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  1. ashbury
    1. 13-21 2. 15-19
  2. ashbury
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic: Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word ἀριθμός, arithmos “number”) is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple day-to-day counting to advanced science and business calculations. ... It's practically the very opposite of "alternate reality". I simply did "4.5 million is to 750, as what is to a dime?" I get accused of attaching too many smiley icons as it is. If you didn't find it a little humorous, we can move on. Or if you insist on taking it seriously, adjust your analogy to a five or ten dollar parking ticket; or else get over your apparent rage at ballplayers earning salaries that are worth 50 to 100 times less in purchasing power than you seem to think they receive.
  3. ashbury
    I actually don't hate it, and it's a fun takeoff on a futbol drinking song, but this adaptation is pretty generic. Nothing about it is special to the location or the team. Could just as easily be the anthem for the Cin-ci-nnati Reds! Reds! Reds! (Ar-i-zona Snakes! Col-o-rado Rox! Kan-sas City Chiefs! Al-a-bama Tide!)
  4. ashbury
    Yes, I kind of figured that out about you some time ago.
  5. ashbury
    If I did the math right, this means you earn $600 a year. Go talk to your boss; I'm sure you're worth twice that.
  6. ashbury
    He got fined for saying openly what everyone knows anyway. Hard to get too worked up about this unless it goes to another level.
  7. ashbury
    To his credit Swarzak made some adjustments and to the final 16 hitters he faced on the night, he threw 14 non-fastballs and just two fastballs to start them off. Is this Swarzak, or his catcher (Doumit)? Mauer was catching during the Yankees/Granderson debacle, so I guess the signal calling blame can be shared. (Oops, not blame; accountability is the buzzword this year.)
  8. ashbury
    I think you word out of your sentence.
  9. ashbury
    No he wasn't. No. Most major league shortstops are excellent, against some absolute scale. And I loved Gagne to pieces; he was instrumental and underrated in their WS wins. But Gagne won no Gold Gloves, and as far as I recall he was never even in the discussion for such an award. He made the routine plays and you can't say that about every shortstop; but he was a league average defender with so-so range, nothing more. His value (again comparing to other shortstops) was more on the offensive side. Luke Hughes should aspire to such defensive heights, of course.
  10. ashbury
    He seemed smart enough in 2006, and again in 2010. He underwent TJ surgery, not surgery for a brain aneurysm.
  11. ashbury
    Somehow Greg Gagne is coming to mind as a possible comp for Hughes - not very good OBP but with enough pop to be a contributor overall at bat, and with defense that some would criticize but is serviceable. Since Gagne contributed greatly to two WS teams, it's a little compelling. But then in the details, it seems that Hughes comes up short against Gagne in various ways. While Gagne wasn't slick in the field, he was steady and made all the routine plays, whereas Hughes seems to get heat for messing up (even when an error isn't charged). And Hughes is being measured at 2B mainly, and is not considered an option at SS. And finally, his low OBP doesn't even quite come up to Gagne's standard. All in all, these are the differences in being able to hold down a major league job, and not.
  12. ashbury
    Never cared much for rap, hiphop, or whatever you'd call it, but after viewing this video, I have to say... no change in opinion.
  13. ashbury
    Depending on what is meant by "several" years, I have to go with False. He's a Three Tool player, where five-tool players are perennial all-stars and four-tool guys are solid starters or better. In the three-tool range, you're getting down to OK starters and platoon players. With his lack of power and lack of arm, he's not the right guy in your lineup for various situations, and that means getting subbed out (or the one being subbed in). What's worse, one of his legitimate tools is speed and that is something that can decay precipitously. (By contrast, look at Thome for an example of power being a tool that can last indefinitely.) I can't see him being a starter after he loses a step. I hope for the best of course, but I don't foresee him as a starter for a good team at age 30, and that's what I assume is meant by "several" years. Fourth outfielder on a World Series team? Absolutely.
  14. ashbury
    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/02/rich-harden-to-miss-2012-season.html Rich Harden will miss the 2012 season while he recovers from a shoulder operation.
  15. ashbury
    Yes, because he was always a total strikeout machine up to now.
  16. ashbury
    On Sunday morning in Tampa, tell Liriano that he’s going to throw 7 innings. He can do it in 90 pitches or 150, but he’s not coming out of there until he gets at least 21 outs. One caveat to this. You can't bluff, and you have to have a Plan B just in case. If you are at the point of putting him into the bullpen with one more failure, then this strategem is as good a shot as any. If he has to come out after 4.1 innings anyway, then he's banished to the bullpen; if that wouldn't be your move, then you can't try this ultimatum. Since I'm ready to put him in the pen, I like your idea.
  17. ashbury
    Patients sometimes interpret what the doctor tells them, differently than the doctor thought he was saying.
  18. ashbury
    These all sounded to me, at the time, like rumors planted by the Twins, trying to goose the market a bit and get the most for Santana that they could. Note the Think Factory item says the source was the Twins and the Dodgers were "considering". It's very unclear that the Dodgers were actually interested even in Kemp (plus lower-grade prospects) alone for Santana, much less throwing in Kershaw. If Kemp had actually been dangled, Smith would have jumped on the deal. Ditto for the speculative offers from the Red Sox and Yankees - they were all trial balloons, no concrete offer was ever on the table from these other teams. Just my opinion, of course.
  19. ashbury
    Gray has two of the team's three wins. He's indispensable.
  20. ashbury
    Designating someone a one-inning guy means high leverage innings when you do put him in; no bullpen has a one-inning mopup guy. So then, how comfortable would you be bringing Liriano in for the eighth inning with a one-run lead? There's also the question of getting him to accept a one-inning high leverage role. Just because Perkins did, doesn't mean Liriano would; two very different people. If someone doesn't embrace the role, he's not likely to succeed. I'm fine with putting Francisco in the pen, if it's to find himself again, during low-leverage situations.
  21. ashbury
    If he's valuable for his defense and also has a potent enough stick to want to give him late-game chances, doesn't that paint him as a candidate to be a starter?
  22. ashbury
    Don't be all butt-hurt.
  23. ashbury
    Small sample size and all that... but Towles is off to the slowest start of the three. Butera is the one, ironically, who has promising looking AAA stats, due in large part to a home run. It will be interesting which one they bring up. Towles looked good in Ft Myers.
  24. ashbury
    Counting turnstile clicks is not the same as revenue. TV/radio money in the upper midwest is a lot lower than in many of the markets that are in the majors, and average ticket price is higher elsewhere as well. The Twins aren't "small market", but their spending on salaries is right around the middle of the pack, and that's about where it belongs.
  25. ashbury

    Delmon

    ashbury replied to Shane Wahl's topic in Other Baseball

    Mastroianni had a quote during Spring, contrasting the Twins camp to Toronto's, saying that if he made a play like that for Toronto he would get reamed (his word) for it, while Gardy told him quietly in the dugout "let's keep the 360's to a minimum, OK?" Wonder if Gardy was that circumspect with Delmon, though.
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