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  1. Mike Sixel
    You have completely mixed up mean median.
  2. Mike Sixel
    The link was to an article saying you need to call up young players and show patience with them over a long time. I would argue the twins have not done that. Others may disagree.
  3. Mike Sixel
    was that that question I asked?
  4. Mike Sixel
    Again, you don't think opportunity has anything to do with that? Like, a LOT to do with that?
  5. Mike Sixel
    This is a "reward" for how they did, not how they are going to do in the future, isn't it?
  6. Mike Sixel
    We have zero idea if this matters to potential FAs or not. We can guess, but I doubt anyone here knows.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I admire a player that has the courage to walk off the field when hurt, rather than hurting his team by gutting it out, or worse, causing himself a more sever injury. As for Trevor, good luck to him. He's not a great player, not a bad player. He's a legit MLB 3B, and I hope he recovers and can play again.
  8. Mike Sixel
    What does RBI tell me, about whether you want them batting with people on base, or someone with a different RBI total batting? Is a player with 100 RBI more likely to drive in a run than a player with 90, or 80? How do you know it isn't about opportunity?
  9. Mike Sixel
    I just finished. 1. It was very good, but maybe not up to the HYPE. 2. I can easily see several paths for a sequel that can still be good. If the writing stays focused on the characters (or even some new ones) and their growth as humans, with all the strange stuff in the background, great with me. If it becomes just another show about strange things, not so great. 3. I really enjoyed how the little kids were really little kids, not 20 year olds that were clearly not little kids. That really helped a lot. 4. I enjoyed the flashbacks, I don't often type those words, but they really worked here. 5. I might re-watch the show, but I doubt it. Still, if it was the old days where you surfed to find something to watch, and it was on? I'd stop for sure.
  10. Mike Sixel
    if you won't give Grienke that contract....you won't give any 32 YO FA that contract. I think you are not in line with the current market, frankly. That is the market.
  11. Mike Sixel
    You follow Jeri Ryan? edit: that's the fascinating part to me.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Hmmm.....is it 7 of 9 day all over, or just in the US, or just everywhere else?
  13. Mike Sixel
    how did you feel about how they handled Meyer....that's the question right now, isn't it? I am not a fan of "it worked, therefore the process worked" as a rule. By that logic, if you drive drunk, and don't get in an accident, the means were justified. YMMV, of course, but that's where I come from.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I don't know, Polanco strikes me as a high OBP guy, and I'd probably like him in the two hole, Seth. OTOH, Mauer is clearly that, so I wouldn't be all the annoyed one way or the other if that was the lineup next year.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Some great seasons, but Gonsalves clearly had the best. Congrats to him and everyone on this list.
  16. Mike Sixel
    AZ thinking they were 1-2 players from being great was only one of their issues. I had no issue with the Grienke deal, it's just money....but the Miller deal was ridiculous. And, none of this even touches on them literally not knowing the rules for trades and other things. Not to mention their utter and complete hatred of advanced statistical analysis.
  17. Mike Sixel
    so, unlike sending Buxton up and down and up and down and up and down? Unlike benching Polanco and Kepler early this year? Unlike bouncing Meyer around the RP/SP role? Unlike pretty much how the Twins have been with young players that have struggled at all this year? Young players that succeed, other than Vargas, get to keep playing. Young players that fail, other than Buxton....though even he was bounced up and down, are pretty much sat, roles are changed, or they are sent down. As a rule, the Twins have done the exact opposite of being patient lately.
  18. Mike Sixel
    AZ won a lot last year, made the ridiculous assumption that their players would all get better this year (ignoring what other teams have done, and possible declines in their own players' performances), and decided they needed to trade for and sign SP. Sounds a lot like what the Twins could have done this off season......and kind of did. It appears the Twins assumed Buxton, Berrios, Sano, Duffey, Rosario would all get better this year.....and that they didn't need to add players. similar analyses of flawed teams (plus AZ lost it's best player for most of the year)....
  19. Mike Sixel
    I know people are change averse......but everything changes every day. Everything. The inability to adapt to change, and to respond appropriately, that is what we are talking about here, imo. Sometimes you should go all in. Sometimes you should be very cautious. Pointing out that AZ shows that change is bad, which is an exaggeration of the OP's point, I think, is harmful to most companies. Companies need to change every day, if you aren't changing, you literally cannot be improving. I'm not sure what the OP's point was, exactly. Was it that if you change, things can go badly? Well, sure. Things can also go badly if you sit on your hands and hope things get better.
  20. Mike Sixel
    That made me laugh out loud, thank you.
  21. Mike Sixel
    For some of you, sure....for some of us, well, we are pretty.
  22. Mike Sixel
    See, I like that design. Funny. off topic: I never click on the article from a thread...what else am I missing?
  23. Mike Sixel
    This is NOT about the Twins.....but the table is NICE if you are Twins' fan.... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jose-de-leon-looked-exactly-as-advertised/
  24. Mike Sixel
    Not sure....maybe it is blocked at work, but I don't see the design....anyplace on this post.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I do agree that adults don't need legislation for town ball games.....but that will likely lead to a lot of really bad decisions.
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