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  1. Did Cleveland play today? How'd they do?
  2. Last I checked they were up 5-2, middle of the 8th. We'd better win today to keep up.
  3. Man I miss those days. Of course when I'd finally show up, my teammates would complain, "now we're down two players."
  4. Sorry, couldn't hear you, Mrs Ash has the TV on too loud watching one of her shows.
  5. According to the RIOT site their magic number is 7 wins, upon which they could proceed to lose every game the rest of the season and still win the division just so long as Cleveland loses all of its games too. https://s2.smu.edu/~olinick/RIOT_Dev-master/MLB_standings.html Science!
  6. So far in the majors, Julien has been given a paltry 18 plate appearances. Those 18 have been, ahem, unrewarding. But that hasn't been his track record in the minors.
  7. Buxton, strike 3 looking? Reputedly the players-only meeting was at least partly about two-strike strategery. Look at close ones and flail at ones far outside wouldn't have been my advice, but what do I know.
  8. Either that or he needs a remedial quantity of breath freshener, stat!
  9. What do you get when you cross Bambi and a ghost?
  10. Jacques Cousteau must be spinning in his watery, watery grave. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Water. Water who? Water you waiting for? Open the door!
  11. https://www.almanac.com/fact/what-do-sea-monsters-eatr-fish-and-puzzle Ughhhhh. Ugggggh. Ughghghghgh. I'd be careful about calling for expulsion, except to request a moderator to expel that joke.
  12. Ladies and gentlemen, Christian Vazquez, memo-getter!
  13. You blew it by not asking anything about his name. I bet he never gets tired of that line of questioning.
  14. It's faintly possible this dialog could be carried out both cordially and better at this point through use of the TD site's Personal Messaging system. (Oh dear. Person D just butted in.)
  15. The "not good" hawt taek could come from a pitcher every second game he plays, who mutters to himself, "great, an extra baserunner I didn't deserve."
  16. Errors have been a decreasingly useful stat since the early 20th century. MLB has of late taken pains to regularize the calling of errors by Official Scorers, generally in the direction of calling things base hits that look like errors to most of us, to the point that I don't find it (or its close relative, Fielding Percentage) a useful stat at all. I do see that, in roughly similar innings so far this year, Julien has about 20% fewer total chances than Polanco per 9 innings. Perhaps that reflects an unequal number of balls hit their respective way, or reflects a significant difference in range, or just reflects scorers' decisions on plays not made that take Julien off the hook by calling them base hits. I don't know. There are other measures of defense than this simple "range factor", and all of them have flaws. The eye test for most of us seems to be consistent with the range factor for the year, and that is where I choose to stop thinking on this topic. If the range factor is close to meaningful, then every couple of games, Polanco would make a play that turns into an out that Julien could not.
  17. I don't know. I mean I didn't. At least until now. Thanks, I guess. This site is kind of a chore sometimes.
  18. The worst trade in Twins history!™ is whatever trade our idiot FO made most recently. Ask just about anyone here. You're welcome. You picked a good one, though. I mean, a worthy one. A series of trades anyway.
  19. "Oops, I wasn't supposed to say that part out loud, was I? ... Oops, and now I said that last thing out loud too about not saying things out loud. Quick, someone, are my vocal cords in operation right this minute too?"
  20. Please tell me you were having a bit of fun with your response. Please also tell me you're giving me a million dollars..
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