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  1. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea what this response means ..... on this thread, it was brought up by a person who automatically assumed anyone questioning this was doing so because they "hate" faith. It was a bad assumption, frankly.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Well, I only saw the beach stuff.....not sure which you want to discuss. Their ability to dive on the ground, jump back up, and hit the bleep out of the ball shows some amazing athleticism to me.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I never understood the appeal of Garfield at all. Not one bit. Peanuts always bored me, seemed like the same thing over and over. Calvin and Hobbes is the greatest strip ever. Far side is number 2 for me. Dilbert and Bloom county were always go to for me back in the day, though Dilbert is too depressingly close to reality for me at times. I haven't looked an comics in years and years.....
  4. Mike Sixel
    Well, sure, if they are going to go out and promote the young guys and sign like 3 FAs, sure......how likely is that? the plan has to be to cut the guy if he turns into Boshers or Fien....and to have RPs in AA and AAA you are wiling to call up and let pitch. Like, why is Wimmers not here, since they need a long man? Mind. Boggling.
  5. Mike Sixel
    why not? If it was you or me, and we had a contract that said we'd get paid, say, 200K, would that be ok? Why is this any different?
  6. Mike Sixel
    that's a myth. What happens is that pitchers are hurt before they realize it, so they are losing velocity before they get the surgery. Then, when they return, they regain some of the lost velocity. If it actually made you stronger/better, then more guys would have it to increase their ability.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Well, I don't see why you don't bring him back at this point. He's cheap. Just don't assume he's your best RP.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Well, you would have carried him on the MLB roster next year, or do you think no team would claim him / sign him? And, they basically sold him for around $6-8MM, assuming they don't tender Santiago. Is that a fair price?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Should all the non USA guys come out? It's stupid.
  10. Mike Sixel
    The last three times I have used the site on my phone, I can use it for about five links, then it tells me to download stuff to protect my phone....
  11. Mike Sixel
    Isn't Nathan on the Cubs? He was a couple weeks ago...
  12. Mike Sixel
    I can't believe they are going to keep him on the roster. If they do, I want no piece of Antony. None.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Disney just bough a portion of the MLB streaming company...a company poised to stream a lot of other sports, imo. I still like Disney, and yes, ESPN is the only reason they are getting "killed" right now.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Well, that link I included.....or the link below....
  15. Mike Sixel
    For some reason I was thinking about watching Indiana Jones, but I don't think it is streaming, and I have no interest in trying to watch it on my computer (I have a burned copy on a backup someplace). So, maybe Stranger Things, but more likely VIkings (the tv show, not the MN team that might be good).
  16. Mike Sixel
    I don't think that's it.....there was an earlier quote I missed that said any news before Sept is fake news....
  17. Mike Sixel
    He earlier said that a real search wouldn't start until September, so no, that was not a slam. he's spent the last few years lauding their minor league system, but he has ripped every team that has hired a manager with no experience. Every single one of them.
  18. Mike Sixel
    That is definitely a thought.....been posted about all over, I think they switched processes this year. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-juiced-balls-the-new-steroids/ http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17109063/the-mlb-home-run-explosion-2016-juiced-baseballs-blame One interesting thing I recall reading....the theory that a faster ball (if hit squarely) will go further than a slower ball? Not true, but I gotta find that again, because it seems wrong to me. edit: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/09/22/exit-velocity-harder-a-pitch-comes-in-the-harder-it-goes-out/72624244/ Some interesting stuff in there.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Today.... Byron: I’m back in Rochester cuz I stink. Everybody else has given me advice so what say you? Klaw: Stay there and hope either Molitor & staff are replaced or that you’re traded to an organization better equipped to develop you as a hitter. mcgive_it_to_me: With Ben Cherington being a top candidate for the Twins VP/GM role I hear a lot of about how the good of his Red Sox tenure (developing their system) comes with the bad (free agent signings like Panda). Wouldn’t a lot of that pressure be taken off Cherington in Minnesota where ownership would never mandate him to make splashy free agent signings each winter? Klaw: He’s not “a top candidate” because I don’t believe they have any candidates lined up. JG: Berrios getting rocked again today. What needs to change? Klaw: Notice how many pitching prospects – highly ranked ones – have struggled right out of the gate this year? (Michael Fulmer, you may be excused from this discussion.) The ball was already different from the minor league ball anyway; perhaps the juiced ball this year (hat tip, 538) has exacerbated this issue.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Disney is a smaller part of the book, but yes, bad timing that.....I certainly don't claim to be some guru... No matter how hard Amazon tries to do what Shopify does, they can't pull it off. I think they have a model and software that seems to really work, and the market is huge and largely not tapped. I could also see Amazon just buying them at some point..... edit: shopfiy is also a tiny part of the portfolio
  21. Mike Sixel
    Oooh, intrigue.... Why is Albers now on the roster, though? Why not still call up that other guy, and still send Albers down?
  22. Mike Sixel
    He did a great job of making Berrios not look like the worst pitcher on the roster...
  23. Mike Sixel
    sometimes I think y'all post like this just to troll those of us "watching" on gamecast......
  24. Mike Sixel
    Or a Fielder inside the park HR.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Only the "pro faith" crowd even brought it up......
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