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  1. Mike Sixel
    Ya, that has been one of my criticisms for sure. Hopefully, they have learned a lesson. Unfortunately, next year's FA class, when supposedly they are on the cusp, looks terrible. Supply and demand indicates next year will not be a good shopping year.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't think we know what is really going on in their heads, or in the minors in terms of changed philosophies or approaches. All we can really know is that last year, 80% of the rotation was to be mediocre free agents, and it looks like it could be that again this year. Until something actually does change, it is hard to say anything has changed, since we can't see the process.
  3. Mike Sixel
    while they don't have as many gaping holes.....I'm not sure they are above average many places at the start of the year.
  4. Mike Sixel
    You think Sanders' rhetoric is about violence and intolerance? I think it is about taxing the heck out of rich people (and other stuff), but not about violence.
  5. Mike Sixel
    It is an interesting thing......the anger seems to be rising, the fear seems to be rising, all while overall, life really is better for those of us in the US overall. But, the history is clear on one thing....when the disparity between the ruling class and the rest of the world gets too big, there is violence. Whether it is actual revolution, or not, I don't know. But, you can see it in Black Lives Matter. You can see it in the right wing arming itself. You can see it in the rhetoric on the right (and probably on the left, but those people aren't running for POTUS). It might not be a full scale revolution, but something like the riots of the union creation years will happen. Horribly, I think we may see assassinations of the super wealthy also.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I can't agree with this. As a former paid staffer on a GOP presidential campaign, intern on the Hill for a liberal Republican, district leader for the party, and someone that was asked by then Speaker Pawlenty to run for office....I think I know what the party used to be like. It isn't like that anymore. It is much further right. The whole country is much further right. It isn't even close, really.
  7. Mike Sixel
    The problem is that nearly every small movement is in the same direction right now......less help for the needy, more subsidies for the wealthy (see the most recent spending package). We can't increase funding to help veterans, but we can supply more tax cuts and direct money to businesses that Congressmen invest in......and it happens year after year. I stand by my earlier posts, there will be violence and a near revolution in our children's lifetime.
  8. Mike Sixel
    thank you. We might not like some of these people, but they are running for POTUS.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Great interview. You can feel the enthusiasm and love for the game in every answer. Good luck sir.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Given everyone else in the system, he had to start someplace. The key is what happens in the next couple years, imo. I think one of my kids almost applied to Seattle University, but it didn't make the final cut...... Good luck to him, and thanks for doing the interview.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Great stuff. Thanks to you both for doing this. Nothing wrong with tearing up over your dreams!
  12. Mike Sixel
    At first I was scared he was Joe Benson like, with the beating up of himself for his start. But I don't think that's how I read it when I re-read it. Seems like a pretty smart guy. Good luck to him.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Heh....I find this happens a lot to posts here. I am on board with your entire plan, sir.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I'm sorry I ever brought this up.......because people seem to be missing my point. I was extending MLR's logic, that the poor, underfunded, MN Twins can't be compared to other MLB teams, because they don't have a chance to be competitive every year because they don't make enough revenue. We should only compare them to teams with less revenue (which seems really unfair to those teams, I mean, we should expect them to lose even more than the Twins, right?). Obviously, the only fair thing is to compare each team only to itself.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Sorry, which person said Democrats shouldn't work with Republicans to make the world a better place, and compromise sometimes to do so?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Once again proving that "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" is one of the most damaging phrases every invented in business.
  17. Mike Sixel
    so why should I pay the same ticket prices, then, or higher concession prices? I mean, if they don't expect to win very often, why should we pay for that? That seems completely unfair to me. If I gave two companies the right to make a product, and one consistently did better than the other, why should I keep supporting the crappy company?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Well, since that lucky month is pretty much the delta from pythag wins....that's what I did. But I get your point.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Basically, imo, the zone has changed, and Mauer has not adjusted to the change, nor to the fact that he doesn't unfairly get all/most of the calls his way anymore. As it should be. Everyone should play by the same rules, that's what makes it a fair competition.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Ah, I did misunderstand your point. Thanks for clarifying. Point 3: doesn't matter if teams have different advantages, the owners decided to play MLB, not something else. They should, imo, be compared to all 30 teams then. If they decided to invest in and own something else, I'd judge them on that. But, that's not what they did.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Just because the process produces this kind of outcome doesn't mean I have to like it. Clinton certainly has the experiences you'd want, but I have trust issues with her. You know, this would all be different if McCain chooses a non-psycho as his running mate, imo. Well, that and the House wasn't filled with her ilk. I miss the days of Bob Dole and others, who wanted to, you know, work TOGETHER, to make the world a better place.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I still believe is it Rubio or Cruz vs Clinton. Ugh. What a choice.....
  23. Mike Sixel
    That's actually not true. You have to acquire talent somehow.....this way is still cheaper than the US draft or FA. It just requires more luck. The payoff of Sano and Kepler and Polanco is probably worth more than the total cost of every Twins' international signing their entire history combined. Including going into the future (assuming there is an international draft in 2 years).
  24. Mike Sixel
    Hmmmm, I'm still thinking 81-83 wins at this point. I don't see the lucky month of May repeating itself.
  25. Mike Sixel
    It does seem odd to sign only 1 guy as a good strategy, if, as MLR points out, these guys almost never work out.
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