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  1. D. Hocking
    Probably due to your chemistry.
  2. D. Hocking
    Kirby was obviously a great player for both the tangibles and intangibles, but I remember hearing one of his teammates (Gladden?) when asked about the comment reply that Kirby said that before a lot of games, many of which they lost. I think chemistry can give you a little bump and get people playing about their level when caught in the momentum - especially in the streaky game like baseball, but you need actual talent at the foundation. It is kind of the icing on the cake. Mauer, seemed a bit emotional (for him) when he was interviewed after the Dozier news broke, saying he was one of his closet friends. I am not sure coming back would even be his choice at this point, but if it was, this would have to sour him a bit on the idea. At 35 he would going to be on another team that is rebuilding, most of his friends long gone. Between another rebuild, his growing family, and the return of the concussion symptoms, I have gone from thinking there was a fair chance he could play one or two more eyarst to this is probably his last year. Plus, I am not sure there will even be an offer from the team.
  3. D. Hocking
    Yes - look at 2007. It should have been a year building on the big 2006 run. When the season ended up being a disappointment, Santana and Torii being lame duck players was dominating story and in every city they visited Torii would give an interview of how he would love to play there. I like Torii, but I was ready for him to shut up by the end of the season.
  4. D. Hocking
    Yes - I think it is more when you are winning you enjoy coming to work more, you are in a good mood and everyone simply gets a long better and is having fun. Losing -- you are in a bad mood and people get on your nerves easier. Last year Mauer said it was one of the most fun teams he had played for. While there are some new players this year, it had a lot of the same core. I don't think the locker room became less enjoyable because of the mix of players not having the right chemistry, but as has been said throughout the thread, losing makes one less fun to be around and less tolerant of things that irritate them. Those players spend a lot of time together, so when things don't go well, I am guessing certain things grate on you more. Things seemed so promising when they were cheerfully getting on the plane to go to PR all dressed up festively.
  5. D. Hocking
    Um - he also made them a green farmer version of his MAGA hat (or China possibly made the hat), so you cannot say he is not a thoughtful leader. For some reason I decided to actually check out his page and those hats. Sadly the farmer hats are sold out (they are $45!). Has any other president had merchandise sales be a key part of his webpage? I will give him this, it is not like he is hiding his grifter and mercenary side. Russian investigation aside, if a Democratic president tried to monetize off of the presidency like he has - staying at the resorts, selling items with the presidential seal at the resorts, kids still running the business and still being in political situations, Jared and Ivanka in charge of things which they are no where near qualified etc. how many congressional committee would be set up to investigate the president?
  6. D. Hocking
    including weaponizing clothing that was popular in the 70's Last night he retweeted his son's tweet showing Jim Acosta being screamed at during his rally. Weren't they all upset about the Democrats not being civil a few weeks ago? At some point he is going to whip them into an anti-media frenzy that one of these reporters is going to be physically attacked. His twitter meltdown makes me wonder if there are more indictments coming in the semi-near future.
  7. D. Hocking
    I wonder if they will return to the horror roots the original was supposed to have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d781CJX1S98
  8. D. Hocking
    Vanimal - when are they going to put you in the booth with Bert. They have a lot of people rotate in and out of there as fill-ins and I am sure it is only a matter of time for you to show off your expertise to the Fox North audience. I am assuming they were going to save your for play-off games, but since that is no longer looking like a sure-thing, will you make your TV debut in August (and then hopefully again in the play-offs if we do make the cut)?
  9. D. Hocking
    I am not anti-Molitor, but I think it would be really beneficial having Ripley on the coaching staff somewhere. I am not sure she knows baseball, but she could put together a winning team. While selling is probably the right thing, I can help but feel bad for the players who are left behind. I am sure at some level they still had hopes of winning, and they are seeing their team get dismantled and basically having their bosses concede that they don't have what it takes and they still have two months left to play.
  10. D. Hocking
    I did not have quite the animosity towards Drew that a lot of people had ... until he hit that in the park home run... I wonder in 2010, 2011 how many predicted he would still be playing in 2018,
  11. D. Hocking
    Or we are just really, really good.
  12. D. Hocking
    Boston is trembling in fear now.
  13. D. Hocking
    Morrison will save the day with winning RBI (or perhaps already did - not sure how delayed game day is). Should a .192 hitter be batting 5th?
  14. D. Hocking
    Is Boston playing better than Toronto, Kansas City, and Tampa Bay?
  15. D. Hocking
    We don't want to catch them too soon - need some drama in September so we are on adrenaline high when we enter the play-off when we pass them on the last day of the regular season (or a game 163).
  16. D. Hocking
    Doesn't start until 6:35 (I had to google to see what I was up to this evening - in beautiful Cedar Rapids).
  17. D. Hocking
    As expected.
  18. D. Hocking
    The moderators have really gotten lax in letting math-like looking posts get into the game threads. I think they just sit back and count all the money they are making off of the site and don't pay attention to people reckless postings with numbers.
  19. D. Hocking
    Wow - things changed a bit on my way home from work. Not to be petty or picky, but I wish a couple of these runs could have occurred in Kansas City.
  20. D. Hocking
    Sounds like you are pretty confident on the outcome of the game.
  21. D. Hocking
    The answer is Red Green.
  22. D. Hocking
    Now is almost simply quoting Orwell: He is also setting up the narrative that the 2018 elections were tampered with by Russia if the GOP has a bad showing. While the GOP occasionally has spoken out about regarding tariffs and Helsinki (although only verbally, when it comes to any substantive action they fall back in line), have they ever defended the press or called out any of his lies unless the absolutely had to?
  23. D. Hocking
    Maybe they will be able to work the '87 World Series into the next season.
  24. D. Hocking
    Great I was hoping I could go to bed tonight with the ear bug MMMMBOP running through my head.
  25. D. Hocking
    He has that whole fountain of youth thing going for him - he has probably been working on his pitches since Spain lost Florida.
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