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  1. FrodaddyG
    In 2011, the three of them counted for 22 HR at home. Willingham's 2012 fell short by a quantity known in the home run business as "a Revere plus one".
  2. FrodaddyG
    Exactly. There's also a good chance there's a currently-off-the-radar high school kid who was a scrawny junior throwing 86 last year that grew 5 inches and comes in touching 98 this year. (And the Twins will do everything in their power to get him back to 86, ASAP.)
  3. FrodaddyG
    Well, we can hold out hope that the RF fence settles down another 12 or so feet, rendering that high wall less of an obstacle to our otherwise fearsome Murderers' Row of lefty mashers.
  4. FrodaddyG
    Just a layman's guess here, but it may have something to do with the fact that throwing a baseball overhand with velocity is possibly the worst thing you can do to put strain on almost every part of the human arm. So, in the sense that choosing to do so would be "wrong" because it is inherently terrible for the arm, it could be considered doing something "wrong".
  5. FrodaddyG
    So, a 6 start, 34 IP sample size is now something to be taken seriously? Just trying to wrap my brain around this sell job.
  6. FrodaddyG
    Twins had known-PED user Juan Rincon for many of those Yankee losses. Similar punishments for the franchise?
  7. FrodaddyG
    Did we just have "Major League" referenced as an example of fanhood?
  8. FrodaddyG
    I can't even find the words.
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  10. FrodaddyG
    Also, just because: I still think that they had a significant costume budget on that movie, yet every morning when Bowie walked in, they just threw their arms up and said "Screw it, go with what you've got on, Dave". (I may have enjoyed that movie a little too much since my childhood.)
  11. FrodaddyG
    If a tree posts on the internet, but everyone is on ignore, does it make a sound?
  12. FrodaddyG
    Although I think they have their Hoggle:
  13. FrodaddyG
    You're overly surprised, given the source?
  14. FrodaddyG
    Please define the "right" way to sign your name? I'm not sure I've ever seen someone who was told their signature is "wrong".
  15. FrodaddyG
    I had to assume he was kidding. My brain tried processing it as a serious statement and got a BSOD.
  16. FrodaddyG
    In the down times, even the golden goose can lose a little luster.
  17. FrodaddyG
    So because it was an "interesting take" we should gloss over the fact that according to the stats that Willihammer threw out there, it basically means nothing more than roughly 3 IP over 30 starts? (And if that's an average, that means good pitchers would be higher and bad pitchers would be lower, and guess which end of the spectrum Correia falls on?) Like it or not, Correia is the "marquee" (and basically, Marquis) free agent signing of Ryan's offseason, and a symbol of what most would consider a problematic showing in that department. It's going to come up a lot when your GM's "plan" involves giving multiple years to a poor pitcher early in the free agency period, when similar or quite likely better players get cheaper and shorter deals afterwards. I can cross my fingers and hope REALLY hard Drew Butera learned to keep his eyes open when the ball is on its way toward the plate this year, but it probably isn't going to do me or the Twins a whole lot of good when he's in the batter's box.
  18. FrodaddyG
    To be fair, Drew probably falls under the "decent" category if Pedro's 2012 stint did.
  19. FrodaddyG
    A rate of humor success equal to that of your avatar pic at baseball.
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    Conveniently, he forgot that he also won't be handed a free out in 1/9 of the opposing ABs in the AL. (Particularly since Butera is on his own team.)
  21. FrodaddyG
    I'd hate to see what a "bad" month looks like to you.
  22. FrodaddyG
    And a parent who puts any kind of severe lifestyle importance into the legibility of one's signature should have their children taken away from them.
  23. FrodaddyG
    So would this All-Star-form first baseman be resigning for 27 years at $3M a year, or $3M total for the 27 years?
  24. FrodaddyG
    I won't argue it's a pretty low bar. But with what could very well be 130+ games of (essentially) rookies in CF between, (my best guess) primarily Benson and Hicks, even replicating an upper 600s OPS could be a tall order for 2013. I hope they prove me wrong, as I really like both of them as all-around prospects. I'm just not sure if 2013 is anything but a "get your MLB reps in" year for either of them, with an eye towards 2014 and beyond. I'm also not arguing that Parmelee isn't the superior hitter to Revere. (I think my Revere stance has been well established over the years.) I've held out hope for Parmelee since he was drafted if for no other reason than it may inspire the FO to roll with more raw power hitters in the draft if he succeeds. I hope he evolves into the 800+ OPS masher he has the tools to become, but as a three true outcomes guy, if the K portion of the three remains skewed high it could marginalize his one plus asset. (Although as a 1B, his glove is far less of a liability.) However, I think by midseason he's the everyday 1B guy, (I think Morneau gets dealt) most likely opening up RF for one of either the Hicks/Benson leftover or possibly a flourishing-in-AAA Arcia, bringing about a similar CF-like question mark there.
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    The two spots vacated by Revere and Span stand out. If he gets 500 PAs, is Parmelee replacing Revere's RF numbers (while not overly impressive) with the .229 hitter he was last year or something more closely resembling his minors numbers? CF depends entirely on who gets the call out of the gate. Mussolini may not produce if called upon every day, and Hicks and Benson would most likely take some serious lumps in their first go-round on the big league squad. Plouffe would be my other biggest question mark. Was his crazy 40 game stretch where he mashed a real indicator, or lightning in a bottle? He'll get a chance to prove himself this year, but even with his hot quarter season, he still struggled to get his average into the .260 range before tapering off. Maybe it was the injury that dragged him back down, but bear in mind that he only hit in the .235 range the year before as well. And the MI, as you have pointed out, is a mess. When the thought "Boy, they're going to miss Casilla's production" crossed my mind, I took it as a terrible sign. Some combination of bad players that combined for about 500 ABs last year is instead going to get 1000-1200 PAs in the middle infield. It may be "maintaining" in that they'll have equally awful rate stats, but since WAR is an accrued stat, technically it could make the team worse. (In the WAR sense.) TL;DR I have some doubts.
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