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  1. h2oface
    How about, when this happens.... one can automatically create a link with a paragraph... or at the end of an opening paragraph... or two (whatever one feels is enticing)... like the "read more" link ...... and it takes us to the blog. Or the link can be called "blog created". Or something. I would click on that for sure, and some of the very interesting tangential parts of the discussion would have a blog created, and the writer could be spared the admonishment from a mod of not staying on topic. Instead, the writer would be rewarded, and the worthy tangential discussion would have a new life of its own.
  2. h2oface
    SNAFU. Pitching is but a side note.
  3. h2oface
    Sure. Case by case. Lynn is pretty affordable, just a relatively long commitment. In this case, the Cards would rather take their chances on the cheap up and comers, than Lynn, who they know the best of any team and FO. Sometimes the player just doesn't want to play for the team anymore, and/or they want to play for the highest dollar, regardless of the team. Like Torii Hunter, perhaps. Sometimes, you just let a Plouffe or a Pelfrey go........ for good reason. My gut says that is the case with Lynn. And then there are the mistakes.... like David Ortiz.
  4. h2oface
    What pitcher is the same pitcher as he was last year? Very few. Maybe we get lucky. I really think it is foolish for these guys to push the clock and the healing for a couple of months of pitching that has more of a chance to do harm than good. The positive thing about all the pitching considerations...... is that Perkins hasn't come up, eh?
  5. h2oface
    There is a reason the Cardinals are making no effort to resign Lynn, and I can't believe it is just $. I trust they know best.
  6. h2oface
    A pick like a Kohl Stewart, or Levi Michael, or Alex Wimmer, or Tyler Jay, or Klye Cody! (some were even first rounders!) Such important picks. I think the draft pick is the least of the concerns in regard to getting a good MLB pitcher that is desperately needed. Much less risk in a MLB proven pitcher than hoping that some pick will ever make it.
  7. h2oface
    I am a great fan of this site, but am not wanting to be a "writer" - a staff writer, etc. I always feel that quality is more important than quantity. I don't see a need to grow as much as maintain. I hate the nickname "twinkie", and can't find myself ever wanting to go to a site that thinks that is clever/cute... so much that it names it site something that, to me, disparages the very entity that it is honoring. So this is the place to go for Twins' news for me. I understand the pull to podcasting, and the hope for some fame. I personally find most independent sport's podcast very tedious, repetitive, and self indulgent. I don't care about the waitress or the beer etc. Concise and informative, rather than rambling and off topic, is way better than long and laborious, to me. Just like musicians and their audiences, readers are just as important to writers, for without the readers, there is no audience to the writer's articles. If the goal is to grow, rather than maintain, it could be quite difficult. There are only so many people that will have an obsession like those here that participate. I will try to figure out a way that I may contribute other than just reading and commenting. I like this site.
  8. h2oface
    I was having a fine Christmas day........ and then I thought about the coming baseball season....... and Rodney...........
  9. h2oface
    If clubhouse chemistry is their reason for signing Napoli, it really, to me, speaks for their lack of respect and confidence in Mauer and Dozier. Personally, I hope they pass on Napoli. Napoli, to me, at this point, is a step backwards. The other playoff teams are truly making impressive steps to improve, and this FO seems to be hoping for the old and fading to shine bright one more time. I fear this tact is destined for derailing progress in 2018. Leadership needs to come from the young core now. And growing together. This is really depressing to me.
  10. h2oface
    I guess that instead of a splash, this FO is looking for a ripple, like that which occurs from a perfect entry into the water from a spectacular dive. If clubhouse chemistry is their reason for signing Napoli, it really, to me, speaks for their lack of respect and confidence in Mauer and Dozier. Personally, I hope they pass on Napoli, and there is a splash coming. Napoli, to me, at this point, is a step backwards. All these end of career options is depressing.
  11. h2oface
    Joe's shot was to go out with the concussion injury. The catcher stats and performance was HOF. The sympathy factor would have made up for the short career. But you don't get to have two MLB careers. You are only one person. And the first base years have destroyed his chances, I feel.
  12. h2oface
    I totally agree. A 4.23 ERA with 4.2 BB/9 last year in 55.1 innings. How he got 39 saves last year is a miracle. Maybe we will get lucky and he will get hurt in spring training..... Now that's not nice...... but it will save the inevitable damage early in the season, and just cost money and not games.
  13. h2oface
    This from Bollinger: "Levine said the Twins will continue to be patient yet aggressive in their pursuit of a front-line starting pitcher to join Ervin Santana and Jose Berrios. The Twins have yet to make an offer to Darvish, but he's not expected to make a decision anytime soon. "The top end of the market tends to be more patient, because it's not like interest is going to evaporate," Levine said. "I think there are two tiers, with Darvish and Arrieta linked and then Lynn and Cobb linked. Time will tell how much they impact one another." I just don't get how not making an offer is aggressive, at all. Seems that is just the opposite of being aggressive. One can't make a decision on it or accept an offer that is not made! If you want something, you make an offer. Before it is too late. Change it if it is rejected. But if you want Darvish..... make an offer!
  14. h2oface
    I already said that every case is different, and all are special cases, and acknowledged that this was a unique example. I am not trying to win an argument with you. There are plenty here that might enjoy that engagement. I don't. I am not really into the deep stat linkage, but often enjoy other's offerings that are, and I refer you back to riverbrain's comment that I replied to and you quoted for a great summary, in my opinion. I move more organically. Ignore me if you like. No problem.
  15. h2oface
    Great post. Let me amend my previous statement of championship teams to the elite teams - the elite teams will include a great bullpen, a deep bullpen, and pay for it. They may come a couple strikes short in game 7 of the World Series, like Cleveland, and not win the championship, but it is the future. Especially with starters being so limited on pitches they are allowed to throw.
  16. h2oface
    Would you rather have Morrow for 3 years (last year and two more), or just one year, as the Dodgers had by only signing him to one year? Sure, very different case, especially where Morrow's career was. But they are all special cases. The FO that makes the right moves in advance, and not retrospect, and uses their intel and luck, become winners. One year contracts can be the best in a certain situation (Thankfully, a 41 year old season for Rodney will be a one year). 2-3 year in others. Every case is different, and if you make the right moves, 2 or 3 year contracts can be the very best for a relief corp. With the Dodgers uncertainty, they gave Morrow a one-year flyer, with no club option, he became a monster out of the pen, and he took it and ran. Good for him. Could have been better for the Dodgers. Sure, hindsight. But what makes a great FO is preparing for this with foresight.
  17. h2oface
    When the game has changed so that the manager is pulling a starter after the 6th (or sooner depending upon when the all mighty 100th pitch happens), consistently..... a starter that now only starts once every five days (remember the 4 man rotation forever before it was replaced by 5), and a 6 man rotation is even, perhaps, to become a standard in the future..... the relief pitchers pitching in the most important innings of the game are important. Maybe to be the most important pitchers on the team. I don't agree that it is a good plan going forward to leave that to happenstance and hodgepodge year to year. Championships are being won by the bullpens. A FO that identifies, and locks up, a set of pitchers for the back end of games, will be a FO that wins a World Series.... or two.
  18. h2oface
    ......or, after the first couple of months this year, perhaps........
  19. h2oface
    So why would I not watch a team I have followed for 56 years, since I was 6? Just because of one misguided rental for a year? I don't have to like every player that passes through. Or manager. Or Front Office hire. This is just as much my team as it is theirs. Maybe more. I support the team, not take money from them. Same with all the employees who pass through and get paid instead of paying into the team. So yes, sometimes I have to watch players that disgust me when this kind of thing happens, because that is just the way it is. My bet, he, like so many other hires like him, is released, or traded for little value, after causing way too much harm and getting way too many innings, before the season is over, and maybe even before the all-star break.
  20. h2oface
    It is not clear to me, and perhaps I have missed it somewhere in all the articles..... Was Rodney hired to be the closer.... promised to start the season in the closer roll? Did they make that commitment to him to get him signed?
  21. h2oface
    Marching toward a pennant winning season......
  22. h2oface
    Hey.... Kohl Stewart is safe and still in the org! Still Crushing!
  23. h2oface
    Anyone else tired of all the crushing, yet?
  24. h2oface
    Yup.Crushing it. NOT! I absolutely hate this. First, I have to watch Colon. Now I have to watch Rodney. Absolutely hate it. And bye bye Burdi. Damn.
  25. h2oface
    I quit.
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