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  1. TheLeviathan
    Clearly we should merge this thread with capital punishment, save time,
  2. TheLeviathan
    Tony Luvello must be an awful manager then. Perhaps your point would have more weight if you use three years of data we have for comparison rather than one month. Maybe you are right, but as stated the argument is pretty weak.
  3. TheLeviathan
    If Molitor has pitched Magill more and he blew games the same people calling for that would've hung him out to dry with the reasoning of "Well of course we lost....why did he put Magill in that high leverage situation!" There is seriously no winning that debate for a manager. As fans we are irrational, hind-sight driven monsters.
  4. TheLeviathan
    The Twins have been better since they sold, in part because the replacements have been better. I'm glad we're seeing success from players that represent the possible future.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I think it's worth pointing out that the Twins last year over-achieved, made the playoffs, and did a number of things very well after an awful season and the general consensus on this board was to give him little or no credit for that. Molitor could lead them to a 40-0 record the rest of the way, nearly win the World Series, and there would be many here who would still denigrate him. Perhaps we've lost the ability to be objective and should leave it to the people who actually see what he does day to day. We see a tiny fraction of what a manager does in today's game.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Just gives us depth, I don't think it spells the end of Sendejo at all. After this year they can cut him at no cap cost, this is just insurance. And he's one of Zim's guys. He's also a big, hard hitting safety in his own right.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I have time to binge this weekend and I plan to. Especially since Groening’s new show isn’t getting well reviewed.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Heh, well the only fact I was conveying in that post was that Saul is a prequel. But it is also objectively the best show going. (I really need to start The Expanse) If anyone dug Breaking Bad and feared this wouldn't hold up, they should reconsider.
  9. TheLeviathan
    So, I'm going out on a limb tonight that most of FoxNews coverage was about the illegal who murdered the girl in Iowa and not Cohen and Manafort.
  10. TheLeviathan
    GOT is more entertaining and Fargo's first two seasons were amazing...but damned if Better Call Saul doesn't keep getting better.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Better Call Saul is the best show on television. And the fact it's a prequel makes that even more amazing.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I feel like the strongest objection is that allowing them to die is catering to their wishes. Why grant requests like that if living is suffering? Not saying I agree.
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    Part of the argument for "not sell" was that we had so many head-to-head games with Cleveland. As alarp is showing, even in the best case scenario of those head-to-head games....we are still 8 games back. Why? Because Cleveland fixed their one glaring hole and are winning like crazy. There is nothing the Twins could do about that, even if they had bought more assets. What that shows is how long the odds truly were, even in optimistic scenarios. If you're being honest as a "don't sell!" person - at some point you have to at least acknowledge some of the facts/probabilities at play here. Even in best case scenarios the Twins were still well under water in terms of their chances.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Yes, we do codify that, but I guess I was approaching the conversation from the perspective of an ideal world. And, to be frank, our laws about who is imprisoned for life are far from ideal and I'm not sure I'd agree that the bar is always high. I wouldn't be comfortable at all with equating "life in prison" with "irredeemable" in the current frame. There is such a wide degree in variance from state to state, judge to judge, and jury to jury about how to sentence people that I'm not really comfortable with that. I think your point just moves the goalposts. If we say, "Ok, irredeemable is anyone we sentence to life in prison" then I'd counter that we need to take a serious look at that declaration. Yes, we can codify it, but in it's current state I'd say we do a pretty crappy job of that. There are people being imprisoned for life for drug possession and a host of other things I certainly don't consider "irredeemable".
  16. TheLeviathan
    The ball really jumps off Austin's bat and he has been a much needed "type" here - corner fielding righty.
  17. TheLeviathan
    I think these stats still have a long way to go unfortunately.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I really don't care what their record is.....as long as they keep auditioning the future. If that gets them to .500 - great! Just don't chase wins fielding guys cautiously when you need to aggressively audition.
  19. TheLeviathan
    They have so much money, I wonder how they can possibly spend it all. I hope they are very creative, take bad contracts, and work to find ways to add assets. This team should be aiming to compete, but they're going to have to push the right buttons to do it. Hopefully that starts with Machado or Harper. Go big.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Man I hope they are aggressive with Kiriloff next year.
  21. TheLeviathan
    The problem is in codifying any attempt to declare people irredeemable. We might agree who is "obviously" beyond the line from time to time, but that line will move for different people. And you eventually have to set parameters around such a thing. While I agree in theory (and emotionally) with the argument that we should declare some people beyond redemption....how would we even attempt to codify such an approach?
  22. TheLeviathan
    Turnout is always what makes or breaks the Democrats. They need turnout. The one element of Trump's base that can be reached is rural whites. The farm tariffs are killing people, that part of his base is absolutely vulnerable to being flipped. Target them and drive out the minority vote. The only reason we were spared Roy Moore was getting black women out in droves. We need more of that kind of effort.
  23. TheLeviathan
    It was over the second we spent a 5th round pick on a kicker. For the best, hopefully the kid proves he's worth it.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I think I already answered this in response to Chief.
  25. TheLeviathan
    12 games for the manager and the pitcher. I bet we see a quick end to this nonsense.
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