However maybe he's improved. Coaching, strength training, or simply physical maturation all seem possible at his age. I happened to watch him Friday night at Pawtucket and he made a couple of poor decisions at 2B, though not charged with an error. I really need to write up a game report.
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I do believe, that's some electric stuff you've got there.
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This is an example of why I tell any politician who will listen, "Please, try not to lose too many wars, OK?"
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Where that is an option, I agree. When instead one of the evils is virtually certain to be chosen, distinctions must be made.
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Let's touch base on this again in late October. The messaging machines for both parties may lead conservatives to re-think Trump as a better alternative to Clinton. Who knows, Sanders may even flip enough superdelagates to change the parameters entirely.
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They probably should form a committee to look into how to form a committee to look into the mechanics of doing this.
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Probably. I took the time to fact-check my quote, but made the mistake of doing it on the Internet. http://www.picturequotes.com/its-hard-to-field-the-ball-when-you-have-both-hands-around-your-throat-quote-249107
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Gaetti was the author of a memorable quote, directed toward himself, after he made a costly error during that '84 pennant chase: "it's hard to field the ball when you have both hands around your throat."
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I don't think anyone gave you a serious answer to this. Small Sample Size. Baseball isn't random but some statistical methods work well if you let enough numbers roll in.
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You're thinking of 1984, when they unexpectedly contended (with the core that was constructed during the preceding few years in the wilderness) and fell short at the end. 1985 and 1986 were disappointments, and then we all know what came next. I like the quote that history doesn't necessarily repeat but it sometimes rhymes. I was prepared for a below-.500 season, though not quite like this.
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It sounds like Fantex buys two separate things when they give the player X-million dollars up-front. 1) Ten percent of future earnings, 2) the right to market the player's "brand" in this specific stock-trading way. The general public has their role in #2 but apparently nothing to do with #1. The shares that the general public buys may or may not be liquid. Fantex acts as the market maker. There is room for unseen arbitrageurs to work in conjunction with the market makers, matching bids with offers without providing transparency. If the market ever becomes highly liquid due to participation on a scale of the NYSE then maybe with external regulation the market can be fair to investors, but if it remains illiquid or unregulated then you're at the mercy of strangers accountable to persons unknown. I had a little experience with stock options in a thinly traded market like I described, and even in a regulated environment the scope for mischief was considerable.
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Depends on the repute you value, and your peers.
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That may be the theory. In practice, players will use the substances to push harder and farther, even in the face of injury. The problem with the substances is that they present players with the moral dilemma of risking their long term health in order to keep up with those who choose to accept the risk.
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In that case I'm in favor of an exemption for second basemen who get their knees replaced.
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It's not the end of the world. Which nickname would you prefer to have, Phil "The Vulture" Regan or Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy?
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After an 0-9 start, the Twins are 6-5
ashbury replied to diehardtwinsfan's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Alternatively, after their hot 4-0 streak, they were 2-5 as of when you wrote, and are currently 3-6. What I'm getting at, of course, is cherry picking. That plus SSS means it's sort of easy to construct all kinds of scenarios out of essentially the same early data. Weak offense, shaky bullpen, and jury-still-out starting pitching, means that .500 the rest of the way is an iffy proposition. Erm, what was the question again? -
Pfff. I played RF for my slo-pitch softball team and had the same talent.
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Timely call, Nostradamus.
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Interesting Conversation with an ex Minor League Umpire
ashbury replied to Lefty74's topic in Other Baseball
Tossed aside? Or told, "if you're susceptible maybe this isn't the right line of work for you, therefore for your own good we're not renewing your contract"? A fine line, perhaps. -
I was mostly kidding you about what appeared to be a typo of fiancé versus fiancée. One 'e' for male, two 'e's for female. Mix those up and you're bound to get strange looks when you least expect it.
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Mike Quade seems like he could come in for some of the blame, if Ryan got blindsided by Murphy retiring. Surely the Rochester manager was told explicitly of the plan for Murphy when the signing occurred. If he had any inkling that Murphy was leaning that direction, he needed to send that info up the ladder pronto. And if Murphy kept the decision entirely to himself, despite knowing whatever Ryan and Quade may have told him or implied to him, then his hands aren't entirely clean either. Maybe players, even veterans, just don't have the other-mindedness to realize, "I'm not on the 40-man, so if I do get promoted then someone else has to be dropped, and that process takes a few days - I can't just drop this on them." Ultimately the buck stops with Ryan. I just doubt that it's as simple as being made out here.
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ND same-sex couples are AOK just so long as they vote the right way?
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Game Thread: Twins v Indidans, 4/25 @ 7:10pm CT
ashbury replied to Riverbrian's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
All the thrilling excitement of video challenge aside, and notwithstanding Park's good recovery to juggle and hold onto the ball, this play was an example of why I'm not completely totally 100% fully outright sold on Escobar as a defensively solid shortstop.
