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  1. ashbury
    That wouldn't be the end of the world, though.
  2. ashbury
    Some people count the eggs, some people count only the chickens, and maybe the front office is splitting the difference here?
  3. ashbury
    Don't you think we should ask for *more* than a million RBI? A million RBI isn't exactly a lot of run production these days. Miggy alone makes over 9 billion RBI a year!
  4. ashbury
    With Torii the roster is at 40. How long before the draft must a spot be freed up - or is it already too late? (I know it's too late to protect anyone they already had.) Dropping someone means giving other teams a shot at taking him, so it surely can't be absolutely at the last minute.
  5. ashbury
    This was his internal cue, IMO, that either this wasn't the time and place for the question, or else it's so important that he should just ask it (whatever his actual question was) forthrightly. He knew something was "off" about doing it. He split the middle, thinking he was being delicate, but it just came off awkward to me. I still don't know what his question was. "Uh, gay marriage, and Arkansas governor, and your FA market value, and stuff. You still going to be doing that?"
  6. ashbury
    See? That's why it was so much tougher to pitch then. All that pressure. Pitchers today have it easy.
  7. ashbury
    I actually found it pretty rambling, in real-time. Lots of pauses groping for words, like he was dancing around what he really wanted, leaving me to guess that what he wanted was "here's a controversial topic, wanna say something foolish?" Torii didn't take the bait, and then... at the last moment he did anyway.
  8. ashbury
    One of the interview questions with Terry Ryan at the Torii Hunter introduction press conference was, "are you surprised it [he?] took a one year contract?". Terry twitched and suppressed a smile and basically used every single one of his facial muscles before replying "no". http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2014/12/04/twinsights-terry-ryan-defensive-metrics-twins-ignore/ (Second short video in the sequence.) My reaction is that, while poker is not my game and I am terrible at it, if by chance he and I were ever at a table, I'd be looking for that "tell" sometime when he raised.
  9. ashbury
    Great photo, BTW. He offered a comparison to Britney, but I think he sells himself short. / not
  10. ashbury
    Yeah. I took another look comparing Happ vs Milone, and came away even more convinced to give Milone some more chances with the Twins.
  11. ashbury
    I don't think expiring contracts have brought much in trade ever since they changed the draft compensation rules. The draft pick no longer goes along with the player - *poof* goes the value.
  12. ashbury
    When I think of guys who build up a HoF resume more due to longevity than sheer brilliance, the test I ask myself is if I would have taken my kids to a game and said, "watch this guy, he's a future hall of famer". Circular, I know, but I can't give Torii the thumbs up. Hall Of Very Good, as has been said of many candidates.
  13. ashbury
    "You know what you are doing, everything’s working for those two, three, four or five starts" Does anyone remember which five consecutive starts DeVries might be talking about? / Channeling my inner Mike Berardino, by being a p-word. Seriously, this was a very nice interview, with great questions, and Cole sounds like a super solid guy. And without checking I'll bet Cole had some nice 5+ game streaks at AAA.
  14. ashbury
    Happ is no Cy Young candidate, but if Seattle got him for Saunders, I don't think Milone alone would have gotten it done. / need to include Duensing, duh
  15. ashbury
    Sadly, it might wind up in the discussion anyway. / not that my groan-inducing thread starter is one to be proud of
  16. ashbury
    Why didn't the moderator on duty think of that solution?
  17. ashbury
    Bad hops can happen on any field.
  18. ashbury
    I didn't think my comment which you quoted suggested that; indeed that was at the heart of it. The relationship goes both ways, and Torii made the mistake of exposing the presumption of entitlement that we know is there but is foolish for a player to state. You and I agree that Hunter didn't handle it very adroitly. Exactly where he went astray is more for his PR guy to explain to him anyway.
  19. ashbury
    You've had your skeleton and mop signature line for a while now. Maybe time for a new one?
  20. ashbury
    I was as much bothered by his side comment to him, "I don't even know you". Like there is a level of privilege or entitlement in his dealings with the public and the media.
  21. ashbury
    http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/allergicpagan/files/2014/02/obi-wan.jpg
  22. ashbury
    Since the idea of trading for Michael Saunders was floated elsewhere on this site, I thought I'd mention that he's off the table now. The Jays get him from Seattle for starter J. A. Happ. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/12/mariners-blue-jays-swap-michael-saunders-j-a-happ.html Despite their attempts to upgrade for 2015, Toronto is now officially Happ-less.
  23. ashbury
    I'm not much of a fan of the signing, but IMO it addresses one thing I'm worried about: that the run-scoring the Twins did in 2014 was partly a mirage and could take a step backward as the young'uns develop. Hunter has age going against him but still might be less prone to regression than some guys (not named Mauer) who based exciting results on high Babip.
  24. ashbury
    http://jflett2.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/lollygaggers.jpg
  25. ashbury
    I taught my wife-to-be how to drive a manual transmission. If the relationship could survive that, I figured, she was probably a keeper.
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