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  1. Mike Sixel
    There is a bar here that tried to tell me a juicy lucy was a chicago style burger. I almost lost my #@$^
  2. Mike Sixel
    boring, like being able to get off the tee every time. Who needs that /s
  3. Mike Sixel
    but the research is clear, that's true for home court in general, or home field, or home pitch and not specific to one team. and yes, that's another argument for robot umps, imo. that was not the contention being made at all.
  4. Mike Sixel
    The usage sure seems odd! It's hard to read the tea leaves on this one.
  5. Mike Sixel
    that's totally different, though. I believe in that also. I'm talking about hundreds/thousands of games being umpired differently, with dozens/hundreds of people in on the conspiracy.
  6. Mike Sixel
    so you do believe that there is a conspiracy to help the Yankees, and no one has ever come forward about it in over 30 years? I'm genuinely curious to understand if you believe umpires have been told to help the Yankees win.
  7. Mike Sixel
    This is a great article about predicting the future, and trying to build a team: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/planning-for-the-future-in-todays-record-home-run-environment/ This exact problem is why so many old school IT organizations fail....trying to build stuff that won't be in production for years....
  8. Mike Sixel
    I agree with everything there, except the DH part.....IMO, he's still a 3B (next year, when healthy).
  9. Mike Sixel
    Another great article! Hard to quibble with the choices. Nicely done.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Losing Meyer to injury is a real bummer for them, as is having no farm system they could have used to trade for legit SP.....Imagine if they had added Verlander...
  11. Mike Sixel
    It isn't the baseball gods. It's the front office. While Molitor can't be blamed for who he has, there have been curious decisions along the way, imo. But at this point, I'm not sure he's doing much wrong, other than not pulling starters fast enough. Of course, that means more innings for Gee and Tonkin and others....so not sure what the answer is, really.
  12. Mike Sixel
    so, the Twins get the advantage at TF....what's the issue? I think blaming the umpires/refs is tedious. The Twins didn't pitch all that well, and they scored all of 2 runs....that's on them. And I don't get why they stopped trying to bunt for hits. I would have kept it up all night with my non-power hitters....until CC was out of the game. It certainly appears that the Twins have a mental block in NY.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Let's hope so!
  14. Mike Sixel
    sure, there's a chance anyone can be better for 1 year, or 3 months, or whatever. But would you bet on it straight up? Do people think anyone is likely to hit 325/372/589 over a year? Two players slugged that high all last year. Four had a BA that high all last year. Seven are SLG that high this year (giving credit to 2 just short of that). Four have a BA that high this year. He could easily be the best BSR in a given year, imo. I'll take the under. Don't get me wrong, Buxton might be great even discounting his defense, but that seems unlikely.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I'll take that bet right now.
  16. Mike Sixel
    someone literally posted up thread that next year Buxton could be better than Trout. Do people really think Buxton is going to be better than Trout?
  17. Mike Sixel
    But, won't games be blacked out if they don't sell out?
  18. Mike Sixel
    People comparing anyone to Trout....wow.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    never garners attention? He was an SI cover boy at one point, maybe more than one. He had national tv spots. I think you are forgetting how much he was all over MLB while he was a catcher.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I do agree, the key take away from that game is that the Yankees are probably just plain better than the Twins overall.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    It's kind of against the law to discuss why you fired someone in any specific way in public.....not exactly, but close. There are labor laws at play here also. The Twins owe the public 100% zero explanation for why this was done. Zero. Really, most companies won't even discuss in private with other companies why a move was made. TOO MANY LAWSUITS for that to happen. And yes, his direct boss should do it, not some other exec. Even in a better world we live in, that's how it should be done.
  22. Mike Sixel
    thanks, I was hoping someone would look there also! He's mediocre, excluding framing. For that price, that's what you should probably expect. The issue is, he is pretty much the one thing this FO did (player wise), which is a bit disappointing to me.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I certainly agree Mattingly shouldn't.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Actually, at least 12 catchers will put up more than 2 fWAR this year....so it's more like 10 or so that are good or better, 5 or so that are meh, and the rest. Unfortunately, Castro is in the rest category (though fWAR does not yet include framing). There weren't many good options. Hopefully, Garver will hit like he has in the minors, and be ok on defense, and he'll be that guy that gives them a top 10ish catcher. We'll see if he's even given the chance.
  25. Mike Sixel
    So they don't throw inside now, how does a robot umpire change that? I do agree, the law of unintended consequences makes me wonder what might change. But to me, I'd rather an even, fair, strike zone existed. And I think robots make that more likely.
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