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  1. Mike Sixel
    I don't care what they watch on tv, I can't believe anyone here thinks that's an issue. Like, I really cannot believe it at all. Sounds, frankly, like you are trying hard not to imply something about their manhood.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Not a fan of this idea at all. He is a potential super star, he just needs better leadership, and to be put in a situation to succeed (and may or may not have attitude issues). Also, Plouffe is a barely solid veteran right now, and they aren't near competing. This is not the time to get older.....imo.
  3. Mike Sixel
    if you choose to limit spending, and wins and losses is how you are judged.....why should we feel good about it? Why should any fan care about limits the team puts on itself about how much money it makes or doesn't make? If your strategy is to draft and develop, and limit international spending, and not spend much money......and you don't draft and develop well, fans should be what? Happy because compared to other teams that don't spend money, you aren't as crappy? What will those win loss records look like after this year, do you suppose? This is season what of the not a rebuild? No one cares what their record is compared to other teams that won't spend money. You don't entertain people by having the most wins per dollar spent, you do that by putting good, exciting players on the field. They've largely failed to do that for 6 years now.
  4. Mike Sixel
    No way they should have been trading veterans last year. Luck or not, they were in contention. If anything, they should have traded for bullpen help sooner, and maybe an OF. They should have gone in more last year. To me, last year / this year is a perfect example of what happens when you don't try to win, when you have a chance. You might think things will get better, or even stay the same, but you just don't know. When you have a chance, you should take it. I'm not saying go all in by trading the best prospects....please don't attack that strawman.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Polanco could play most days, by moving him around the INF...he doesn't. Sano could play 3B, with others in the LF/RF, but he doesn't do that either. He could platoon Arcia/Sano/Park, but he doesn't do that either. He pretty much pencils in the veterans (and Danny Santana, who he loves as a player) in the same positions every day. So, it isn't the easiest roster to play with, but he doesn't even do what little he could.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Lady Blackhart appears to serve no purpose in the main story line, as far as I can tell...that said, they spent a lot of time on the tv show with the rebels, only to abandon them. They don't usually do that on the tv show, do they? Yes, the Hodor story shows amazing planning by GRRM. It is a truly detailed world. If the books were between the show and the books in terms of sub plots and stories that aren't part of the story, I'd be more in love with the books.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I can't listen at work....but I'd ask this: For three years now, you've trusted an unproven CF to take the job, and for three years it has failed. Why didn't you learn from the first two mistakes? (then, after his lame answer), I don't understand that answer, and it didn't really answer my question. Why did you start the year with three unproven OFers, and no veteran? (then, when he said there weren't any good ones....)....That's just not true. There were several players that could play CF available, one of whom has been one of the best players in baseball this year. Why should any fan believe that you can turn this around, if you keep making the same mistake over and over? Why didn't you sign any FA help in the bullpen, you said it was the top priority in the off season, and you didn't bring in 1 player on a MLB contract. If you thought the youth would step up, why isn't Chargois on this roster already? (after his "consistency" or patience answer).....so if you didn't sign any veterans because you thought youth would step up, and late May is too early to call the best one up, when did you plan to call them up? And, if not until June, you were just punting the bullpen the first 2 months of the year? i'd start with those two, then go hard into the Sano/Plouffe situation, along with following up on Molitor's comments that they didn't have a plan for what to do if they won Park....
  8. Mike Sixel
    If only they had traded Perkins 2-3 years ago.....but hey, closers on losing teams are pretty important.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    I don't think that TR accepts bad results. I don't think this is a misalignment of priorities or desire. I think it is skill set that is lacking. From TR on down.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I'm ready for TR to move on. I think he was right when he left the firs time, the industry has changed, and other/different skills are needed out of the GM than those that he has displayed. The world is a very different place in baseball than it was when he last succeeded. He could change, but there isn't a ton of evidence that he has (we don't know, and never will). I'm not talking about advanced statistics here, but information that used to be held closely by scouts is now widely available. And, I'm not even talking what we see.....but information inside an organization, that used to be stuck on paper and in scouts' heads? That is widely available. Talent is widely known. There is data and information all over the place. The world has changed, not just in baseball, but all over. Some people/orgs that succeeded in the time before freely available information have gone out of business, and some have adapted and survived and thrived. I truly believe that the issue here is total system failure, failure to quickly adapt to a changing world.
  11. Mike Sixel
    No one.....sports are less and less interesting every day. I'm only here out of habit, frankly (and for the conversation).
  12. Mike Sixel
    Putting aside the money.....is he actually good compared to other 1B, this year, last year, the year before? if not....why can't fans bash him? Now, some think you should never bash a player, but cheering makes sense. I've never really understood that stance, but maybe that is your stance, and I'm cool with that. But, the only reason these guys are millionaires is that people actually care if they do well in their jobs. Part of caring is being mad when they don't do their jobs. So, they can either work fro $30 an hour or less, or they can put up with people actually caring about what they do and being rewarded for that....
  13. Mike Sixel
    I kind of teared up when Hodor died. But then, I tend to tear up during movies.... Interesting change from the books that Euron doesn't have a "dragon horn".....that kingsmoot was so well written in the books....seeing what the show did almost made me want to read the next one.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm not arguing baseball is as hard on a body as many other jobs....no place did I say that. I am arguing that they put their bodies thru a lot. From workouts to practice sessions to warm ups to games. And, they do it pretty much non-stop (including weekends) for 6+ months. I think we all under estimate the wear and tear even on a baseball body. Especially on a pitcher's arm and body. We won't agree on this much. I just think anyone that had made it that far in professional sports is probably pretty tough, and probably knows his body very well.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Given what they put their bodies thru, I pretty much won't question their toughness. Also, if he felt he couldn't go anymore, for whatever reason, telling the boss that, instead of acting all macho and hurting the team, imo, is better. I don't expect everyone to agree.
  16. Mike Sixel
    That would kill me.....I'd have to figure out how NOT to read Miller/Bud commercials.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    I don't care what they say, for the most part. though, you should never complain about the people that pay your way....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Assuming I had played: tell lots of stories about baseball also, not talk so much if on tv...and ask for the stadium sounds to be turned up Assuming I had not played: tell lots of different kinds of stories also, not talk so much if on tv...and ask for the stadium sounds to be turned up
  19. Mike Sixel
    In fairness......questioning Hughes toughness is BS imo....
  20. Mike Sixel
    Not at all, the post was great. I just hate when my screen is filled with quotes......and not replies. Hence, the snip.
  21. Mike Sixel
    That has been my argument for some time. KLAW has said the same thing, I believe, about the Twins. Get them to AA faster, then see what you have.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I agree with this 100%.
  23. Mike Sixel
    No, i mean your sarcastic response is fair.....saying all good moves are luck, and all bad moves are not luck.....I agree with your statement 100%, that is BS. You can't say that all good is luck, and all bad is not luck. So, we are on teh same side on this one. We are also on the same side that absolutes are not fair.....
  24. Mike Sixel
    This is a fair take, btw......
  25. Mike Sixel
    Wow. Good stuff. Would not have been my belief.....thanks. I have to re-think some things.
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