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  1. Mike Sixel
    He also said "the team" wasn't aggressive. I don't give a poop if it was the owner or the FO that refused to be more aggressive, the end result is the same for the system. Some people are perfectly fine with one of the worst teams in baseball for the last 5 years not having a good minor league system (compared to other teams, people here keep posting about the prospects here, w/o any context of comparing to other systems.....which is kind of important when judging a system). I'm not. We can hope that Stewart and Jay turn out, but hope isn't really a strategy or a way of assessing things.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    I'm almost 53, so I'm a bit more worried about the next correction than some of you should be. At 7%, it takes 8 years to break even from a 40% fall in prices. I'd be 61 then.....I'd kind of like to only lose 20% in the next correction somehow. So, I am looking at things, and thinking about putting in automatic sales. OTOH, I thought the market would drop in the weeks following the election, then bounce up, then come down sometime this year. So, wtf do I know?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Based on all the trades they made so far? Based on what? We have literally no idea what these guys are going to do. Predicting that they'll move players seems like a bad idea given what little data we have.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Apparently slaves were immigrants, looking for a better future for their descendants. Who knew!
  5. Mike Sixel
    And, a start here and there, then back to AAA, then a start here and there, then back to AAA....that's not learning much about the pitchers probably. They brought up Viola and let him pitch here, and grow here (well, not here in OR, you get my point).....
  6. Mike Sixel
    Agreed. If you are those two, why sign here if there is NO evidence the Twins can develop pitching and be winners? And how is there any evidence with this staff?
  7. Mike Sixel
    I agree on Gibson. I just hope that if Hughes isn't good, they don't wait 3 months to decide. My "biggest" concern is that all these guys are just bad enough for the Twins to lose, and just good enough that they won't promote the young guys and learn about them. I want Berrios here as long as possible. I want him FULLY ready in 12-18 months, not 3 years from now. I want to know if May, Gonsalves, Meija are part of the future or not (or have some idea when it comes to Gonsalves). Lots of mediocre veteran pitching that they are reluctant to move on from makes that less likely.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Youtube/google should buy ESPN, imo. Get lots of people to sign up, and put in the ads. Get live sports on streaming. I see real money there.
  9. Mike Sixel
    You said people would prepare differently, I asked how. I was genuinely curious about that in my post.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Good point. I like him more than most of the names I typed. He's also 1/16th the cost of Santiago and Gibson.....(actually, I have no idea what Gibson makes).
  11. Mike Sixel
    This is not a surprise. I would put him in the bullpen, over his career (other than 1 great year) he's been better there. If by this time next year they don't know which of Gonsalves, Berrios, May are part of the future, this season is likely to have been a failure.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Berrios, May, Gonsalves, Haley, Duffey, Vogelsgang.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    that will be 25 cents, sir. Plus a 1000 dollar fine for not asking permission.
  14. Mike Sixel
    What would change for any of them if it was set in 2 weeks? I literally have no idea, hence my question.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Good luck to him. Health is something we should wish for everyone.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Disagree. This team will never compete by signing big time FAs, it needs to be BETTER than "average" at developing from the minors to be successful. Also, drafting high a lot should mean you have more higher on the list than teams that win all the time. Simply dividing 100 by 30 is about as bad a logic as possible, as it ignores all draft position implications. Also "three in the top 100 is average" is misleading. There is a HUGE difference between a top 5 or 10 or 100 prospect. The Twins have none in most top 50 lists. That's an issue.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Well, let's hope Hughes gets his velocity back then, or it will be a long 2-3 months...
  18. Mike Sixel
    spin them off was really what I meant to type. Would you buy them for $1? I might. What about 20MM dollars? Probably. Don't know how far I'd go....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Part of me is surprised they haven't sold off ESPN, actually.
  20. Mike Sixel
    2002 is a LONG time ago......the world has changed.
  21. Mike Sixel
    John Jones 1:01 Trumbo, Dozier, Longo.. biggest chance of a repeat season? Travis Sawchik 1:01 I think Dozier is going to be really good again Trainman 1:02 Does Park steal the DH in Minnesota from Vargas? He's hit well early. They both should be playing, but Mauer's albatross contract certainly complicates things. In my opinion, one of the worst contracts in the game besides Pujols. Travis Sawchik 1:02 That Mauer contract certainly complicates things. Long-term deals with tall catchers should probably be avoided
  22. Mike Sixel
    Well, another issue is golf channel and mlb channel and nfl network, and, and, and......ESPN lost it's hold on sports. I also don't know how to fix it, but discouraging people from having cable probably isn't the answer....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Gob Bluth 12:23 Is this the year Byron Buxton breaks out? Travis Sawchik 12:23 Yes. At least in the sense that he establishes himself as an above-average regular
  24. Mike Sixel
    12MM subscribers, 1B in revenue....each subscriber is worth....83.33 dollars per year to ESPN.....does anyone else find those numbers to be way off, or does that include ad revenue? Wait, it is worth MORE than than that per year, because that's over 5 years. Each subscriber is worth over $400 per year to ESPN. Interesting.....That says to me that way more money comes from advertising than cable rates, which maybe argues for lower cable rates to keep us on cable......Indeed, ESPN would be better off if they gave away their content, apparently.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Wait, I think I know the right answer to this one....
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