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I have a 5 year-old and a 4 year-old in my house. At least when the Jenga blocks fall, they start building with them and do something creative and productive. They don't blame someone else for the blocks falling.
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WATCH: Greg Maddux Pranks Kris Bryant
biggentleben replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Other Baseball
The Braves of the 90s were notorious for their pranking, and Maddux was the ring leader for sure. -
It was a summary piece featuring Seth Maness' case specifically... http://calltothepen.com/2017/02/08/seth-maness-elbow-surgery-change-mlb/
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I also wrote about this, and it's very similar to the procedure that Jeff Passan talks about in "The Arm". Excellent possibilities, but only certain tears would qualify.
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Oh, I figured Darling Denny would be the leader of the bench!
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This is why I watch my eBay deals every day to see when the $100 iTunes cards go on sale for $85 (or a $50 for $40) and stock up. I'm not sure the last time I had less than triple figures in my account because I go through purchasing music (and digital movies) in large quantities.
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True. I seriously mind blanked on Blackburn. Likely one of those PTSD things.
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My first draft was: C - Pierzynski 1B - Mientkiewicz 2B - Rivas 3B - Punto SS - Guzman OF - Tyner, Gomez, Mohr SP - Silva RP - JC Romero Figured that would destroy the internet due to the tails that would have battled off in reading the article, so I had to reboot.
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On the Twins-only, he'd be a 4th OF, but including the whole franchise, then no.
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Dingers...or dongs??
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Yost also had one of the best nicknames in franchise history - "The Walking Man". Before Moneyball, he was a guy posting 20%+ walk rates, which is pretty incredible. Perry was put as swing man for that reason. Liriano in consideration for lefty purposes. Worthington was definitely in consideration as well.
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I did an article on this for CTTP as well, and Jeff Passan's book covers it very well. Could be very intriguing.
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I wonder if he'd have the ability to have the new method that Seth Maness had or if he would have the willingness to do it...
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Just stats/performance with the organization. I did look hard at Manush, but it's hard to fit him in on the overall org one. Value statistics would debate the Radke stance. Many threw shade on him, but Radke is very near the top-rated pitcher in the history of the Twins-only end of the franchise. He had 45.6 bWAR in his Twins career. Blyleven is the only guy ahead of him with 49.3 as a Twin. Include in the Senators, and the only guy who is added in is Johnson. Many Twins fans drastically underrate just how quality Radke was for a long time for the Twins.
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They are part of the organization's history, and a Senators-only team would technically include two different organizations. Pascual wouldn't make either a Twins-only or a Senators-only list, but he's a sure-fire guy that has to be involved on a combined one. It'd be a different ballgame to do a Twins only... C - Mauer, Battey 1B - Hrbek, Morneau 2B - Rod Carew, Knoblauch 3B - Killebrew, Gaetti SS - Smalley, Versalles OF - Puckett, Oliva, Allison, Torii Hunter, Tovar SP - Blyleven, Radke, Santana, Kaat, Viola RP - Nathan, Aguilera, Guardado, Perkins, Jim Perry The toughest picks: - Battey vs. Brian Harper, very similar Twins bWAR (14.3 to 13.4), Harper led the 1991 WS squad, but Battey has the aspect of being an African-American catcher in the 1960s, which is a fairly big deal as well. - Shortstop. Smalley has a fairly significant lead on anyone else in the org in career production, but Versalles and Gagne were on successful teams. - Infield. My personal feelings for Hrbek aside, both Killebrew and Carew have arguments to play first instead, and Knoblauch is a top 7 guy for Twins career bWAR for position players in only 6 seasons in the organization. - Final bench spot. Tovar's infield/outfield versatility won over taking the "other shortstop" between Gagne and Versalles for me. In pitching, the only real question I considered was using Liriano rather than Perry as Liriano truly did work as a swing man in his career.
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So, as part of some of the projects we do with Call To The Pen, I was assigned to put together the Twins all-time 25-man roster. I'm thinking along these lines for candidates: C - Joe Mauer, Earl Battey 1B - Harmon Killebrew, Joe Judge, Kent Hrbek 2B - Rod Carew, Buddy Myer 3B - Eddie Yost SS - Joe Cronin, Zoilo Versalles LF - Goose Goslin CF - Kirby Puckett, Clyde Milan RF - Sam Rice, Tony Oliva, Bob Allison SP - Walter Johnson, Bert Blyleven, Brad Radke, Johan Santana, Jim Kaat Bullpen - Joe Nathan, Rick Aguilera, Camilo Pascual, Dutch Leonard Any thoughts?
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No confirmation yet, but some significant worry inside the Cardinals org is the most recent confirmation I've seen.
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Baseball America Purchased By Group Led By Alliance Baseball, LLC
biggentleben replied to Doomtints's topic in Other Baseball
I just don't see how you can manipulate rankings for guys because as an affiliate, you have no control over which guys are on your squad. I could see this more if this was a major league owner or even an indy league owner because in both cases, they influence who is on their team and could have sway with how their team is covered. -
Celebrating Five Years Of Twins Daily
biggentleben replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
As a guy who has been the resident (by location) Braves fan on first the ESPN boards, then BYTO, and now TD, congrats on 5 years! Even though I don't wade into the Twins area all that frequently, I do enjoy multiple areas of the site and definitely enjoy the community created here! -
This team has been an interesting team to watch even in losses because you can see the development that has been put into the program. The ESPNU guys were talking at one point today about the Gophers being able to make a legit push for as high as #5 seed in the Big Ten tourney with a strong finish. In all seriousness, did you really think it'd be feasible soon for the Gophers to have a higher NCAA seed than their Big Ten tourney seed in a season?
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I believe the strike zone issue was an overreaction to the fact that umps were interpreting the strike zone of "at the knees" for years as "top of the knees". So, a few years ago, it was clarified as "bottom of the knee (or maybe even kneecap)" recently, and the calling low in the zone has been a reaction to that. In talking with one minor league umpire, he did tell me that the independent league he started with had uniform regulations, and it made it easy to call a knee strike with guys, but with some guys even in the minors wearing tight uniform bottoms while others are wearing pants best described as pajama bottoms. With different physiology for everyone, some guys have very long lower legs while others have short, so the bottom of the knee has to be called individually. Now, that is a bit of an excuse, but there's some reason behind it as well, and implementing these definitions without clarifying other aspects around it can often lead to more confusion rather than clarity.
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Perhaps, but she had earned the nickname "Klobu-b****" in her professional life from her tactics before ever running for office, which stinks hard to a rural voter. To be honest, it's one of the major disconnects that the recent South Dakota legislature had with repealing an initiative that was flat-out unconstitutional and dramatically underfunded as written. Rather than appealing to voters in rural areas with people who spoke their language, they sent folks from Sioux Falls and Rapid City to the media, and it came off even worse. Whether or not the politician is right or wrong, their message can be totally lost on a certain group based on their background, and often times it's simply due to an inability to relate. Klobuchar would strike me as someone who would struggle heavily to relate to a rural voter outside Olivia, for instance.
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Still not a fan of Klobuchar on a personal level. She's the type that would immediately turn off most rural persons.
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As does MLB...
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The MLB Ace is Becoming an Endangered Species
biggentleben replied to Vanimal46's topic in Other Baseball
So, per his measures, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson, Bob Feller, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, and Steve Carlton all fail the ace test...
