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  1. ashbury
    JORGE!!!!
  2. ashbury
    POLANCO!!!!
  3. ashbury
    It turns out that because Boston is located so far east, and due to Daylight Savings Time, the eclipse occurred at night and I missed it entirely.
  4. ashbury
    I'm worried chef Gibson will be serving up meatballs too, in which case we might not be entitled to chicken dinnah!
  5. ashbury
    I rarely access TD on my (Android) phone, but yesterday I did and immediately ran into the annoyance that ChiTown reported. There is some bad juju going on and needs to be tracked down.
  6. ashbury
    It does. But they also need to embrace John Maynard Keynes' economics. Even Nixon or Friedman or somebody stated that we're all Keynesians now, 40+ years ago. A little cyclical deficit spending should not make anyone run away in terror. / Yes, I realize a private business isn't the gubmint. This was a little tongue in cheek. A little.
  7. ashbury
    At some chain store.
  8. ashbury
    So, didn't have time to catch up with all the back-and-forth here, but what time is the eclipse supposed to be?
  9. ashbury
    The camera caught Mrs Mnuchin on a bad day. I'm sure she's normally much more chipper.
  10. ashbury

    Falvey

    ashbury replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    You can't project with the precision you seem to want, but there's been evidence for too long that minor league stats are indeed useful as a predictive tool. The key is to look at the right ones - ERA is a comparatively crude choice. Tim Melville's performance at Rochester in 2017 suggests to me that he might be marginally better in the majors than he showed yesterday, but not good enough to be allowed the additional innings necessary to demonstrate that very modest potential. His OPS-against in AAA would be about league average, after you factor in an unusually low BABIP - and league average pitching is not going to cut the mustard when brought up to the majors. IMO he would struggle to keep his ERA in the majors under 6, if he were foolishly allowed to get beyond SSS. I'd be very curious to hear someone in the Twins analytic squad say what better measures they use that made them see anything more in Melville than that. Maybe there's nothing, and the emergency start was driven by the other factors being discussed here.
  11. ashbury
    Won't be major league minimum, obviously - humor acknowledged. Let's say two additional guaranteed years at the same $22M salary his current vesting option gets exercised at, to replace that option, for conversation's sake.
  12. ashbury
    How does your math hold up if Verlander demands a 2-year extension in return for waiving his no-trade clause? Because my recollection is that's how a lot of no-trade's work out.
  13. ashbury
    Sound.
  14. ashbury
    But that's the very essence of a ChiefjokeTM
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  16. ashbury
    So do I.
  17. ashbury
    "It was my understanding there would be no spelling either."
  18. ashbury
    You'd trade Kepler or Rosario? Or, try to deal with whatever chemistry issues arise from trying to platoon them with the new corner addition?
  19. ashbury
    "Paging Dr. Chief. Paging Dr Chief. We need emergency instructions to Bartolo Colon, stat. kthanks."
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  21. ashbury
    Carnac: "SABR." Ed: Saber? Like one of those swords they juggle with? Carnac: SABR. Just like it sounds. Ed: Sabre? The travel software company? Carnac: Now you're just getting obscure. SABR. Ed: OK, got it. I have no idea what it means, but got it. Carnac: As expected. Ed: I don't get that either. Must be a meme or something. Whatever those are. Carnac: Precisely. May the fleas of a thousand memes infest your web browser. Ed: Sounds painful. Maybe we should just move on to the opening of the hermetically sealed envelope. Carnac: "What do you use to cut down a stat nerd?" Ed: Hey! I was right the first time!
  22. ashbury
    If the term "pythag" means anything to you, it would seem they've been doing that to excess all season. If not, suffice to say it's time to bring their runs scored in line with their W-L record. / edit - ninja'd by Chief, whose SABR reference I was reinforcing anyway
  23. ashbury
    I hope the Twins break out of this scoring drought soon, like the next inning.
  24. ashbury
    That's a Chief joke, all right. My dad used to tell it but the punchline was "DiMaggio?" Chief adapted it from the version that was current in his own youth, where the punchline is "No really, Ruth. He just set the record, right?"
  25. ashbury
    Sure. Submit your application to the moderation team. We'll get back to you in a few days.
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