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  1. Mr. Brooks
    I wish you'd stop speaking for everyone. I was on board the Sanchez signing from the start, thought it was a great signing, and was disappointed when he was let go.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    I think it's in their best interest to make sure their prospects are eating healthy. But, saying it's inhumane for an employer not to feed their employees is a bit of hyperbole. How many employers provide their employees three meals a day? Are there literally any?
  3. Mr. Brooks
    I think if you have to ask if a guy is an ace, then he's probably not one.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    I think employment laws are governed by the jurisdiction where the work takes place, not where the company is headquartered.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    I think it matters a lot. When he's healthy, he's good, and easily worth $6 million. If little is guaranteed, you can get away from it if he's hurt again.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    How much is guaranteed? Those amounts mean little if they aren't guaranteed.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    It's not a good measure. Especially when the pitcher is on a team with a bullpen that blew a ton of games, as the Twins did last year.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    He wasn't going to sign without a player opt out. Our offer didn't include an opt out, Falvine confirmed as much. Where did I suggest or imply that they are consistently making low ball offers? I pointed to one time they did, nothing more.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    I'm struggling to figure out what the teams w/l record has to do with what we are discussing. I thought this was a team game.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    And I agree it is obnoxious to pay $6 for a hot dog. Those lining up to shill out their hard earned $6 for a hot dog are the problem. Only a fool would refuse to take their money. As PT Barnum said, there is a sucker born every minute.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    I didn't edit your post. I quoted you before you edited your post to add the second paragraph.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Not even close to the point. It doesn't matter how much you think a player is "worth". If you make an offer that has zero chance of being accepted, then it's a waste of time.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    That depends on whether you believe he made an actual adjustment that made him a better pitcher going forward. If he is 2018 Gibson going forward than he's better than most of those guys you list.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    Would you agree that that's exactly what Dylann Roof was doing?
  15. Mr. Brooks
    I don't agree with Vanimal that the current regime has an extensive history. But, offering Darvish a deal that didn't include an opt out was a laughable waste of time.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    What is obnoxious about it? It's a business, not a charity. Charging less than the market is willing to pay would be awful business. The people who pay those prices are the obnoxious ones, not the business who is doing exactly what they should be doing.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Yeah, it's a hard knock life to be a non bonus baby minor leaguer. However, I suspect that until they are unable to find thousands of people lined up to fill those jobs, nothing will improve. The MLB players certainly aren't going to fight for them.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    That's not really an apt comparison. It's more like if the NFL said you can't line up 4/5ths of your offensive line on one side of the ball.... which is already the rule.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    All fair points. And, it's a free country, my opinion certainly doesn't have to mean anything. I just don't believe that feedback does much. The team and vendors know the sale totals. If they go down enough, prices will fall, even without a peep of feedback. If they don't fall, prices will stay the same or go up, regardless of any amount of feedback.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    He wasn't good then. What were the errors in Aaron's ways?
  21. Mr. Brooks
    You are right, we don't agree. Most players don't have max tools across the board. Once you remove the handful of true superstars that have elite bats and gloves, most players have a scale of tools. Every game that someone who gets a legitimate chunk of their value from defensive tools starts at DH, is a game that you completely waste a portion of someone's value. Roster spots are tight in the NFL too, think of the extra flexibility a team could have on game day if, instead of rostering a punter, they just used that position to rotate in other position players? If guys need a day off, just give them a day off. How are you making your lineup better by removing Cruz from the roster so that a guy like Kepler or Polanco can DH? Are their bats better than Cruz's? Isn't your lineup better with Kepler on the bench, Cave in RF and Cruz at DH than it is with Cave in RF, Kepler at DH, and Cruz on another team? Obviously this only applies if you can find a bat only guy whose bat is superior to most of the position players. If Robbie Grossman is your DH, then sure, you are better off just gaining flexibility and rotating guys.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    Can you name a single nation in the world that didn't, at some point in history, acquire their land at the expense of others? Would you have trouble feeling sorry for me if a Native American reservation announced they wanted to eradicate me and my family from the face of the earth, then made near daily attempts to do so?
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Mike was answering a poster who questioned why the union would push for this. I don't think he's saying it's not fair or shouldn't be allowed.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    I'm sure winning is important to them, but it's not necessarily the MOST important thing for most of them, I'd guess. It's hard for us to realize, sometimes, because all of us have only ever played baseball for the joy of it. But this is a job to them, period. It's not a hobby or passion project. It's no different than how most of us here pursue our careers, I'd guess. Being a part of the best "team" probably has some importance to all of us, whatever that means in our respective careers, but for most of us, it's just one factor on a long list of important factors we consider.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    I agree, except that complaining on Twins Daily isn't providing feedback to the business. Yes, people should give feedback directly to the company when/if the prices are high enough to dissuade their patronage. But, the reality, and my point, is that complaining/feedback will not affect prices. Prices are set based on supply/demand and other market factors. If everyone complains that the prices are too high, but still continue to purchase the product, what do you think will happen to prices?
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