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  1. TheLeviathan
    Why would Rogers be in the rotation under any circumstance but, like, 4 injuries?
  2. TheLeviathan
    I don't disagree, but at this point I'll take "bad with great luck" with our bullpen.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Is it sad that even with all those warts and unsustainable luck I'm still sort of tempted?
  4. TheLeviathan
    I got as far as the fifth spot in your rotation and I got very confused. Roggers?
  5. TheLeviathan
    Glad that it's official, looking forward to what he can bring for outside shooting.
  6. TheLeviathan
    You are arguing some bizarre semantics to get stuck on "setback" versus "disappointment", that seems to be the crux of this.
  7. TheLeviathan
    As Chief said, I'll gladly take different bad at this point. Anything that gives even the illusion of hope coming out of the bullpen.
  8. TheLeviathan
    And it was hot and humid, but great points. Santana did all he could, we need to score more than 2 runs if we plan to win baseball games.
  9. TheLeviathan
    I guess I'm confused by what you mean by "liberal elites", I've never heard that position argued from anyone but libertarians. Strict libertarianism would be the "let the market do everything" approach, but that is overplayed by critics. There are some notable intellectuals and commentators who say that sort of thing, but regardless of position those are usually the least reliable voices. As I said, most libertarians see government as needing to limit itself to defense of the population and basic upkeep of society/infrastructure. Like most political positions, the details get sketchy from there and some may be more or less extreme. However, I'd argue there is a strong strain of libertarian thought in most of us born 1980 or later. We recognize government needs to intervene and markets won't fix everything, but we also see most government programs as being built to feed the beast and not to solve problems. Many of our greatest "market failures" started and stopped with government intrusion. (Usually to help one side or the other line their pockets with regulations) We want more individual privacy and freedoms, not less. We want to push people to be responsible for themselves (not give them a blank check to do nothing), but we also recognize the need to invest in them to allow that to happen. Unfortunately, most national candidates end up looking too much like the Tea Party than someone who just stresses more liberty.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I disagree, liberals have long since stopped caring about effective solutions. It's one of the things I think separates moderate libertarianism.
  11. TheLeviathan
    You know who else argues that this is what libertarianism is? Limbaugh. You're using a very extreme version of the label, while most that use it just mean "I want less government when possible, more functional solutions, and more personal liberty" Most libertarians, for example, would help a host of issues by eliminating our archaic penalties for minor drug offenses. They'd scale back the military and military spending. Those two alone are better than anything either major party candidate is going to suggest and it isn't even close.
  12. TheLeviathan
    The only bogus thing was your initial response and many subsequent attempts after. You still haven't even managed to comprehend the initial point going all the way back to jimmer's attempt to explain it to you. I've probably just wasted my breath, should've left his response to say it. Lesson learned.
  13. TheLeviathan
    No, your original comment was "I think very few other clubs make this choice." in reference to my post about teams deferring to veterans. If you sidetracked that with some other narrow argument, that's on you.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Heh.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Oh...so now xFIP isn't all that matters but when the innings are pitched matters? Huh, strange. I thought all we had to do was plug in one stat and we'd know the best course for the future? Since that's clearly not the case - How many games as a starter need one have pitched to use xFIP as the point of comparison that settles all matter? Does it have to happen the same year? For the same team? Just how much extra context are you now adding to your argument?
  16. TheLeviathan
    No, I gave you examples of a veteran with worse performance being picked over a younger player with better performance. I'm not going to fit some narrowly tailored argument, if that's your game your point is even worse than I thought.
  17. TheLeviathan
    This. There are issues that fall on Molitor for sure, but this bullpen is composed of 1.5 capable relievers. No way to manage that straw into gold.
  18. TheLeviathan
    We should really stop getting into bullpen battles with Kansas City.
  19. TheLeviathan
    You're choosing not to see the point that about a dozen people are trying to explain to you. That's where the conversation should end. I'm not going to waste any more time trying to help you see it.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Jays: JA Happ and Aaron Sanchez. Indians: Shaun Marcum vs. McAllister this year Oakland: Hammel vs. Pomeranz last year Pirates: Locke vs. Cumpton Cubs: Edwin Jackson vs. Anyone with a pulse You're just wrong on this. It's what teams do because they're stuck on rules about fairness and code and what not. It's not a Twins thing, it's a baseball thing with few exceptions.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I agree with you that one is better. Our agreement does not make it universal law nor the only rational means of doing so.
  22. TheLeviathan
    When we are talking about projecting future results there is more than one right way to do so and no limitation on what stats one can consider in doing so. And plenty of ways to be wrong with any choice you make. If it wasn't, you should get out of projecting future results from Twins starters and head to Vegas now.
  23. TheLeviathan
    No Twins' official is ever going to publicly declare a timeline for a new draftee, be fair. Fans and prospect experts project players as part of their evaluation and the Twins started him at a more advanced level because they also felt he was capable. Having the guy Baseball America said had the best chance of debuting first from that draft class get demoted is a huge disappointment/setback.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I've been there too with that first comment. I truly believe there is potential for a libertarian candidate soon, they just have to have the platform for it. And yeah, that second comment is a head scratcher. The extremes just know how to draw headlines and what buttons to push with our increasingly stupid population.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Can I get a one time "get out of comment policy free" card to respond to that? If not I will settle for a candlelight vigil for May back in the rotation.
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