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  1. ashbury
    That's dated June 2016, so I poked around a little in the game threads around then. Maybe he had a few sour posts I didn't see, but what I ran across was reasonably convivial. I'm sure you picked up on something at the time, though.
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    Empty nest-ism makes him similar to several of us, which might cut down the perceived diversity - OTOH it helps to have the time to invest on a regular basis.
  3. ashbury
    The Wikipedia page says "In the first month of the season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings," so we are beyond that. Standings-order in their own league, then standings-order in the other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_transactions#Waivers I've got a copy of the league rules tucked away somewhere, so I could check further if we needed to know the exact date. Anyway right now we'd be literally last in line to snap up some National League team's waiver-wire mistake.
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    Oh! You're no fun with numbers anymore.
  5. ashbury
    Pitchers: White Sox: None. Only belly itchers.
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    The beautiful part, to me, was this: my attention was split between TV and keyboard, taking part in the game thread. Buxton gets a double, which I watched out of the corner of my eye while typing something. Nice. Good for him. Wait... how was that a double? The dawning realization as I turned to watch the replay meant that this is basically routine for him. In this aspect of the game, just as with tracking the ball on defense, it's the cliche where he has come down from a higher league. He has great instincts/experience with these, which is why it's so baffling that he has had trouble with low breaking pitches for so long.
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    Ditto for the one Tim Anderson hit in the second inning.
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    We're all pretty pleased with the production we're getting from the 9th slot in the batting order, with Buxton having a nice start to his season. It flew past my radar, though maybe not yours, that we don't even lead the majors in production at the bottom of the order. Minnesota's OPS is up there at .777 (brought down by a few batters with weird names like Ehire and Willians), but Houston leads the majors with .871. That's mostly Jake Marisnick, who is hitting .300 with power and has run the anchor leg almost exclusively this year. Apparently great (managers') minds think alike.
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    Twins lead the majors in home runs with 101. However, 62 have been hit on the road, and only 39 at home (tied for only 6th). Imagine their totals if their home park wasn't Grand Canyon National.
  11. ashbury
    Twins lead the majors in runs scored. Eddie Rosario leads the team with 34 runs, which places him... drum roll... tied for 26th across the majors. This is a balanced offense, folks.
  12. ashbury
    Just making room for Max Scherzer.
  13. ashbury
    Sloppy chicken dinner in honor of a messy inning, otherwise a good game.
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    He's made a moderator. Reward or punishment, you decide.
  17. ashbury
    It's still station to station, four at a time.
  18. ashbury
    Seriously? Go home, Sox announcer. You're drunk.
  19. ashbury
    Dream big.
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  21. ashbury
    Buxton's ability to steal has not yet begun to be tested. If a player risks a 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs, is it the same penalty if you slip a performance-decreasing drug to the opposition?
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    That was a double? Oh, right. Because Buxton.
  24. ashbury
    One of these phrases deserves more detail that begins "True Story."
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