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  1. TheLeviathan
    So they've killed more....how does that make them "barbaric"? This sounds like a lefty talking points on steroids. Israel has done plenty of wrong, no doubt about it. They've also got zero chance of diplomatic solutions because they're surrounded by zealots with no interest in peace. So yeah, their better military is better at killing their enemies than the motley bunch that insists they die. But yeesh, if Israel is barbaric, Obama makes Ghengis Kahn look like a choir boy.
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    For all the bluster you are still missing the point. Yes, fans will show for wins. But in the meantime the ticket purchasing dwindles, which hits revenues hard, which drops payroll, which makes supplementing or retaining players in the future more difficult, which makes sustaining a winning team more difficult. investment in FA now is an investment in maintaining future revenues. No one is talking trades or band aids, that's a scarecrow tht has been pointed out several times already.
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    Well, the funny part is you decided to take a dig like this while entirely missing the point of what you quoted. Can a fanbase be unrealistic? Sure. It can also become apathetic when it sees tens of millions of dollars being raked in in revenues for a subsidized stadium while fielding a god awful team. My post was stating the need for mid-markets to remember that their bread is often buttered not by media contracts, but by attendance. If the Twins are wise they'll realize that a significant investment, even a bad one, may end up being more profitable in the long run because it will keep fans engaged and less apt to grab pitchforks and torches about management. More nothing has a much higher likelihood of harming revenues long term than a fixed cost contract (even one to a flop of a player) IMO.
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    All of that's fine and good, but there is also a delicate balance in mid-markets (which, we're on the upper end of, not the lower end as you seem to be implying) in maintaining the fanbase. At this point, the Twins are risking losing fanbase support if they continue to rake in TF revenues and not do more to improve the team going forward. No one disagrees the Twins need to be cost conscious - all teams do to varying degrees - but there are real costs to doing nothing as well. At this point, if there are significant risks doing too much and there are significant risks to doing nothing - I don't think there should be any disagreement about which side we're far too close to. It'd be nice to see SOME risk taken.
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    Always room to rekindle that love.....
  6. TheLeviathan
    Mogul is dying but I still run a very active league that is 3+ years old. Always welcome new blood.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Especially since that 100M budget could disappear quickly if you don't.
  8. TheLeviathan
    You really killed an otherwise good post with this baffling line. And that's coming from someone more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause than most. This is just wrong and many other adjectives I'll leave unsaid.
  9. TheLeviathan
    The philosophy isn't bad. Pitch to contact just means "don't be afraid to throw strikes early in the count so you don't get behind". It's nothing every pitching coach in the league wouldn't recommend. The problem is the philosophy became a way to drive personnel decisions.
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    To me it's only a shortcut if you use it in lieu of developing players. And since I think we all agree that player development is still top priority.....this really is nothing more than a public scarecrow Ryan is propping up. Free agency is a supplement for where your player development failed or was lacking. It's not a replacement. That mentality is such a deeply engrained part of the problem here.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Even moreso if the reports are true that Incognito was acting at the behest of the coaching staff. Hard to go to a coaching staff for help if they're in on it too.
  12. TheLeviathan
    You're coming off antagonistic for someone that doesn't appear to have taken a look at the definitions. Here's what pops up immediately on a google search for "harassment": aggressive pressure or intimidation. Here is the legal definition. It also includes "threats" (i.e. - intimidation). The entire problem with your premise is seen in the last part of your post. You say bullying is meant to show something that goes "beyond" harassment. Yet harassment has been law for decades. We have (almost by definition) "stretched" bullying to the point that it goes beyond harassment and that is the entire problem. We took a non-criminal act and, purely through emotion and rhetoric, given it some faux status as loftier than a criminal act. Historically, harassment was the top of the mountain and we've somehow (and you are evidence of this) put "bullying" ahead of it. That's a baffling stretch - which is exactly what I was saying. We don't know why Martin endured the harrassment as long as he did, but we know in sports there are strongly enforced unwritten rules and "respect veterans" is among the most universal and entrenched. I don't think we need to look much farther than that. The racial component puts this firmly in the camp of harassment. It may even be criminal.
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    I fail to see the difference. In fact, the definition of harassment is systematic or continued actions that bother another person. Though, in fairness, we've stretched the definition of bullying so far recently that virtually any form of negative interaction counts under it. This is harassment by definition. It's being called bullying to strike emotional chords. Yet another toxic angle to the "bullying" fad.
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    I think the offense still would need some serious work, but at least it's a competent pitching staff with upside to be well above that. It's important, IMO, to not let the second biggest mistake of last offseason (And it's not as distant a second place as people think) to ignore the offense and not address needs there.
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    As long as we all agree to stop calling it "bullying" and call it what it actually is (harassment) - I'm fine with that. I'm so sick of that term being watered down and misused.
  16. TheLeviathan
    They've had both though. I don't disagree with you that "fixing" that region seems almost impossible, but I disagree that they'll get distracted with local concerns. The big, bad, oppressive super-power is far more galvanizing than petty local difference. Power-grabbers will always recognize that. There is hope for many portions of Africa, that's very true. But I worry even there that you'll end up supporting the wrong kinds of people and end up creating similar situations there. Look how much money that gets funneled there already that goes into everything but clean water and basic societal foundations in place of tanks and guns. But to your larger point - part of why I'm ok with aggressive approaches in both regions is because I think there is little hope, but I do think we should be less visible in those regions. We have the technology to be aggressive without being a constant reminder to people that we're around.
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    I tend to agree with you, but there is no doubt our meddling also exacerbates the problem significantly as well. I think it's a bit silly to say that they only hate us because of our actions, they hate us for religious, cultural, and historical reasons. But some of our policies and actions have no doubt put gas on the fire.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Roll the dice on Marcum. Just make sure it's not a one year deal.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Some smart team is going to pair him with someone who bashes lefties and give themselves a one hell of a productive DH or RF at a cheap price.
  20. TheLeviathan
    In addition to being well argued and something I completely agree with, you sold me with the effort to put an umlaut on "uber".
  21. TheLeviathan
    I'm ok with aggressive tactics personally, it's the pathetic hypocrisy of it among the parties that are supposed to be checking each other.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I highly doubt Johnson gets 7M. That's 1.5M more than Correia with cash flush in the league. I'm guessing it's more akin to what Dan Haren got from Washington.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Teams weren't shifting that much back then. TK and his crew were notorious for being suffocating on players about their approach. I get wanting to help players develop a fully rounded game, but it was very clear by his comments after he left that Ortiz felt he was playing out of his comfort zone as a hitter under the Twins. And in a less suffocating environment his production took off. So you can claim the Twins were "helping him", but by the results it looks very clear they were hindering him.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Totally agree, if you limit yourself to 1 or 2 years with a guy that could be very productive (this being the key distinction with Correia) you enhance trade possibilities. That third year is a killer for guys with long injury histories. You make a good point that I should've qualified my position with better - if we go with a hitter I want a 1 year deal or a significant 4-5+ year investment. If it's a pitcher I'm ok with just about anything as long as there is upside, unless the guy is closing in on 40 and then I'd like to stay 2 years or less. But even mid 30s I'm ok with just about anything as long as there is upside to the signing.
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