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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I could get on board with some of these suggestions. However I don’t understand the perception that Bumgarner is too old and therefore not worth a bid, but Wheeler gets a five-year deal. I don’t know what’s in Bumgarner’s heart, like if he’s inclined to stay with the Giants. If he’s not, I’d go hardest after him.
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    Great thread. I think they had Polanco throw more sidearm this year, and that improved his accuracy? (Or at least ironed out his flaws.) I’d try to sustain that with Polanco one more season. He can look really good at times... I’d give Sano one more season at third... and it will be interesting to see how Arraez holds up over a whole season. Schoop was good in the field. And I love defense. Cron is great with a good thumb. I’m not opposed to some infield upgrades but it might take more effort or payroll than is warranted, given the pitching situation. Which suggests that Odorizzi or other fly ball pitchers might be good bets for one more year, too.
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    Do more “quick pitches” Problem solved. (Only half joking)
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    I believe it. I’m glad that Twitter guy did that work. Eventually I’d like to see more evidence and also something from the 2017 postseason.
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    Spent all day studying film, spending the rest of the night drinking and being cynical
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    14-0 Vikings, 1st quarter in the books. Pretty much a win, pretty much a replay of the Vikings win in Dallas in the 1973 NFC Championship game Pictured: 1973 NFC Championship game, 4th quarter, Vikings huddling in the shadow of their own goalposts, game well in hand
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    Then the Cowboys failed to execute on third down, bizarrely decided to attempt a 57 yard FG, and the Vikings scored on the short field. Game is pretty much in the bag and Vikes wIn!
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    Great win, great team. Nice to see some players on offense who look closer to pro than high school.
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    They are 9-0, first time since 1904! Chief, is this win as sweet as that 1904 team?
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    Darvish

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    I’d be curious to know what people think. If there’s a work stoppage, does the game rebound when it starts up again, like last time?
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    Disagree, but love that comment
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Here’s a question. Can phones be backed up to hard disks anymore?
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Wait, is this statement directed towards Twins ownership, or Kevin Correia?
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    Now they know that, but claims are blind, is my understanding. Not endorsing it, but do you think Syndergaard for Lewis, Gonsalves, and one other arm or piece would have been appealing to the Mets?
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    Ok so in exchange for Syndergaard, it was rumored that the Mets were interested in Buxton or Lewis or Kirilloff, or some combination of. But now we know for certain that the Mets were interested in Gonsalves. This tells me there might have been a deal to be made this past summer, somehow, and that an extra starter in the ALDS might have made a huge difference. Especially if it had been Syndergaard. I want to see a trade or signing this winter—early this winter— that knocks me off my stool. This team needs pitching, bad. Their cutting Perez is a sideways admission IMO that pitchers can’t necessarily be fixed, or analytics applied to pitchers’ strengths. Sometimes sure, but what really makes a difference is getting pitchers who can pitch, who have that track record.
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    Also, not trying to celebrate the misfortune of others
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    Oh I got one right! Lol Denny McLain yeah, if I had thought about it more, and I guess Curt Schilling never won the Cy Young—finished second in voting three times—and maybe hasn’t been charged with a felony yet either. But one can hope.
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    Ugh seeing the previous post almost ruined it for me... I will guess... Schilling, Gooden, Schilling, Gooden, Schilling. /kidding
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    I wonder if there is some confusion about what the strike zone is. The rulebook is pretty clear: it’s “that area over home plate...” and then, what a strike is, which is when “any part of the ball passes through any part of the strike zone.” The slow breaking pitches the clip the front bottom of the strike zone, are strikes. The “strikes” that wind up in the dirt seem implausible, but I would like to see that graphically presented. But I think it’s possible the sharpest breaking pitches, received by catchers stationed very deep, might actually be strikes, even when they skip in the dirt. If people wanted to change the rule book definition of a strike, and raise the low point to higher than “the hollow beneath the kneecap,” then please say so. I would probably be on board with that, actually. The more important thing to me is that umpires call strikes strikes. We are seeing too many counts go to four strikes, and by extension, too many innings extended to four outs, and that is most certainly not in the rulebook or in the spirit of the game. And yeah what was said above, grade the umpires, offer the good umps incentives to work home plate more, and shut out the bad umpires from ever getting home plate. That would go towards solving the problem too. /rant
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    I can respect that. Is it the sinking breaking pitch that clips the bottom front of the plate that you don’t like? Would you be ok if the rulebook strike zone was changed, so that that pitch remained a ball, not a strike?
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    I guess I disagree, that I do want the home plate umpire to make the final call. If the call can be flashed immediately on the scoreboard, it should be possible to send the call to the ump alone.
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    I have some issues with that Boston U study. For one, I can’t make sense of their interpretation of the two-strike bias. I can’t believe they didn’t have a “baseball” person proof their work. Regardless, we are only at this point because home plate umpires are not doing their jobs as well as they should. I’m ready for automated ball-strike calls as soon as the technology is seamless.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Honorable mention: Kurt Suzuki! Granted Garver’s 2019 was spectacular, but what did you think of adding Suzuki? guess the Mauer-Suzuki transition was before framing stats? If I recall, Suzuki was not a good framer. Suzuki’s arm was below average too, but in more recent years it was less a liability with teams running less. But after Suzuki switched bats in mid-2016, his career really came back to life. And I hesitate to say it, but sounds like he was a great teammate. Happy for him!
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Hey guys maybe we should practice the two minute offense some time
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