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  1. Willihammer
    Milone is a lock. TR has said he wants a lefthanded starter for "balance," and considers MIlone's lefthandedness to be a factor in the competition. Also, Milone's pitched well, so there's that.
  2. Willihammer
    3 reasons I'd like to see Nolasco in the pen- 1. I doubt he's a better starter than Duffey at this point 2. I doubt his body is up to the task of 30+ starts anymore 3. To get him going.
  3. Willihammer
    Hicks with a SF and a beautiful throw to nab Rosario tagging on a deep fly to CF.
  4. Willihammer
    For those who forgot, the Twins fielded a 25 year old Doug Mientkewicz at 1B that season. Who finished with a .229/.324/.330 (.665) line and -1.7 WARs.
  5. Willihammer
    I think the Twins are sometimes too concerned about the egos of their highest paid players at the expense of the kids. Moving Sano to the outfield feels like a compromise move to me, and not a very well thought out one but I guess we'll know soon enough.
  6. Willihammer
    I disagree. I think it makes perfect sense that more strain would be put on the muscles and joints of a big man than a smaller man, particularly when you are talking about zero-to-sixty sprints, which describes baserunning and outfield running. 3B movements aren't as demanding. Anyways if you don't believe me, what do you think Ortiz was going on about?
  7. Willihammer
    Not if you're doing your job. Every throw over to first base should be backed up. Every ball hit to the gap. Every foul ball hit 10 rows up. There's a fair amount of off the ball running, as Ortiz says.
  8. Willihammer
    The hamstring pull could have been a fluke, true.
  9. Willihammer
    Fatigue impacts form, and form impacts health. If he gets tired out there, he's going to miss time. He's going to need rest or spend time on the DL next year. Ortiz has explained why, Sano is just too damn big.
  10. Willihammer
    Last season he pulled his hammy just running the bases though, when he was DH-ing.
  11. Willihammer
    So all the latin players, the young guys, the NRI's fighting for a roster spot, are all tweeting their support too?
  12. Willihammer
    He's only the 41st best standup comic, but Stewart Lee cracks me up as much as anyone. Very UK-centered in perspective but the anger and bitterness comes through despite the cultural divide.
  13. Willihammer
    Regardless of the son issue, this is a big win for the Sox. Money saved, roster spot freed up, unproductive veteran - gone. Sounds like the plan could be to move Abreu to 1B full time, Garcia into the DH spot where he can focus on hitting and not expose his defense. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-the-white-sox-could-win-the-pennant/ Its a little eery how closely the whole situation resembles the Mauer-Park-Arcia logjam for the Twins actually.
  14. Willihammer
    I liked what I saw of Landa in the 1 IP he threw for the Twins about 8-9 days ago. I don't have gun #'s but it looked like at least 95. (Not disputing your #'s, just saying my curiosity was piqued. I may have to adopt him actually).
  15. Willihammer
    Yeah I was really hoping, naively I guess, that more of the kids would be stepping up. But that didn't seem to happen. Tonkin with another lousy performance. Meyer has done nothing too impressive. We're back to auditioning the dime-a-dozen Aaron Thompson, Buddy Boshers and Dan Runzlers of the world. Its impossible to imagine that bullpen without May in it anymore.
  16. Willihammer
    They already lost Bird, and he wasn't even old. There's definitely upside but with any kind of injury bug they could get thin on power awfully quick. Under for me.
  17. Willihammer
    Because the guy/gal working for income is all but guaranteed his paycheck. The person putting his money in stocks can watch his investment drop to zero. The difference is risk.
  18. Willihammer
    First of all my expertise is limited. There are a lot of complicated day trading techniques that require some technical knowledge. But I do know that you have to register as a "day trader" with the SEC if you engage in these trades, and there are already tax incentives that encourage buying and holding vs. quick turnarounds on small changes in prices. It is definitely something we need to keep a close eye on but I am not one to penalize someone who is smart enough to make money that way, as long as their behavior doesn't manipulate the market for the rest of us.
  19. Willihammer
    True, the vast majority of stocks are held by the wealthy (not that I care- and by the way is the line being drawn at the top 1%, 10%, or where now? Also, define "real money"). But the vast majority of stockholders are not wealthy. Half of all Americans own stocks.
  20. Willihammer
    Herb is right though. Under Sanders, the day traders making thousands of computerized trades would get taxed more heavily, and so would Jack and Jill trying to build a nest egg so they can one day put a down payment on a home. Stocks are simply an alternative to t-bills for a bunch of people. (By the way even a T-bill carries some risk, and might fit the loosest definition of "speculation"). Regular, working people own stocks too.
  21. Willihammer
    Anyone going to see Kevin Nealon and Norm McDonald in April?
  22. Willihammer
    I'd take the over too. They look like the 2nd best team in the division to me.
  23. Willihammer
    From that angle it looks lik Flash looks like he could take the mound tomorrow.
  24. Willihammer
    Most people people defending Sanders at this point in the campaign seem to pedestalize the European/socialist way of doing things. You defended his campaigning so I assumed that was the case but evidently yours is strictly fatalistic. My apologies.
  25. Willihammer
    I have no doubt Europe does some things better than us and we could probably stand to learn a thing or two. But the assumption that "every other first world country," ie. Europe (and quasi-1st world places like Russia, Turkey, etc) are the future and we're behind everyone else.. that feels to me like the opposite of the hubris so many right wingers have. We have our problems but we're doing pretty well in comparison, overall. Europe might even stand to learn a thing or two from how we do things here.
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