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  1. ThePuck
    It's starting to get comical how often we hear the counter argument to pursuing decent FAs is that we shouldn't be spending to achieve a payroll like the Yankees, Angels or Dodgers...as if anyone who has says we should spend to pursue decent FAs has said anything remotely like that. Since when is suggesting we spend around 100M the same as saying we should spend like the big spenders?
  2. ThePuck
    Do you understand how far down the road those contracts will be due? Sano and Buxton won't even be arbitration eligible till, at the very earliest, 2018...and 2018 is if they get promoted as early as mid-next season, which would be super-fast for Buxton. 2018 would also be Mauer's last year in his contract. On top of that, think about all the payroll coming off in the next couple years...and the extra 25M we're going to get because of the MLB TV contract. There is no spending now that will affect our ability to lock up ANY of the prospects we're hoping become worth a big contract.
  3. ThePuck
    Don't forget Blackburn's contract ends too...so Morny's 14M, Pelfrey's 4M, Blackburn's 5.5M and Carroll's 3.5M. 27M gone. That puts us around 55M.
  4. ThePuck
    Anyway, probably more info than anyone wanted. Back to topic.
  5. ThePuck
    Yeah, I was at Ali Air Base, Iraq in 2008. Not to be confused with Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. It was dry, but still darn hot. In 2010, I got to run daily in Qatar...that's darn hot and so very humid. You knew it was going to be a humid day when you went outside at 0530 and your glasses instantly fogged up :-) Now, there, I wouldn't run a 10K. My boss tried to ge me to, and I was like, yeah no. 3 miles was my limit there. No more deserts for me, though.
  6. ThePuck
    I love it when our announcers tell us a guy is pitching well and the only thing they mention is his win-loss record... Wow, thanks for the one stat I could not care less about guys...tells me nothing.
  7. ThePuck
    'So I married an axe murderer' quote?
  8. ThePuck
    That 10K was in the Iraqi heat...ugh, that was a rough run.
  9. ThePuck
    and they've spent the whole broadcast so far talking about the futility of the Astros. That should be our motto this year, 'at least we aren't the Astros'.
  10. ThePuck
    Interesting stat. At the major league level, Shelby Miller has only struck out the opponent's #3 hitter twice. That's it. Two times. Both times, it was Joey Votto...who leads the majors in walks by 11 going into play today and was tied for 3rd in walks last year.
  11. ThePuck
    When in doubt, honesty is the best policy. Some might go so far as to say the truth is always the best policy.
  12. ThePuck
    After 105 games played, we have a worst record than we did after 105 games in 2011 when we lost 99 and we have the same record as we did last year after 105 games. Of course, as some will surely point out, this may not mean much because the opponents played have been different and all, but in the end it's about winning and losing games. I don't think there's a knee-jerk reaction going on at all.
  13. ThePuck
    I guess it depends on the player. Iguess I'd prefer the honest appraach myself. If he sat down with all the players and said, 'I know it's been rough the last couple of year, but here's my plan to be better as soon as is reasonable' and then broke it down, I think I'd prefer that as opposed to being told, 'Hey guys, we plan on playing games that matter in September. I'm gonna start by doing everything possible to seriously improve the rotation.' and then see the results of what he actually did for the 2013 team.
  14. ThePuck
    IMO, he did so in order to get people to buy tickets. BTW, I enjoyed the discussion.
  15. ThePuck
    5. Think about Murphy's Law... Murphy's Law is "Anything that can go wrong... Will Go Wrong"... I was thinking that Murphy's Law can now be proven as fact using the 2013 Twins as example. I think that applies to 2011 more than this year. We haven't been overwrought with injuries, we've just stunk :-) I think our middle IF defense has been very, very good...but our overall defense has been bad, IMO BTW, who is in CF?
  16. ThePuck
    Again, even if it were true for some players (and believe me, I'm not saying it's not taken into account by some players), we haven't been bad for many years recently. Going into this year, it'd only been two years. We weren't the Pirates or Royals.
  17. ThePuck
    The offseasons after 2006 and 2010 were very telling for me. Great record, bounced from the playoffs early, and instead of addressing the needed areas during those offseasons and going for it, they downgraded and/or plugged retreads into spots and called it good. Very frustrating. A team serious abotu being serious W Series contender can't rest on their laurels.
  18. ThePuck
    Yeah, I don't remember you saying anything like you'd think it'd be great if we won the WS then have four horrible years then win the WS again and then have ten losing seasons. It not either/or, is it?
  19. ThePuck
    The team still has to be built to advance in the playoffs. That starts with pitching. Some people say Detroit got lucky to get to the W Series last year because their record wasn't all that great. Look at that rotation. With a rotation like THAT, I might buy that anything can happen. Overall, though, regardless of the cliche, I have a hard time buying into the anything can happen mentality when we've lost 12 straight playoff games and 5 straight playoff series.
  20. ThePuck
    In the last decade or so, over 162 games, we're doing our best to win a division against teams that most ofthe time had less talent than we did. I seriously doubt if we had been in the AL East we would have gone to the playoffs more than once or twice. Getting to play 72 games against our division opponents as opposed to the AL east opponents artificially inflated our win totals. I'm not complaining, I enjoyed winning, and I enjoyed well played ball, but when you go into the playoffs and get embarrassed over and over, it's a reality check on how good you really are.
  21. ThePuck
    How do you know this for a fact? People always say this as if it's fact. In the end, it's a job for them. How do you know that, regardless of what they say, they probably end up going to the highest bidder a majority of the time...and why wouldn't they, it's their job. Also, let's not pretend we've been horrible for years and years. While we haven't been great in the 2000s, it's not like we've been the Royals. I doubt two horrible seasons after winning 94 games made a group of FAs go, 'let's avoid that place like the plague.' Though, I can't say that as fact, it's just my opinion.
  22. ThePuck
    Back in 2010, even at the age of 40, I could run 3 miles in like 20 minutes. In 2008 I ran a 10K in 45 minutes and change. I used to be a pretty darn good semi-long distance runner. I suck at running NOW...
  23. ThePuck
    IMO, our standards of great are very much lower than many a team's fanbase. Winning a ALMOST always weak division (not every year for those pointing at 2006), then getting smacked around in the playoffs over and over doesn't meet 'great' standards for me. 12 straight playoff losses, and 5 straight LDS playoff losses sure doesn't either. It definitely could have been worse, there's no doubt about that. I'm sure some teams would have loved that kind of decade, but I'm not sure it can really be called great.
  24. ThePuck
    Yes, a couple years ago, because when he was in Pitt last year, they had the all star, gold glove, silver slugging, MVP candidate roaming CF. Downplay him all you want, but you asked a question and it was answered. Personally I wasn't pushing for him, so I don't care one way or another, but it's funny being right is so important to you.
  25. ThePuck
    Cardinals have had one losing record in the 2000s. In the 2000s, they've won two World Series, gone to three World Series, have advanced to the NLCS seven times and been to the playoffs nine times...probably make that ten by the time this season is over.
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