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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'd hate to work on some of your teams, if you never celebrate until the project is over.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    nope, but not because or not due to their playoff style. And not regular season champs there either!
  3. Mike Sixel
    soon, my young Padawan, soon... (pretty sure I got that quote wrong, btw......)
  4. Mike Sixel
    I doubt we'll agree on this.....moving on. And, not sure what experts have to do with celebrating or not, along the way. Teams that never celebrate during the process suffer, imo.
  5. Mike Sixel
    This is a great post, even if we disagree. thanks.
  6. Mike Sixel
    the comments are priceless.... he's asking if it is good, or bad, for the game if a clearly inferior playoff team wins the WS.....nothing more or less....using this year's Twins as the example/use case. Frankly, I think there should be a regular season champion, and a short season champion, and every team should make the short season.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    why not celebrate? It's an achievement no one thought they'd make, isn't it? We are way too serious in the world, imo.....have fun, do excess, celebrate life more!
  8. Mike Sixel
    Lewis Thorpe 12:13 What's Lewis Thorpe's upside if he stays healthy? Eric A Longenhagen 12:13 Realistically? Mid-rotation guy. Still just 21. Jim 1:26 Which of these teenagers has impressed you the most: Akil Baddo, Wander Javier, Brandon Marsh, or Starling Heredia? Eric A Longenhagen 1:26 All? Baddoo surprised me the most. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/eric-longenhagen-prospects-chat-instructional-league-tour/
  9. Mike Sixel
    how could Vargas get that many with Mauer and Sano and maybe Garver on the roster? Sano and Mauer have 150 ABs at DH this year, with Sano missing several weeks. Vargas would have to take every other DH AB to reach 500ish ABs. Or, get nearly all the time Mauer has off at 1B. That's somewhat more likely than I thought before looking at the numbers.....but still seems like a very tight roster to me w/o sufficient flexibility in positions or options (to bet on Vargas, vs a "proven vet").
  10. Mike Sixel
    no, what irritates people the most is sacrifice bunting. Can you point to anyone on these pages saying bunting for a hit is bad?
  11. Mike Sixel
    That's terrible use of logic, and I know you know that. If I drive home drunk and don't get in an accident two times in a row, I'm not doing something right....
  12. Mike Sixel
    to be clear, you are stating that if they don't agree on how a team should be run, "they don't care about winning, only about proving themselves gurus"? That's your stance?
  13. Mike Sixel
    so, the other team gives the Twins a free base runner is bad?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather Garver, Grossman, Granite, Escobar be the bench......there is also Adrianza.....If they don't sign a legit DH (in their mind), give me guys with options and positional flexibility. I'd like a real 2-3 man bench in AAA......
  15. Mike Sixel
    didn't see any of the game, but from what I heard, the biggest difference was teh OL play.......and Case being great.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Most of what I've read is glowing. I found it, um, not as entertaining as I wanted. Can't put my finger on why, exactly......I think for me it was too much the story of 1 person, and not a group. Star Trek always seems like a group to me.
  17. Mike Sixel
    It would certainly lead to interesting narrative on both sides. Pretty tough call, if the FO feels he's not accepting enough of change and not good enough, to fire him. Pretty hard to keep though, if he's not aligned with how they want to work (we really don't know this one way or the other). I don't envy them the choice, if there are differences. IMO, managers get way too much credit for a team over and under achieving. They probably get too little credit in some circles, because they are managing a team and coaches and doing a ton of non-in game work. I've been clear, I don't like how he manages in game. But I've also been clear, I have no idea what he does in the more important non-game work...... Either way, I hope they win the WS.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    his UPSIDE is number 3. I'd be shocked if he's a starter in the majors ever, from what we read on line. Possible RP though..... I'd say mine would have to be Thorpe's health and success. I think he's legit. Or Palacios. But then, I'm more of a skimmer than a deep thinker on the minors....but those two were names I looked for, and who did very well.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Well, the first episode of Star Trek had some lighter moments, but seemed pretentious to me......will be good to watch it in a year or three when it doesn't cost me more money.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    I am really surprised, and pleased, how this year has gone. I would have placed ridiculous odds on making the playoffs.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Episode three of The Orville was great. Like classic TNG.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I'm confused by the statement that they must be wrong because they change as new information comes, and as the ability close the gap decreases. If they didn't change every day, we'd have a really bad problem....those are odds, nothing more or less than probability estimates. help me understand your statements. How are they w/o meaning, exactly?
  23. Mike Sixel
    even if he plays this year? I've read conflicting things even if he doesn't play....though admittedly I have not kept up lately....
  24. Mike Sixel
    Admittedly, it might be good for the team's long term health, but Spielman would be gone (I'd fire him now anyway, these drafts lately.....I'll never forgive* him for taking Waynes over Peters, and ignoring OL in the draft until this year.... *meh, it's not like actually mad.....I've largely gotten over that for sports.
  25. Mike Sixel
    signing guys to their age 37/38 year is good for the team?
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