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  1. ThePuck
    I'm not sure why I get the sarcasm by simply pointing out his prime years, but in your scenario I imagine the extremely pitching rich Rays would have traded him anyway...
  2. ThePuck
    Never said it was. The person I was responding to was talking about 'prime years'. Though it probably would have been easier for you to know that if I had actually quoted the guy. so my bad :-)
  3. ThePuck
    We are already going to get ALL of Gibson's prime years...he's 25 right now, if the Twins chose to, they can have till he's 30 (even if he heads North right away) won't be able to pitch for anyone else till he's 31.
  4. ThePuck
    yes, I meant May, and I was specific about what I was saying...you changed the scope. Remember what my original argument was as to why Butera was brought up? Mauer at 1st, Doumit at catcher, Butera up. I said that, but then also pointed out the amount of games Mauer played at first when Morny was out was five. Meaning, I was pretty much saying that although that my original thought process was Butera was brought up to be insurance for catcher so Mauer could play 1B, the fact Mauer only played 5 games at 1B while Morny was out hurts my original argument making it funny (peculiar, not haha)
  5. ThePuck
    Funny as in peculiar...He only played 5 games when Morneau took his break in March...which was the time frame I specified in my post. I'm gonna back away from this, because you seem to be getting testy and I'm not overly interested in having it escalate
  6. ThePuck
    I believe it has everything to do with the indirect link...Gardy wanted Butera on the team the whole time, Ryan worded his statements well during ST when he'd say things like that's going to be Gardy's call; however, it seemed he was roundaboutly saying, yeah, not such a good idea. So when Morny needed those 15 or so days off, bam....that's what Gardy needed. Funny thing is though, Mauer didn't even play much 1B when Morny was out during that time, but still... Just my opinion Here's Gardy's reasoning: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120501&content_id=30092206&notebook_id=30092214&vkey=notebook_min&c_id=min
  7. ThePuck
    In 2006, we had the MVP, Cy Young, and batting champ, with a power hitting, run producing, gold glove CF and a power hitting run producing RF. Not to mention a top three closer leading the best bullpen in baseball. People always praise Gardy for doing so much with so little during his time. So little compared to what powerhouse AL Central team, exactly? I ask because that's who we competed with for division titles. Not only that, but the same people who praise Gardy for doing so much with so little now say things like What do you expect him to do, with so little. Wait a minute...
  8. ThePuck
    It's been a long time since we got to a 7 game series to find out...or a 4th game of a 5 game series for that matter... :-)
  9. ThePuck
    Did that make you feel better about yourself?
  10. ThePuck
    http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/Art-Howe-livid-over-his-portrayal-in-Moneyball-2303793.php http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2011/09/28/art-howe-livid-over-his-portrayal-in-moneyball/ Art Howe talking about the movie, Moneyball.
  11. ThePuck
    I never said it was...but fine, #1. I think the point was clear, all semantics aside.
  12. ThePuck
    funny thing is, at that point of the season, we had lost ONE game in which Rauch was brought in to SAVE a game.
  13. ThePuck
    I've always took it to mean if there's a pop up in the IF, and the shortstop can get it, the shortstop gets it. Bartlett often let the 2B go get balls he clearly should have gotten. He also positions the IFs. He's helping position the OF by putting his hands behind his back and signaling (some teams used to do that...I did back in the day.). In other words, no doubt he's in charge. Watch Tulo or Jeter. No doubt who is in charge of those IF.
  14. ThePuck
    Did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express at any point in your life? :-)
  15. ThePuck
    Including Butera...playing for Italy...and we got him through a trade and the Mets didn't get him from Italy, he was drafted :-) Like Morny, who we drafted... Just because they play in the WBC for another country, doesn't mean they were international signings where combing the globe took place...
  16. ThePuck
    Bogaerts is definitely not blocked in Boston.
  17. ThePuck
    I believe it's when Morneau was shelved for a couple weeks at the beginning of May that brought that along...
  18. ThePuck
    In November, 2012, Baseball America predicted that in 2016, our ace would be Gibson and our #2 would be Berrios. We'll see how that works out.
  19. ThePuck
    Did he mean speed instead of pop? :-)
  20. ThePuck
    he should be impressing people...he is very impressive.
  21. ThePuck
    I can't open the link...is it a link to the video of him six hopping a ball home from short center field while AJ Pierzinski scored standing up? :-)
  22. ThePuck
    ...and only 2009. In that one season he also got almost about 40% of his plate appearances as a #2 hitter for his career.
  23. ThePuck
    and then he was signed by Philly. I'm not a huge Lannan fan per se, but to say he wasn't worth getting, or not better than Correia cause he got sent down by the Nationals (as opposed to Correia who just got sent to the pen by the Pirates), doesn't make much sense. He's better than Correia and younger than Correia
  24. ThePuck
    yeah, thankfully :-)
  25. ThePuck
    Nationals were/are pitching heavy....that's why he was the odd man out. Lannan is absolutely worth having and he stays health too. I imagine he'll do pretty well in Philly. Won't ever be a star, but he's a decent pitcher.
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