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  1. ashbury
    Arraez and be counted! (For two bases.)
  2. ashbury
    Dad???
  3. ashbury
    It's worse than you realize. I told Mrs Ash the line score. Cardinal sin, I know.
  4. ashbury
    I can not dispute this assertion.
  5. ashbury
    Whew!
  6. ashbury
    Tuning in late, looks like I didn't miss anything.
  7. ashbury
    All right, here's my question: given Javier's first season back, from surgery on the non-throwing shoulder, with rather poor results at the plate, are there grounds for optimism with Buxton for 2020?
  8. ashbury
    "Ensigns Wade, Miller, and LaMarre, I know that none of you were expecting this. I'm sorry. I'm gonna have to ask you to grow up a little sooner than you expected. Warp five." / edit - I know, I know, LaMarre is 30, Miller is 27, and even Wade is no spring chicken anymore at 25. Humor me.
  9. ashbury
    And our own Hip-Hip Jorge is fourth in the league in PA. Seems to me that Kepler and Buxton and Cruz and Rosario at very minimum would likewise be reaching the 140 game threshold if not for injury. Schoop too, if he hadn't been outplayed and lost his starting job to all intents and purposes.
  10. ashbury
    12 of his 14 AL peers appear to be similarly inexperienced, excluding Bob Melvin, who has shown remarkable discipline this year in writing Robbie Grossman's name into the lineup seemingly as often as humanly possible, and Alex Cora, who has turned in a season that has gotten his boss fired.
  11. ashbury
    In 2018, 15 American Leaguers played in 155 games. six played 158, and one played 160. It isn't the norm anymore. Fire Rocco and get someone else, and you'd likely have similar playing-frequency choices. (OK, if you're hiring and firing, you can set the hiring criteria, but you see what I mean.)
  12. ashbury
    One year Dave Dombrowski is sipping champagne. Less than 12 months later, he has been told his services are no longer required. I'm just saying, Appeal to Authority is one of the oldest fallacies in the logic book. If we have to bow to the front office and dugout's authority, there is precious little to discuss here on an internet site.
  13. ashbury
    Liked, for the heads-up on the status. Not for the outcome.
  14. ashbury
    Moderator's note: Even if this is "just a Vikings thread", TD's comment policy still applies. None of us here is likely to get the call from 2600 Vikings Circle in Eagan, so our opinions as fans are simply that, no more and no less. Disagree 100% with someone all you want, but don't make it personal like that.
  15. ashbury
    What are you talking about? I've been here as a participant since almost Day One.
  16. ashbury
    My interactions with Tom Froemming have always been great, and I'm blissfully unaware of most of the work that he puts in, besides just his own writing/blogging/videoing, so I'm glad to see that highlighted. Thanks Tom!
  17. ashbury
    It's been a long thread and I've posted more than my share, but I don't recall defending Pineda, and I don't know what you think I'm "hoping" for. You didn't specify which posts you were thinking of, when you asked your question. Maybe someone else defended and hoped. It's late and it feels like a strawman to me. To want the record to be straight regarding PED, versus the banned masking agents (which have medical purposes other than masking), is not "defending" his suspension. The fact he didn't work with team doctors is so obvious, I didn't feel the need to address it until now.
  18. ashbury
    Has anyone stated that Big Mike shouldn't be suspended? He was caught with a banned substance in his body fluids, full stop. That's the part that's black and white. But he disputes the "intentionally" part, and the arbitrator (or whatever the person was) did reduce the length of the suspension from the normal length. Those two seem congruent with one another.
  19. ashbury
    The Twins currently have the third most wins in the AL. Assuming this holds up, validation of the regular season will have Houston and New York playing for the right to be in the World Series.
  20. ashbury
    I hope you're not asking why MLB bans PEDs. That's a rabbit hole for a different thread, probably. Opinions differ and no one's will be changed. PEDs and stimulants are taken by players to gain an edge on the playing field, and are banned substances for that reason. Diuretics and other masking agents may be taken by players for other reasons (blood pressure control, for one), and are banned because of the first group of banned substances. If not for PEDs and stimulants, MLB would not take an interest in diuretics. Is that what you were asking? I'm really not sure.
  21. ashbury
    Pure speculation likewise, but I think he gave them an ultimatum about off-season strategy, and got an answer he didn't expect - perhaps one straight out of Chief's playbook: "Let me ignore the Luxury Tax on team salaries, or I'm gone." "Yes."
  22. ashbury
    Congratulations, Nick!
  23. ashbury
    At a keynote speech I attended, Terry Ryan once stated that he could think of many ballplayers who would hit .400, if MLB was played one game per week. I took that to mean not only that the 162-game season is a grind, but some players are ground down worse than others. He wasn't saying everyone would hit .400, because conversely the pitchers would be better rested too. The grind is what levels down the competition, in other words. (He wouldn't name names, of course, but I distinctly remember thinking the implication included Delmon.) So I'm unwilling to second guess the manager too much on the choice of whom to rest, and when. There's a very good chance you could wring a little bit better performance out of a team with less rest, but also an increased chance of decreased performance, and there's no way to forecast which is which. Also, apart from judgement, or analytics, the manager has access to info concerning the physical state of the players, that I never will.
  24. ashbury
    That is a whopping level of skepticism in an era of random unannounced testing throughout the season. I doubt it's 0%, and have my suspicions about a few players, but not at that kind of level. It's been mentioned already, but you really should take a glance through the official document the league uses for defining it's processes. Section 2 ("PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES") lists everything they test for - PEDs and stimulants and masking agents alike. It seems pretty thorough, and if it were just a charade, you probably wouldn't see a suspension like this one at this time in a season. http://www.mlbplayers.com/pdf9/5450924.pdf
  25. ashbury
    The other teams are smart and won't fall for your trap. I think you have to do something like one baserunner stroll past the other, for an automatic out.
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