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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well said. I am most encouraged that 2014 seemed to dispel 2013 as a fluke. Instead of "regressing" he did all of the good things from 2013 similarly or getter and improved in other ways. Definitely a guy to look forward to in 2015.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    i got hung up there too. I had no idea what a Dalek was, and was entirely oblivious before reading this post. The picture was quite informative. Thank you both. The sad part is, I've seen a few episodes of Dr Who, but was not aware of the threat to Minnesotans. What I've in general learned is, you can attack persons work output or decisions made, but not the person, and never the Daleks.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    you're a funny guy
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Mauer may have a history of being "coddled" but I didn't see it in 2014. Do I wish Mauer was still a catcher? Sure! Reasonable? No
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    The other side of this is, if a batter is feeling defensive, such as Plouffe, regardless of the data, is he more likely to swing at a marginal pitch because he thinks the situation is not in his favor. In other words, maybe Plouffe wasn't wrung up looking because he swung at pitches he didn't like, or managed to get hits in instances that were less than ideal pitch situations.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Responding to this thread may indicate otherwise but... I. don't care!!!!! The "one of us" notion and flyover country bitterness needs to stop.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    you are absolutely right, but that doesn't mean that Gardy should stay. He was fired because of the losses which for the most part were out of his control, but that is the way of baseball. What I'm trying to get at, is just because he did as much with the talent that he had, as any other manager could possibly do, doesn't make him the guy you want around for the next year or 6.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    O everyone has bosses, and TR has more than just the Pohlads to report to. He reports to the fans who were growing more and more apathetic by the day. You can't make any assumptions as to what the impetus is for firing Gardy other than what was said, too many losses
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Wins are a team stat and at the end of the day matter the most to the team. That being said, the run differential improvement is encouraging. Improvements in fielding and pitching will go a long ways towards continuing the improvement.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Balvenie Portwood, mmmm And the games matter to the players trying to remain relevant, and the front office evaluating those players, just like spring training, only better competition.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    while in general I would be of the opinion that from a 90 loss team, there's no one player off the table for trade, is there evidence that DanSan can play 2b? If there was I might be more interested in trading Dozier.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Pinto caught a stomach virus. He apparently went to yack while in the warmup circle
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I would be interested to hear why Fryer would be gone. It seems to me that he's a bad hitting catcher, but it's pretty obvious that Pinto isn't looked at as an option for backup catcher. So Fryer or whom?
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed except Pelfrey, he just makes too much money. Sunk cost, just move on. To go with the theme of the season, veteran players with no options and not pulling their weight need to be the first to go, such as Swarzak, Pelfrey, Duensing, and Burton
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don't have the eloquence, so I will leave it at thank you all for a great season and I look forward to 2015 with all of you.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    hmmm, nope
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Nice to hear the boos
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    who knew he had it in him?
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Vargas just can't catch up to that 89 mph heat, but he's coaxed another walk
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Thumbs up, whew!
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Uh oh, Dan San looking hurt
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    i keep asking for an "agreed :(" button, but alas Did you know the new Apple emoticons don't work?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Your 2015 opening day starting left fielder, Hermann?
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed, he got out of last inning by guts and luck, nothing else. He's gassed on 80 some pitches
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    my mistake, it is hits, not runs. Don't confuse effective and efficient. In this case the Astros are very efficient, taking advantage of economies of scale. For shifting, effectiveness is what to strive for. A team doesn't want to shift too much because it leaves them vulnerable for a player to "beat the shift" the more a team shifts, the more opportunities to beat the shift, thereby reducing it's effectiveness. Ideally a player would provide subtle fielding position variations to put them in the right fielding position without the coaches/managers calling it. Think more soccer than baseball. Inherently, more is less. Now, I agree 100% not to jump to conclusions with this data. It causes more questions than answers, but progress starts with a question, not an answer.
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