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  1. ThePuck
    surprised?
  2. ThePuck
    exactly...but it's more fun to just use extremes. Besides, considering how much this team is worth now, making a huge profit is a foregone conclusion regardless of payroll
  3. ThePuck
    Maybe something to do with his, um, 'defense'?
  4. ThePuck
    well, he just had 4 in a 3 games series at home...
  5. ThePuck
    Ryan has done it before...though I think we were 6 or 7 games back with 2 months left...
  6. ThePuck
    It's strange the Twins gave Pedro Hernandez the option to go on the bereavement list. The bereavement list is only supposed to be for a serious illness or death in the immediate family unless I've misread it. A cousin isn't immediate family.
  7. ThePuck
    An update: Our rotation is now 27th with an ERA of 5.18
  8. ThePuck
    We don't even have 5 quality starters...be a shame to give the ball to a sixth option on a regular basis.
  9. ThePuck
    he might be trying to become the batter everyone harps on him to be instead of the hitter he is. In any event, he's having a very good season.
  10. ThePuck
    Last year we had 143 strikeouts less than the 29th ranked team in strikeouts. The difference between the 29th ranked team and the 14th ranked team was 132 strikeouts. In 2011, we had 84 less strikeouts than the 29th tanked team in strikeouts. The difference between the 29th ranked team and 21st ranked team in strikeouts was 74.
  11. ThePuck
    Adding players for one year (Hudson and as it turns out Hardy) doesn't add to a core. It's a band aid. I LOVED those moves though, loved them. It was the best I felt about an offseason in years. Extending players we had doesn't negate what I wrote...they were already there when those two arrived or right around the same time We wanna talk about adding Carroll, Willingham, Doumit and relievers...but conveniently forget we lost Cuddy, Kubel and Nathan at the same time? Why isn't that brought up? Yeah, we saved money with the switch out...and didn't do anything with the saved money. BTW, before our 2011 seasons was even over, I said two guys we need to target are Willingham and Doumit, so it's not like I didn't like those moves. None of this changes what I wrote...and I don't appreciate the tone either. Grow up and talk to people with some respect around here.
  12. ThePuck
    That's easy...it's not.
  13. ThePuck
    The weird thing is, they suspended and fined the crew chief that didn't know the rule that states a pitcher has to pitch to at least one batter. They also fined the rest of the umpires. All this even though the ruling didn't effect the game results. Yet they did nothing to Angel Hernandez who didn't change the double to a home run after reviewing it, even though it clearly was. That call DID effect the result of the game.
  14. ThePuck
    exactly! The quality players they had were already there when those two arrived or right around the same time.
  15. ThePuck
    I imagine he'd hit about as well as he has with us, probably with a hair more power. He'd be appreciated more by the fanbase and, due to more national exposure, around the country as well.
  16. ThePuck
    I originally wrote a response that, as I've seen this site operate, would have gotten me a warning and my response removed anyway. Instead, I'll just report it instead of responding how one should to it.
  17. ThePuck
    You're missing the point, but that's fine.
  18. ThePuck
    -Um lots of people. -Unless Arcia goes back down for awhile, they will lose the extra year.
  19. ThePuck
    The complaint from many was about the idea of prospects skipping AAA (and how, as many put it, it almost never works) and losing a year of control (the money issue).
  20. ThePuck
    For the people who were dead set against Hicks skipping AAA and making the big club out of ST: Where the rage about Arcia being brought up with almost no time in AAA? Where's the rage about the extra year of control lost?
  21. ThePuck
    How many contributions have you given to it's continued existence?
  22. ThePuck
    It's always seemed to me that Ryan is more worried about making a mistake and looking bad than anything else. He goes for the low-risk high reward guys cause, if they work out, he looks like a genius. If they don't work out, it's like 'low risk-high reward', no biggy...at least we didn't spend too much for the guy. You know, as if it excuses the signing that had a 90% chance of failing from the beginning. If he takes a chance and signs someone and the player flops, he looks really bad. That and this thing where HE decides what a player is worth, instead ofthe market, and then won't waiver. In my opinion, it's a lot about ego. Same with Gardy, big ego. The disdain he shows reporters when they dare ask him a question about a decision that flopped even once, much less if they follow up.
  23. ThePuck
    he's probably using baseball reference that does say Hicks has a .723 OPS the last 7 days. Aaron Hicks 2013 Batting Splits - Baseball-Reference.com
  24. ThePuck
    Hendriks has had only 22 starts over three seasons.
  25. ThePuck
    So if you're having a debate with someone and you agree with Ryan, you can flash that statement because it backs up your stance, but what happens if you disagree with Ryan and someone flashes that card at you? And how is it that you can even disagree with him if, by what you said, he knows more about baseball than anyone here?
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