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  1. jokin
    Speaking of close- Qualifers in AL/OBP 1) Ortiz .414 2) Mauer: .413
  2. jokin
    Strongly agree.
  3. jokin
    I'm Mauerzy4Prez on the PC Party ticket, and I approved this message.... ( I get where you're coming from, just couldn't resist the obvious shinebox takedown of the easily offended class)
  4. jokin
    Isn't the above arrangement for 2013 already about a 95% certainty? Elvis Andrus or Kelly Johnson? About .00001%.
  5. jokin
    I'd be hoping something close to Dave Duncan.
  6. jokin
    I know it isn't widely popular, but how about meeting next year's needs- by starting with hiring new blood in the coaching and consulting areas? I advocated this last year, after Pudge Rodriguez appeared to be done with the Nationals and his son being drafted by the Twins, I will again now. A HOF catcher with a Latin background, known for his tough as nails, fundamentally sound, student-of-the-game approach would be a terrific hire. Add to that, with a former-catcher/Latin-coach in place, there could be a huge addition by subtraction of Latin-whisperer needs from Drew Bew. A well-respected guy in general who could help shape up the young pitching staff, but who would also carry especially extra weight with the current, and up-and-coming Latin prospects. He's apparently available and waiting for his phone to ring and could certainly be easily motivated to sign on with Dereck in place in the organization, nice article: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/martinez-120720/ivan-rodriguez-stays-student-game-even-retirement
  7. jokin
    "WAR- What is it good for?" [To many folks, "absolutely nothing"]
  8. jokin
    http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7742696358_f0d426b6d1_o.jpg !IAZNAB
  9. jokin
    I would SUGGEST that it's very telling that the woeful Cleveland Indians have higher quality positional depth in the MI than the Twins. Though I ADMIT not huge talents, DFA'd Jose Lopez, Cord Phelps, Jason Kipnis, Juan Diaz and Jason Donald would be inexpensive upgrades at 2B or SS and could be easily acquired for little-to-nothing in return.
  10. jokin
    I understand the part that they're trying to make lemonade out of a lemon. His "audition" was, and should conintue to be, taking place in Rochester. If you saw Duensing scream into his glove at the end of the 6th inning today and watched Gardy during his postgame presser, you'd understand how damaging to team morale it is, and to fan loyalty, to continue this ludicrous farce.
  11. jokin
    From a Startribune column that was just published online by Patrick Reusse: "Before Wednesday's first pitch, I sent an e-mail to General Manager Terry Ryan asking for the official version of why Gardenhire had said of Nishioka, "He's here to play.'' Ryan's response was: "I am not sure what you are looking for. It is up to Gardy to make out the lineup with the 25 players available. ''Gardenhire's public comments Wednesday did not sound like those of a manager who was playing Nishioka because he wanted to. He harrumphed his way through a Nishioka question from reporters and said he was done talking about the second baseman.It seems clear that Gardenhire was playing Nishioka in Cleveland at the behest of the front office. The Twins still owe him $4 million and, best guess, Ryan didn't want to write it off without taking another look." And some still ask why many of us are demanding philosophical changes and new blood in management?
  12. jokin
    As previously posted, I've theorized (semi-tongue-in-cheek) that it might take the Commissioner of Baseball to take action to act in "the best interests of baseball."
  13. jokin
    The decision to play Nishi is coming at levels of management above Gardy, this is straight from the top.
  14. jokin
    It will take a major selling job to market a plentiful commodity like AAA/AAAA 1B in order to find a scarce commodity like quality pitching.
  15. jokin
    Buxton 2-4 in his E-Town debut/Kepler 4-4 with a HR/Walker 2-4 2HR/ Bard continues to dominate 0.00 ERA w/ save
  16. jokin
    Either move involves possibly hurt feelings and eyebrows (and second-guessing questions raised). Age-wise, Pineda should move, but playing the same position, this thing will all work itself out by itself next season. Question? Do either or both of these guys play fall/winter ball?
  17. jokin
    I know it's part of our better nature to try to be generous here, but, the nice diving stop was not only unnecessary, his flip was also unnecessary, his unnecessary flip also went in a direction opposite to where Dozier was positioned at 2B. Measured pop-up? He let it drop a good 10-15 in front of him, and turned away opposite from where the ball landed in front of him. On the play at home with the drawn-in infield set up to get the out at home, even a junior-high 2B knows to charge the ball and throw in one motion to the plate, again, the opposite of how Nishi fielded it. You forgot to mention the uncomfortable situation on the SF bunt with he and Mauer both covering 1B, Nishi getting to the bag late due to his semi-circular route instead of the taking the shortest distance between two points. Not a major league effort indeed- and if Seth was correct in his source for the Twins scouts labeling him a a AA-level infielder- even that was a part of our better nature in trying to be generous.
  18. jokin
    I only believe you if Dave can verify it from the BYTO archives...
  19. jokin
    I'm not a Gladden fan, but how can he make Nishi look worse? To me, it did appear that he was "walking away" with no sense of urgency, whether he knew where the ball was or not. It was funny, on TV they said there was likely a Sun problem- as the camera panned to a shot of a very overcast sky.
  20. jokin
    Only if Ryo mimicked the effects of early onset pulmonary embolism. Duensing was screaming into his glove, Primal Scream-like at the end of that inning. Gardy in the postgame presser was red-faced and having trouble breathing. This cannot end well.
  21. jokin
    He added 4 more NNTTTs (Nishi's Not The Top Ten) to the ESPN video vault, outdoing even his juggling/face plant error on a routine ground ball on Monday. And people wonder why certain folks ask for changes in the FO. I would not be shocked if the Commissioner hasn't already called Pohlad and said something to the effect of: "Your FO management is making a travesty of the game by playing Nishioka, in the best interests of baseball, he is hereby prohibited from playing again. (I'm on firm legal ground, Eddie Gaedel is my precedent)!"
  22. jokin
    And then walked away from it.
  23. jokin
    From Fangraphs Career BA/OBP/BABIP.....(OBP-BA differentials): Boggs: 328/415/344 (+.087) Cobb: 366/433/378 (+.067) Carew: 328/393/359 (+.065) Puckett: 318/360/342 (+.042) Brock: 293/343/338 (+.040) Revere: 288/327/316 (+.039) First two seasons OBP-BA and BA/OBP Revere: (.039) 288/327 Puckett: (.034) 292/326 Cobb: (.034) 337/371 Carew: (.045) 283/328 Brock: (.052) 263/319 Boggs: (.079) 356/435 BB% career/first 2 years Boggs 13.1/11.3 Cobb 9.6/5.5 Carew 9.6/5.4 Brock 6.8/6.3 Puckett 5.7/4.2 Revere 5.1/5.1 Based on the numbers so far in his career, other's first two years in MLB- and with apologies to presumptuosuly making comparisons to 5 HOFers, how close is Revere to having a career leading to greatness- or leading to mediocrity? Based on Revere's improvements this year in driving the ball much harder, hitting more gaps- sometimes more deeply- and by all appearances, more confidently and better handling of MLB pitching in general, can he at age 24, improve to a higher level in SLG (power production usually rises as a career continues) and OBP ( as demonstrated above, all of the above players improved their plate discipline and ability to draw more walks as their career continued, Cobb and Carew had very similar first two year BB rates to Revere- with the most dramatic % increase improvements in their overall BB% rate) and have a reasonable shot to end up at least close to the tail end (34-36% OBP) of the above HOFers' numbers?
  24. jokin
    Did anyone catch Duesnsing resorting to Primal Scream Therapy into his mitt at the end of the 6th? I think that was the moment that Bert broke his silence, mentioning in the top of the 7th that he had to defend the pitchers and state what the score "really" was.
  25. jokin
    Ben Revere stats update through games of 8/7/12 plus cumulative career minor league totals. This season: 329/360/387 BABIP: 356 Minor League: 326/383/404 BABIP: ~355
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