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  1. PseudoSABR
    There's no pressing need to deal him as we're not exactly going to be over budget. I'm not sure why you wouldn't give the guy the chance to reestablish some value.
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    This kind of scholarship is interesting, though, I'm not sure how revealing. While Block's materialist approach seems earnest, we can't really draw legitimate conclusions from esoteric mentions of keywords, especially, when found within documents of the distant past. For my part, the author of the Grantland article, Bryan Curtis, overstates and dramatizes the significance of Block's scholarship. That said, there is an underlying truth the article expresses, baseball did not simply emerge from the ether nor was it born of any one man's genius. The origin story of baseball, like most origin stories, we can agree, is mostly myth. What's unfortunate is that there likely is no documentation that will give light to a meaningful clarification of the true origins of baseball. Perhaps, in part, that adds to the abstract, romantic quality that makes baseball glow.
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    Great post, but please take the time to spell players' names correctly, my friend! I'd hate to see such solid points ignored because of inattention to detail.
  4. PseudoSABR
    Great article. Money quote:
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    I think this is potentially a great idea, but I think it will be hard to get this going as we're a losing club right now. I know, I'll check in both threads to see what everyone has to say.
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    While I have nothing against camaraderie, it's too bad we don't have an alternative for the people interested in talking about baseball. While it's clear the gamethreads serve some very prominent members (of which so many moderators participate), the number of posters that actually participate in the game threads seems pretty limited, and after a time, that club, in my opinion, becomes more and more exclusive (not with anyone's intent) and less penetrable to casual members or those of us who just want to talk about baseball. The conversation that seems to take place in game threads, might work better in a real-time chat room, saving a game thread for actually discussion of the game. Too often, when I wish to see responses to what is happening in the game, I find it very difficult to sift through various inside jokes and silly pics, and just give up. I mean it's fine when we have a losing season to have playful gamethreads. But when we/if start winning games, and people start actually watching the games, I bet there will be some earnest disagreement about the best role of game threads. As another losing season unfolds, I'm not sure this is the best time to have this debate though.
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    Mea Culpa. For some reason, I had it in my head that it was much higher than that.
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    That could very well be their plan, but if they fail to net Tanaka, it would be a failed use of resources, for sure.
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    Though it was a decade ago, TR has acquired expensive-ish starting pitching with Kenny Rogers and Rick Reed (and though we'd prefer them not to sign those type of guys), and that was to supplement already competitive teams. However, things are different now, with more windfall of cash and more legitimate prospect core emerging, the Twins probably have an imperative to spend money and perhaps take more risks. I'm fine with nearly any pitcher as long as the deal is no longer than three years (save Tanaka); the deals would be short enough that they shouldn't interfere with paying the emerging core. Payroll will be low enough that it might be worth the risk to acquire tradeable assets whether we are actually competitive in 2014 or not.
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    He might also offer little downside, as he's had some success pitching for us; he's not my preference but I can certainly understand why the Twins would want to mitigate their risk. Signing say both Hughes and Johnson, might leave you with absolutely nothing, though we can dream bigger on both. Signing a guy like Pelfry, might make signing a third free agent, some one even riskier like Baker or Volquez more palatable.
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    I'm sure the chat at 4pm will be loaded with juicy morsels.
  12. PseudoSABR
    I'm not sure how useful this list is. The top 5 seem good, but there's a lot of sketchiness from 5 to 10; the distance between 11 and 30 seems pretty marginal and mostly built on guesswork. I'd like the Twins to sign Tanaka of course. But I could see them realistically signing one of Hughes/Johnson/Jimenez and one of a Saunders/Pelfry/Baker type player.
  13. PseudoSABR
    You're right, Nick. Those same people probably intend to stop signing pitching once they've netted Pelfry. Signing Pelfry isn't mutually exclusive to any other move. We need to fill between 3 and 4 rotation spots.
  14. PseudoSABR
    Cuddy's having a pretty good season, and wasn't as bad last year as Willingham is this year.
  15. PseudoSABR
    That line up might be watchable, actually. But probably not.
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    Great points, bud.
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    There's no such implication. Gardy is hoping that Hicks will play with a chip on his shoulder after not being promoted. It's what you would hope for any prospect that doesn't get called up when they are believe they are ready.
  18. PseudoSABR
    I don't disagree. But Guerrero just may not have been the best play. I think many would like the acquisition simply because it would show that the Twins are willing to spend to money and take risks, rather than because it was smart, prudent move to make. Let's hope the go out and actually get Tanaka.
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    Honestly, it's hard for me to get worked up about not spending money on a position where we have two players for the future (Dozier, Rosario). There's no credible reason to doubt the scouting reports on his ability to play shortstop. And his bat doesn't seem quite good enough to pay for, if he's not playing in the middle infield. He would have been nice asset, but it's hard for me to impugn the Twins on this.
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    -April, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
  21. PseudoSABR
    How many times does a surgeon simply do just a scope, it's often the case that once they're in there, they start doing extra-surgeony things We need to recruit an actual doctor to the board. There must be doctor-Twins fans. Where's Stat these days anyway?
  22. PseudoSABR
    Given Kepler's 40-man status, I see him as a the perfect trade bait for some established pitching when the time comes. Though I'd wait until next year, for him to reestablish value. Don't forget he's going to the AFL, so the Twins clearly think highly of him if their putting him against that competition, and clearly they plan to add him to the roster.
  23. PseudoSABR
    I didn't think you were gonna pull it out. I can see why you'd do that deal, get nearly the same production but simply younger. Though it might pay off for you this year. What is your loot gonna be?
  24. PseudoSABR
    I'd actually like to see a cogent argument that specifies how the game has passed Gardy and Andy by. I'm not opposed to letting Anderson go with the setback of so many young pitchers, but the evidence against Gardy seems spurious and cynic-laden. More than that, I'd like to know what in particular a new manager exactly brings, whether it be Molitor* or whomever, there needs to be a better, more exacting argument than change for change's sake. *I could make an argument for Molitor myself, given his history with the organization, his major league success, his general gravitas throughout baseball, and his relationship with the emerging core. But that's mostly based on myth and sheepish somethings-got-to-give logic.
  25. PseudoSABR
    Dude, don't doubt your efforts or your articulations. They are appreciated, I'm sure by everyone who reads them.
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