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  1. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, but there is luck. Timing of which pitchers you face, injuries to you and other teams, balls that are about 3 feet from an OF catching them......there is luck, imo, no matter how we think about it.
  2. Mike Sixel
    That quote kind of sums up what a lot of us feel about this leadership team, frankly......
  3. Mike Sixel
    Based on what? He is an old timey guy for sure, based on his comments over the last couple years. What makes you think he'd be good at it, and help move the Twins into this decade of tactics and approach? I'm not disagreeing, I'm asking why you believe it, to inform me.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Without having any idea what i'm proposing, you just automatically assume I want to go back to the dark ages? Really?
  5. Mike Sixel
    I will say this........ I understand why people think this. They were terrible, Hunter came, they were good. Hunter left, now they are worse than terrible. Our brains are wired to think that there is causation there. But, those relationships in and of themselves are insufficient to show causation. The other thing I'll say is that people vastly underestimate the role of luck in outcomes over 162 games......and that last year it is clear they had lots of good luck, and this year they have had bad play and bad luck (though it is mostly bad play). If I had to guess, this is more about terrible team defense, utility guys in the lineup every day, and other issues much more than it is about culture. But, I do think there is a cultural issue. Not sitting there day to day, though? I have no idea if there is, or what it is.
  6. Mike Sixel
    BS that they don't care about losing. Also BS that you can't smile when losing.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I've said many times that I think leadership matters, but that it doesn't matter 4-10 games worth. If it did, Hunter and others would be much more wealthy and still employed. I thought someone else had posted all the times Hunter had come and gone from teams, and that this wasn't really a trend, but I can't recall where I saw that. I do think this team is lacking something in the culture. I'm not sure 1 person can fix that culture.....again, if he could, he'd be on a team someplace, and they'd have to pay him ginormous sums of money.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea what it is...... but that amount of work is daunting. Maybe he found out it wasn't for him? I agree, I wish he had a column or two a week, analyzing swings and stuff.
  9. Mike Sixel
    There would still be limits and other things, there are ways to do a hybrid system, where players still get some choice, and more money, but the worst teams have advantages in acquiring talent.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I'd like to take back my berrios stays up all year post.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    Santana is approaching worst player in baseball status again....no idea why you'd bat him at all if you could avoid it, let alone 2nd
  12. Mike Sixel
    Fair, I misunderstood.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Wait, the months are different here too?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Or, no one should go thru the draft......and they should all get to pick where they work, or some kind of hybrid draft/FA thing where the worst teams get first bidding rights. no one should go thru the draft, imo.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I just got to Oregon, and am confused by the timezone difference. Did we win yet?
  16. Mike Sixel
    By that logic, you can't criticize any one move?
  17. Mike Sixel
    Nice notes, Seth.
  18. Mike Sixel
    If I was GM: Certain moves: Berrios is up all year Duffey is up until he proves he isn't good for like 5 games in a row Hughes to the bullpen, not sure who leaves. Groom him for late innings, short stints. Promote Gosalves to AA. Keep him in mind for MLB time if he dominates there ( I don't expect him to, though, but will hope he does) Probably moves: Try to trade Nolasco for almost anything. I mean that, I just want the roster spot in about 4 weeks. Move May to AAA to start for 5 games. Whomever is better in AAA, May, or Meyer, comes up when Nolasco is gone.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Policing it themselves led to a huge brawl, that's good?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Violence is not the answer to most any question, ever. I won't even dignify the event by watching it on line.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I don't know, I no longer have any confidence in my ability to predict the Twins' moves at this scale.
  22. Mike Sixel
    No, he made the same tactical errors last year as a manager, most of us gave him a pass because he had zero experience at it. zero. Being on a team is 100% not like running a team. edit: how long should he have to quit sacrifice bunting early in the game, or running for Sano late, or not PH for his worst hitters late, or all the other things we've been pointing out for 1+ years now?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Ya, but just wait, their farm system will kill them......
  24. Mike Sixel
    Yes, yes it would.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Dreamers. This FO is not going to do this.
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