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  1. Mike Sixel
    hahaha, that did make me laugh. thank you.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Why isn't StL? or chicago? Or others? What is different about this market. You answered with a tautology.
  3. Mike Sixel
    how does everyone fell about giant pictures in the signature line? I hate them......not because of what they are, but because they are big and distracting and you can't ignore them like you can a sig line......
  4. Mike Sixel
    i just used gyms as an example......but I agree with everything else you typed. Of course, Europe also has collapsing economies because it got rid of trade protections (somewhat), and now their population is less educated, but there are no more manufacturing jobs out there.......so maybe their model needs to change, or ours does (or, most likely, lots of inter connected things need to change).
  5. Mike Sixel
    I think everyone knows this, right? The question is, what makes this market more willing to pay more money than 3/4 of the rest of the markets? I was unaware anyone had made the strawman argument that it was a constitutional right to go to baseball games.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    Well, Real Genius and Buckaroo Banzai are probably streaming on a "station" you are already paying for......if not, I'd watch SW, Buckaroo, RG in the theater in that order....
  7. Mike Sixel
    Too bad this devolved into "all sports are too expensive", and not a discussion of why the Twins' ticket prices are so high compared to the rest of baseball. And, Thrylos' data ignores that he compared the MN market to the entire country, whereas baseball is pretty much only played in the bigger, more expensive, cities.
  8. Mike Sixel
    it's twice the price of a movie, how is that not "all that different"? Oh, and you have to pay for parking too. And, you pretty much have to eat/drink, where in a movie you don't have to.
  9. Mike Sixel
    By fancy gym space, I meant for students, not athletic programs. That was a shot at how schools are spending money on stuff that is not education related.....like workout rooms, and other things. Those have value, don't get me wrong, but if the choice is tuition, or fancy dorms? Or perfect workout rooms? Or whatever? Lots of money being spent on attracting students, as opposed to educating students. did I mention I have a Sophomore and Freshman in college right now?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Get rid of intercollegiate athletics completely. No other country does this......
  11. Mike Sixel
    We need a President or 10 that decide: Professors should be a higher percent of employees College sports are a drain on the quality of education Huge endowments should be spent on lower tuition, not fancy gym space that's off the top of my head, w/o thinking about it much.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Odds you read this, if it ever comes out? At this point, I expect it comes out after season 7 on HBO, since it isn't done, and it takes a long time to go from "done writing" to "published". I don't now that I'll read it or not, probably not. I did just read the Magician's trilogy. Quite good, but much more fantasy than GoT.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Odds he's the best defensive SS in all the game are slim, right? Let's say he's the 5th best defensively....how much better would his offense need to be to make up for that? I'm guessing a lot higher than a 75OPS+. I think Gordon will be good at everything, but not necessarily great at any one thing. That's an under rated player, imo.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I can't see Arcia anywhere but MN to start the year.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I love crab cakes........best way to have eggs Benedict is on top of crab cakes, not bread.... I also love meatballs, but rarely have them. Maybe I should change that, they are easy to make and freeze.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    According to this, the Twins' tickets are in the top quarter of MLB in terms of price........ Do people think that makes sense, given the market? Are they pricing families out of going? I was surprised at the numbers, frankly. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-impact-of-wins-stadiums-and-economies-on-ticket-prices/ Most of the article is rambling, imo, not one of the better written FG articles. The only part that really stuck out was the impact of new stadiums on ticket prices, and the ranking of the Twins' prices compared to the league.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I think if he was more like 45, and good looking*, that he could help start the change that is inevitably coming (if you believe that history repeats itself). *I don't think the USA wants an older guy right now.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Minnetonka, but hoping to be in Portland soon...... Uh, I think it is clear they want Quentin to work out. I am truly shocked they want an old guy, who hasn't played in years, to be on the roster. They've never tried that before.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    huh, it's almost like, I don't know.....the OP said he didn't care about if it was worth looking at or not, he just wanted readings........or maybe I imagined he said that?
  20. Mike Sixel
    If the argument is, you only extend ace types.....you think the Twins will ever pay a SP $30MM a year? I don't, well, not in the next 10-20 years anyway. If the argument is, you can't afford Berrios and Gibson, we don't agree. If the argument is, Gibson is a number 4 pitcher, no way we agree, not even close.
  21. Mike Sixel
    what do you think a number 3 will cost in 4 years? By this logic, you would never sign anyone past age 31? Total risk aversion? But, willing to risk it all on guys that have never played in the majors? Who is more likely to be good, a guy that has never played in the majors, or a guy that has had success in the majors?
  22. Mike Sixel
    edit: ninja'd
  23. Mike Sixel
    So, if every out drops his ERA in half.....how long until it is effectively zero? That's how it works, right?
  24. Mike Sixel
    You and Seth chose very different quotes.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    I don't think they keep Berrios down for super 2......a few weeks for a year of service? Yes. But I don't see them worrying about super 2. I like Park's chances.
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