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  1. Mr. Brooks
    I think every team, at every level of baseball emphasizes throwing strikes. It's not easy to execute though. Unless of course you just soft toss it over the middle. But throwing strikes that aren't easily hittable is very hard to do. It's why guys like Kershaw and Verlander and Scherzer get paid like they do.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Hmmm. Lynn, Odorizzi, Gibson, vs. Verlander, Kuechel, McCullers. That looks very unfavorable for the hometown nine. On the other hand, it's baseball, so who knows.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    His likeability comes off as completely phony when I've seen him on broadcasts. Of course I might just be biased to feel that way because I don't care for him.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    EDIT: I made the mistake of not reading ahead. Was sniped some time ago. Carry on.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    The bottom line is they control their own destiny. Win 2 very winnable games at home and you're in. If they can't do that, they don't deserve to be in.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Not sure I'm buying this playoff experience argument that I keep hearing. It's the same game, same rules (OT aside), same rink. These guys are all pros, they're playing for their livelihood, so there is always pressure. How'd the playoff experience advantage work out for the Patriots in the Super Bowl?
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Average OPS for a catcher is about .670, so I don't think Castro has a lack of hitting problem.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    Agree to disagree. Joe doesn't strike me as the kind of guy that is going to keep playing well into his 40's, which is what it would take. Especially given the toll that he's put on his body already, and having made plenty of money already.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Yeah, I wasn't using his hits per 162 to argue that the lack of games played hasn't affected his ability to get to 3k hits. It's self evident that missing games equals less hits. I was using it to dispute that he would have a lot of 200+ hit seasons if he'd played every game. Also, I'm not sure many (any?) catchers have ever played the sheer number of seasons that those guys you listed have. It's too physically demanding of a position to play into your 40's.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    8 times the last 3 years combined.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    His 162 game average is 186 hits. A guy that walks as often as Mauer, simply isn't going to get enough AB's to get 200+ hit seasons, unless they hit .350+. The only 2 seasons that he could have gotten to 200+ hits, had he played every game, were the seasons that he batted .347 and .365, and even that .347 season would have been close. And that's not a derogatory comment on taking walks. It's just a fact that it limits the number of opportunities to get a hit.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Mauer has almost 0% chance of getting 3k hits.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    How do Twins fans learn to count? LoMo for 1, LoMo for 2, LoMo for 3, etc. (Copyright Common Man Dan Cole.)
  14. Mr. Brooks
    He didn't need run hard to be safe on that pop up. A brisk crawl would have gotten it done. Let's not defend it by saying they can't risk injury, or give 100% on every almost automatic out. At least half ass it down the line. That would have been enough on this particular play.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Ummm, Bohemian Rhapsody is from 1975. Unless there is another Bohemian Rhapsody, aside from the Queen song, that I'm not aware of.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think he'll ever be the same again after this injury. That finger is too important for the grip of the slider.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Lynn was also throwing at the mock ST that the players union set up for a couple weeks.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    Well if he hasn't even been cleared to throw a baseball yet, he's not starting a MLB game the first week in May, so I think it tells us a bit.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    No. That's your opinion. Not everyone agrees that celebrating your accomplishment is poor sportsmanship. And it doesn't make you right just because you believe it.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    Even if it's common for 18 year old #5 picks to bust, it doesn't change the fact that it was a bust. And injuries are as much a part of sports as talent. Especially when you spend a high pick on a pitcher. Harder to predict? Sure. But a bust because of injury is still a bust.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    Yep, and if there are more weekday afternoon games added to the schedule, it's going to affect TV deals. TV ratings for those games are probably near zero.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    Yeah, if someone thought they were getting a #1 or #2 for $12 million, that's on them, not Lynn or the Twins. I'd expect right around league average performance.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    But against some hitters, opposing teams will gladly give up just the one base. Like an intentional walk, but better for the opposing team, because the batter will sometimes make an out.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    It doesn't meet MLB regulations. It works for college, but they are only able to max out at 290' down the RF line, which MLB won't allow.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    Yes. Brian Dozier continues to talk about it.
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